Randomness Dos

[blackjack68]

Been married two years to my wife today. Been together 5 1/2 years or so all together(roughly). Surprised she hasn't gotten sick of me yet... haha.

We celebrated 18 years, yesterday.

Met in November 1993.

[redwill]

We were house-hunting about 15 years ago and the realtor took us to a house which was pretty nice, but the inside was trashy: Dirty laundry, ashtrays full of cigarette butts, dirty dishes in the sink ... a full finished basement, but no hope or desire to go down there for all the wall-to-wall crap. The place had an in-ground pool, so we looked out and noticed a guy sunbathing.

We had little interest because of the trashy appearance. As we got outside, another realtor was bringing another couple to look at it. They hadn't been in the house for thirty seconds when they all came RUNNING out. "What's wrong?" said our realtor.

"THERE"S A NAKED MAN IN THE BACK YARD!"

"He had shorts on when we saw him," said our realtor.

"WELL HE DOESN"T HAVE SHORTS ON NOW!!!"

Hahaha. Not as serious as PFIDC's visit, but it made me think of that and laugh.

[MalkinIsMyHomeboy]

I've had this song stuck in my head all day but haven't heard it in over a year

[Silentom]

I've had this song stuck in my head all day but haven't heard it in over a year

I always end up with this one in my head somehow-

[columbia]

The most interesting thing I've learned is that divorce is genetic. On that same line I was talking about it goes like this:

gg-grandfather - divorced in the 1910s. (Unheard of back then, he was a drunk)
grandfather - divorced
father - divorced
myself - happy and unafraid

My maternal grandfathers journey was the cliche hunky story. If you've read Out of this Furnace you know it pretty well. I was fortunate enough to track down their ship manifests and track them back to their original village in modern day Slovakia. Hope to visit there one day.

Funny thing is I have historical research training and am super meticulous, so I'm very confident in my findings. My sister also uses Ancestry but doesn't do the due diligence so I don't trust her tree.

Out of this Furnace is so good

I read that in one my history classes.

[shafnutz05]

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[PFiDC]

HAHAHA!!!

[MalkinIsMyHomeboy]

http://store.starbucks.com/limited-edit ... lt,pd.html

Limited-Edition Mother’s Day Premium Starbucks Card

$200.00

Treat Mom with the first ever metal & ceramic Starbucks Card. It comes pre-loaded with $50, beautifully packaged and ready-to-gift.

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[Freddy Rumsen]

http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in ... te-capitol

Burnt mac and cheese forces evacuation of state capitol
By Judy Kurtz

[Kicksave]

Source of the post We found a place. We're just waiting for the application to be approved/denied.

ib4: Oh yeah? Where at?

Nogonnahappen

[PFiDC]

Source of the post We found a place. We're just waiting for the application to be approved/denied.

ib4: Oh yeah? Where at?

Nogonnahappen

Point taken but I wasn't saying I wont talk about it. I just dont want to broadcast exactly where I will be living.

And that comic looks nothing like me...

[AuthorTony]

I just dont want to broadcast exactly where I will be living.

And that comic looks nothing like me...

You have no enemies here.

Well maybe a few...

[blackjack68]

Does the comic have too much hair?

[llipgh2]

lol, close enough. Just on the border between Noth Side and Brighton Heights. The street was terrible until the last block when it looked alright. Then, across the street, it was amazing. I am always shocked at how abrupt gentrification is in terms of it's borders.

Observatory Hill? Or Perry South? Avoid both. LOL

[llipgh2]

We found a place. We're just waiting for the application to be approved/denied.

ib4: Oh yeah? Where at?

Nogonnahappen

Congratulations on finding a place!

[RonnieFranchise]

There goes the tri-state area....

[PFiDC]

There goes the tri-state area....

I already live in the tri state area....unless those states are PA, WV, and OH...

Does the comic have too much hair?

Do you think I'm bald?

[blackjack68]

Just projecting.

[MalkinIsMyHomeboy]

PFiDC
Posts: 666


you bastard

[PFiDC]

667

[columbia]

I finally opened my bag of smuggled Gibble's potato chips.
Mmmm.....lard.

[Corvidae]

I can confirm that Pfftdik is moving to an old coke oven in Hazelwood.

[MrKennethTKangaroo]

Out of This Furnace is one of the most important books in my life. I reread it every few years to ground myself. A professor at CMU found it in the 70s and had it reissued and I had it assigned to me at SVC. I'm so grateful for that.
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Honest question: what part of the story did you like so much? This gentleman read the book and while this gentleman is glad to have read it, it kind of left a lot to be desired.

Full disclosure: Kennythekangaroo is part Slovak with roots in Braddock.

[dodint]

Source of the post Honest question: what part of the story did you like so much? This gentleman read the book and while this gentleman is glad to have read it, it kind of left a lot to be desired.

Everything up until when Michael starts doing the union work. The part of the experience I can never really know. Besides, when I hear the Irish whine about being stepped on it gives me license to roll my eyes.

Like I said, it's a humbling story. It's a reminder that most of what I whine about on a daily basis is frivolous and stupid. Regardless of how I come across here I'm a pretty well centered person in part because of my appreciation of where I came from. My family has been in Whitney since they came to the New World until my sister sold my Grandmothers house two weeks ago. I also love history, especially when it's personal.

[RonnieFranchise]

There goes the tri-state area....

I already live in the tri state area....unless those states are PA, WV, and OH...

I said THE tri state area. Not some other tri state area.