Random Thoughts...or...What's on Your Mind?

Discussion in 'Miscellaneous' started by Sibyl, Jun 16, 2017.

  1. JD

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    What the hell is going on in the skies over North America? Twice in the last two days the US Air Force has shot down unidentified flying object. Now of course being a sci-fi fan my first thought is that an alien invasion is starting, but even if that isn't what's going in it's still little scary. If this is being done by a hostile country, like Russia or China, this could be the kind of thing that starts a war.
     
  2. Commander Troi

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    Let's hope it's just Weirdness.
     
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  3. Aragorn

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    I need to go to the grocery store. Anyone ever go to the grocery store on Super Bowl Sunday? I assume it's busier than normal earlier in the day, then gets a lot slower after the game starts.
     
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  4. Gingerbread Demon

    Gingerbread Demon I love Star Trek Discovery Premium Member

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    But what counts as "plain old weirdness?"
     
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    Shit, I'll be 70 in October and I don't feel old. My dad and mom are still among the living at 93 and 92, respectively. Now that's old.

    If "too gay" was the standard, they would have to ban Kylie altogether! ;)

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  6. JD

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    Pretty much yeah. When I worked at Wal-Mart it would always be crazy in the hours leading up to the game, and then the store would be practically deserted once the game started. It would pick up a little bit when people went on supply runs during half time, but then would be it.
    Yeah, if it is aliens I just hope we haven't pissed them off too much.
     
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  7. Gingerbread Demon

    Gingerbread Demon I love Star Trek Discovery Premium Member

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    Nah, if it was really aliens the DOD and Pentagon would insist it's a weather balloon and that the missile was a misfire, error.

    Also is it wrong to like bad movies? I find some a guilty pleasure..
    Oh and Battleship is a bad movie, how did the aliens respond in less then a day when Earth only sent that signal a day ago?
     
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  8. Mr. Laser Beam

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    That's what happens at my store during Husker football games. I imagine the Super Bowl rush is even worse (thank God I never work Sundays!).

    It's not as bad as the typical Idiot Panic when there's half an inch of snow on the ground, though. :lol:
     
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  9. Gingerbread Demon

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    What about during the pandemic? Over here people kept hoarding toilet paper and stores everywhere were selling out
     
  10. Mr. Laser Beam

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    The pandemic was absolutely insane. The worst crowds I've ever seen. Total chaos. Not quite as bad as, say, Times Square on New Years, but close!

    I mean, when the pandemic first dropped, I'd open up the store at 6 AM and not 5 minutes later every checklane would be running and the lines would be halfway to the back of the store. And we weren't just running out of toilet paper either. We also ran out of things that made SENSE to run out of, like hand sanitizer (you could throw a bottle up in the air and it wouldn't hit the ground).

    Fortunately, I didn't see many mask fights. Those I did see were mostly those who WERE wearing them, being 'maskholes' to those who didn't.
     
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    “I love you,” she said.
    “Is that you talking,” I asked, “Or the wine?”
    “It’s me talking to the wine.”

    When your spouse gets a little upset, just remember a simple “calm down” in a soothing voice is all it takes to get them a lot more upset.
     
  12. oberth

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    done votin' - i wonder whether they fuck it up again
     
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  13. Mr. Laser Beam

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    There is a bar...in the middle of South Philly....which is a big Chiefs enclave! Wall to wall Chiefs gear. It's called Big Charlie's.

    ...and they're gonna be CLOSED today for the Super Bowl. Who woulda thunk it? :lol:

    actually I know exactly why they're closed. It's because the bar is about the size of a bus station waiting room, and there's no way they could handle the crowds (plus, even though the owners are huge Chiefs fans, they never really wanted a Chiefs/Eagles Super Bowl in the first place).

    Plus, the elephant in the room: What happens if the Chiefs WIN? :wtf:
     
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  14. Finn

    Finn Bad Batch of TrekBBS Admiral

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    *googles*

    If I was them, I"d take in that bench by the door (plain black on street view from 2019, but there's a photo where it's painted red, with a Chief logo) in case the Chiefs win, or someone would deface it.

    But on a second look, it looks like the legs are concrete. Good luck to the owners if the Chiefs win :lol:
     
  15. Mr. Laser Beam

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    The bar has been there since the 80's, and the people in the neighborhood are OK with it. Everybody in the city knows that the owners are native Philadelphians (not outsiders) who just happen to be Chiefs fans. Sometimes even Eagles fans drop by for a pint.

    The problem is the Super Bowl, specifically. The capacity just isn't there. I suppose they could have a big thing outside the bar, like they sometimes do, but there would be a problem with the fans clogging up the streets so it'd be hard for people to get home afterwards. Even the subway is a few blocks away.

    And as I said, there's really no way to predict what would happen if there was a crowd there and the Chiefs win tonight.
     
  16. Finn

    Finn Bad Batch of TrekBBS Admiral

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    How many times has the Chiefs beat the Eagles in a super bowl?

    Zero.

    Even wit the bar closed, there's a chance there'd be a group of drunken Eagles fans who might stumble across it and deface it especially if Chiefs win thanks to a questionable call.
     
  17. Mr. Laser Beam

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    Far as I know, they've never even PLAYED each other in the Super Bowl before now...

    And I think most of the owners' friends in the neighborhood would keep an eye out for any random stragglers that happened to stumble across the place. I think a lot of the people who live in the area are also Chiefs fans just like the owners.
     
  18. Gingerbread Demon

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    You know it might be an American thing but I have never had a glass of hot cocoa, I am told it's delicious
     
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  19. Gingerbread Demon

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    That's got me curious, out shopping tomorrow on my birthday I might go find some to take home if they sell it here.
     
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