Comments on: Long Lasting Freshness http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/06/20/long-lasting-freshness/ Development site for Bronx Banter Blog's upcoming look and feel Sun, 26 May 2013 04:31:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: thelarmis http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/06/20/long-lasting-freshness/#comment-85512 thelarmis Tue, 21 Jun 2011 04:16:35 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=61403#comment-85512 per the excellent chad jennings at lohud: Nova was hilarious talking about his first big league at-bat. He said the first fastball looked like it was 100 mph. “The first pitch he threw me was 85,” Nova said. “The second one was 90-91. I was like, ‘What the hell? What are you trying to do with me? Keep throwing 85.’ I got a chance to hit and pitch in the big-leagues, so I’ll take that. It was a really good experience.” per the excellent chad jennings at lohud:

Nova was hilarious talking about his first big league at-bat. He said the first fastball looked like it was 100 mph. “The first pitch he threw me was 85,” Nova said. “The second one was 90-91. I was like, ‘What the hell? What are you trying to do with me? Keep throwing 85.’ I got a chance to hit and pitch in the big-leagues, so I’ll take that. It was a really good experience.”

]]> By: thelarmis http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/06/20/long-lasting-freshness/#comment-85511 thelarmis Tue, 21 Jun 2011 02:38:05 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=61403#comment-85511 [148] wait. canberra - i think that's why my students' parents are going to live. it's their 2nd time there, too. (i believe i just used an "en" dash...) the mom's british and the (very HOT, very cool, very smart, very worldly, very musical, very blonde, very young) daughter goes to school in the UK. actually, i think she's about to graduate. my student may stay here and go to georgia tech, for engineering. did you know that tech created a marimba playing robot? as if drum machines didn't already take half of my work. named it Moshe. my mom said, i was cuter, but at least the robot was one of us! : ) [148] wait. canberra – i think that’s why my students’ parents are going to live. it’s their 2nd time there, too. (i believe i just used an “en” dash…) the mom’s british and the (very HOT, very cool, very smart, very worldly, very musical, very blonde, very young) daughter goes to school in the UK. actually, i think she’s about to graduate. my student may stay here and go to georgia tech, for engineering.

did you know that tech created a marimba playing robot? as if drum machines didn’t already take half of my work. named it Moshe. my mom said, i was cuter, but at least the robot was one of us! : )

]]> By: thelarmis http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/06/20/long-lasting-freshness/#comment-85510 thelarmis Tue, 21 Jun 2011 02:35:08 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=61403#comment-85510 awww, they allowed the friars to score another run, so it's not a double digit deficit. how nice of the fucking scumsuckers... : / [148] wow. very cool! physics. that's easy stuff. it's like triplets grouped in 4's, or indian tihai's. i bet you can't wait for your son to get back. that's a nice belated dad's day gift! : ) awww, they allowed the friars to score another run, so it’s not a double digit deficit. how nice of the fucking scumsuckers… : /

[148] wow. very cool! physics. that’s easy stuff. it’s like triplets grouped in 4′s, or indian tihai’s.

i bet you can’t wait for your son to get back. that’s a nice belated dad’s day gift! : )

]]> By: RIYank http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/06/20/long-lasting-freshness/#comment-85509 RIYank Tue, 21 Jun 2011 02:31:27 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=61403#comment-85509 Well, I lived there twice, once in Melbourne, once in Canberra. The newspaper letter was the second time. I loved it. No baseball, though. Cricket is very odd. But I liked the football. My oldest son is in Oz right now! Studying. Physics. Coming back very soon, actually. You're right, the flight really, really sucks. Well, I lived there twice, once in Melbourne, once in Canberra. The newspaper letter was the second time. I loved it. No baseball, though. Cricket is very odd. But I liked the football.

My oldest son is in Oz right now! Studying. Physics. Coming back very soon, actually.

You’re right, the flight really, really sucks.

]]> By: thelarmis http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/06/20/long-lasting-freshness/#comment-85508 thelarmis Tue, 21 Jun 2011 02:27:44 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=61403#comment-85508 [145] i've never been accused of being lazy before! i'd love to hear about your time in Oz one day. the parents of a long time student of mine, are moving (back) there this summer. i have another student who spent a summer in New Zealand (middle earth!). i toured the UK a few times with a band a few years back. i joined just as they were finishing up a 2-week tour of Australia. wish i got to go there, though i wouldn't enjoy the flight. my bass player buddy played there a year or two ago... [145] i’ve never been accused of being lazy before!

i’d love to hear about your time in Oz one day. the parents of a long time student of mine, are moving (back) there this summer. i have another student who spent a summer in New Zealand (middle earth!).

i toured the UK a few times with a band a few years back. i joined just as they were finishing up a 2-week tour of Australia. wish i got to go there, though i wouldn’t enjoy the flight. my bass player buddy played there a year or two ago…

]]> By: thelarmis http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/06/20/long-lasting-freshness/#comment-85507 thelarmis Tue, 21 Jun 2011 02:24:49 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=61403#comment-85507 this is fucking INSANE!!! it is now THIRTEEN to fucking 3, shit sox. fuck the heck?! it was 3-3 when i got home. they scored TEN fucking runs in a half-inning. total fucking bollocks. and goddamn do i HATE the Fens. they score double digit runs every fucking game. i can't stand it... this is fucking INSANE!!!

it is now THIRTEEN to fucking 3, shit sox.

fuck the heck?!

it was 3-3 when i got home. they scored TEN fucking runs in a half-inning. total fucking bollocks. and goddamn do i HATE the Fens.

they score double digit runs every fucking game. i can’t stand it…

]]> By: RIYank http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/06/20/long-lasting-freshness/#comment-85506 RIYank Tue, 21 Jun 2011 02:18:20 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=61403#comment-85506 [143] An em dash is two en dashes together. Alex was posting about em dashes. Those are the ones you're supposed to use in that parenthetical way. You got lazy and did en dashes instead. I like that, the idea that it's easier to call them <i>what they actually are</i>. When I lived in Australia, I read a great letter to the local paper complaining about the crazy American habit of calling those things on the sink "faucets", instead of what they <i>are</i>, which is taps. I wish I had cut that out and saved it. [143] An em dash is two en dashes together. Alex was posting about em dashes. Those are the ones you’re supposed to use in that parenthetical way. You got lazy and did en dashes instead.

I like that, the idea that it’s easier to call them what they actually are. When I lived in Australia, I read a great letter to the local paper complaining about the crazy American habit of calling those things on the sink “faucets”, instead of what they are, which is taps. I wish I had cut that out and saved it.

]]> By: thelarmis http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/06/20/long-lasting-freshness/#comment-85505 thelarmis Tue, 21 Jun 2011 02:16:02 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=61403#comment-85505 [142] yeah, i don't like "dived." and the were/was thing can be confusing! brung is kinda logical. but no one ever seems to know when to use swum or drunk. i'll say, "i haven't drunk a beer in ages" and people think i'm a dummy. not so! i'm a dummy for other reasons ; ) [142] yeah, i don’t like “dived.” and the were/was thing can be confusing!

brung is kinda logical. but no one ever seems to know when to use swum or drunk. i’ll say, “i haven’t drunk a beer in ages” and people think i’m a dummy. not so! i’m a dummy for other reasons ; )

]]> By: thelarmis http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/06/20/long-lasting-freshness/#comment-85504 thelarmis Tue, 21 Jun 2011 02:13:56 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=61403#comment-85504 [141] you said "m" earlier. i know about ems & ens, as my dad was in the paper industry for a spell. (and they come up in crossword puzzles.) now i'm confused! (as opposed to normal...) i'm not a fan of crotchets, quavers or minims. really makes no sense. MUCH easier to call them what they actually are: 1/4, 1/2, 1/16th notes, etc... [141] you said “m” earlier. i know about ems & ens, as my dad was in the paper industry for a spell. (and they come up in crossword puzzles.) now i’m confused! (as opposed to normal…)

i’m not a fan of crotchets, quavers or minims. really makes no sense. MUCH easier to call them what they actually are: 1/4, 1/2, 1/16th notes, etc…

]]> By: RIYank http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/06/20/long-lasting-freshness/#comment-85503 RIYank Tue, 21 Jun 2011 02:12:21 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=61403#comment-85503 [140] "Should have went" is <i>not</i> logical. "Brung" is, and so is "slud". For that matter, did you know that British people think it's idiotic to say "dove" as the past tense of "dive"? One told me, "Er, no, it's 'dived'." As if I were an idiot. As if I was an idiot. [140] “Should have went” is not logical.
“Brung” is, and so is “slud”. For that matter, did you know that British people think it’s idiotic to say “dove” as the past tense of “dive”? One told me, “Er, no, it’s ‘dived’.” As if I were an idiot. As if I was an idiot.

]]> By: RIYank http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/06/20/long-lasting-freshness/#comment-85502 RIYank Tue, 21 Jun 2011 02:09:59 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=61403#comment-85502 Dude [139] those are <i>en</i>s. Sheesh. That's like mistaking a quaver for a semiquaver! Or vice versa. I think the "at" is there because some folk don't like just "is". They think it should be <i>something</i>. Like, it is red. It is high, it is far, and it is gone. Dude [139] those are ens. Sheesh. That’s like mistaking a quaver for a semiquaver! Or vice versa.

I think the “at” is there because some folk don’t like just “is”. They think it should be something. Like, it is red. It is high, it is far, and it is gone.

]]> By: thelarmis http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/06/20/long-lasting-freshness/#comment-85501 thelarmis Tue, 21 Jun 2011 02:09:19 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=61403#comment-85501 [136] i think mine was actually Emma's. someone wrote that here a coupla years back, when edgar was on the shit sox... [137] his tenses were all over the place. it was brutal. "should have went," makes my fucking skin crawl. [136] i think mine was actually Emma’s. someone wrote that here a coupla years back, when edgar was on the shit sox…

[137] his tenses were all over the place. it was brutal. “should have went,” makes my fucking skin crawl.

]]> By: thelarmis http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/06/20/long-lasting-freshness/#comment-85500 thelarmis Tue, 21 Jun 2011 02:06:44 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=61403#comment-85500 [134] eh eh eh. i never heard them or of them when they were popular. i did play that tune - and a coupla others - in a few bands and enjoyed the grooves. how you like my "em" dashes?! oh, and i don't always mind ending sentences with a preposition. hell, they even allow "we have a lot to be thankful <i>for</i>," in the dictionary. it's the "at" thing that kills me. there's just NO fucking need for it. none, at all. where is IT? period, the fucking end. it's not AT anywhere, it's just there... [134] eh eh eh. i never heard them or of them when they were popular. i did play that tune – and a coupla others – in a few bands and enjoyed the grooves. how you like my “em” dashes?!

oh, and i don’t always mind ending sentences with a preposition. hell, they even allow “we have a lot to be thankful for,” in the dictionary.

it’s the “at” thing that kills me. there’s just NO fucking need for it. none, at all. where is IT? period, the fucking end. it’s not AT anywhere, it’s just there…

]]> By: Hank Waddles http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/06/20/long-lasting-freshness/#comment-85499 Hank Waddles Tue, 21 Jun 2011 02:06:24 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=61403#comment-85499 [134] "I had a million dollars, but I... I spent it all!" Yeah, I caught the reference. I'm here in Long Beach, the home of Sublime! [134] “I had a million dollars, but I… I spent it all!”
Yeah, I caught the reference. I’m here in Long Beach, the home of Sublime!

]]> By: RIYank http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/06/20/long-lasting-freshness/#comment-85498 RIYank Tue, 21 Jun 2011 02:06:17 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=61403#comment-85498 [135] I love 'brung'. There's something so... creative about it. It's so logical. Swing, swung. Sting, stung. Bling, blung. No. But still. [135] I love ‘brung’. There’s something so… creative about it. It’s so logical. Swing, swung. Sting, stung. Bling, blung. No. But still.

]]> By: Just Fair http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/06/20/long-lasting-freshness/#comment-85497 Just Fair Tue, 21 Jun 2011 02:05:24 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=61403#comment-85497 [134] Better than thelarmis'. [128] That was just shitty. [134] Better than thelarmis’. [128] That was just shitty.

]]> By: thelarmis http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/06/20/long-lasting-freshness/#comment-85496 thelarmis Tue, 21 Jun 2011 02:04:12 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=61403#comment-85496 [133] i started a new student this afternoon. the dad had the worst sense of speech i've ever heard in my entire existence. i don't understand how someone can get to that age and not have any idea how to string a sentence together. my head was spinning so fast, i couldn't even commit his crimes to memory. i definitely heard "brung" in there a few times and other insanely egregious words. it was awful. [133] i started a new student this afternoon. the dad had the worst sense of speech i’ve ever heard in my entire existence. i don’t understand how someone can get to that age and not have any idea how to string a sentence together.

my head was spinning so fast, i couldn’t even commit his crimes to memory. i definitely heard “brung” in there a few times and other insanely egregious words. it was awful.

]]> By: RIYank http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/06/20/long-lasting-freshness/#comment-85495 RIYank Tue, 21 Jun 2011 02:03:07 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=61403#comment-85495 [127] "Nice" nothin', it was sublime! [127] “Nice” nothin’, it was sublime!

]]> By: RIYank http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/06/20/long-lasting-freshness/#comment-85494 RIYank Tue, 21 Jun 2011 02:00:54 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=61403#comment-85494 [129] Oh, yeah, that must have been a bad feeling. Jeez. [130] Whoa, <i>two</i> prepositions stranded together! That is really going to piss thelarmis... off. [129] Oh, yeah, that must have been a bad feeling. Jeez.
[130] Whoa, two prepositions stranded together! That is really going to piss thelarmis… off.

]]> By: Hank Waddles http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/06/20/long-lasting-freshness/#comment-85493 Hank Waddles Tue, 21 Jun 2011 01:59:57 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=61403#comment-85493 By the way, Michael Kay, the Yankees weren't in the '75 Series. By the way, Michael Kay, the Yankees weren’t in the ’75 Series.

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