Astros got win 1 of 54 tonight...woot!
This is poker related but pretty ridiculous, didn't know Skype has this big a security leak.
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/19...-will-1316970/
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Astros got win 1 of 54 tonight...woot!
This is poker related but pretty ridiculous, didn't know Skype has this big a security leak.
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/19...-will-1316970/
I'm in China. No fortune cookies anywhere.
wat.
ddos'ing is big in everything spenda =(
When I was younger I worked as a busser in a restaurant, and the servers bitched about pretty much everything. This customer who got crappy service only tipped 10 or 15%, this person was too demanding, this person asked for too much water, this busser is cleaning her tables faster than mine, blah blah blah.
One time my friend and fellow busser told me that a waitress said that I was as useful as tits on a board. I'm positive (or at least the time was positive) that is exactly what he said. The saying didn't really make a whole lot of sense, but it is a funny story that I have relayed over the years.
The saying of course is 'useless as tits on a boar.'
cliffs notes: fml/first world problems/tl; dr
Me farmer mum used to say "useless as tits on a bull", apparently getting the expression from her paw. Lol rednecks.
Nads on a priest, tits on a nun and these goddamn ants!
my father has old timey rustic sayings up the ass. tits on a boar was always my least favorite. "cold as a witch's tit" is number two
favorite is probably "good enough for the girls we go with" because ive yet to hear anybody else use it.
"I'm gonna cloud up and rain all over you."
An old guy that I used to work with said this all the time, so I started saying it for the lulz. My wife gives me an evil glare anytime I use it in front of her.Quote:
Originally Posted by wufwugy
am about 10s from tearing the house apart because someone has either taken it upon themselves to either take my nyquil from me or hide it.
Ain't nothing lower than jonesing for NyQuil, bro.
great and easy chicken soup recipe, from a weightlifting coach of all places: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWzbg4gGLEc
one of the things I really like about this is the addition of copious amounts of broccoli and cauliflower, 2 things I have often tried eating more of but haven't found many great ways to do so. that famous broccoli soup recipe gets old after a while and cauliflower pizza takes too long to make.
summary of his obviously loosely followed recipe for those not wanting to watch all 12:46 of it:
- bone in chicken pieces into crock pot. can use anything but in this specific example he used 3 bone in chicken breasts with rib meat
- add chicken stock to crock pot. looks like maybe 24 ounces or so. he used one of those cardboard tubs; I used 2 cans of cheap butterball chicken broth that totaled 32 ounces i think.
- add 1 bag frozen broccoli (probably 1lb)
- add 1 bag frozen cauliflower (probably 1lb)
- add carrots. looked to be 2 lb baby carrots. not sure if frozen or fresh, shouldn't matter much. i used fresh.
- moderate amount of louisiana hot sauce. enough for flavor, not enough to make it taste anything like hot sauce. I used sriracha.
- salt and pepper to taste
- better than bouillon vegetable base, end of spoon's worth. I omitted this but when making again I will probably use a small amount of freshly chopped onion and celery in the future, since they are common in chicken soup and because the product has both of those as ingredients.
- add water
- cook for 4-6 hours, de-bone chicken, discard bones, add meat back to crock pot
- add extra wide egg noodles, if desired
- cook another 30-60 minutes
- eat and enjoy. i also took the advice of keeping it on warm and just eating a bowl here and there. it has been 24 hours since I started cooking this and it is still good, possibly better than it was last night. note that my crock pot cooks very hot; high is ridiculously hot, low eventually brings liquids to a simmer/borderline boil, and warm keeps food temp above the danger zone (i hope) but not enough to completely obliterate the food.
This is really good stuff.
Haven't watched it yet, but I usually dry roast the chicken in the crock pot. Pull the meat off and save it. Then make the stock after with all the bones and skin and stuff. I filter the stock toss the chicken back in a huge pot with the veggies and more seasoning. Once everything is done I take out a bunch of it, puree in the food processor and use that to thicken the soup. That shit rocks. Quinoa is a great addition too, instead of rice or noodles.
Great Kurzweil lecture uploaded today
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mEcl6Pwf0M
That sounds like it would be really good. Homemade stock really is the best. It just takes more time and effort. I also used to make soup with rice or no grain at all. Never really used quinoa but I will try it.Quote:
Originally Posted by jyms
Here's another twist on your concept, or at least how I have done it many times in the past:
Roast a well seasoned fryer or roaster on a roasting pan in the oven. I like using a rub of salt, pepper, paprika/cayenne, onion and garlic powder, and thyme.
Enjoy the chicken, set aside extra meat, dump all cooking juices and extra skin and bones into a sauce pan. In this method the roasted/carmelized skin imparts a wonderful flavor on the finished product. Either simmer that stock right away or put it in the fridge and do it the next day. It just needs to be set at an extremely light simmer for several hours. Then strain it out, refridgerate, and skim the fat off when it hardens. Note that I personally skip the part about freezing bones, and I don't make the stock with aromatics (onions/celery/carrots) although there is nothing wrong with that. It is just a lot more work.
I like very thick soup so any veggies I would have used in the stock making stage, I just use as actual veggies to be used in the main soup. It's very easy to make soup at this stage. For example I might simmer onions, celery, carrots, and any other veggies plus occasionally some white rice for 20 minutes or so in just enough water to cook everything. Towards the end add various seasoning/salt/flavoring e.g. salt/garlic powder/parsley, or bouillon, or canned condensed cream soup, and anything that only really needs heated through, like leftover chicken or ingredients from other meals. add water as necessary of course.
Lebron James and the Heat vs the best women's college basketball team of all time (past, present, or future).
-Lebron James has to score 80% of the team's points and the other team knows this
-NBA rules/regulations
Can LeBron James score 200 points?
easily
not in a 48 minute game. 100 points yes, but it would be tough for an NBA team (no stipulation of one player scoring x% of points) to put up 200 points on a womens team in that time unless they were shooting really hot.
My first thought was a resounding no, just on the grounds of the amount of scoring in 1 game. However it can be a yes, depending on what assumptions are being made.
Let's assume the Heat play like the following:
1. The main goal is to get LBJ to score 200 points, making the 80%+ requirement effectively redundant. This would mean for example, that another wide open player under the basket would pass the ball instead of making a routine layup/dunk.
2. They play very intensely, like it was an NBA finals game (vs OKC, not Dallas ;))
3. As per above, gamesmanship specific to this bet is allowed. Unethical considerations are not. For example, neither team is trying to injure a player on the other team.
The team itself would be able to score at ease and on darn near 100% of possessions. I also don't think even some of the best Tennessee or UConn women's basketball teams would be able to get the ball past half court, meaning they will rarely hold the ball longer than 8 seconds. 2880 seconds in a game, LBJ must score 2 points every 28.8 seconds.
If the women's team is playing normal strategy, he does it easily. If the main goal is to stop Lebron, he should still be able to do it as per assumption #1 above.
I say yes.
Also I kind of ignored the prospects of future great teams. Hey you never know what kind of bionic super freaks might come in the future. That probably belongs in the Kurzweil thread though.
edit: that Kurzweil thread happens to be this one :rolleyes:
Here is another hypothetical scenario:
normal game, men's high school national champion vs WNBA champion. That's it. You can account for rules/ball size differences if you think it matters.
men's high school team wins handily
national champions this year were Lone Peak
They got players 6'10, 6'8, 6'6, 6'6, 6'5. Then some guards who are going to play college ball.
Looking at last WNBA all star game, you got two players over 6'4.
guys are faster, stronger, taller, etc.
I agree.Quote:
Originally Posted by rebuyman
What type of men's basketball team would be roughly even vs WNBA champs? honest question
ever since ice cube left they just haven't been the same
team made up of the wnba players' husbandsQuote:
Originally Posted by Lukie
Give me the team with Shelden WilliamsQuote:
Originally Posted by rebuyman
Maybe there is a reason to own a cat after all.
Actually, no there isn't.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lukie
While we're on the topic of cats.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP4NMoJcFd4
ladies and gentlemen, i call dibs.
i especially liked how her expert technique ensures that her bow is never in sync with the sound.
She did a cover of Radioactive with Pentatonix a few months ago.
Oh I like this one.Quote:
Originally Posted by bikes
what are some good fitness sites or forums that you guys read? just wondering. bodybuilding.com is full of yolo retards and broscience, starting strength YNDTP drink milk and squat you pussy, pendlayforum is just too specialized and low-traffic for general needs, lyle's site has been cleared of nearly all the good posters because they get sick of how tight the ship is run, etc. etc. etc.
Ya, I have actually stopped reading the forums. I follow a few IF guys and haven't found much else. I do read some of steroids.com in the over 40 and nutrition forums. I also sometimes read lyle's "MonkeyIsland" forum too, that one is better than the "straight" one. THe BB world is full of BS right now, so many kids and 150lb people arguing over Broscience.
<3
I remember lurking Monkeyisland a bit in the past (made an account years ago just to do that) and just pulled it up right now. First thread I click on actually has some interesting conjecture relating to some of the recent low carb and dairy threads on here.Quote:
Originally Posted by jyms
Keep in mind that this forum post I am quoting here was made back in 2005, and it obviously wasn't refined enough to put into a book or anything. Yet even today I still tend to think this is all pretty accurate and that a lot of people are missing the boat on eating whole, regular, unprocessed foods and a good part of the reason why. Personally I think Lyle is a bright guy; I just don't agree with how the new, friendly (yeah, right) site is run and the quality has suffered badly because of it IMO.
In my opinion, the idea is probably more important than the specifics listed. Not sure whether he still believes in the half-assed application part. It's common for people to change ideas on subjects after 8 years.Quote:
Was going to put this in the thread that put it back in my mind but decided to make another post.
In that thread, the issue came up regarding red meat as a source of iron and zinc versus just taking pills with me, as usual, banging the drum on eating red meat instead of just popping pills.
Here's at least part of the reason and my half-assed theory: I have this hunch that nutrients in food are not only absorbed better (bioavailability) but utilized better by the body. In some cases, this is clearly due to the structure of the nutrient, for examlpe heme vs. non-heme iron with heme iron (found in red meat) something something like a 10X better absorption than non-heme (found in veggies).
The other part is that I think there may be better absorption/utilization due to the presence of other nutrients (some of which we probably haven't even identified).
Consider, for example, the data showing that natural Vitamin E intakes have a protective effect compared to just taking Vitamin E pills. It's being suggested that the difference is that naturally occuring Vitamin E occurs as a comlex of the different E isoforms along with other compounds (tocotrienols in this case).
The main thing that drove this home for me was when I was looking at the calcium data a couple of years back. Having seen that dairy calcium appeared to work better than non-dairy and not buying the idea that it waas other substances in the dairy (proteins), I concluded that the basic issue was one of absorption and bioavailiability.
So I set out to design the ultimate calcium delivery system. I looked at the data on everything that affects calcium absorption. It turned out that small amounts of sodium, protein, carbs and a few others affected it. When I put it all together, I came up with milk.
And I gave up on the project.
But the point was made, milk exists primarily as a calcium delivery system, it is nutritionally optimized towards such.
It wouldn't surprise me if the same went for red meat and iron. God knows what other co-factors and nutrients are present in red meat that make it such an ideal source of iron, zinc and the rest.
Citrus fruit probably contains other nutrients which maximize vitamin C absorption.
Clearly the anti-oxidant data showing that high fruit/veggie intakes have a different effect than isolated anti-oxidants do is supportive.
So that's the half-assed theory, here's the half-assed application.
At the very least, I think choosing whole foods is superior to pills. That's not the half-assed theory part.
If you must use pills (here's the half-assed part), I have this hunch that consuming it with some of the food that contains that nutrient (i.e. take your calcium pills with some type of dairy, take your Vitamin C with some orange juice) might improve the effect of the pill.
I have little direct data to support this but what amounts to circumstantial evidence leading me to believe it for the time being.
i remember that post
I remember you saying that full body workouts and upper/lower splits were the best ways to organize training, or something to that effect. I thought you were nuts. Now I go back and forth between full body routines and upper/lower splits.Quote:
Originally Posted by wufwugy
For what it's worth, I still think you are kind of crazy.
arm day is the only day that matters
haQuote:
Originally Posted by wufwugy
I don't know if it's just the gym I go to, but people don't even do bench and arms anymore. It's more like flies and cable crossovers and arms. A couple guys really like doing decline barbell bench press, but it's standard to stack ~3 25lb plates underneath the contact point underneath the legs. Yes that seems to be as dangerous as it sounds. Oh and at any given time half the people are probably doing lateral raises or isolation arm work.
edit nevermindQuote:
Originally Posted by Lukie
Yeah this sounds like it has always been. Decline bench guy is probably doing that because more weight can be used than flat bench, so he feels strongerQuote:
Originally Posted by Lukie
Flyes have got to be the silliest free weight lift people do. Skullcrushers #2. Don't get me wrong, though, they have some uses. The main thing I would do them for is if I *feel* an imbalance in muscle recruitment. What I mean by this is that my own personal example is that it seemed my hamstrings werent doing what they were supposed to during a movement like deadlifts, so I focused on stiff-legged and getting a hamstring stretch. Then my normal deadlift seemed to use hamstrings better. They also seemed to be activated more when doing simple things like walking up stairs or mowing the lawn. I also did a similar sort of thing with pecs by doing slow, stretching flyes with isometrics
It could just be voodoo, but I don't think it is. I think that stretching a muscle during a lift can help solve any imbalance it may have. Other than that, it's fine to occasionally do high TUT flyes with an isometric stretch at bottom IMO
this man is my new hero
http://www.pictureshack.us/images/36167_fatty.gif
I have had similar experiences with RDL and deadlifts. That is the former definitely helped the latter. I think it is a combination of strengthening the musculature involved and doing it in a similar way (stretch reflex), and also just getting more practice in those positions and extending the shoulders. I used to have a problem with deadlifts swinging away from my body when the bar got above the knees.
damn gif is advancing like 1 frame every 10 seconds
By the way, I was thinking about some of my earlier comments about how Lyle runs his forum so tight that the quality of discussion and many of the good posters left. Maybe that's fair maybe it's not. I kind of had a lightbulb moment though that it is probably a very good thing for his business model.
Forums don't usually make sites much money. You and I having a discussion for example doesn't really make FTR money. You really need to get new people on the site looking around and clicking on things etc. FTR makes money signing people up to poker sites. Lyle makes money moving books.
A bunch of experts on the forums beating up on newbies doesn't do anything to move books. High level discussion between advanced members doesn't move books. Beating up on newbies probably prevents books from being moved. So probably the best thing to do is write a ton of articles, use some SEO, and just have a bunch of simpletons redirect the traffic to the main site (read the articles, search the site, etc) where all the book plugs are.
Maybe not such a crazy guy after all.
I've probably only been to the nice forum once. It's probably good for his business model, but I think most the regs still post on the mean forum (monkeyisland). Well, not most because most have left, but the ones that stick around. Even the hardasses leave that site because Lyle is belligerent. It's a clique where if he thinks something, the people on his good side attack, and if you disagree with him, you get on his bad side.
I was one of the main content providers on that site years ago, but left because they're all kinda just pricks
To add some perspective. Back in like 04-05, the site had an awesome troll, went by the name HunkyNYCityGuy, and he was the biggest doof who trolled in the silliest ways, but the main reason he was funny was because Lyle haaaaated him. And all Lyle's buddies hated him just because he poked fun at them. They had no sense of humor whatsoever when they were the butt of the joke, and they were the butt of the joke because they were so uptight.
I think I left around 07-08, and have heard since then that two of his clique leaders left. One was Lyle's gf and the other he bombarded with insults on facebook. He's kinda just insufferable. It's very strange because I've a friend who traveled to Austin and met up with Lyle, and he says he's super awesome in person, but on the website, that friend would just get ridiculed by Lyle and his cronies most of the time.
That is interesting perspective. I have only limited experience on the new forum (and honestly not for years) and even less on the old one, but what you write matches up with what I saw as well. He is kind of an insufferable prick online, but I guess 10? years of people doing the same stupid shit and asking the same stupid questions probably does that to a guy
This green topic in the commune is really pissing me off. I am making a decision here and considering it some sort of announcement, and therefore will not read it.
I read it. You're making a good choice.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lukie
:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Lukie
I'm the friend. Yeah, Lyle's a good guy in person and I think a lot of things get butchered online - that's just the way of things, though. The emergence of the internet was bound to lead to situations like this, where you have individuals who you would more than likely enjoy the company of on some level in person; but go and remove the face-to-face interaction and all that goes with it and you have a Lyle McDonald.Quote:
Originally Posted by wufwugy
The forums were a great place for information, and his advice is pretty spot-on when it comes to dietetics, nutrition, and training. He even has some words of wisdom as an individual when he's not being callous for the sake of it. Every person is more than the one dimensional object we make them out to be, knowing them through the internet - just have to remember that.
Just because some people tell your story in a negative light, doesn't mean that is the only or the best light to use.Quote:
Originally Posted by tentuhknaut
That's a good point about the online-real life dynamic. I have found that there is little correlation between how people act on forums and how they are in real life. I never thought he was a bad guy online in any case, but he rubs people the wrong way and he knows that. Anyway the only reason I brought up that site specifically is because wuf and I and others have talked about it in the past. There is a lot of good info there.Quote:
Originally Posted by tentuhknaut
Just out of curiosity, how did find this thread? I'm guessing wufwugy told you but I'm just wondering if you were a regular reader or pulled it up on google or something.
Wuf and I talk on a regular basis outside of forum-land. He has wanted me to join FTR for awhile, but I'm always busy doing a bunch of random things. I keep myself occupied - specifically with nerf wars. Just ask wugy 'bout that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lukie
I think I like it here though. He always said the regulars were more chill than Lyle's forum.
I'm looking forward to watching this:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01s1mfw
if they broadcast it!
I'm off to France/Germany on Thursday for 5 weeks, wheeeee
Will be getting a multi-use train pass. Approximately 6 or 8 days of travelling by train. The only three places I will surely spend some time in are Paris, Rennes (friend lives there) and Berlin. The rest is up in the air/open.
Any suggestions for "must-see" stuff in either country?
The Eiffel Tower would probably be worth checking out. I hear they have it decorated in white flags this time of year.
My Mrs has been using the excercise bike at home every day for the last 10 days or so. She just asked me if I can see any difference yet. I just looked at her with a blank face, trying to think what the right answer is. I took too long, just kinda mumbled something about how yeah, the first week or so being difficult to tell. I htink I gave the wrong answer.
yup
next time: "i was gonna say something before you mentioned it...."
next time make a comment about her birthing hips, and ask why her arms don't have any definition.
ahhhhh womenquestions
There's a car outside my wee block of flats with the lights left on, but I can't figure out where to knock. Not disturbing innocents comes before trying a bunch of doors to help whoever messed up, I guess? It's just before 10pm
Not much chance of that hint being picked up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lukie
I disagree... ask me how I know.Quote:
Originally Posted by jyms
I think I'm just going to start being absolutely blunt when asked questions like this. Like, not try to lay it on soft. When you try to go easy on them, they know it, and they start to guess at what you really think. "Omg, he thinks I'm fat... he thinks I'm a blubbery fucking whale!! *tears*sobbing*"
Just gotta insta-answer, "No." Then go back to doing whatever it is that you were doing.
this seems like an e-zzzzz one!Quote:
Originally Posted by rong
Trying to Don Draper it will make them ask as many questionsQuote:
Originally Posted by boost
f'n modern wymmenz with all their questions amirite? Them pre-WW2 girls knew when to open their mouths mmmhmmmm.Quote:
Originally Posted by wufwugy
PETE!
DJ "Jungleman" Cates:
He loves ice cream and he'll fucking kill you.
I want to finish my mermaid painting, but I can't figure out where to start. Or what to really do to her. I NEED MY SPARK OF CREATIVITY DAMN-IT. I don't wanna' force it, cause it won't be as good as it could be.
:| god. life is so hard. [notrly,i'mjustwhining]
also - go watch this.
It blows my mind that Pyrros Dimas could clean and jerk nearly 500 pounds. My genetic max is probably around 275. Shit is bananas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMBCLsrktwI
just your typical 77kg/170lb asian dude front squatting 230kg/507lb for an easy double a couple days before competition
Looks about right
Maybe I'm selling myself short. I never really worked much on cleans, but am currently at 175 power clean from high hang. If I don't hang from above knee and instead do a full ROM, I get back problems. I also don't have much dip on the catch, no lower than 60 degrees, and I can do more weight, so maybe adding the full clean and full ROM significantly increases amount of weight that can be lifted, but I just can't imagine cleaning 300. If I refreshed on squatting, I could probably front squat that after about 3 months though
The most I ever power cleaned when I was in top form was some kind of sloppy 245 or something, but I also never practiced the move
If I ever leave my Mrs (lol, like it would be me leaving her) I'm settling down with a nurse or doctor. Just had to call paramedics out over my daughter due to what at the time seemed like an inability to breathe properly. Turns out she's caught a bug, has a high temperature and has some throat thing or other, so nothing serious, should clear up itself in a few days or so although calling an ambulance was justifiable. But it just occurred to me how helpless we were and how useful some medical training would be.
I've heard from people in the opposite situation that it's more a curse (like you constantly suspect the worst disease imaginable every time she gurgles a bit when exhaling or whatever), but I could believe that's just the one couple I heard it from, they seemed kinda weird anyway.
Seems like you should compromise on a live-in mistress who's a nurse. Or at least dresses like one.
I've been trying to convince her to get an eastern European nanny for a while, there's websites with photos to help you choose.
Tell your Mrs to stop being lazy and get trained as a nurse
it's 10 days into my course, do the kids look healthier to you yet?
hahahahaQuote:
Originally Posted by kiwiMark
I don't suppose anyone has a link to a stretching program for beginners.
What for, what are you trying to do?
This one has 5 basics you may want to get started with: Stretching ExercisesQuote:
Originally Posted by ImSavy
The idea is to start playing football (english) in the summer. I've not really done anything that active for a while and in that time I have grown quite a lot so some of my muscles are pretty tight.Quote:
Originally Posted by jyms
When I played last summer I'd constantly pull my hamstring, but I'm pretty tight all over really, so would just like to stretch most of the main parts of my body really. Nothing to specific.
I went for my first jog in absolutely ages today, only did 3/4 a mile but I'm starting slow as usually I start too fast and end up getting minor injuries. So something I could do after jogging, so I'm warmed up would be ideal.
If only your penis was a muscle and things like that worked, I'd be doing them 3 times a day.Quote:
Originally Posted by Galapogos
That may be bullshit, but you can in fact use something similar to the dangle method to regrow your circumcised foreskin. I think there was a VICE episode about this. FSFTW?
I think that is pretty good, and there is a lot of utility in doing the power versions of the O-lifts and/or doing them from the hang. It is something I have wanted to add back into my routine just due to the unique stress and power production in the lifts. I had done them in the past but there's only so much you can do with equipment limitations. Specifically once I got to around the weight you are using, I found it difficult to manually lower the weight without coming too close to tearing up a shoulder or bouncing the weight off the femurs. As well I am mostly a bodybuilder at heart so they really aren't all that imperative to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by wufwugy
Definitely stretch after you run and not before. If your planing on running I would just google search stretches for the glutes, hams, calves and IT band. Even though you were pulling hamstrings, you could be lacking flexibility in other areas causing you to overuse or stretch the hams. Most runners I have dealt with have done much better injury wise when they try 3 things. 1) Learn to run properly, look into things like barefoot running or Chi running and find out about gate and heel striking. 2) Lose the expensive shoes. Start looking at shoes with less heel protection and all that eversion/inversion crap. Try vibrams or something designed for barefooters. 3) Foam rolling. It will be painful and worth it.Quote:
Originally Posted by ImSavy
Also, work on some strength training. Nothing makes runners more injury prone than just running. It's hard on the body and when your milage starts to climb it's going to start tapping the muscles.
Just to add to this, while you shouldn't stretch before you run, you should absolutely make sure to warm up to loosen your muscles. I usually walk for about 5 minutes, then jog very slowly and easily until I feel loose.Quote:
Originally Posted by jyms
I saw a documentary that included a section on this. Apparently there's a bunch of people angry at having it stolen from them as a child when they didn't have a voice themselves. White peoples problems?Quote:
Originally Posted by boost