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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Noah smith, liar or dumbass?

« on: April 22, 2024, 01:56:55 PM »

There are plenty of cheap houses in a lot of the flyover town that really thrived decades ago.  Fewer houses in the big metro areas.

Small town America kind of dying is an impact on the current housing situation that I don't see discussed very often.  A lot of our boomer parents that got these low cost homes lived in places like Norton, Kansas.  You too could buy a low cost home in Norton, Kansas!

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Kc restaurant suggestions

« on: April 22, 2024, 10:55:59 AM »

their salsa is offensively bad. 

i'm pretty amenable to any mexican place/texmex place, but Ponak's is absolute garbage.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: show us your buds (appreciate spring, you crapbags)

« on: April 22, 2024, 08:57:05 AM »

i like these baby oranges.

https://twitter.com/ksusys/status/1782187650184802684

I wish I had the time/patience to do some actual food gardening stuff.  Are fruit trees considered "gardening"?   

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Kc restaurant suggestions

« on: April 22, 2024, 08:48:59 AM »

i hate ponaks.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: show us your buds (appreciate spring, you crapbags)

« on: April 22, 2024, 08:45:16 AM »

Spracs went pentunias, but every time I hear begonias I think back to this:

Me too.  Kind of why I wanted to get them.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: show us your buds (appreciate spring, you crapbags)

« on: April 22, 2024, 07:58:48 AM »

Planted a crapload of petunias yesterday.  Also, please admire the potted begonias:


Currently, my favorite piece is our clematis:

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: LOL TRUMP

« on: April 19, 2024, 10:07:19 AM »

"never fight uphill, me boys" is my favorite quote from civil war history too.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Kids

« on: April 18, 2024, 02:09:38 PM »

Number 2 coming in October

Please tell Mrs. DQ12 to aim for the 17th!

(October 17th, that is. Not a 17th kid lol!)

Can't have 17th without having a 2nd!

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: show us your buds (appreciate spring, you crapbags)

« on: April 17, 2024, 11:08:35 AM »

Put in a new bed recently (this was dirt, before -- shade prevents grass from growing in this part) and added the hastas.  I love when my hydrangeas wake up.

We planted about 250 vinca in the dirt patch to the right of where this photo is to deal with the dirt over in that part of the yard.  The fence, relatively close houses, and big ass tree blot out the sun over there.  Hoping those take.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Cars.... How far have you went before getting a new one?

« on: April 17, 2024, 10:31:01 AM »

Needing to get rid of the sedan and going for with a little more size to comfortably fit my soon-to-be massive family.

My lasers are focused on the hyundai palisade.

Have you considered the Telluride?

They're basically the same, but in perusing around, I've found Tellurides to be a little more expensive. I think people see them as "cooler," which you pay a slight premium for. 

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Cars.... How far have you went before getting a new one?

« on: April 17, 2024, 09:42:23 AM »

Needing to get rid of the sedan and going for with a little more size to comfortably fit my soon-to-be massive family.

My lasers are focused on the hyundai palisade. 

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Kids

« on: April 17, 2024, 09:36:54 AM »

Number 2 coming in October

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: show us your buds (appreciate spring, you crapbags)

« on: April 17, 2024, 06:17:09 AM »

It’s like Tulipberg over at Clams house!

Lovely.

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Wacky's World / Re: Wacky Ban

« on: April 16, 2024, 11:38:28 AM »

He kept calling Emawmeister fat too. 

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Kc restaurant suggestions

« on: April 10, 2024, 01:53:25 PM »

Damn, I'm not a big breakfast burrito person.  Embarrassingly, the only breakfast burritos I like are from McD's.

Is this a matter of taste (not liking them)? Or is it a matter of exposure?

honestly i think it's that most of the time, i find the tortillas are too thin and end up getting soggy/steamy from the eggs.  just not my thing.  Just a thin, soggy, stretchy tortilla jam packed full of eggs.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: songs in your heavy rotation

« on: April 10, 2024, 11:31:32 AM »

And I will slightly disagree with you on the sound. The first two albums had, to my ear, distinct Paul Simon and zydeco influences. I don't hear those, here.

IDK.  This feels like it would fit in well with the likes of M79 and Walcott.  Walcott in particular.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: songs in your heavy rotation

« on: April 10, 2024, 11:29:10 AM »

Any other bangers from Only God Was Above Us?

I listened to it all the way through on Sunday a couple times, but since then I've been solely preoccupied with ICP (WOOP WOOP!). 

Sitting here without looking back at the tracklist, I remember liking Capricorn.  Gen X Cops was OK, but didn't do a lot for me.  The last track (which is very long) seemed like one they were pretty proud of, but didn't move my needle much.

Anyway, it's a solid album.  I'd throw the whole thing on and see if anything jumps out.  I found this album much more exciting than Father of the Bride.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: songs in your heavy rotation

« on: April 10, 2024, 11:20:28 AM »

Allow me, gentlemen.  Ice Cream Piano has been my obsession for the better part of the last week.



The little accidental on the "you" of "No one can hear you" and at that point in the melody throughout the rest of the song is so good.  And the pickup at around 1:16 is absolutely vintage VW.  And then in the second (third?) verse where the track gets a little more muted and you can hear the drums and rhythm guitar a little more -- so smooth. I've been messing around with it on the piano for the last couple days, and I was a little surprised that the melody is a lot simpler than i thought.  I expected it to be a lot more complex.  Good pop music, man.

First time I heard it (last Sunday) I remember thinking to myself "THIS is the Vampire Weekend I first started liking."  I've liked some of their other styles, but Ice Cream Piano feels closest to the great songs from their debut album.

Great track. They went a bit dark with Modern Vampires of the City, although even that had some absolute bangers.

Yes.  I've really liked songs from all of their albums - even (especially?) the experimental type stuff on MVotC.   Father of the Bride was largely a miss for me (though "Hold You Now" is still a regular listen for me).

But Ice Cream Piano feels the most in line with the original sound that really drew me in in the first place.  Upbeat, poppy, heavy strings. 

Allow me, gentlemen.  Ice Cream Piano has been my obsession for the better part of the last week.

... and I was a little surprised that the melody is a lot simpler than i thought.  I expected it to be a lot more complex. 

It really helps when it's in the key of Cmaj. It's in C, right?

Yeah.   

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: songs in your heavy rotation

« on: April 10, 2024, 10:56:21 AM »

Allow me, gentlemen.  Ice Cream Piano has been my obsession for the better part of the last week.



The little accidental on the "you" of "No one can hear you" and at that point in the melody throughout the rest of the song is so good.  And the pickup at around 1:16 is absolutely vintage VW.  And then in the second (third?) verse where the track gets a little more muted and you can hear the drums and rhythm guitar a little more -- so smooth. I've been messing around with it on the piano for the last couple days, and I was a little surprised that the melody is a lot simpler than i thought.  I expected it to be a lot more complex.  Good pop music, man.

First time I heard it (last Sunday) I remember thinking to myself "THIS is the Vampire Weekend I first started liking."  I've liked some of their other styles, but Ice Cream Piano feels closest to the great songs from their debut album. 

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Kc restaurant suggestions

« on: April 10, 2024, 10:50:50 AM »

Damn, I'm not a big breakfast burrito person.  Embarrassingly, the only breakfast burritos I like are from McD's.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Kc restaurant suggestions

« on: April 10, 2024, 10:27:21 AM »

anyone else lombardiing?

tell me where this is from right now

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Thread for when someone on the other side does something good

« on: April 04, 2024, 02:44:20 PM »

I had a pro bono client who represented himself and won his eviction case. If cat's stats (TM) are true, that is a rare result. Still, the slumlord continued to pursue him, and that's where we came into the case. We whipped the slumlord's ass pretty good, if I do say so myself. But most poor people don't have access to a white-shoe law firm and just throw up their hands and give up, flee, move, etc.

I'm a little dubious about whether most landlords are using "white-shoe law firms" for eviction proceedings.  EDIT - nvm i misread.  your tenant had the white shoe law firm.  not the slumlord.

But speaking of Cat's Stats, he said between 51-75% of self-represented tenants lost their case.  if something like 40ish% of self-represented tenants are winning, it doesn't really seem that rare.  .  Especially when you factor in the logical self-selection element (if you know you ought to be evicted, there's less of a chance of you showing up to court, getting representation, etc.).

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: 201* Concert Thread

« on: April 04, 2024, 01:51:46 PM »

OH MAN DQ that was quite a write-up. Thank you so much for the fill-in. I'd been really curious what specifics would be rolled out on this tour; knew the general gist of how it'd go but it's nice to hear more detail because this tour didn't really come within seven hours of me. They just announced they're gonna do a second run of shows though so hopefully it'll come closer. If not I'll probably travel to it. It's interesting that from that era they chose to go with Nothing But Flowers. I think I'm probably in your boat: I've seen them a ton of times but I don't think I've ever heard that one live. I need the juice on the producer drama. Not even sure who that refers to.

I do miss Joe, though. He was such a phenomenal multi-instrumentalist. Do you ever listen to his solo stuff? Because it's rough ridin' incredible.

Nothing But Flowers was the showcase for Guster on Ice, which makes sense.

No on Joe.  Never listened to his solo stuff (but maybe I will!).

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: The Royals

« on: April 03, 2024, 09:55:46 AM »

i'm sad it didn't pass.

i don't think the chiefs go anywhere, but i think there's a decent chance KC loses the royals because of this. 

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Midwest Cheap

« on: April 03, 2024, 09:52:58 AM »

I buy those big logs of hamburger meat and go home and vac seal into individual 1 lb bags. Everything sucks about it and the savings isn't enough to be impactful but I have to admit being to quickly thaw out a thin sheet of meat is also not that rewarding.

The real midwesterners either buy a side/quarter of beef OR just grind their own.  I’ve been eyeballing a kitchen-aid grinder for a while.

I don’t buy roast beef anymore.  I buy my own roast, make it, and use my deli-slicer to cut it thin.

I was thinking I might get one of those grinder attachments for a stand mixer. I recently ground some meat myself for the first time in the food processor and it turned out great. Makes me feel better about buying a bigger piece of meat and trimming it up knowing I can put the scraps to good use.

Yeah.  I spent a lot of time on butcher tiktok.  daydreaming about processing big old cuts of meat into steaks and roasts and grind really felt like i was becoming a real a midwestern man.