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  1. lurkingdirk

    Parent Thread

    Yeah. I have five. It's remarkable how well my wife has managed to book things. For example, all five kids have their music lessons in a space of 2 hours one afternoon after school. We do a lot of driving, but we're all done and home in time for dinner. Two of my kids play hockey, that...
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    Parent Thread

    We've talked a lot about that. We "force" the kids to do one sport and take lessons for one instrument. Some of my kids choose to do more sports, some pick up a second instrument, but there are always battles to be fought about practicing and going to practice. However, I think it is good to...
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    Parent Thread

    If only we could channel that sort of commitment into something like...say...practicing the violin. My son would be Itzhak Perlman next week if we could do it.
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    Parent Thread

    The first best being merely to kill the child, right?
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    It's cold outside.

    Currently 3 degrees here with a real feel of -18 (that's -16C with a real feel of -27C). Tomorrow morning it is supposed to be -14 (that's -25). I've shoveled my driveway five times this weekend. School was cancelled Friday, it's closed today, and they've already called it for tomorrow. We...
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    Parent Thread

    Schools, courts, libraries, everything confirmed cancelled for tomorrow. Travel ban in place until 6PM tomorrow. $2,500 fine if you're on the roads and are non-essential. Guess we're not going out to skate after all. Get out the snowshoes!
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    Home Improvement

    One way to cheat is to take off your baseboard, drill at an angle to the basement, then open a small hole into the wall above, fish the wire, put baseboard back on, no patching.
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    The Animated GIF Thread

    Ever wonder where dildos come from? Here's the answer:
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    Parent Thread

    Indiana. It's supposed to be colder than cold tomorrow. The school board has unofficially said something along the lines of "unless the polar vortex turns into a heat vortex, don't expect there to be school on Tuesday." A few boards have officially cancelled for Tuesday already, the rest will...
  11. lurkingdirk

    Parent Thread

    Today and tomorrow, school cancelled. I'm running out of things to do with the kids! If it were possible to go outside, we'd be fine, and we'll do some of that, but it's so cold here that we can't do much of anything outside. I love winter! These snow days make for awesome memories. I'm...
  12. lurkingdirk

    Home Improvement

    Yeah. That's the bloody truth. Good for you.
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    I'm thinking of building a small barn on my property and actually raising my own livestock for butchering. I think I'd do cow, chicken, pig, lamb. Maybe I should consider ostrich, too. I'd do my own slaughtering. I've done it before, and it's no big deal. Nice to teach the kids where meat...
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Chicks with big titties? and beer. The kind in a can. If you want to bring serious eats, however, try finding a home made slider recipe, and you'll be a hero.
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    CFB 2013-2014

    Additionally it says that the university will buy out leases, so the landlords are happy, and there is no violation as the contract (lease) has been fulfilled.
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    I'd have to do that tonight, wouldn't I?
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    I have a pork loin end roast I'm cooking tomorrow. I know how I'd usually do it, but someone give me their favourite way to prepare and serve it. I'm feeling adventurous.
  21. lurkingdirk

    Home Improvement

    Send pictures. We'll come up with a solution. There are a bunch of smarties in here.
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    The Animated GIF Thread

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    Kentuckians Fucking Chickens
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  26. lurkingdirk

    CFB 2013-2014

    good luck with that.
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Always makes me think of this. The French Chef | Saturday Night Live - Yahoo Screen
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    Parent Thread

    Entirely possible.
  30. lurkingdirk

    Home Improvement

    If you're going to use the push on fittings anyway, go with PEX. I've stopped using copper for anything, and replaced most of it in my house with pex. You have to have an exposed pipe out doors? Does it not freeze there? What on earth could make this necessary?
  31. lurkingdirk

    Parent Thread

    My friends, I have twin teenage girls. They turned 13 recently. Is there a teen switch that girls have, giving them extra attitude, and making their eyes roll extra hard? Pray for me.
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Mashed potatoes, gravy with the liquid. Made me a little horny.
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Chaos is wise, and correct. And oddly knowledgeable about extra virgin.
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    The Animated GIF Thread

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  38. lurkingdirk

    Home Improvement

    Doing your duty so your doody disappears. Well done, sir. Ikea has a couple levels of products. They have the looks pretty good, priced for students line of stuff, and the expensive, more serious stuff. My sister used Ikea cabinets in a kitchen renovation, and they really were some of the...
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    The Animated GIF Thread

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