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October 23, 2009
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Toughie last night. But the Yanks will wrap it up at home behind Pettite.
Posted by: East New York at October 23, 2009 9:19 AM
Soupy Sales, RIP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ceLlNttK54
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 23, 2009 9:22 AM
It was also an incredible game vis a vis the coachs' decisions on pitchers which ranged from stupid to smart to incongruous.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 23, 2009 9:24 AM
I've been thinking of changing up my persona on here... thinking of going with the typical Brownstoner profile.
Owned a studio apartment on the UWS for 5 years, sold it for a $900,000 profit and bought a $2.5 million brownstone in Park Slope... no Carrol Gardens... and spent about $450k on sprucing it up. I'm saving $19,000 a year on property taxes! Did you hear? They're not issuing the $400 rebate checks anymore! It's just Bloomberg kowtowing to the liberals again!
Whatcha think?
Posted by: tybur6 at October 23, 2009 9:25 AM
You all are too young to remember when Soupy told children to creep into their parents' bedroom & take the little pieces of green paper & send them in to him.
Posted by: Arkady at October 23, 2009 9:26 AM
EW 57 cases outbreak of MUMPS in brooklyn! did anyone read about that? it was all over the news this morning. who the hell gets mumps in 2009? oh yeah, kids with fuhREAKS for parents who think vaccinations are bad. poor kids. next they'll be getting rickets and bubonics by middle school
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 23, 2009 9:26 AM
(Sorry that last bit about bloomberg is what the typical brownstoner is *thinking* not saying out loud... Gobama!)
Posted by: tybur6 at October 23, 2009 9:26 AM
tybur6, you need to sell your soul and become a banker. can't beat 'em, join 'em
Posted by: more4less at October 23, 2009 9:27 AM
Where is everybody today?
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 23, 2009 9:27 AM
tybur - you'll need to send you kids to PS321.
You'll also need to be gay and have cats.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 23, 2009 9:28 AM
Arkady.... what?! I think I'm thankful I'm too young. What were the little green pieces of paper?
Posted by: tybur6 at October 23, 2009 9:28 AM
Team Hetero: MAJOR ALERT!!!!!!
Last night I decided to walk to my house from the Atlantic Ave station, to get some air. It was about 10 PM, and I was walking along 4th Ave. On 4th Ave between Dean and Bergen there is a storefront salsa dancing school, and they were in session. A feast for the eyes!!!! Think lots of babes of all types, leotards, and salsa dancing.
Kens, DH and any other single members of Team Hetero: I strongly suggest that you take up an interest in salsa dancing, and join this school!!!!
Posted by: benson at October 23, 2009 9:28 AM
note to power arms out of bull pen on any team - live & die with you best & nastiest stuff man. mixing it up with diff pitches, diversity, blah blah blah - this aint financial portfolio mgt principle; got gas, throw it
Posted by: more4less at October 23, 2009 9:30 AM
Oh man... ditto, really? I don't like cats... and I usually stick with my own wiener. Damn, gay banker with cats AND kids at PS 321. This is gonna be freaking tough!
I might have to stick with poor and resentful...
Posted by: tybur6 at October 23, 2009 9:30 AM
I LOVED Soupy Sales' show when I was a kid. RIP. Arkady, I remember when that happened. All of a sudden, no more Soupy on TV.
Posted by: benson at October 23, 2009 9:31 AM
tybur...welcome to Team Bull!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 23, 2009 9:31 AM
Kens, DH and any other single members of Team Hetero: I strongly suggest that you take up an interest in salsa dancing, and join this school!!!!
Posted by: benson at October 23, 2009 9:28 AM
Benson, way ahead of the game. Been there, done that.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 23, 2009 9:32 AM
ty, why don't you ever come out for drinks with us?
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 23, 2009 9:34 AM
"What were the little green pieces of paper?"
Hint for tybur6: They have numbers on them and you can exchange them for goods and services.
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 23, 2009 9:35 AM
Green pieces of paper....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-OGy3Kh7yM
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 23, 2009 9:35 AM
Benson, way ahead of the game. Been there, done that
You mean heterosexuality?
Just kidding.
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 23, 2009 9:36 AM
"I might have to stick with poor and resentful...
Posted by: tybur6 at October 23, 2009 9:30 AM"
Cool! I call "Rich and resentful" then
Posted by: the chicken at October 23, 2009 9:38 AM
You mean heterosexuality?
Just kidding.
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 23, 2009 9:36 AM
I was going to say, don't get DIBS too excited but I am not Latino or Asian. :o)
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 23, 2009 9:39 AM
"Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody."
Benjamin Franklin
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 23, 2009 9:40 AM
Thank you MTA automated messages on the L Train - letting me know that it is NOT okay to rape women on a crowded subway train.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 23, 2009 9:41 AM
dh, that whole frottage thing is frowned upon and illegal too.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 23, 2009 9:43 AM
"What were the little green pieces of paper?"
I think we've identified your problem, tyburg. If you can figure out what the little green pieces of paper are, and go and get some, you could stop being poor and resentful.
Posted by: slopefarm at October 23, 2009 9:43 AM
DIBS: Any thoughts on how the Tischman (Sty Town) decision affects owners of market rate rentals in Brooklyn.
Posted by: sebb at October 23, 2009 9:43 AM
Oh - maybe that's what they were referring too when saying "unlawful sexual conduct"
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 23, 2009 9:44 AM
Kens, it's easy for Franklin to talk - he's so rich, his face is on money.
Posted by: the chicken at October 23, 2009 9:45 AM
DIBS, I found a good quote for you (with minor revisions that is)....
"Part of the $10 million I spent on gambling, part on booze and part on women. The rest I spent foolishly."
George Raft
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 23, 2009 9:45 AM
Brutal loss last night - virtually a must win Sat; Bullpen clearly not up to late season form....
Posted by: fsrg at October 23, 2009 9:45 AM
"If you can figure out what the little green pieces of paper are, and go and get some, you could stop being poor and resentful. "
Too bad tybur and myself are 20 years too late to get on board the fake real estate gain train.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 23, 2009 9:45 AM
Thank you MTA automated messages on the L Train - letting me know that it is NOT okay to rape women on a crowded subway train.
Operative word being "crowded."
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 23, 2009 9:47 AM
Benson - I think he was only off the air for a little while after that. He said he hadn't received many presidential portraits & any that he had gotten he gave to a charity.
I have his original 45 of Hey, Do the Mouse!
Posted by: Arkady at October 23, 2009 9:47 AM
Each Tokyo subway now has one "women-only" car. It is also called something like the "grope-free" car. On Tokyo's crowded subways, groping was becoming a big problem.
Posted by: benson at October 23, 2009 9:47 AM
Too bad tybur and myself are 20 years too late to get on board the fake real estate gain train.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 23, 2009 9:45 AM
You left me out DH!!!! I want tickets for that train too. F&%^ tickets, I want to be the conductor!
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 23, 2009 9:48 AM
DO people really get off from rubbing themselves, thru their clothes, against strangers?
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 23, 2009 9:49 AM
[Looking for tickets to Tokyo now]
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 23, 2009 9:49 AM
"DO people really get off from rubbing themselves, thru their clothes, against strangers?
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 23, 2009 9:49 AM"
Who said anything about clothes? No homo!
Posted by: the chicken at October 23, 2009 9:51 AM
haha kens - but u already own ur spot - you'll just need to get on board if you need to upsize once you start producing crotchfruit with your salsa dancing latina wife!
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 23, 2009 9:51 AM
haha chicken!
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 23, 2009 9:52 AM
Too bad tybur and myself are 20 years too late to get on board the fake real estate gain train.
You left me out DH!!!! I want tickets for that train too. F&%^ tickets, I want to be the conductor!
Well I'll be a boxcar-hopping Hobo
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 23, 2009 9:52 AM
Arkady;
I've got my thumb in each ear, and I'm flapping the others. I'm "Doin the Mouse"!!!!!
My favorite part of that show was the lion puppet who used to read fairy tales. He would start by singing "Fairy Tales, can come true..."
Posted by: benson at October 23, 2009 9:52 AM
"What were the little green pieces of paper?"
SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohLaBIB61Ic
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 23, 2009 9:52 AM
I read that there's a sex club in Japan with a fake subway car and paid women "riders". They guy pays his money gets on board and well you know. They are crazy.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 23, 2009 9:53 AM
I'd forgotten that, Benson. It was great!
Posted by: Arkady at October 23, 2009 9:54 AM
sebb, not sure why Stuy Town would have an effect on market rate rentals. It's not like this is going to free up a whole lot of below market rentals, those units are occupied and will stay that way.
Would you live in Stuy Town????
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 23, 2009 9:54 AM
Each Tokyo subway now has one "women-only" car. It is also called something like the "grope-free" car. On Tokyo's crowded subways, groping was becoming a big problem.
Posted by: benson at October 23, 2009 9:47 AM
DON'T LET SNAPPY ON!!!!!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 23, 2009 9:55 AM
Oy! What's w/ Mr. B? "Kicks Widget's ass"? One of my cats is named Widget & I don't use corporal punishment.
Posted by: Arkady at October 23, 2009 9:55 AM
"Would you live in Stuy Town????"
Stuy-town is a cross btw a retirement community and hellhole NYU dorm.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 23, 2009 9:56 AM
John Paulson thinks 12% inflation in 4 years time.
http://blogs.uscannenberg.org/neontommy_news/2009/10/behold-a-pale-horse-and-his-na.html
This is where I have my endless dilemma between real and nominal price movements for houses.
Posted by: the chicken at October 23, 2009 9:57 AM
yes, ditto, those do exist. The Japanese have a lot of fetishes and bizarre ways of expressing sexuality.
The nightlife center for such activity is Shinjuku and the gay section is Shinjuku ni-chome. I frequebnt it whenever I'm there. I especially like the "host bars" where the guys are dressed in J League outfits!!! no homo
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 23, 2009 9:57 AM
haha kens - but u already own ur spot - you'll just need to get on board if you need to upsize once you start producing crotchfruit with your salsa dancing latina wife!
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 23, 2009 9:51 AM
man DH, I hope the statement above comes true. Wouldn't hurt to still get a brownstone for the price that I paid for my studio to make the latina wife happy and have space for the crotchfruit.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 23, 2009 9:58 AM
Yeah - is that japanese "women-only" car full of lebanese?
Posted by: the chicken at October 23, 2009 9:58 AM
Yeah... but long-term renters in Stuy-Town could find themselves rent free for a long time if they go all retroactive on the owner's ass. Crazy times.
Posted by: tybur6 at October 23, 2009 9:58 AM
Another weird Japanese "cultural" item is their very high consumption of hard-core Cartoon Porn.
Posted by: benson at October 23, 2009 9:59 AM
DIBS: I think that the rulling will put market rate rentals in a better position to go higher in the future. Just my 2 cents.
Posted by: sebb at October 23, 2009 10:00 AM
Stuy town is nice if you live near 1st ave. The closets alone are rentable. A great deal @ $1200, a good deal @$2000.
Posted by: DeLepp at October 23, 2009 10:00 AM
I would love to find a well endowed (i.e., sizable dowry) latina princess to make crotchfruit with and let her buy me a house... ahhh... excuse me, I need to go to the restroom.
Posted by: tybur6 at October 23, 2009 10:00 AM
"I especially like the "host bars" where the guys are dressed in J League outfits!!! no homo"
I guess you prefer the Japanese "ball players" over those who are born or defect to the US.
(No Hideo Nomo)
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 23, 2009 10:01 AM
kens - how old are you? Play the field while you can, no need to have kids until your close to 40. no homo.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 23, 2009 10:01 AM
Yeah, what's up with all that cartoon porn? How can that possibly be so popular?
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 23, 2009 10:01 AM
and their consumption of whales
Posted by: dittoburg at October 23, 2009 10:01 AM
I don't think the renters are going to see any money paid back to them. The entity that holds Stuy Town is bankrupt and the bondholders have lost almost everything. It'll be in courts for years. It won't have any effect on the rental market for the next year or so at all. It may be such a legal morass that leases do not even get written.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 23, 2009 10:01 AM
wonder if lackey would look good in Mets uniform.
the madoff investigators said Mets owners were NET Winners to tune of $40M+ (withdraw more than put in) in the ponzi scheme. friends of wilpons say madoff ripped them for 600M. which is the truth? if wilpons got the money, spend it god damn it. bring in some players with heart and fire. current team has too many pansies
Posted by: more4less at October 23, 2009 10:02 AM
"Another weird Japanese "cultural" item is their very high consumption of hard-core Cartoon Porn."
Worst pickup line ever: "Baby, I'm no Fred Flintstone, but I can make your Bedrock!"
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 23, 2009 10:02 AM
I think the Stuy Town decision will have a significant effect on the Manhattan market-rate apartment market. tens of thousands of apartments will likely go back under RS, thereby reducing supply (people tend to stay in below market rate apartments) and thereby newcomers will have fewer choices - thereby raising prices (or at least resulting in less of a decline than otherwise) - plus this along with the move to eliminate 'luxury' decontrol in Albany will likely reduce the number of LL seeking buildings to convert to marketrate through MCIs - whether this supply issue will have a spill over effect on rents outside of Manhattan and Brooklyn Heights is debatable
Posted by: fsrg at October 23, 2009 10:03 AM
"I especially like the "host bars" where the guys are dressed in J League outfits!!! no homo
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 23, 2009 9:57 AM"
Why are you "no homo"-ing? If you look it up in Websters, it says "see DIBS"
Posted by: the chicken at October 23, 2009 10:03 AM
ditto, 29. Still playing the field. Not planning on marriage anytime soon.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 23, 2009 10:04 AM
and their love of off-the-wall game shows.
Fire extinguisher in the face, anyone?
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 23, 2009 10:04 AM
Worst pickup line ever: "Baby, I'm no Fred Flintstone, but I can make your Bedrock!"
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 23, 2009 10:02 AM
How many times have you used it before you learned?????
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 23, 2009 10:04 AM
Ditto, you want to be over 60 when your kids leave home?
Posted by: the chicken at October 23, 2009 10:04 AM
Am I noticing a pattern here?? I noticed that the morning OT tends towards the guys, with no cat or recipe talk, and then the ladies take over in the afternoon.
Posted by: benson at October 23, 2009 10:05 AM
biff, in the right context I think that line still has legs.
Posted by: DeLepp at October 23, 2009 10:05 AM
Existing Home Sales numbers out:
5.57 MM vs. 5.35 MM estimated
+9.4% MOM vs. +4.9% MOM expected
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 23, 2009 10:05 AM
"How many times have you used it before you learned?????"
Never. My line of choice is "I'm not with DIBS".
:-)
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 23, 2009 10:06 AM
http://www.esquire.com/the-side/video/insane-japanese-game-shows
Posted by: the chicken at October 23, 2009 10:07 AM
Chicken - I will be.
Long (active) life expectancies have pushed the whole children-having age back 10 years. I'll push em out at 60, work another five years, and then I'll be off travelling and spending their inheritance.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 23, 2009 10:08 AM
the banks who gave the loan on the stuy town deal is the real idiots - dumber than tishman. sometimes, one pays price for being that stupid.
Posted by: more4less at October 23, 2009 10:08 AM
The Japanese aren't the only ones w/ odd habits - the word frottage is from the French, for heaven's sake!
Posted by: Arkady at October 23, 2009 10:08 AM
Biff, I once had a bet with a friend that it doesn't matter what the line is, it's the delivery and posture cause something like 70 percent of communication is non-verbal anyways. My friend is really into psychology and very good at picking up girls/women. I was convinced that he wouldn't be able to pick up a girl with the stupidest lines and we bet 20 bucks on it and I sent him off and anytime I would give him the most pathetic lines, he would come back with a number. Girls would totally crack up at it. If he say that he was failing, he would just pull one of those "my friend bet me $20 that I wouldn't get your number with this stupid line so how bout you give me your number and we can use that $20 to buy us some drinks". Yeah, I obviously lost.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 23, 2009 10:10 AM
"the banks who gave the loan on the stuy town deal is the real idiots - dumber than tishman. sometimes, one pays price for being that stupid."
M4L;
Exactly right. Irrational exuberance spares no segment of society.
Posted by: benson at October 23, 2009 10:11 AM
Never. My line of choice is "I'm not with DIBS".
:-)
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 23, 2009 10:06 AM
I actually think you would do much better if your line of thoice was "I AM with DIBS".
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 23, 2009 10:12 AM
"Tens of thousands of apartments will likely go back under RS,"? I can't imagine that.. more like a couple hundred.
Impact is on price/cost of buying RS apt buildings. They were becoming inflated by some thinking they could easily get the tenants out.
Posted by: Petebklyn at October 23, 2009 10:13 AM
Does anyone know the path out of Time Warner hell?
When I moved, some idiot at Time Warner processed my cable/internet "move" as a "close old account/open completely new account" rather than "transfer old account".
Now, my e-mail address keeps getting disabled because somewhere in the hideous bowels of their databases they have flagged the account as "closed".
I've had the account reactivated 4 times so far, and it gets deactivated within 3 hours.
I hate them.
Posted by: northsloperenter at October 23, 2009 10:14 AM
Kens, it's all in the eye contact. I've left bars with guys without ever having said a word. That was years ago. I haven't used bars to pick up guys in about 4-5 years.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 23, 2009 10:14 AM
A voice from the other side - Any line works so long as the presenter is presentable.
Posted by: Arkady at October 23, 2009 10:15 AM
Soupy Sales....that takes me back.
Posted by: East New York at October 23, 2009 10:16 AM
"I've left bars with guys without ever having said a word."
Of course, holding up a wad of Benj Franklins would do the trick.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 23, 2009 10:17 AM
And a guy's shoes tell a lot about him.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 23, 2009 10:18 AM
"I haven't used bars to pick up guys in about 4-5 years."
Don't you use crow-bars now?
Posted by: dittoburg at October 23, 2009 10:19 AM
" Any line works so long as the presenter is presentable."
Well, I think that would eliminate about 80% of the guys.
Posted by: benson at October 23, 2009 10:19 AM
"And a guy's shoes tell a lot about him."
I've trained my shoes to not say a word.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 23, 2009 10:19 AM
And a guy's shoes tell a lot about him.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 23, 2009 10:18 AM
Thanks Dave but I pick up girls :o).
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 23, 2009 10:21 AM
I've trained my shoes to not say a word.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 23, 2009 10:19 AM
You mean your keds.....
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 23, 2009 10:22 AM
BTW, Did anyone realize that we ONLY have 9 days till the end of the world is happenin?
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 23, 2009 10:24 AM
NorthSlope - Try
NoPhoneTrees.com
or
www.dialahuman.com/
There are several sites that give phone numbers that get you past all the low-level idiocy.
Posted by: Arkady at October 23, 2009 10:25 AM
Women are very wary of shoes - esp. brothel creepers.
Posted by: Arkady at October 23, 2009 10:26 AM
quote:
kens - how old are you? Play the field while you can, no need to have kids until your close to 40.
but make sure your wife is 20. people who come from old eggs (32 years old an up) are just weeeeeeird and genetically inferior. ladies if you want kids, please have them in your teens or 20s.
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 23, 2009 10:28 AM
Rob - I gotta ask, how old was your mother when she had you?
Posted by: Arkady at October 23, 2009 10:29 AM
ladies if you want kids, please have them in your teens or 20s.
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 23, 2009 10:28 AM
And even better yet, be undecided as to whom the father is.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 23, 2009 10:30 AM
what is worst - doing those long ass objective, career planning bs or super long ethic, diversity,... training? these corp CYA training sessions are getting a lot longer than I remember from a few yrs ago
Posted by: more4less at October 23, 2009 10:30 AM
- Women are very wary of shoes - esp. brothel creepers.
Along with drainpipe trousers.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 23, 2009 10:30 AM
"but make sure your wife is 20. people who come from old eggs (32 years old an up) are just weeeeeeird and genetically inferior. ladies if you want kids, please have them in your teens or 20s."
My mom had all her kids, including me, while in her '20s.
Glad to know that I'm normal and genetically superior.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 23, 2009 10:30 AM
"And even better yet, be undecided as to whom the father is."
Sure-fire way to be booked as a guest on Maury.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 23, 2009 10:31 AM
she got impregnated with me ON her 18th birthday. so i guess she was 18 when she had me. exactly 9 months later!! my birthday is feb 9th, hers was may 9th
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 23, 2009 10:32 AM
rob, ouch, my mother was most likely drunk when we (twins) were conceived and hungover at birth, let alone being 35!
Posted by: DeLepp at October 23, 2009 10:32 AM
what is worst - doing those long ass objective, career planning bs or super long ethic, diversity,... training? these corp CYA training sessions are getting a lot longer than I remember from a few yrs ago
Posted by: more4less at October 23, 2009 10:30 AM
Yes, m4l, I feel for you. It got worse and worse for us after we were acquired by Schwab and than even worse when B of A bought us. I am long gone and rid of all that crap now.
We have a firm of 5 people now and anything goes as far as what we say here....our female assistant is the biggest offender, which we love!!!!
And even better I can surf anything I want on this computer.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 23, 2009 10:33 AM
i LOVE those can't figure out who their baby daddy is shows. they test like guy # 20 and maury's all he's not the father and he dances and hoots and hollers on stage and she runs into the green room hysterically screaming and crying and the audience all screams **$*#$ #**#$8 #$**#. it's literally like every other episode of maury.
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 23, 2009 10:34 AM
Rob;
Ever think of starting a business handing out "Rob's good breeding seal of approval", akin to the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval?
Posted by: benson at October 23, 2009 10:35 AM
My mom had me at 33 and my sis at 26. No wonder sis is mentally superior :o). Rob, you are an answer to all my world questions.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 23, 2009 10:35 AM
WOW...my mother had me when she was 26. I never actually realized she was so young. Of course she had already been married so at least I'm not a bastard.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 23, 2009 10:35 AM
heyo. just dropping this off for La Snaps! i think it was a request from a few weeks ago. rick bayless is awesome. (sorry for the long post). back to the peaceful outer threads. :)
Chilaquiles Verdes
- serves 6 -
Adapted from Mexico One Plate at a Time by Rick Bayless.
Ingredients
12 ounces thick homemade-style tortilla chips, or equivalent corn tortillas baked or fried to make chips
2 pounds tomatillos, husked and rinsed
2 jalapeno or 4 serrano chiles, stemmed
2 tablespoons vegetable or olive oil
1 medium white onion, sliced 1/4-inch thick
4 garlic cloves, peeled and finely chopped
2/3 cup Mexican crema, or substitute creme fraiche or cream
3 cups chicken stock, or substitute vegetable stock or water
1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro, or 3 tablespoons chopped fresh epazote
4 ounces (about 1 cup) grated Mexican melting cheese, or substitute Monterey Jack
Procedure
1. Arrange the tomatillos and green chiles under a very hot broiler and cook, turning occasionally, until roasted and blackened in spots, about 10-12 minutes. Transfer everything to a blender and blend into a smooth purée.
2. In a large pot or dutch oven, heat the oil over medium and cook the onion until golden, about 7 minutes. Add the garlic and cook an additional minute, then pour in the tomatillo purée. Bring to a boil, then stir in the broth and crema. Season to taste with salt, then add the cilantro or epazote and bring back to a boil. Turn off the heat.
3. In the meantime, preheat the oven to 400°F. Arrange the chips on a 13x9 baking dish, then pour the sauce over them, pressing the chips gently to ensure they are covered in sauce. Sprinkle the cheese over the top and bake until bubbling and slightly brown on the edges, about 15 minutes. Serve immediately before the chips go soggy.
Posted by: CG_ups at October 23, 2009 10:37 AM
A teacher friend of mine used to have his students do blood tests as a lab exercise until he realized that at least a third of every class weren't sired by their putative dads. Mind you, this was in Arkansas.
Posted by: Arkady at October 23, 2009 10:40 AM
A teacher friend of mine used to have his students do blood tests as a lab exercise until he realized that at least a third of every class weren't sired by their putative dads. Mind you, this was in Arkansas.
Posted by: Arkady at October 23, 2009 10:40 AM
I always wondered where your login name came from!!!!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 23, 2009 10:43 AM
WOW...my mother had me when she was 26. I never actually realized she was so young. Of course she had already been married so at least I'm not a bastard.
------------------------------------------------------
DIBS, you are a bastard for other reasons. LOL
Posted by: dandel at October 23, 2009 10:46 AM
is anyone interested in dressing up in x rated (but not illegal) costumes and crashing the park slope halloween parade?
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 23, 2009 10:46 AM
is anyone interested in dressing up in x rated (but not illegal) costumes and crashing the park slope halloween parade?
ETA - gack! nevermind, i didnt realize it was a children's parade!!! (this idea hit me after reading an article about the difference between the two parades)
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 23, 2009 10:47 AM
Have any of you seen the new asshat emoticon??? >>>>>
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 23, 2009 10:49 AM
Thanks for the tips Arkady.
Posted by: northsloperenter at October 23, 2009 10:50 AM
so is anyone dressing up for halloween this year? im happy it's on a saturday!! i dont have a costume yet. my costumes always wind up being horrible last minute put together crap and no one ever knows what im supposed to be. this is the first year that ive had my dog where i am NOT buying that little ingrate mutt a costume. every year i spend 30-40 dollars on a costume for him only to have him wear it one second then tear it to shreds!
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 23, 2009 10:50 AM
Rob,
come over to the clinton hill one on 313 clinton ave. there'll be shows, carnival acts,... but it'll cater mainly to kids too
Posted by: more4less at October 23, 2009 10:50 AM
Petebrklyn - under the current ruling and assuming no legislative or administrative fix (such as letting LL retroactively pay back the J-51 tax abatement):
EVERY RS apartment decontrolled in the last ELEVEN YEARS in a building receiving J-51s (which is alot, especially in buildings that did major capital improvements to get rents above 2K) go BACK under rent stabilization........that is far far more than a couple of hundred - there are a couple of hundred in Stuy town alone.
Posted by: fsrg at October 23, 2009 10:50 AM
What is it dibs?
Posted by: Arkady at October 23, 2009 10:51 AM
DIBS, there is a guy outside cleaning my office windows right now whom I think you would really appreciate. Should I take a pic? Do you think he would think it was odd?
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 23, 2009 10:52 AM
If he knew you were pimping him out to DIBS he would think it odd Biff!
Posted by: wasder at October 23, 2009 10:54 AM
dandel - did you get off the G-train rap then?
Posted by: dittoburg at October 23, 2009 10:54 AM
WHOA! did you guys know that the city of detroit airs free porno on cable at night to keep it's citizens inside?! that is awesome!!
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 23, 2009 10:55 AM
Why am I not surprised to see this. From the "NoPhoneTrees.com" page on Time Warner Cable:
To reach a real person press:
none
Posted by: northsloperenter at October 23, 2009 10:57 AM
DIBS, there is a guy outside cleaning my office windows right now whom I think you would really appreciate. Should I take a pic? Do you think he would think it was odd?
Just tell him not to worry, it's for your gay friends on this website that you go on, I'm sure that whatever happens after that it will be interesting...
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 23, 2009 10:58 AM
I've checked my email and still no pic.
Asian?? Latino???
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 23, 2009 11:00 AM
Joe -- don't use a flash and make the poor guy fall...
Posted by: northsloperenter at October 23, 2009 11:00 AM
WHOA! did you guys know that the city of detroit airs free porno on cable at night to keep it's citizens inside?! that is awesome!!
*rob*
??? Hard to believe?! Where did you read that?
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 23, 2009 11:01 AM
For anyone who I told about my Gettysburg documentary, the story just got weirder:
http://gettysburgtimes.com/articles/2009/10/23/news/local/doc4ae18c8ac88dc696034083.txt
This guy was kind of the bad guy in my story.
Posted by: wasder at October 23, 2009 11:02 AM
Northsloperenter... you should just use a Gmail account or something similar. Cable and telephone company e-mail accounts suck and if you move you have to start all over again. Just use the internet service and forget about the rest of their "services" -- they're all crap and unsupported.
Posted by: tybur6 at October 23, 2009 11:05 AM
"Asian?? Latino???"
He's a light skinned Spanish-speaking gentleman. He has another guy on the platform thingy with him. He's got a thick moustache and a construction hat and flannel shirt...reminiscent of the Village People, but more masculine. I think you wouldn't mind getting wiped by his squeegee.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 23, 2009 11:06 AM
Wasder - The link only takes you to a main page but not the story.
Posted by: Arkady at October 23, 2009 11:08 AM
NSR - They must've changed just recently - a friend of mine used it about a month ago & got through. Google "Talk to a human phone numbers" - there are a lot of different ones.
Posted by: Arkady at October 23, 2009 11:09 AM
tybur6 -- I hear you. I'm ready to do just that, but my wife has had the same e-mail account for over 10 years and doesn't want to just give up on it.
Also, it would be easier to transition to a new e-mail address while still having access to the old one. The old one is linked to checking account, savings account, brokerage account, credit card accounts, and it is the only way many old friends have of getting in touch with me.
Some places make it pretty easy to change your e-mail address, but other places make it a pain in the ass. So many places use your e-mail as your login that you pretty much *can't* keep your current account with them if you change e-mail.
God I hate time warner so much. This was on top of taking 3 weeks to do the installation because they kept going to Williamsburg instead of Park Slope (this is my punishment for moving from a named street to a numbered street).
Oh, and this morning on the phone, when I gave my address, the customer service rep said to me:
"Brooklyn? Is that near New York City?"
Ha ha ha ha ha haha.
Posted by: northsloperenter at October 23, 2009 11:10 AM
NSR - That's fantastic!!!
Posted by: Arkady at October 23, 2009 11:11 AM
joebrklyn,
i read about it on a detroit message board i read
http://www.city-data.com/forum/detroit/795090-devils-night-detroit.html
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 23, 2009 11:13 AM
Hey there everyone.
Benson-
"Each Tokyo subway now has one "women-only" car. It is also called something like the "grope-free" car. On Tokyo's crowded subways, groping was becoming a big problem."
Public groping acts by groups of men on women has a HUGE fetish fan base. The videos all come out of Japan. It's usually young girl on subway/bus/public pool, etc. By a group of men.
Regarding the Hentai (cartoon porn)- There are quite a few things you can't show in Japanese porn. One being insertion and pubic hair, it's always blurred out. In Hentai you can show anything! Thus it's popularity.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 23, 2009 11:27 AM
Time warner sucks - i just called up to cancel my service and I have no confidence that the CSR i was speaking to had any idea what i was talking.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 23, 2009 11:27 AM
Today's front page Times' article says that about 4,000 apartments in Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village are affected by the Court of Appeals ruling, and that the "ruling could affect landlords of as many as 80,000 apartments across the city who may also have improperly raised rents and deregulated apartments while receiving special tax breaks."
Morning everyone.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 23, 2009 11:35 AM
lessee- my parents had me when my mother was @43 and my dad was @46 or 47. My sister and I both went to college on scholarships, I have had museum and gallery shows of my work, my sister teaches math and is married to an award winning artist/photographer and now has 2 kids in college, one of whom is also very successful in business.
Rob- mother was 18. Gay, hates kids and yet gives women advice about reproductive biology.I rest my case. :)
Posted by: bxgrl at October 23, 2009 11:39 AM
- why is japan so peado? ick.
Whoa!! Slow down there butterfly.
Don't accuse an entire country.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 23, 2009 11:43 AM
THL, you impress me with your vast knowledge of porn.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 23, 2009 11:46 AM
well i mean why is sexual things with minor aged school girls not frowned upon in general?
and bxgirl, stop, youre a total weirdo and you know, you old egg you! :)
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 23, 2009 11:46 AM
Uhhhh, bxgrl, what does *rob*'s mother being 18 when he was born have to do with him being gay?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 23, 2009 11:47 AM
Yeah, bxgrl. My brother & I had an "older" mother who also smoked & we often said it was lucky she had because if we'd been any more well endowed genetically we'd've taken over the world!
Posted by: Arkady at October 23, 2009 11:49 AM
Rob relax, they're not actually minors.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 23, 2009 11:49 AM
- Rob- mother was 18. Gay,
I read this as:
Rob's mother was 18 and gay when she had him.
:-)
Posted by: brownjokester at October 23, 2009 11:50 AM
Arkady, you're just screaming for a re-write . . . but I'm not goin' there
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 23, 2009 11:51 AM
- well i mean why is sexual things with minor aged school girls not frowned upon in general?
I don't know enough about Japanese culture to speak on this matter.
But, you don't have to be a minor to look like one. A 20 year old can don a school uniform.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 23, 2009 11:53 AM
bxgrl is right!
Who the f is **Rob** to offer genetic counseling?
Posted by: fsrg at October 23, 2009 11:53 AM
quote:
Uhhhh, bxgrl, what does *rob*'s mother being 18 when he was born have to do with him being gay?
my 1/2 brother is gay too and my sister is bi. i think there was a lot of stress on us as fetii from drugs and alcohol and domestic abuse that caused us to be gay in fact!
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 23, 2009 11:54 AM
CarGar- it wasn't about his mother- it was about him being gay and telling women about reproductive biology.
rob- thank you! And proud of my weirdness- although could we call it creatively professional? - Oh, what the hell- weird works. :)
Posted by: bxgrl at October 23, 2009 11:55 AM
Brits are into school girls too. (Go ahead, CarGar.)
Posted by: Arkady at October 23, 2009 11:56 AM
did someone mention schoolgirls?
Posted by: the chicken at October 23, 2009 11:57 AM
"my 1/2 brother is gay too and my sister is bi."
My brother is 1/2 gay. I'll leave it to guess half.
Hint: It's back and front versus top half and bottom half.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 23, 2009 11:58 AM
Arkady - Its true, but not British schoolgirls
Posted by: dittoburg at October 23, 2009 11:59 AM
"I'll leave it to guess half."
Meant, I'll leave it to you to guess which half...
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 23, 2009 12:00 PM
arkady--superintendent of the battlefield and highly controversial figure (and conservative family values type) in Gettysburg removed from position after downloading over 3400 pornographic images onto government owned computer.
Posted by: wasder at October 23, 2009 12:00 PM
- my 1/2 brother is gay too and my sister is bi. i think there was a lot of stress on us as fetii from drugs and alcohol and domestic abuse that caused us to be gay in fact!
WHAT???? This just doesn't make sense. But then again. It is coming from *Rob*
And for all of you that don't know what fetii is and are googling it, it's spelled with only one 'i' = feti
Posted by: brownjokester at October 23, 2009 12:00 PM
That isn't necessarily the case rob. I know several families who don't have your um, interesting family history and several of the sibs are gay. And most are in one creative field or another-
People are who they are- For all the possible reasons we can give why someone is gay or straight, doesn't seem all that important compared to whether or not they are happy or have decent lives.
Posted by: bxgrl at October 23, 2009 12:01 PM
"WHOA! did you guys know that the city of detroit airs free porno on cable at night to keep it's citizens inside?! that is awesome!!"
The only hang up is you have to live in Detroit.
Posted by: East New York at October 23, 2009 12:01 PM
Yes, but there is NO OTHER COUNTRY IN THE WORLD outside of japan where you can buy supposedly used girls underpanties FROM A VENDING MACHINE. They come with a little story about who the girl supposedly is, what she looks like, how old she is, blah, blah, blah.
he school girl uniform look is a national pastime in japan!!!!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 23, 2009 12:01 PM
Rob - the US has an underage teen pregnancy rate which makes Japan look like the Noggin channel.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 23, 2009 12:05 PM
Remember when it was popular for Halloween to go dressed up as a pregnant catholic schoolgirl.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 23, 2009 12:05 PM
^^^^^ okay, maybe when I was a catholic schoolgirl it was.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 23, 2009 12:06 PM
Jokester - Wearing patent leather shoes.
Posted by: Arkady at October 23, 2009 12:08 PM
stress on the fetus has been shown to cause more cases of homosexuality. there's been MANY studies on it. also stress on the fetus can come from many different things, doesnt have to be drugs alcohol and stuff like that.
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 23, 2009 12:09 PM
Yeah, bxgrl. My brother & I had an "older" mother who also smoked & we often said it was lucky she had because if we'd been any more well endowed genetically we'd've taken over the world!
Posted by: Arkady at October 23, 2009 11:49 AM
ARKADY FOR PRESIDENT!!!!!
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 23, 2009 12:10 PM
Rob right now you're stressing my fetus.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 23, 2009 12:10 PM
" also stress on the fetus can come from many different things, doesnt have to be drugs alcohol and stuff like that."
Like mom worrying if her kid will be gay?
Posted by: dittoburg at October 23, 2009 12:11 PM
Rob - So all the pregnant women in war-torn countries & living below poverty level & so on are going to have gay kids? What an impact on the population explosion! All those 3rd world places will implode!
Posted by: Arkady at October 23, 2009 12:11 PM
quote:
Rob - the US has an underage teen pregnancy rate which makes Japan look like the Noggin channel.
thats cuz babies are fashionable in america. and they get you $$$ and benefits out in the ying yang. i dont think that's the case in japan at all!
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 23, 2009 12:11 PM
coup de cat
Posted by: dittoburg at October 23, 2009 12:17 PM
Well, I'm not jumping back into this conversation. Except to say that I was confused. I thought the correlation had something to do with the AGE of the pregnant other.
Moving on. Arkady, ROFL!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 23, 2009 12:17 PM
I've already said I'll neither run nor serve. No gerontocracy on 'Stoner site.
Posted by: Arkady at October 23, 2009 12:20 PM
wasder, that's just bizarre! (Or, these days, maybe it's not that surprising really.)
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 23, 2009 12:21 PM
arkady, I still have to check the caviar prices for you. Haven't been to the store yet and will email you when I do.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 23, 2009 12:23 PM
- coup de cat
Of couse. Everyday in the OT. Stick around it'll happen today. It starts out slow. The ladies come around one at a time. They discuss the topic on hand,pretending to be interested, one posts a cat video into the mix and then the takeover happens....MEOW!!!
Posted by: brownjokester at October 23, 2009 12:24 PM
Wasder - What's really bemusing about that is how a guy who could be so stupid as to do that was ever put in a responsible position to begin with.
Posted by: Arkady at October 23, 2009 12:25 PM
- No gerontocracy on 'Stoner site.
I thought that's what we had now!
Posted by: brownjokester at October 23, 2009 12:25 PM
CarGar- nah. I think rob is a truly unique personality. I refuse to blame anything on his mother :)
Arkady- I have a cat named Widget also! Although I tend to call him Squidget or Widgey. (And yet here I am talking about rob's unique personality). If you take over the world I want to be head of the Cats Rule Dept.
Posted by: bxgrl at October 23, 2009 12:27 PM
Jokester - I wedged in a cat subtlety earlier w/ regard to Widget post. It'll ramp up more slowly since Snappy's away. But once THL settles down to prevent fetal stress, we'll start to purr right along.
Posted by: Arkady at October 23, 2009 12:27 PM
"Old" is in the mind of the beolder.
Posted by: Arkady at October 23, 2009 12:28 PM
My Widge also gets called Widgers or "You effing little basket!"
Posted by: Arkady at October 23, 2009 12:29 PM
Arkady- ROFL!
Posted by: bxgrl at October 23, 2009 12:30 PM
Rob, where are you getting this 'information'?
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 23, 2009 12:31 PM
Arkady- I would be embarrassed to post what I call my guys when they piss me off. Or what I call them when I'm kissing the tops of their little heads.
Posted by: bxgrl at October 23, 2009 12:32 PM
- What's really bemusing about that is how a guy who could be so stupid as to do that
What shocked me was that he downloaded 3,400 images. How many times can you look at the same things? And how do you keep track of them all for future reference. I'd like to see his cataloging system.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 23, 2009 12:32 PM
Um, Coup de Cat is happening!
Get up from the lunch table men and start posting.
Roll out the wood chipper.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 23, 2009 12:34 PM
"And how do you keep track of them all for future reference. I'd like to see his cataloging system."
There was once a serious article in a scholarly journal, titles somethng like "If There Were a Porn Index." It described how to catalog and label various porn content in order to better serve the user.
Posted by: infinitejester at October 23, 2009 12:35 PM
Jester - What was it called, The Do We Decadent System?
Posted by: Arkady at October 23, 2009 12:38 PM
500?
Posted by: more4less at October 23, 2009 12:38 PM
LOL!
Wish I could rewrite as well as some of you do.
Posted by: infinitejester at October 23, 2009 12:42 PM
Think the Times article on the Tishman-Speyer decision is very interesting.
Posted by: bxgrl at October 23, 2009 12:42 PM
quote:
Rob, where are you getting this 'information'?
science classes in college? magazine articles? it's pretty common knowledge that one of the theories on how people turn gay, speficially males, is prenatal stressors. it's not difinitive or anything. why am i being questioned on this?
the thing tho is that i havent been gay for like 7 months now. i watch straight and gay porn and do not partake in any sexual activity other than with myself. so i guess technically im asexually bi or bisexually asexual, or autosexual maybe? but im definitely no longer a homosexual.
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 23, 2009 12:43 PM
I just posted this in another thread. If you love old cars:
Check out these beauties. The showroom is open to the public.
http://www.cooperclassiccars.com/Inventory1.asp
My favorite one that I saw there was the 59 Jaguar XK...SEXY!
Posted by: brownjokester at October 23, 2009 12:44 PM
Aight people, I am outta here. Enjoy the rest of your day and weekend. I gotta go pay a stupid cell phone ticket (2nd one in the past couple of months) and go hang out at my friends shop cause he just picked up a 87 porsche 944 and is messing around with it. That car is such a beauty.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at October 23, 2009 12:48 PM
Had to break to get some lunch.
There is a site similar to IMDB (Internet Movie Date Base) called IAFD (Internet Adult Film Database)
Arkady and Bxgrl The Itty Bitty Kitty lady posted a pic of one of the marmalade boys Gordon Draper sleeping belly and all four paws up to the sky. It sent me over the edge it was so cute.
http://www.theittybittykittycommittee.com/
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 23, 2009 12:50 PM
"There is a site similar to IMDB (Internet Movie Date Base) called IAFD (Internet Adult Film Database)"
I'd be curious to see what the keyword search items are!!!!!
Posted by: benson at October 23, 2009 12:54 PM
"stress on the fetus has been shown to cause more cases of homosexuality. "
I always prefer to phrase the question as what causes heterosexuality...not the other way around.
Posted by: Petebklyn at October 23, 2009 12:57 PM
BJ if you like old Jags This is a pic of my Dad and his dog with his '57 Jag.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/30673694@N06/3642308850/
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 23, 2009 12:57 PM
THL - Snappy should read that posting - she only had one!
Posted by: Arkady at October 23, 2009 1:00 PM
Arkady I know! Imagine going through all that with the little buggers and then parting with them?? Heartbreak.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 23, 2009 1:03 PM
hey folks,
dibs,
I heard that in Japan, you can buy used girlie underwear from a vending machine as well. no joke.
I'm just wondering how they market this stuff?
clean, messy or trucker's 'roid pad?
Posted by: Legion at October 23, 2009 1:10 PM
THL- please please pleeeeeezzzzze stop posting those adorable pictures or I'm going to wind up with 100 more cats,and living on the street with them :-)
Posted by: bxgrl at October 23, 2009 1:17 PM
I'm sorry. I can't help it. My whole life I wanted an orange marmalade and not one has ever 'found me' don't get me wrong I love my others but I've just always wanted a little orange girl or boy so watching this batch of newbies has me over the moon.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 23, 2009 1:22 PM
Cat girls, why is it they are so cute when kittens, and then grow up to tear your house apart, ralph up hairballs, and produce "poo monoliths" in out of the way places? They are so damn cute!!! in those photographs!
Posted by: Montrose Morris at October 23, 2009 1:24 PM
MM- are you implying your cats are less than saints?
THL- I hear you. I love marmalades but Buggy and Stevie are not really red. Stevie is really a gorgeous pink and cream, Buggy is a dull red. But my cat Ketchup, who died @10 years ago what the most gorgeous deep red swirl tabby. Had the best personality too. Pumpkin is mostly red with some white and one of those faces that look like a broom handle is stuck up his butt. Eternal shocky. (BJster- that's where my broom seems to have gotten to )
Posted by: bxgrl at October 23, 2009 1:31 PM
At the risk of changing the subject away from all things cat, can someone lurking out there please explain wtf happened to the Yankees last night? Why do they consistently seem to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 23, 2009 1:34 PM
It's a mystery MM.
My mom was horrified at the degraded state of my favorite pair of slippers (the lining had all but worn completely away but I loved them!) So, what do I get in the mail yesterday? A super warm pair of fuzzy chocolate brown suede/shearling cuffs. AWESOMENESS!
What happen within 7 minutes of my having them on my feet? I step on a horked up fur ball.
%!!!@#*&*&^*#^*&^ckers!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 23, 2009 1:34 PM
cuffs = scuffs
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 23, 2009 1:35 PM
CGar my husband joked (kinda) that the top brass made them throw it to bring it back here so they can fill seats and pay for this new stadium.
I'm just happy to watch Pettitte pitch. Purrrrr...
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 23, 2009 1:37 PM
help!!!! the ethics, diversity,.... training is still running. arh!!!!!!!!
Posted by: more4less at October 23, 2009 1:41 PM
Bxgrl you'll have to post pictures of your crew.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 23, 2009 1:42 PM
THL, that is a beaut!!
Your father was a looker also.
What happened to the car? Is it still in the family? It's worth a pretty penny.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 23, 2009 1:43 PM
THL, my sister said pretty much the same thing, that they want to win at home, in their new stadium. I don't really care where they win, as long as they win. (As for Andy Pettitte, he makes it that much more enjoyable to watch the Yankees play - you have consistently good taste in men. ; )
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 23, 2009 1:46 PM
M4L- When I worked at a BIG bank co. We had training we had to do every year. One of the courses was "The Code of Ethics".
So, it was my job to follow up an make sure everyone had completed the courses (online) and one of the girls I had to follow up with said this, "Don't worry, I'm going to do The Code of Ethnics course during lunch today".
Inside my stomach was aching from trying not to laugh. All I said was, "If you could, I'd prefer you finish The Code of Ethic course first." and walked away.
She had this 'huh?' expression on her face that was priceless.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 23, 2009 1:47 PM
Thanks BJster.
Car is gone, some drunk lady smashed into it completely bending the frame like an old tin can. it was totaled. The kicker, she didn't even have insurance.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 23, 2009 1:49 PM
THL, these on-line classes used to last for 1-1.5 hrs. it's now 3 hrs and there's still tons to go.
Posted by: more4less at October 23, 2009 1:51 PM
Oh man! Do you do them all at once? We had about 8 to do and they were broken up during the year. if i had to do them back to back I might killed myself.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 23, 2009 1:54 PM
they rolled out 2 to complete. passed ethics with flying color. now on work place harassment
I blame the lawyers for this CYA stuff
Posted by: more4less at October 23, 2009 2:01 PM
"Wasder - What's really bemusing about that is how a guy who could be so stupid as to do that was ever put in a responsible position to begin with."
Arrogance has always been this guy's MO and he just never figured anybody would look into anything he was doing. Plus he fired somebody a few years back who was blogging about the their job at the battlefield from a work computer.
Posted by: wasder at October 23, 2009 2:02 PM
Wow just 2 and it's almost 8 hrs worth of coursework. CRAZY!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 23, 2009 2:04 PM
- who was blogging about the their job at the battlefield from a work computer.
You mean, you shouldn't use a work computer to post on a blog.
Ooops!
Posted by: brownjokester at October 23, 2009 2:04 PM
wasder - perhaps you could do the docu about him instead? he seems a character.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 23, 2009 2:05 PM
THL, the biggest diff is current version have some AUDIO only (ie I have to listen to the audio vs reading the displayed text) and that slows things down a ton. of course, me posting / reading here doesn't help either
Posted by: more4less at October 23, 2009 2:09 PM
Ugh, so stupid. The stuff never changes either you take one you've taken them all.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 23, 2009 2:11 PM
**PAGING DIBS**
If you ever find yourself at Clover Club - they have a cocktail that I think would be right up your alley (no homo)
It's called the bensonhurst, rye manhattan with equal parts antiqua vermouth and cynar. good shit.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 23, 2009 2:12 PM
- Car is gone, some drunk lady smashed into it completely bending the frame like an old tin can. it was totaled.
NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
You could have sent your crotchfruit to an Ive League with today's value of that car.
I'm gathering your Dad was OK and not hurt in the accident.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 23, 2009 2:13 PM
Yeah, he was fine. He still can't look at pictures of the car though he gets all boo-hooie.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 23, 2009 2:15 PM
the other threads are SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO boring today
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 23, 2009 2:27 PM
I agree *rob*. If you're bored, go make fun of the woman in the Red Hook used clothing store thread.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 23, 2009 2:29 PM
totes rob
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 23, 2009 2:29 PM
Never mind, *rob*, I see you already did, lol
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 23, 2009 2:31 PM
I want to give a shout out to Pomegranate Blueberry V8 Fruit Fusion.
I've had to have so many frickin' servings of fruits and vege now that I've been choking on the damn stuff.
This is saving my life. One 8oz. glass is 2 servings of fruit and veg and it tastes awesome. If you want to try it you cn get a 1$ off coupon here:
http://www.tryv8.com/?pd=yes
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 23, 2009 2:32 PM
"i wasnt making fun of her :( "
I was just kidding too - she looks better than the fashionista drones that wander around soho.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 23, 2009 2:41 PM
rob,
was that you crawling in through the skylight last night?
Posted by: Legion at October 23, 2009 2:42 PM
What I want to know is is that a lamp for sale in the window or a short white skirt on a half dress form?
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 23, 2009 2:43 PM
My brother had a Jag like that one - traded it in for a VW bus when he had kids. Ugh!
Posted by: Arkady at October 23, 2009 2:43 PM
wasder,
Will the authorities might be looking for your documentary footage for their case?
by the way, have you seen Capturing the Friedman's?
fascinating.
Posted by: Legion at October 23, 2009 2:45 PM
Damn kids...trouble from the start!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 23, 2009 2:46 PM
THL, that's an XK 140 or 150 Jag...worth well over $100,000 today depending upon condition
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 23, 2009 2:47 PM
I have the identical Jag, and two VW buses. (Of course, mine are vintage Matchbox cars.)
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 23, 2009 2:47 PM
"What I want to know is is that a lamp for sale in the window or a short white skirt on a half dress form?'
It's a lampshade/dress hybrid - all the rage on the runways this past fashion week.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 23, 2009 2:48 PM
Yeah, parents do the stupidest things for their kids.
THL, if you have an old sports car. DO NO sell it. Let the little critter find his own way around town.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 23, 2009 2:49 PM
"wasder - perhaps you could do the docu about him instead? he seems a character."
We have made several attempts to get him to be a character in the documentary but to no avail.
Legion--don't think we have anything of interest for the authorities. And yes Capturing the Friedmans is awesome. I hope that my film can have a similar kind of impact, though of course that is massively wishful thinking.
Posted by: wasder at October 23, 2009 2:49 PM
Dave in it's current condition it's worth $bumpkiss.nada
It's in a landfill somewhere after getting completely totaled in a wreck.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 23, 2009 2:51 PM
"It's a lampshade/dress hybrid"
Reminds me of the episode of I Love Lucy, where Ricky & Fred pay a French fashion designer to make dresses for Lucy & Ethel from old flower pots and burlap bags.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 23, 2009 2:52 PM
CGar YES! LOVE that one.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 23, 2009 2:53 PM
Rob - I think all the threads have run out of steam today. Everyone needs a rest or a change.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 23, 2009 2:54 PM
"Let the little critter find his own way around town."
Radio flyer.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 23, 2009 2:54 PM
wasder,
capturing the friedman's had alot in common with another film I saw a long time ago, Tarnation.
both had, as their center, a character who for some reason had the forsight/presence of mind to film themselves candidly over the course of years.
it's almost like they knew there was going to be a larger event in their lives some point in the future.
Posted by: Legion at October 23, 2009 2:54 PM
I love I Love Lucy. Have every season on DVD.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 23, 2009 2:54 PM
And Lucy's hat was a horse's feedbag.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 23, 2009 2:55 PM
dittoburg,
let's talk about creationism vs. science then.lol.
Posted by: Legion at October 23, 2009 2:56 PM
"I think all the threads have run out of steam today. Everyone needs a rest or a change"
ditto, it's funny, but my office is equally dead today, and midtown isn't much better. Seems like everyone is hunkering down as the temperature drops, awaiting the storm.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 23, 2009 2:57 PM
Legion, I haven't got enough spark in me today to do that
;-)
Posted by: dittoburg at October 23, 2009 3:00 PM
"Seems like everyone is hunkering down as the temperature drops, awaiting the storm."
Everyone stocked up with powdered milk??!!?
I so remember that from when I was a kid. One snowflake on the horizon and it was canned good and powdered milk time.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 23, 2009 3:01 PM
I just went to NYTimes (dot) com and what is on the front page.
A story about the Park Slop Food Coop.
"Flunking Out at the Food Coop"
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/25/nyregion/25coop.html?hp
I didn't read it, cause frankly, I don't care.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 23, 2009 3:02 PM
cargar,
lol, quiet day?
Don't make me go on a conservative rant about Cass Sunstein, the Obama appointee.
Especially, while I'm fighting with the IRS on the phone here!
Posted by: Legion at October 23, 2009 3:03 PM
Legion I beg of you no!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 23, 2009 3:06 PM
The Food Coop story points to how really inane some peoples lives are.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 23, 2009 3:06 PM
YES, training is over.
Posted by: more4less at October 23, 2009 3:09 PM
Say Hallelujah and have a cocktail!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 23, 2009 3:12 PM
ok THL, BXGRL and MM,
you win.
where do I pick up one of these fur balls with teeth?
maybe I can use a ratter in the rental property.
Posted by: Legion at October 23, 2009 3:12 PM
I was ready to hate, but...
Working in public service, you have to bend rules. People aren't trying to be jerks, they just don't know. At my job there are few rules I won't totally bend.
And, many yuppies have a very hard time working as a team and sacrificing their ego for the greater good.
Posted by: infinitejester at October 23, 2009 3:14 PM
THL, according to the training, "Hallelujah" might offend someone of diff background here plus cocktail definite NO NO
Posted by: more4less at October 23, 2009 3:15 PM
MM and Bxgrl usually have spares, I'd check with them first :)
My neighbor across the street has a new kitten that's still too young to be weaned just yet. Once it's about 8 weeks she'll be looking for a home.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 23, 2009 3:15 PM
And, many yuppies have a very hard time working as a team and sacrificing their ego for the greater good.
Posted by: infinitejester at October 23, 2009 3:14 PM
ARe you talking about the new compensation scheme for bank of America?????
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 23, 2009 3:16 PM
Legion a word to the wise if you go the shelter route, the females are known to be better hunters than the males. Something to do with the instinct to feed their young.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 23, 2009 3:19 PM
legion- a rescue kitty is best- and they do best in pairs. CACC (they have a Brooklyn facility) has lots of them (I'll even go with you if you're serious) and you'll be saving a life or two. And rescue cats have sweet personalities. You can email me at bx2bklyn at gmail.com. If you adopt them, CACC does the shots, the exams and neutering. Plus microchips, so if the cat proves to be an ungrateful wretch, they will be returned to you :)
Posted by: bxgrl at October 23, 2009 3:19 PM
No, the PS Coop story, sorry.
Posted by: infinitejester at October 23, 2009 3:20 PM
I'm perusing the real estate listings on the Times and came across this.
I've always wanted a warehouse building to live in. This is sweet!
http://www.stribling.com/propinfo.asp?webid=1129116&type=TOWNHOUSE
Posted by: brownjokester at October 23, 2009 3:21 PM
yes, get a pair...no more difficult to take care of than 1 and they have a buddy all day long
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 23, 2009 3:21 PM
""Seems like everyone is hunkering down as the temperature drops, awaiting the storm.""
Oddly enough, I was out grocery shopping. Guess I'm ready...is there a storm coming? How did I miss this?
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 23, 2009 3:23 PM
dittoburg,
that's ok, they have EST for that. ;)
Posted by: Legion at October 23, 2009 3:23 PM
THL- Unfortunately for me I am too attached to my guys- and a lot of people don't want cats with eyesight problems. Especially the completely blind one- it would be way too wrenching, for both of us, for me to give him away. I may kill him- but I can't give him away :)
Not sure about MM's- I'll ask.But chances are they have weaseled their way into even her shriveled little heart.
Posted by: bxgrl at October 23, 2009 3:24 PM
THL, your dream house is still for sale.
http://www.brownharrisstevens.com/detail.aspx?id=893651
Posted by: brownjokester at October 23, 2009 3:24 PM
"Too bad tybur and myself are 20 years too late to get on board the fake real estate gain train."
Better get yourselves a chart on Manhattan RE prices over the long term. May want to get you back in the game.
Posted by: denton at October 23, 2009 3:26 PM
They cause less trouble in pairs. They're not nearly as needy either.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 23, 2009 3:27 PM
thanks THL, BXGRL,
I had one for a while and she worked out really well, but she belonged to the super and he took her with him when he got another apartment.
I will consider.
DIBS, you have cats too?
Posted by: Legion at October 23, 2009 3:27 PM
Arkady says (on pick-up lines)
"A voice from the other side - Any line works so long as the presenter is presentable."
Benson responds:
"Well, I think that would eliminate about 80% of the guys."
Benson, were you thinking Arkady was referring to being well dressed? Not sure myself.
Posted by: denton at October 23, 2009 3:29 PM
"And rescue cats have sweet personalities."
Sure. Like rescued children and rescued pitbulls.
Posted by: denton at October 23, 2009 3:30 PM
Thanks to all who tried to help with the Mac/PC external HD question I asked yesterday.
The easy answer is to format the drive using the older format of FAT32. Then both computers should recognize it.
If that's not done, bxgirl is the winner, there's a program that can be installed on the PC that will allow it.
Confirmed w 2 different HD manufactures at PhotoPlus today.
Posted by: denton at October 23, 2009 3:32 PM
Legion, my partner has cats down in Philly so i only see them on weekends. they are two wonderful animals. Not as wonderful as the previous two but still wonderful. We've never had really tempermental cats. You know, the kind that behave like cats. Ours behave like dogs.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 23, 2009 3:33 PM
And I would get two here in NYC but almost every week I'm gone from Friday morning until Monday evening....down in Philly.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 23, 2009 3:34 PM
hiya folks
am off today
"working from home"
ha!
cargar - how's the chow? did you see I sent you an artic dog shout out on the OT yesterday towards 6pm
did anyone else notice there were 2 musicians on every corner along 5th avenue from 7th street to Carroll just playing music - not for money, just playing some tunes
love that
Posted by: gemini10 at October 23, 2009 3:34 PM
Denton - No, clothes are just the wrapping - evanescent. But style is enduring.
Posted by: Arkady at October 23, 2009 3:36 PM
"The Food Coop story points to how really inane some peoples lives are"
Agreed, Dave. I just the article, ROFL. I'm sorry, but I love this description: "a onetime co-op member who described the place as 'something between an earthy-crunchy health food haven and a Soviet-style re-education camp.'" Also sounds like a place where the Soup Nazi would be right at home. I'm sorry, but I'd rather pay more for my organic arugula at Whole Foods and buy my olives at Sahadi's than start giving up vacation days to work in the food co-op. [Ducks for cover]
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 23, 2009 3:36 PM
sorry if you all covered this already - but did you see this hilarious article on the front of the NYT.com website just now about the Shaming of members who don't keep up with their side of the bargain over at the park slope co-op
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/25/nyregion/25coop.html?_r=1&hp
Posted by: gemini10 at October 23, 2009 3:37 PM
The early Jaguar XKE drop-head coupe (that's the 3.8L version) is the greatest modern era non-exotic car EVER! No arguments please.
Posted by: denton at October 23, 2009 3:43 PM
Have any of you eaten at Oceana in Rockefeller Plaza (they used to be on East 54th St)??????
Well I say boycott it. They have a 70 (yes seventy) year old lobster that they are offering in a special meal for $275. All this can be is bragging rights for some asshole; the lobster meat won't be that tender.
Send this 70 year old lobster back to the sea and TAKE THOSE F*&^ING RUBBER BANDS OFF HIS CLAWS.
His name is Larry.
BOYCOTT OCEANA
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 23, 2009 3:45 PM
G10, I responded to your late post, but think you were gone by then. Thanks for asking, but she was actually worse last night, poor thing could barely move. I think being poked, prodded and held down by 4 men might agree with Dave (sorry, Dave, couldn't resist ; )), but it took a toll on her. Plus, she refused to eat - I think she smelled or tasted the pain med in her food, though I managed to finally get her to take it with American cheese slices. This morning I bought her a bacon, egg & cheese sandwich just to get her to eat. And even with an injured foot, she still digs her paws into the sidewalk about a block from home because she doesn't want to go back inside the house.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 23, 2009 3:45 PM
"is there a storm coming?"
"There's a storm coming! HIS storm!" --Mother Abigail, "The Stand"
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 23, 2009 3:47 PM
awwww - poor thing
am sorry carga - so even the egg sandwich couldn't cheer her up
Posted by: gemini10 at October 23, 2009 3:48 PM
Dave, I thought they were pressured to release Larry back into the ocean a long time ago? Am I thinking of another old lobster, perhaps?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 23, 2009 3:49 PM
DIBS,
full disclosure; my sister who I lived with for a while, had like 6 or 7 of those fuzzy critters. The kind that acted like cats. aside from using me as a scratching post and the huge doses of anti-histimines required, they really grew on me.
Posted by: Legion at October 23, 2009 3:49 PM
quote:
And rescue cats have sweet personalities."
Sure. Like rescued children and rescued pitbulls.
LOL! i resent that remark!!!! im a rescued child, and my dog is a rescued pitbull!
oh wait
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 23, 2009 3:49 PM
"is there a storm coming?"
It's going to be raining men.
Queue up the Weather Girls.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGLZqDXau98
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 23, 2009 3:49 PM
More of an austin healey 3000 man myself.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 23, 2009 3:50 PM
CGar, yes there was another place with a 50 year old lobster. This story was just updated by the food writer for Bloomberg today.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 23, 2009 3:50 PM
oy dave -that sounds horrible
has that poor lobster been living in oceana's tank for 70 years???
Posted by: gemini10 at October 23, 2009 3:51 PM
dibs, Oceana just opened I think.
"All this can be is bragging rights for some asshole; the lobster meat won't be that tender."
Rewrite:
"All this can be is bragging rights for some finance type; the lobster meat won't be that tender."
Why pick on lobsters, of all things, possibly the only sustainable fishery on the planet.
Posted by: denton at October 23, 2009 3:52 PM
The PETA folks will be all over this.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 23, 2009 3:53 PM
No gemini, it's a recent catch. Not sure how long though. Was that actually a serious question?? I'd like to meet you some day for a quick game of, well, anything. :)
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 23, 2009 3:53 PM
"It's going to be raining men.
Queue up the Weather Girls....."
Or Kathleen Turner as Chandler's father on FRIENDS
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 23, 2009 3:53 PM
"has that poor lobster been living in oceana's tank for 70 years???"
No not since they haven't been open even 70 days.
If we're gonna free the lobster, OPEN THE ZOO DOORS!
Posted by: denton at October 23, 2009 3:55 PM
Lobster meat is not less tender from an older lobster.
I like a Morgan or an old MG - TD
Posted by: Arkady at October 23, 2009 3:55 PM
Park Slope is stretching its boundaries south.
http://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/reb/1434042098.html
Posted by: brownjokester at October 23, 2009 3:55 PM
It recently moved from East 54th to Rockefeller Plaza. This WILL NOT be good publicity for them.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 23, 2009 3:55 PM
Don't lobsters mate for life?
That's what gets me, some poor old Mrs. Lobster wondering what happened to her hubby after he popped out for some fishheads.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 23, 2009 3:56 PM
OK...I'm off to Penn Station to get on Amtrak. Be back on here in about 25 minutes.........
Hold my drink will ya????
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 23, 2009 3:57 PM
...The black cat (Lou) just ran past me with a clementine peel in it's mouth...
WTF?
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 23, 2009 3:57 PM
DIBS - wanna go halvsies and buy it and set it free?
WE'd prolly make the news
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 23, 2009 3:57 PM
dibs, I know I've seen those big lobster things in a steakhouse or two around here somewhere.
Posted by: denton at October 23, 2009 3:58 PM
uhhh,
auto-re-write,
substitute objective case whom for who
and histamines for histimines.
alrighty then.
Posted by: Legion at October 23, 2009 3:58 PM
"Don't lobsters mate for life?"
Yes, if Phoebe on FRIENDS is to be believed
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 23, 2009 3:58 PM
Don't forget the cost of the boat, dh :-)
Posted by: denton at October 23, 2009 3:59 PM
DIBS- i thought you would more sympathy for he owner of Oceana, who probably had to claw his way to the top of the food chain. I bet the bad publicity is making him horribly crabby.
Posted by: bxgrl at October 23, 2009 3:59 PM
"Hold my drink will ya????"
I gotcha covered. I'll order another Long Island Iced Tea when you get back.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 23, 2009 4:00 PM
CGened - In that case I'll be in the kitchen melting the butter
Posted by: dittoburg at October 23, 2009 4:02 PM
haven't had one of those in ages. Sound delish.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 23, 2009 4:02 PM
DIBS - wanna go halvsies and buy it and set it free?
WE'd prolly make the news
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 23, 2009 3:57 PM
Yes I am that hero who freed that lobster. Oh, sure you can buy me a drink and dance with me. yes, I am a nice guy......
DH, I can envision the return on investment with ladies. the above conversations / scenarios could be frequent occurrence
Posted by: more4less at October 23, 2009 4:03 PM
haha Denton - don't any of you rich brownstone owners have a boat we can borrow?
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 23, 2009 4:03 PM
I meant LI Ice Teas not the lobster.
bxgrl- Oy!! You need to leave the cheesy quips to Biff.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 23, 2009 4:04 PM
Dave has a boat.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 23, 2009 4:05 PM
dibs - im blonde -what do you expect?
haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
wow - i re-read what i wrote - i must come off like such a dummmy sometimes - hahaha
Posted by: gemini10 at October 23, 2009 4:07 PM
"I'll be in the kitchen melting the butter"
ditto, not for the lobster I hope!
THL, I haven't had a LI Iced Tea in years, but, I recall drinking them on the beach and the alcohol hitting me all of a sudden
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 23, 2009 4:08 PM
Great Lou has now just 'gifted' me with the clementine peel that She pulled from the office wastebasket except now it's completely riddled with teeth marks.
GEE THANKS!
I suppose I get to now throw it away for the second time today.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 23, 2009 4:09 PM
No, for the maple syrup I'm making
Posted by: dittoburg at October 23, 2009 4:09 PM
Mr. biffers is falling down on the job. In his heyday he would have been all over this like butter on....well...lobster. :)
Posted by: bxgrl at October 23, 2009 4:10 PM
Oh yeah, they hit you hard. You drink them fast b/c they taste way too good considering how much of the hard stuff they actually contain.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 23, 2009 4:10 PM
THL- one of my crew has gifted me with a piece of saliva anointed foam rubber stuffing yanked from the underside of a chair.
Posted by: bxgrl at October 23, 2009 4:12 PM
bxgrl, 3 for 3, lol
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 23, 2009 4:12 PM
True Bx, he'll probably come up with some lame "I was working" excuse to boot.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 23, 2009 4:12 PM
Oh jeez. I'll stop complaining about the peel then. Better that then chunks of my furniture!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 23, 2009 4:14 PM
"that poor lobster been living in oceana's tank for 70 years???"
He should be EXTRA tasty by now.
Posted by: East New York at October 23, 2009 4:17 PM
CarGar- this is what you have to look forward to once we are ensconced in our e-mansion.
How's the doggie doing? When will you know about the tests?
Posted by: bxgrl at October 23, 2009 4:17 PM
Benson said this would happen
Posted by: dittoburg at October 23, 2009 4:17 PM
I've just had to toss a pipecleaner 12 times since "someone" wanted to play fetch.
Posted by: Arkady at October 23, 2009 4:18 PM
CDog's vet just called. He said the blood test results are all good, which is a relief. So, I'm hoping it's just a sprain.
For anyone near Cobble Hill Animal Clinic, I'm very happy with Dr. LoBasso, who took over the practice from Dr. Maddox.)
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 23, 2009 4:19 PM
alright you goons - hardy har har
Posted by: gemini10 at October 23, 2009 4:20 PM
"Benson said this would happen"
Yeah, it's very funny ditto
bxgrl, thanks much for asking. I posted an update to G10 at 3:45. Hopefully she'll be better when I get home tonight.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 23, 2009 4:21 PM
Least they bring it back to you.
Two of my girls do the return thing. Only for the first few times though then it's "let's watch mommy go get the mouse and throw it game" which I don't find nearly as cute.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 23, 2009 4:24 PM
haha m4l - i like where your heads at!!
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 23, 2009 4:29 PM
When I read the paper in the morning I keep a stash of 2 dozen pipecleaners. He usually brings them back but sometimes can't find them or drops them too far away for me to grab.
Posted by: Arkady at October 23, 2009 4:33 PM
From the "Tenant Leaving Water On" Thread:
"We had several buildings with cat people who instisted that their cats would only drink from a running faucet so they left their faucets running 24 hours a day. We calculated this cost the owner $200 per month in water and sewer charges, and that was cold water."
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 23, 2009 4:33 PM
From the "Tenant Leaving Water On" Thread:
"We had several buildings with cat people who instisted that their cats would only drink from a running faucet so they left their faucets running 24 hours a day. We calculated this cost the owner $200 per month in water and sewer charges, and that was cold water."
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 23, 2009 4:33 PM
I know 2 cat owners who do that but they own their houses & water bills too & it's a very small trickle. They've both tried the recirculating fountains to no avail but the fountains do work for some.
Posted by: Arkady at October 23, 2009 4:38 PM
Is this their cat?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UTdhK0lwuw
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 23, 2009 4:38 PM
RE: Cats and running water
they make cat fountains that you fill, and it recirculates the water!!
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 23, 2009 4:38 PM
CarGar:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UTdhK0lwuw
Posted by: Arkady at October 23, 2009 4:39 PM
Ive used the recirculating fountains. They work great once the cat gets used to it.
I only have one cat that does this and now that I'm home she just runs into the bathroom and jumps on the sink when she wants a drink. So I go turn it on for a moment. I'd never leave it running, that's too wasteful.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 23, 2009 4:41 PM
I'm back. hanks for holding my drink. I was waylayed ranting in the Tenant Leaving Water On thread.
HEY.....who backwashed in my drink????
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 23, 2009 4:42 PM
CarGar- Dr. Maddox was my vet for years and i miss him terribly. he was very kind to me on more than one occasion, and great with my animals. I've been to Dr. LoBasso once so far but it will take me time to get used to him. The cats, of course, hate him just as much s they hated Dr. Maddox :-)
Posted by: bxgrl at October 23, 2009 4:43 PM
Snap! THL
Posted by: Arkady at October 23, 2009 4:43 PM
"who backwashed in my drink????"
Dave, not me, I swear. I just stuck it in one of the drink holders in the sand. Call over that hot Mexican waiter and order another drink - he looks like your type.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 23, 2009 4:46 PM
OMFG!!!
Now the cat people are posting the same cat videos at the same time.
Very sad day in OT history!
Posted by: brownjokester at October 23, 2009 4:47 PM
bxgrl, I agree about Dr. Maddox. He was great with the CDog, and had a great sense of humor. I was sorry he retired.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 23, 2009 4:48 PM
Jokester - And THL put it on the water thread too. Pretty good, eh?
Posted by: Arkady at October 23, 2009 4:49 PM
Anyone ever go to the Boca Raton Resort & Club? That's my frame of reference for drinking Long Island Iced Teas on the beach. And the waiters and waitresses would go from towel to towel taking orders and serving cocktails. Oh, to be in college again!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 23, 2009 4:50 PM
- Pretty good, eh?
The first word in PLUSA comes to mind.
Posted by: brownjokester at October 23, 2009 4:51 PM
Sorry Dave the cats back washed in your drink.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 23, 2009 4:51 PM
CarGar - You don't have to be in college to go there. And other resorts provide similar service to grown-ups too.
Posted by: Arkady at October 23, 2009 4:52 PM
Anyway, CarGar, don't you get that kind of service in the tent?
Posted by: Arkady at October 23, 2009 4:53 PM
"Anyone ever go to the Boca Raton Resort & Club?"
No because as of right now I'm not an 80 yrs old Jewish Woman.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 23, 2009 4:53 PM
BJ, unfortunately for you, you have achieved the status of full blown (no pun intended) PLUSA as well
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 23, 2009 4:53 PM
There is a beach island over there in the blog whose name we cannot speak where you have free drinks, hammocks and beach towels all day long
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 23, 2009 4:56 PM
Yes, but only in college did I have the stamina to drink LI Iced Teas on the beach from dawn 'til dusk.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 23, 2009 4:57 PM
Lord Voldemort has a blog?
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 23, 2009 4:59 PM
man, y'all crack me up with this cat stuff. Fountains? Running water?
I put out a bowel of water for the cat, and one for the dog. If they drink it fine, If they don't that's their problem AFAIK only humans kill themselves, so guess what happens. When the cat get's thirsty, he'll drink from his bowel. If he doesn't too effin bad for the cat.
He'll be waiting a long time for a cat fountain.
Posted by: denton at October 23, 2009 5:00 PM
I don't know CGar. I'm hoping I can maintain a sweet buzz from age 75 on.
Why not right?
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 23, 2009 5:01 PM
Does Lord Voldemort wear surfer trunks or a [eeek, I can hardly type it...] speedo! ; )
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 23, 2009 5:02 PM
his bowel?
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 23, 2009 5:03 PM
LI Iced teas are a good way to get:
A) a wicked hangover
B) no buybacks from the bartender
C) blackout drunk and puking
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 23, 2009 5:03 PM
Agreed, THL, but is it not true that you aren't supposed to lie in the sun from dawn 'til dusk nowadays, let alone drink alcohol while lying in the sun from dawn 'til dusk??
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 23, 2009 5:03 PM
When the cat get's thirsty, he'll drink from his bowel. If he doesn't too effin bad for the cat.
He'll be waiting a long time for a cat fountain.
Posted by: denton at October 23, 2009 5:00 PM
denton, you're a hard one. no homo
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 23, 2009 5:04 PM
He strikes me as European so a Speedo may not be out of the question.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 23, 2009 5:04 PM
DH, I totally agree with A and C, but why no buybacks from the bartender?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 23, 2009 5:06 PM
When I'm in my 70's I'll be wearing an inappropriate bikini lying in the sun and sipping cocktails till death. Check it out:
http://tinyurl.com/ctcta3
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 23, 2009 5:06 PM
At 75+ I don't think you have to worry.
Posted by: Arkady at October 23, 2009 5:07 PM
THL, who IS that? I can visualize the movie but can't quite place it . . . Better off Dead?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 23, 2009 5:09 PM
"DH, I totally agree with A and C, but why no buybacks from the bartender?"
They are a bitch to make and people generally don't tip accordingly.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at October 23, 2009 5:09 PM
We had a 17 year old intern here at work. His internship ended. However twice a week, he comes in and works, totally unpaid and uncompensated, just because he likes it here so much. Right now he's falling all over himself working so hard.
Posted by: infinitejester at October 23, 2009 5:10 PM
"When the cat get's thirsty, he'll drink from his bowel"
Here's hoping he's had a colostomy.
Posted by: jessibaby at October 23, 2009 5:10 PM
Magda- Something About Mary
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 23, 2009 5:11 PM
CGar- They love making those as much as they like making frozen drinks.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 23, 2009 5:12 PM
Good point, DH, I can see that:
Long Island Iced Tea recipe
The Long Island Iced Tea (LIIT) is the basis of many elaborate mixed-drinks. It dates to the 70's, named after the continental USA's largest island Long Island, in New York. Although it doesn't contain tea, it's taste is similar. The drink sits in the top 5 of most popular cocktails and is regularly mentioned or seen served in television and films (worthy mentions are The Simpsons, Sex and the City and Cruel Intentions).
1 part vodka
1 part 1800® Tequila
1 part rum
1 part gin
1 part triple sec
1 1/2 parts sweet and sour mix
1 splash Coca-Cola®
Mix ingredients together over ice in a glass. Pour into a shaker and give one brisk shake. Pour back into the glass and make sure there is a touch of fizz at the top. Garnish with lemon.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 23, 2009 5:13 PM
I had 300? Do I hear 400?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 23, 2009 5:13 PM
He just got on the public address system and made a long rambling query if anyone had lost a Metrocard.
Posted by: infinitejester at October 23, 2009 5:15 PM
Sounds as if you'd really get "LIT" w/ that.
Posted by: Arkady at October 23, 2009 5:15 PM
Just reading the list of ingredients is making me feel hungover.
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 23, 2009 5:16 PM
400 goes to CGar!
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 23, 2009 5:16 PM
quote:
We had a 17 year old intern here at work. His internship ended. However twice a week, he comes in and works, totally unpaid and uncompensated, just because he likes it here so much. Right now he's falling all over himself working so hard.
that's just sad. dont people realize internships mean nothing? companies just like to exploit people for free labor. it should be illegal.
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 23, 2009 5:17 PM
jester, oh to be 17 again!
THL, yes, Something about Mary! I knew I knew her.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 23, 2009 5:18 PM
Rob, interns get paid in sex.
Posted by: jessibaby at October 23, 2009 5:18 PM
that's just sad. dont people realize internships mean nothing? companies just like to exploit people for free labor. it should be illegal.
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 23, 2009 5:17 PM
I disagree. They get a taste of the fruits of education, by seeing how much time I have to post on Brownstoner all day.
Posted by: infinitejester at October 23, 2009 5:19 PM
good one Jessi!
Posted by: denton at October 23, 2009 5:19 PM
rob, it looks good on a resume (or c.v. for Biff and the Brits)
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 23, 2009 5:21 PM
My professional rat friend is here too - I made him an intern as well - and has taken it upon himself to clean all the tables. Damn I'm good at my job.
Posted by: infinitejester at October 23, 2009 5:22 PM
Alright folks I'm outta here. You all have a great weekend.
Don't forget to turn off your faucets, and please have a cocktail for me!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 23, 2009 5:23 PM
"realize internships mean nothing?"
Depends on the internship. Mine with the Brooklyn Heights Press reporter many years ago allowed me to cover interesting unusual stories (including few murders) won me an award from a professional media organization and launched me on a journalism career. Also, this guy infinite describes isn't exactly being "exploited" because he's volunteering at this point. He does sound to be a bit over-enthusiastic, tho. However you never know where it may lead for him.
Posted by: East New York at October 23, 2009 5:23 PM
quote:
They get a taste of the fruits of education, by seeing how much time I have to post on Brownstoner all day.
that's even sadder.
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 23, 2009 5:23 PM
I would think so too, DIBS, and he is actually getting some real world work experience.
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 23, 2009 5:23 PM
Rob, interns get paid in sex.
Posted by: jessibaby at October 23, 2009 5:18 PM
man, I must've been terrible intern. got no sex via all those internships. is it more the norm in law firms?
Posted by: more4less at October 23, 2009 5:24 PM
jester, seems very Tom Sawyer of you!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 23, 2009 5:25 PM
He's 17? it'll be great for his college application.
School are getting crazy picky these days. You're app. needs to stand out.
Or now I'm really gone...
Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 23, 2009 5:25 PM
"Mine with the Brooklyn Heights Press reporter"
About when was that ENY?
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 23, 2009 5:26 PM
I'd like to hire a few interns to work under me.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 23, 2009 5:27 PM
ROFL, Dave. I'd like to be the meat in an intern sandwich.
And, Cobble, could you please whip up a pitcher of LIITs before I get home?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 23, 2009 5:29 PM
"I'd like to hire a few interns to work under me."
Oh, the re-writes! Rewriter, where are you when we need you?!
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 23, 2009 5:29 PM
M4L, don't know personally, virgin here.
Posted by: jessibaby at October 23, 2009 5:30 PM
"They get a taste of the fruits of education."
What does this have to do with homosexual teachers?
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 23, 2009 5:31 PM
" Cobble, could you please whip up a pitcher of LIITs before I get home?"
huh? Oh, sorry, I did make some...hic...but uhm, well, there isn't any left...hic...could you stop and pick up some supplies?
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 23, 2009 5:31 PM
"He'll be waiting a long time for a cat fountain.
Posted by: denton at October 23, 2009 5:00 PM
denton, you're a hard one. no homo"
DIBS, what do you want me to do, feed him lobster all day?
Posted by: denton at October 23, 2009 5:31 PM
All the letters are lit up in the "TRENTON MAKES THE WORLD TAKES" sign!!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 23, 2009 5:31 PM
"M4L, don't know personally, virgin here."
I think I just did my first actual spit take ever.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 23, 2009 5:32 PM
"feed him lobster all day?"
Yes, just not from bowels...
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 23, 2009 5:33 PM
Say hello to Princeton, Dave, I left my heart there.
Posted by: infinitejester at October 23, 2009 5:34 PM
Biff, where ya been? It's been very quiet today. There were major lobster puns calling your name.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 23, 2009 5:35 PM
We had a Burmese cat that was a total carnivore...among his favorite things...Osso Bucco marrow, foie gras, wild boar ragu. He also like ice cream. The other cat, ONLY fish & seafood. He loved lobster!!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 23, 2009 5:35 PM
Say hello to Princeton, Dave, I left my heart there.
Posted by: infinitejester at October 23, 2009 5:34 PM
I guess because you never realized what direction it is. I passed Princeton quite awhile ago coming from NYC.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 23, 2009 5:39 PM
"Biff, where ya been?"
Posting on two sites is hard work!
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 23, 2009 5:43 PM
"Biff, where ya been? It's been very quiet today. There were major lobster puns calling your name."
I thought I give someone else the chance to crack wise and not be so shellfish.
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 23, 2009 5:52 PM
"Posting on two sites is hard work!"
Since I never talk about any other sites over here, I guess we've found one of the AHH lurkers!
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 23, 2009 5:54 PM
I can't lurk! I don't have a login! I deleted it! I swear.
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 23, 2009 5:59 PM
I don't have a login, I can't lurk.
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 23, 2009 6:07 PM
Well, it was a good educated guess, Cobble
:-)
But I was actually very busy this aft and hardly posted anywhere.
Anyway, have a great weekend!
Posted by: Biff Champion at October 23, 2009 6:09 PM
"and not be so shellfish."
well that made me smile, so I'll start my weekend now. Early night.
Posted by: dittoburg at October 23, 2009 6:18 PM
ENY, you might know a member of my family! Funny! Worked there after college.
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 23, 2009 6:21 PM
"and not be so shellfish."
Thanks, Biff, I knew I could count on you.
Cobble, on my way with the LIIT ingredients you requested.
Have a good weekend anyone pathetic enough to still be here (like me)!
(*rob*, I'm gonna check to see if you sneak back in to turn the lights on and steal the cream cheese)
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 23, 2009 6:24 PM
oh thash's goood! glurgle, glub, gulp, uh, thash delightshful! feeling a lishtle hipsty here, but sshtill thursty! hic!
Posted by: cobblehiller at October 23, 2009 6:47 PM
sneaks passed security guard looking at pron on his computer.
*turns on all the faucets*
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at October 23, 2009 6:56 PM
*rob*!! Not only did you leave the water running, but you left the lights on, and you left the cats in the sink!!!!!
[Turns off faucets] [Cats flee] [Turns on nightlight] [Turns off lights] [Wakes night guard]
Posted by: CarrollGardened at October 23, 2009 10:54 PM
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