"The Pen:" Live NLHE Chat Thread
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* waves at bip!*
Was a gong show as expected, but I semi-enjoyed the experience. Was able to march in the throng of people up to the stadium beforehand which was a cool atmosphere. Finding a place to sit down / eat / enjoy the game was quite difficult due to massive crowds but we lucked out and got seated at a Japanese BBQ where we cooked our own food on a grill in front of us. Only downside is that their TV was a full 30 seconds behind the TVs at the pub next door, so that prevented any real game drama. We beat the heat and the crowds by leaving semi early, was actually walking by the stadium as the crowd roared for our only goal.
One of those glad-I-did-it experiences, but definitely wouldn't do it again and will be watching the knock out stage from the comfort of my swim spa at home.
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Anyone else in a World Cup host city? Actually gonna take the day off tomorrow and venture into the city to take in the vibe for the big game. Will likely be an overcrowded gong show, but also feel it's kinda a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity I shouldn't pass up.
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Reposting from lost post.
My son and I went to the match last Friday in Boston between Scotland and Morrocco. While the match wasn't exciting since it was 1-0 and Morrocco scored in the first 2 minutes, the atmosphere was a lot of fun. My son lives in Boston and had been drinking with the Scots and learned all their chants and songs. The section we were sitting in had a piper playing. Definitely a once in a life time experience (at least if you are my age.)
YMMV
What the ****s a bip?
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* waves at bip!*Was a gong show as expected, but I semi-enjoyed the experience. Was able to march in the throng of people up to the stadium beforehand which was a cool atmosphere. Finding a place to sit down / eat / enjoy the game was quite difficult due to massive crowds but we lucked out and got seated at a Japanese BBQ where we cooked our own food on a grill in front of us
lol at the delay - hearing the sighs and cheers too soon. Still sounds like a good time.
I am flying to LA today (currently in Vegas airport for connection). Going to watch USA USA USA.
… then I am couch at home for all the knockout rounds too
My brother hit the fifa portal hard (and why we have all these tickets). He is debating what to do with a pair of finals tickets he has. Hold or sell.
I like USA chance to get to quarter final and then just hope for some good bounces and a shot at the semis or finals. Brother will be kicking himself if he sells early and then USA miracles the finals.
Urban Dictionary says:
An acronym for "Bust in Pants" is the act of ejaculating in your pants during a lap dance.
Recently had my vehicle in to get it's brakes done (they were acting fine but scheduled to get replaced). Took the shop *six* attempts to get them to the point where they no longer squealed (my guess being using inferior parts). Thankfully all of the non-initial visits were on their dime, but it was a life scheduling headache (my wife and I joking that every Wednesday evening
We had a squeaky brakes lemon law case in our juridiction. Court + jury ruled that qualified as a lemon. I bought the entire record on CD Rom. But of course it came mixed up in another case and the files were all named WG$%^ty112
Caught a bit of the US / Turkey game last night, looked like a very entertaining one from what I saw.
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I implemented step one of my slowly-moving-towards-retirement plan on Jan 1, 2025 when I dropped down to 25 hour weeks (5 days of 5 hours).
Next week I implement step two of slowly getting rid of my job as I drop down to 20 hours per week (4 days of 5 hours). So today is my last working Friday of my life. Feels good, feels odd.
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Congrats on your last Friday working. It will feel weird for a week or two, then you'll be thinking, "How on earth did I get anything done when I was working Fridays."
I moved house for the third time in 16
months yesterday. Fortunately/hopefully this will be the last time for a while as I’ve bought a new place.
Renting absolutely sucks but moving really is the wurst. So expensive and time consuming.
Feels good waking up this morning in the new place. Still a lot to do to finish moving in and then need to get through the last of the painting and buy a few more things to get it set up like I want it but feels really good
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Yeah, moving is the worst. Even with the military paying for movers, it's just awful.
Congrats on re-entering the landed aristocracy, though.
I implemented step one of my slowly-moving-towards-retirement plan on Jan 1, 2025 when I dropped down to 25 hour weeks (5 days of 5 hours).
Next week I implement step two of slowly getting rid of my job as I drop down to 20 hours per week (4 days of 5 hours). So today is my last working Friday of my life. Feels good, feels odd.
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Congrats I can’t wait until I’m in the same boat. Just gotta grind for another decade I guess
Congratulations on your almost-retirement, gg. What Venice wrote.
Glad to hear you're in the new place, feelWrath. You're right, moving sucks. My next one will be feet-first.
grats gg - not working is the best
moving confirmed the wurst
There is a massive fire in beaver utah about 200 miles to the south of us. The fire danger is double plus ungood right now and the fire its going ballistic. Here in PC the sky was completely smoked out and the sun was a crazy magenta color; to complete the end of days scenario it was raining ashes.
Ugh. Stay safe, skwid. Had same scenario in Colorado Springs during the Waldo Canyon fire and it lasted like a week as glow, smoke and ash, but no fire nearby. Then the winds picked up, and it jumped two ridgelines and started coming down into town. We had two hours to evacuate. Fortunately, we were already home at the time and didn't have to fight the traffic to get back to the house to get our cats, etc.
Long story short, move your most precious stuff somewhere fire safe if you can, and keep a go-bag packed.
We removed all the juniper and other low pine.... huge explosive risk. Cut all the tall pine tree limbs lower than 20 feet. Best we can do to mitigate when (not if) the fires come this summer. We do have a golf fairway directly behind us so (in our minds) that should help.
*hills west of Denver.
Sr Walking was convinced the winning play is to charge into the fire and get out the other side before death from 'smoke inhalation.'
