Random Thoughts Thread

[Lost Student]

The kids game Don't Break the Ice should really be called Do Break the Ice.

After all, it's the entire point of the game.
http://www.hasbro.com/en_US/shop/det...F894F9D4:en_US

Tap out ice blocks one by one. They won’t melt when you are done! Take your time and do some thinking to keep the polar bear from sinking. To win, the bear must stay on top. One wrong block and he’ll go ker-plop!

Seems to me that the object is to not break the ice. I say stick with the name. Don't listen to Solon, Hasbro!

[SeattleUte]

It's only 'cause the French make the best food in the world. So you pay premium for a ham-n-cheese sandwich, but the bread is from the tastiest, crustiest loaf less than 3 minutes old, the butter is the richest and creamiest, the cheese is the stinkiest and ripest, and the ham is cured and then sliced paper thin.

When Lenin was on the run living in the french underground, he opined that the only thing better than parallel French ingredients was russian butter, due to the cows feeding on clover in the fatherland.

Yes. Like I said, France has the best food outside China, at any level.

[MarkGrace]

Still now sure how I feel about cold brew coffee.

[Donuthole]

Still now sure how I feel about cold brew coffee.

I know how I feel about it: the same way I feel about hot brewed coffee; I don't drink it because I don't want to go to hell.

[cowboy]

I got kicked by an 800 pound steer yesterday while loading cattle on trucks. Getting kicked isn't unusual, and usually just leaves a bruise. This is a hematoma of epic proportions (okay, maybe a little hyperbole there.) I still have a lump the size of a golf ball, down from baseball sized yesterday, on my right quad, and it feels like day three after a downhill marathon. In the edited words of Danny Glover, I'm getting too old for this crap.

[MarkGrace]

I know how I feel about it: the same way I feel about hot brewed coffee; I don't drink it because I don't want to go to hell.

I'm trying to stay compliant by avoiding the hot drinks thing.

[BigPiney]

I got kicked by an 800 pound steer yesterday while loading cattle on trucks. Getting kicked isn't unusual, and usually just leaves a bruise. This is a hematoma of epic proportions (okay, maybe a little hyperbole there.) I still have a lump the size of a golf ball, down from baseball sized yesterday, on my right quad, and it feels like day three after a downhill marathon. In the edited words of Danny Glover, I'm getting too old for this crap.

Throw a tobacco poultice on that thing. Completely WOW approved and works great for deep bruises.

[cowboy]

Throw a tobacco poultice on that thing. Completely WOW approved and works great for deep bruises.

Awesome. It will give me great pleasure to show up to my early morning Sunday meeting smelling like Redman.

[hostile]

I got kicked by an 800 pound steer yesterday while loading cattle on trucks. Getting kicked isn't unusual, and usually just leaves a bruise. This is a hematoma of epic proportions (okay, maybe a little hyperbole there.) I still have a lump the size of a golf ball, down from baseball sized yesterday, on my right quad, and it feels like day three after a downhill marathon. In the edited words of Danny Glover, I'm getting too old for this crap.

You need to stretch your quads before they tighten up too much. If the hematoma is that big then the underlying muscle damage is probably pretty significant. I will occasionally put people in a brace to keep their knee flexed for a few days and keep the muscles out to length.

[ERCougar]

Still now sure how I feel about cold brew coffee.

Are you talking about the stuff that brews overnight in cold (as in not hot) water? Or just cold brewed coffee?

[MarkGrace]

Are you talking about the stuff that brews overnight in cold (as in not hot) water? Or just cold brewed coffee?

Brewed with cold water. I'm a much bigger fan of iced coffee than hot. A lot of places (most?) make iced coffee by just chilling regular hot brewed coffee. But with the cold brewing trend, some places around have been using cold brew for their iced coffee. When I made that post I was drinking one and it was throwing me off. The flavor is really distinct.

[Katy Lied]

You need to stretch your quads before they tighten up too much. If the hematoma is that big then the underlying muscle damage is probably pretty significant. I will occasionally put people in a brace to keep their knee flexed for a few days and keep the muscles out to length.

Cowboy: Go to the doctor.

[Paperback Writer]

Cowboy: Go to the doctor.

Or just rub a little dirt and tobacco on it. If that doesn't work, try that essential oil specifically forumlated for horse and steer kicks.

[wuapinmon]

Or just rub a little dirt and tobacco on it. If that doesn't work, try that essential oil specifically forumlated for horse and steer kicks.

I hear that fir needle and lilac essential oils do wonders on groin injuries like cowboy has. Lube things up and you're ready to go.

[cowboy]

Cowboy: Go to the doctor.

Pay 60 bucks and then have to turn around and buy blood thinners and a pain killer that I definitely don't need? No thanks. I'll just take an aspirin, some ibuprofen, and then complain about it.