Forum: Other Other Topics
10-18-2005, 12:02 AM
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Views: 74
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Forum: Other Other Topics
09-10-2005, 02:25 AM
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Replies: 52
Views: 176
Re: Reccomend me some wine.
Also, for about $20 a bottle, the Eroica (http://www.wine.com/wineshop/product_detail.asp?PProduct_ID=SWS114567_2004&Nu=p_family_name) Riesling from Chateau Ste. Michelle will knock your socks...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
09-10-2005, 02:22 AM
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Replies: 52
Views: 176
Re: Reccomend me some wine.
Kim Crawford (http://winelibrary.com/reviewwine.asp?item=24015) Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand is my favorite under-$15 white. It's a pretty serious wine, but it's unoaked and fruity, so it goes...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
09-10-2005, 02:13 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 68
Re: Favorite Cocktail Thread
I like bourbon staight or on the rocks, too, but a Manhattan's a nice pre-dinner drink, since the vermouth takes a little of the edge off. When you try one, don't make it too dry -- the vermouth's...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
09-10-2005, 02:10 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 68
Re: Favorite Cocktail Thread
Bourbon Manhattan, straight up. Maker's Mark is my staple.
If you want a good girly drink, try a real Mai Tai, made the old school Trader Vic's way, with lime juice and orgeat syrup -- none of...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
09-03-2005, 10:56 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 69
Re: Help me find a good cigar.....
Use a butane lighter or a match. A regular lighter fluid-powered lighter will make the cigar taste like lighter fluid. Wooden matches are better than paper because they burn longer; usually it...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
08-09-2005, 06:15 PM
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Replies: 57
Views: 179
Re: NYC burgers
Burger Joint is good -- it's a surreal experience going from the posh Parker Meridien lobby to this hole-in-the-wall place.
McHale's on 8th and 46th is excellent -- divey bar with back dining room...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
08-07-2005, 04:53 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 129
Re: Pet Names
Sparkie the Jack Russell Terrier:
http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/2227/sparkie9vu.jpg
Boomer the Corgi:
http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/3825/boomer0kq.jpg
And the two of them...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
07-18-2005, 12:02 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 120
Re: Fancy or unusual barbeque items
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Go back to Russia!
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Forum: Other Other Topics
07-17-2005, 11:08 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 120
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Forum: Other Other Topics
07-17-2005, 11:03 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 120
Fancy or unusual barbeque items
I'm hosting a barbeque next week, and am planning on putting out the usual spread of burgers, dogs, Italian sausage, etc.
But I'd also like to stretch my culinary skills and throw in some more...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
07-11-2005, 10:12 PM
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Replies: 204
Views: 573
Re: Most Famous Person you went to HS with
Jon Bon Jovi got kicked out of my high school about 15 years before I was there.
A year or two after I graduated, Jay Williams (Bulls guard who was injured in a motorcycle accident) started there....
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Forum: Other Other Topics
07-02-2005, 12:48 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 92
Re: My wedding cake didn\'t show up, can I sue?
I'm a lawyer, and the short answer is you could sue for the price of the cake, but probably couldn't recover anything more than that.
This is basically a breach of contract case (you agreed to...
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Forum: Internet Gambling
06-25-2005, 11:48 AM
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Replies: 55
Views: 381
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Forum: Other Other Topics
06-11-2005, 06:31 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 120
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Forum: Other Other Topics
06-11-2005, 12:07 AM
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Replies: 80
Views: 288
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Forum: Other Other Topics
06-09-2005, 11:47 PM
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Replies: 93
Views: 397
Re: Cruelest High School Nicknames
There was this pasty blond-haired kid with a real white-trash haircut -- buzz cut on top with a long, skinny rat tail in the back. We called him Sperm.
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Forum: Other Other Topics
06-05-2005, 12:59 AM
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Replies: 57
Views: 186
Re: Is this a set-up by a slut?
Find an old man from Okinawa who will teach you karate through a mysterious method that involves you painting his fence and waxing his antique cars.
You will then be able to beat her boyfriend in...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
06-04-2005, 11:26 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 54
Re: Please help me learn my lines
Don't memorize it verbatim if you're only giving the presentation once. You'll sound like a robot or a bad actor, and you won't be able adjust the presentation to respond to audience reaction. ...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
06-04-2005, 06:06 PM
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Replies: 49
Views: 148
Re: NYC steak comparison question
Sounds good... I'll have to try them. I'd love to have a Luger substitute without the drive into Brooklyn.
Mark Joseph's is downtown, right?
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Forum: Internet Gambling
06-04-2005, 04:51 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 44
Re: Paradise software- worst ever?
Does anyone else have like a 2 or 3 second lag at showdowns before it announces the winner? I feel like I'm getting slowrolled every time.
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Forum: Other Other Topics
06-04-2005, 04:42 PM
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Replies: 49
Views: 148
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Forum: Other Other Topics
06-04-2005, 04:41 PM
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Replies: 49
Views: 148
Re: NYC steak comparison question
Luger is tops. Haven't been to the other two, but I've been to a lot of NYC steakhouses (Palm, Sparks, Del Frisco's, Dylan Prime, Ben Benson's, etc.) and Luger beats them all.
If you go there,...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
05-30-2005, 12:02 PM
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Replies: 50
Views: 156
Re: DQ
I feel for you. Next time I'm at DQ, I'll get a Misty Float in your honor.
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Forum: Other Other Topics
05-30-2005, 11:55 AM
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Replies: 50
Views: 156
Re: DQ
The Misty Float is good stuff. But the Peanut Buster Parfait is the nuts.
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