RANT: R.I.P. Tyrbolift

[darinaldi]

(one of those services where you can get discounted items as long as you agree to right a review on it).

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[chazzy1864]

Have you hit that point yet where an Amazon box, or maybe two, arrive, and you can't remember what you ordered until you open the box?

lol yep, thanks to Snagshout. Not as often with regular orders.

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It is actually pretty sweet. That one has tons of items available for sale and you just pick what you want (you see what the discount is) and say whether you want it or not.

Another that my buddy uses will send you emails and you can say whether you do or don't want it (within a certain amount of time). I haven't done that one.

[Orlando1234977]

Looks like UK is leaving the EU!

Uh oh somebody brought up politics sound the lunk alarm.

I am not into photography nor tennis, but I personally never had an issue with you guys discussing it in here. TBH, I enjoyed it, even though the subjects might bore me. It exposed me to stuff I otherwise would not have seen.

Not pointing blame at anyone in particular, but I think that might have been our downfall. It used to be a free fall with posting and then perhaps we all started to worry if what we were posting would be wanted or viewed negatively, etc.

You know chazzy you're exactly right. It's like I told my group yesterday at the 19th hole after all them Foster's big boy cans and the clients left. 'My mind is like a parachute, the dang thing isn't gonna to work unless it's open. And I need to be open to different ideas, different techniques, and whether those ideas came from somebody that's been in the business for 30-40 years, or, it can comes from somebody that's been in the business 3-4 weeks, it just doesn't matter, if it's a good idea and it looks like it's gonna work, I'M GONNA LISTEN TO IT!'

[darinaldi]

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[chazzy1864]

Ha, didn't even notice. Man... you can tell we don't post enough in here. Even when I initially read your "right" I thought it was a sarcastic agreement, such as:

[theshoupguy]

For those with discerning tastes while they soak their toes in a nice cool pool.


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Someone put that Rant history nonsense into this post.

Can't go wrong with this after a hard workout in the home gym:

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They're bringing this back for 20 weeks starting in August.

How about a nice warm glass of NEGS, you fcksticks.








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[theshoupguy]

But for cereal, this stuff was my jam back in the day.

[theshoupguy]

Steam summer sale is live:



In b4 Shoup struggles to find games he doesn't own on sale and Kvk scolds us for buying cheap games that we won't play instead of just buying one MMO that we can play for 1172 hours over the next 2 months.

lololol

I just saw today that Steam is up to over 13,000 titles. There's no way I'll ever catch up.

Also, got an HTC Vive. It is amazin'. Suck it, ********ulus Rift.

Fixed that.

Given the last thread was a steaming pile of excrement (not your fault Shoup) and many regulars have stopped posting here altogether...

Discuss the NBA draft. Discuss college sports. Discuss football when the season starts.

However keep fantasy talk out of this thread.

There is a dedicated subforum for this. Start a thread there and discuss it.

Thanks.

See the last thread.

It doesn't belong here, period.

If it continues I'll start deleting those posts. Take it to the fantasy sports subforum. Create a thread. Discuss it all you like.

As I said, I have no issue with discussing sport. It's the fantasy side of it which is a borefest for anyone not signed up to your league.

For example, no one cared for tennis discussion so I took it to a Misc. thread that was created for it. Ditto for photography. If someone started using this thread as a lifting journal you'd tell them to start a journal in the workouts section. Fantasy talk is no different.

If you can convince Vox and Frep to allow it then I'll STFU and ignore it. Until then it belongs in another forum.

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I love you guys.

[theshoupguy]

Actually, it's not the FF football discussion by itself that made the thread boring. It was that the ONLY thing discussed at times was FF. That's not so much the FF folks' fault, it was just that there was nobody discussing anything else. Yeah, at times the FF stuff was over the top and I do think it sometimes drown out what little other conversation was going on.

The primary issue is that most of the old time Ranters have gone, and they've not been replaced by anyone with anything to say. No snarky D1 posts, rarely any Shoup food-porn, no Turco misdirected text messages, and Kvk gave up on coffee shop girls in favor of congressional meeting minutes.

It is what it is.

No time like the present, friend.

[chazzy1864]

But for cereal, this stuff was my jam back in the day.

I have never even heard of this. I remember when Mtn Dew first brought out new flavors. I tried them and they didn't do anything for me. Since then, I'v stuck with the tried & true.

lololol

I just saw today that Steam is up to over 13,000 titles. There's no way I'll ever catch up.

You're sitting at about 15%, which ain't nothing to snub your nose at. I slowed down heavily once I went over the 1k mark. Started becoming a little more discerning and not just buying games because I did not own them.

Also, got an HTC Vive. It is amazin'. Suck it, ********ulus Rift.

Wooo was wondering how it was. That being said, I doubt I'm going to drop $800 on it. Daddy is a broke youngish man at this point. Supporting my gf and the house while she is finishing her 2nd degree. 8 more months until she is starting her career.



+ Hnnngggg at the food porn.

[Lencho]

I have never even heard of this. I remember when Mtn Dew first brought out new flavors. I tried them and they didn't do anything for me. Since then, I'v stuck with the tried & true.


You're sitting at about 15%, which ain't nothing to snub your nose at. I slowed down heavily once I went over the 1k mark. Started becoming a little more discerning and not just buying games because I did not own them.

Wooo was wondering how it was. That being said, I doubt I'm going to drop $800 on it. Daddy is a broke youngish man at this point. Supporting my gf and the house while she is finishing her 2nd degree. 8 more months until she is starting her career.



+ Hnnngggg at the food porn.

Second degree black belt? If she's not working and hitting the dojo every day, it shouldn't take eight months!

I think you might be getting played, sugar daddy.


Also... 8

[theshoupguy]

I have never even heard of this. I remember when Mtn Dew first brought out new flavors. I tried them and they didn't do anything for me. Since then, I'v stuck with the tried & true.

Think they did a run of Pitch Black and then Pitch Black II for a while, but this was back in late 90s or early 2000s. I'm a sucker for a good grape soda though, and this stuff was like grape soda amped up a notch or two.

Only reason I even remembered its existence was because of their latest promo: http://www.mountaindew.com/dewcision2016/



#teampitchblack #bajablastistacobellcrap #smb

You're sitting at about 15%, which ain't nothing to snub your nose at. I slowed down heavily once I went over the 1k mark. Started becoming a little more discerning and not just buying games because I did not own them.

I was feeling that way at around the 2k mark, but then it seemed like even more great stuff was coming out. However! I'm getting a bit better at working through the backlog and at least testing out the new stuff before going on crazy sprees.

Wooo was wondering how it was. That being said, I doubt I'm going to drop $800 on it. Daddy is a broke youngish man at this point. Supporting my gf and the house while she is finishing her 2nd degree. 8 more months until she is starting her career.

I had initially ordered the Rift, but Oculus has been doing a lot of shifty business since being bought out by Schmuckerberg and crew. Not to mention their shipping estimates got some pretty extreme delays, and they didn't even offer any touch controls with the initial release.
Ended up dropping that and putting the money toward the Vive, shipped in less than a week. Setup was surprisingly easy. Room scale gaming takes things to a completely different level, and there are a bunch of really interesting tech demoes and games out to utilize it already -- can't wait to see what the future brings though. Not to mention, the Vive integrates with the Steam interface amazingly well, and the touch controls are so much better than what happened with the Steam controller.

Anyway. Zero regrets. Really awesome, highly recommended. If you're ever in Georgia, hit me up and we'll do some grillin and liftin and beer drinkin and virtual-reality gamin'.

[theshoupguy]

Also chuzzle, "supporting the girlfriend and the house while she gets her second degree" sounds pretty serious.

You into this gal or what?

[chazzy1864]

well the house is my house. But she has been living with me for awhile at the moment. She is a full time student and was working part time. She just finished up all of the classroom portion of the degree and now is starting the last part which is 8 months of internships (essentially OJT for the various types of work in the field). 2 months per position. She had to quit her part time job (nothing really lost there) due to the full time nature of the itnernships, but her parents are helping to provide her money to cover what little she will no longer be making there. So she can still contribute what bit she can.

Once she finishes that, she is graduated and can start actual work.


Overall, it wouldn't be horrible for me, financially wise, but I'm still working on digging myself out of all the debt that f*cking Germany contract ended up burying me in. That is now listed as the bane of my existence. Those 3 years, hosed me. But I'm on the path out and just a matter of being smart with my spending and my nose to the grind stone for now.


Lenco, I don't make enough to be a sugar daddy. I've told her she needs to go find her a real sugar daddy, so we can make some changes to the house we've been talking about.

[chazzy1864]

Here is the home gym, be tea dubs. It is only like 500lbs of plates, two 7' bars. The rack has an upper & lower pulley attachment. So bought lots of handles, to include v-grip / narrow neutral grip, rope handle, two d handles, lat pulldown, moderate width flat bar. Have two landmine attachments and also a row attachment for the landmine. Adjustable bench that goes from 60 degree incline to -10 degree decline (I tend to stack it on plates to get more of a decline). Dip bars that you can put into the rack and move around. Pull up bar on the rack as well. Some cheap adjustable DB handles & ez curl bar, as well as a pair of fat grips (well.. yes4all brand) and some ab rollers.

Overall, has pretty much all I need to get some solid workouts in.

[theshoupguy]

Very nice, very nice. Welcome to the home-gym crew.

[PendlayRow8500]

Anyone else have a Neighborhood News store in their local mall ? I'm gonna hit it up today and post what I get there.

It's like a mini convenience store with weird snacks. Like peach crackers and passion fruit drinks and ****

[theshoupguy]

Anyone else have a Neighborhood News store in their local mall ?

Never heard of it.

I'm gonna hit it up today and post what I get there.

K

It's like a mini convenience store with weird snacks. Like peach crackers and passion fruit drinks and ****

So like a Whole Foods or Trader Joe's or something?

[PendlayRow8500]

Never heard of it.


K

So like a Whole Foods or Trader Joe's or something?

Kind of. The have weird and exotic foodstuffs but no health conscious stuff. No organiz stuff, non GMO stuff, just normal processed 7 eleven food but with more variety and weird flavors.

[chazzy1864]

Never heard of it.

^ That.

[Final_Rep]

From National Geographic:

01. Saguaro National Park, AZ USA
02. Redwood National Park, CA USA
03. Chiang Mai Province, Thailand
04. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
05. Torres del Paine, Chile
06. Tuscany, Italy
07. Olympic Peninsula National Park, WA USA
08. Yosemite National Park, CA USA
09. Mt McKinley, AK USA
10. Jetu Island (Cheju-do), South Korea
11. Taktshang Monastery, Bhutan
12. Bryce Canyon, UT USA
13. Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland
14. Alpine National Park, VI Australia
15. Glacier National Park, MT USA
16. Jasper National Park, AB Canada
17. Killarney, Co. Kerry Ireland
18. ANnapurna Sanctuarcy, Nepal
19. Jotunhelmen National Park, Norway
20. Munnar, India
21. Cradle Mountain National Park, TZ Australia
22. Autumn in New England, VT USA
23. Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park, New Zealand
24. The Highlands, Scotland
25. Bali Rain Forest, Indonesia
26. Great Barrier Reef, QD Australia
27. Guilin, China
28. Na Pali (Kauai) coast, HI USA
29. Crater Lake, OR USA
30. The Everglades, FL USA
31. Plitvice Lakes, Croatia
32. Cliffs of Moher, Co. Clare, Ireland
33. Zanzibar, Tanzania
34. Big Sur, CA USA
35. Amazon River, South America
36. Bays of Fires, TZ Australia
37. Loch Katrine, Scotland
38. Milford Sound, New Zealand
39. Great Blue Hole, Belieze
40. Okavango Delta, Botswana
41. Seychelles, Africa
42. Newfoundland, Canada
43. Iguacu National Park, Brazil
44. Lofoten Islands, Norway
45. Tahiti, French Polynesia
46. Kaikoura, New Zealand
47. The Lake District, England
48. Cathedral Cove, New Zealand
49. Okefenokee Swamp, GA USA
50. Cannon Beach, OR USA
51. Neuschwannstein Castle, Germany
52. Rome, Italy
53. Machu Picchu, Peru
54. Oxford, England
55. Sintra, Portugal
56. Savannah, GA USA
57. Bergen, Norway
58. Chichen Itza, Mexico
59. New York City, NY USA
60. Kyoto, Japan
61. Rostov Velikey, Russia
62. St. Petersburg, Russia
63. Great Wall of China, China
64. London, England
65. Santorini, Greece
66. Bagan, Myanmar
67. Seville, Spain
68. Istanbul, Turkey
69. Pyramids of Giza, Egypt
70. Amsterdam, Netherlands
71. Petra, Jordan
72. Washington, D.C. USA
73. Cape Town, South Africa
74. Mesa Verde, CO USA
75. Paris, France
76. Artic Circle, Sweden
77. Devils Marbles, Australia
78. Badlands National Park, SD USA
79. Ice Sheets, Antarctica
80. Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia
81. Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
82. Landmannalaugar, Iceland
83. Chocolate Hills, Phillipines
84. Sossuviei Dunes, Namibia
85. Racetrack Playa, CA USA
86. Emerald Lakes, Tongario National Park, New Zealand
87. Great Prismatic Spring, Yellowstone Park, WY USA
88. Grand Canyon, AZ USA
89. Haleakala Crater, HI USA
90. Mojave Desert, USA
91. Northwest Passage, Canada
92. The Pinnincles, Namburg National Park, Australia
93. Oregon Lava Fields, OR USA
94. Simien Mountain National Park, Ethiopia
95. Lake Baikal, Russia
96. Socotra, Yemen
97. Sahara Desert, Africa
98. Mineral Forest, Pamukkale, Turkey
99. K2 Mountain, Pakistan
100. The Praries, Midwest USA

[therorschach]

101. Ahahahah, *******

[theshoupguy]

Alright, so don't go to any of the top 20 recommended places because others will see this list and flock to them.

Noted.



Also, what sort of traveler is this list geared toward? Blanket-general recommendations are usually pretty rough to adhere to if people are looking to start planning vacations.

[Dominik]

From National Geographic:
06. Tuscany, Italy
13. Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland
14. Alpine National Park, VI Australia
21. Cradle Mountain National Park, TZ Australia
23. Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park, New Zealand
26. Great Barrier Reef, QD Australia
36. Bays of Fires, TZ Australia
38. Milford Sound, New Zealand
46. Kaikoura, New Zealand
52. Rome, Italy
60. Kyoto, Japan

Score: 11/100

[therorschach]

59. New York City, NY USA

Score: 1/100

[chazzy1864]

Wow...


Been to Amsterdam, Washington D.C., and St. Petersburg, FL. So.... 2.5 / 100.

[Orlando1234977]

Wow...


Been to Amsterdam, Washington D.C., and St. Petersburg, FL. So.... 2.5 / 100.

You been to #30.

My next international all expenses paid trip is to rek Punta Mita, Mexico!

National Geographic spelled Belize WRONG.

[darinaldi]

Beautiful day, now on my way to drink a metric ton of Trappist ale at a beer festival.

All of you can suck it.

[darinaldi]

Also, I've been to 15 on that list, but not quoting anything since I'm on my phone since I'm taking the bus since I'm going to be getting trashed.

Only been to one of the three things listed for Oregon which is pretty funny.

[Final_Rep]

Shoup I dunno how the list is made but yeah I think it's just generally the coolest places to visit that are beautiful in some way.

I've only been to 7/100. Sad.