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Yardigan said:
Ah, the good ol' Brannock Device...

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Chiefs give Brannock Devices their due

You may have never heard of the Brannock Device, but you've almost certainly used one. The Syracuse Chiefs suited up as the Devices on May 31st, in honor of the iconic foot-measuring tool. Invented in Syracuse by Dr. Charles Brannock in 1927, thie Brannock Device is an oblong, metallic object that
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That's it. Guess they still have them.
 
Huskybass said:
My mom is 76. She asked me what I wanted for Christmas. I told her a cookbook of her dozen best recipes, many of which came over from Italy with my father's mother in the early 1900s.

That cookbook is worth more to me than anything that could have been bought at a store.
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I've given this advice before on the Yard: Get all your favorite recipes from your parents, grandparents, etc. now - don't wait. When they are gone, that institutional knowledge is gone. I've got quite a few of my mothers best, particularly her chicken soup and spaghetti sauce, but there are countless times since she died that I've wanted to pick up the phone and ask her about something she used to make. Same thing with my dad - he would take my mom's leftover spaghetti sauce and make an awesome Pasta Fazool and I never got the recipe from him before he got Alzheimer's. It's lost forever and I'm not able to recreate it.

And on the same topic, ask as much as you can about their ancestry - for many, there comes a time when you want to know more and they are best source for the previous generation.
 
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August_West said:
What are the specs of your current laptop? I can put you on a free win10 upgrade if your laptop is fairly spec’d ( and it probably is if under 8 years old.)
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I thought that ship had sailed ?
 
Austin316 said:
Gampel Pavillon LEGO set...

UConn Huskies NCAA BRXLZ Basketball Arena - Harry A Gampel Pavilion
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That's not LEGO, but I'll throw you a like anyway because I want it. My sons got me Fenway Park (3,200+pieces) for Fathers' Day. It took my oldest and I a couple months only because we put it down for weeks at a time. He got the Titanic (1,800 pieces) as an early Christmas present from my sister last week and it took him about 4 days to complete it...He's 7.

CL82 said:
Somethings cannot be replicated with LEGO bricks.
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Sure it can, but the arena is the star. Not the roof.

Devland said:
??? I don't understand what you thought was angry about my post. "I have no real wishes for Christmas "? I did wish health for my family and friends in the next line.
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"I've always felt cars were like shoes. You need to break them in and they get more comfortable with time. I always hated when it was time to get a new car and give up the old one."

...feels like a, "you-kids-with-your-new-fangled-contraptions," Grampa Simpson-type sentiment.
 
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Husky25 said:
Sure it can, but the arena is the star. Not the roof.
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CL82 said:
Ha, I say to you sir, ha. The sheer grandeur that is the crown on Pantoni's temple's basketball cannot be replicated by tiny plastic bricks. You, sir, are a philistine.
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Then why do you want a LEGO knock off to even attempt a Patoni geodesic dome.

How about this?

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Husky25 said:
Then why do you want a LEGO knock off to even attempt a Patoni geodesic dome.

How about this?
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You are missing the point, sir. Great works of art simply cannot be replicated with tiny plastic bricks! Why it would be as if someone were to try to replicate the Mona Lisa with LEGOS. It is laughable sir! It simply cannot be done!
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Ah, well... carry on.
 
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CL82 said:
You are missing the point, sir. Great works of art simply cannot be replicated with tiny plastic bricks! Why it would be as if someone try to replicate the Mona Lisa with LEGOS. It is laughable sir! It simply cannot be done!
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Ah, well... carry on.
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you know that dude is beating off the chicks with a stick.
 
August_West said:
you know that dude is beating off the chicks with a stick.
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I'd imagine that "Hey you want to come back to my place and see the copy of the Mona Lisa that I made out of Legos? It's to scale!" isn't as effective a pick up line as he thought it would be.
 
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CL82 said:
You are missing the point, sir. Great works of art simply cannot be replicated with tiny plastic bricks!
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That is very much THEE point.

**Tongue planted firmly in cheek**

If "...Great works of art simply cannot be replicated with tiny plastic bricks," then LEGO Master Builders cannot possibly be up to the task, let alone a LEGO knock off "Master Builders."
 
Deepster said:
I got my sister and brother in law a "New Haven Pizza Crawl". Gift certs to 4 NH spots with menus and a scoring sheet attached.
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This is a great idea. I will be stealing it for my sister’s 60th birthday present. So you did Modern, Sally’s, Pepe’s and BAR? $25 for each place? Did the scoring sheet just have an overall score, or did it have different criteria broken down, e.g., crust, sauce, specialty, etc.?
 
8893 said:
This is a great idea. I will be stealing it for my sister’s 60th birthday present. So you did Modern, Sally’s, Pepe’s and BAR? $25 for each place? Did the scoring sheet just have an overall score, or did it have different criteria broken down, e.g., crust, sauce, specialty, etc.?
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One bite.You know the rules.
 
Steelerone said:
Maybe a new laptop. Windows 7 runs out next month with new updates and as much as I hate it might have to go to Windows 10. Does anyone else hate that type of change?
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I work for a large company that makes laptops so no. Used Windows 7 to pull pictures from my mother in law's system yesterday. How did anyone stay on Win 7 once Win 10 was out? It's light years better. You should have no hesitation.
 
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Husky25 said:
One bite.You know the rules.
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If you played by those rules, i.e., takeout and plain cheese, you’d be missing out on the best of what each place has to offer.
 
My problem has been, I buy myself anything I need. So do my mom and dad. So does my wife. So really, my daughter and sister are the only people who need to want anything. Anybody else have that problem?

Some of you in the hobby thread convinced my to try riding my vintage mountain bike, so I just bought myself some stuff yesterday. I guess I could have asked for them as gifts.
 
8893 said:
If you played by those rules, i.e., takeout and plain cheese, you’d be missing out on the best of what each place has to offer.
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Referencing David Portnoy from Barstool.
 
Husky25 said:
Referencing David Portnoy from Barstool.
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I understand. I know that Deepster is a fan, and so are my sister and brother-in-law; but I don’t think that’s the best way to experience these places.
 
8893 said:
This is a great idea. I will be stealing it for my sister’s 60th birthday present. So you did Modern, Sally’s, Pepe’s and BAR? $25 for each place? Did the scoring sheet just have an overall score, or did it have different criteria broken down, e.g., crust, sauce, specialty, etc.?
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I did Sally's, BAR, Modern and Zuppardi's. My brother in law is a huge clam pizza fan so I wanted Zuppardi's in there. Overall taste, crust, sauce/toppings, appearance, ambience.
 
Deepster said:
I did Sally's, BAR, Modern and Zuppardi's. My brother in law is a huge clam pizza fan so I wanted Zuppardi's in there. Overall taste, crust, sauce/toppings, appearance, ambience.
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No qualms there. And you have to love a gift of a New Haven Pizza Crawl that does not include the one New Haven apizza place most people would consider the most legendary. That shows that you cared enough not to be swayed by public opinion.
 
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