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Macanudo

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  1. If we're going with a scene from Office Space, my vote is the printer.

    From Patton, once the Germans have started the Battle of the Bulge and George says how many men he can have moving north and and how fast.   

    From the Princess Bride at the end when Andre the Giant waves to Princess Buttercup and says hello.  Hell, pretty much from the time Inigo first confronts Count Rugen to the end.

  2. I was sitting behind the visitors dugout once at the Dome when an Astro threw an eephus (and a real one that started out almost helmet high) and got the batter called out on a third strike with it.   I want to say it was Joe Sambito but it also might have been Joe Neikro.   Niekro makes more sense because he had a damn good knuckleball too. 

    Dude walks to the dugout as his teammates are all over him for striking out and he's just yells "Asshole threw a fucking softball pitch at me."    The dugout loses it and the 'Stros who could hear it on the field are crying their laughing so hard.  

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    4 minutes ago, miguelito said:

    Are there any knuckleballers left?

    I bet Tim Wakefield is good for a couple innings.  Hell, Charlie Hough pitched until he was at least 46.

  4. 1 hour ago, High Plains Drifter said:

     

     

    Lets see we got:

    Derka'd- to ruin thread by making everything about how mean everyone is to you.

    Slorch'd- to ruin a thread by making everything about how simple something is, and by god, my way is the best way.

    Swam'd- to start a thread and get completely fucking owned.

    Bernarded- to get unjustly harassed (or worse) by miscreant cops.

    now JimmyJames'd- to derail a thread by completely taking it off into some tangent that really doesn't have anything to do with the thread.

     

    Did I miss any? Probably one or two from the basketball or baseball forum.

     

    Maybe one day, if you try really hard and say your prayers, your username will become a past tense verb on Surly.

     

    Tahoe'd - To start a thread without any real intent to discuss anything worthwhile.

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  5. Mowich Lake out by Mt. Rainier. Though this time of year ( and with the winter they have had) , you will need proper warm/ snow clothing and footwear. Tiger Mountain out near Issaquah is great on a clear Day. Again, suspect this time of year. If you want to venture south and go through one of the most beautiful city parks (though really an old growth forest that has been maintained), go to Tacoma and hike the trails through Pt. Defiance.  It is a peninsula surrounded by Puget Sound with great views of the Narrows Bridges. This is the bridge (Galloping Gertie) that tore itself apart during a windstorm in the 40s. You can see newsreel coverage of it on Youtube.

    If there is still a lot of snow up near Paradise, rent some snowshoes in Ashford.   There should be some well traveled (and snow covered) trails to walk in/near the Lodge.   And DO NOT pass up a blackberry milk shake at the Copper Creek Inn near Ashford.   I would skip Point Defiance unless you have a reason to be in Tacoma.  It is pretty but there's not a whole lot else out there and getting to Tacoma and then down to Pt. Defiance can be a pain in the ass.   I-5 is under perpetual construction there. 

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  6. 1 hour ago, El Diablo said:

    Won't a good bit of that lift once it warms up a little? I'd imagine that it will be bad in the mornings for a while but not too terribly long though there's probably always going to be a lingering aroma.

    The problem is that there is almost no wind.   The fumes are just sitting there and moving/dissipating very slowly.

  7. 1 hour ago, Reagan1k said:

    A clone of her who ends up in a community college and working nights as a Hooters waitress would also end up wreaking havoc somewhere in the world, but the story would spill out in People Magazine vs. the WSJ.

    That doesn't even make People Magazine.   Her story plays out buried in the Des Moines newspaper after her 3 kids under age 5 are found wandering around a Wal-Mart parking lot at 3:00 am because she's at an Indian Casino in Sioux Falls strung out on meth.  

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