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  1. Joeboo

    Home buying thread

    I just got a collection notice last month on behalf of AT&T for $56...and the last account I ever had with them was 2008, the year I cancelled my home phone. They told me it was my final balance after canceling service. Funny thing is, it's not like I immediately moved and my mail didn't get...
  2. Joeboo

    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    My idea would be at your next lease renewal to tell her you are leaving but you will pay up the rent and utilities for 6 months if she wants to stay there, if you insist on doing something for her when you part. If she can't get her shit together in 6 months, she was never going to. It's not...
  3. Joeboo

    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    Hell, at 42, as long as he's employed making a decent wage, isn't a druggie, and doesn't look like Gollums uglier brother, he can find some good women his age that would be into him. At that age, women are mostly past looking for 6-pack abs as their 1st requirement, and are on to looking for...
  4. Joeboo

    Home Improvement

    what exactly does "remodel fireplace" entail?
  5. Joeboo

    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    I know it's hard to even fathom change after that long together, but man, you're only 42, you have a lot of years to live, how do you feel about never having sex again? You're basically living with your mother at this point. Your partner is giving you the equivalent of what a hired maid would...
  6. Joeboo

    The Beer Thread

    Growler laws must vary a lot by state. Here in MO you can't fill/sell growlers unless something like 50% or more of your gross receipts are food. So liquor stores and gas stations can't fill growlers, and neither can actual breweries, only restaurants can do it.
  7. Joeboo

    Apple agrees to buy headphone maker Beats for $3bn

    No, Apple has generally been excellent on taking already existing products, re-making them with their own spin on it, and convincing the masses that it's the newest and greatest thing that they just invented. The Ipod wasn't the first mp3 player, the iPhone wasn't the first touch-screen phone...
  8. Joeboo

    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    Agreed. Life is too short to be unhappy, but I think a lot of people(and moreso the younger you are) go into a marriage with unreasonable expectations on how things will be in 5,10,20 years or more. Whether you are a man or woman, don't expect someone to change significantly after marriage, if...
  9. Joeboo

    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    I think the main thing most of us guys have to ask ourselves concerning a girlfriend/wife, is would you be happy with them if there was no sex? Do you like them enough as a person to look forward to spending time and doing things with them if it doesn't lead to naked time? I'm not saying you...
  10. Joeboo

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    My sous vide sarcasm detector may be broken, but there's no point in doing that to sausage. Sausage is wrapped in a casing that keeps the moisture in. As long as you don't puncture or break that casing during the cooking process, then there's really no difference on what method is used to cook...
  11. Joeboo

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Hell, just buy whatever good local Italian restaurant sells their sauce in your local grocery store. If you live in a city of any decent size, you have much better store-bought options than that Ragu/Prego shit. If you really don't have any good local options, Newmans Own and the Emeril...
  12. Joeboo

    Home Improvement

    Seriously though, it's goddamn ridiculous hot on the roof. I just have memories of getting down off of the roof and even standing in the yard in 90 degree heat it felt more refreshing than jumping into a pool on an average hot day. Fuck roofs. I've only done it once and I plan on keeping it...
  13. Joeboo

    Desktop Computers

    Well sure, but your average, square-plate heat sink making a connection to your CPU can be covered nicely and evenly via a centered blob. If you heat sink surface isn't a flat square, then yea, you're going to have to use a different method. will obviously require a different technique than
  14. Joeboo

    Desktop Computers

    blob is the way to go. It's the only way to ensure even coverage. You can not manually spread the stuff and get an even spread, it just isn't possible without complex machinery, it can't be done with just your hand/finger anywhere near as effectively as just letting pressure naturally spread a...
  15. Joeboo

    Gardening

    In Chicago they would definitely need to be in a pot that you could bring indoors for the winter. I'm in KC, our winters aren't even as harsh as yours, and most citrus trees can't make it around here.
  16. Joeboo

    Home Improvement

    The work would suck bad even if you were on flat ground. Add the fact that you are constantly standing awkwardly, trying not to lose your balance, and the work feels 5X harder than it actually is(and it's hard)
  17. Joeboo

    Home Improvement

    Word of advice if you do a privacy fence, use screws, not nails. Screws will hold for goddamned ever. If you use nails you will be re-nailing boards all the damn time as some come loose each year. Screws also make it easier to take down a section of fence if you need to give access to...
  18. Joeboo

    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    You're not alone Onoes. As a mid-30s guy, I have absolutely no ability to judge the age of significantly younger women anymore. Most girls ages 16-25ish all look the same. I really can't start to distinguish a difference until you're talking late 20s, and even then I'm still not 100%...
  19. Joeboo

    Home Improvement

    Roofing in mid-summer is brutal. Take the outdoor temperature, and add 10-20 degrees since you're up there with no shade on insanely hot asphalt shingles. The heat that radiates off of those things on a hot day is brutal. We replaced my grandfathers roof when I was a teenager, and I honestly...
  20. Joeboo

    NFL 2014 Off-Season Thread

    Also, Brandon Marshall above Calvin Johnson, with Jordy Nelson being just barely behind Megatron, is goddamned ludicrous. Calvin should be in the top 10 and there shouldn't be another receiver within 20 spots of him
  21. Joeboo

    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    That shit's bad news if you get it as an adult. I got it when I was 19, put me down and out for 3 weeks. They were in my ears, in my mouth, down my throat, on my eyelids, everywhere. Worst goddamn 3 weeks of my life. 15 years later and I still have a few scars on my arms and legs(but they...
  22. Joeboo

    NFL 2014 Off-Season Thread

    3 Chiefs in the top 30 and 4 in the top 40. I think Eric Berry is seriously overrated, he shouldnt be anywhere in the top 100, especially not #37. And I think by the end of this season, Dontari Poe might be the best DT in the league, he'll be a top 10 guy on par with the likes of Warren Sap...
  23. Joeboo

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    I was all ready to partake in my first skirt steak experience at home, stopped by the grocery store on the way home Friday night, was going to marinate them and grill on Saturday, but then when I got to the butchers counter they had KC Strips(NY Strip if you aren't in the midwest) on sale for...
  24. Joeboo

    Desktop Computers

    probably just because it's discontinued I guess?
  25. Joeboo

    Computer Issues

    What processor is in that XPS 9000? There's probably a decent chance that you have onboard video that you could test that theory out with, before you have to resort to buying a new video card. If you have an i3/i5/i7 2000-series or 3000-series processor, you have onboard video
  26. Joeboo

    Parent Thread

    Any daycare worth a damn will have a waiting list a mile long, you have to keep paying to keep your kids spot. There are also very strict laws and regulations regarding number of kids vs number of daycare employees, so daycares try to carefully balance the perfect numbers. If a daycare can...
  27. Joeboo

    Tablets

    I came here to admit I was wrong about Nooks. I've been championing them as a great, cheap tablet for quite a while. Well, my wife and mom each had Nook Colors from 2-3 years ago, and they are great. However, I bought my mom a new Nook HD+ last Christmas, to get her a nicer/bigger tablet, and...
  28. Joeboo

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Damn you charcoal master race!!
  29. Joeboo

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Made homemade pizza on the BBQ grill last night. It was...interesting. It actually turned out really well, the only difficult part was getting the raw pizza dough onto the hot grill without it falling apart or getting horribly misshapen in the transition. Basically slathered up one side of...
  30. Joeboo

    NFL 2014 Off-Season Thread

    And Todd Blackledge is the ONLY QB THE CHIEFS HAVE PICKED IN THE 1ST ROUND IN THE HISTORY OF THEIR FRANCHISE. 51 GODDAMNED YEARS Not that I'm angry about it or anything...
  31. Joeboo

    Home Improvement

    That shouldn't really be an issue, depending on how you lay the overall room out. My finished basement is a long, rectangular shape, like 18x40 or something like that, and the entry into the basement is right in the center of one of the long walls, and the fireplace is to the right of that, so...
  32. Joeboo

    Parent Thread

    We went through that, our kid popped in 8 teeth(4 up and 4 down) in the span of like 6 weeks when he was around 8-10 months old. It was pure hell, he was pissy all the time, didn't sleep well, etc. Luckily it seems like since we got that many all at once, he hasn't had any come in since then...
  33. Joeboo

    Home Improvement

    i.e. Mexicans
  34. Joeboo

    NFL 2014 Off-Season Thread

    While I'd argue against McDuffie being great(1 1000yd season in 8 years in the league, but he was ok, regularly getting 700-900yds and 6-8 TDs) , Bowens was good, Avery was shit(traded after 1 year and in the CFL by year 3), Yatil Grean was a disaster, no 1st round pick in 4 out of 5 years in...
  35. Joeboo

    Catfish: The TV Show

    You had me until "MTV"
  36. Joeboo

    NFL 2014 Off-Season Thread

    Are you trying to imply that Miami might have less than adequate scouting? Come on, look at all those stellar first round draft picks in recent years like Ted Ginn Jr, Mo' Pouncey, and Ryan Tannehill. Or Dion Jordan who was the #3 overall pick last year, and top DE, who got them a whopping 2...
  37. Joeboo

    Californication

    Season 7 has renewed my faith in the show. Season 6 was dragging and boring by the end. No becca(thank god), very little Karen(good so far, but the ending of this last episode is going to change that unfortunately), and the new son is goddamned hilarious, especially when paired with Hank...
  38. Joeboo

    Computer Issues

    user. error.
  39. Joeboo

    Apple agrees to buy headphone maker Beats for $3bn

    We'd make a lot more money on the $30 printer cable than we did on the $300 printer.
  40. Joeboo

    Apple agrees to buy headphone maker Beats for $3bn

    If he becomes a Billionaire, he'll be the first black male Billionaire in America. Oprah is the only black billionaire in America currently.