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Does it burn like old school wood?
posted to MetaFilter by JohnnyGunn at 12:17 PM on August 19, 2022

Sounds vaguely like Gangs of New York. Been up that way several times. Never knew the story. Thanks for posting.
posted to MetaFilter by JohnnyGunn at 11:51 AM on August 19, 2022

Team Matt "What is..." Amodio.

Although I think, if I was setting the odds, Amy would be the favorite going in.
posted to MetaFilter by JohnnyGunn at 11:49 PM on August 16, 2022

Who is going to be the last person to die in a car accident? Better asked, when is that going to be?
posted to MetaFilter by JohnnyGunn at 1:11 PM on August 11, 2022

Lamont could write and produce! I first came upon his name/work when I was looking up who wrote How Sweet It is (linked in the post). It was being performed by Jerry Garcia and the JGB. (Today is the anniversary of Jerry's death. RIP)

I am sorry he never made it big as a solo performer, but I am so thankful for his contributions on all those MoTown hits! Although I am an unabashed Deadhead, my favorite section in my album collection are my Four Tops, Spinners, Supremes,… [more]
posted to MetaFilter by JohnnyGunn at 8:27 AM on August 9, 2022

I like turtles.
posted to MetaFilter by JohnnyGunn at 10:13 AM on August 8, 2022

After my divorce, my biggest fear was growing old alone. I don't even particularly like people, just that it is lonely going through life alone. Just a spouse or gf is all I need, but having friends is special. Real friends. Ones you don't even have to ask for help, they just show up. I have always had a small group of really good friends. I am still friends with 6 HS buddies some 40 years later, still friends with about 5 college buddies, and have what we call the core four here in town.… [more]
posted to MetaFilter by JohnnyGunn at 11:50 AM on August 5, 2022

I have never seen it. Going to watch it soon. Here is a link to it on Showtime (anytime).
posted to MetaFilter by JohnnyGunn at 12:57 PM on August 4, 2022

The Kevin Bacon link that theatro posted above is worth watching. Watch to the end. The outtakes are great too.
posted to MetaFilter by JohnnyGunn at 1:02 PM on August 4, 2022

Another giant of sports and an even greater giant of a man lost. I am a Yankees fan who used to use his MLB season subscription to listen to a few innings of Dodgers baseball when Vin was still being Vin. Baseball, hot dogs and Vin Scully. Nothing could be finer.

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posted to MetaFilter by JohnnyGunn at 9:40 AM on August 3, 2022

An amazing basketball player. An even more amazing man.

It's hard to overstate Russell's importance and the crap he dealt with, and if you don't know him, it's worth reading about him.
I emphasize and reiterate this point by LobsterMitten.
posted to MetaFilter by JohnnyGunn at 9:34 AM on August 2, 2022

I sort of met Bruce once. I was down in Redbank on business. I stopped in a bar/restaurant for a burger and a beer. Being alone, I was going to sit at the bar. Closer to the beer! Anyway, I walked in and it appeared as if all or most of the seats at the bar were taken. Then this person stood up to leave. I walked up to them and asked them if they were leaving. Then I actually looked up and paid attention and it was Bruce. I stammered something about the Boss, his music and something… [more]
posted to MetaFilter by JohnnyGunn at 8:36 AM on August 2, 2022

I am looking forward to the movie just to see the scene where Pablo consumes the blow and then has 3 minutes of bliss before keeling over.
posted to MetaFilter by JohnnyGunn at 10:30 AM on August 1, 2022

I taught my kids that being right about who has the right of way when they are crossing certain local streets on foot is incidental. Big deal you had the right of way, I am finding the right clothes for your funeral. Always assume the driver is going to ignore you. Never stand off the curb waiting to cross. Never start to cross after the walk sign starts counting down. If you can, even when you have the lgiht and the right of way and everything else on your side, run like a scared bunny… [more]
posted to MetaFilter by JohnnyGunn at 12:07 PM on July 29, 2022

I wish he was asked to elaborate on the Jon Voight is an idiot line. I mean he is and all, but someone who really knows would be great to hear from.
posted to MetaFilter by JohnnyGunn at 8:39 AM on July 28, 2022

What this really brings back for me is Eddie the Ice Cream Man. A WW II vet who had one of those Good Humor trucks that would play the music and me and my brothers circa 1969 would coming running out to get our Chocolate Éclair or Strawberry Shortcake. Old Eddie would talk to us for what seemed like hours but was probably 3 or 4 minutes. We loved to ask him about the war, but he would say, "Why talk about war when we can talk about ice cream!"
posted to MetaFilter by JohnnyGunn at 10:44 AM on July 27, 2022

Former NBA star makes bucks from Frenchies
posted to MetaFilter by JohnnyGunn at 11:35 AM on July 22, 2022

EC, those pictures on your link are adorable. The big grey dog and the dachshund!

There is a fine line between having the right or the ability and playing by the rules versus respecting your neighbors or others that might be affected. I think that consideration of others even while doing something legal or ok by the rules and regulations is lost too often. I don't want to sound like and old guy get offa my lawn, but times they have changed.
posted to MetaFilter by JohnnyGunn at 12:34 PM on July 22, 2022

I was wrong. I thought to myself, how could he ever win? He can't. He is a TV personality not even that well liked in his home city. He isn't even liked by his party's establishment. And even if he is elected, what harm can he do?

Then I thought, surely he will go away now.

Boy, was I WRONG.
posted to MetaFilter by JohnnyGunn at 4:51 PM on July 21, 2022

First year in college a passing friend starts calling me Joey instead of Johnny. It went on for years. I got so used to it that I would turn my head when his voice said Joey. Fast forward to the last semester of school. Someone comes up to me when he was standing there and calls me Johnny. He had this big smile and in his southern drawl said, "Shoot. I done screwed up for 3 and a half years. Sorry about that." I just laughed and said I had been called much worse than Joey.… [more]
posted to MetaFilter by JohnnyGunn at 7:01 PM on July 20, 2022

My grandfather, who spent a lot of time and money at the track used to say, "Pick me a winner." One day I handed him my picked booger. That ended that weak sauce joke. Oh to be 10 again.
posted to MetaFilter by JohnnyGunn at 7:07 AM on July 20, 2022

I don't know about the 20, but I am always amazed every morning that i wake up and that I am in the same world as when I went to sleep.
posted to MetaFilter by JohnnyGunn at 12:32 PM on July 19, 2022

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posted to MetaFilter by JohnnyGunn at 10:48 PM on July 14, 2022

Agreed. The mustache is unacceptable.

It is not a MAYBEstache, it is a MUSTache.

I loved the Munsters growing up. Al Lewis* was my favorite. This looks like crap. Maybe because I am near 60? Not sure who the target audience is or why the need to remake The Munsters, but good luck to them who financed this flick.

As for Hogan's Heroes, loved it. Just finished watching all 6 seasons. MeTV, two… [more]
posted to MetaFilter by JohnnyGunn at 6:47 PM on July 13, 2022

Yawn. I am buying the nothing will come of this. It is frustrating, but that is my take on what will happen. What exactly will the DOJ charge Trump with? Carjacking?

Trump is a bad man. A very bad man. Even most republicans will agree with that. Is that still in dispute? The problem with the hearings is that their bipartisan credibility is nil and they are preaching to the choir.

Either charge him with something or move on to the… [more]
posted to MetaFilter by JohnnyGunn at 10:42 AM on July 12, 2022

So I was a floor trader in Chicago for many years. This particular story took place circa 1987. I had a clerk who found a new product and a way to arbitrage them. Essentially, a stock was broken into its two components, price appreciation (or devaluation) and the dividend cash flows. Primes and Scores. Buy one of each and you have the underlying stock. Buy one prime and one score and sell the underlying stock for more than the sum of the parts and you have an arbitrage. The problem is… [more]
posted to MetaFilter by JohnnyGunn at 12:44 PM on July 7, 2022

but it's worth keeping in mind that his default assumption is that everyone is fairly honest all the time.

I don't read Levine, but that is not a bad assumption. The alternative is draining and makes you a cynic. As a trader who spent a lot of years on the floor making trades worth tens and hundreds of thousands of dollars across a chaotic pit via hand signals, I cannot recall but one time I was purposely screwed. There are times when you both… [more]
posted to MetaFilter by JohnnyGunn at 11:02 AM on July 8, 2022

I have no direct knowledge of Brittney's situation, but it appears to me that this guilty plea is a prelude to some deal. Maybe, they sentence her to time served plus a few weeks and then release her? The Russians, in the West's eyes, could use some good PR. Or, Brittney was advised that it is better in terms of punishment to plead guilty than to get convicted at trial. Brittney is clearly under a lot of stress.

A problem now is that the families of other political… [more]
posted to MetaFilter by JohnnyGunn at 9:45 AM on July 7, 2022

Far over my head, but discovering new things not seen before is way cool. They are on penta and tetra quarks. I am still struggling with what a quark is. Elementary particles it says. Oh, now I get it. My spell check keeps insisting on "quack". Maybe I am the quack. "Double open-charm" sounds interesting. I wish I had not gotten a D in HS physics as physics fascinates me.
posted to MetaFilter by JohnnyGunn at 9:47 AM on July 5, 2022

I wish I had not gotten a D in HS physics as physics fascinates me.

It’s never too late to start studying!

At my age (~60), I am studying physics as I watch my gut sag toward the floor. Friggin gravity.

Actually, I will try to read up on this. Fascinating.
posted to MetaFilter by JohnnyGunn at 10:24 AM on July 5, 2022

Hi, I'm JohnnyGunn and I am too honest. Apparently you are not supposed to tell the truth when someone at work asks how the project is coming.
posted to MetaFilter by JohnnyGunn at 11:04 AM on July 1, 2022

These people have nothing on my fraternity brothers who during hell week played The Pina Colada song by Rupert Holmes on repeat for 4 straight days. That song is now like "Niagara Falls" in the old Abbot and Costello routine. Whenever I hear it, I feel like, "Slowly I turned, step by step..." 24 hours? Meh. Easy listening.
posted to MetaFilter by JohnnyGunn at 11:41 AM on June 30, 2022

Well this answered some questions I had about pigeons. THe beginning of life questions. I have lived in large cities (NYC, Chicago, etc) for most of my life. I have never seen a baby pigeon as far as I know. The end of life questions are still plaguing me. I have never seen a pigeon that died of natural causes. Where do pigeons go to die?
posted to MetaFilter by JohnnyGunn at 10:16 AM on June 30, 2022

Why all the hate for Ted Cruz? Just kidding. I know. Ted may not be wealthy like Pelosi, but I would bet my last dollar that the day he retires from the Senate, he becomes a highly paid consultant to Fox News, is a highly paid lobbyist for someone or anyone, and gets several highly paid no show board seats on public companies. He is the next Newt Gingrich in that regard.

Elmo does not get off free here. When my kids were of age, they had a Tickle Me Elmo. That toy… [more]
posted to MetaFilter by JohnnyGunn at 9:05 AM on June 30, 2022

Is an asshat what goes on an asshead?
posted to MetaFilter by JohnnyGunn at 11:00 AM on June 29, 2022

My ex wife's parents decided when she was born that they were going to teach her the word "apple" for an onion and "onion" for an apple. Merrily she went until about the 4th grade when she was at a friend's house and the mother asked if she wanted a slice of apple. She wondered who would eat a slice of apple (onion). Then it came out on a plate. My ex blurted out, "That's not an apple, that is an onion." Hilarity ensued when her friend's mother tried to figure… [more]
posted to MetaFilter by JohnnyGunn at 9:09 AM on June 27, 2022

Better received? Of course, it's potato week.
posted to MetaFilter by JohnnyGunn at 9:17 PM on June 27, 2022

Seems like a lot of effort to reinvent the wheel. I leave it to McCain's or Ore Ida.
posted to MetaFilter by JohnnyGunn at 8:39 AM on June 27, 2022

Tim Conway was one of the funniest human beings ever. I LOVE the dentist sketch. The elephant sketch is 1b.

Of course, Harvey and Carol are terrific too. Vicky Lawrence was so under rated. She was great as well. She reminds me of Ethel Mertz in I Love Lucy. The fourth banana never getting her due.

Thanks for posting this and bringing back a flood of memories and getting me to go down the Carol Burnett Show rabbit hole.
posted to MetaFilter by JohnnyGunn at 6:09 PM on June 25, 2022

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posted to MetaFilter by JohnnyGunn at 12:33 PM on June 24, 2022

There is a Dan Quayle joke in here somewhere.
posted to MetaFilter by JohnnyGunn at 9:28 AM on June 23, 2022

Trader Joe's Ghost Pepper chips are #1. No other is even close. They are great tasting and firm enough to grab the dip without breaking.
posted to MetaFilter by JohnnyGunn at 9:23 AM on June 23, 2022

I met Trey backstage at one of his MSG Phish Baker's Dozen shows. Could not have been nicer. My friend who got us backstage works with his management company and knows him. Friend started talking to Trey. I was standing there looking sort of lost I guess. Trey finally said to my friend, aren't you going to introduce me to your friend. Then, the next night, I ran into him again backstage. This time I was without my friend. Trey remembered me and said, "So you ditched your rude friend… [more]
posted to MetaFilter by JohnnyGunn at 7:35 AM on June 22, 2022

I guess Trey appreciated the "Let Trey sing" T-shirts that Bob Weir wore at Fare Thee Well for the Grateful Dead shows he played in.

She was great and Trey's smile and appreciation was awesome too. Thanks for posting.
posted to MetaFilter by JohnnyGunn at 7:49 AM on June 22, 2022

I won't forget this decision.
posted to MetaFilter by JohnnyGunn at 12:04 PM on June 15, 2022

I am an old white guy Deadhead. I had a chance to see Lizzo perform in Austin several years ago. Part of a bigger festival. While I was clearly not the crowd's demographic, I can say that she put on a great show. Really entertaining. As it turns out, not only is Lizzo a terrific talent, she is a genuinely good person too. Good on her for being true to her values.
posted to MetaFilter by JohnnyGunn at 12:40 PM on June 14, 2022

Seems like in hindsight they made the right call. Got the phone and got out.
posted to MetaFilter by JohnnyGunn at 10:56 PM on June 10, 2022

Great read. Thanks.

Now I am off to see what kinds of predicaments I can get into AND out of.
posted to MetaFilter by JohnnyGunn at 11:08 AM on June 9, 2022

Reading just the posted article, it is like a paid article. I almost felt, at the end, like it would be no big deal to go to white collar federal prison. Read a lot of books and prepare for the return to society. Do my 12 months and move on. Pretty sure that is the wrong way to look at it.
posted to MetaFilter by JohnnyGunn at 8:00 AM on June 8, 2022

Was Seals the guy with the hat or the other guy?

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posted to MetaFilter by JohnnyGunn at 12:26 PM on June 7, 2022