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#2251
15th November 2018, 07:51 PM
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Technically, yes. Dogs drool with enthusiasm! On car rides, my dog used to like to stretch from the back seat to drool on my shoulder. On the cat side, I had a Siamese who gave my sister a whack for bringing a kitten into my - or my cat's - house.
Continuing in the furry animal topic, which are splendiferous, pigs or cows? 
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#2252
16th November 2018, 07:02 AM
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Seeing as a search for splendiferous immediately turns a definition followed by the example "a splendiferous Sunday dinner", I gotta go with roast beef over ham cuz, you know, that's what for Sunday Dinner. At least it used to be.
Should I just go ahead and get a turkey now, rather than waiting for my wife to figure out what the plan is this year? Those suckers take forever to thaw out in the reefer.
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#2254
16th November 2018, 07:02 PM
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Maybe. That it, I plan on ignoring it. I just bought some stuff for the junior family, so will mail that instead of makiing dinner preparations. My mom will have dinner at the house of the people across the street, who like both of us but as a group are a mild-mannered Maury Povich show, so I do not want to go there. I have a friend here who sometimes gets sad on Thanksgiving, so if she looks to go there I will do something with her. If the air is still bad I will stay in my air-filtered bunker. And interestingly, although this air filter is very highly rated, it does not affect Warren smell.
Person below me, do you prefer the crunchy ends of French fried potatoes, or the sofr middles?
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#2255
16th November 2018, 07:31 PM
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You know, I prefer a slightly crunchy outside and a warm, soft inside. Not so much ends-or-middles, but so long as the skin is done crispy and the inside 'al dente'--sort of like a potato-apple--I'm a happy puppy.
I'm going to answer the previous question as well--the SIGO has to work; I'm buying a turkey/ham dinner for her office for that shift. Tripler PBM: I happily put barbecue sauce on my fries. What do you put?
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#2256
16th November 2018, 09:17 PM
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I've been known to spill a little Dino BBQ Wango Tango on my fries, even some Sweet Baby Ray's, in England, I would enjoy the brown sauce which, as far as I could tell, was thick Worcestershire sauce, but when given the choice, it's ketchup...or catsup or ketsup, however you want to spell it...
PBM, is it a soda, a pop or a coke?
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#2258
17th November 2018, 05:56 AM
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I've said "I have a bad feeling about this." when untoward fuckery was being planned or even discussed. I have some rowdy friends. I'm the voice of reason.
Person below me. What is your favorite movie quote?
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#2259
17th November 2018, 06:10 AM
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First one that came to mind was "You're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat"
PBM, what do you think is the funniest TV episode of all time?
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#2260
17th November 2018, 06:47 AM
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Tough one. Several come to mind. But given the season, I'll go with an obvious candidate: WKRP's notorious "Turkeys Away!" episode.
And the movie quote I probably use most is "Kinky!" from Blazing Saddles, used any time when it works. When did you last watch the Macy's Parade on television? (Optional follow-up question: and do you say to yourself, "Gotta see the moose. Gotta see the moose."?)
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#2261
17th November 2018, 08:36 AM
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it's been awhile, largely because I usually work on Thanksgiving. as I will be this year.
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#2263
17th November 2018, 11:46 AM
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PBM: If ever, when was the last time you were stuck in one of those loops? I haven't in over 40 years.
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#2265
17th November 2018, 02:45 PM
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PBM: Who elected that guy the panjandrum of mathematics, anyway?
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#2266
17th November 2018, 04:02 PM
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He elected himself by figuring it out. You can prove it for yourself by drawing a right triangle. Then for each of the three sides, complete the square so that you end up with three squares touching at the corners. Do it on graph paper and add up the areas, and that's how good old Python (his frat name) figured it out.
PBM, is geometry fun or what??
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#2268
17th November 2018, 04:22 PM
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Algebra was kind of fun, looking back. But my classes didn't prepare me for Calculus, which kicked my ass and killed a career as a civil engineer.
Person below me, was there a class you just didn't get?
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#2269
17th November 2018, 04:27 PM
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PBM, worst teacher story.
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#2270
17th November 2018, 04:28 PM
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Physical chemistry. The only class I failed. Took it again and won out because of I practically lived in the professor's office. Still don't understand - not only how but Why Are You Talking About This?
Person below me, soup now, or soup later?
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#2271
17th November 2018, 05:12 PM
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OK, I'm gonna answer the last two questions, I know that's against the rules, so sue me, I'll just refuse to clean the hot tub again...
 P-Chem for two different reasons even though I actually got 'B''s both semesters, it was the tale of two profs...first semester is P-Chem thermodynamics taught by the department head, we'll call him Prof D, as in DICK, he was a thorough teacher, but he was an arrogant jackass, if one asked a question he deemed lacking, one was ridiculed, he took snarking to a Ph.D. level, the effect was no one asked a question after two weeks, and we would meet as a class once a week to go over notes and ask questions amongst ourselves...but he was actually a good teacher and we learned...still a arrogant jackass... Second semester, P-Chem kinetics taught by Dr. Bob, a wonderful guy, just a friendly, outgoing and engaging prof who wanted his students to succeed...but he was a terrible teacher, he would get into a rant, furiously scribbling chalk marks across the board, speaking fast, Schrodinger's wave equation, Hamiltonian operator, he'd suddenly stop, think for a minute and say, "Wait, I forgot something, if I don't mention that, none of this makes sense..." (Collective silent sigh among the students...) It happened all the time...And we continued the class meetings, this time we did it in his office as he was happy to spend as much time as possible until we understood the subject... Soup later, thinking next Saturday... EDT: OK, I didn't answer the question asked, i.e., I got the classes, but it was a struggle and I didn't ask a question to the PBM, so... PBM, most frustrating teacher you've ever had?
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#2272
27th November 2018, 01:54 PM
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Person below me, how long does it take a recover from hernia surgery?
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#2273
27th November 2018, 04:08 PM
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Depends on what you hurt, I guess. Tripler PBM: What's the worst injury you've ever sustained?
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#2274
27th November 2018, 04:24 PM
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Three shoulder surgeries (two left, one right), broken hand from getting clipped in HS, but I'd have to say getting shot through the foot by my buddy Tommy K, thank God it was just a .22, he thought it was unloaded, kids, there's a good reason booze,
 and guns don't mix..completely cut the middle metatarsal in two, spread bone fragments throughout, and considering it hit the bone straight-on, it mushroomed and left an exit wound slightly larger than a quarter...PBM, still eating Thanksgiving leftovers?
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#2278
28th November 2018, 02:06 PM
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In the attic.
If you don't have an attic, the neighbor's attic. Don't put away Christmas lights drunk. Person below me, why can't I even wire a h*ecking lamp anymore?
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#2280
28th November 2018, 03:02 PM
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At least twenty minutes less than it was when you posted.
PBM, what's your favorite unusual sound?
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#2282
28th November 2018, 05:37 PM
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Tripler PBM, have you ever eaten an MRE?
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#2283
28th November 2018, 07:21 PM
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Yes, because I was in the Boy Scouts for 10 years, and my father was a pilot in the MD ANG and could get MREs for our camping trips from the supply guys (and why the hell did the MD ANG have MREs?? I have no idea, they flew planes on the weekends, WTF)...it was at the end of the Vietnam War and my guess was they had a lot to go around...my oldest is a 35G and he reports the MREs now are actually OK, some better than others...
PBM, what are you feelings on Spam?
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#2285
29th November 2018, 05:43 AM
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PBM, what do you eat cold that most people heat up?
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#2287
29th November 2018, 05:56 PM
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I like me some Mark Knopfler guitar riffs, so I'd say the former...
I got my brother the Beatles 'White Album' remix deluxe thing, pretty sure I won Christmas with him, PBM, have you started shopping for Christmas?
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#2288
29th November 2018, 07:57 PM
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A couple of weeks back I stumbled across a nifty fedora for my two-year-old grandson. I've started wearing some of my old hats again in hopes of piquing his interest in a snazzy hat of his own. (I've bought a couple of other things, too, but there's a ways to go yet; and then my wife's birthday is five days after Christmas. Sheesh.)
What is the best Christmas candy (treat, whatever)?
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#2289
30th November 2018, 05:45 AM
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Once, I was given two shopping bags full of Famous Dave's individual barbecue sauce packets (about twice the size of a standard fast-food joint ketchup packet). Well, I was in an austere location over the holidays, and the "special Christmas Dinner*" was legit smoked brisket. I don't know where the cooks scrounged up the beef, but they acquired a smoker, and did 100 lbs for the bunch of us. I brought the shopping bags, and we cobbled together an absolutely fantastic Christmas Dinner in a plywood hut blanketed in snow. That's one of my favorite adult Christmas memories. *Note: Fresh meat was a treat!! And the work and time the cooks put into manually preparing a fine meal was well appreciated. In an overly-commercialized, hustle-and-bustle world of pre-processed food at our fingertips, it keeps the little things special, ya know? Tripler PBM: What's your favorite adult ChristmaHannuKwanziSolstica memory? (Not that Adult, you pervert--but I guess it could be if it is. . .).
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#2290
9th December 2018, 04:46 PM
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I like this thread, so I wanna keep it going...that's a tough one, I think it's when my wife and I set up our first real Christmas tree for our oldest son, we did everything backwards, had a kid, bought a house, then got married, that first Christmas tree after we married was pretty cool, I remember when we finished decorating it, we turned the lights off in the room, it glowed, we were both like, "OMG, I guess we're adults now?"
PBM, big family Christmas or small intimate one?
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#2291
9th December 2018, 05:40 PM
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PBM: quiet New Year's Eve, party or big celebration?
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#2292
9th December 2018, 10:19 PM
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Quiet.
I was a bartender for enough years that I'm burned out on anything having to do with it. PBM: Favorite Holiday TV special?
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#2295
10th December 2018, 04:16 PM
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PBM, favorite Christmas/holiday beverage?
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#2298
11th December 2018, 05:09 PM
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I bought one each for my son and son in law.
Because I am a good Mom. Have you ever won the Ugly Sweater Contest?
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#2299
11th December 2018, 06:53 PM
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  Tripler Hell, you should have seen the Stockings contest! PBM: What's your favorite holiday decoration?
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#2300
12th December 2018, 06:19 AM
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Hot cocoa dribbling down my chin.
Oh. You weren't talking about how I decorate myself, were you. Probably a well-done light display. (Done according to the Goldilocks Principle: not too much, not too little. An eye for artistic design helps.) Ever ride in a horse-drawn wagon? (Bonus points if it was a one-horse open sleigh.)
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