DTF chat thread v. 2049

[ReaperKK]

CT was a fun visit, got some snow, had one of the best Italian subs of my life and won a bit of money at Mohegan.

Where?  There are some good delis in CT, but having lived in Philly, and having Sarcone's on the regular, I'm curious. 

This place called Irenes in Norwich near the hospital my gf was working at for the weekend. It didn't look like much and my expectations weren't great but I was incredibly wrong.

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g33872-d828713-Reviews-Irene_s_Family_Restaurant-Norwich_Mystic_Country_Connecticut.html

[cramx3]

Snowy morning here heading into NYC on the train. Making my rare appearance at the company headquarters as we have our holiday party tonight. These are usually pretty crazy but this year may top it all since they are celebrating 10 years so they flew remote offices in (my Amsterdam and Los Angeles coworkers are here who I never actually see). Plus we are allowed to bring a +1 so my gf is meeting up later at our hotel, yes they are letting me expense a hotel room for the night, and the party is at some crazy hotel that's used for an interactive off Broadway theater. Should be a fun day, then used my last vacation day tomorrow before I only have to work 4 days next week then 11 days off for winter break. My job routinely kicks my ass but this is when it pays off.

[JayOctavarium]

Dude


We're getting snow here too!


oh... nevermind... that's just ash.

[Chino]

Took me 2 hours and 20 minutes to drive the 31 miles to work this morning.

[ReaperKK]

Evening everyone

[BlobVanDam]

Hey Reaper.

[King Postwhore]

Yo!

[TAC]

Ho!

[BlobVanDam]

Hey king!
I'm so tired. I've only had about 3 hours sleep because it was too hot. Yesterday was the hottest December day ever on record here, and the night was equally brutal. Today is much nicer.

[ReaperKK]

I was curious why you were up so early

[King Postwhore]

Hey king!
I'm so tired. I've only had about 3 hours sleep because it was too hot. Yesterday was the hottest December day ever on record here, and the night was equally brutal. Today is much nicer.

Man, you've got to splurge and buy an AD. $100. That's all.

[BlobVanDam]

Hey king!
I'm so tired. I've only had about 3 hours sleep because it was too hot. Yesterday was the hottest December day ever on record here, and the night was equally brutal. Today is much nicer.

Man, you've got to splurge and buy an AD. $100. That's all.

$100? Not in this country!
Oh hey, I should be uploading my finished video in a few hours.

[King Postwhore]

Sweet!  Can;t wait to see it!


Seriously, no cheap AC's?  Man that's nuts!

[BlobVanDam]

There are cheaper ones, but not THAT cheap. Everything's more expensive here.

I want to sit here and keep tweaking this video, but I gave myself a deadline and I intend to stick to it.

[bl5150]

Sleeping at night is cheap 

[BlobVanDam]

Sleeping at night is cheap 

After a 43C day, the second floor of our house is legitimately unlivable at any decent sleeping hour. Our house takes a long time to acclimatize to the outside temperature. It wasn't until the middle of the day I could even bear to go up to my bedroom.

[King Postwhore]

I couldn't stand that.

[BlobVanDam]

It sucks. Downstairs is usually mostly bearable even on a fairly hot day, but you feel the difference as you walk up the stairs, and it gets even hotter as you walk down the hallway and then into my room. Then once it cools down at night, it doesn't get much cooler inside.

[bl5150]

Sleeping at night is cheap 

After a 43C day, the second floor of our house is legitimately unlivable at any decent sleeping hour. Our house takes a long time to acclimatize to the outside temperature. It wasn't until the middle of the day I could even bear to go up to my bedroom.

I was being a bit facetious , knowing the hours you keep.   I have done the same myself

I do remember what it's like working all day in an upstairs office with temps of 40+ and no cooling - just me and my PC.   Then trying in vain to sleep in an upstairs bedroom.   I just used to camp downstairs with all doors/windows open (just wire security doors locked) but when the overnight low is around 30 that's of limited use I suppose.

The weather is nuts lately.   Biggest November (spring) heatwave in Melbourne ever - 7 days without a day below 35 ,  then the coolest first 10 days of summer for 50 years and then straight up to 40 the other day.   We haven't reached 43 yet but I'm sure it's not far off

[BlobVanDam]

Sleeping at night is cheap 

After a 43C day, the second floor of our house is legitimately unlivable at any decent sleeping hour. Our house takes a long time to acclimatize to the outside temperature. It wasn't until the middle of the day I could even bear to go up to my bedroom.

I was being a bit facetious , knowing the hours you keep.   I have done the same myself

I do remember what it's like working all day in an upstairs office with temps of 40+ and no cooling - just me and my PC.   Then trying in vain to sleep in an upstairs bedroom.   I just used to camp downstairs with all doors/windows open (just wire security doors locked) but when the overnight low is around 30 that's of limited use I suppose.

The weather is nuts lately.   Biggest November (spring) heatwave in Melbourne ever - 7 days without a day below 35 ,  then the coolest first 10 days of summer for 50 years and then straight up to 40 the other day.   We haven't reached 43 yet but I'm sure it's not far off

Crazy, that's the opposite of what we've got. We got really mild temperatures right up until Summer officially hit in December (I think the coolest November in a long time), then suddenly the Summer temps hit and we get the hottest December day ever on record. Got a couple more 40+ days in the next week too. Once it's above 40, what's a couple of degrees? It's all shit.

[King Postwhore]

Want to trade Blob?  It was -15.56 Celsius when I got in my car this morning.

[BlobVanDam]

.........Yeah, I think I'm good.

To be fair, I've never been in -15C temperatures in my entire life, so maybe it's great!

[King Postwhore]

 

It sucks starting up the call let me tell you.  It takes a while for the heat to work.

[BlobVanDam]

I wouldn't even be able to start myself up in that weather, never mind the fucking car.

[Chino]

Want to trade Blob?  It was -15.56 Celsius when I got in my car this morning.

Was that air temp or with wind chill?

[King Postwhore]

Nope.  Just the temp.

I wouldn't even be able to start myself up in that weather, never mind the fucking car.

Blob wouldn't turn over.

[Stadler]

Throwing a bone to my man Jingle; I was in Toronto this week, and while I couldn't meet up with him (we were in a mediation, so it was not my schedule; I had to be in the main room when everyone else was, be it 9:30 in the morning, or, like the last night, 9:30 at night), Toronto is now my favorite city.   

On the train from the airport... the ticket lady?  Very attractive.   At the hotel there were three young ladies at the desk.  Two out of three?  Hot.   Went out to dinner first night with our lawyer.   Ordered a glass of wine from the bar.  Bartender?  MODEL hot.   Server?  Very attractive.   After dinner; went for a drink.  Bartender?  Very attractive.   Next day; there were about 30 people in the mediation, three women.  Two?  Hot.   That night, our server was an old guy, but we went for a drink after, and the bartender?  Hot.   The woman serving the tables?  Hot.   Next night, I get out of my mediation around 11:00 pm (we won!) and literally sitting in the atrium of the office building is a woman.  MODEL hot.  Just sitting there, surfing on her phone.  I'm walking to Union Station underground (Love that idea, Toronto!  Walked three blocks and never put my coat on!) and stopped into a bar called the Dukes of Dixon.   Bartender?  MODEL hot, and dressed like an elf.   Bartender just coming off shift?  Very attractive, but older; in her day, no doubt, MODEL hot.    Server on the floor?  Very attractive. 

I think you see the pattern.    Ridiculous.   

[BlobVanDam]

King, it's done!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG6lVNJSe04

[Adami]

Currently rejected from 13 of the 16 sites I applied to. Still waiting to hear from 2 in the next few weeks.

[JayOctavarium]

[jingle.boy]

Throwing a bone to my man Jingle; I was in Toronto this week, and while I couldn't meet up with him (we were in a mediation, so it was not my schedule; I had to be in the main room when everyone else was, be it 9:30 in the morning, or, like the last night, 9:30 at night), Toronto is now my favorite city.   

On the train from the airport... the ticket lady?  Very attractive.   At the hotel there were three young ladies at the desk.  Two out of three?  Hot.   Went out to dinner first night with our lawyer.   Ordered a glass of wine from the bar.  Bartender?  MODEL hot.   Server?  Very attractive.   After dinner; went for a drink.  Bartender?  Very attractive.   Next day; there were about 30 people in the mediation, three women.  Two?  Hot.   That night, our server was an old guy, but we went for a drink after, and the bartender?  Hot.   The woman serving the tables?  Hot.   Next night, I get out of my mediation around 11:00 pm (we won!) and literally sitting in the atrium of the office building is a woman.  MODEL hot.  Just sitting there, surfing on her phone.  I'm walking to Union Station underground (Love that idea, Toronto!  Walked three blocks and never put my coat on!) and stopped into a bar called the Dukes of Dixon.   Bartender?  MODEL hot, and dressed like an elf.   Bartender just coming off shift?  Very attractive, but older; in her day, no doubt, MODEL hot.    Server on the floor?  Very attractive. 

I think you see the pattern.    Ridiculous.

Dude, we have our share of Rebel Wilson's around here too.

Next time you're here, come in a few hours early, will ya?  I live really close to the airport (15 mins away), so we could even connect in that area.  And yeah, the PATH underground system is pure joy for the downtown core - especially this time of year.  Largest underground mall in the world.

[King Postwhore]

King, it's done!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG6lVNJSe04

I will spread the word!

[TAC]

Throwing a bone to my man Jingle; I was in Toronto this week, and while I couldn't meet up with him (we were in a mediation, so it was not my schedule; I had to be in the main room when everyone else was, be it 9:30 in the morning, or, like the last night, 9:30 at night), Toronto is now my favorite city.   

On the train from the airport... the ticket lady?  Very attractive.   At the hotel there were three young ladies at the desk.  Two out of three?  Hot.   Went out to dinner first night with our lawyer.   Ordered a glass of wine from the bar.  Bartender?  MODEL hot.   Server?  Very attractive.   After dinner; went for a drink.  Bartender?  Very attractive.   Next day; there were about 30 people in the mediation, three women.  Two?  Hot.   That night, our server was an old guy, but we went for a drink after, and the bartender?  Hot.   The woman serving the tables?  Hot.   Next night, I get out of my mediation around 11:00 pm (we won!) and literally sitting in the atrium of the office building is a woman.  MODEL hot.  Just sitting there, surfing on her phone.  I'm walking to Union Station underground (Love that idea, Toronto!  Walked three blocks and never put my coat on!) and stopped into a bar called the Dukes of Dixon.   Bartender?  MODEL hot, and dressed like an elf.   Bartender just coming off shift?  Very attractive, but older; in her day, no doubt, MODEL hot.    Server on the floor?  Very attractive. 

I think you see the pattern.    Ridiculous.

Yes. Apparently someone needs to get laid.

[wolfking]

I have never step foot in one of these chat thread before, so hello.

[ReaperKK]

What's happening wolf?