Your “One More Day” Thursday Open Thread

NFL Nothings:

  • Tony Romo’s lawsuit over his cancelled gambling fantasy convention was thrown out by a judge. Summary judgment was awarded to the NFL based upon dismissal of the original complaint that players were coerced into not attending by threats of fines and such. Meanwhile, the League tries valiantly to fins a way to recoup that lost Fan Duel & Draft Kings money.
  • Packers president (& Mark Davis failed clone) Mark Murphy made some comments about a 17-game season and expanded international play. That way, apparently, everyone would get an international game, and he can justify leaving Green Bay during December.
  • Trump endorser Mike Ditka is apparently not speaking at the Republican convention. But now who will scream at the empty chair Clint left behind?
  • It’s apparently a big deal that the oldest receiver on the Saints is 22. More outlets to Mark Ingram Jr means more fantasy points for me, so I ensorse this youth movement.
  • It’s the last day before summer vacation, so let’s see who’s suspended in September:

Finally, JPP and the Consumer Products safety Division put out a fireworks PSA just in time to harsh everyone’s buzz:

Yep – that’s a mangled hand. Don’t do what Donny Don’t Does, kids.


Just a reminder – Battlebots is on tonight. GET HYPE, MOTHERFUCKERS! The episode is entitled, “There Will Be Bot Blood”, and judging the matches for Episode 2 are former BattleBots competitor and special effects artist Fon Davis, the face of Nerdist, Jessica Chobot, and special guest judge Adam Savage from MythBusters.

BTW, I thought the face of Nerdist was Chris Hardwick. Let’s examine the combatants.

Chris Hardwick

Jessica Chobot

Hmm…guess I will take Olivia Munn 2.0 for the block, Peter.


Tonight’s sports:

  • College World Series: Coastal Carolina versus Arizona – ESPN 8:00
    • Apparently, last night was rained out, so they’ll try again.
  • CFL: doubleheader action! on TSN & ESPN2
    • Ottawa @ Montreal – 7:00
    • Toronto @ Saskatchewan – 10:00
  • Swimming: US Olympic trials – NBC 8:00
    • Men’s 100m free and 200m breast, and the women’s 200m fly.

Did you know Michael Phelps qualified for his 5th Olympics last night? In the butterfly no less. In his honour, I will have 5 beers tonight. ADVANTAGE, BEERGUY!

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A Canadian man-child of indeterminate age, he stays young by selling alcohol at sporting events and yelling at the patrons he serves. Their rage nourishes his soul, and their tips pay for his numerous trips to various sporting events.
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Doktor Zymm

I want this shirt :
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Unsurprised

I feel bad at how quickly I got that.

ballsofsteelandfury

ME WANT!!!!!

WHERE?????

Doktor Zymm

I just found the picture, I’m not sure where it’s actually for sale. It really, really needs to be a thing.

Unsurprised

Perfect for this thread:
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theeWeeBabySeamus

Candace!!! Stop it you!! I told you I eventually AM gonna enforce that restraining order if you keep breaking in and waiting naked for me. I mean it.
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Unsurprised

Margot Robbie is pretty good looking. Maybe.

https://gfycat.com/DapperDisguisedBushsqueaker

theeWeeBabySeamus

Yeah, she’s alright…..I guess.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

I WOULD ENJOY MEETING HER FOR COFFEE SOME TIME.

Sill Bimmons

So apparently none of you were watching the early CFL tilt or you’d be talking about this:

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That is Montreal’s Duron Carter knocking over one of the Ottawa coaches while dancing his way down the opposing sideline celebrating after making an incredible TD grab.

Sill Bimmons
Shogun Marcus

Cris Carter’s kid. Wonder what he thinks.
/actually not wondering at all, dingleberries come from assholes
//would having a fall guy help in this situation?

Doktor Zymm

I am gonna spend all of the half day at work tomorrow watching Wimbledon. I’m guessing the office will be half empty, so maybe I’ll be able to book a conference room and watch on the big TV

Unsurprised

HA!

GIS caption: “occupational therapy job advertisements”

theeWeeBabySeamus

This really should have been a reply to Dok’s Trump comment just below.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Um, no.

Doktor Zymm

Ugh. So Trump is maybe even more fucked up than we all thought.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lisa-bloom/why-the-new-child-rape-ca_b_10619944.html

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

I’m not sure a lot of his supporters would ever believe it even if there was overwhelming evidence.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Is it wrong that I kinda hope he died?

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

yes.

theeWeeBabySeamus

So on a scale of 1 to 10…….?
I want the dogfaces to be OK, FWIW if that ups my ante. Just let the stupid human die.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

She or he is just walking dogs; it is assholish to want a person to die for that IMO.

theeWeeBabySeamus

How about a temporary maiming?

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

I’m thinking they volunteered to dogsit somebody else’s dogs; looks like at the very least road rash and leash burns, plus humiliation and fear. TIME SERVED.

theeWeeBabySeamus

FINE!!!!

Unsurprised

No

JustStopDude

Just got off the phone with the head of customer service for the Western Hemisphere. He wanted to thank me for getting this situation out of control. He asked who my supervisor was in Customer Service in the US as I deserve a kudos from my direct supervisor.

I explain that I don’t work customer service. I’m an systems engineer and transitioning to take over our training division (consisting of just me…so its not like I get underlings). I was on the road and my phone rang so I helped out.

“So what are they offering you?”

“what? do you mean for the training job?”

“Yes”

“Well I haven’t formally taken it and I’ve been asked by HR to not speak to anyone about the offer until I make a decision”.

“10%”

“10% what?”

“10% over what they are offering you and you move to Houston and just work customer service”

This is a first for me. I’ve had different companies bidding over each other for my services…never different divisions in the same company.

JustStopDude

Derp,,,”Under control”…not out of control.

I fucking need some goddamn sleep…

theeWeeBabySeamus

You gon’ be rollin’ in bitches.
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ALXMAC

yeah but “move to Houston”? I’d counter with at least 30%

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Yes, I do “OK”, and for Houston somebody would have to double or more to think about it.

JustStopDude

Yeah its never happening. I actually like doing training. And I love Roanoke. I never thought I would but its a fantastic place. Beautiful mountain views. Fantastic restaurants. Two major brewing companies and a distillery are moving in.

I live above a bar for Christ sake.

I’m living the dream. A sad, rather dysfunctional, but ultimately satisfying dream.

Unsurprised

HR doesn’t know that.

Unsurprised

Take ’em for everything they can possibly offer.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Borderline NSFW. Personally I think it’s ok…but yeah….

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ALXMAC

Is that Amber? HI AMBER!!

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Technically under the original KSK Konstitution it acceptable; aureola without full (eraser) nipple exposure.

Unsurprised

I appreciate how they didn’t even bother to change the gfycat file name.

https://gfycat.com/nextimaginaryacornweevil

theeWeeBabySeamus

I thought the same thing!!!!!

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh
theeWeeBabySeamus

Oh Hai VULVA!!!!!!!
So nice to see you again.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh
theeWeeBabySeamus

You are a bad boy.
And I am amazed she didn’t drown all up in dat shit.

Unsurprised

Speaking of personal milestones, I’ve walked past this place and one day I will conquer it. Oh yes.

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Unsurprised

That’s the Multnomah Whiskey Library

Low Commander of the Super Soldiers

Catch you guys on the other side.

/Vacation mode officially engaged

Unsurprised

Don’t knock up too many ladies

Unsurprised

I took meat so for granted before now. I love you, meat. I’ll never do that again.
http://116.imagebam.com/download/3l070ORWOzVx-4Zz7HZ78g/48666/486659121/JePtV14.jpg

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh
Unsurprised

I’ve never experienced a NY/NJ beefsteak, and I must do that at least once.

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2011/04/08/dining/dj-beefsteak/dj-beefsteak-blog480.jpg

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Oh, yeah; HAPPY SEXY THURSDAY!! Hope you are taking tomorrow off.

http://67.media.tumblr.com/018845db6eb204b26d96174017defe51/tumblr_nxhh0gSCDs1rc8f43o1_1280.jpg

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh
theeWeeBabySeamus

Things….JUST GOT INTERESTING!!!!!!!!

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Salad?

theeWeeBabySeamus

Ummmm….that seems like something I should be careful how I answer.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh
Moose -The End Is Well Nigh
Unsurprised

Reply fail

Low Commander of the Super Soldiers

CNN is on like 5 TVs here around the area I’m sitting at in the airport. Besides Bourdain and a few other shows, I assume this is where 90% of their ratings come from.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh
Senor Weaselo

Are we still raging about the wild cards? OH WE GON RAGE.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh
Senor Weaselo

Are they sure that’s not a (still very large) double bass?

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh
Beastmode Ate My Baby

YEEEEAAAHHHHH BOYEEEEEEE

Another episode of HRTN in the can, and I’m blazing away on a movie review (kinda) for another…site…

Look, it’s not cheating, okay? We never said we’d be exclusive. I love DFO, it’s just that sometimes I need to visit other sites. It’s not you, it’s me, OK?

Look, stop crying. This is getting embarrassing. Hey! Don’t throw that! Your friends gave us that!

Look, I’ll post the link when it’s up, all right? Then you’ll see…it’s a nice site. You two will get along. Maybe you’ll even be friends one day.

Low Commander of the Super Soldiers

Get him and take his shares!

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

You fucking SLUUUUUUUT!

Shogun Marcus

http://youtu.be/FTQAAukQV94

…I know you’re fucking someone else…

Unsurprised

Just as long as it’s not that one whore I’m NOT thinking it is.

Sill Bimmons

CHAOS IN MONTREAL

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JustStopDude

An actual conversation I just had with the head of our sales division in Canada. We have a customer where they suffered a lighting strike on their site. Now their drive won’t run.

Me “What is the fault they are getting?”

JA (Jackass) “Some weird SPA_4 thing…Its got to be something blown. Since its a lighting strike, its no longer under warranty so I told them they could use an outside vendor to troubleshoot”

Me “Wait…what?!? NO! First of all…yes if the drive was damaged by a lightening strike, its no longer under warranty…but you just don’t tell them that as a blanket statement. Second, they have to be an authorized service provider. They don’t exist in Canada. Did you even look at the drawings?!?”

JA “What drawings?”

Me “Jesus Christ…the drive fucking drawings. SPA_4 is a customer supplied signal external to the drive. Most likely its motor protection. So something is wrong with their motor and the drive is protecting the motor and itself. They need to figure out their protections and troubleshoot them”

JA “What do you mean?”

Me “Well the motor will have protections…”

JA “Yeah but what are they troubleshooting?”

Me “THE MOTOR PROTECTIONS! LIKE LUBE OIL! COOLING WATER! BEARING TEMPERATURE! RTD’S! Do you not understand the concept of troubleshooting?”

JA “So once they figure out what is bad, they can just force off the inputs right?”

Me “WHO ARE YOU AND HOW DO YOU HAVE A JOB WITH THIS COMPANY?!?!?”

JA “Don’t raise your voice at me!”

Me “Stop saying stupid and incredibly dangerous things. Give me the contact information for the site. I will talk them through this…”

$760k drive and our sales guy is trying to break it for the customer…

...

Admittedly I know nothing about your industry beyond what you’ve posted here but, even if something isn’t under warranty, you can still fix it–just at a price. Not sure why this dude would suggest an outsider look at it instead.

JustStopDude

Well, we are talking about a site located in like the Yukon territories. And we have been trying to establish service providers for the country. But that isn’t ready just yet. Getting work visas for Canada is a pain in the ass.

The HUGE issue is that while there was a lightening strike, i can tell by the fault codes that the drive is not damaged so its still under its warranty. Furthermore there is nothing wrong with the drive. The drive is effectively being told by an outside source that its not safe to run. So its not going to run…which is good.

This stuff is very dangerous because you can remove these protections with a click of a keyboard…which is what the sales guy was asking if they should do it. The drive is is expensive. The motor is most likely around $150k. I am sure this shutdown is costing them a couple of grand an hour.

Its easy to make a bad situation way…WAY worse.

...

Got it.

Low Commander of the Super Soldiers

I swear, it you ever have ANY customer interaction, you need to pass a rigorous test of some kind.

/Sorry engineers!

Unsurprised

Dude. This was the head of sales for an entire country.

How JSD’s company remains solvent is mind-boggling.

Low Commander of the Super Soldiers

General statement, but yeah, holy shit!

/Reading comprehension, I have it!

Unsurprised

Your point is valid, though. EVERYONE dealing with customers needs to be tested (for competence, *mumbles*, and so forth).

JustStopDude

Sales people, I don’t care what industry or company, almost always have zero fucking clue what they are selling.

In this guy’s defense, this is extremely technical equipment. But the thing that frustrates me is that we shouldn’t be doing this telephone crap. He should contact me or someone else and get the fuck out of the way.

...

Very true. The sales people who do understand what they’re selling tend to ascend to a position of management (though I’ve dealt with folks who ascending anyway).

Unsurprised
Low Commander of the Super Soldiers

Airport is a shit show (whoda thunk?!) but getting there. $11 beer helps.

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Senor Weaselo

I’m not posting spoilers but Moebius’s entrance was cool. And *sees Yeti is from Wasilla* can Yeti see Russia from its house?

Shogun Marcus

Oh yah you betcha!

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I’m afraid of watching Moebius’ entrance cause of…you know.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh
Senor Weaselo

Oh shit, there are still West Coast people. Sucks for them!

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh
theeWeeBabySeamus

If the CWS is on at 8pm, it’s a rerun.
Coastal Carolina is your Nat’l Champ, 4-3 final.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Oh wait….spoiler alert.
Sorry. Carry on.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Originally JPP had volunteered to deliver ten tips for fireworks users, but it was cut down to just seven.

Senor Weaselo

Hey guys, open thread and recap’ll be up… oh.
/Slinks off

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh
Unsurprised

FREE MEAT!

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

I freed it.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh
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BrettFavresColonoscopy

With the Brexit, JPP’s 8.5 fingers are only worth 7 fingers at most. That’s less than 5 fingers canadian.

Senor Weaselo

I thought it 7 fingers was equal to 10 fingers Canadian.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

GODFUCKINGDAMNIT THAT IS GOOD!

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

*Hydraulic fluid