OT: General OT Thread [NO POLITICS, RACE OR RELIGION]

Post #821 » by **ReasonablySober** » Sat Sep 11, 2021 10:16 pm

Holy **** what a dominant run.

BucksFanSD · Post #822 » by **BucksFanSD** » Sat Sep 11, 2021 10:16 pm

I don't understand this and see it happen time after time. Toledo down 2 points, walks into the touchdown with 1:30 left in the game.

They lose the game since they left too much time on the clock.

Do coaches not understand how to increase their likelihood of winning?

stellation · Post #823 » by **stellation** » Sat Sep 11, 2021 10:32 pm

My beloved has for some time maintained a position that pandas are not real, and simply humans in absurd panda suits. I'm watching a little segment on a gardening program (life in the fast lane, over here!) that is about how a zoo produces sufficient bambo to feed a couple of resident pandas (grows quick, but those humans in panda suits eat quicker!), I can't get that idea out of my head and it is absolutely clearly true.

Anyway- I'm not normally one for spreading conspiracy theories, but happy to with this one. Next time you watch some footage of pandas/are lucky enough to see one just imagine it as a human in a panda suit and watch the mannerisms. Is that how a panda casually sits and chomps on some bamboo, or is that how a human THINKS a panda would casually sit and chomp on some bamboo. Crazy stuff, my friends. Crazy stuff.

Post #824 » by **ReasonablySober** » Sat Sep 11, 2021 11:01 pm

BucksFanSD wrote:I don't understand this and see it happen time after time. Toledo down 2 points, walks into the touchdown with 1:30 left in the game.

They lose the game since they left too much time on the clock.

Do coaches not understand how to increase their likelihood of winning?

This is one of those things where I was thinking about it as it was happening but can't bring myself to blame anyone on Toledo. It was a short yardage situation, backup QB and 26 yards to the endzone. Ideally you tell him that yea, you go down in the middle of the field if you bust loose, but I can literally remember one time where a guy went down early.

ReginaldDwight · Post #825 » by **ReginaldDwight** » Sun Sep 12, 2021 1:53 am

stellation wrote:My beloved has for some time maintained a position that pandas are not real, and simply humans in absurd panda suits. I'm watching a little segment on a gardening program (life in the fast lane, over here!) that is about how a zoo produces sufficient bambo to feed a couple of resident pandas (grows quick, but those humans in panda suits eat quicker!), I can't get that idea out of my head and it is absolutely clearly true.

Anyway- I'm not normally one for spreading conspiracy theories, but happy to with this one. Next time you watch some footage of pandas/are lucky enough to see one just imagine it as a human in a panda suit and watch the mannerisms. Is that how a panda casually sits and chomps on some bamboo, or is that how a human THINKS a panda would casually sit and chomp on some bamboo. Crazy stuff, my friends. Crazy stuff.

I literally saw a video of a panda **** a dude up in a zoo in china recently.

WRau1 · Post #826 » by **WRau1** » Sun Sep 12, 2021 1:56 am

Not a big soda drinker, especially full sugar but damn is that apple Mountain Dew good.

glenn · Post #827 » by **glenn** » Sun Sep 12, 2021 3:42 am

Sorry MD, I knew that post wasn’t long for this world :lol:

Have not heard of apple Mountain Dew but now I want it. Their watermelon flavor was pretty good.

jute2003 · Post #828 » by **jute2003** » Sun Sep 12, 2021 3:50 am

My wife and I went to a local farm to table dinner thing tonight. We know the people that own the farm but otherwise it was all strangers. It was one of the more enjoyable things we've done in quite a while.

The food was incredible. A local chef used lamb and beef sourced from the farm and every dish was paired with either a cider or wine that was also also sourced locally.

The atmosphere was laid back and it just felt good being outside. A dude was playing guitar for some nice background music.. There were 25ish guests and they were all happy and pleasant.

It was just a good and enjoyable evening. I highly recommend doing something similar if you notice a farm hosting it in your area.

Pachinko_ · Post #829 » by **Pachinko_** » Mon Sep 13, 2021 2:30 am

Last post about my handcrafts, promise, but I'm really excited I just finished my ridiculously overengineered laptop bag

It has about 50 saddle rivets, all hand-peened, 0.8mm German-made waxed polyester thread (hand stitched), solid brass heavy duty hardware, 3.6mm leather from the Horween tannery in Chicago reinforced with veg-tan leather liner inside, and a brass bar to support the handle. You can pretty much pull crocodiles out of the water with this thing :lol:

At 16 inches wide it fits any laptop I can think of. Ridiculous amount of work, just the hand-carved and dressed with leather wooden handle took me a whole day, but I really loved both making it and how it looks in the end

Post #830 » by **ReasonablySober** » Mon Sep 13, 2021 3:42 am

Pachinko_ wrote:Last post about my handcrafts

I sincerely hope not. I love 'em.

Post #831 » by **MickeyDavis** » Mon Sep 13, 2021 3:45 am

ReasonablySober wrote:
Pachinko_ wrote:Last post about my handcrafts

I sincerely hope not. I love 'em.

Me too. I appreciate the talent and craftsmanship.

Pachinko_ · Post #832 » by **Pachinko_** » Mon Sep 13, 2021 5:11 am

Thanks

AussieBuck · Post #833 » by **AussieBuck** » Mon Sep 13, 2021 5:14 am

I'm rebuilding an old house while living it in with a wife and kids, total opposite to Pachinko, huge scale job but **** attention to detail.

emunney · Post #834 » by **emunney** » Mon Sep 13, 2021 5:18 am

ReginaldDwight wrote:
stellation wrote:My beloved has for some time maintained a position that pandas are not real, and simply humans in absurd panda suits. I'm watching a little segment on a gardening program (life in the fast lane, over here!) that is about how a zoo produces sufficient bambo to feed a couple of resident pandas (grows quick, but those humans in panda suits eat quicker!), I can't get that idea out of my head and it is absolutely clearly true.

Anyway- I'm not normally one for spreading conspiracy theories, but happy to with this one. Next time you watch some footage of pandas/are lucky enough to see one just imagine it as a human in a panda suit and watch the mannerisms. Is that how a panda casually sits and chomps on some bamboo, or is that how a human THINKS a panda would casually sit and chomp on some bamboo. Crazy stuff, my friends. Crazy stuff.

I literally saw a video of a panda **** a dude up in a zoo in china recently.

Did you?

HurricaneKid · Post #835 » by **HurricaneKid** » Mon Sep 13, 2021 7:02 am

AussieBuck wrote:I'm rebuilding an old house while living it in with a wife and kids, total opposite to Pachinko, huge scale job but **** attention to detail.

I fixed up my last place and am excited to do so again. But it's much much much much much much harder to fix up old places than relatively new.

I hope you are faring better than I am.

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AussieBuck · Post #836 » by **AussieBuck** » Mon Sep 13, 2021 8:15 am

HurricaneKid wrote:
AussieBuck wrote:I'm rebuilding an old house while living it in with a wife and kids, total opposite to Pachinko, huge scale job but **** attention to detail.
I fixed up my last place and am excited to do so again. But it's much much much much much much harder to fix up old places than relatively new.

I hope you are faring better than I am.

Sent from my SM-G986U using RealGM mobile app

Oh yeah, my first place was a cheap 1970s house, was fairly straight forward but still hard. The house I bought when we sold that one was a 1940s, 42 I think, rotten old timber house. Bought it because it has a big backyard, was a house being marketed to developers as a knock down site for building small townhouses because it was a big rectangular block of land.

This old house had hardwood stumps holding it up and they were only half as long as they should have been (and rotten) so I've had to re-stump the house by hand, one at the time for the last couple of years. I've also changed around where nearly every wall was, installed ~100 year old windows and doors, reclad the outside, extended out to the back veranda (porch?) line and changed bunch of the ceiling. It's now about 85% new house. Hoping the interior will be finished in the next couple of months.

jute2003 · Post #837 » by **jute2003** » Mon Sep 13, 2021 1:44 pm

AussieBuck wrote:
HurricaneKid wrote:
AussieBuck wrote:I'm rebuilding an old house while living it in with a wife and kids, total opposite to Pachinko, huge scale job but **** attention to detail.
I fixed up my last place and am excited to do so again. But it's much much much much much much harder to fix up old places than relatively new.

I hope you are faring better than I am.

Sent from my SM-G986U using RealGM mobile app

Oh yeah, my first place was a cheap 1970s house, was fairly straight forward but still hard. The house I bought when we sold that one was a 1940s, 42 I think, rotten old timber house. Bought it because it has a big backyard, was a house being marketed to developers as a knock down site for building small townhouses because it was a big rectangular block of land.

This old house had hardwood stumps holding it up and they were only half as long as they should have been (and rotten) so I've had to re-stump the house by hand, one at the time for the last couple of years. I've also changed around where nearly every wall was, installed ~100 year old windows and doors, reclad the outside, extended out to the back veranda (porch?) line and changed bunch of the ceiling. It's now about 85% new house. Hoping the interior will be finished in the next couple of months.

That is far more than I have ever had to do but I can sympathize with renovating in old buildings. I redid the studio space for our business 6ish years ago. It is in a main street building built in the early 1900s. There is no such thing as square and the standard 16 inch on center studs that we use now were obviously not a concern when it was built. I'm also not a carpenter and had never built anything significant before. There was significant trial and error on my part figuring things out.

Nightfall · Post #838 » by **Nightfall** » Mon Sep 13, 2021 4:10 pm

2 years after we lost our cat (Gandalf (14) ), we took the big decision again and as family we couldn't be happier.
Meet Aurora and Aurelia. They are two 12 week old ragdolls and got them from a friend's litter :

trwi7 · Post #839 » by **trwi7** » Mon Sep 13, 2021 7:34 pm

AussieBuck wrote:I'm rebuilding an old house while living it in with a wife and kids, total opposite to Pachinko, huge scale job but **** attention to detail.

buckboy · Post #840 » by **buckboy** » Mon Sep 13, 2021 8:40 pm

stellation wrote:My beloved has for some time maintained a position that pandas are not real, and simply humans in absurd panda suits. I'm watching a little segment on a gardening program (life in the fast lane, over here!) that is about how a zoo produces sufficient bambo to feed a couple of resident pandas (grows quick, but those humans in panda suits eat quicker!), I can't get that idea out of my head and it is absolutely clearly true.

Anyway- I'm not normally one for spreading conspiracy theories, but happy to with this one. Next time you watch some footage of pandas/are lucky enough to see one just imagine it as a human in a panda suit and watch the mannerisms. Is that how a panda casually sits and chomps on some bamboo, or is that how a human THINKS a panda would casually sit and chomp on some bamboo. Crazy stuff, my friends. Crazy stuff.

Put down the bong.