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Couple of months ago I got a check in the mail for $7.50 and immediately thought that was some weird kind of scam.

Looks like others felt the same way because when you ask Google about it you immediately see the question "Is Mueller Settlement legitimate?". Now that I think about it I have no idea where that check went.

01-18-2024 , 09:28 PM

#78

REDeYeS00

always sloppy

Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 22,789

poor money management results in lost burrito supreme
hope you didn't starve

01-19-2024 , 12:00 AM

#79

27offsuit

actions have consequences!

Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 38,535

And imagine how much the lawyers made.

McLovin thanks for removing the SPAM.

01-19-2024 , 12:23 AM

#80

All-inMcLovin

Wholesome Mod

Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 49,609

Quote:

Originally Posted by 27offsuit

And imagine how much the lawyers made.

McLovin thanks for removing the SPAM.

"What do you call a thousand lawyers covered up to their necks in sand on the beach?"

Spoiler:

You're welcome 27o. :: salute ::

That ****er made 8 (!!!) different SPAM threads. I was more than happy to OTC&B him.

01-19-2024 , 02:39 AM

#81

MeLoveYouLongTime

Not a difficult personality

Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 13,159

Quote:

Originally Posted by 27offsuit

I often wonder how MLY is doing. I hope she's doing well.

***Welcome to the Year of the Dragon: Winter is Here Chat Thread***

I'm doing well, thanks. Hope everything is going well for you as well.

Working remotely, 100% fake work with 35hrs of meetings per week, but I'm thankful to have luckboxed into this situation.
No stress, no triggers, and went on my first real vacation ever last month.
My mental health has never been as stable as this past year.

Poker skills have improved and I'm cashing/final tabling quite often.

I have become sedentary and gained 40lbs this past year, gotta get a handle on that though.

01-19-2024 , 03:34 AM

#82

rickroll

oddly catty

Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 22,760

What poker games you playing these days?

01-19-2024 , 03:57 AM

#83

MeLoveYouLongTime

Not a difficult personality

Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 13,159

Just small NL $200-$500 tournaments.
I stopped playing cash and haven't tried any other games.

01-19-2024 , 05:12 AM

#84

All-inMcLovin

Wholesome Mod

Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 49,609

Very glad to hear you're doing well MLYLT!

01-19-2024 , 04:38 PM

#85

DodgerIrish

Fraudulent Zodiac

Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 28,192

I'm now reminded why spring is the bee's knees

I'm over this snow ****. I'd say it's for the birds but even they know better

01-19-2024 , 06:25 PM

#86

rickroll

oddly catty

Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 22,760

Quote:

Originally Posted by DodgerIrish

I'm now reminded why spring is the bee's knees

I'm over this snow ****. I'd say it's for the birds but even they know better

01-19-2024 , 06:41 PM

#87

DodgerIrish

Fraudulent Zodiac

Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 28,192

01-19-2024 , 07:05 PM

#88

27offsuit

actions have consequences!

Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 38,535

Quote:

Originally Posted by MeLoveYouLongTime

Yah baby, good to hear. I would 100% do a 100% fake job ngl. My profession is based on deliverables with no hiding places. Feels bad man.

01-19-2024 , 07:28 PM

#89

REDeYeS00

always sloppy

Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 22,789

it's been ages since we had a poker game

01-20-2024 , 02:03 AM

#90

All-inMcLovin

Wholesome Mod

Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 49,609

Quote:

Originally Posted by DodgerIrish

I'm now reminded why spring is the bee's knees

I'm over this snow ****. I'd say it's for the birds but even they know better

Snow in theory is acceptable. Except when it becomes ice on the ground and there's patches of sidewalk where it's just ice/ice/ice. Total Fail.

01-20-2024 , 12:44 PM

#91

brianr

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 4,590

Gregorio that sucks. What did they say when you called?

01-20-2024 , 01:35 PM

#92

Sammy2bullets

Property of Bobo Fett

Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 12,365

Just buy a new one, problem solved! idiot

01-20-2024 , 04:12 PM

#93

MeLoveYouLongTime

Not a difficult personality

Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 13,159

Quote:

Originally Posted by REDeYeS00

it's been ages since we had a poker game

Let's do it!

01-20-2024 , 05:08 PM

#94

REDeYeS00

always sloppy

Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 22,789

that honestly may be the last time i played online.
not from the last time

Quote:

Originally Posted by REDeYeS00

don't really care how 1st & 2nd is split...whatever makes other folks happy.
what made me happy was playing with you folks and the friendly banter.
and a special thanks to MLYLT for the cheat code that i used to the end.
suck that loosers.

Last edited by REDeYeS00; 01-20-2024 at 05:22 PM.

01-20-2024 , 06:35 PM

#95

pokeraz

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 3,871

Would have been my last time too had I been invited.

01-20-2024 , 07:08 PM

#96

marknfw

Gaming Commissioner

Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 13,097

Was that pre covid or during?

01-20-2024 , 07:20 PM

#97

REDeYeS00

always sloppy

Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 22,789

Quote:

Originally Posted by pokeraz

Would have been my last time too had I been invited.

from a 2015 sense deleted Norm tweet
do you believe i before e accept when high still applies?
then except second s inspection
a wise type of owl with any since sees word parlay
and vowels are just not constants

Spoiler:

Quote:

When people say ‘surreal’ they mean ‘real’, it’s just most of your life is not very real, just repetition and routine. I went to his house and I met him. Only musician I’d ever met was one of my best friends, Billy Joe Shaver, and I told Dylan and he laughed and said he loved Billy Joe. Then he left and came back with an old vinyl of ‘Honky Tonk Heroes’ and put it on and we listened to it, all the way through, and didn’t talk. Then he talked to me at length. At length.

When Bob Dylan speaks, his words seem chosen long ago, his sentences are spare, and he looks right at you, and his countenance is stone. He spoke to me for many hours over two days. There was no alcohol or drugs consumed. He was interested only in writing. I remember wishing I had secretly recorded him, and I remember trying as hard as I could to remember every word he said. I remember he talked over and over about verbs and about ‘verbifying’, how anything could be ‘verbified’. He asked me my favorite book of the Bible and I said Job, and he said his favorite was Ecclesiastes. He then told me that the book of Job I was familiar with was not the original, and then he told me the original.

I began to notice his speech was naturally rich with imagery, and that listening to him had a mesmerizing effect. I noticed when looking at his face while listening to his words that it was like looking at an impressionistic painting. I cannot repeat any of what I heard that evening, but he invited me to stay the night and we ate dinner in silence. A girl cooked a beef stew and there were three other men, who I later learned were musicians. When Bob Dylan retired for the evening, I spoke freely with the three men. They took me to a recording studio in a guest house and I listened to them play. I asked them for their favorite Dylan stories. They told me, and the night happened and i didn’t sleep. I was very unknown at the time and asked why Bob Dylan had summoned me for this visit. One of the men told me.

The next morning, when Dylan reappeared, the big house seemed full again. He told me he wanted me to meet someone. He took me to the guard shack and I met the guard and Dylan told the old man to tell me ‘the story’. He did and it was very funny. While the old man was telling his funny story, Bob Dylan kept looking right at me and he was laughing hard and I was too. It was very funny. We went back to the house and Dylan poured two cups of black coffee and we each drank coffee. And that is when Bob Dylan began speaking about being a writer.

He said most ‘writers’ were what he called ‘stenographers’. He would put a record on his player and have me listen to it. He would have me silently read a passage from a classic book. Then Bob Dylan would explain why this was not writing, why it was stenography. One piece of fiction he had me read was one of my favorites. I saw that I had been wrong about one of my favorite pieces of fiction. Bob Dylan showed me how I had been deceived. I told him that I understood, but I did not, and I lied to Bob Dylan.

A week later, I understood, and phoned him and explained and he laughed. I don’t want to say what Bob Dylan said to me but one thing that he gave me permission to tell my friends was, ‘Don’t be fooled by typists.'”

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