Today was a rough day for 88

[War Wagon]

It started off rough. I woke up late (7:45 a.m.)

Not feeling your pain.

If I wake up at 5.45 a.m. I'm late.

Get the lead out, slacker.

[TenTallBen]

Come on 88. That doesn't come close to my weekly Ruth's Chris tab.

Sin,

[poptart]

Bein' fleeced ain't one's idea of recreation, yeah, but you could spin it around, 88.


Be thankful that you did wake up .... mild hangover and all.

Thankful that you didn't lose a leg in the war, and that you can drive a sled to a yob .... and a ?good? one at that.

Thankful for the eldest 88-spawn, who, aside from having teeth like a picket fence, is presumably verrah healthy ... ?

Thankful for your yob (again) which pays well enough for you to have need to do a thing called quarterlies.

Thankful that you are part of the SMALL percentage of humans on this planet who can actually LIVE in a large home in a nice neighborhood.

Thankful for your wife, who cooks ribs for you, and fucks you like Mike Backer's newest girlfriend every so often.

Thankful for tomorrow's CZ.

Thankful you don't sleep on the floor.

Thankful 'Tardpwned came in with his predictable POliceman whine to make you chuckle.

[Atomic Punk]

88, what type of entry doors did you buy? Did you go the decorative route? Natural wood, vinyl, steel, or composite? Double doors or single? Left hand or right? When you visited "Millworks" did you opt for the pre-hung doors or slab? Are you going to have professional installers or try it by yourself?

I wouldn't know anything about Home Depot and am just guessing.

[Screw_Michigan]

rack 88 for persevering.

[MiketheangrydrunkenCUfan]

Bein' fleeced ain't one's idea of recreation, yeah, but you could spin it around, 88.


Be thankful that you did wake up .... mild hangover and all.

Thankful that you didn't lose a leg in the war, and that you can drive a sled to a yob .... and a ?good? one at that.

Thankful for the eldest 88-spawn, who, aside from having teeth like a picket fence, is presumably verrah healthy ... ?

Thankful for your yob (again) which pays well enough for you to have need to do a thing called quarterlies.

Thankful that you are part of the SMALL percentage of humans on this planet who can actually LIVE in a large home in a nice neighborhood.

Thankful for your wife, who cooks ribs for you, and fucks you like Mike Backer's newest girlfriend every so often.

Thankful for tomorrow's CZ.

Thankful you don't sleep on the floor.

Thankful 'Tardpwned came in with his predictable POliceman whine to make you chuckle.

That's really touching and all, but to paraphrase Chris Rock, "Why should 88 be thankful for shit that's supposed to happen?"

[poptart]

C'mon, Mike.

For starters, what percentage of people on the planet do you think live in a nice home in a nice neighborhood ... ?

Hey, South Korea is a pretty well off country, relatively speaking, and HOMES of ANY kind are hard to find.

What do you think it's like in most of the rest of the world ... ?


Oh think twice, its just another day for you,
You and me in paradise

[MiketheangrydrunkenCUfan]

I understand where you're coming from, and you're right. 95% of the world has it way shittier than we do. But that's just not what you want to hear when the cushy life you've become accustomed to becomes somewhat-less-cushy for a brief period of time. A man has a right to bitch every now & then without being reminded of starving South Koreans.

Heh. Maybe I should've posted that in the "Man Laws" thread.

[BSmack]

Wife calls again at 4:30 p.m.: "Remember, you promised to meet me at 5:30 p.m. the Home Depot to pick out new entry doors for the house." Forgot about that too. Cha-ching, flush goes another $3,000.

You've got enough money to be spending 3k on doors to your house and you're COMPLAINING?

Get over yourself.

[Wolfman]

does this mean you're not going
to Sanibel in January ??
the new bridge might even be completed
by then--
(SURE)

[ElvisMonster]

That's the ugliest crock pot I've ever seen.

[Atomic Punk]

I've got to stop using this place to vent....

The doors are going to be professionally installed. I'm not sure what we are getting, to tell you the truth. I was pretty numb at that point. I know that the front door has a lot of crystal and nickel or zinc caming in it. The entry door to the garage and the back door have glass panes in the top. About the only thing I made sure of while we were there is that the doors qualified for the new energy tax credits.

When Dins signs in, he'll be able to tell you all about caming and what it's done for his skin complexion. Too bad you aren't getting pre-hung doors as you'd save a fortune on installation. Since you're a rich f'mfer then it doesn't matter.

Those ribs on the grill must have been awesome. That picture is pure torture.

[Bizzarofelice]

When Dins signs in, he'll be able to tell you all about caming and what it's done for his skin complexion.

"Professional" installation? I don't know what kind of loser midwestern hick has to have some 6/hr install doors for him but I am so awesome that. I bet you got barn doors used from a horse stall with Busch beer and Flaming Lips. You suck.

[Fat Bones]

Sorry 88, no sympathy here. You have NO idea.
Rack BSmack, PopTart and TTB.

[PSUFAN]

So I'm late getting out of the house, and although I wasn't consciously hurrying, I apparently was hurrying, and got a speeding ticket for doing 35 mph in a 25 mph zone. Cha-ching, flush goes $105.

I hate when the cops in your neighborhood get all energetic when they see you. As related here before, it sure seems like anything goes for drivers in my hood - except me. I haven't been ticketed yet, but I know it's coming.




what the....AAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!! MURDERER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OH, THE INHUMANITY!!!!!!!!

sin,
wholefoods exec

[Terry in Crapchester]

I gotta rack Poptart. Better to be thankful for what you have than resentful of the fact that your life ain't perfect.

[PSUFAN]

Shit - rack 88 for peeling off a little angst hereabouts.

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

I gotta rack Poptart. Better to be thankful for what you have than resentful of the fact that your life ain't perfect.

This is the kind of irrational, "warm and fuzzy" bullshit that separates liberals from men.

88's post really didn't come off as a guy who believes the world is coming to an end for him. I think the guy is level headed enough to understand the "big picture" and that in reality, he has it better than most.

I never understood why people who are well off are frowned upon for venting, or getting things off their chest. As if they're not supposed to feel certain emotions, get upset or frustrated about anything.

[Dinsdale]

Not to pile-on, but another thing you should be pissed about --

I won 2 of the 3 skins so I had to buy the beers.

All this time, you and your buddies have been playing skins, without even knowing what it is.


Unless you guys only played 3 holes. There's either 9 or 18 skins available...doesn't mean the total number of skins won will add up to 9/18 at the end of the match, but you're always going to win "X of 9" or "X of 18."

I think "points" was the word you were looking for. Usually done by "1 point for lowest front 9, 1 point for lowest back 9, 1 point for lowest overall." You're welcome in advance.


Even with your trouble with the terminology, I'll bet you still scored lower than me yesterday...which is what's pissing me off right now....since we're venting. On the bright side, my driver put some serious fear of Allah into a Titleist or two.



RACK poptart-btw. I'm dealing with entirely too many people who can't get out of bed on their own who are sitting around waiting to die right now. Makes the other problems in life seem pretty trivial.


Oh, and pretty much all exterior doors are sold pre-hung. Trying to slab one into an existing frame just ain't the right way.

[Terry in Crapchester]

I gotta rack Poptart. Better to be thankful for what you have than resentful of the fact that your life ain't perfect.

This is the kind of irrational, "warm and fuzzy" bullshit that separates liberals from men.

88's post really didn't come off as a guy who believes the world is coming to an end for him. I think the guy is level headed enough to understand the "big picture" and that in reality, he has it better than most.

I never understood why people who are well off are frowned upon for venting, or getting things off their chest. As if they're not supposed to feel certain emotions, get upset or frustrated about anything.

Reading a little too much into my post, MgO? In fact, I think 88 posted it before I did:

Poptart is right. I do have a lot to be thankful for. Sometimes a different prespective is a better one.

Poptart ain't exactly a liberal, btw. Just happened to have the right perspective here, 's'all.

[BSmack]

I won 2 of the 3 skins so I had to buy the beers.

All this time, you and your buddies have been playing skins, without even knowing what it is.

Unless you guys only played 3 holes. There's either 9 or 18 skins available...doesn't mean the total number of skins won will add up to 9/18 at the end of the match, but you're always going to win "X of 9" or "X of 18."

I think "points" was the word you were looking for. Usually done by "1 point for lowest front 9, 1 point for lowest back 9, 1 point for lowest overall." You're welcome in advance.

Or you could just call it a Nassau. As in...

Nassau: a type of bet between golfers that is essentially three separate bets. Money is wagered on the best score in the front 9, back 9, and total 18 holes.

[Roofer]

BSmack,

Two for the Money much?


Dude, you scare me. I think I may have found the biggest gambling nut in my 38 years on this planet. And I've come across quite a few in my time.

Not to change the subject....well, on second thought, yeah to change the subject.....what's the craziest shit you ever bet on? Someone as yourself that knows every little nuance about gambling and the terminology, I bet you've put some wagers on some pretty bizarre shit.

[BSmack]

BSmack,

Two for the Money much?

Dude, you scare me. I think I may have found the biggest gambling nut in my 38 years on this planet. And I've come across quite a few in my time.

Not to change the subject....well, on second thought, yeah to change the subject.....what's the craziest shit you ever bet on? Someone as yourself that knows every little nuance about gambling and the terminology, I bet you've put some wagers on some pretty bizarre shit.

I'm a golf nut, not a gambling nut. Anybody who's spent a while around the game of golf knows what a Nassau is. It's pretty much the way most hackers play their matches. That way the hacker who blows up on the first 9 still has a chance to make some of his money back on the back nine, whereas if they were playing straight up for 18 holes, a particularly poor front nine pretty much ends the gambling (read "fun") portion of the match.

That being said, my gambling history is like John Winger's with underwear. In other words, I rarely bet and when I do it's usually something unusual. The most unusual was a guy who bet me 200 bucks during a drunken argument as to whether the Bills/Titans "Home Run Throwback" play was during a Wild Card Game (my correct answer) or during the AFC Championship Game (his drunken and wildly inaccurate answer).

A lot of guys drank for free the next night.

[Dinsdale]

Anybody who's spent a while around the game of golf knows what a Nassau is. It's pretty much the way most hackers play their matches.

And usually how golf leagues are scored.

Although when my hacker ass plays for cash (usually dimes or quarters), we do standard match play, but negotiate handicaps before the match starts.


I suppose now would be a bad time to bring up PIPs scoring for gambling purposes?

[BSmack]

Anybody who's spent a while around the game of golf knows what a Nassau is. It's pretty much the way most hackers play their matches.

And usually how golf leagues are scored.

Although when my hacker ass plays for cash (usually dimes or quarters), we do standard match play, but negotiate handicaps before the match starts.

I suppose now would be a bad time to bring up PIPs scoring for gambling purposes?

You've got me. Never heard the term before.

BTW: When I gamble on the course it's usualy for a beer a side. No handicaps, one mulligan a side.

[Goober McTuber]

A mulligan? Wow, we usually follow the rules as closely as possible.

[BSmack]

A mulligan? Wow, we usually follow the rules as closely as possible.

I play so much that it's not really necessary for me. I'm used to walking out onto the course and swinging cold. But some of the guys I play with are once or twice a week players and are comming onto the course straight from work with no warm ups at all. When I'm playing solo there are no mulligans. Which is about 90% of the golf I play.

[Dinsdale]

All the scores of all the golfers in the league are written down on a giant board, and if one guy has a lower score than everyone else in the league on one particular hole, he wins a "skin".

That's a "point" in match play...skins accumulate over the course of a match. There's always 9 or 18 available, but any of the carryovers left on the last hole die with the end of the round. But, for example, if everyone ties on Hole #1(one ties, all tie), then if somebody has a better score on #2, he gets 2 skins. If holes 1-8 all result in ties, then #9 becomes wotrth 9 skins.

Although it sound pretty close to skins play, it sounds a lot more like match-play.

I'm having a hard time believing somebody who organized a golf league has never watched the Skins Game or the Match Play Championship and figured out how the scoring works.


BSmack -- maybe they call it something different in different places. "PIPs" are (I have no idea what it stands for, but it's probably pretty basic) points given on each hole based on various things, but usually longest drive, first on green, approach closest to pin, first in, etc. You get a "pip" for each of those things, and pips are generally worth a set amount (like skins or match points) of $. After the round, you essentially prorate the pips, and pay each other off accordingly. Of course, me and mine never play PIPs, since it requires proper etiquette and every single shot must be played in turn to keep it fair. Obviously, once you start putting, you retain your turn until you're done, for the "first in" PIP. Makes it too formal for my taste, but I've seen it used a lot as a gambling technique.

[MiketheangrydrunkenCUfan]

I don't know what you call what we do in our league. Everyone in the league throws in $5 each week for "skins", "$2" each week for pin shots, and $1 each week for the hole-in-one pot. All the scores of all the golfers in the league are written down on a giant board, and if one guy has a lower score than everyone else in the league on one particular hole, he wins a "skin". Sometimes, no one wins a "skin" and the "skin" money carries over to the next week. Sometimes only one "skin" is won, and that dude takes all the money. On Wednesday, there were three "skins". Each "skin" was worth $106 and change, but I won two so I had to buy rounds for the house. I netted about $50 in the end.

That is, in fact, skins. The only thing is, when a skin carries over to the next hole, it is still considered a separate skin. So let's say everyone ties on holes 1-3, and then you win hole 4. You've actually won 4 skins (hehehheh. I just said "foreskins") as opposed to one big skin. That is what confused Dinsdale.

[Dinsdale]

A mulligan?

The rules of golf often allow for mulligans.

BUT WRITE THE FREAKING STROKE DOWN ON THE CARD, YOU SHAMELESS HACKS!



Jeebus. Do you guys call 20 foot double-breaker putts "gimmes" and just "pick it up?"

Busted that line on my bud on the course the other day -- he's looking at about a 60-foot quintuple-breaker on a VERY contoured green. Told him to "pick it up, it's a gimme" right in his freaking backstroke. I guess you'd probably had to have been there to apptreciate the funny, but I was taking a severe asskicking at the time(nothing new there). I may not be able to score quite as well as some(read: "most") of my golf buds, but they aren't even anywhere NEAR my league when it comes to running smack on the course...except my one occasional golfmate, who generally throws down below-par rounds on the public course, who usually responds to my trash-alk with "cool, I'd love to see that. Let me know when that asskicking starts, OK...I'd hate to miss it."...as he drops another eagle on my sorry ass.

[Dinsdale]

That is what confused Dinsdale.

I think you're right. I'm quite familiar with all of those scoring methods(except how to win them consistantly)...I think the description just threw me off.

[Dinsdale]

I don't know what you call what we do in our league.

Here in the U&L, we call it "drinking."

Terminology may vary in other parts of the country.

[Dinsdale]

I don't know why you call it match play. In match play, you pick up your ball on the hole when bested by your opponent. There is no total score, like stroke play.

Same with skins.

I'm sure the game we play has a name.

I'm sure you're right.

I just don't have any idea what its called.

We have something in common then...let's not make a habit of it, mkay?

[Goober McTuber]

When I'm playing solo there are no mulligans. Which is about 90% of the golf I play.

So you don't really have that many friends.

[BSmack]

When I'm playing solo there are no mulligans. Which is about 90% of the golf I play.

So you don't really have that many friends.

No, I play every day after work. And at least once on the weekends. I play on foot and it is for exercise. Most people can't keep up with my pace.

Seriously Goobs, not every thread is an excuse for you to latch onto my ankle.

[Terry in Crapchester]

Seriously Goobs, not every thread is an excuse for you to latch onto my ankle.

Dangerously close to sig material.

[Goober McTuber]

When I'm playing solo there are no mulligans. Which is about 90% of the golf I play.

So you don't really have that many friends.

No, I play every day after work. And at least once on the weekends. I play on foot and it is for exercise. Most people can't keep up with my pace.

Seriously Goobs, not every thread is an excuse for you to latch onto my ankle.

You’re kind of a sensitive and insecure little bitch, aren’t you? You casually threw out the statement that when you gamble at golf, you get one mulligan a side. When called on that, you start backpedalling and claiming that the mulligans are for the other guys, not you. Yeah, I really believe that.

Just because someone finds it easy to disagree with you doesn’t mean they’re ankle-biting. So mop up your tears and carry on.


Terry,

You’re obviously not a great judge of sig material, considering the second half of your own. Bragging that Cicero thinks you’re smart is as impressive as having Crap in Terrychester think that you’re funny.

[BSmack]

You’re kind of a sensitive and insecure little bitch, aren’t you? You casually threw out the statement that when you gamble at golf, you get one mulligan a side. When called on that, you start backpedalling and claiming that the mulligans are for the other guys, not you. Yeah, I really believe that.

No, the mulligan are for when I am golfing with other guys AND gambling. What about that didn't you understand? 1 per side. If you don't like it, don't play golf with my friends and I. We won't miss you.

[Terry in Crapchester]

Terry,

You’re obviously not a great judge of sig material, considering the second half of your own.

You'd be right, except that I disagree with Cicero routinely on political takes. That particular one came from the college football forum.

Bragging that Cicero thinks you’re smart is as impressive as having Crap in Terrychester think that you’re funny.

Or as borrowing War Wagon's "smack." Just sayin'.

[Goober McTuber]

War Wagon made fun of your sense of humor, too? My, the list is getting longer.