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I fell asleep during Wakanda Forever. It just bored me. I grew up reading comics and i am one of those viewers who thinks these can’t get too silly for me. I liked The last two thor movies. I like ant man. I like Loki. But they can get too serious. Eternals, BP, too serious. Keep it light. These are flipping superheroes after all. /rant

Rocinante wrote:I fell asleep during Wakanda Forever. It just bored me. I grew up reading comics and i am one of those viewers who thinks these can’t get too silly for me. I liked The last two thor movies. I like ant man. I like Loki. But they can get too serious. Eternals, BP, too serious. Keep it light. These are flipping superheroes after all. /rant

What, in the flying fuck, are you talking about? Settle down.

Please. Watch some 2 & a half, LMS, Andy Griffith, Raymond, Mom, King of Queens to regain some sense of reality.

When I’m working on my douchbag bonafides, I’ll get right on that.

Rocinante wrote:I fell asleep during Wakanda Forever. It just bored me. I grew up reading comics and i am one of those viewers who thinks these can’t get too silly for me. I liked The last two thor movies. I like ant man. I like Loki. But they can get too serious. Eternals, BP, too serious. Keep it light. These are flipping superheroes after all. /rant

I haven't seen it yet, but I plan on it. I liked how those movies can be serious, but funny as well. If it's so serious, that would be disappointing.

marvel and most super hero movies fucking suck

Cameron wrote:For someone who grew up absolutely loving all things super hero and spent a large amount of my young childhood playing with action figures, I have seen a very small percentage of the MCU stuff, mostly the earlier ones (first 2 Iron Mans, first Thor, that's most of it). I get that you can probably get 90% of the enjoyment for most of them as stand alone features, but I'm not interested in watching 30 fucking movies so that all of End Game or Infinity War or whatever the last one is makes total sense the whole way through. Too much synergy renders the whole enterprise esoteric, on some level.

Also, TV >>>>>movies. I'd rather crush two episodes of Better Call Saul than sit through Aquaman 4 or whatever the fuck. If I'm watching super hero content in the year of our lord two thousand twenty three, you better believe Homelander features prominently.

I like that show mostly because I have a boner for Karl Urban, but sometimes I feel like they sacrifice story for lols and it’s hit or miss.

I’m taking a wait and see with this round of marvel. I love the secret wars saga. It was my jam as a kid, and I really liked Loki and Wanda Vision (although is Scarlett Witch done now since Dr. Strange 2? Don’t know). It really all depends what characters they center the new universe on. I haven’t seen one of the newer characters that can root the universe like Stark and Cap. None of them are leaders. Anthony Mackie tries to be but I don’t buy it. Dr Strange? No. Banner? No. Who else has the qualities that can pull everyone around them when the time comes? It could fizzle if there isn’t just a badass that comes along. Just don’t know who that possibly could be.

So yeah I like superhero movies. Sue me.

There has been sickness in my house since Thanksgiving. Now my 2 year old has strep throat AND Influenza A .
I'm over it.

Saw the first couple Batman movies and the first Spiderman. Haven't watched any superhero movies since. Not my cup of tea.

The movies Red and Red 2 are supposedly tied into DC Comics...don't know how/why. No superhero stuff. Really like both of them. Nice mix of action and comedy.

Dendrobates wrote:There has been sickness in my house since Thanksgiving. Now my 2 year old has strep throat AND Influenza A .
I'm over it.

Where did she get those? Take her to the pediatrician's office lately?

The Pantry wrote:Saw the first couple Batman movies and the first Spiderman.  Haven't watched any superhero movies since.  Not my cup of tea.


The movies Red and Red 2 are supposedly tied into DC Comics...don't know how/why.  No superhero stuff.  Really like both of them.  Nice mix of action and comedy.

I am in the batman vs superman movie. Around 2.5 minutes in. You can see my backside clearly. I'm so famous.
The movie was awful

The Pantry wrote:

Dendrobates wrote:There has been sickness in my house since Thanksgiving. Now my 2 year old has strep throat AND Influenza A .
I'm over it.

Where did she get those?  Take her to the pediatrician's office lately?

Daycare. A constant petri dish.

Dendrobates wrote:There has been sickness in my house since Thanksgiving. Now my 2 year old has strep throat AND Influenza A .
I'm over it.

Seriously it’s a wonder we’re not perpetually sick. Ours always have runny noses at the very least.

Rocinante wrote:

Dendrobates wrote:There has been sickness in my house since Thanksgiving. Now my 2 year old has strep throat AND Influenza A .
I'm over it.

Seriously it’s a wonder we’re not perpetually sick. Ours always have runny noses at the very least.

That we're not perpetually sick is due to facing previous bugs...?

Thanks doc. What would I do without you.

Rocinante wrote:

Dendrobates wrote:There has been sickness in my house since Thanksgiving. Now my 2 year old has strep throat AND Influenza A .
I'm over it.

Seriously it’s a wonder we’re not perpetually sick. Ours always have runny noses at the very least.

When we were first married the wife was lobbying for the natural gas industry. Her job took her away from the house many days. I’d guess over 180 a year.  My job kept me at the school till late at night many nights due to need for supervision at events.  We had no relatives around. That meant day care a d on many days extended day care. My daughters constantly had ear infections a d strep. Constantly.  We made a tough decision to become poor and my wife took a buyout and became a stay at home for about 12 years.  I’m telling you, the sickness stopped dead cold. If my kids were sick once in five years I’m misremembering. Day cares are needed and important. But the amount of germs that are spread far exceeds any grade school or high school.  No matter how good the day care, those teachers can’t stop the spread.  

I think it’s a combination of lack of immune system strength as infants and just proximity you need to keep the kids in.  When your kids get out of daycare and get to grade school those sicknesses will go way down.

DWags wrote:

Rocinante wrote:

Seriously it’s a wonder we’re not perpetually sick. Ours always have runny noses at the very least.

When we were first married the wife was lobbying for the natural gas industry. Her job took her away from the house many days. I’d guess over 180 a year.  My job kept me at the school till late at night many nights due to need for supervision at events.  We had no relatives around. That meant day care a d on many days extended day care. My daughters constantly had ear infections a d strep. Constantly.  We made a tough decision to become poor and my wife took a buyout and became a stay at home for about 12 years.  I’m telling you, the sickness stopped dead cold. If my kids were sick once in five years I’m misremembering. Day cares are needed and important. But the amount of germs that are spread far exceeds any grade school or high school.  No matter how good the day care, those teachers can’t stop the spread.  

I think it’s a combination of lack of immune system strength as infants and just proximity you need to keep the kids in.  When your kids get out of daycare and get to grade school those sicknesses will go way down.

I know it's unavoidable when they're in daycare. It just sucks. And then I usually get sick too (never the hubby).
It's a great place, and I see them cleaning all the time. And they have a cleaner in the evenings as well. It just doesn't matter. It's impossible to avoid. It's just been so frustrating for me to cancel so many work appointments and constantly change my schedule.

Dendrobates wrote:

DWags wrote:

When we were first married the wife was lobbying for the natural gas industry. Her job took her away from the house many days. I’d guess over 180 a year.  My job kept me at the school till late at night many nights due to need for supervision at events.  We had no relatives around. That meant day care a d on many days extended day care. My daughters constantly had ear infections a d strep. Constantly.  We made a tough decision to become poor and my wife took a buyout and became a stay at home for about 12 years.  I’m telling you, the sickness stopped dead cold. If my kids were sick once in five years I’m misremembering. Day cares are needed and important. But the amount of germs that are spread far exceeds any grade school or high school.  No matter how good the day care, those teachers can’t stop the spread.  

I think it’s a combination of lack of immune system strength as infants and just proximity you need to keep the kids in.  When your kids get out of daycare and get to grade school those sicknesses will go way down.

I know it's unavoidable when they're in daycare. It just sucks. And then I usually get sick too (never the hubby).
It's a great place, and I see them cleaning all the time. And they have a cleaner in the evenings as well. It just doesn't matter. It's impossible to avoid. It's just been so frustrating for me to cancel so many work appointments and constantly change my schedule.

The issue is that kids love to share with each other, while sharing toys, etc, they share other things.

It's after 6 and it's not dark yet

We've turned the corner.

Floyd Robertson wrote:Driving up Rochester road on the way to Addison Oaks mid-morning yesterday and had to detour around an accident scene. We could see the victim covered on the road, but didn't know til much later in the day that it was hit and run that happened before 6am. A lot of questions about how and why it happened, how avoidable this was and what a terrible start to the year for the family. Whoever was driving needs to step up and do the right thing. So infuriating.

22-year-old Shelby Township man killed in hit-and-run

Sounds like a real stand-up lady.

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Fuck that bitch. We have an extradition agreement with Thailand.

Nordic wrote:It's after 6 and it's not dark yet

We've turned the corner.

Spring tease today. Sun is out. Snow melting. Birds chirping.

Floyd Robertson wrote:

Floyd Robertson wrote:Driving up Rochester road on the way to Addison Oaks mid-morning yesterday and had to detour around an accident scene. We could see the victim covered on the road, but didn't know til much later in the day that it was hit and run that happened before 6am. A lot of questions about how and why it happened, how avoidable this was and what a terrible start to the year for the family. Whoever was driving needs to step up and do the right thing. So infuriating.

22-year-old Shelby Township man killed in hit-and-run

Sounds like a real stand-up lady.

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I got some fuzzy fourthhand details on this story. I mentioned before, I grew up in this hood and that road is sketchy as fuck to be walking at anytime during the day, but crazy to do so at night. Two lane 55mph road with no street lights for miles. So people fly. My old man was in a bad wreck near there (fine now) a few years ago.

Anyway, twife works with a lady that lives in the sub of the kid that was hit. Allegedly he was taking an Uber home from a party. Uber driver made him get out before making it to his house (draw your own conclusions). I heard Foglers farm which is about a mile north of the sub. She says they may go after the Uber driver too. Mainly because he showed that he dropped him off at his house.

All wild rumor and speculation.

Nordic wrote:

Floyd Robertson wrote:

Sounds like a real stand-up lady.

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I got some fuzzy fourthhand details on this story. I mentioned before, I grew up in this hood and that road is sketchy as fuck to be walking at anytime during the day, but crazy to do so at night. Two lane 55mph road with no street lights for miles. So people fly. My old man was in a bad wreck near there (fine now) a few years ago.

Anyway, twife works with a lady that lives in the sub of the kid that was hit. Allegedly he was taking an Uber home from a party. Uber driver made him get out before making it to his house (draw your own conclusions). I heard Foglers farm which is about a mile north of the sub. She says they may go after the Uber driver too. Mainly because he showed that he dropped him off at his house.

All wild rumor and speculation.

I heard that Uber story, too. I think it was actually reported on the news a month ago.

Don’t ever drink Malort.

During a bike race today, at an aid station conveniently named Hugs & Bacon I had to spin the Wheel of Destiny and it landed on Malort… I think they call it that because that is the flavor and the sound it makes when it come back up 5 minutes later. So I had about 8 miles to go with vomit and Malort aftertaste in my mouth.

Don’t ever drink Malort.

Motown Spartan wrote:Don’t ever drink Malort.

During a bike race today, at an aid station conveniently named Hugs & Bacon I had to spin the Wheel of Destiny and it landed on Malort… I think they call it that because that is the flavor and the sound it makes when it come back up 5 minutes later. So I had about 8 miles to go with vomit and Malort aftertaste in my mouth.

Don’t ever drink Malort.

Never tried the stuff but heard of it on the BBQ forum.  Has apparently grown to become a favorite joke drink at occasional gatherings they have around the country.

Scroll down the page for Jeppson's Malört description at BumWine.com.  Pretty funny site.  Click on each of the bottles pictured on their home page for a chuckle.

Motown Spartan wrote:Don’t ever drink Malort.

During a bike race today, at an aid station conveniently named Hugs & Bacon I had to spin the Wheel of Destiny and it landed on Malort… I think they call it that because that is the flavor and the sound it makes when it come back up 5 minutes later. So I had about 8 miles to go with vomit and Malort aftertaste in my mouth.

Don’t ever drink Malort.

Quoted your description of your experience in the Malort thread on the BBQ board.  Someone responded with this

Like daylight saving time, presidents day needs to go away.

Floyd Robertson wrote:Like daylight saving time, presidents day needs to go away.

No. We need more federal holidays, not less. Federal holidays every two weeks, I don’t care what you celebrate. We don’t have another one until Memorial Day, that’s crazy. Make earth day a federal holiday. At Patrick’s day. Whatever, I don’t care.

The Pantry wrote:

Motown Spartan wrote:Don’t ever drink Malort.

During a bike race today, at an aid station conveniently named Hugs & Bacon I had to spin the Wheel of Destiny and it landed on Malort… I think they call it that because that is the flavor and the sound it makes when it come back up 5 minutes later. So I had about 8 miles to go with vomit and Malort aftertaste in my mouth.

Don’t ever drink Malort.

Quoted your description of your experience in the Malort thread on the BBQ board.  Someone responded with this

You know the smell of a dog’s anal gland? If you can imagine what that would taste like…or alcohol made from an old tire.

If my account will be removed today why do they keep emailing me on a daily basis? Shouldn't it be over and done with?

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:

Floyd Robertson wrote:Like daylight saving time, presidents day needs to go away.

No. We need more federal holidays, not less. Federal holidays every two weeks, I don’t care what you celebrate. We don’t have another one until Memorial Day, that’s crazy. Make earth day a federal holiday. At Patrick’s day. Whatever, I don’t care.

I like that, except for kids being out of school.
I hate that they make this week "mid winter break." It's an entire week of school, and spring break is in April. It costs me more money for daycare, and stress if they don't have room.

So what's with the drug commercial where the chunky guy is super excited about wearing his bright red banana hammock? Exhibitionist? Sporting it Ironically?

My daughter’s boyfriend is doing his residency downtown at DMC. He lives near there. He came over for dinner tonight and drove back home. He sent me this picture and said thie following. Pretty cool.

Bad picture but the bcbs building, ford field, and the Greek town casino have a green s, green lighting, and a green spartan strong logo up, respectively

So that fanatics commercial, what's with the stupid whale MSU t-shirt?

I got sucked into this crazy ass story. It's a wild one. The Netflix special is pretty good. Haven't seen the HBO version.

Alex Murdaugh indicted on murder charges: A summary and timeline

Nordic wrote:I got sucked into this crazy ass story. It's a wild one. The Netflix special is pretty good. Haven't seen the HBO version.

Alex Murdaugh indicted on murder charges: A summary and timeline

The New Yorker ran an article about it.  South Carolina is one fucked up state.

I haven't been on here at all for a few days. What I have I missed?

Dendrobates wrote:I haven't been on here at all for a few days. What I have I missed?

We had a big lemon party on Monday and DWags won the lotto and gave everyone that showed up a million dollars.

Motown Spartan wrote:

Dendrobates wrote:I haven't been on here at all for a few days. What I have I missed?

We had a big lemon party on Monday and DWags won the lotto and gave everyone that showed up a million dollars.

FML.
I have the worst luck