Hot Fun in the Summertime: Lounge LC Thread

No doubt.

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aaah, the irish invented then the brits attempt to crown in their own game of draughts. of course.

The White Sox are back! They already won a game this month after tying a AL record of 21 L's in a row. I was hoping for a record book season but not this way 😀

But they won a game in August. In July they had 3 W's but not sure will will surpass those lofty levels in August.

If they do lose 121, they will be remembered for a long, long time.

Must be really hard to go out there every day and try to win a game.

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I believe in coincidence but not in anything ghostly or supernatural.

Coincidence:

My friend asked me if I have heard from Gail? I tell him not in a few months.

Gail calls that afternoon.

Playing golf this week at a private course in a condo association my friend. The place has no food or liquor license. I tell her about my cousin's place in California that has a restaurant and a couple bars in the place and a couple bars that serve food. (She has met my cousin.)

Bob, my cousin, calls the next day (he calls me about every three years).

There was one more near the beginning of the summer when another friend from work calls who I have seen or heard from in a few. We had talked about her the day before Again, we had just mentioned her the day before.

What makes this even stranger is that these people called. Who calls these days,?

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Rodney Dangerfield played golf as it was meant to be played. None better.

Achievement is a two edged sword, especially in the world of sports. I still remember that famous video of the skier crashing on the ski jump. Long ago now but it is still etched in my memory.

The agony of defeat!

Vinko Bogataj
from Slovenia competing for Yugoslavia

Paavo Nurmi won nine gold medals and three silver medals over three Olympics. He was nicknamed the "Flying Finn." He ran almost every distance race, from 800 to 10,000 meters. In an hour apart he won gold in the 3000 and 10,000.

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How difficult is it to do a baton changeover in a relay?

Almost as difficult as making the perfect martini!

Took a pasadena on my Friday afternoon beer(s) today for the first time in a while. After gorging myself in Milwaukee at the end of July I decided to dedicate August to going pure keto diet for a month to see how I handle it and if it is effective. So far it has been pretty easy and satisfying.

Luckily gin n' tonic has no carbs 😀 At least if you use sugar free tonic which I do. Just BBQ'ed a delicious T-Bone (with no sides) it was very good. Meat, cheese and eggs are great but I'd love a pretzel or potato chip right now!

Do they still have walking? I remember that old Cary Grant /Jim Hutton movie Walk Don't Run about the 1960 Olymics in Rome where Hutton is a competitive walker. When I was a little kid I thought that was stupid because anyone can walk although now I realize competive walking is grueling. It's still stupid though 😀

my roommate's dad competed in the olympics as an east german speed walker

he came to visit, he joined a bunch of us going out to an all you eat and drink venue and a few of us kept asking questions about it and so obviously we all decided to race

we had a big wide open sidewalk because the restaurant was at a commercial center so we stepped outside and he gave us a refresher on the rules

one foot on the ground at all times and since we have no refs it's going to be the honor system

him well into his 60s, us in our late twenties and early thirties

he absolutely smoked all of us, could believe it because we just assumed the age gap alone would be enough but it's all about technique and he still had that muscle memory down big from having it burned into his system from all that time training

was pretty amazing to witness a very old former mid level olympian just smoke a bunch of people in great physical shape

i forget which comic said it, but the joke was that in all olympic events there should be a randomly selected person from the crowd competing as well just so we have proper scale to appreciate just how insanely good these athletes are - would genuinely love to see that

Watching Olympics today. It's been fun so far. No judging, just win the race, jump the highest, or win the game.

What I like about the Olympics: the way the third place finishers celebrate (almost all do except perhaps for heavy favorites).

Two track wins by .001. Unbelievable.

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Yeah, no judging, just win the race.

Right up there with Eddie the Eagle.

Heading to Ireland tomorrow.

Any advice? Charlie? Zeno?

charlie will tell you something incredibly insightful but none of us are at a high enough level to understand so it'll be lost on us mortals

zeno will tell you with full clarity that the irish are a bunch of lazy drunkards best ignored and you should stay home and masturbate to college girl themed porn

I am expecting nothing less from Zeno.

My brother sent me my great-grandfather's birth certificate, so I'm going to check out the church where he was baptized.

I have a pretty good idea what we're doing. I was looking for Zeno and Charlie's sarcasm.

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I was struck by how green and lush it is, flying over it. The Emerald Isle.

Advice? Be sure to try splitting the G.

Be sure to piss in the street like all the Irish do on a regular basis. Don’t Throw up in the pub - again; wait until you are outside to add your flavor to the street scene.

Old world churches are almost always worth a visit, just do not be taken in by the usual garbage of worshipping the foot bones of Saint Peter.