Official Random Thoughts Thread - Part 3

[dobrojim]

strange sign on the beltway inner loop just past River Rd
about the inauguration advising folks to use Metro on 1/21. What?
I give pretty good odds that the beltway on 1/21, a holiday
in addition to being the inaugural, will not suffering from
bad traffic. Metro is likely to be a mess, especially down
in the city. It's completely backasswards.

[Induveca]

strange sign on the beltway inner loop just past River Rd
about the inauguration advising folks to use Metro on 1/21. What?
I give pretty good odds that the beltway on 1/21, a holiday
in addition to being the inaugural, will not suffering from
bad traffic. Metro is likely to be a mess, especially down
in the city. It's completely backasswards.

Likely because tons of streets closed/extra security will be downtown. Suspect it means for suburban based government workers commuting into DC.

[LyricalRico]

Yeah, same sign on 270. Even if it was for Federal workers, aren't they off on MLK?

[dobrojim]

thing is this is miles and miles from downtown...

I'd just about guarantee traffic Monday on the beltway near this sign
will be virtually indistinguishable from any other day, whereas Metro
will be a clusterF#ck on Monday almost system wide.

[fishercob]

RIP Prop Joe!

[Chocolate City Jordanaire]

Perhaps blacks all look alike to George Stephanopoulos ...

Bill Russell is an NBA legend, and as such, gets invited to many important events. On Monday, Russell was attending President Barack Obama‘s second inauguration, and did so in style. The 11-time NBA champion wore a Celtics hat to the ceremony, as if that would be enough to identify him.

Still, ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos mixed up Russell with another celebrity, mistakenly identifying the former center as actor Morgan Freeman when spotted by television cameras. The anchor quickly corrected himself but the damage was done.

Read more at: http://nesn.com/2013/01/bill-russell-mi ... los-photo/

George continued to say he thought Bill Russell was great in Shawshank Redemption.

[fishercob]

[montestewart]

Took him three tries to get it right. I'd still like to know who the black guy standing next to him is.

[Ruzious]

Guys, if you haven't got the flu shot for this winter yet, I'd strongly recommend it. This is my first time getting the flu full force, and it idn't fun. I'm sitting shivering with 6 layers of clothes on with the heat turned up over 70, a mild fever, horrible cough - felt like I coughed my lungs out, runny nose. Luckily stomach issues haven't surfaced yet. It started last night - and it was full force right from the start.

[gesa2]

Guys, if you haven't got the flu shot for this winter yet, I'd strongly recommend it. This is my first time getting the flu full force, and it idn't fun. I'm sitting shivering with 6 layers of clothes on with the heat turned up over 70, a mild fever, horrible cough - felt like I coughed my lungs out, runny nose. Luckily stomach issues haven't surfaced yet. It started last night - and it was full force right from the start.

Ruz, if you haven't already you should think about seeing your doctor. There is a somewhat effective treatment for the flu, but it only helps if you start within the first 48 hours. Tamiflu on average will take away one of your worst days if started early.

I completely agree on the flu shot too for everryone else. It's not too late in the season - it has it's full effect within 2 weeks, and probably helps some before that.


edited for clarity

[Higga]

Snow is useless when you're not a kid in school.

[Severn Hoos]

Wiretap: Celtics Elevating Interest in J.J. Redick

Fill in the next line contest....

"Least surprising Headline of the Year"

"Old Habits Die Hard"

"First time 'Redick" and 'Elevating' have been used in the same sentence since...ever."

"Celtics decide they don't have enough players that opposing fans can dislike"

and so on...

[dobrojim]

weird going into the mens' room and hearing someone talk (in chinese or japanese?
or any other language as far as that goes) on his cell phone while on 'the throne'.

then again, I did recently hear that a surprisingly high number of cell phones
are destroyed as a result of being dropped in the toilet.

[dobrojim]

Snow is useless when you're not a kid in school.

unless you're in the mtns skiing

[AFM]

I miss WizD. What happened to WizD??