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Old dangerous playground equipment.
I too was a veteran of the tall metal slide and it was great with the waxed paper zipping you to your ass-over-teakettle landing in rock-hard Montana dirt. I loved it and couldn't get enough. There wasn't anything scary or stupid I wouldn't try as a thrill-seeking kid but our favorite, which still gets me tingling just thinking about it, was - (deep breath) climbing up the back of the outdoor drive-in theater near us. There was a metal cage-like tube with a really long ladder and the view was... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 4:54 PM on July 21, 2008
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Insta-Cake
Nah, the heck with microwave cake h8rs! I'm a cake junkie (cakie?) and to me, this is a brilliant concept. I can't wait to try it!
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 10:41 AM on July 21, 2008
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Happy Birthday Metafilter!
My dear friend Jamie thinks I'm making this batch of red velvet cupcakes to celebrate her new single status, so I won't tell her that it's really for Metafilter's 9th birthday, ok?
Because after all nine years, I still ♥ Metafilter!
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 5:18 PM on July 14, 2008
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stavrosthewonderchicken's home is dying
Sorry to read that, stav. One thinks of Canada as pristine, a lovely wilderness without the problems we hear about constantly in my part of the world. Here in California, we worry about sudden oak death and things that attack the grape crops, but for all I know, we have pine beetles, too.
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 4:44 PM on July 9, 2008
MeFi post:
George Carlin Dead at 71
"Did you ever notice how anyone driving slower than you is an idiot and anyone driving faster than you is a maniac?"
Truer words were never spoke. Thanks for years of funny business George. I wonder if your soul is resting on top of a building somewhere now after being flung there by another Frisbeetarian....
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 11:39 PM on June 22, 2008
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"But once we were in, it was, like, fuck it."
Wow, what a big favor. Geez, yes, everyone who is shut out of their Comcast email should be thrilled that 2 script kiddies gave them such a leg up. Whee! Just like all the Windows users whose computers are messed up every time they get a new virus should also cherish the experience and be grateful to those who are "just showing how M1cr0s0ft sux0rz." Yippee.
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 12:39 PM on May 31, 2008
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Lilacs
I love, love, love lilacs! I used to live in Spokane, Washington, which calls itself the Lilac City, and their blooming, usually in April, signaled that spring was in the air, heralded by their heavenly scent. Sigh, there are no lilacs where I live now but I did find some lilacs in Tomales, which made my day!
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 9:25 PM on May 23, 2008
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Chocolate Retard
It doesn't compare with some of the stuff you all have posted so far, but this in my mind is the worst excuse for a tattoo I've personally ever seen.
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 8:57 AM on April 8, 2008
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He got nailed.
Nail removed from man's genitals
By MANDEEP SINGH
It, er, struck me that the Daily Gulf News reporter's name is slightly eponysterical....
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 9:44 AM on February 14, 2008
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Got room on that Zimmer for two?
I shudder to think of the usability of MSMessenger being applied to Yahoo Messenger, which is my favorite IM. I despair at the thought of Yahoo Mail *ahem* working *ahem* as poorly as hotmail works. And flickr? Oh god no, please don't let Microsoft anywhere near flickr; they'll just fuck it up and make it as unusable as Office 2007 and Vista are now! Please, FCC, look very closely into this proposed merger and make it stop!
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 9:51 AM on February 1, 2008
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I don't read
Parade magazine that comes in the Sunday paper. I feel my IQ drop a few points every Sunday when I sully my eyebalz reading that trash. why do I do it, I wonder? As for books, Infinite Jest by David "F***er" Wallace. I just know that guy was having a laugh at his readers' attempts to wade through it. Grr.
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 10:40 PM on January 25, 2008
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"Those darn neighbors need waking up, I can tell you, constable!”
Back in the day, we used to say there was nothing more boring than listening to someone talk about their acid trip. However, I found Grant's account posted here to be fascinating. Also, I was told back in the day, by a dear friend who was an RN, that taking LSD interfered with acetylcholine activity, thus lowering the chemical barrier that exists between the nerve synapses. Hence, depending on your brain's own wiring, you'd have a sense of being overwhelmed with stimuli, or for some, you'd feel... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 10:08 AM on January 10, 2008
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What act / That roars so loud, and thunders in the index?
Dang, scody, that was a really interesting piece. Did wonders for my vocabulary, too!
(chazzerai, soigne, Vutsdepoint, bella figura, ne plus ultra, Moriarty, 'mandarin gamesmanship' and of course, Weltanschauung)
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 4:28 PM on December 20, 2007
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rolling on
Good luck to logboy and mrs logboy. Keep rollin'!
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 11:40 PM on November 11, 2007
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Wake Up Cat
Yep! Spot on, times 5 at our place. Thanks, vronsky!
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 8:52 PM on October 23, 2007
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you can gouge away, stay all day, if you want to
High school librarian here. In the limited time that our district allows us to work (6-hour day), we elementary and high school librarians are 1) learning a new software system for cataloguing and circulation, 2) implementing said new software and moving all our books and patrons into it, 3) troubleshooting said software system, 4) teaching how-to-use-the-library and information relevancy classes, 5) babysitting pretty much for any staff member who has a sub who sends their class to the library... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 2:30 PM on October 2, 2007
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What was your first concert?
Jimi Hendrix, sometime in 1967, Spokane Coliseum, Spokane, Washington. Yes, they were nosebleed seats but so what? Also on the bill, Iron Butterfly, Soft Machine and someone else I don't remember now. Purple Haze was, of course, amazing!
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 10:13 AM on October 2, 2007
Er, that may have been 1968, come to think of it.
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 10:17 AM on October 2, 2007
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Dick Cavett?
Long-time Cavett admirer here. Can't watch youtube, unfortunately, but loved the post. Thanks!
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 10:09 AM on October 2, 2007
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Make your own cool, colorific card holders
That's what I was thinking, too - business cards on paint chips. Now that would be nine kinds of awesome, then you could put them in those spiffy holders! Thanks, taz!
posted to MetaFilter by Lynsey
at 9:31 PM on August 20, 2007
