OT: 109th Obsequious Banter Thread: In the Driver's Seat

[Runner77]

 

[mja]

Biker riders in downtown areas are a f***ing menace.

About 7 or 8 years ago, I was turning right into an entrance into a parking lot while traffic was moving very slowly on Chestnut. Had my turn signal on the whole way and was slowly making the turn into the lot for 10-15 seconds and necessarily having to cross the bike lane. I'm halfway through my turn when here comes this dude pedaling his bike like he's gunning for the finish line at the Tour de France, and I don't know if he just wasn't looking ahead of him or he thought he didn't have to worry about a f***ing moving car blocking his path or maybe he thought he could bike through a f***ing car, I don't know. Anyway he flips over my hood, nicking my passenger door and damaging the mirror in the process. Luckily, the dude was fine aside from a scratch or two, and his bike was still rideable, but meanwhile I'm sitting there with a piece of my car in my hands while this dude just pedals off like nothing happened.

It's getting to the point where I'm ready to get out of my car and applaud a cyclist for following basic traffic laws, like, not trying to kill pedestrians crossing the street against a red light.

 

[Runner77]

That clip is a classic. Besides the shoe toss , there was the guy tapping out, the classic grab from the pant belt and the store employee using the guy’s head to open the front door.

Probably played Stairway to Heaven

 

[Embiid]

Yeah snow seems unlikely...maybe one of those March wet snow storm events will roll in but I have a feeling accumulating snow will be minimal to zero this winter..

Philly’s only snowless winter was 50 years ago. No flakes are in sight anytime soon.

Seasonal snow totals might hit 400 inches in the California mountains, or about 400 inches more than Philly has had this winter, with none in sight.

www.inquirer.com

 

[Danko]

Just realized that Jordan Nolan acts in "Shoresy"

 

[Beef Invictus]

Yeah snow seems unlikely...maybe one of those March wet snow storm events will roll in but I have a feeling accumulating snow will be minimal to zero this winter..

Philly’s only snowless winter was 50 years ago. No flakes are in sight anytime soon.

Seasonal snow totals might hit 400 inches in the California mountains, or about 400 inches more than Philly has had this winter, with none in sight.

www.inquirer.com

Every low-snow January at Dulles has apparently been followed by major Feb or March storm

 

[Embiid]

Every low-snow January at Dulles has apparently been followed by major Feb or March storm

If we get one I think it will be late Feb early March ..

 

[trostol]

i dont understand this at all..but Handball seems both interesting and intense

 

[Chicken N Raffls]

i dont understand this at all..but Handball seems both interesting and intense

Ever played 4 square?

 

[trostol]

Ever played 4 square?

nope..but having watched 15 minutes of this i think i have a fair idea of the game..unlike 15 minutes of cricket lol

 

[ellja3]

How is it only 1 month before I have to put pepper seeds in the soil again!?

 

[Beef Invictus]

How is it only 1 month before I have to put pepper seeds in the soil again!?

The ever-crushing grind of time's wheels is ceaselessly moving us to the grave.

 

[ellja3]

The ever-crushing grind of time's wheels is ceaselessly moving us to the grave.

/Sigh/

 

[Appleyard]

Watched Aftersun (2022) today...

expected more tbh.

Beautifully shot. Framing was unreal and cuts were amazing and the way it showed "memories" was fantastic.
Great acting. Paul Mescal was close to perfect. Everyone else great.
And the last ~15 minutes or so, some of the most beautifully shot parts of a film I have seen and does something rare... resonates on a deep level emotionally that is hard to put into words.

Buuuut... you have to get through the first 1h30 to get to that pay-off. And the first 1h30 is a 30 minute arthouse film that was dragged out to 3x the length it really should have been. I get that it kind of did that on purpose (even though knew what was coming from less than half-way through), but I think it could have been far better if it had, well, been maybe slightly more engaging over most of the film.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Imagine how the stupid c*** is going to feel when he hears about my mongoose farm in Missouri.

 

[Kermit the Prog]

Watched Aftersun (2022) today...

expected more tbh.

Beautifully shot. Framing was unreal and cuts were amazing and the way it showed "memories" was fantastic.
Great acting. Paul Mescal was close to perfect. Everyone else great.
And the last ~15 minutes or so, some of the most beautifully shot parts of a film I have seen and does something rare... resonates on a deep level emotionally that is hard to put into words.

Buuuut... you have to get through the first 1h30 to get to that pay-off. And the first 1h30 is a 30 minute arthouse film that was dragged out to 3x the length it really should have been. I get that it kind of did that on purpose (even though knew what was coming from less than half-way through), but I think it could have been far better if it had, well, been maybe slightly more engaging over most of the film.

As a student of film (studied it in college, did some acting, etc.), I considered "arthouse" to be something with deep, creative meaning beyond the average schlock being pumped out year-over-year. In my advanced years, however, I cast more of a weary eye at these types of conceits. I now view their quasi-aloofness as having varying hues of arrogance and wish fulfilment, and sacrificing strategic editing for thought vomit. Trying to shoehorn in every idea, or its opposite - meandering inference - physically exhausts me. I have an entirely inappropriate metaphor, but I'll leave it there.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

 

[Tripod]

My mom is getting open heart surgery this morning (8:00am CST). Specifically, a mitral valve replacement. Positive thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Late seeing this....but fantastic news

 

[DancingPanther]

The ever-crushing grind of time's wheels is ceaselessly moving us to the grave.

Sweet release

 

[trostol]

started Only Fools and Horses this weekend...supposedly Britain's best ever sitcom...so far i really don't find it as funny as it is made out to be

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

started Only Fools and Horses this weekend...supposedly Britain's best ever sitcom...so far i really don't find it as funny as it is made out to be

It's not - it's just pleasant the whole way through. It would be like us calling "All in the Family" one of the funniest and best sitcoms of all time while ignoring everything that came after. It's their nostalgia talking when they say that.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

 

[Appleyard]

It's not - it's just pleasant the whole way through. It would be like us calling "All in the Family" one of the funniest and best sitcoms of all time while ignoring everything that came after. It's their nostalgia talking when they say that.

Yeh... a good "show" but not that funny really. Part soap-opera part comedy.


Probably 50+ funnier sitcoms.

Father Ted (arguably not British aha), Peep Show, The League of Gentlemen, Black Books, The IT Crowd, I'm Alan Partridge, Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge, Blackadder, Fawlty Towers, The Office, Phoenix Nights, Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere, Dad's Army, Bottom, Red Dwarf, Porridge, The Young Ones, The Royle Family, The Thick of It, Toast of London, Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, The Inbetweeners, Brass Eye, Open All Hours, Rab C. Nesbitt, Spaced, Green Wing...

are 25+ off the top of my head that are clearly funnier.

 

[Beef Invictus]

The Child: "I'm going to get rid of you"

 

[Runner77]