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  1. 33 minutes ago, Machinator said:

     

    Play better teams. I sold all but 2 games from my season tix last year, a few below what I paid for them because of the suck teams were not worth the drive to go see. I am so glad they are going away from the marquee neutral openers and back to home and home series in the next few years. I understand why they did it but it sucked for those of us who actually go to the games.

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  2. 2 hours ago, Lobo said:

    You didn't see the one where they go on a bender together in that mansion?  And then he ends up in rehab?  

    Nope, damned DVR at the time must have fucked me. It tried to do the same thing with last night's episode. It was set to record Ep2 but for some reason did not consider the season premiere as a first run showing, had to tell it to record it once.

  3. Good episode but did I miss something? The last episode I saw was with him in NOLA and meeting the weird chick in the bar. Looks like there was at least one more episode that I missed.

  4. 2 hours ago, Gil Bang said:

    CSB alert:  I was around Jane a bit back in the day; the L.A./OC punk scene.  She was friendly with a musician buddy of mine (Agent Orange, Channel Three) 

    She was so fucking cute, and always sweet to my nobody ass.  We were introduced one night, and a few weeks later at a club she came over with a "Hi Gil".  The GoGo's were well established by then.   She was a popular volume in my personal spank bank

    Yeah, while most of the guys were falling for Belinda, Jane was who I fixated upon, on screen.

  5. Verne Troyer was the biggest highlight of The Surreal Life(the only reality show I ever watched).

    Just watched the subject of this thread. They changed a few things from the book but you would need a 4 hour, at least, movie to fit most of it in there.

  6. 17 hours ago, ajax said:

    It was a great start but I'm starting to hate Barry. He's being such a dick. I kinda want Hank to burn him. He better do right by my boy Hank.

    Hank in the clothing shop cracked me up. "It's me, Hank. I'm wearing a wig." lol

    Barry is a sociopath. He has no grip on what others might find important or emotional. He is trying to fit in but does not have the tools to successfully do so. He is a little different in that he is trying to become a "real boy". That leads to what we might call dickish behavior. You either love that about him or not. You can't waffle on it though. Much like watching a stand up comic that does a ton of "controversial" humor. You can't laugh when they make fun of everyone else but then when something hits close to home, hate on them for it.

  7. 5 hours ago, Mojo Hand said:

    Finally someone else here who likes Violent Femmes!   So, you're in luck - the music you like is a perfect starter kit for learning guitar.  Others here will have great recommendations for youtube lessons, and you should absolutely try them out.

    My personal advice, though, is to learn how to play songs by the artists on your list.  In particular, starting with old country and AC/DC, which use a lot of open chords.  You can learn the open chords from YouTube or just search Google to see it written out, but you first need to learn open A, C, D, E, and G.  Everything really follows from that.  For example, the verses to Back in Black are just open E, D, and A.  Ring of Fire is pretty much open G, C, and D.   (Note that artists sometimes play live in a slightly different key, so versions you find on YouTube might not line up with they exactly).  In fact, lot of the great songs by the bands you like (and in general) are just 3 open chords in various configurations. 

    Thanks to you and the others who gave advice. I will catch up to the rest of you in about a decade.

  8. FWIW, I am not doing this to ever perform for others. I am now disabled, due to a blood clot I got in my leg(which blew out all the valves in my leg veins), where I have to put my feet up several times a day. I am just looking for something to keep me from going crazy and this seemed like something I could do while sitting, other than spending way too much time on here or other websites. 

  9. Just now, Mojo Hand said:

    What bands do you like? 

    AC/DC, Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Pink Floyd(all of those, prefer the 70's versions), Metallica, Def Leppard, GNR, Tesla(my favorites from the 80's), STP, Nirvana(except Smells Like Teen Spirit) from the 90's, Foo Fighters from the aughts and teens. Then a few other groups like Drivin' N Cryin', Violent Femmes, Depeche Mode. Old country, by old I mean Hank Williams, Sr, Waylon, Willie, Cash. Currently, although I do not consider either really country, Isbell and Stapleton.

    If I had to pick only one, Zeppelin but I doubt I ever reach the level of playing remotely close to Page. AC/DC seems a little easier to attain at least a semblance of similarity and they would be my second choice.

  10. Well, I finally joined the cult, not looking forward to the hazing. I bought my first ever guitar yesterday. I learned to play a couple of licks, back 30 years ago, on a friends rig. I got basically en entry setup, Squier Affinity Fender Stratocaster with 15W Fender amp. Now for tons and tons of practice to sound like a dying cat(an improvement over the first few hours of trying to learn one simple chord last night). It came with a month of free online lessons from Fender. I will use that but any good ideas for some free lessons? I know there are metric  fucktons of videos on Youtube but I have no idea who is good at teaching an old dog like me, new tricks.

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  11. 52 minutes ago, AUS-97HORN said:

    the classic move of taking a screenshot of his wallpaper (incl all the folders and exe files), making that screenshot his wallpaper, and then moving all the exe files and folders off the main screen into the virtual larger screen still works for a lot of people.

     

    nothing funnier than watching a guy pound the mouse click button on exe or file folder that is actually just a screenshot, and watching them lose their shit.

    Then us IT guys have to deal with the asshole. So you are punishing us also.

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  12. On 3/21/2019 at 3:37 PM, TrashMaster G said:

    I made it to the end, but damn if I didn't feel that in my gut and my legs.  I found myself rooting for him to fall just to make it end.

    I recall playing Infamous for the first time and feeling like you do on a sudden rollercoaster descent, when you first jump off a building. That video made me a little dizzy.

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