Columbus Thread VII (Convo and Questions About Columbus for Visitors and Locals)

[koteka]

the Vine Street Garage.

I have a buddy who does something similar. He says he has little problem with traffic. Did you ever find good burgers?

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

Shut up about the Vine Street garage. We’ve been parking there since day 1.

 

[Doggy]

I have a buddy who does something similar. He says he has little problem with traffic. Did you ever find good burgers?

Still haven't found my go-to burger place in Columbus.

 

[koteka]

Still haven't found my go-to burger place in Columbus.

Not near the arena, but I like Preston’s.

 

[End of Line]

Shut up about the Vine Street garage. We’ve been parking there since day 1.

Neil Ave garage is my go to

As for the burger conversation, The Rail in Dublin has been my fave for a while. But over the last year I’ve cut out eating out all together and have been cooking all my meals instead so idk if the quality has gone down at all.

 

[ColumbusTrill]

Still haven't found my go-to burger place in Columbus.

Just went to Parable Cafe earlier this week. It's pricey but it's the best smashburger I've had in cbus

 

[Doggy]

We tried BareBurger last night. It was fine...unimpressed despite the great reviews and the service on a quiet night was disappointing.

On a side note, I have been wearing earplugs to the games this season which has been good because Nationwide's sound system is too F'n loud but I hate that I can't hear a damn thing my companions say to me. Last night I decided to try my noise canceling headphones instead and they were much better, muffled the noise enough so my eardrums were not blown out but could hear enough to hold a conversation with my wife and also hear what was going on inside the arena. Yay noise canceling Bose earbuds!

 

[koteka]

We tried BareBurger last night. It was fine...unimpressed despite the great reviews and the service on a quiet night was disappointing.

I went once when they were in Beechwold. Ok, but there are better places to get burgers in town.

 

[puckfan64]

Not near the arena, but I like Preston’s.

I second Preston's

 

[koteka]

drone factory

https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/pickaway-county/gov-dewine-announces-pickaway-county-home-of-new-advanced-defense-technology-manufacturing-facility/

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

drone factory

https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/pickaway-county/gov-dewine-announces-pickaway-county-home-of-new-advanced-defense-technology-manufacturing-facility/

I heard this company used to be called Narsil but then it went out of business before being reinvigorated with its current name.

There's my LOTR reference but apparently Peter Thiel is involved with this firm so I'll refrain from offering any more opinions on that asshole.

 

[koteka]

I heard this company used to be called Narsil but then it went out of business before being reinvigorated with its current name.

If there is ever an offseason vote on biggest nerd on HF CBJ, somebody will need to remember this post.

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

If there is ever an offseason vote on biggest nerd on HF CBJ, somebody will need to remember this post.

For sure but you got it, so...

 

[koteka]

For sure but you got it, so...

I got half of it and had to Google the other half. (I’m not denying I’d deserve votes.) I have a family member that rereads Tolkien every so many years. That is not me. Maybe when the kids are grown and I can stop working…

 

[Viqsi]

If there is ever an offseason vote on biggest nerd on HF CBJ, somebody will need to remember this post.

My parents met in tOSU's on-campus computer lab in the late 70s. I will take on any and all challengers.

You merely adopted the nerd. I was born in it... molded by it...

 

[koteka]

My parents met in tOSU's on-campus computer lab in the late 70s. I will take on any and all challengers.

You merely adopted the nerd. I was born in it... molded by it...

Aren’t you supposed to rebel against your nerd parents somewhat and at least do one cool thing? I mean I rebelled against my 70s programming on cards in large university computer lab dad. I have my nerd side, but I also have done plenty of cool things like bum around multiple continents.

PS: glad the umbrellas are back

 

[Viqsi]

Aren’t you supposed to rebel against your nerd parents somewhat and at least do one cool thing? I mean I rebelled against my 70s programming on cards in large university computer lab dad. I have my nerd side, but I also have done plenty of cool things like bum around multiple continents.

Nah, my childhood rebellion was to reject my father's attempts to teach me Emacs and Perl and ultimately become a Vim-using Pythonista instead.

(And yeah, Papa did punchcards too. That was how he got Mom's attention - she was an operator curious about who was naming their programs after Disney characters.)


EDIT: Oh, and there was also the ultimate betrayal of my father's values. My father's career got started with DEC; he used their stuff everywhere and was pretty fiercely loyal. Meanwhile, my preferred systems became (and still are, to this day) Thinkpads - which were, as everyone knows, a computer brand of IBM. He was moderately horrified. (I think he finally forgave me a couple years ago. )