CT LIX: Return of the Megathread

Post #4801 » by **Slava** » Fri May 29, 2015 2:50 am

Made it home safe and slept for 3 hours. QUite an adventure and kind of proves that biking is all muscle memory.

Post #4802 » by **TyCobb** » Fri May 29, 2015 2:58 am

http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-an ... your-booty

EArl · Post #4803 » by **EArl** » Fri May 29, 2015 4:22 am

TyCobb wrote:http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-an ... your-booty

I saw that a few days ago and I thought of you Ty :oops:

Post #4804 » by **Kilroy** » Fri May 29, 2015 4:26 pm

So with the crazy weather here, I stopped by my optometrist office to order some new frames and got stuck in a golfball sized hail storm, with some baseball sized hail thrown in for sphincter tightening pleasure...

The front of the store is all plate glass windows floor to ceiling... I'm the only man in the place... The Dr and her client were hot...
As the hail starts, everyone stops everything and starts to watch the show. The Dr is all excited and flirting with me a bit. But then **** gets serious with the bigger hail... My first instinct? Back the hell away from the windows...
So I slide back about 20' and sit in a chair... The other ladies don't ask anything they just follow me and do the same. The Dr decides she wants to take a closer look and walks up to the glass as the hail is bouncing off it...
I say, "You probably should stay away from the windows." She acts like she doesn't hear me and gets closer. I think she doesn't hear me or misunderstood, so I walk up closer and say, "The glass could break. You might not want to be that close to it." She gives me a dirty look and presses up to the glass. I figure **** it, I ain't getting a single cut for these bitches and went and sat down again.
Pretty soon some of the others are up at the glass and sticking their heads and phones outside and what not... And screaming when they almost get brained by the bigger pieces...

Women.

I try to help, and get treated like a creep. Not sure why surprised, but still a little rustled about it.

Post #4805 » by **Slava** » Fri May 29, 2015 4:40 pm

Glad I drove to work today, that storm would likely hit us in about 3 hours.

hermes · Post #4806 » by **hermes** » Fri May 29, 2015 11:01 pm

its raining here too

probably not as bad though

Gek · Post #4807 » by **Gek** » Sat May 30, 2015 12:03 am

No one on here is in texas anymore, right?

Sofa King · Post #4808 » by **Sofa King** » Sat May 30, 2015 12:44 am

I have a lot of relatives in Houston. I hope they are ok and can swim.

EArl · Post #4809 » by **EArl** » Sat May 30, 2015 4:30 am

I have family in Galveston. Haven't contacted them. Hope they are alright.

mcscotty · Post #4810 » by **mcscotty** » Sat May 30, 2015 2:03 pm

Anyone know how the Kobe X's work as casual street shoes? Specifically concerned about how the soles hold up.

tugs · Post #4811 » by **tugs** » Sat May 30, 2015 3:52 pm

All the best for the people in Japan. It's good that there's no tsunami due to the depth of the movement.

Gek · Post #4812 » by **Gek** » Sat May 30, 2015 5:27 pm

I like surf, guessing most here dont

Sedition · Post #4813 » by **Sedition** » Sun May 31, 2015 12:55 am

Anyone in here watch the movie Ex Machina? Kind of a f'ed up movie.

Post #4814 » by **Slava** » Sun May 31, 2015 3:10 am

Cooked a steak for the first time. It got done a bit more than I'd wanted, expected medium rare and got medium well but overall solid stuff on the first attempt and the fact that I had just a pan to work with, seasoning game was top notch!

EArl · Post #4815 » by **EArl** » Sun May 31, 2015 4:54 am

how have you never cooked a steak before?

Post #4816 » by **Slava** » Sun May 31, 2015 4:58 am

EArl, I believe that's what first time means.

EArl · Post #4817 » by **EArl** » Sun May 31, 2015 5:01 am

Still a question. Why haven't you before?

Post #4818 » by **Slava** » Sun May 31, 2015 5:11 am

I didn't eat bacon or steak until very recently when I made friends after moving to Texas and one of them has keys to his parents' cabin near a lake in Louisiana. There's literally nothing to do there other than grilling meat and drinking beer, these guys don't just grill chicken so I got used to pork and beef for the first time.

mcscotty · Post #4819 » by **mcscotty** » Sun May 31, 2015 6:30 am

That's very interesting, Slava. Did you abstain for religious, health, or ethical reasons?

EArl · Post #4820 » by **EArl** » Sun May 31, 2015 6:35 am

I forget that browns don't eat red meat. You live in Texas man. They're known for that atherosclerosis.