People on these boards who only post on political/social/non-strength-training issues

[travelgirl1978]

are so annoying...

[MazdaMatt]

I feel dirty every time I reply to those threads... For that, I'm sorry. But I never started any and I have plenty of posts in strength threads! Read my log, no politics there!

I'd be perfectly happy with political crap threads being tossed.

[Dastardly]

True that.

But I am still glad that the forum isnt forceably restricted by totalitarian moderators. If people want to talk a load of crap in the ends & pieces section, so be it.

If no-one replied the threads would die anyhow.

I like the way that although people here often have wildly different political views, that it hasnt spilled over into the actual strength training side of the forum, people can still get along and help each other, which is great.

[strengthstarter]

I think it is a natural progression for me, who initially joined the board with some questions but now just for the most part are shutting up and training. Perhaps others are in the same boat, and it is why the Ends and Pieces section is so active. No one is forcing me, or anyone else, to read or participate, and the discussions do seem to be well sequestered in an off-topic section of the forum.

[knkavo]

But I am still glad that the forum isnt forceably restricted by totalitarian moderators

Maybe there should be a miminum number of approved posts on Rip's forum before you're allowed to post in E&P ;)

Just joking. It's fun to watch these threads spiral out of control.

[ColoWayno]

Am I a bad person for messing up their threads?

[travelgirl1978]

Am I a bad person for messing up their threads?

Very bad. Would you like me to spank you?

[ColoWayno]

Very bad. Would you like me to spank you?

Uhm... (stutters)... (looks stupid)... (spills his drink)...

Can't even act cool on the internet.

[coldfire]

are so annoying...

So are people who bitch about it.

[ColoWayno]

So are people who bitch about it.

Sees another opening...

Sir, leave the lady alone.

[travelgirl1978]

So are people who bitch about it.

People who bitch about people who bitch about it are extra double super annoying so there!

[travelgirl1978]

Sees another opening...

Sir, leave the lady alone.

Oh you're so dashing and gallant!

[coldfire]

Sees another opening...

Sir, leave the lady alone.

Yessir.

[gamedog]

As long as they confine their non-strength training banter to the "Ends And Pieces" section, the one for "Technically this is the bacon forum, but other important off-topic stuff goes here too." I see no problem.

I talk a little shit here on this board, but I confine it to the "off-topic" section. I train, I keep my log here updated regularly and I ask Rip questions when they come up. The only reason I don't talk strength much otherwise is because 90% of my time here is spent using the search function, finding other people who've had the same thoughts and questions I have. So mostly I'm just reading what's already been discussed.

[MazdaMatt]

Wayno squats like a republican. :)

[ColoWayno]

Wayno squats like a republican. :)

hahahahaha!
I'm laughing my ass off today.

For that... I'm going to enter your name in the Starting Strength random sentence generator.
This is some strong nerd medicine I'm heaving at you.
Go here:
http://sentence.bigparadox.com/default.asp
and look for the Starting Strength generator.
Edit at will (page owner would like it kept clean)
Then translate your sentence to Jive or whatever here:
http://www.rinkworks.com/dialect/

[ColoWayno]

Yessir.

Coldfire's my new best friend.

[MazdaMatt]

hahahahaha!
I'm laughing my ass off today.

For that... I'm going to enter your name in the Starting Strength random sentence generator.
This is some strong nerd medicine I'm heaving at you.
Go here:
http://sentence.bigparadox.com/default.asp
and look for the Starting Strength generator.
Edit at will (page owner would like it kept clean)
Then translate your sentence to Jive or whatever here:
http://www.rinkworks.com/dialect/

I don't have time for your facist games.

[ColoWayno]

I don't have time for your facist games.
Oh... my insults are auto generated now... that's right...

"Foam rolling with Mazda Matt will make you weak"

[MazdaMatt]

Hm, I wonder if I could write an IE plugin that puts that on a hotkey... could increase my productivity at work.

[ColoWayno]

Hm, I wonder if I could write an IE plugin that puts that on a hotkey... could increase my productivity at work.

Exactly... work smarter, not harder.

[Jamie J. Skibicki]

Hot chick mentions spanking and theres 1 maybe 2 responses on a board supposedly full of guys lifting heavy weight and eating meat? Priorities.

Travelgirl,

You are a naughty girl for starting this post. I think you need the spanking.

[MazdaMatt]

eHitting on eChicks isn't really a top priority for testesteroned-up men.

Wayno, I think you and I would actually get along over beers. You're a huge geek, right? (er. I mean, computer programmer?)

[ColoWayno]

eHitting on eChicks isn't really a top priority for testesteroned-up men.

Wayno, I think you and I would actually get along over beers. You're a huge geek, right? (er. I mean, computer programmer?)

What gave me away? Yep... when I'm in your area of the world... we'll open some taps.

[MazdaMatt]

Let's see... you didn't say "what the fuck are you talking about" when I mentioned IE plugins. That's a start.

What do you work on? I am a computer engineer and I do custom electronics for various medium-sized businesses - mostly the firmware side of things.

Girly, we're hijacking your thread, deal with it. Maybe focus your attention on the stupid Isreal thread.

[Rorschach]

We shall take our spankings elsewhere, then.

Come on travelgirl, we know when we're not wanted.

[ColoWayno]

Software engineer... which is funny because I majored in piano performance.

[knkavo]

What!?

[travelgirl1978]

Hot chick mentions spanking...

That's very sweet, but for all you know I could be a fat (not hot-fat), ugly, buck-toothed, mustachioed, pimply, smelly hermit-girl with a powerclean heavier than your deadlift and a life spent scarfing peanut butter in front of my laptop and fantasizing about travelling.

I am going to be posting a squat-check soon and and then you'll be able to decide if you really want to be spanked by me.

Not that I would. Spank you that is. Not without seeing a photo of you first. Or cash, up front.

Damn I need a holiday...

[run]

i don't get the problam
if there is a thread that you don't like\don't want to talk about the issue in the thread the just don't pos ther comments

[run]

i don't get the problam
if there is a thread that you don't like\don't want to talk about the issue in the thread the just don't post there comments

[Patrick]

That's very sweet, but for all you know I could be a fat (not hot-fat), ugly, buck-toothed, mustachioed, pimply, smelly hermit-girl with a powerclean heavier than your deadlift and a life spent scarfing peanut butter in front of my laptop and fantasizing about travelling.

You should have just said "dude" and saved time.

[gamedog]

That's very sweet, but for all you know I could be a fat (not hot-fat) ...

I'd like to raise a glass and toast travelgirl for specifying that yes indeed, "hot fat" does indeed exist. "Hot fat" females do indeed exist. And yes, I do indeed love em. Bless they're little hearts, I'll eat up everything they cook! And I'll cook for THEM, too!

You fucking ROCK, travelgirl!

[travelgirl1978]

You should have just said "dude" and saved time.

I agree


i don't get the problam
if there is a thread that you don't like\don't want to talk about the issue in the thread the just don't pos ther comments

I agree


You fucking ROCK, travelgirl!

I agree

[ILiftAlone]

Ill tell you whats annoying - MLB umpires.

[Sami]

Both parties are fuck ups, that have fucked up, repeatedly. I'm fairly sure this thread is going to get fucked up too, if it hasn't already.

:D

[gzt]

Ill tell you whats annoying - MLB umpires.
YES DAMMIT. But at least sometimes they are willing to admit they made a mistake.

[Jamie J. Skibicki]

Travelgirl; Killing the dream one post at a time.

[Weakling]

Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?

[travelgirl1978]

Travelgirl; Killing the dream one post at a time.

I'm not a dude. I knew that wasn't a smart response ;)

[xzcion]

Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?

Say who did what with the thing now?

[ILiftAlone]

YES DAMMIT. But at least sometimes they are willing to admit they made a mistake.


As honorable as Jim Joyce was in the handling of his career defining call, this situation still brought to light the need for umpiring reform. I feel like Joyce shouldn't have had this happen, he was well respected. But there are many many umpires who are known for their consistently "controversial" calls, and this is something that needs to be addressed.

[Peter_k]

are so annoying...

tits or GTFO

[travelgirl1978]

tits or GTFO

http://i47.tinypic.com/16c2jd2.jpg

And that's more than enough of that. I have only myself to blame.

(This is a pre-SS photo. I can now press more than the empty bar, I'm no longer stupid enough to use a thumbless grip, my arms are not so skinny).

[xzcion]

Poor choice of photo travelgirl. I mean seriously, if you'd taken it with it in rack position, or snatched it... but no, you have to go and just take a photo of you pressing it. The number of lewd jokes we could have done has fallen drastically.

[MazdaMatt]

Respect. I've never actually seen someone respond to "tits or GTFO" before. Good for you.

[Campbell]

Say who did what with the thing now?

ha ha ha... i was thinking the same thing.

Google translator strikes again :)

[gordonrumble]

Funny how a thread bitching about people posting OT stuff in the OT sub-forum turned into a glorious OT thread with people posting OT stuff in the OT sub-forum.

[MazdaMatt]

I think it was specifically about political shinanigans. The old saying "Never talk politics or religion with strangers" is a wise one. Tits on the other hand, are great conversation material for everybody. Even strangers.

[gordonrumble]

I think it was specifically about political shinanigans. The old saying "Never talk politics or religion with strangers" is a wise one. Tits on the other hand, are great conversation material for everybody. Even strangers.

Yeah, I was talking about tits at the family dinner a few weeks ago, and things got kind of racy. My grandpa started clutching his chest and saying 'my heart, my heart'. I clutched my chest and said 'my heart loves tits too grandpa'. He loves tits so much he passed out right after!

[TomF]

I've seen the same thing on 3-4 other boards. People arrive there because they're interested in a specific topic, and want to learn stuff about it. Once they've stayed around for a while, they've made friends ... and have got most of their immediate questions answered, though they're still heavily into the topic.

So they spend as much or more time shooting the shit on other issues with their imaginary friends, while still jumping into an "on-topic" discussion that catches them. It often works out that the people who've been round the longest post relatively little eventually in the "upstairs" forums, spending most of their time in the basement hanging out.

[MazdaMatt]

I have seen this on some forums, but others are pretty much on-topic all the time... my racing organization, for instance, has VERY few posts in the off-topic section... but there are many people that post there many times per day. As much traffic as this site.

There just isn't that much to talk about in barbell training once you get the basics... keep a log, ask a question here and there... that's it. It isn't rocket surgery.

[TrackJunkie]

What type of racing are you into?

[MazdaMatt]

I am trying to work up the ametuer ladder into road racing sports cars. I have been involved in autocross and then later in sprints (3-4 sessions of 3 hot laps without traffic for time). Budget is the ultimate hurdle in this game.

Been to Mosport International Raceway, the Driver Developement track that they have as well, Shannonville, Dunnville and Calabogie. All ontario tracks, you've probably never heard of most.

My race car is a gutted Honda Del Sol with a fiber front end, sheet shell back end, full suspension, 4pt roll bar, plenty of bracing and race buckets. Nothing special, but it is a dream to drive. It is like a gokart. I have locked up all four wheels going over a crest at 175km/h into a turn and it is so easy to recover.

-edit-
funny i never thought to ask you, TRACKJunkie, if you were into racing.

[TrackJunkie]

Different kind unfortunately :(
I'm into track cycling, a cycling sport where some of the champions squat more than 500 pounds!

[MazdaMatt]

Some of the champs in my sport weigh 120. Haha.

Actually, i had a hard time fitting my thighs/ass into my race bucket this year. I've gained 40 pounds and it is mostly posterior chain weight.

[gamedog]

Some of the champs in my sport weigh 120. Haha.

Actually, i had a hard time fitting my thighs/ass into my race bucket this year. I've gained 40 pounds and it is mostly posterior chain weight.

I knew I was getting somewhere when a lady kindly pointed out to me, and I quote: "Damn honey, you got an ass like a black man!"

[MazdaMatt]

Haha... i laughed out loud on that one.

I was at work and a girl that I work with said "Okay, don't take this the wrong way... You've been saying you've gained all this weight and I didnt' really believe you, but I was just walking behind it and thought 'oh, there it is'".