little_old_man

We've had a pretty good discussion going in the members area on beer. It's time to open it up to everybody. We appear to have a ton of beer lovers on XI. Time to discuss something most people here seem to love. So what are your favorites and why? Perhaps we can start an XI beer club.

Now if you just make one with the THX sound intro that would be very cool. Here is a link to the sound clip. Turn speakers to max before clicking. http://fozzy42.com/SoundClips/Themes/Movies/THX-Original.mp3

Striper meat is one of those that you can do just about anything with. It has a very mild flavor and you really can't do anything to it to ruin it, other than overcooking. You can even serve it with lemon and cocktail sauce as a less expensive crab substitute. Out here we catch them in the ocean, bays and in lakes. The land-locked ones can get really huge and wipe out other species of fish in lakes, but stripers don't reproduce when they can't get to the ocean so lake types can be fished out pretty easily. We have to be careful eating them here because of the heavy metal pollution which builds up in their meat. I only eat it a couple times a year these days.

I have an 05 Expedition with the same engine as yours with around 90,000 miles on it. I also have an 02 F150 with 140,000 miles with all the original parts and still running like a champ. The expedition has had one problem after another and it still needs a ton of work. Right now it has a vacume leak that causes the AC to shut down while accelerating a year after I paid $1,500 to replace an AC hose, ball and U- joints need replacing, I paid over $2,000 to fix the transfer case last year and it's having problems again, and it has a front wheel bearing going out. Sometime between 2002 and 2005 Ford decided to go from making one of the best trucks to pieces of shit. Oh and the Expedition cost $60,000 when I bought it new compared to $28,000 for the F150. I'm glad you've had great luck with your 250 but I doubt if I'll ever buy another Ford product. For the amount of money I've dumped into the Expedition I could have a couple classic trucks completely restored and with a new engine put in every few years, and I could actually work on them myself. I look under the hood of a newer vehicle and don't know what the hell I'm looking at.

Nice Fish! We catch a lot of those here in San Francisco bay. Usually trolling or casting a plug from shore. My favortie lures for them are either a Hair-Raiser or Cordell Rattle Trap. They're a blast to fly fish for if you have enough strength to play them out on a fly rod.

Hell Spank, you get the shakes and very quiet when you don't finish any map in the top 5.

I just finished playing the Valley Summer map (DM Server) with about 15 guys and we all agree that it sucks in the current configuration. Having rifles only on the biggest map in the rotation is just frustrating as hell. Targets are so far away you can't see or hit them. Can we go back to the original mod with all weapons and frags? It's a great map and should be played as it was designed with the best of both worlds, sniper and close combat.

That can't be right, they're wearing clothes. I prefer multi-tasking.

Canadian women.......... Canadian Men.........

European Men...........

I fear for the USA if we ever go to war with Russia.

I always enjoy playing against the Dutch in COD2. It's easy to kill them because you can hear them running around in their wooden shoes.

Congrats on the new idiot (bundle of joy). The world can always use more of us.

I just turn my volume up full blast when Spanky starts bragging about winning. All of the hot air coming from my speakers blows the shit away.

If that was my kid, I would sue the district and the adults who were responsible for enough to bankrupt them all. Of course I would tell them that I would drop the entire case if the adults who were involved would eat (and swallow) a large bag of moose shit in front of the entire school including any parents who would like to watch. An eye for an eye, a turd for a turd.

Somebody with the show will get fired for this one. Any douche bag can walk on set and claim they are anybody in the world and if the dumbasses don't check out the story this is what happens. It's all about the ratings. I fucking hate reality shows. There is barely anything worth watching on TV anymore. I miss MASH, Seinfeld, Cheers, you know, the good old days.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SPARTY!!!!!!!

HEY! Stop laughing at the old man. We have issues.

You had some great weather for your SF visit. A bit windy but not bad compared to how it can be. There is some great food to be had on the wharf, sounds like you found some.

Shit! I just bought that same outfit in green. I knew I should have gone for the yellow.

I think I just threw up a little bit into my mouth.

You have that mountain man Canadian look. It works for you.

Ok, here is the best I can offer for the ladies. The guys name is Tyler Posey and he stars in an MTV show called Teen Wolf which just happens to be on tonight (season 2 premier). My 14 year old daughter is a HUGE fan of his and his band so last year she started writing to him and he acutally answered. Long story short, he and his band came to our little town and surprised her by going to her high school and performed a few songs in her class, then a full concert later that night at a local hall. We entertained the band and their crew, fed them dinner and my daughter (with a few friends) spent the entire evening with her hero. I took this picture and many others of the evening and my daughter is still on cloud nine. Tonight she has a few friends over to watch the premier. Here is a picture of my family with the band. I'm the little old man on the left in the green hat.

What are you ladies complaining about? There are lots of beef cake pictures of male members in the profile pics. Like this one for instance.

Keep the curtains drawn and try not to spend much time near the window. At any given time there are several hundred bullets flying through the air in your general area. If you get to the parking garage and your car is gone, don't say I didn't warn you. Spanky can tell you a lot about Oakland, he's originally from there. It's where he learned to throw exploding things at people.