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05/05/2007 01:33 #39159
NY PizzaCategory: food
I just don't get the cushion structure on this couch at New York Pizza On Allen. It is clearly uphostered with macthing fabric but the cushions don't match up? Seems like a lot of re-uphostery work for something that doesn't fit properly.
05/02/2007 23:49 #39134
Destroying earth one mansion at a timeCategory: housing
An anonymous guest wrote:
Dear anonymous person,
I suppose you are talking about the fact I criticized the Central Terminal for being heated by a coal plant all its own and for having a solid stone structure over a hundred feet high which is hard to heat.
We keep our house really cold in the winter to save energy. I wear a hat and scarf in the house and we keep all the lights off in the places we are not. We plastic the windows in the winter, use heavy drapes, recycle and have a compost pile for all the food scraps that the squirrels and tortoise don't eat.
We also bought vent-free gas stoves to heat localized area in the house that are 98% efficient and cost only about $1/day to run on high because of the way they use the gas so efficiently. In fact, our heating bill was only higher than $300 for the coldest month and that is for about 3500 sq. ft. of living space.
But really I don't care what you believe. I think you are just jealous but we can't all live in mansions.
Fuck you.
--paul
Here is the offensive chiminea being assembled by (e:matthew) and (e:terry) as they plot to destroy the earth.
Where is (e:matthew)
In my crazy earth destroying rage, I threw out all the Teflon pans in our house. In this case my environmental concerns were overpowered by my unwillingness to battle cancer.
Luckily, I replaced them with long term copper-bottomed, steel pans. I figured that way I should never need to replace the pans again, like you have to with the Teflon ones as they "decay." Normally they cost $360 pans but my bargain hunting mother found the on sale for $154. Here they are being washed in our environmentally sound dish washer. Paid $700 for an energy efficient one, instead of the cheaper high energy/water use ones. It is supposed to adjust the amount of water based on the weight of the dishes.
(e:matthew) found this root with a boner in the yard
This robin likes our worms
Got rid of all the remaining trash from the previous owner. Finally, we are done. None of the remaining crap was even worth bringing to amvets, most of it was molded due to a leak in the garage roof.
When we brought the garbage to the garbage transfer station on South Ogden I noticed someone lives right next door. Holy crap. It smells so bad there. The only way I can describe it is liek a mix of bologna and oregano with diarrhea. The previous time we were there it was a Saturday, I would not suggest ever going to the dump on a garbage day - although it was so busy they didn't weigh us or even check if we were citizens.
Here is (e:lilho) saying she wants to move to the rianforest, lol.
And then the food
Globe market on Elmwood - ate the turkey sage and cranberry mayo sandwich
I also bought the strawberry, whip crea puff
Then I ate at Ming Tea Cafe on Main Street again. This was (e:enknot)'s chicken with eggplant. This place really renews my faith in the tastiness of chinese food. Lunch is only $8.
Found this picture of chinese girls on the wall there that reminds me of the painting in (e:twisted)'s bedroom.
I'll leave you with basra eating.
I find you a little hypocritical. First off, those fire pit things you get at Home Depot can be considered illegal in the city. Not to mention the burning things isn't the greatest thing for the environment, remember? Secondly, your talk of living in a mansion is wonderful, i guess i would like to hear about some serious energy saving improvements, windows? insulation?
Dear anonymous person,
I suppose you are talking about the fact I criticized the Central Terminal for being heated by a coal plant all its own and for having a solid stone structure over a hundred feet high which is hard to heat.
We keep our house really cold in the winter to save energy. I wear a hat and scarf in the house and we keep all the lights off in the places we are not. We plastic the windows in the winter, use heavy drapes, recycle and have a compost pile for all the food scraps that the squirrels and tortoise don't eat.
We also bought vent-free gas stoves to heat localized area in the house that are 98% efficient and cost only about $1/day to run on high because of the way they use the gas so efficiently. In fact, our heating bill was only higher than $300 for the coldest month and that is for about 3500 sq. ft. of living space.
But really I don't care what you believe. I think you are just jealous but we can't all live in mansions.
Fuck you.
--paul
Here is the offensive chiminea being assembled by (e:matthew) and (e:terry) as they plot to destroy the earth.
Where is (e:matthew)
In my crazy earth destroying rage, I threw out all the Teflon pans in our house. In this case my environmental concerns were overpowered by my unwillingness to battle cancer.
Luckily, I replaced them with long term copper-bottomed, steel pans. I figured that way I should never need to replace the pans again, like you have to with the Teflon ones as they "decay." Normally they cost $360 pans but my bargain hunting mother found the on sale for $154. Here they are being washed in our environmentally sound dish washer. Paid $700 for an energy efficient one, instead of the cheaper high energy/water use ones. It is supposed to adjust the amount of water based on the weight of the dishes.
(e:matthew) found this root with a boner in the yard
This robin likes our worms
Got rid of all the remaining trash from the previous owner. Finally, we are done. None of the remaining crap was even worth bringing to amvets, most of it was molded due to a leak in the garage roof.
When we brought the garbage to the garbage transfer station on South Ogden I noticed someone lives right next door. Holy crap. It smells so bad there. The only way I can describe it is liek a mix of bologna and oregano with diarrhea. The previous time we were there it was a Saturday, I would not suggest ever going to the dump on a garbage day - although it was so busy they didn't weigh us or even check if we were citizens.
Here is (e:lilho) saying she wants to move to the rianforest, lol.
And then the food
Globe market on Elmwood - ate the turkey sage and cranberry mayo sandwich
I also bought the strawberry, whip crea puff
Then I ate at Ming Tea Cafe on Main Street again. This was (e:enknot)'s chicken with eggplant. This place really renews my faith in the tastiness of chinese food. Lunch is only $8.
Found this picture of chinese girls on the wall there that reminds me of the painting in (e:twisted)'s bedroom.
I'll leave you with basra eating.
jenks - 05/06/07 09:51
is that a baby basra next to him while he eats?? And yeah, the anon commenter is a jackass, as they all tend to be.
is that a baby basra next to him while he eats?? And yeah, the anon commenter is a jackass, as they all tend to be.
jason - 05/03/07 10:49
"Can be considered illegal." Spoken like a true idiot. The more I read his nonsense the more I laugh. Either something is illegal or it is not illegal!
"Can be considered illegal." Spoken like a true idiot. The more I read his nonsense the more I laugh. Either something is illegal or it is not illegal!
matthew - 05/03/07 10:09
He/or she is just plain wrong. The chimney-a is not illegal within our city limits. True our house is not 100% eco-friendly. But we've only bought it less than a year ago, and the improvements that have been made are leaps and bounds over the previous owner's efforts. One day we'll have a green roof to live under when our budget can afford it. For now we are doing all we can. Small steps. Also i should note that our house saves more on energy and heating than any other house owner that i personally know in buffalo (based on bills and home improvements), and ours is twice the size. This asshole should check their facts before making a personal attack against us.
He/or she is just plain wrong. The chimney-a is not illegal within our city limits. True our house is not 100% eco-friendly. But we've only bought it less than a year ago, and the improvements that have been made are leaps and bounds over the previous owner's efforts. One day we'll have a green roof to live under when our budget can afford it. For now we are doing all we can. Small steps. Also i should note that our house saves more on energy and heating than any other house owner that i personally know in buffalo (based on bills and home improvements), and ours is twice the size. This asshole should check their facts before making a personal attack against us.
mastermindkg - 05/03/07 09:34
I don't think what he said was all that bad. He is just expressing his concern.
Wrong place.
If he cares so much about the environment, he should write his congressman.
I don't think what he said was all that bad. He is just expressing his concern.
Wrong place.
If he cares so much about the environment, he should write his congressman.
joshua - 05/03/07 08:49
Ha! Oh my god... what a tool.
Ha! Oh my god... what a tool.
jason - 05/03/07 08:19
Forget the damn enviro-nazi. There's no pleasing those losers no matter what you do.
Forget the damn enviro-nazi. There's no pleasing those losers no matter what you do.
carolinian - 05/03/07 04:21
I have to wonder if the anonymous poster is even from Buffalo, as they don't understand that virtually every house in the city is 60-100 years old and doesn't have insulation and is an energy pit by definition. The only way to have a house in Buffalo that doesn't leak a volcano's worth of heat is to move to the suburbs and buy a house built in the last few decades that has insulation. And in that case, you'd get some other rant about destroying the earth through suburban sprawl.
I have to wonder if the anonymous poster is even from Buffalo, as they don't understand that virtually every house in the city is 60-100 years old and doesn't have insulation and is an energy pit by definition. The only way to have a house in Buffalo that doesn't leak a volcano's worth of heat is to move to the suburbs and buy a house built in the last few decades that has insulation. And in that case, you'd get some other rant about destroying the earth through suburban sprawl.
04/29/2007 20:42 #39092
Queen City Roller GirlsCategory: sports
The Queen City Roller Girls game at Rainbow Rink 
was packed. We went to go see (e:rachel) and (e:dragonlady) play. We seriously had to park like a block away and walk down some railroad tracks (as with any good trip to the tonawandas) to get to the place we were going. North Tonawanda smelled exactly how I remembered it - a faint smell of burning rubber.
Rainbow rink - 101 Oliver Street, North Tonawanda, NY was exactly how I remembered it. It was downright freakish to hear Mr. Roboto playing when we got there. I think it may have been the last song I heard there the last time I left, sometime in the 80s. It was nice to be able to drink beer this time around.
(e:terry) glowing in the blacklight
Gave a buck for fleshette. I would have given more but I had forgotten my wallet and that was my remaining change.
Even though she played for the "other team" - I think my favorite was crashinova - she reminded me of (e:robin) for some reason.
(e:lilho) was really stressed that the teams didn't have proper fashion consultation.
was packed. We went to go see (e:rachel) and (e:dragonlady) play. We seriously had to park like a block away and walk down some railroad tracks (as with any good trip to the tonawandas) to get to the place we were going. North Tonawanda smelled exactly how I remembered it - a faint smell of burning rubber.
Rainbow rink - 101 Oliver Street, North Tonawanda, NY was exactly how I remembered it. It was downright freakish to hear Mr. Roboto playing when we got there. I think it may have been the last song I heard there the last time I left, sometime in the 80s. It was nice to be able to drink beer this time around.
(e:terry) glowing in the blacklight
Gave a buck for fleshette. I would have given more but I had forgotten my wallet and that was my remaining change.
Even though she played for the "other team" - I think my favorite was crashinova - she reminded me of (e:robin) for some reason.
(e:lilho) was really stressed that the teams didn't have proper fashion consultation.
girlon8wheels - 05/02/07 10:01
Hey, I played on Saturday night! I was on the Devil Dollies, C.N. Red #13. Thanks for coming out and see us play. We appreciate your support, and I hope you had a good time!
Hey, I played on Saturday night! I was on the Devil Dollies, C.N. Red #13. Thanks for coming out and see us play. We appreciate your support, and I hope you had a good time!
metalpeter - 04/30/07 17:25
I like the pictures thanks for sharing them. The pictures do tell a good story.
I like the pictures thanks for sharing them. The pictures do tell a good story.
dragonlady7 - 04/30/07 09:46
I don't know the stats from our admissions but Barb the rink owner's wife was explaining that they had 500 chairs so if all those were full, that was 500 people; plus she could count about 100-150 people sitting on the walls and barriers, and there were some people on the floor. But I didn't have time to see if all the chairs were full, so I can't say for sure how many people we got in that place.
I don't want to scare people away with the crowds, but we really need to consistently sell out the venue in order to be taken seriously. I think we're doing well for our first season, but we have yet to attract any major sponsors, and we're going to need some serious cash to fund a travel team this summer.
What did you think of the show?? Was it fun??
We didn't have proper fashion consultation? They're sports uniforms-- believe me, we tried everything, it's all we could really get. And we did have a bit of fashion consultation-- #007 on the Knockouts is a model and actually joined the league because she met me and one of my coworkers at the airport because she flies to New York so often.
I don't know the stats from our admissions but Barb the rink owner's wife was explaining that they had 500 chairs so if all those were full, that was 500 people; plus she could count about 100-150 people sitting on the walls and barriers, and there were some people on the floor. But I didn't have time to see if all the chairs were full, so I can't say for sure how many people we got in that place.
I don't want to scare people away with the crowds, but we really need to consistently sell out the venue in order to be taken seriously. I think we're doing well for our first season, but we have yet to attract any major sponsors, and we're going to need some serious cash to fund a travel team this summer.
What did you think of the show?? Was it fun??
We didn't have proper fashion consultation? They're sports uniforms-- believe me, we tried everything, it's all we could really get. And we did have a bit of fashion consultation-- #007 on the Knockouts is a model and actually joined the league because she met me and one of my coworkers at the airport because she flies to New York so often.
mike - 04/30/07 00:25
i went to rainbow rink to get skates when I was stralight express for haloween and i felt the same way. It was exactly the same as when I last was there circa 1994.
i went to rainbow rink to get skates when I was stralight express for haloween and i felt the same way. It was exactly the same as when I last was there circa 1994.
jenks - 04/29/07 23:00
goddammit I missed it again!!
And you guys were all there so it would have been extra fun?!
And hottie david was supposed to be there too.
ugh.
goddammit I missed it again!!
And you guys were all there so it would have been extra fun?!
And hottie david was supposed to be there too.
ugh.
mrmike - 04/29/07 20:51
Meant to head out last night, but I had the youngins and couldn't talk em into it. We got as far as Dairy Queen and headed back. I remembered the crowd from February and figured that we'd have no hope with a late arrival. Looks like they attracted another big crowd
Meant to head out last night, but I had the youngins and couldn't talk em into it. We got as far as Dairy Queen and headed back. I remembered the crowd from February and figured that we'd have no hope with a late arrival. Looks like they attracted another big crowd
04/28/2007 14:42 #39075
Ramen and LobsterCategory: food
There is nothing as good as ramen noodles and lobster. I think it the culinary equivalent of drinking kristal in a trailer.
paul - 04/28/07 22:33
James, they are frozen pees. And honestly they are organic rice noodles and not true ramen. I am a cheater.
I miss you to southernyankee. We mention you everyday at somepoint.
James, they are frozen pees. And honestly they are organic rice noodles and not true ramen. I am a cheater.
I miss you to southernyankee. We mention you everyday at somepoint.
james - 04/28/07 18:38
Are those freeze dried cup o noodle pees or forzen pees added to give the dish more class?
Are those freeze dried cup o noodle pees or forzen pees added to give the dish more class?
04/29/2007 20:02 #39087
Rudolph and Son's Garden CenterCategory: gardening
Sidenote: I wish I had a powerful mac capable of runnning Safari and IE along side both version of firefox. It is really a necessity in the business I am in. Right now I am really angry because something has changed and firefox is not uploading images for me on my linux install? I have no idea what the deal is seeing as I did not change the site code this week and that I can upload the images from Safari. I am seriously considering a new computer career that involves less complicated testing on diverse systems.
Well here they are - this weekend we went shopping for the garden and did lots of house work. Then we went to the Queen City Roller Girls Game. I also piled lost of garbage up for the dump, my first stop tomorrow morning before work, fun!
It was so foggy downtown on our way to the Rudolph and Son's nursery way down on Clinton Street.
Just before it is this giant white house. Does anyone know what it is?
They had lots of pretty blue and purple flowers. I tried taking pics of the same flowers with and without flash.
They removed more of the paint on the old club heat on Delaware. What is it going to become?
Ate another pitts burger from Jimmy Macs.
Well here they are - this weekend we went shopping for the garden and did lots of house work. Then we went to the Queen City Roller Girls Game. I also piled lost of garbage up for the dump, my first stop tomorrow morning before work, fun!
It was so foggy downtown on our way to the Rudolph and Son's nursery way down on Clinton Street.
Just before it is this giant white house. Does anyone know what it is?
They had lots of pretty blue and purple flowers. I tried taking pics of the same flowers with and without flash.
They removed more of the paint on the old club heat on Delaware. What is it going to become?
Ate another pitts burger from Jimmy Macs.
metalpeter - 04/30/07 17:31
That first flower shot is pretty good and that burger looks tasty also. In terms of that huge house I have walked by it a couple times on my way to work when the bus I catch didn't go all the way out to work. I don't know what the place is but it look huge. If that is the place I'm thinking of if you keep going down that way there is a cementary out there to. I remember thinking that with the closed gate you would think if it was a place and not a home that there would be a sign. I wish I was more help.
That first flower shot is pretty good and that burger looks tasty also. In terms of that huge house I have walked by it a couple times on my way to work when the bus I catch didn't go all the way out to work. I don't know what the place is but it look huge. If that is the place I'm thinking of if you keep going down that way there is a cementary out there to. I remember thinking that with the closed gate you would think if it was a place and not a home that there would be a sign. I wish I was more help.
I leave for one day and NY PIzza gets all fancy with a couch?
looks like someone played drunk jenga with it.
maybe the cushions are from 2 different chairs with the same upholstery and the one that is supposed to go on this one was SOILED (ewwww) so they replaced it with a smaller one from another sofa?
I think too much, don't I?
=)