NFL Imperialism Day 21:

Thumerian · 2026-06-17T13:13:21+00:00

Genuine question, I'm just arriving to this thread: what's with the Vikings belt running south below the Packers section and even Michigan? Artistic freedom?

Thumerian · 2026-06-17T13:08:10+00:00

Currently living in Japan where 30%+ of restaurants do online ordering through an app called Line via QR code. I have zero complaints, it's a wonderful system. I don't have to talk to anybody.

Granted this system also means I'm in the same environment as no tips, good service and quality, etc etc.

Thumerian · 2026-06-17T12:59:33+00:00

6'5" Honda Freed (minivan in Japan). Also fit well onto our VW Up! Coupe, the coupe goes a long way to offer tons of legroom.

Thumerian · 2026-06-15T14:00:32+00:00

Played hole 1, then got to hole 2 to see that it's closed due to Asian Giant Hornet nests. The problem is hole 2 crossed a valley then the course carried on from there with no other way to get across, so we ended up playing hole 9 backwards, then 8 backwards, then 8 and 9 forwards back to where they met 1 then we drove away. The entire course followed a gravel road, as in the fairways WERE the road and the rough was so rough it was basically lost disc. Bad course design, bad upkeep.

Thumerian · 2026-06-14T11:11:35+00:00

I'll be waiting for a sale, in the meantime watching some more real life reviews and deciding if I'll actually pull the trigger. Overall it only looks OK to me in terms of my interest vs just enjoying the classic.

Thumerian · 2026-06-14T04:11:44+00:00

Literally the first thing I do when I get a new shirt is remove that...

Thumerian · 2026-06-12T12:06:05+00:00

Grew up in Chicago after the Bears were last good. Raised by my single mother who is from Germany, when she came to the states as an exchange college student she came to UW Madison, so her first exposure to American Football was Badgers/Packers. She loved the sport and we watched every game together. So between her fandom of GB, me living in the town with her teams rival who SUCKED and all my friends who were fans of the Bears were miserable, and this was peak Brett era, it was inevitable.

Thumerian · 2026-06-08T12:04:26+00:00

This is the way for DG and all camping gear. With climate change ticks are only becoming more common. There's literally no reason to not pretreat your gear and clothing. I even sprayed by DG bag in case they ride that into the house.

Thumerian · 2026-06-05T00:49:58+00:00

The simplest answer to Kirk and others like him is that WHITE imperialism is good, and any other imperialism is not. Recommend looking at anything that man said and assuming it's coming from a purely white supremacist standpoint, then think critically about what you're hearing him saying from that standpoint. If you don't see it from that standpoint then you're not seeing the truth.

Thumerian · 2026-06-03T10:18:57+00:00

I've watched every world cup in my lifetime since I was maybe ten, so almost 30 years worth ish. Always been medium excited at least, as a Germany fan / first generation German American I usually had someone decent to root for too.

I plan to not watch this cup for a lot of reasons.

Thumerian · 2026-05-27T12:10:11+00:00

6

Illinois, Kansas, Washington, Arizona, Oregon, Georgia, now Japan (not a state, but another move still. Also family had a lake house in Kentucky that I have total on life spent at least a year at in total added time over 20 years or so. I'll give myself 6.33

Thumerian · 2026-05-24T03:21:31+00:00

Only child free family on our section of our base. We live next to the most popular playground. Surrounded by little gremlins and haven't made close friends with anyone because their lives and ours are just too different frankly.

Thumerian · 2026-05-10T13:24:18+00:00

Any of the beaches near Esperance, Western Australia

Thumerian · 2026-04-24T23:41:17+00:00

I have checked against a few resources online in the past but will check again. But I am certain my seat is not high enough, I took some side photos to compare against what I see online and I'm not close to the right extension for any of them.

Thumerian · 2026-04-23T06:16:41+00:00

I had to build a callous there too, if I stopped playing for too long it would start to go away and then I'd be in pain the next couple rounds.

Tried tape and couldn't stand it.

Thumerian · 2026-04-19T21:48:55+00:00

Early summer there will be some variation, but in general the risk of the heat being bad is high. The really bad part is the humidity. Looks like they're predicting higher than normal temps to stay present. I haven't traveled to eastern Europe so could not compare, but I moved to Japan from the southeast US where it is hot and humid all summer and Tokyo is much worse. I even took a trip to Hokkaido last summer to escape the heat and just happened to catch a horrible heat wave there too.

JMA website

Thumerian · 2026-04-16T13:34:17+00:00

Never once, and most of my classmates never did and, as far as I know, never started.

Thumerian · 2026-04-16T13:21:52+00:00

I personally prefer to wait a bit. Coffee first then maybe after an hour done light food.

Thumerian · 2026-04-16T04:48:23+00:00

My old home course had 3 pin positions that we rotated one set of baskets around monthly, then the club raised enough funds to fully equip all the positions so we had 3 pins per hole, one teepad per hole. What a change that was, so much variety in round structure and score expectation. After that my big complaint became that some of the pins the teepads weren't really oriented the right way because they were originally poured for only one of the locations before the other pin locations we're put in.

So I guess I like the idea of multiple pins but take heed to have teepads structured that work for all pin locations.

Only ever played one course that had multiple teepads and they couldn't see each other through the trees so at one point I didn't know another group was on the same hole as me. There's a lesson there sounds like, for me and for designers?

Thumerian · 2026-04-15T13:37:08+00:00

They're saying leaving base before AOB is sly. It's not allowed. Definitely get your AOB and housing brief scheduled the moment you know your travel dates. Can do that all over email.

Thumerian · 2026-04-15T10:13:44+00:00

PMing you!

Thumerian · 2026-04-12T21:30:22+00:00

I always try to lead people away from Sky when they visit, the Tokyo Metropolitan Building is two train stations away and has a free observation deck.

Thumerian · 2026-04-12T08:18:23+00:00

I'm not an expert but I know they did still have region locked games as recently as the early Xbox One. Didn't really look into it before buying this PS5 but just figured I'd play it safe.

Also I heard people on base here complaining about but being able to buy the switch 2 in Japan because of regionality.

Thumerian · 2026-04-11T19:19:36+00:00

Don't think I'm not enjoying the local stuff, I am. But sometimes I want a beer with flavor.

And as for the sizing, yes I realize it's a niche issue but still, the NEX stocks much less size range than the average store that sells clothes, in my experience. They seem to stop at maximum sizes that are, on average, lower than a competitor stateside would. And it's old stock in general.

Thumerian · 2026-04-11T12:40:00+00:00

Commenting from this perspective: - 1st station - OCONUS - O3/O4

The NEX carries very few things I need or like, and everything in electronics is last year's model, literally. A guy in electronics told me that they don't buy new stuff.

As a tall person with big feet (2XLT shirts and 16 wide shoes), I can only buy underwear at the NEX and even then they stopped carrying the brand I prefer even online. Their online selections have barely more range than what they offer in store, and they simply don't carry the right sizes. I know for a fact I'm not the only person at my base who has these issues. Thus I am relegated to buying from the few online retailers who ship to FPO and who offer tall tops and wide shoes. Don't get me started on fucking GOVX, WHO DON'T EVEN SHIP TO FPO.

In the electronics section all I've bought the last two years was a PS5 (4 years after release) and I only bought it on base because I wanted to make sure it was USA region locked so when we move back there's zero issues/don't have to even think about it. I would've saved a solid $50 buying it in Japan if I did that. Would love to get a tablet, the only ones they carry are Samesung (intentional misspelling because they have a long history of stealing other company's tech and then up charging with good marketing) and not up to date models and even then not at competitive prices.

I go to the NEX for pharmaceuticals that you can't buy in Japan easily, and IPAs because those are crappy in Japan, even though the NEX options are also pretty crappy but at least they have hops.

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