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

DutchManDanFan · Post #1601 » by **DutchManDanFan** » Mon Feb 21, 2022 11:24 am

I thought speed skating would be more popular in Milwaukee because you have an indoor track there. But all the races were scheduled at times good for our time zone, not so for the US.
Some great stories though. Erin Jackson winning gold after she didn't qualify first but got the starting place from here friend Brittany Bowe (who was allowed to participate anyway). She became the first black woman to win a Winter Olympic gold in an individual sport. As an inline skater she came to Holland to compete in Europe and made her first steps on ice in 2016, challenged and encouraged by the Dutch friend who hosted her:

And Dutch star Ireen Wüst became the first athlete to win individual gold medals in 5 different Olympic Games.

Just like the cross country skiing and biathlon, the speed skaters feel so much pain in their legs at the end, trying to maintain their speed with good technique. It requires a special talent. That makes it a great sport, imo. Even the longer distances, although you need to understand what makes it exciting.

DutchManDanFan · Post #1602 » by **DutchManDanFan** » Mon Feb 21, 2022 11:54 am

buckboy wrote:I really dislike anything that requires judges. That goes for the summer games too of course. Seems to me there's more of it in the winter games though. I strongly prefer stuff judged by a clock.

I think you need knowledgeable commentary to enjoy it more. Most of the times they know exactly who are the best and can explain why. Obviously you need to appreciate the artistic part of the sports as well though.
Judges are human who make mistakes, certainly when they have little time to watch replays, because the public wants a result asap. A Canadian snowboarder (slopestyle I believe) won the gold that should have gone to a Chinese snowboarder. It's a shame but also a part of the game.

AussieBuck · Post #1603 » by **AussieBuck** » Mon Feb 21, 2022 12:03 pm

I once spent a glorious afternoon getting drunk with speed skating legend Steven Bradbury. Dude is a tie for me with Luc Longley for **** champion celebs I've been drunk with.

Watch on YouTube

jschligs · Post #1604 » by **jschligs** » Mon Feb 21, 2022 5:02 pm

Anyone have recommendations on a long weekend destination in the US? Wife and I have recently done LA, Florida, Seattle, Phoenix, Knoxville, Denver, San Diego. She doesn't like hiking and doing much physical activity (she'll do some), but was wondering where you all would recommend. Kinda ruins my hopes to visit any national park haha. She wants Palm Springs but that seems like a ritzy, expensive vacation.

jute2003 · Post #1605 » by **jute2003** » Mon Feb 21, 2022 5:07 pm

jschligs wrote:Anyone have recommendations on a long weekend destination in the US? Wife and I have recently done LA, Florida, Seattle, Phoenix, Knoxville, Denver, San Diego. She doesn't like hiking and doing much physical activity (she'll do some), but was wondering where you all would recommend. Kinda ruins my hopes to visit any national park haha. She wants Palm Springs but that seems like a ritzy, expensive vacation.

I will always go to bat for Charleston. It's a great long weekend visit. Find a hotel or vrbo in the historic district and walk everywhere you wanna go for the duration of your stay.

WRau1 · Post #1606 » by **WRau1** » Mon Feb 21, 2022 5:46 pm

After not traveling for awhile due to covid and then my wife's accident, we have a bunch of trips lined up soon. Off to Austin, TX for a week then back home for a few days then over to Boston (Salem first night then downtown BOS the next couple days) then Charleston in May. Looking forward to it.

vital_signs · Post #1607 » by **vital_signs** » Mon Feb 21, 2022 7:22 pm

Open to being told I am in the wrong here. I've been seeing this chick recently who has asked me about my openness to a polygamous relaitonship (something I'm not about). This weekend she had a childhood friend visit and texted me how her dog was creating a barrier for them in bed, despite having a nice couch dude could have slept on. She knows I'm upset, somehow doesn't know about what, and we'l be having the convo tomorrow after he leaves. Am I tripping?

jschligs · Post #1608 » by **jschligs** » Mon Feb 21, 2022 7:25 pm

vital_signs wrote:Open to being told I am in the wrong here. I've been seeing this chick over the winter who has asked me about my openness to a polygamous relaitonship (something I'm not about). This weekend she had a childhood friend visit and texted me how her dog was creating a barrier for them in bed, despite having a nice couch dude could have slept on. She knows I'm upset, somehow doesn't know about what, and we'l be having the convo tomorrow after he leaves. Am I tripping?

I'm not about that either, and it's super ****ing weird for her to text you about them sharing a bed. Not sure how far you are in the dating/official game, but if you have talked about this and came to a conclusion I'd run for the hills. I know very little, but anyone who wants an open relationship when I'm also very against would be deal breaker. I'd be out.

jute2003 · Post #1609 » by **jute2003** » Mon Feb 21, 2022 7:31 pm

vital_signs wrote:Open to being told I am in the wrong here. I've been seeing this chick recently who has asked me about my openness to a polygamous relaitonship (something I'm not about). This weekend she had a childhood friend visit and texted me how her dog was creating a barrier for them in bed, despite having a nice couch dude could have slept on. She knows I'm upset, somehow doesn't know about what, and we'l be having the convo tomorrow after he leaves. Am I tripping?

If you voiced your opposition to the polygamy thing and she doesn't see the problem with a situation where she shared a bed with a straight dude, I think you're right to be upset. You gotta be on the same page with that ****.

crkone · Post #1610 » by **crkone** » Mon Feb 21, 2022 7:32 pm

jute2003 wrote:
jschligs wrote:Anyone have recommendations on a long weekend destination in the US? Wife and I have recently done LA, Florida, Seattle, Phoenix, Knoxville, Denver, San Diego. She doesn't like hiking and doing much physical activity (she'll do some), but was wondering where you all would recommend. Kinda ruins my hopes to visit any national park haha. She wants Palm Springs but that seems like a ritzy, expensive vacation.
I will always go to bat for Charleston. It's a great long weekend visit. Find a hotel or vrbo in the historic district and walk everywhere you wanna go for the duration of your stay.

Vermont? Stowe and Burlington are nice. Plus good beer out there.

vital_signs · Post #1611 » by **vital_signs** » Mon Feb 21, 2022 7:33 pm

jschligs wrote:
vital_signs wrote:Open to being told I am in the wrong here. I've been seeing this chick over the winter who has asked me about my openness to a polygamous relaitonship (something I'm not about). This weekend she had a childhood friend visit and texted me how her dog was creating a barrier for them in bed, despite having a nice couch dude could have slept on. She knows I'm upset, somehow doesn't know about what, and we'l be having the convo tomorrow after he leaves. Am I tripping?

I'm not about that either, and it's super ****ing weird for her to text you about them sharing a bed. Not sure how far you are in the dating/official game, but if you have talked about this and came to a conclusion I'd run for the hills. I know very little, but anyone who wants an open relationship when I'm also very against would be deal breaker. I'd be out.

That's where my gut is. Her telling me makes me think that it may have been innocent but I know I would never do that to someone I was building a relationship with. I've been burned by that trust before.

Mags FTW · Post #1612 » by **Mags FTW** » Mon Feb 21, 2022 7:37 pm

jschligs wrote:Anyone have recommendations on a long weekend destination in the US? Wife and I have recently done LA, Florida, Seattle, Phoenix, Knoxville, Denver, San Diego. She doesn't like hiking and doing much physical activity (she'll do some), but was wondering where you all would recommend. Kinda ruins my hopes to visit any national park haha. She wants Palm Springs but that seems like a ritzy, expensive vacation.

If you like seafood, you could check out New England. After attending a wedding in New York, my wife and I flew to Boston, rented a car, and drove up and down NE for a few days. Stayed at a B&B in Portland for a couple of nights and I think Portsmouth was the other night.

MartyConlonOnTheRun · Post #1613 » by **MartyConlonOnTheRun** » Mon Feb 21, 2022 7:38 pm

jute2003 wrote:
jschligs wrote:Anyone have recommendations on a long weekend destination in the US? Wife and I have recently done LA, Florida, Seattle, Phoenix, Knoxville, Denver, San Diego. She doesn't like hiking and doing much physical activity (she'll do some), but was wondering where you all would recommend. Kinda ruins my hopes to visit any national park haha. She wants Palm Springs but that seems like a ritzy, expensive vacation.
I will always go to bat for Charleston. It's a great long weekend visit. Find a hotel or vrbo in the historic district and walk everywhere you wanna go for the duration of your stay.

Jschligs - Anything you can add about interests? Beach/pool or more culture and restaurants?

Loved Charleston but similar to San Diego is you can't walk to the beach from downtown. Probably 25 min to Sullivans/Folly beach.
Similar situation with Savannah and Tybee.

New Orleans obviously has plenty to do for a weekend if you want good food and drinks.

Ill-yasova · Post #1614 » by **Ill-yasova** » Mon Feb 21, 2022 7:40 pm

I actually have a very similar situation. My wife and I are trying to decide on a vacation for the beginning of the summer and we have a few ideas, but we're open to suggestions. We do like a a little bit of hiking, but we're definitely more mountain people than beach people. We also really like historical places, Savanah in particular was one of our favorites and we also had a great time in NOLA but we don't need to go back yet. Here's the places I'm thinking of but I'm open to critiques and suggestions:

1) Seattle, WA
2) Asheville, NC
3) Boston, MA
4) Anchorage, AK

jute2003 · Post #1615 » by **jute2003** » Mon Feb 21, 2022 7:41 pm

MartyConlonOnTheRun wrote:
jute2003 wrote:
jschligs wrote:Anyone have recommendations on a long weekend destination in the US? Wife and I have recently done LA, Florida, Seattle, Phoenix, Knoxville, Denver, San Diego. She doesn't like hiking and doing much physical activity (she'll do some), but was wondering where you all would recommend. Kinda ruins my hopes to visit any national park haha. She wants Palm Springs but that seems like a ritzy, expensive vacation.
I will always go to bat for Charleston. It's a great long weekend visit. Find a hotel or vrbo in the historic district and walk everywhere you wanna go for the duration of your stay.

Jschligs - Anything you can add about interests? Beach/pool or more culture and restaurants?

Loved Charleston but similar to San Diego is you can't walk to the beach from downtown. Probably 25 min to Sullivans/Folly beach.
Similar situation with Savannah and Tybee.

New Orleans obviously has plenty to do for a weekend if you want good food and drinks.

I'm not a beach person so I never think about that. It is a short drive if that's what you're into.

Ill-yasova · Post #1616 » by **Ill-yasova** » Mon Feb 21, 2022 7:43 pm

vital_signs wrote:Open to being told I am in the wrong here. I've been seeing this chick recently who has asked me about my openness to a polygamous relaitonship (something I'm not about). This weekend she had a childhood friend visit and texted me how her dog was creating a barrier for them in bed, despite having a nice couch dude could have slept on. She knows I'm upset, somehow doesn't know about what, and we'l be having the convo tomorrow after he leaves. Am I tripping?

Nah man, make a clean break.

Ryan5UW · Post #1617 » by **Ryan5UW** » Mon Feb 21, 2022 7:44 pm

vital_signs wrote:
jschligs wrote:
vital_signs wrote:Open to being told I am in the wrong here. I've been seeing this chick over the winter who has asked me about my openness to a polygamous relaitonship (something I'm not about). This weekend she had a childhood friend visit and texted me how her dog was creating a barrier for them in bed, despite having a nice couch dude could have slept on. She knows I'm upset, somehow doesn't know about what, and we'l be having the convo tomorrow after he leaves. Am I tripping?

I'm not about that either, and it's super ****ing weird for her to text you about them sharing a bed. Not sure how far you are in the dating/official game, but if you have talked about this and came to a conclusion I'd run for the hills. I know very little, but anyone who wants an open relationship when I'm also very against would be deal breaker. I'd be out.

That's where my gut is. Her telling me makes me think that it may have been innocent but I know I would never do that to someone I was building a relationship with. I've been burned by that trust before.

That's a **** situation man, I'm sorry. IF that's something that's going to be part of a relationship, it needs to be talked about and both parties need to be on board. If she's just going to go ahead and do that without you both being on the same page, it tells me she doesn't care about your feelings on the situation. If it was innocent, why complain about the dog creating a barrier, who cares if there's a barrier if it's innocent? Just my 2 cents, but I'm also hyper sensitive to this kind of thing and have been burned by trust before more than my fair share of times.

MartyConlonOnTheRun · Post #1618 » by **MartyConlonOnTheRun** » Mon Feb 21, 2022 7:47 pm

Ill-yasova wrote:1) Seattle, WA

Do a way better job than me in deciding if you want to see Seattle or mountains. Part of it is we had a toddler and wanted the same base every night, but all the cool stuff is too far away from the city. I think you can do Seattle in one day and then drive the coast.

Mags FTW · Post #1619 » by **Mags FTW** » Mon Feb 21, 2022 7:54 pm

Dug up some pics. It was indeed, Portsmouth.

https://imgur.com/a/BS4sGJN

emunney · Post #1620 » by **emunney** » Mon Feb 21, 2022 8:00 pm

vital_signs wrote:Open to being told I am in the wrong here. I've been seeing this chick recently who has asked me about my openness to a polygamous relaitonship (something I'm not about). This weekend she had a childhood friend visit and texted me how her dog was creating a barrier for them in bed, despite having a nice couch dude could have slept on. She knows I'm upset, somehow doesn't know about what, and we'l be having the convo tomorrow after he leaves. Am I tripping?

What was the outcome of the convo on polyamory? Did you set a boundary there or did you leave the door cracked because you really like her? I think you need to really think hard on this because people don't bring that up unless they're really into it; it's an unnecessary risk otherwise. So if you're really not about it and you haven't said it plainly yet, you've got to be very clear. What you don't want is a situation where one of you can't have what you want because you're together. That's poison. Better for the relationship to end now.

If you have set the boundary, I think it's fair to explain to her that you're not used to your girlfriend/whatever sharing a bed with another adult man and don't like it. Like, you've got to be really honest about it, whatever it is you feel about it. Is it that you think they did more than sleep or does just being in bed together make you too uncomfortable? It'd make me uncomfortable but some people would be fine with it. You've got to sort these things out, and there's a way to do it that's kind for both of you.

You wouldn't be asking if you didn't care about her so this is going to be difficult, because having the conversation means putting everything in the balance. The alternative, though, is going to hurt you both a lot more. You've got to get it out there so you each know what's up.