NickDG 23 #1 August 3, 2008 So I'm checking out the X-Games on TV. The vert bike and board stuff is very cool. But why the word vert? I suppose it's natural that we humans either combine or shorten words and that's okay "some-times." But I've always liked the word vertical. While not exactly onomatopoeia, to me it does sound exactly like what it is. Vert sounds like some guy you live next door to in suburbia. In any case I watched the entire vert portion of the X-games while laying hori on my couch . . . I'm a Libra and here's my horoscope from today's Sunday L.A. Times: "Diving into a new relationship can feel as risky as jumping from a plane. You're already falling, so you may as well do as any sensible parachuter would – enjoy the ride and anticipate your landing." Never mind that wuffos using skydiving analogies never works, "parachuter" isn't even a real word . . . Speaking of newspapers. When I was growing up in the 60s you'd never see someone eating solo in a restaurant while not perusing a newspaper. Now at this place I eat lunch I seem to be the only one. Early on someone called the restaurant looking for me and to cull me from the crowd the waitress said, "You mean the guy with the newspaper?" So I finally got my Mafia name. The waitresses there all call me "Nicky Papers" now . . . (And yes, I know you're not supposed to say "waitress" anymore.) So I'm looking over all the rules China is putting out for Olympic behavior like men must shave everyday and no morning strolls down to the public bathroom in your bathrobe. I guess we're lucky skydiving hasn't yet become an Olympic event. "There will be no mooning the plane on a low pass. No taking a sharpie pen to your fellow jumpers when they are passed out. Absolutely no choruses of "Him Him . . . And forget boobies for extra altitude." No, wait a minute, that already sounds like Perris . . . NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites PLFKING 4 #2 August 3, 2008 My random thought of the day is....." When is Nicky Papers going to get off his hori ass and publish his book ? " Don"When in doubt I whip it out, I got me a rock-and-roll band. It's a free-for-all." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites JohnRich 4 #3 August 3, 2008 Random replies... QuoteSo I'm checking out the X-Games on TV. The vert bike and board stuff is very cool. But why the word vert? Because it's cool to invent new words, and being cool is the most important thing imaginable to youngsters. Especially if you can talk in code so that those old fogies can't understand you. QuoteSpeaking of newspapers. When I was growing up in the 60s you'd never see someone eating solo in a restaurant while not perusing a newspaper. Now at this place I eat lunch I seem to be the only one. Nowadays people chat on their cell phones while eating alone, as if you say; "I'm not really lonely, I'm just busy, and just look at all the important things I have to talk about to other people who aren't here." I think half the time those phones aren't even turned on, and they're just making up conversations to try and make themselves look important. "Yeah Dave, sell that $100,000 of stock I've got in XYZ, it's a turkey!" When I eat alone, I read either a newspaper or magazine, and I'm not the least bit self-conscious about being alone - why should I give a shit what a bunch of strangers think about me? Those who are trying to impress people with their one-sided conversations are just vain. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jcd11235 0 #4 August 3, 2008 QuoteIn any case I watched the entire vert portion of the X-games while laying hori on my couch . . . Who's Hori?Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites VectorBoy 0 #5 August 4, 2008 Quote But why the word vert? I suppose it's natural that we humans either combine or shorten words and that's okay NickD Vert was skater talk from back in the 70s. As delinquents that hopped fences to skate pools that were emptied. This is bad, sometimes my dad would go with us, Dadliquent. People thought that they could save money during the winter if the pool was empty. When someone found a pool the rest of us would ask if it was good for "vert". Grinding on the coping got old real quick. But vert is one sylable so Hori should just be....... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites lippy 918 #6 August 4, 2008 I can't help but wonder if anybody's been shut down from getting on a plane because they were talking about 'explosive diarrhea' in the TSA lineup.I got nuthin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. 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PLFKING 4 #2 August 3, 2008 My random thought of the day is....." When is Nicky Papers going to get off his hori ass and publish his book ? " Don"When in doubt I whip it out, I got me a rock-and-roll band. It's a free-for-all." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #3 August 3, 2008 Random replies... QuoteSo I'm checking out the X-Games on TV. The vert bike and board stuff is very cool. But why the word vert? Because it's cool to invent new words, and being cool is the most important thing imaginable to youngsters. Especially if you can talk in code so that those old fogies can't understand you. QuoteSpeaking of newspapers. When I was growing up in the 60s you'd never see someone eating solo in a restaurant while not perusing a newspaper. Now at this place I eat lunch I seem to be the only one. Nowadays people chat on their cell phones while eating alone, as if you say; "I'm not really lonely, I'm just busy, and just look at all the important things I have to talk about to other people who aren't here." I think half the time those phones aren't even turned on, and they're just making up conversations to try and make themselves look important. "Yeah Dave, sell that $100,000 of stock I've got in XYZ, it's a turkey!" When I eat alone, I read either a newspaper or magazine, and I'm not the least bit self-conscious about being alone - why should I give a shit what a bunch of strangers think about me? Those who are trying to impress people with their one-sided conversations are just vain. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jcd11235 0 #4 August 3, 2008 QuoteIn any case I watched the entire vert portion of the X-games while laying hori on my couch . . . Who's Hori?Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VectorBoy 0 #5 August 4, 2008 Quote But why the word vert? I suppose it's natural that we humans either combine or shorten words and that's okay NickD Vert was skater talk from back in the 70s. As delinquents that hopped fences to skate pools that were emptied. This is bad, sometimes my dad would go with us, Dadliquent. People thought that they could save money during the winter if the pool was empty. When someone found a pool the rest of us would ask if it was good for "vert". Grinding on the coping got old real quick. But vert is one sylable so Hori should just be....... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lippy 918 #6 August 4, 2008 I can't help but wonder if anybody's been shut down from getting on a plane because they were talking about 'explosive diarrhea' in the TSA lineup.I got nuthin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
