It’s funny how you forget you volunteered for shit when you get older and then you realize you only have a half an hour left until your assignment is due and at the very least you’re wearing underwear but not much else.
But I digress.
In these Off-season Open Threads, I’ll sum up the week that was, provide you with TMI-style information, and throw some random spaghetti at the wall and see if it sticks.
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Has anyone actually thrown spaghetti at a wall? Does it actually stick to the wall? I’m really curious as to whether that works or not but I’m not about to try it at my house.
Anyone willing to be a guinea pig and report back?
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I just finished my latest workout program and I’m testing out my strength. So far, I have new PR’s in bench press and deadlift. Tomorrow I test Squats.
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I have begun the retirement countdown at work. Granted, we’re at four years right now, but my GiveAShit seems to be broken. I’ve taken Tuesday off to make it a Four Day Weekend because why the fuck not?
I’m with the Millennials, Gen Z, and Gen Alpha on the work life balance stuff. Life is too short to make it all about work.
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To answer BFC’s comment from the other day when I requested post topics:
Balls takes up curling
While that sounds like a lot of fun, I live in LA. I think I have a better chance of finding a swingers party that will allow single men than I do finding somewhere that has curling. However, for you BFC, I will try.
Balls revisits the LA live music scene
Not at these prices. Have you seen the cost of a concert ticket these days? I’ll leave that to Yeah Right or Son Of Spam. They seem like concert goers
Balls tries to get a job as an executive producer for an adult video company
You say that like I’m not already in the biz. The truth is that you don’t get a job like that, you create it for yourself. Basically, I’d need to find talent, get a crew, shoot it myself, and figure out the distribution. That’s a lot of money and effort. Have you seen the economics of the adult industry? I’m better off buying land in the Salton Sea and waiting for the lithium boom.
Balls creates/talks his lady into creating an only fans
See above. The only problem with that scenario is that everyone would be paying to see my penis in action. I’m as proud of it as anyone, but that’s not Peter North down there.
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I did, however, write a post about college football realignment per Blax’ request. Look for that on Wednesday morning.
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I am going to get into the AFL again and try to write the weekly updates. Thank you to BFC for handling those last year. The problem with the AFL lately is that they’ve gotten NFL disease and there are games almost every day of the week now. That makes it hard to write weekly posts at a set time and day.
BFC, maybe you and I can work together on this? I’m sure some weeks will be better for you than me and vice versa. Have your people call my people.
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Your weekly Psych gif:
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Your weekly hot girl pic:
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Your weekly music video:
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I’m assuming there are sports on tonight, but honestly I don’t care. Enjoy your Saturday night!
Woke up in time and about to down to meet my 4 am airport pickup! Will be back in the US in roughly 24 hours
Ugh, V energy beverages are disguisting
Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) d. Monte Hellman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEy4Y6kZzK4
A scene from Sidney Lumet’s The Hill (1965) starring Sean Connery.
Connery made this between the Bond films Goldfinger (1964) and Thunderball (1965), using his considerable star power at that time to act in a film where he “wasn’t a spy.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgc44QrMe2s
Strongly agree
What a legend. Matt Campbell won the Daytona 24 hour race last week in a prototype, and the Bathurst 12 hour race this week in a GT car. That’s a full career in one week.
Both cars were Porsches of course, because they’re the best.
That pass in the last five minutes screwed the BMW. Tried to take advantage and couldn’t pull it off.
Safety car plz
Lucky charms at this hour? How gauche!
Actually took that several years ago. I had a small bowl of vegetable soup a little while ago so I’m good.
But I’ve still got plenty of whisky and coke.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95dM-K5fSKQ
If you’ll allow my once a year intrusion…
Sunday Gravy coming, Yo!
Under 45 mins left at Bathurst. No more pitstops, no more strategy, track has a dried, everyone is on slicks. Just a straight out sprint on Mount Panorama to the finish.
This will be the best racing you’ll see all year. Tune in now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_CTjle7xC0
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“Aussie rules” just got probably several people fired.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLdJQFTnZfA
Been re-watching the Sopranos and season 3 episode 2 Proshai Lavushka is where Tony’s mother dies. The actress that played his mom Nancy Marchand actually fucking died and they had to address that and how the story line would move along.
Did they sing her praises and lavish her with love?
No.
Sticking to character everyone in that room fucking brutalized her memory and that…
Was one of the greatest hours of TV ever made.
Woah, spoiler!
The Noah Tannenbaum episode.
Let me just do the unexpected here…
Who is she? Besides Amazing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Nolan
And oldie. Margaret Nolan.
Dink!
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/39550099/arizona-drubs-arizona-state-45-rivalry-biggest-rout
Under an hour left at Bathurst.
I thought you were joking about watching.
This is fantastic and should be a great finish.
Danger Dogs!
This cart looks kind of up-scale for danger dogs.
Yeah, the griddle ain’t burnt or nothin’.
Fuck yes!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aE0k-dzN84Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LasrD6SZkZk
Reading and enjoying “The Wager”
Verrah glad for modern ships, communication methods, and knowledge about vitamins
Wireless radio is an underrated All-Timer invention, like air conditioning.
For sure, there’s a solid list of inventions like that which don’t get enough credit
That’s up next! I’m reading the White Darkness now. Same author.
Love his work.
Waking up at 3:30 am tomorrow to get to the airport, trying to think of it as jetlag adjustment since it’s an entirely reasonable 6:30 in California or 8:30 in Chicago.
Arizona may double up on ASU here. This is great.
I hope Bobby Hurley gets left on the tarmac and Jared Loughner shows up….
I have so many comments! Gonna do bullet points.
1) There is a curling league in San Jose that uses the Sharks practice facility. There may be something similar in LA. It’s super fun, and a better workout than you expect!
2) Spaghetti should stick to walls pretty easily if it’s fully cooked. The gluten is what makes it kinda sticky, so not sure if it would work with gluten free pasta
3) Team Meh Work is the best. I’m still enjoying my now 15 months off even while interviewing. Gonna up the savings when I do go back to work to accelerate the retirement timeline. Good on ya for coasting to the finish
4) what’s the deadlift PR?
1) Dunstan has been helpful and it looks like my local rink offers Learn To Curl classes!
2) That makes sense.
3) Thanks! Hope you can do the same!
4) 300 lbs. I weigh 170, so percentage wise, I think it’s decent. Not bad for 54 at any rate…
That’s awesome! I’m still trying to break 200, but my grip strength is an issue, even with gloves. I’m also not really focused on it, mostly just doing my standard 2 workouts a week when I’m in town. You might inspire me to bump it up a bit! I get back tomorrow and should be in the US until May unless it keeps raining and I decide to take a quick trip to Japan
Thanks! I had the same issue with grip strength and started using straps. They help a lot because the deadlift is a leg exercise primarily.
Great you found a secondary use for those straps!
I’ll look into that. It’s interesting finding out what the limiting factors are. When I go heavy on squats with the hex bar it’s usually my shoulders/upper back that get sore from keeping my back flat which I found super odd the first time it happened.
During COVID, I built myself a home gym. One of the luxuries I gave myself was buying a Transformer bar. It is a game changer.
https://kabukistrength.com/products/transformer-bar
If you don’t have a home setup, I wouldn’t bother, but if you see it in the wild, give it a shot. Makes squats super comfortable and it allows for a lot of variety in a safe way.
Didn’t pick you for the beard type, but hey.
That actually looks really comfy, I dig it. Thanks for the recc!
I only have a tiny home setup, around July of 2020 I started meeting with my trainer again but in a park and off the Facebook gym books. When winter rolled around we started using his home setup and that’s what I’ve been doing ever since. I should add a few things though, once I start working again and slow down the travel it would be good to get some extra reps in.
Build a piece at a time and in a few years you’re there.
I love my home gym. Can’t beat the convenience. Bored and only have 20 minutes go knock out a couple sets.
That’s a great setup!
The whole family uses it. We powered through Covid-19 without a blip.
Lol, and even more lol if that gave him a high ankle sprain
Crossfit? Probably crossfit. She should just full summersault and see if the rolling weight clears her boobs
Here’s a row of ingredients assembled in my kitchen for some recipe which I can’t remember. Here are their origins.
Lea & Perrins Worcestershire: Worcester England, 1837
A.1. Sauce: Royal Court of King George IV, England, 1824
Heinz Chili Sauce: Ontario Canada, 1869
Lawry’s Seasoned Salt: Beverly Hills California, 1938
McIlhenny Tabasco Sauce: Avery Island Louisiana, 1868
I have four of those. GUESS WHICH ONE I DON’T HAVE!
Statistically, I’d guess the Heinz because most people don’t know how awesome Heinz Chili Sauce is, and may have never even bought one. It is a true “secret ingredient.”
Ding ding ding! I do know how awesome it is, I just don’t have it in the house.
A1
I will put A1 on everything EXCEPT steak.
I also love HP sauce.
That stuff fucking rules.
If I would order steak & eggs at Norm’s or Dinah’s I would put A.1. on the side and let it work itself into the program. But those are cheap steaks and need a little help anyway. It’s works out pretty good. But I would never put a commercial sauce on a real steak.
Never had that one! Didn’t know it even existed.
If you have a Cost Plus store near you, you can get it there. It’s really good.
https://www.worldmarket.com/
Chili sauce.
Apart from the chili sauce and the Tabasco and the A1 and the Lowrys we’ve got the same cabinet.
I just made a shopping list for you! You’ll thank me later.
My vegan barley soup uses Worcestershire, fish sauce, XO §auce, and soy sauce so of course I’ve Worcestershire in my cupboard.
So you’re retiring at 60? That’s awesome!
I’ll consider myself successful if I can do it at 65.
58 if everything goes well. Hopefully…
Damn, good for you…that’s doing it right!
Hell yeah. I’ll see you on the Iberian beach.
This here motherfucker may have to do 67 years of hard labor but if my stocks do their thing, which they’ve been doing very nice lately, I can get out in 2 years 8 months and 5 days.
But whose counting?
Vote.
You know that.
But the markets will be fine assuming no weirdness.
There’s always weirdness. That’s why an asshole like nassim taleb is going to well
Today I paid $65 for a recycle trash can. Fuck that. Someone, somewhere is pissing themselves laughing over this bullshit.
Made with all new materials.
probably with aborted fetuses two
Cmon man I’m in no position to fap right now
Jonas Brothers intermission concert? JFC Gary Bettman is an international disgrace.
*Intergalatic
Transcends time and space.
Don’t forget me! – Commish Rob M., preparing to draw up a schedule for the 2025-27 Sacramendi Athletics.
See? This is why I don’t watch hockey.
Watching the remastered first season of the original Hawaii 5-0. They should have marketed Jack Lord’s hair gel.
Eerily accurate. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8wKCmLQ/
Horatio beat you to it in the other thread but yes
Soooo, I gave my sisters and mother a pep talk today about how putting dad in a facility is going to change everyone’s lives, his included, for the better. Really positive, and well done as far as I’m concerned.
And . . .
They all just stared at me.
“Okay, I’ll see you guys later.”
And I walked out.
Insane.
Seems like they all want you to be the “bad guy”
I have knowingly assumed that role. In this case “bad guy” = “logical”. Sure, it hurts seeing my father this way, and yes I feel completely marginalized, but it’s my job to get shit done. So, if they don’t like me, tough shit. Trust me, I’ve been the bad guy before.
Once again glad I’m an only child. Extra irritating that it’s pretty much guaranteed that no one will apologize once it’s all done and they see how much better it is
Oh yeah, you can count on it. I’ve received one or two thanks from my mother, which don’t come close to the amount of disrespect, anger, and general shittiness that’s been thrown my way.
My people won’t call a 900 number.
ALSO TRUE HIPPO STORY – At some kind of junior high academic field trip, we sneaked away from a presentation into an empty administrative office and did just that.
You’re going to have to expound on the “We” part.
Here’s another absolutely brilliant three minute scene from once Upon A Time In Hollywood (2019). I saw this movie when it first came out (at the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood, no less) and loved it. I just saw it again for the first time and I was blown away by it.
It’s the Playboy Mansion scene, and the camera just effortlessly swoops through an elaborate party, no dialogue at all, until we get to Steve McQueen (Damian Lewis) sitting on a rock, and he explains to Connie Stevens “what’s up.” I love it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBWce6NNpbo
Hollywood “love letters to itself” are like rock songs about “it sucks to be famous” – nails across the chalkboard to Hippo.
Have you seen it? You might think differently.
If it will make you feel better, Hippo, I’ll take you down to The Apple Pan and I’ll buy you a Hickoryburger. Then we’ll get some hookers and blow, and then to to top off the evening and come back to Earth, we’ll both sit and watch college basketball and just keep eating our prescription opiates like Pez candies.
Maybe his best, I fucking love that movie.
Roasting a chicken tonight. I spatchcocked it and marinated in some spices and yogurt. I know you all love a good spatchcocking.
Some quinoa with herbs and roasted golden beets with goat cheese
Lookit Dunstan gettin all healthy and shit.
That sounds divine.
Thinks he’s better than us, I bet
He probably is. Shhh or he will become Gumbygirls favoUrite.
hey, who’s to say he’s not eating a full tub of iced cream FOAR dessert??
/also, yeah he probably is better’n us
Quinoa? Fucking socialist.
It’s actually good, not some grim sacrifice. You do have to inject some flavor into it by cooking in chicken stock, adding some fresh herbs etc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_CTjle7xC0
This has been fucking awesome, too. Buy Ayo something that doesn’t involve Satan’s jizz as a thank you.
Damn right. It’s raining on Mount Panorama and there’s still over 3 hours to go, so tune in kids for an exciting finish!
Future golf adventures….?
I meant to get back to you on that. Do you mean like golf trips? Like me putting naked on the green at night with Lady Balls? More recaps of my disaster golf games?
What are we talking exactly?
Whatever the hell you did last year.
That was great reading.
Thanks! I’ll do it again.
Still love that song
There are I believe two curling clubs in the LA area. I mean not like curling clubs in Canada — they don’t have a dedicated facility but rent time at hockey rinks— but they do exist. I went to one of their events years ago but never joined a league because it would have been a bitch of a commute.
One is called Hollywood Curling, and the other is SoCal Curling, though the matter’s web site is looking like it might be inactive
Thanks! I’ll look into it!
Need some tutelage from BC Dick!
Indeed!!
Yes, definitely need more Dick tutelage.
I had a friend who did that – I assume at one of the above – and his team won the league in his first year. Or something. They did really well.
My cousin Francie in Nova Scotia is a dedicated amateur curler, even into her seventies now. They have curling rinks in NS like other places have bowling alleys. Then they have their tournaments, which are called bonspiels. They’re all pretty into it.
TRUE HIPPO STORY – I have never browsed Only Fans. I would like it, then hate myself too much to be bearable.
I have seen spaghetti thrown against the wall (my BFF’s college roommate was psychotic – she was pleasant and even charming, but coocoo for Cocoa Puff). It slides down, but slowly.
Nor have I. Isn’t it just porn with a price tag?
I’m not altogether sure? It might be like paying the stripper to talk to you, which I have confessed to being a sad phase of mine.
Probably just varies.
I am with Hippo on this one. Never ventured into that world. I’m assuming it’s like the cam girl thing from years ago?
I have no idea why you would ever want to pay for that.
Prior to that we had phone sex lines. “You’re all alooonnee, pick up the phoooneeee.”
“And you call… Ghostbusters!”