FlyingJ

"These 14 days will be a message to all of those nutsacks who betray their family." Can't say I've ever heard someone called a nutsack before, but I kinda like it. Has a nice ring to it. Killing threads since 2004.

So how does this work? Any thread we read that has the word "sideways" in it we have to post "screaming?" Killing threads since 2004.

Ahhh...memories of carrying "the secret word" through the rest of the weekend. Our parents caught on after finally seeing the show, but we went for a couple months of sudden outbursts of screaming followed by gut-wrenching laughter and refusing to tell them why before they finally figured it out what "caused" the screaming! Killing threads since 2004.

Well, I went against my original feeling of staying away from eBay for a computer and just won an auction to pick up a laptop for $70. The kind of messed up thing about it is that the computer is the exact same make/model/memory, etc. as one that I bought in 1999 on eBay for $700. Wow how things change! It also means that a few of my additions to the old computer should work just fine! Thankfully I was perfectly happy with the computer up until the day the hard drive and power source died simultaneous ugly deaths about a year ago. Oh, and it's cheap enough that I can just spend the next week and a half riding my bike to work instead of paying for gas to drive and I won't know the difference at the end of the month!

Thankfully The Farm proved that statement entirely wrong. People smelled like ass and had to shit in a port-a-potty for a long time before everything got fixed up all nice like. Of course, nothing ever happens at The Farm, so maybe you're statement isn't all that wrong. Killing threads since 2004.

Just a bunch of freakin' gas stations! That's where the nickname originally came from though, so at least it's not completely random! Killing threads since 2004.

Hehe...this happened to my cousin 3 times before he finally started writing himself a note with the location of his car and putting it in his pocket so he would never lose it again! Didn't help when he used that piece of paper to write his number on for someone he met though. Killing threads since 2004.

I just consider myself out of commission for pretty much anything that might cause me to spend money these days! If I hadn't just gone rafting a couple weeks ago I'd probably be all over it though.

If you are downtown there is a club over on the west side, on the west side highway in the meat packing district (go figure). Never went there but I used to store my kayak near there and always got a kick out of seeing people stumbling (often with the help of a bouncer) out at 4 and 5am when I was on my way down to the pier to go kayaking. The former patrons used to get a kick out of seeing us go paddling by as they were getting sick over the sea wall into the river. If I remember correctly it is a Flynt/Hustler club, but not real sure. Always packed into the wee hours of the morning though. Killing threads since 2004.

and ps...good to see you and your better half last weekend. give me a call if you are ever down around Gainesville and I'll let you buy me a beer. Killing threads since 2004.

Hmmm...now that you mention it, I don't think the police ever actually got involved, but things certainly did heat up after that little wrestling match gone bad. Killing threads since 2004.

Sorry skinny...seminole bait just doesn't have the same ring to it. Gonna have to go with Gator Bait just 'cause it sounds better! Killing threads since 2004.

Would you have stayed around? This is going back a while, but the last time I was around and there were a couple young women covered in KY wrestling you actually ran and hid! I'm still not sure I understand that one! Killing threads since 2004.

I think they'll barbecue anything in Texas. However, from the fussing out I got when I told my friend about it, it sounds like grilling it up might not have been a bad option. Killing threads since 2004.

Yeah...I'm not actually worried about being evil. Evil would be wanting to toss a limping baby deer over near the lake. Damn...it would still be cool to see that gator eat something! Killing threads since 2004.

Careful there chica! My family is full of Dawgs, so you better...ahhh...what am I talking about. I'm a Bearcat. What the hell is a Bearcat anyway? I'm pretty sure it would be scared of a gator too. Oh well...proceed... Killing threads since 2004.

So, do tell...with what liquid refreshment concoction has your post whoring been accompanied? Killing threads since 2004.

Ok, so here's the deal... I live in a travel trailer on a 21,000 acre state park. I have lots of neighbors...wild horses, buffalo, cows, deer, more birds and bugs than you can count, and one of the managers of the park and his wife. So one night after a very long and strenuous day I pull up to my trailer and as I get out of my Jeep the manager's wife flags me down from about a hundred feet away and hollars over "Can I ask you a question?" I say of course and hop on my bike to ride around the fence over to where she is, the whole time wondering what she could possibly want as we've only ever talked once when we met. By the time I got over there I was already imagining her asking me to watch her dogs, or give her car a jump start, or any of a pile of things that went through my head, but as I get closer I could see that she was holding something wrapped up in a towel in her arms. I started feeling really bad and thought maybe it was one of her dogs and it had gotten attacked by a hawk or eagle or something (got some of those as neighbors too) and I started feeling pretty bad. I get up to her and realized that what she had was a baby deer, probably just a few days old if that. She was crying and kind of shaking a bit so it looked like it was moving, until she laid it on the ground and it was pretty obvious that the thing was dead. We went through the motions of trying to find a pulse, etc., all in silence. Finally she said something along the lines of "I really don't know what to say either..." Here is where I'm wondering if I'm evil... Well, I was silent the whole time, but it wasn't because I was choked up, it was because I was using every bit of willpower I had not to blurt out... ...GATOR BAIT! See, another neighbor I have living right out back in the lake is a 7 foot long aligator that I have been dying to see eat something. Now don't think I'm an unemotional jackass, I mean, I'm all for Bambi. Go Bambi, Rah Rah Rah!!! But this thing was dead. If it had been alive I would have been the first person calling the animal hospital up the street, but it wasn't, it was dead! She was still pretty torn up about it. So I said that I really thought it was dead enough times that I figured it had sunk in to her and it would be ok to go ahead and pick it up and get rid of it. She was concerned about where we should put it...in a truck, in the shop, next to the shop. All I could think was ok, don't want vultures in the back of the truck, don't want coyotes breaking into the shop...hmmm...where could I put this... ...GATOR BAIT! No, can't really go there. Unfortunately she can see the lake from the window of their house, I'm afraid it might be a bit traumatic to see the aligator gnawing on Bambi. But dammit, I can see the lake and I want to see the aligator eat something! Now I guess I need to add...I would never just outright feed an aligator or any form of wildlife. In this case I felt like putting the deer back where it had originally fallen near the side of the lake would simply have been removing the human involvement from the situation rather than adding to it, and I mean, the deer is going to have to be left somewhere and something is going to eat it, why not leave it where it fell and watch the gator eat it! That's pretty much the end of the story. I just carried the thing out a back gate onto one of the firelines where some coyotes or vultures or some other random lucky carnivore probably feasted over the next day or two. I did get fussed at the next day by one of the biologists I work for. "You mean you just took it and dropped it back in the woods...what the hell were you thinking. How big was this thing? And she saw it alive just a few hours before she found it? And how big is your grill? What you should have done was call me and tell me to pick up some beer and come on over!" I'm not sure if I would have enough willpower to do the same thing again. Damn I wanna see that gator eat something! Killing threads since 2004.

Oy...isn't that always the case? Seems like you've got the perfect opportunity and then work messes it up!?!? hehe... Just trying to check the Slick Deal website crashed my dial up connection. I'll have to look at that one the next time I'm online at the library. Thankfully dz.com works pretty well because it is all text - just can't open many attachments, which is probably a good thing. Killing threads since 2004.

That's a really great idea. Time to go out and get something new a flashy and sell off your old one real cheap! Killing threads since 2004.

Thanks for the craigslist suggestion. I bought and sold like crazy from craigslist when I lived in NYC. I'm not sure that I've ever seen what the site is like where I moved down in Florida. I agree about the manufacturer refurbs. I'm thinking more along the line of the type of place someone on here might have around the corner from them that sells records, restrings tennis rackets and on the side fixes up and sells old laptops for a few bucks. We'll see how that search goes! Thanks freefall - I'll have to check bestbuy. I didn't realize they sold anything that cheap. Honestly even that is out of my range, but can't hurt to look. I'm thinking along the lines of the kind of stuff the seller's best friend is going to say "you mean someone actually bought that thing?" Killing threads since 2004.

Currently I have two options for internet access. I can go to the public library to use a computer where I normally have to wait an hour or more for a 30 minute time slot, or I can use a dial up connection in the horse barn next to where my rv is parked in the state park that I live on. The latter option is a connection at 14.4 if it's blazing, and it's also a state owned computer which means I could technically get fired for using it for personal reasons. So, I need a freakin laptop!!! It would allow me to use any of the several hotspots very close to where I live. My question to you all...does anyone have experience with any companies that sell older refurbised units for cheap? I'm a full time volunteer for another 6 months so you can imagine the kind of budget I'm working with. Two people close to me have had bad experiences with laptops from eBay so I was kind of hoping that there might be a place out there selling old refurbised stuff with some type of guarantee that it will at least work when it arrives! I'm not looking for much. I was perfectly happy with my old PII 233 that died about a year ago. I've done some internet searches but so much garbage comes up I am hoping someone might have had personal experience. Anyone have any suggestions? Best, jason. Killing threads since 2004.

Not sure if my interpretation was the intended meaning, but I've always gotten a kick out of this line from Harry Connick's "You Didn't Know Me When." Don't know if I'd call it sexy though... I rode a roller coaster From Coney Island to Key West I held on with one finger So the other ten could rest It may be hard to believe Hard to comprehend But baby, you didn't know me when Killing threads since 2004.

Another suggestion... If you are at all up for some comedy, check out Upright Citizens Brigade ( http://www.uprightcitizens.org/main.html ). You might remember that they used to have a tv show a bunch of years ago. They are still together and have a small theater in Chelsea. They do all sorts of stuff, but on Sunday nights they do a show call AssCat, which is a night of improv comedy. They have two shows, one is free and the other is less than $10. There is a core group of 4 people with guests from SNL, Letterman, Conan, etc. Definitely check it out! jason. Killing threads since 2004.

Damn whish I could make it up there for this one. Spence - thanks for your suggestion in my rafting thread a few weeks back. We went with NOC and had an amazing time on the Ocoee. Killing threads since 2004.