Official Random Thoughts Thread - Part 3

Induveca · Post #361 » by **Induveca** » Thu Oct 18, 2012 5:20 pm

Nivek wrote:New season of The Walking Dead debuted last night. The main character group attempts to take over a prison filled with zombies. Several "oh ****" moments, including when they encounter zombies in full police riot gear. Thought it was a very good opening to the new season.

Was a great opening, my girl is addicted to that show! Unfortunately they always tease with ultra-violent season debuts.

Soon enough it will be about pregnancy, a lost member of the group and emotional BS.

More zombies dammit!

Higga · Post #362 » by **Higga** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 3:13 pm

Walking Dead is really good. I hope this season is more like Season 1 where every episode was thrilling and action packed, and less like Season 2 where half the episodes were filler/Carl in bedrest/"SOPHIA!" snoozefests.

It's a shame Game of Thrones is only 10 episodes a season before you have to wait like 9 months for the next season.

For comedies, The League might be the funniest show on TV. And even though The Office has been in decline lately, this season(the final)has been pretty funny so far and yesterday's episode didn't disappoint.

queridiculo · Post #363 » by **queridiculo** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 5:35 pm

Weird, I'm already over Walking Dead to be quite honest. Season one was great, but since then it seems like the show has just been plodding along with a really weak plot and not much happening at all.

The season 3 opener was much of the same. Some zombie killing and a prison encounter that sets up the third group of antagonists.

Given the lack of resources in a prison, perhaps this season sets us up for more of the existential struggle that you expect considering a post apocalyptic environment such as this one.

I still feel like things have been coming far too easy for them, and the drama between the different characters seems way too telenovela for me.

fugop · Post #364 » by **fugop** » Sun Oct 21, 2012 3:35 pm

Jannero Pargo (10/22/79), should he be on the opening day roster, will be our only player born in the 1970s. Okafor and Nene were born 15 days apart in 1982.

dobrojim · Post #365 » by **dobrojim** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 4:41 pm

any RealGMers going to 6 Flags tonight?

Happy not to have become a Darwin award recipient after deciding to
take down a tree close to my house on Saturday. Managed to do it
without falling off any ladders or having the tree destroy anything
upon landing. Still kind of scary process. Good thing I'm not especially
afraid of heights.

Nivek · Post #366 » by **Nivek** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 4:56 pm

Kudos to you for having the guts to take down a tree. I don't hate ladders -- I hate the idea of falling off of them. Put this one in the category of price gouging, I guess:

Back in July when the huge wind/rain storm blew through, a big oak in front of my house cracked. Half the tree fell across the street (thankfully, not on the house). VDOT dragged it out of the street and I got quotes to remove the fallen part and take down what was left. I got prices ranging from $4300 on the low end to $5500 on the high end. A year earlier, I had 6 trees taken down and some additional trimming work done for...$1500.

I did it myself for the most part. Paid a guy with a BIG chainsaw $300 to do the part that was too big for my tools.

dobrojim · Post #367 » by **dobrojim** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 6:54 pm

pretty rapid inflation - 300% in about a year.

I've still got work to do with other trees including one quite
large Tulip tree. Might contract that one out.

Higga · Post #368 » by **Higga** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 11:19 pm

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/ ... siness_pop

SHOTS FIRED 8-)

Post #369 » by **montestewart** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 11:43 pm

Higga wrote:http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/tysons-to-dc-hows-life-as-our-suburb/2012/10/19/9c7d7ec6-1976-11e2-aa6f-3b636fecb829_story.html?tid=pm_business_pop

SHOTS FIRED

And our new Tysons III Galleria II Mall is bigger than your stinky old mall.

dobrojim · Post #370 » by **dobrojim** » Tue Oct 23, 2012 7:35 pm

at Six Flags last night the autograph sessions were over and Jacqui and I
went over to ride the Superman/Man of Steel coster. We had just loaded into
cars when several Wizards, Wall, Okafor, Martin and Steve Gray came escorted
up the exit ramp to ride. So after we rode we walked right past them while exiting.

I'm still trying to figure out how Okafor or even Martin fit inside one of
those cars. I'm under 6' and I don't fit by all that much.

Post #371 » by **Zonkerbl** » Tue Oct 23, 2012 7:39 pm

http://deadspin.com/5954180/the-wizards ... er-coaster

Nivek · Post #372 » by **Nivek** » Tue Oct 23, 2012 7:39 pm

dobrojim wrote:at Six Flags last night the autograph sessions were over and Jacqui and I
went over to ride the Superman/Man of Steel coster. We had just loaded into
cars when several Wizards, Wall, Okafor, Martin and Steve Gray came escorted
up the exit ramp to ride. So after we rode we walked right past them while exiting.

I'm still trying to figure out how Okafor or even Martin fit inside one of
those cars. I'm under 6' and I don't fit by all that much.

Apparently the 6 Flags staff didn't let Okafor ride. http://www.bulletsforever.com/2012/10/2 ... erman-ride

closg00 · Post #373 » by **closg00** » Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:12 am

Anyone else having a love/hate relationship with Homeland? Too-many manufactured contrivances that ruin all the other great things about the show.

tontoz · Post #374 » by **tontoz** » Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:46 pm

One strange thing i have noticed over the years is the relatively high intelligence level of posters on the message boards of bad NBA teams. No idea of the reasons behind it.

bulletproof_32 · Post #375 » by **bulletproof_32** » Thu Oct 25, 2012 1:38 am

Just watched the 30 for 30 "Benji" on DVR. Check it out.

Higga · Post #376 » by **Higga** » Thu Oct 25, 2012 2:44 am

tontoz wrote:One strange thing i have noticed over the years is the relatively high intelligence level of posters on the message boards of bad NBA teams. No idea of the reasons behind it.

More stupid people are bandwagon fans.

Induveca · Post #377 » by **Induveca** » Thu Oct 25, 2012 6:00 pm

Battling flooding in my house along with local help. Catching the outer bands of this Sandy storm. Pretty crazy, happy I'm not around the center of that thing.

Reminds me why I haven't lived on the ground in a few decades.

fishercob · Post #378 » by **fishercob** » Fri Oct 26, 2012 1:46 pm

Just spoke with a buddy who was at a private, small event with Magic Johnson last night. There was a Q&A and my friend asked:

"If you could start a team with one player in their prime -- any era -- who would it be?"

Magic's answer:

Larry Bird. Boiled down to the fact that he could do simply everything and made everyone better as a result.

verbal8 · Post #379 » by **verbal8** » Fri Oct 26, 2012 3:31 pm

Does Ji only care about snow or all major weather events? It looks like the storm might be a big one.

Post #380 » by **montestewart** » Fri Oct 26, 2012 4:16 pm

verbal8 wrote:Does Ji only care about snow or all major weather events? It looks like the storm might be a big one.

It's estimated that Frankenstorm will enlarge the Chesapeake Bay by over one million square miles, creating a vast inland sea and a lot of new waterfront property. Time to get that boat out of storage.