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Post by poetinahat on Sept 12, 2017 0:12:49 GMT -5
I played over-35's soccer this year, which I mostly enjoyed... it's fun, and there are others much more skilled, but at 53, I was one of the 'speedy' players. I'm always amazed at the number of old men who yell, play dirty, and want to start fights, but I guess that's soccer.
Anyway. I just got an email from the state Football (read Soccer) Association. It's a promotion for a different league:
Walking Football.
Walking Football.
Walking. Football.
As Lovejoy the antiques divvy and accidental detective would say:
I ask you.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2017 15:21:54 GMT -5
It is only a matter of time before they eliminate the ball altogether and place tea shops along the field with comfy chairs for the players to sit.
Another thing that sucks less than a hurricane: my propensity to get songs hopelessly stuck in my head for days on end. Since this weekend, it has been The Kinks' "Come Dancing," which I heard Saturday in the supermarket.
Here, so all of you can get it stuck in your heads as well:
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2017 21:10:40 GMT -5
The miniseries "The Tudors". Better than a hurricane, but only marginally.
I'm only just now getting around to watching it on Netflix, and only because I had just finished watching "Wolf Hall" (which is TREMENDOUS), and Netfix insisted I'd like The Tudors, too.
Well, I don't. I could forgive them, maybe, for turning it into a pornographic soap opera. Maybe, at a stretch, I could forgive them for inexplicably casting a 5'9" dark-haired actor as the 6'2" red-headed Henry VIII (in an era when the average guy was quite short, and Henry would have towered over everyone), and making Catherine of Aragon black-haired when she was a strawberry blonde.
But I will never, ever forgive them for conflating Henry's two sisters Mary and Margaret, and having the composite character marry the King of Portugal when neither of them ever did any such thing. Oh, and then having her murder him.
FFS. Maybe a hurricane is better after all.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2017 18:26:23 GMT -5
The miniseries "The Tudors". Better than a hurricane, but only marginally. I'm only just now getting around to watching it on Netflix, and only because I had just finished watching "Wolf Hall" (which is TREMENDOUS), and Netfix insisted I'd like The Tudors, too. Well, I don't. I could forgive them, maybe, for turning it into a pornographic soap opera. Maybe, at a stretch, I could forgive them for inexplicably casting a 5'9" dark-haired actor as the 6'2" red-headed Henry VIII (in an era when the average guy was quite short, and Henry would have towered over everyone), and making Catherine of Aragon black-haired when she was a strawberry blonde. But I will never, ever forgive them for conflating Henry's two sisters Mary and Margaret, and having the composite character marry the King of Portugal when neither of them ever did any such thing. Oh, and then having her murder him. FFS. Maybe a hurricane is better after all. OMG. I just found this article, and this person is my soulmate. I too yelled these things, all of them, at the screen while watching The Tudors. the-toast.net/2015/11/30/things-i-have-yelled-at-my-television-which-cannot-hear-me-while-re-watching-the-tudors/(Natalie Dormer, who played Anne Boleyn, was indeed the bright spot of the series.)
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2017 20:05:28 GMT -5
FFS, CARDINAL WOLSEY DID NOT FUCKING COMMIT SUICIDE!
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Post by Christine on Sept 20, 2017 22:23:26 GMT -5
I just chopped off five inches of my hair with nail scissors.
Wine was involved.
Better than a hurricane.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2017 22:25:38 GMT -5
I cut bangs once. Sober.
Wine was needed afterward.
Only marginally better than a hurricane.
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Post by Christine on Sept 20, 2017 22:35:52 GMT -5
I'm optimistic. The wine is saying I'll still like it in the morning. But if not, it's just hair... ...right? Right?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2017 22:57:41 GMT -5
You never really know a haircut until you've washed it and seen how the ends spring out all weird and uneven and somehow shorter than you thought...
Yes, just hair. Have some more wine. Think about hurricanes.
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Post by poetinahat on Sept 21, 2017 22:03:16 GMT -5
I needed a haircut, and my usual hairdresser was on holiday. So I booked with another one, who's also cut my hair before.
I decided I wanted it cut a bit shorter than usual, and so she did.
After she finished, she said, "You know, I liked your hair longer. You should grow it out!"
I was a little peeved... but then, I had to laugh. It was pretty classic.
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Post by Don on Sept 22, 2017 9:26:04 GMT -5
I had a ponytail for seven years. Now I do a 1/8" buzz cut once in a while with my beard trimmer. Much easier to take care of.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2017 16:25:18 GMT -5
The fact that I can't seem to find either jeans or logo-less sweatshirts for women that are 100% cotton. Goddamn it, if I wanted spandex, I'd ask for it.
Better than a hurricane, but damn annoying.
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Post by Don on Sept 28, 2017 20:15:03 GMT -5
I can now certify the suckiness of a hurricane. We have no major damage. Our fence took a beating, and I have three screens to replace, but that's it for the house, so we got off very easy. Our metal roof paid for itself in one day.
That said, the hurricane brought major suckage. The grounds fared far worse than the house. Tree limbs are everywhere, and the ground is covered in a soggy mess of leaves, deadfall, screen, even some shingles, soffits, and other building materials. Every single tree and shrub has breakage that must be removed, some major limbs that will be projects all by themselves. And every day that goop stays on the ground is another day the grass takes a hit.
There is so much cleanup to be done, I can't imagine dealing with major structural issues on top of this. My heart goes out to those who must.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2017 20:44:58 GMT -5
I can now certify the suckiness of a hurricane. We have no major damage. Our fence took a beating, and I have three screens to replace, but that's it for the house, so we got off very easy. Our metal roof paid for itself in one day. That said, the hurricane brought major suckage. The grounds fared far worse than the house. Tree limbs are everywhere, and the ground is covered in a soggy mess of leaves, deadfall, screen, even some shingles, soffits, and other building materials. Every single tree and shrub has breakage that must be removed, some major limbs that will be projects all by themselves. And every day that goop stays on the ground is another day the grass takes a hit. There is so much cleanup to be done, I can't imagine dealing with major structural issues on top of this. My heart goes out to those who must. I'm glad you had no major structural damage, but that sucks all the same. My Florida friends were relatively lucky, too. The worst thing one of them had happen was a tree crashing through their deck. But it missed the roof and windows, so really, they were damn lucky. None had their houses flood, but were only blocks away from badly flooded streets. They have a big clean-up but are counting their blessings.
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Post by Don on Sept 29, 2017 5:46:26 GMT -5
We're definitely counting our blessings. We got off way easier than many, but I'm amazed at how much work was created even for us "lucky" ones.
Oh, and I failed to mention that everything is filthy brown dirt and/or green with mold. Everything outside, and I mean everything, will have to be pressure-washed, and much of it will need a brush and a bleach solution to kill off the mold.
The economic damage done by pushing cleanup to the top of everyone's preference list is incalculable. Lost opportunity cost is orders of magnitude higher than the actual cost of cleanup materials, and much of that labor cost will never be recognized or recouped.
For some strange reason, I have a terrible time not throwing something through my television at politicians and pundits who declare this will be good for the economy. Apparently, everybody skipped government school the day they explained the broken window fallacy.
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