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So our rabbit Gimli passed away early this morning.
She’d started acting strangely on Saturday evening. Like she wasn’t really paying attention to her food and she had started acting pretty erratically. She’d stay on one side of the cage and pretty much just not move. By Sunday and yesterday, she’d go to the waterbottle and stay there for 30 minutes at a time with the nozzle in her mouth, but not “drinking”, and then would run back over to the other side of the cage. Still wasn’t paying attention to her food really. She was 9 years old (which isold for a rabbit), so we were chalking it up to either her age or maybe she just wasn’t feeling well. By yesterday evening you could tell that something clearly wasn’t right. She woke us up making loud noises at 1am this morning, and my wife held her as she passed.
She was a good rabbit. I will miss her.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 24, 2012 8:02 AM EST reply actions
So sorry to hear. RIP Gimli.
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by Backeez Got Back on Jan 24, 2012 8:09 AM EST up reply actions
I’m sorry to hear about her. All the best to you and your wife.
by bathwithtoaster on Jan 24, 2012 8:15 AM EST up reply actions
Thanks for the love, everybody. I appreciate it.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 24, 2012 8:34 AM EST up reply actions
I’m sorry man, rabbits are wonderful pets.
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That sucks. Sorry to hear.
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by Whiter Mage on Jan 24, 2012 12:21 PM EST up reply actions
Red Birdie
I found a video I think you’ll like. The Small Cats of Big Cat Rescue – unusual, tiny, wild cats like the sand cat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qamuMtxkojQ
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I need to put Fez on one of those. LOL.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 24, 2012 8:34 AM EST up reply actions
A friend of mine built a giant exercise wheel for his cats. One loves it and gallops on it all the time. The other one naps on it.
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I wish Wal-Dough was active enough to play in the giant plastic ball like a hamster. Guinea Pigs don’t like those too much I’ve heard.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 24, 2012 8:36 AM EST up reply actions
I’ve never been fond of guinea pigs. We had a pair at a museum where I used to volunteer in the kids’ discovery wing/petting zoo. All they did was eat, shit and scream. It was awful.
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They can be damn loud. My brother’s never shut up. Rats were always great pets though
by bathwithtoaster on Jan 24, 2012 8:42 AM EST up reply actions
Wal-Dough. Fez. You have some great pet names.
by bathwithtoaster on Jan 24, 2012 8:42 AM EST up reply actions
I knew someone once who named his cocatiel Pretty Boid Floyd.
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Ha! My friend has a dog named Rutherford the Brave after a Phish reference
by bathwithtoaster on Jan 24, 2012 8:50 AM EST up reply actions
Nice! My last dog, rest her soul, was named Sophie. But her whole title was Princes Sophie der ROTTENweiler the Devourer of Socks.
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Hahahaah! The “Devourer of Socks” part is GREAT!
by bathwithtoaster on Jan 24, 2012 9:02 AM EST up reply actions
My mother-in-law’s family had a parakeet named Pete. That one died, so they named the next one “Re-Pete”. When that one died, they replaced it with “Re-Re-Pete”. I shit you not.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 24, 2012 9:10 AM EST up reply actions
I have said this before but my favourite pet name was when my friends named their cat Chairman Meow.
by Rather Bengt on Jan 24, 2012 9:34 AM EST up reply actions
King Tommen in Game of Thrones had a kitten he named “Sir Pounce”, and I’m really gunning for that one next.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 24, 2012 9:38 AM EST up reply actions
Eh. More of a semi-spoiler. I shall be more vigilant in the future.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 24, 2012 10:10 AM EST up reply actions
I don’t have any pets but if I ever got the runt of a litter I am tempted to name it “Faux Pas”.
by Rather Bengt on Jan 24, 2012 9:40 AM EST up reply actions
My kids named our dog after a Star Trek character. At least it’s something I can yell in public. :)
by DerwoodCapsMom on Jan 24, 2012 12:14 PM EST up reply actions
Is it....
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by Whiter Mage on Jan 24, 2012 12:16 PM EST up reply actions
LOL! Actually, it’s Kira, after major Kira Nerise from DS9.
by DerwoodCapsMom on Jan 24, 2012 1:37 PM EST up reply actions
Wal-Dough kinda morphed from his original name, “Ralph Waldo Oinkvechkin” (we like to give literary names), to “Wal-Dough” because it just suits him so much better. He’s fairly doughy.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 24, 2012 9:11 AM EST up reply actions
Wal-Dough is a guinea pig, right? (I guess with ‘Oink’ and the guinea comments, but just to make sure…)
by bathwithtoaster on Jan 24, 2012 9:15 AM EST up reply actions
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 24, 2012 9:19 AM EST up reply actions
Aw. As squeaky as those little noise-bombs are, they sure are cute.
by bathwithtoaster on Jan 24, 2012 9:21 AM EST up reply actions
He only really gets fired up when it’s around mealtime. He can recognize certain sounds, like shifting on the couch, or opening the rabbit’s cage (cause she always got fed first) and rustling plastic bags and he associates those with food, which makes him start freaking out. He’ll start by chewing on the cage bars and shaking them like a monkey, and then he’ll graduate to wheeking when we haven’t paid attention to him for long enough. Feed him, and he’s okay.
They’re different from hamsters in that instead of being exceedingly fastidious and tidy, GP cages look like like a frat house at the end of the year.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 24, 2012 9:28 AM EST up reply actions
Oh man do I know it. We had to clean their cages at petsmart every week and they did not smell pretty. I like the word ‘wheeking’. That is just about the most perfect word to call that sound.
by bathwithtoaster on Jan 24, 2012 9:37 AM EST up reply actions
I miss my Guinea Pig.
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by Whiter Mage on Jan 24, 2012 12:20 PM EST up reply actions
I’ve never been that clever with names. Best I got is I have a red eared slider named Bowser. He’s a mean sonofabitch
by bathwithtoaster on Jan 24, 2012 9:16 AM EST up reply actions
Dinasaur and I went to Hockey n Heels last night. We’d both been before and weren’t going to go, but the lure of a locker room tour sucked us in. I had a nice time. In fact, the two on-ice event were the least interesting for me. Some good stories out of it, and during the day I’ll try to remember and post some of them.
Mentioned this one in the OT Hockey thread when I got home last night – some puck bunny left a post-it note with her name and phone number under the seat in Alzner’s locker. Also, other puck bunnies couldn’t resist trying on some players’ helmets, which is incredibly stupid. One really interesting thing we found is that some of the gear is recycled – Orlov is wearing left over pants from Flash – had his name tag sewn in them. I think they said they were new when Flash was traded, and they’re the right size for Orlov. And Halpern has a set of Ovie gear for his shoulder pads.
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Awesome! This is definitely the one time in my life I am considering cross dressing. Next year….
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My husband has noted that it’s a bit unfair that they do this for women and for kids, but not guys. He’s definitely in the category of someone who’d enjoy learning more about the sport, for we know far more than he does.
"The Caps fan doesn't say, 'is the glass half full' or 'is the glass half empty'. He wonders when the glass is going to spill."
Oh wow, I’m jealous. I’ve always wanted to go!
Jeez. This is why I hate if someone labels me a puck bunny.
I hope people understand I was using the derogatory term to describe poor behavior. I’d say the majority of the crowd was respectful. I hope.
Alan May did one of his weekly radio gigs at 6:30 yesterday, which was during the event. I asked him if he did it in front of one of the Q&A crowds (our group was much later), but he said he was out on the ice at that time. I think it would have been entertaining if he’d had a crowd in front of him for it.
"The Caps fan doesn't say, 'is the glass half full' or 'is the glass half empty'. He wonders when the glass is going to spill."
It’s quite unfortunate that some people live up to the stereotype.
I did find it amusing that the article linked in the clips said " It can be frustrating, the idea that one is judged by their gender before they ever have a chance to open their mouths. It’s one of the reasons why female fans in the DC area take advantage of the events sponsored by Scarlet Caps" because I don’t see it that way at all.
AFAIK, Scarlet Caps never asked all female fans whether they wanted a club that was exclusive to women, or whether the Caps organization ever needed to show “that they’re an organization that’s willing to go out of their way to make it worth being a female fan.” don’t understand what the Caps organization needs to do to “make it worth” being a female fan? I’m a fan…gender doesn’t matter. My gender is not indicative of my interest level in a hockey team.
Agreed. But I certainly don’t have a problem taking advantage of what they’re offering me, when it suits me.
"The Caps fan doesn't say, 'is the glass half full' or 'is the glass half empty'. He wonders when the glass is going to spill."
I have strong opinions on this topic, I know that in advance. I refuse to sign up for that website/group.
Something some of you may not know (some of you may), the Caps used to run something called Hockey 101 and a Hockey ‘advanced’ seminar if you had already attended 101 or felt like 101 would be too basic It included select coaches, broadcasters and players speaking to the group and was held at Verizon Center. It included a tour including the stick area, locker room and related areas, a coaching and broadcast talk in the locker room, and a q&a with select players. It was held at Verizon Center. There was talk of one soon after Kettler opened, but I don’t recall if that ever took place. Like HNH, there was a fee to attend, but it was co-ed. The only thing it didn’t include was the on-ice stations that I understand are included in this event; something that could easily be done if the group was co-ed. I don’t recall if kids were allowed, maybe over a certain age if accompanied by an adult.
It is unfortunate that they choose to run HNH in place of Hockey 101, which was open to all if willing to sign up and pay the fee to attend.
Also, I read someone’s tweet today that new attendees equals new fans. I don’t see it that way. It costs money, something some people are willing to pay multiple times, some people aren’t. There’s limited attendance, which means some people who wanted to attend previously were unable to secure tickets.
I had no idea they used to do that. I know lots of people who would be really interested in going to something like Hockey 101 or NHN if it was gender-neutral.
It’s not the events like NHN, cookie swaps, or happy hours that are the problem; it’s the assumption that a club like Scarlet Caps was wanted or necessary, and that only one gender would be interested in or would benefit from these events. Even if all of the participants in the cookie swap were women, I don’t think you can make the assumption that no men were ever going to be interested (last I checked, anyone could like cookies).
Starting a club that excludes men is just as terrible as the stereotype that hockey is “for men” and women can’t play it or can’t possibly know as much about the sport. Many female fans prove daily that they know hockey, and that they don’t need to be sheltered or protected from anything.
Good afternoon ladies & gents…
I was at HNH last night, too. My favorite part was listening to Alan May. I’ve heard him speak before…he’s amazing. So funny and candid and he speaks his mind whether or not it’s a positive about the Caps or a negative. I’d go just to listen to him for an hour. (hunka, hunka) The locker room tour was ok…I’ve seen and smelled my share of locker rooms and stinky gear, but the stick room was amazing. I took pictures of the goalie sticks and Goalieson was disappointed that I didn’t grab the Holtby sticks and run!
Can you email me some pictures of the stick room so I can drool for a bit at work?
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Hey — I’m sorry for poucing on you.
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by CapitalCentre on Jan 24, 2012 1:16 PM EST up reply actions
Did, thanks. Hiya to you, too. Wow, Orlov is REALLY young. What a baby face…cute as a button. I’d pay real money just to sit and listen to Alan May. If you ever get a chance to hear him speak or interact with him jump at the chance. Truly engaging.
Orlov looked so overwhelmed, didn’t he? But good-natured and pleasant about it.
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by CapitalCentre on Jan 24, 2012 1:50 PM EST up reply actions
I don’t blame him, what was it 80+ women, staring him down like a piece of meat?!
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Actually, Wideman was there, too. His line was longer! LOL
Orlov had 2 other guys with him…one translating…Dima was mostly just present.
Either way, it’s open season on them. And I am not surprised they keep Brooksie away from you all now! hahahahah
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What, you think the Rabbits would burst into a chorus of “I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles?”
;-)
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It’s been his nickname for at least a year. Actually, longer now.
It happened (I think) during the Epic Woman Night on the Rink where Rather Bengt earned his status as ‘manscot’.
It was before my time, but I’ve read the thread. It was hilarious.
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Oh you should totally read it. It was pretty late on a game night, and I feel like it started with Zetterberg or Lunqvist first, before the infamous bubbles picture. Before that night I never knew so many Rabbits existed.
My favorite moment was when J.P. showed up, saw what was going on, and unceremoniously bugged out.
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Here it is! Thanks to CapitalCentre!
http://www.japersrink.com/2009/12/4/1184870/friday-caps-clips-freed-alex-semin
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Sure thing. Be warned; it’s quite big (TWSS). The fun part starts with the photo of Ovi and the model in the bubble bath.
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by CapitalCentre on Jan 24, 2012 3:06 PM EST up reply actions
Good morning timmy.
Good song choice down below, mate.
by Rather Bengt on Jan 24, 2012 9:29 AM EST up reply actions
Morning Music Check
Black Eyed Peas – I Got A Feelin’
Guilty pleasure song. For some reason, it amuses the hell out of me. Specifically when they all yell, ‘Like, Oh My Gawd!’. And that autotuned ‘DRANK!’. I don’t know why, it just makes me laugh.
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Ornette Coleman – When Will the Blues Leave
by Rather Bengt on Jan 24, 2012 9:37 AM EST up reply actions
Lacuna Coil – Survive
I will at some point be picking up their new album which was released today. Not sure when I’ll pick it up though.
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by What Is Narf? on Jan 24, 2012 10:39 AM EST up reply actions
Restaurant in Hyattsville
Anyone here tried Busboys & Poets? I’m going to go with my cousin who is visiting. Thursday, I think. She says her friend’s dad owns it, but I’ve never been. Anyone here know what it’s like?
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I liked it when I was in DC. I walked up there on the Friday night after spending the day with fellow RB and spending a couple hours at Second Story Books in Dupont Circle. I spent a lot of time in the bookstore there looking at the Langston Hughes and James Baldwin sections. The place was packed.
by Rather Bengt on Jan 24, 2012 9:33 AM EST up reply actions
I think my brother went not long ago and said they had good food. Franklin’s is in that area too if you guys decide on something else. I’ve been there and can vouch for that one.
by bathwithtoaster on Jan 24, 2012 9:34 AM EST up reply actions
It’s among my sister’s favorite restaurants. Mom took her to the Hyattsville one, and she loved it. So I took her to the DC one (which is fairly close to my house). It’s funky, the food is good. The night we went to the one in DC (which has a separate room for readings/lectures/discussions/performances, the talk that night was on sports unions. Unfortunately, the start time was later than we were going to be there, and I’m sure the wee sis would have been bored to tears.
Also, I heard a great interview with the owner on NPR about a month ago, and he’d just been profiled in the WaPo Magazine, too. Here’s the article.
I decided to stay far FAR away from social media yesterday. Between the caps and the ravens, I figured the Interwebs would be like max mad beyond the thunderdome
Ravens lost?
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by Whiter Mage on Jan 24, 2012 12:10 PM EST up reply actions
Good morning all. Back in the office, armed with eye drops. Meetings started at 7:30 with a breakfast discussion and will likely run all day. Wow, our company is sooo meeting centric.
At present, I’m sitting in a webcast, where the big boss is “casting” from another location. I could care less whether others see me typing. A guy is presenting now who is so nervous that his voice has a vibrato to it.
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Morning, and wow.
Also, I saw an article yesterday with the title, “Meetings Make Us Dumber”. I hoped for the sake of the author that the title was on purpose and not an object example.
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I like to keep everyone around by asking dumb questions about inane points.
If I have to suffer, everyone else does too goddammit.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 24, 2012 9:58 AM EST up reply actions
I once got advice to always end meetings about 5 to 10 minutes early. That always ends the meeting on an upnote. A lot of people have a tendency to expand the conversation to fill the time slot. That’s a shame.
(I was about to write “I’m about getting in and getting out as soon as possible,” but someone like YLM would no doubt take that out of context.)
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Hahahahah
Wait for it…. (SFW)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=h46ry-hpM3o
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 24, 2012 10:35 AM EST reply actions
Here are the Oscar nods
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/24/oscar-nominations-2012-list_n_1225956.html
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I think I’ve seen one of those Best Picture nods. Um, definitely “meh”. Although I would like to see Iron Lady.
I don’t know what it says about my movie watching habits that I’ve seen one of the Picture nods, but almost all the sound editing/visual effects nods. Heh.
So, I’ve seen exactly three movies from that entire set: two animated features and one movie that was nominated for technical things. There was just a whole lot of nothing I really wanted to see this year. The one documentary I saw this year isn’t on the list. I’m not sure if that’s because the world-wide release was the previous year or not though (it was only released in the U.S. this year).
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by What Is Narf? on Jan 24, 2012 10:46 AM EST up reply actions
Project Nim should have been on the Best Docs list.
by Rather Bengt on Jan 24, 2012 10:48 AM EST up reply actions
The fact that the Sarah Palin one is on the list is hilarious.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 24, 2012 10:49 AM EST up reply actions
Wait, that was “The Undefeated”. This one is just “Undefeated”.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 24, 2012 10:50 AM EST up reply actions
Senna. Fantastic documentary. I know a couple of people who’ve seen it and said the same thing.
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by What Is Narf? on Jan 24, 2012 10:51 AM EST up reply actions
just realized I’ve seen like two movies this year. not even an exaggeration.
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I’ve seen a few, but they were all series movies that a die-hard fan friend of mine would want to see – i.e. Harry Potter, Transformers, Fast 5, KungFu Panda 2.. pretty sure the only movies I went to see that I really wanted to actually see were HP and Contagion.
in my early college years I was a budding film snob. then I got busy with school and stuff and now all I saw this year was 30 minutes or less and horrible bosses.
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Kung Fu Panda 2 was okay. Not as good as the first one, but a fun flick IMO. Transformers: Dark of the Moon was a decent popcorn flick—that’s about it. Rango (the only other movie I saw on all those nominations) was great fun and well worth the price of admission.
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by What Is Narf? on Jan 24, 2012 10:58 AM EST up reply actions
OH SHIT
remember leaves girl?? she wants to apologize to me…..0_0
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First thing that came to my mind.
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by What Is Narf? on Jan 24, 2012 10:54 AM EST up reply actions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bS8i9XOM8NI
song from revenge of the nerds, if you don’t know it you deserve to be surprised!
Comrades, leave me here a little, while as yet 't is early morn:
Leave me here, and when you want me, sound upon the bugle-horn
It’s the thought that counts. Tell her it’s not necessary for it to be in person or anything like that :D
well she just said she wants to apologize in person…RUH ROH.
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For the folks out there who play hockey, the Caps have this really cool machine that disinfects the equipment that they say they use about once a month. Keeps the germs and smell away. In fact, when Mojo came down sick on Sunday, as soon as they got back they threw all his stuff in it to try to keep everyone else from getting sick. Apparently that wasn’t soon enough for Schultz.
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Might be sitting at home on the sofa, not in the pressbox.
"The Caps fan doesn't say, 'is the glass half full' or 'is the glass half empty'. He wonders when the glass is going to spill."
I am no nutrition expert, but that many nachos over an extended period of time probably wreaks havoc on your system, especially if heavy on the jalapenos.
by Rather Bengt on Jan 24, 2012 11:47 AM EST up reply actions
You know, I actually was surprised last night how not-smelly the locker room is. I’ve found that at Kettler, the worst-smelling place I’ve been to is the team’s bench.
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by CapitalCentre on Jan 24, 2012 11:50 AM EST up reply actions
If you air out your gear and blow cold air on it after games like NHL teams do, it doesn’t tend to develop that smell. It’s the remove, bag and forget approach that leaves it with that awful stench. Bleh.
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Brock Myles said that the players come back in the fall with smelly equipment and say they don’t understand how it’s so much worse than during the season. Duh, they don’t have someone taking care of it for them.
"The Caps fan doesn't say, 'is the glass half full' or 'is the glass half empty'. He wonders when the glass is going to spill."
I have a room in the basement for gear to be hung up and racks for gloves/skates etc. I run a fan and a dehumidifier. It helps…but the stink does not go away.
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by sami426 on Jan 24, 2012 11:45 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
Knock me over with a feather.
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Stop spreading your love, Leonsis. Sell the Wizards.
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by Whiter Mage on Jan 24, 2012 12:11 PM EST up reply actions
The Wizards' best possible ownership situation is with Monumental Sports
I don’t want Snyder owning my NBA team
That and having the owner also own Verizon Center (and the Ticketmaster franchise for the D.C. area) is the only way for the Wizards to make enough money to spend money on players.
ted sold off ticketmaster last year
but even then revenues from other concerts and events, plus a cap limit on the Caps because of the NHL CBA makes it possible for the Wizards to spend big when the time is right (now is not that time).
The Wizards could be like the Seattle SuperSonics x 5 if Ted didn’t own the team and then move to Vancouver or Anaheim. The Mystics could easily fold without having Ted’s blessing too for that matter.
trade Wall to Philadelphia for Doug Collins!
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by Big Boutros on Jan 24, 2012 12:16 PM EST up reply actions
I don’t know who either of those people are.
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by Whiter Mage on Jan 24, 2012 12:18 PM EST up reply actions
John Wall is the Wizards’ point guard and only player of value.
Doug Collins is the current Philadelphia head coach and former Wizards head coach. He was terrible in DC.
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by Big Boutros on Jan 24, 2012 12:19 PM EST up reply actions
Thanks!
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by Whiter Mage on Jan 24, 2012 12:21 PM EST up reply actions
np my germanic dude bro
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by Big Boutros on Jan 24, 2012 12:23 PM EST up reply actions
Dammit, 980 seems to have dumped the tail end of Kornheiser’s show to talk about the Wiz firing Flip. What, Tony can’t handle that?
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Oh the podcast will be fun when that airs.
BTW, didn’t he lose his shit when they dumped him early for something else recently? I think it involved the Caps though.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 24, 2012 11:57 AM EST up reply actions
Hi all.
I hate to start off my posting this way, but I am furious. My housemates cat has decided that she far prefers my bed to her litter box. She has shit on my bed twice, and peed on it three times in the past 5 days. I try to keep my door closed, but forgot this morning as I went down to make coffee and do my morning reading. I returned to turds on my bed, and as I removed the sheets to wash them, discovered a fresh pee spot, along with a spot on the mattress indicating she had peed on the bed a few days ago, but my sheets and blankets must have dried before I discovered it.
I feel so violated. And it’s not like there’s anything my housemate can do. I just have to be vigilant about keeping my door closed (my room only gets warm if the door is open). If it were my cat, that would be one thing, because I’d have the benefit of kitty cuddles and such, and I would cope with it. But it’s not my fucking cat! GAH!
Also, while it’s not really the issue, I am infuriated that my brand new mattress now has cat pee stains on it. The point is, it’s mine. I don’t have a cat. I should not have cat-pee stains on my mattress!
That really sucks.
Poison works.
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by Whiter Mage on Jan 24, 2012 12:21 PM EST up reply actions
Poison works.
Only in the 80s.
/unskinny bops
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 24, 2012 12:22 PM EST up reply actions
Cat piss has a pretty um….memorable odor.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 24, 2012 12:35 PM EST up reply actions
It does. My housemate is buying me some of that Nature’s Miracle stuff or whatever it’s called, and I know that works, but I just hate the fact that my wonderful mattress, which I love more than any other mattress I’ve ever owned, has been defiled so.
If anyone is gonna be defiling my mattress it’s gonna be ME!!!
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Aaaand I just went to see if perhaps I could ask the housemate to buy the Ikea pillowtop part of the mattress for me, as that is the bit that was defiled, and discovered that the pillowtop alone costs $300. (The bed was a gift from my parents, so I had no idea how much it cost.) I didn’t know Ikea made whole beds that cost that much. No wonder I love this mattress so much.
Goddammit.
Ouch, that’s painful. Well, this isn’t nearly as unfortunate but my Beagle, Lucy, during her last few months developed an uncontrollable bladder. She pretty much wet the bed every night. We did the diaper thing but it only did so much. Luckily we found some washable pads to lay down on the bed but she hated them.
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My parents’ dog has a liver defect that causes him to be incontinent, and they do the diaper thing. He is a wonderful dog (mini schnauzer) and we all adore him, so we do the diaper thing. The vet has been shocked that he’s lived so long (he’s 8), and impressed that we do the diaper thing. My parents were so puzzled, but apparently some folks would rather put their dogs down than deal with it.
He has never slept on the bed, though. He has, however, peed aplenty on some kilim rugs my mother brought back from Turkey.
That Nature’s Miracle Cat Pee remover is truly amazing and it will work to remove the existing problem. Moving forward there are a couple things I would recommend. Your roommate should also take the cat into the Vet to be checked out. Change in behavior like that can be an indication of a medical problem, especially with cats.
Get a waterproof mattress cover for it after you’ve treated it to prevent further issues, worst case with this is you need to wash your sheets. You can get good ones that don’t “crinkle” so you won’t notice it.
Plastic carpet runners turned upside down will act as a deterrent, cats dislike the feel of these. So, whenever the bed isn’t used put these over & hopefully in time your cats habit will be broken.
Another this is to get the cheap plastic waterproof mattress cover a size larger than your bed and put it over your bed when you are not there.
Basically what you want to do is remove the odor and then make the surface uncomfortable for the cat so it doesn’t want to be there.
Sorry, I wasn’t ignoring you, got pulled away to do some work.
Thank you for all the help! Apparently, the store the housemate went to didn’t have Nature’s Miracle. She bought me a different bio-enzymatic cleaner from Litter Maid that apparently came highly recommended. It’s on the stains now, so we’ll see how well it works.
They are taking the cat to the vet, so I’ll let them deal with that. I really appreciate all the suggestions on how to prevent this in future, though. I will at least do the cheap big mattress cover thing, I think. Funds sort of limit much more for the time being.
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Right before our cat was diagnosed with diabetes, she began to use corners of carpet instead of her litter box; she was both confused and unable to make it to the litter box on time (one symptom of diabetes in cats is increased water intake, by quite a bit). You should tell your housemate to take the cat to a vet, as it may be a symptom of disease and not malice.
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We live in a 3-story, 6-bedroom house. My bed is the only place she’s doing this, even though her people and her litter box all live on the 3rd floor. Also, she peed on my bed when I was in the middle room on the 2nd floor, and the shitting and peeing of the past few days has been in my new back bedroom on the 2nd floor. It’s clearly something about the smell of my blankets or bed or me that is attracting her.
However, she is going to the vet to get spayed soon, so I’m sure they’ll check out any other possibilities then.
Right, and I’m saying that the smell/whatever is attracting to her may be confusion brought on by disease (what made the one particular corner of the wall smell like Hops’s litter box? I don’t know.) It doesn’t sound like “couldn’t make it to the litter box on time,” but it could still be something wrong with her.
She could just be an asshole.
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I always had trouble militantly keeping my door closed in a house with pets, because I’m always afraid I’m going to shut them in, not out. Moot point, now, because one of our cats would scratch the door until her hands were nubs and not allow us to get any sleep.
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Sorry AA. Maybe your roommate should be washing your linens…that might make them find out what’s wrong with the cat. The cat should be kept in your roommates room until this is resolved.
This. That cat should not be wandering the apartment right now.
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Thanks, G-Mama. I don’t foresee them keeping the cat in their room, and I already washed my sheets, though I was a bit annoyed that, when I mentioned that a sweater the cat also peed on (it was sitting on my bed) needed to be handwash, neither the housemate nor her eldest daughter (to whom the cat actually belongs) offered to do it. I got helpful advice that our washer’s delicate cycle is just like handwashing.
afternoon all. Just popping in briefly, I’ve not even had a chance to read comments (as always, hugs to those that need them today.). Of all the days to be in an all-day time management seminar, it’s got to be the day that there is so much to talk about in the NHL! GAH! I did realize something, though: I love hockey, but detest the NHL and their desire to systematically ruining the whole fucking thing.
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Does a time management seminar really need to be ALL DAY.
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so far, it’s been informative. it’s also hitting on a lot of balancing work and life and stuff. we’ll see how the afternoon goes.
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This apparently went out into the airwaves:
Family Feud answer. Mildly NSFW (though it was aired, so that could be an arguable point).
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Any game show blooper automatically causes me to default to the Newlywed Game. Definitely NSFW back then, I would classify it NSFW now.
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by Whiter Mage on Jan 24, 2012 12:41 PM EST up reply actions
Ah yes. That’s a classic one that’s made the rounds on all the blooper shows. The Family Feud one is new—within the past week, I think. I’m sure it’ll end up making rounds on blooper shows as well.
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by What Is Narf? on Jan 24, 2012 12:49 PM EST up reply actions
So Jiffy Lube doesn’t do emissions tests? Where the hell do I need to go to get one of those done?
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Its usually administered by the state since it’s a state requirement.
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Pretty sure lots of gas stations are licensed to do it. They’ll have a sign that says “We do state emissions” or just “we do emissions” (hee) or something to that effect.
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Gas stations tend to, but then you gotta go get there, and wait in line, and they normally stop at 1. I normally wake up at noon, and I had to work this morning. I’m pisssssed.
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by Whiter Mage on Jan 24, 2012 12:54 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, that’s what they’re called. Is there something else?
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Emissions deals with Exhaust and CO2 readings. Inspections are for when you’re putting a used car up for sale.
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Huh? They’re called “Emissions Inspections” in Virginia.
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And gas stations do them: https://www.deq.virginia.gov/PhpToJavaWebApp/getFacilityList
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In MD, we only have emissions testing, done at a state facility. Inspections (where I guess they check other stuff) only happen when you sell a used car, those can be done by regular mechanics.
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That would be the confusion. I thought Whiter Mage lived in VA.
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I do. Currently waiting for the guy in front of me to be done. I thought gas stations did them, but I want to get my wife’s oil system looked at (doesnt seem out of oil but the light will randomly flash on) and I wanted Joffy Lube to kill two birds.
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by Whiter Mage on Jan 24, 2012 1:27 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
State of Maryland has emissions stations locations, administered by the DMV folks, usually one or two per county.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 24, 2012 12:52 PM EST up reply actions
Feel like supporting a class of 4th graders?
http://www.change.org/petitions/z-let-the-lorax-speak-for-the-trees
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Has change.org stopped requiring you to sign up for their emails just to sign one petition yet?
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by Whiter Mage on Jan 24, 2012 1:39 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
sorry this is so late but GDT F bomb stats from over the weekend
1/20 @Carolina 1st: 5 2nd: 18 3rd: 8
3 stars: 3rd: Boutros23 2nd: caps&skins 1st: Spidey
1/22 @Pittsburgh 1st: 8 2nd: 15 3rd: 12
3 stars: 3rd: Rather Bengt 2nd: Spidey 1st: Beaker’s Lab.
Beaker now leads all commenters with 3 1st star awards through 6 games. Other notes: statistically speaking the first period generally has the lowest amount of f bombs, the highest first period total was 12 against the Islanders. The third period against Tampa still holds the record for 109, second place was the third period against Montreal, with 47 fucks.
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I’m guessing that those 3 games I wasn’t listed in I didn’t post in the GDT. I take out my frustrations online instead of yelling at the TV in front of the kids.
every time you’ve been in the 3 stars you’ve been the first star
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How many fucks can a good fuck fuck if a good fuck could fuck good?
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Please to explain this to me. I haven’t had a chance to be in a GDT for a while.
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number of fucks per period in the GDT
highest count gets 1st star.
I come here to curse my frustrations away instead of subjecting the kids to it.
clarification: just because you have the highest amount of fucks does not necessarily guarantee you a star. creativity is a huge factor in who gets stars. for example Boutros used the term “fukku ruttu” on friday night which got her a 3rd star. it’s part quantity, but quality is also very important
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Aw man.... RIP Dick Tufeld
RIP: Dick Tufeld, a voice actor best remembered for his role as the Robot on the classic sci-fi TV show Lost in Space, passed away Sunday in an LA-area hospital. He was 85.
http://thedailywh.at/2012/01/24/rip-dick-tufeld-at-85/
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by What Is Narf? on Jan 24, 2012 2:17 PM EST up reply actions
Wordfued
So I reached 523 on Wordfued, and I have an unplayable Q as my last letter. Passed twice already. Such a shame…
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Well, looks like Prince is signing with Detroit. 9yrs, 214m
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And of course I immediately think of Prince-formerly-known-as-the-Artist-formerly-known-as-Prince and wonder how he landed that gig while being in a wheelchair these days because his religion forbids him to get the double hip replacement he needs.
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Prince is in a wheelchair now? Yikes.
Still had the greatest super bowl halftime show ever. There’s no way you can beat singing “Purple Rain” in the actual rain. They should just put that on repeat every year.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 24, 2012 3:18 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, last I heard. I don’t know if he’s in it all the time, but he’s hurtin’ for certain.
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Jeez.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 24, 2012 3:33 PM EST up reply actions
Also on Fielder, were the Tigers even mentioned as a possibility? I don’t ever recall hearing them brought up?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 24, 2012 3:18 PM EST up reply actions
On this I agree with. He belongs on an AL team where he can um…“age” gracefully (i.e. ease into DHhood).
Between him and Miggy Cabrera, there are an awful lot of buffet tables quivering right now.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 24, 2012 3:34 PM EST up reply actions
0000
I managed to sneak into the future and take this exclusive picture of the Tigers infield next year.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 24, 2012 3:37 PM EST up reply actions
trust me you’d want him.
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For 3-4 years. Not nine.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 24, 2012 3:46 PM EST up reply actions
Aside from the “what happens in three or four years” part, the Nats have options. They still have LaRoche and Morse. They have a couple of prospects, including one that may require someone to switch to first. Centerfield and/or leadoff is where the Nats need the most lineup help.
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/which wouldn’t have been a problem if Omar Minaya hadn’t traded away Grady Sizemore, Cliff Lee and Brandon Phillips
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