OT - What are you doing now? (2025)

@WeberWho

Between this a your oil change, you are a disaster. 🤣

Hopefully you’ve got nowhere to be. 

You guys still use keys..,....

coming from someone who doesn't have direct deposit...

Canugghead said:

fwiw I carry spare key in a different pocket

That's just asking for trouble with me!

Went to lunch and saw a new dock being delivered. 

The wait is always so difficult when you’re hangry. 

Hyped up on Hoops. Get it done Duke!!!

>Knock< >Knock!<

JohnInCarolina said:

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Botch said:

>Knock< >Knock!<

Who’s there?

Aah!  

Prepping for a tornado outbreak and/or 80 mph winds. 

@hoosier_egger. Stay safe John and everyone in the danger zone 🙏

alaskanassasin said:

Should I turn on the news? @hoosier_egger

I don’t think central OH is under the same threat. We’re gonna get hammered on Wednesday too. 

CPFC1905 said:

In general, my charcoal burning meat enthusiast friends, I would eschew the triviality of the FA Cup quarter finals and not detain you, but..   I know you’ve been pining and there’s a potential shark in the water, in the shape of an elephant in the room. 

Saturday

Fulham v Palace, neither team have realistic ambitions for Europe this season except for winning this Cup. Six points between these two in the league, largely due to the mighty Eagles poor start to the season.  Both teams have enjoyed a long break and will either have lost momentum or come back fresh as a daisy. Tough to call, one goal either way has it.  I foresee Palace losing in the next round, as is their custom.  1-2

Brighton v Forest, can you see the shark shaped elephant now?  Forest having the better season and must decide whether to commit to this match to sustain form, or ease back to shepherd resources for the league - and CL qualification. The latter is an act of hubris in my opinion and they have to go for this.  The filthy self-entitled fetid Seagulls believe they are due silverware, therefore I hope they get walloped - and so the elephant shaped shark is averted, i.e Palace don’t lose to them in either the semi’s or worse still the final.  1-1, then 4-5 on penalties. 

Sunday

Preston North End v Villa, yes that’s their name. Quite why they need the compass specificity in their moniker is lost in the mists of time.  Then again, why the Brummies have added a Roman structure to their name is unclear too.  Anyhoo, 0-3 and proof there is no romance left in the Cup. 

Bournemouth v Man City, would have been harder to call 6 weeks ago - but the Cherries have flatlined and Pep has restored some level of reliability to the misfiring Manc’s. Pride over passion, 0-2.

Not too much to detain you there, but sequential kick-offs mean you can dissolve in to your safe of choice for 5 hours straight on both days.  OK, must get back to deleting my group chats. 

I DEFINITELY should have bet everything on these predictions.  Well done!

Yep-that weather is due here in around 1-2 hours.  After the hail disaster from a couple of weeks ago this will just add to the destruction.  So far, storm impact facing screens, window frames, shutters, gutters and the roof. Windows and skylights survived the first wave.  Most intense hail storm I have ever experienced. Anything outside in the hail path had serious damage.   I found golf ball+ sized hail an hour later with the outside temp 62*F.

This round TBD.