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Started by kenarmy, March 29, 2021, 10:25:21 AM

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1995hoo

"You know, you never have a guaranteed spot until you have a spot guaranteed."
—Olaf Kolzig, as quoted in the Washington Times on March 28, 2003,
commenting on the Capitals clinching a playoff spot.

"That sounded stupid, didn't it?"
—Kolzig, to the same reporter a few seconds later.



kphoger

I accidentally clicked on [Calendar] a minute ago, for the first time.  And I saw that tomorrow is Scottb5411's birthday.  I was certain that must be an artifact from Scott5114 getting temporarily locked out or needing to create a duplicate account for some reason.  But no.  Totally different person.  What a weird coincidence!

He Is Already Here! Let's Go, Flamingo!
Dost thou understand the graveness of the circumstances?
Deut 23:13
Male pronouns, please.

Quote from: PKDIf you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.

Molandfreak

I can't remember where we discussed special things that happened when you googled specific topics such as fonts, but add "67" to that list... I know it's an obnoxious meme, but if you google it, what happens next is interesting.

Inclusive infrastructure advocate

Henry

Quote from: kphoger on December 18, 2025, 01:17:57 PM
Quote from: Rothman on December 18, 2025, 01:14:01 PMOnce got a magazine delivered to Duluth, Minisoda...


This Illannoy native is getting a very good laugh out of it!
Go Cubs Go! Go Cubs Go! Hey Chicago, what do you say? The Cubs are gonna win today!

Beltway

Quote from: JayhawkCO on December 17, 2025, 11:50:36 AMJust happened to look through my flight history and looks like I had previously flown on one of the planes that the hijackers took over on 9/11. Previously I had flown it from Denver to Dulles on October 16th, 1998. This is the one that ended up being Flight 93 and crashed in Shanksville, PA. Weird to think about.
I flew on the B-17 Nine-O-Nine (N93012) in 2015 when it visited a local airport.

On October 2, 2019, N93012 crashed at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, while attempting to return shortly after takeoff. The aircraft was destroyed in the crash, and seven of the thirteen people on board were killed.

I don't know for sure but it likely had the same pilot and copilot as my flight.
Baloney is a reserved word on the Internet
    (Robert Coté, 2002)

Beltway

Quote from: vdeane on December 13, 2025, 11:08:20 PMOf the top 15 posters by post count on this forum, two are from upstate NY, and both are NYSDOT employees.

How many of them were one-liners?

The world wonders.
Baloney is a reserved word on the Internet
    (Robert Coté, 2002)

formulanone

I flew on N909DL twice before it was crashed and written-off at La Guardia in 2015, but there were no fatalities.


PColumbus73

Watching three boards getting antagonized at the same time, by the same user, is quite fascinating

Max Rockatansky

#4759
Quote from: PColumbus73 on December 21, 2025, 06:15:20 PMWatching three boards getting antagonized at the same time, by the same user, is quite fascinating

Name dropping the forum owner and implying threats of administrative action against "eight certain users" certainly is an unusual angle to try.

PColumbus73

Quote from: Max Rockatansky on December 21, 2025, 06:20:24 PM
Quote from: PColumbus73 on December 21, 2025, 06:15:20 PMWatching three boards getting antagonized at the same time, by the same user, is quite fascinating

Name dropping the forum owner and implying threats of administrative action against "eight certain users" certainly is an unusual angle to try.

How long before Montana falls?

D-Dey65


freebrickproductions

Quote from: D-Dey65 on December 21, 2025, 07:16:07 PMHey, where is or was this building, which I assume was in Midtown Manhattan?
https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA1SGnRO.img?w=1920&h=1080&q=60&m=2&f=jpg

Definitely not Midtown Manhattan, based on the design of the license plates, parking spaces, and signage seen on the right. I'd suggest somewhere in Europe, potentially specifically somewhere in the UK? Though the positioning of the cars seems to imply they drive on the right side of the road...
May or may not be batticorn.

I also collect traffic lights, road signs, fans, and railroad crossing equipment.

Art in avatar by Dencounter!

(They/Them)

LilianaUwU

"Volcano with no fire... Not volcano... Just mountain."
—Mr. Thwomp

My pronouns are she/her, no matter what you think about that.

D-Dey65

Quote from: LilianaUwU on December 21, 2025, 07:29:14 PM
Quote from: D-Dey65 on December 21, 2025, 07:16:07 PMHey, where is or was this building, which I assume was in Midtown Manhattan?
https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA1SGnRO.img?w=1920&h=1080&q=60&m=2&f=jpg
Rotterdam.
Thanks.

New topic; I can't believe how many photographs of US 19 between Capps, Florida and Monticello, Florida from May 2023 I still have yet to upload to Wikimedia Commons. Some of them are of sites that have been taken before, but I don't care.



PColumbus73

Updating a schoolyard jab for modern times:

Did your mommy clanker do that for you?

Max Rockatansky

My wife really likes the Fallout TV series.  I find that slightly odd since she wasn't even aware it was an RPG series nor has any idea about the massive amounts of background lore. 

Scott5114

Quote from: Max Rockatansky on December 23, 2025, 07:52:33 PMMy wife really likes the Fallout TV series.  I find that slightly odd since she wasn't even aware it was an RPG series nor has any idea about the massive amounts of background lore. 

Every once in a while someone on social media will post a screenshot of the game map from one of them and I'll run through the same thought process of "Huh, that looks just like a map of Las Vegas. Wait, that is a map of Las Vegas. Wait, no it's not."
uncontrollable freak sardine salad chef

plain

YOU WILL NEVER HINDER THE JINDER!!!

Pretty soon The Modern Day Maharaja will once again enter the WWE, where he will become a 2X world champion. And it doesn't matter who the reigning champion is because his bitch ass is going to get hit with the most devastating move in the history of everything, the Khallas!!!
Newark born, Richmond bred

Max Rockatansky

Quote from: Scott5114 on December 23, 2025, 07:57:55 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on December 23, 2025, 07:52:33 PMMy wife really likes the Fallout TV series.  I find that slightly odd since she wasn't even aware it was an RPG series nor has any idea about the massive amounts of background lore. 

Every once in a while someone on social media will post a screenshot of the game map from one of them and I'll run through the same thought process of "Huh, that looks just like a map of Las Vegas. Wait, that is a map of Las Vegas. Wait, no it's not."

One thing I'll say that kind of disappoints me about the show is the lack of accuracy with highway stuff.  I-15 in particular was a significant plot element in several Fallout games.  The only highway sign I've seen in the show was a novelty US 66 sign in a promo.

Molandfreak


Is it AARoads canon that Poiponen wanted to boink Nic Cage now?

Inclusive infrastructure advocate

Max Rockatansky

Quote from: Molandfreak on December 26, 2025, 11:01:35 PM

Is it AARoads canon that Poiponen wanted to boink Nic Cage now?

That movie better have the line "put the turducken back in the box."

Takumi

Quote from: Max Rockatansky on December 26, 2025, 11:48:51 PM
Quote from: Molandfreak on December 26, 2025, 11:01:35 PM

Is it AARoads canon that Poiponen wanted to boink Nic Cage now?

That movie better have the line "put the turducken back in the box."

Given that John Mulaney and Shane Gillis are in it, it's probably got an entire scene devoted to it.
Quote from: Rothman on July 15, 2021, 07:52:59 AM
Olive Garden must be stopped.  I must stop them.

Don't @ me. Seriously.

ZLoth

56 bags of leaves in the past week, and set out to be picked up tomorrow.

Wenn du siehst, dass ich renne, versuch dranzubleiben!
I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.

Scott5114

That's a lot of effort to put into making your soil worse.
uncontrollable freak sardine salad chef