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Re: The Random Thoughts Thread

Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2021 4:44 pm
by azgreg

Re: The Random Thoughts Thread

Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2021 8:12 am
by dovecanyoncat
Sometimes you just get lucky. I wasn't the one who wrecked our car.

Re: The Random Thoughts Thread

Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2021 12:40 pm
by Chicat
Famous people… they’re just like us!

Re: The Random Thoughts Thread

Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2021 1:16 pm
by dovecanyoncat
Like that's what keeps me awake at night.

Re: The Random Thoughts Thread

Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2021 2:08 pm
by azgreg
Post shower dumps are the worst. #firstworldproblems

Re: The Random Thoughts Thread

Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2021 2:15 pm
by Carcassdragger
I love spicy hot food. But if too hot, I can't taste the flavor.

Re: The Random Thoughts Thread

Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2021 2:18 pm
by scumdevils86
Yea I like spicy but I'm probably a wimp compared to a lot of people. I want to be somewhat sniffly and watery at the end of the meal, but not coughing and needing to chug milk. So basically when ordering Thai food I order a 3 on the spicy scale when it's a 0-6.

Re: The Random Thoughts Thread

Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2021 3:52 pm
by Longhorned
For those of you who don't have a child of your own to love, let me explain to you what it's like.

You don't love your own child a hundred times more than you love your pet.

You don't love your child a gazillion times more than you love your pet.

You love your child about three times as much as you love your pet. If you love your pet, loving a child isn't beyond imagination.

Re: The Random Thoughts Thread

Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2021 8:36 pm
by Longhorned
You ever notice how people who labor under the burden of an east coast accent have mouths that are visibly warped by their efforts to make all those weird sounds?

Re: The Random Thoughts Thread

Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2021 8:46 pm
by Chicat
Longhorned wrote: Sat Aug 28, 2021 8:36 pm You ever notice how people who labor under the burden of an east coast accent have mouths that are visibly warped by their efforts to make all those weird sounds?
I feel personally attacked.

Re: The Random Thoughts Thread

Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2021 9:03 pm
by Longhorned
But you don't labor under the burden of an east coast accent.

Re: The Random Thoughts Thread

Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2021 9:07 pm
by scumdevils86
Longhorned wrote: Sat Aug 28, 2021 8:36 pm You ever notice how people who labor under the burden of an east coast accent have mouths that are visibly warped by their efforts to make all those weird sounds?
This is shockingly accurate

Re: The Random Thoughts Thread

Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2021 10:29 pm
by Chicat
Longhorned wrote: Sat Aug 28, 2021 9:03 pm But you don't labor under the burden of an east coast accent.
Much like Gwyneth Paltrow, I’ve worked very hard to cultivate the erudite accent I display to the world.

But in all seriousness, I have no accent because I spent my formative years split between Los Angeles and New York and my adult years in the Midwest. I doubt I have any accent at all . . .

. . . until I get pissed. And then all of a sudden there are R’s in words that shouldn’t have them and no R’s in words that should.

Re: The Random Thoughts Thread

Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2021 7:31 am
by Longhorned
My mother in law removes R's, adds R's, and changes O's to A's, A's to E's, and I's to O's, and O's to U's. I have to focus so much on converting the sounds and reconstituting words, I can't put together the meaning she's trying to convey. If it's tiring for me, it must be exhausting for her to keep making all those changes in real time.

A friend of mine's father was telling me a hunting story and nonsensically kept saying "I'll ask her" until I figured out he was just trying to say "Alaska".

Re: The Random Thoughts Thread

Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2021 5:37 pm
by Chicat

Re: The Random Thoughts Thread

Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2021 6:52 pm
by Longhorned
Tennis is absolutely the second greatest sport on the planet only behind basketball.

Re: The Random Thoughts Thread

Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2021 7:16 pm
by Chicat
Longhorned wrote: Wed Sep 08, 2021 6:52 pm Tennis is absolutely the second greatest sport on the planet only behind basketball.
Have you ever experienced the sheer insanity of Hurling?

Re: The Random Thoughts Thread

Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2021 8:16 pm
by Longhorned
Chicat wrote: Wed Sep 08, 2021 7:16 pm
Longhorned wrote: Wed Sep 08, 2021 6:52 pm Tennis is absolutely the second greatest sport on the planet only behind basketball.
Have you ever experienced the sheer insanity of Hurling?
My guess is the reason why it's The Whitest Sport on Earth is because people who move to Europe look at it and say, "the Fuck?"

Re: The Random Thoughts Thread

Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2021 8:55 pm
by Chicat
Although the Scots are the black sheep of Europe…

Neil deGrasse Tyson had a debate on his show about which sport took the most hand/eye coordination and one person said Table Tennis and another said Fencing and the whole time I was thinking “Yeah, but none of those sports feature alternating hand and stick dribbling a baseball while an insane Scotsman tears after you trying to slam you in the face with a wooden mallet so I’m gonna go with Hurling.”


PS - I tried briefly to get a Hurling club sport started at UA but whenever I would explain to people that it was basically field hockey on meth they’d slowly back away from me.

Re: The Random Thoughts Thread

Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2021 9:38 am
by Longhorned
Chicat wrote: Wed Sep 08, 2021 8:55 pm Although the Scots are the black sheep of Europe…

Neil deGrasse Tyson had a debate on his show about which sport took the most hand/eye coordination and one person said Table Tennis and another said Fencing and the whole time I was thinking “Yeah, but none of those sports feature alternating hand and stick dribbling a baseball while an insane Scotsman tears after you trying to slam you in the face with a wooden mallet so I’m gonna go with Hurling.”


PS - I tried briefly to get a Hurling club sport started at UA but whenever I would explain to people that it was basically field hockey on meth they’d slowly back away from me.
It's like a baseball? I thought it would be like a tennis ball. This is like that moment I realized that water polo is played in deep water, and the players only look like they're standing in shallow water because they're that fucking amazing at treading water.

Re: The Random Thoughts Thread

Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2021 9:59 am
by Chicat
Yeah, it’s a hard ball. They just make it neon green because no one would be able to see it otherwise because it gets whipped at like 120mph.

Basically, everything in that game can kill you.

Re: The Random Thoughts Thread

Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2021 12:01 pm
by Longhorned
Rice Krispies are underrated. The more you think about it, the more you should replace rice with Rice Krispies. Also, instead of garnishing something with sesame seeds, garnish it with Rice Krispies. Including sushi.

Re: The Random Thoughts Thread

Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2021 12:14 pm
by Merkin
Longhorned wrote: Thu Sep 09, 2021 9:38 am This is like that moment I realized that water polo is played in deep water, and the players only look like they're standing in shallow water because they're that fucking amazing at treading water.
One of the most vicious sports in the world. My daughter used to play in high school, and it's amazing what goes on underwater. The boys team wore two swimming trunks for that reason.

Re: The Random Thoughts Thread

Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2021 11:56 am
by CatsbyAZ
Forgive my random thoughts for descending into the trash of Family Guy's humor, but I wonder if when Stephen Hawing farted in his wheel chair if it has the same electronic dissonance as his voice generator?

Re: The Random Thoughts Thread

Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2021 2:17 pm
by Longhorned
Is there any chance that listening to sports on the radio is underrated? And that the full 1930s experience gives you something TV broadcasts can't?

Re: The Random Thoughts Thread

Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2021 2:27 pm
by Merkin
Longhorned wrote: Tue Oct 12, 2021 2:17 pm Is there any chance that listening to sports on the radio is underrated? And that the full 1930s experience gives you something TV broadcasts can't?
I listened to many hundreds of Detroit Tigers baseball games for years during the late 1960's and early 1970's on the radio, George Kell and Ernie Harwell come to mind.

Great for those long humid summer days in Michigan, and putting myself to sleep at night.

My dad still puts the radio on to hear UA basketball games with the TV on, whenever Bill Walton announces.

Re: The Random Thoughts Thread

Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2021 3:04 pm
by Chicat
If you can find them, listen to old radio broadcasts of boxing matches.

The pictures those men painted with their words are amazing.

Re: The Random Thoughts Thread

Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2021 3:34 pm
by 84Cat
I can remember listening to the thriller in Manila. I would still rather watch it though

Re: The Random Thoughts Thread

Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2021 4:15 pm
by Merkin
84Cat wrote: Tue Oct 12, 2021 3:34 pm I can remember listening to the thriller in Manila. I would still rather watch it though
My gosh, what a boxing match. Sure were the glory days back then. Don't think I have seen a boxing match since Tyson's early days.

Just sensitive now to violent sports and the damage to boxers. Jerry Quarry was generally always punch drunk when seeing him on TV.

Don't watch MMA either although my oldest son and his girl love it.

Re: The Random Thoughts Thread

Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2021 10:02 pm
by dovecanyoncat
Merkin wrote: Tue Oct 12, 2021 4:15 pm
84Cat wrote: Tue Oct 12, 2021 3:34 pm I can remember listening to the thriller in Manila. I would still rather watch it though
My gosh, what a boxing match. Sure were the glory days back then. Don't think I have seen a boxing match since Tyson's early days.

Just sensitive now to violent sports and the damage to boxers. Jerry Quarry was generally always punch drunk when seeing him on TV.

Don't watch MMA either although my oldest son and his girl love it.
Jesus, Jerry Quarry. That dude. Haven't thought about him in decades.


Re: The Random Thoughts Thread

Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2021 11:43 am
by 97cats
i listen to the live radio feed while i watch the games on TV (muted) all the time, especially baseball - its my preference

and, Chi - my dad and i used to listen to fights on the radio growing up on friday nights all the time - i think thats where i fell in love with it.

Re: The Random Thoughts Thread

Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2021 12:23 pm
by Longhorned
I feel like I've tried radio feed with muted TV and the timing was all off. I should try again.

Re: The Random Thoughts Thread

Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2021 12:28 pm
by UAEebs86
Longhorned wrote: Wed Oct 13, 2021 12:23 pm I feel like I've tried radio feed with muted TV and the timing was all off. I should try again.
I think there's a way to change the delay on streams if you get your radio that way, but I haven't looked into it in a while.

Re: The Random Thoughts Thread

Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2021 1:13 pm
by Merkin
Longhorned wrote: Wed Oct 13, 2021 12:23 pm I feel like I've tried radio feed with muted TV and the timing was all off. I should try again.
Live TV is delayed 7(?) seconds due to the possibility of swearing. Although my internet streams are way slower than that.

But we can still read lips.

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Re: The Random Thoughts Thread

Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2021 5:35 pm
by dovecanyoncat
I should be more humble and grateful. I need to remember that things can always be much, much worse than they are and that every day many, many others dream of having a life that resembles mine.

I had to have my car for use tomorrow so I picked up my unrepaired car having learned that another customer whose car is newer than mine must wait at least six months for a part coming from Great Britain. I drove to the grocery store and then home in an affluent town in the wealthiest country on earth passing half a dozen fellow citizens begging for money.

I should be more humble and grateful.

Re: The Random Thoughts Thread

Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2021 4:54 pm
by Chicat
I’m home alone for the first time in what feels like years. And it’s gonna last for at least another hour.

I don’t know what to do with myself.

Re: The Random Thoughts Thread

Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2021 4:57 pm
by EastCoastCat
Chicat wrote: Thu Oct 21, 2021 4:54 pm I’m home alone for the first time in what feels like years. And it’s gonna last for at least another hour.

I don’t know what to do with myself.
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Re: The Random Thoughts Thread

Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2021 5:03 pm
by Chicat
I’m the master of … something.

BTW, the answer to what to do with myself was “hit a bomber joint and get really fucking high and watch a movie.”

Re: The Random Thoughts Thread

Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2021 6:49 am
by Longhorned
My wife's been working at home for a year and a half, and she doesn't drive, so I literally haven't been home alone for a year and a half.

I used to just travel alone for weeks or months at a time. Just reading a book while drinking a beer on a hotel balcony was an everyday happening. Room service!

Re: The Random Thoughts Thread

Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2021 6:51 am
by Chicat
Being home alone was glorious. Made me want to schedule the wife a spa day and play dates for the kids so I could do it again on a weekend.

Re: The Random Thoughts Thread

Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2021 7:10 am
by scumdevils86
You should

Re: The Random Thoughts Thread

Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2021 11:09 am
by Longhorned
Just as long as you also milk it as being for her and them out of generosity from you.

Re: The Random Thoughts Thread

Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2021 11:01 am
by Longhorned
Starting today I will be kinder and spread good works and help the naked.

Re: The Random Thoughts Thread

Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2021 3:17 pm
by Chicat
Longhorned wrote: Mon Oct 25, 2021 11:01 am Starting today I will be kinder and spread good works and help the naked.
Admirable

Will this go beyond stopping yourself from pointing and laughing?

Re: The Random Thoughts Thread

Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2021 3:52 pm
by dovecanyoncat
Longhorned wrote: Mon Oct 25, 2021 11:01 am Starting today I will be kinder and spread good works and help the naked.
Is this an art thing? Classical nudes? Post-modernist? Performance nudes?

Re: The Random Thoughts Thread

Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2021 4:14 pm
by Longhorned
Maybe a mistranslation but as a child in church, I was curious about all those naked people I was to encounter as a Christian.

But in all my years, I've encountered precisely one publicly naked person, outside Isla Vista. Even then, it was at Coachella. The cops had him handcuffed behind his back while they desperately tried to conceal his genitals with a baseball cap. It's a strange thing to apprehend someone for not being enveloped in fabric.

Re: The Random Thoughts Thread

Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2021 4:22 pm
by dovecanyoncat
Still life with ball cap.

Re: The Random Thoughts Thread

Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2021 6:30 pm
by dovecanyoncat
Got my booster poke today: feel a touch punky. Went to Trumptown Cottonwood for our first dental checkup in two years. Saw a Shiteater drive by with Mullet Mafia on the side of his pickup. I must be getting old because I just don't wanna know.

Re: The Random Thoughts Thread

Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2021 1:45 pm
by azgreg

Re: The Random Thoughts Thread

Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2021 1:53 pm
by 84Cat
Gross