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by **td11** » Sat Sep 05, 2009 21:31:14

i love you, too, man

by **Bucky** » Sat Sep 05, 2009 21:59:31

Dang, best of luck Dajafi. I wish I woulda know so I could send a stripper to your hospital room.

by 1 » Sat Sep 05, 2009 22:33:36

it's fun to see what is and is not considered a rant on TB

by **lethal** » Sat Sep 05, 2009 22:53:23

get well soon, dajafi. I know Lidge can't help the old ticker any.

by **TenuredVulture** » Sat Sep 05, 2009 22:53:31

Is the brisket or the beer making me fart like this?

by **Monkeyboy** » Sun Sep 06, 2009 00:55:01

Barry Jive wrote:best wishes, daj

that beerfest was like a BABIP convention
needless to say this vacation is meeting any and every expectation. going out as soon as my buddy gets out the shower, seeing THE HOLD STEADY TOMORROW on the most beautiful lake i've ever seen and then--a last-minute addition to the itinerary--going to Cooperstown on Monday morning. holy poop.

after i finished drinking at the beerfest, i stood on the shore of Lake Cayuga and turned to my friends, and i couldn't do anything but smile. lots of terrible crap happening to people, here, at home, everywhere, and yet moments like the ones i had today make it all go away, if only for a short time.

i wish you all the best. obviously i'm in a good mood right now, but i can't help but love (and i'm not using that word lightly) all of you.

Ithaca is a cool town, and the finger lakes are great. I was there for a conference once and then I went once in a while to visit friends. It reminds me a little of State College, except more hip.

by **swishnicholson** » Sun Sep 06, 2009 01:17:36

Best of luck to you dajafi. At least being a liberal you wear your heart on your sleeve, so cardiac surgery is much less invasive.

The last time I went to my doctor, who is a few years younger than me, he told me that he'd had a valve problem that required them to crack open his chest two months prior. He's a nice guy and I wished him the best, but I couldn't help but feel I'd been subjected to little bit of oneupmanship, compared to my petty problems.

Since I've gone too glib once again, let me say, sincerely, best wishes.

by **kruker** » Sun Sep 06, 2009 05:40:57

To the Daj man, best wishes. Thoughts are with you.

by **Trent Steele** » Sun Sep 06, 2009 12:24:29

Get well soon daj. This is all lidge's fault.

by **Trent Steele** » Sun Sep 06, 2009 12:53:49

When I see the infomercials for the Dean Martin Variety Show DVDs, I'm mesmerized. Although it was before my time, I want to buy them. Dean Martin seems like just about the coolest MOFO badass ever. I love him up there smoking cigarrettes on the stage, flirting with Racquel Welch, hanging with Sinatra. Seems incredibly talented and immeasurably cool. He must have gotten more ass than a toilet.

by **TenuredVulture** » Sun Sep 06, 2009 12:55:53

Funny thing about Dean--he really didn't drink.

by **kruker** » Sun Sep 06, 2009 13:08:32

Trent Steele wrote:When I see the infomercials for the Dean Martin Variety Show DVDs, I'm mesmerized. Although it was before my time, I want to buy them. Dean Martin seems like just about the coolest MOFO badass ever. I love him up there smoking cigarrettes on the stage, flirting with Racquel Welch, hanging with Sinatra. Seems incredibly talented and immeasurably cool. He must have gotten more ass than a toilet.

Exact same reaction. I keep saying I'm going to buy those DVDs, but I haven't done it yet.

by **kruker** » Sun Sep 06, 2009 19:31:06

The girl my roommate brought back last night pissed in his bed. I can't remember the last time I've laughed this hard.

by **Wizlah** » Sun Sep 06, 2009 19:42:14

guidance on race convoy set up is fun. it's like planning a heist with cars overtaking each other, and racing into gaps with t-junctions and oncoming traffic and everything, except in the middle there's all these little cyclists.

by **philliesphhan** » Sun Sep 06, 2009 20:16:59

kruker wrote:The girl my roommate brought back last night pissed in his bed. I can't remember the last time I've laughed this hard.

Reminds me of Jim Gaffigan

by **Barry Jive** » Sun Sep 06, 2009 20:21:15

The priest just kinda laughed.
The deacon caught a draft.
She crashed into the Easter mass with her hair done up in broken glass.
She was limping left on broken heels when she said, "Father, can I tell your congregation how a resurrection really feels?"

by **Bucky** » Sun Sep 06, 2009 22:24:53

Trent Steele wrote:When I see the infomercials for the Dean Martin Variety Show DVDs, I'm mesmerized. Although it was before my time, I want to buy them. Dean Martin seems like just about the coolest MOFO badass ever. I love him up there smoking cigarrettes on the stage, flirting with Racquel Welch, hanging with Sinatra. Seems incredibly talented and immeasurably cool. He must have gotten more ass than a toilet.

He attended Grant Elementary School in Steubenville, Ohio and took up the drums as a hobby as a teenager. He was the target of much ridicule for his broken English and ultimately dropped out from Steubenville High School in the 10th grade because he thought that he was smarter than his teachers. He delivered bootleg liquor, served as a speakeasy croupier, wrote crafty anecdotes, was a blackjack dealer, worked in a steel mill and boxed as welterweight. At the age of 15, he was a boxer who billed himself as "Kid Crochet". His prizefighting years earned him a broken nose (later fixed), a permanently split lip, and many sets of broken knuckles (a result of not being able to afford the tape used to wrap boxers' hands). He lost 11 of his 12 bouts.[1] For a time, he roomed with Sonny King, who, like Martin, was just starting in show business and had little money. It is said that Martin and King held bare-knuckle matches in their apartment, fighting until one of them was knocked out; people paid to watch. Eventually, Martin gave up boxing. He worked as a roulette stickman and croupier in an illegal casino behind a tobacco shop where he had started as a stock boy.

by **Phan In Phlorida** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 03:36:26

kruker wrote:The girl my roommate brought back last night pissed in his bed. I can't remember the last time I've laughed this hard.

Marking her territory?

by **Phan In Phlorida** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 03:47:25

zOMG!!! A neighbor a few houses away was found dead in his house a couple of days ago (just heard about it today). He had lost his job and his wife left him, and he had taken up drinking heavily. Dunno the cause (suicide, drank himself to death, or whatever). Didn't know him (they bought the house about a year ago), only saw him around, would have guessed he was at least late 50's, so I was surprised to find out he was only 43.

by **CrashburnAlley** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 04:02:43

Phan In Phlorida wrote:zOMG!!! A neighbor a few houses away was found dead in his house a couple of days ago (just heard about it today). He had lost his job and his wife left him, and he had taken up drinking heavily. Dunno the cause (suicide, drank himself to death, or whatever). Didn't know him (they bought the house about a year ago), only saw him around, would have guessed he was at least late 50's, so I was surprised to find out he was only 43.

Similar thing happened to a neighbor of mine a few years ago. Shot himself right in front of my place, right over the sewer grate. :shock:

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