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[Foulkey Reese]

..but Jon Lester is an ace.

Win it for Peggy.

Edited by Foulkey Reese, 12 September 2009 - 10:04 AM.

[ypioca]

-Hey, Peggy, what's Big Lame James' ERA at Fenway?

-It's 9.00, Joan.

-Looks like he's pretty fucking horrible there.

-Yes, it does, seem that way, Joan. Nice boobs, BTW.

Edited by ypioca, 10 September 2009 - 11:46 PM.

[Burn Out]

-Hey, Peggy, what's Big Lame James' ERA at Fenway?

-It's 9.00, Joan.

-Looks like he's pretty fucking horrible there.

-Yes, it does, seem that way, Joan. Nice boobs, BTW.

Do I spy an IBM Selectric II with Typeball Technology and optional correction feature?

Hot.

Win.

[OhBabyDontOrtizMe]

James Shields has terrible facial hair. I mean really bad. It is worse than Youks'. Make him pay. And if he gets frustrated and starts headhunting? Bob and weave:

[Sam Ray Not]

Madmen homojo.

[luckysox]

Madmen homojo.

not a big fan of homojo.
but if you're going to do it, do it right:

[mjdlight]

I'm a Yankee fan, and I should not be feeding into SOSH mojo, but I'm a hopeless Mad Men addict, and I can't resist CREEPY PEGGY pics...

[Sam Ray Not]

not a big fan of homojo.

Really? I can't remember the exact results, but I thought homojo had a pretty solid run here.

Creepy Peggy + Kurt's uncloseted homojo:

[InsideTheParker]

Do I spy an IBM Selectric II with Typeball Technology and optional correction feature?

Hot.

Win.

[Rasputin]

Who the fuck is Peggy?

[Rough Carrigan]

Who the fuck is Peggy?

Sorry. She's a muggle.

[wilked]

Any thoughts on the weather? Just scattered stuff?

[OhBabyDontOrtizMe]

Sorry. She's a fuggle.

Fixed.

[FungosWithJimy]

Any thoughts on the weather? Just scattered stuff?

Looks pretty bad tonight, according to most sources.

[NomarRS05]

Win it for Bertram Cooper






By the way, just noticed this:

Sorry. She's a muggle.

So, so awesome.

Edited by NomarRS05, 11 September 2009 - 12:33 PM.

[Foulkey Reese]

Who the fuck is Peggy?

Draco's fuck buddy.

[smastroyin]

Apparently we are going for a conflagration of "homojo" and "jesus fucking christ the horse died three years ago" jokes.

[BucketOBalls]

Do I spy an IBM Selectric II with Typeball Technology and optional correction feature?

Hot.

Win.

That's actually a Selectric I, so no correctional feature. Still hot. Still Win.

[BannedbyNYYFans.com]

[Kilgore A. Trout]

If she pushed her chest out any more in that pose her spine would snap in two. Seriously, is there a hidden mike in her bra or something?

[Foulkey Reese]

I would toss Don Draper's salad if it would get me closer to Joan.

[Al Zarilla]

Typewriters, ugh. I had a college professor that required lab reports to be typed and we had a typewriter something like the one below. Worst college days ever until my little sister felt sorry for me and my fatfingers and typed the rest of them for me. Thanks, Sis.

[NomarRS05]

I don't know how the world functioned before computers.

Getting back to the women of Mad Men, win it for Trudy Campbell.



I would do awful things to her.

[Kilgore A. Trout]

Win it for Jane Siegel.



You know she's just gonna get shit on all season. Don hates her, all the women resent her, and Sterling's only an episode or two away from finding new tail to chase and dumping her. Poor girl, and all she did was wreck a home. She could use some love.

Edited by Kilgore A. Trout, 11 September 2009 - 01:12 PM.

[EastCoasterOutWest]

Win it because I was supposed to be at the game as a birthday gift from my wife, but we had to cancel and I'm still in San Diego.

[TeddysBonefish]

Speaking of hot bouffants and homojo...


...just freaking win.

[C4CRVT]

Sadly, I have no new creepy/ hot pictures of Heidi to post for tonight.

But Lester is one of the top 5 pitchers in all of baseball and Shields is not.

WIN!!!!

[Burn Out]

That's actually a Selectric I, so no correctional feature. Still hot. Still Win.

Sorry to go all Wiki on you:

In the TV series Mad Men, which is set in the year 1960, Selectric II typewriters are featured prominently on the secretaries' desks, even though they weren't introduced until 1973. In his 2008 DVD commentary, creator Matthew Weiner said the Selectric was chosen for his show for aesthetic reasons and because of the difficulty of assembling the required number of period-appropriate conventional electric typewriters. Weiner admits that alert fans have picked up on this anachronism and have commented on it, but that he was willing to put up with the criticism to get the right "look". He seems unaware, however, that his cast is equipped with 1970's-era Selectric II's. He refers in his commentary only to the revolutionary IBM typewriter appearing 10 months after Episode 1, which is set in March, 1960.

So...it's a Selectric II. Unless, of course, you're right. In which case it is a Selectric I.


Maybe we need a chart with a cluster of little dots?

[BucketOBalls]

If she pushed her chest out any more in that pose her spine would snap in two. Seriously, is there a hidden mike in her bra or something?

I believe she is said to be "stacked", as in, her upper body looks stacked upon her hips. A stiff breeze could upset the balance and send her top crashing to the floor.

[AlNipper49]

hey lurkers join us in chat

[Rough Carrigan]

Speaking of hot bouffants and homojo...


...just freaking win.

The rightmost one. Did she run track for Jamaica?

[Rasputin]

So um, back to the who the fuck is Peggy thing.

Also if James Shields is not a man, what is he, an aardvark?

[Frank, Fenway]

So um, back to the who the fuck is Peggy thing.

Also if James Shields is not a man, what is he, an aardvark?

he is an astro man

[Frito Tankona]

Maybe we need a chart with a cluster of little dots?

For whatever reason, I found this hilarious.

[OhBabyDontOrtizMe]

hey lurkers join us in chat

Don't do it! That's the same line they used on the kids in Mystic River!

[Kilgore A. Trout]

So I think the matchup is good tonight. Shields has always had trouble with the Sox. Lester has historically been a little iffy against Tampa too, but I think we can safely say that phase is over. I expect at least six solid from Jon, probably seven, with two or fewer earned runs. I think Shields will make it to the sixth, probably not through it, and give up three. Then the Sox get to the bullpen, which is in the process of throwing away Tampa season all by themselves. They have just been terrible the last few weeks, just like old times. So even if Lester is not totally on, or Shields pitches out of his mind good, as long as the Sox keep it close and can get to the D E V I L Rays pen for two plus innings, then the Sox should win.
Which is important, because the Sox really need to win this series to keep at least the two game advantage over the Rangers going into the Angels series. The matchups there make me believe the Rangers will take two of three, but could lose two of three just as easily if someone other than Felix on Monday comes to pitch for Seattle. Maybe Fister on Sunday. He's up against Holland, who has been sucking pretty hard recently. Or maybe Ichiro plays out his mind awesome like he is wont to do once and a while and just carries the Mariners for the weekend.
Either way, the Sox need to take this series. Winning tonight would be a good start.

[BucketOBalls]

Sorry to go all Wiki on you:

In the TV series Mad Men, which is set in the year 1960, Selectric II typewriters are featured prominently on the secretaries' desks, even though they weren't introduced until 1973. In his 2008 DVD commentary, creator Matthew Weiner said the Selectric was chosen for his show for aesthetic reasons and because of the difficulty of assembling the required number of period-appropriate conventional electric typewriters. Weiner admits that alert fans have picked up on this anachronism and have commented on it, but that he was willing to put up with the criticism to get the right "look". He seems unaware, however, that his cast is equipped with 1970's-era Selectric II's. He refers in his commentary only to the revolutionary IBM typewriter appearing 10 months after Episode 1, which is set in March, 1960.

So...it's a Selectric II. Unless, of course, you're right. In which case it is a Selectric I.


Maybe we need a chart with a cluster of little dots?

I hate charts.

Original image


Selectric I

Selectric II


The II had a more angular casing. It's a model I in the pic, due to the curved side and somewhat recessed keyboard. They probalby had a mix for the show.

Might as well add to the hobomojo

Edited by BucketOBalls, 11 September 2009 - 01:46 PM.

[FungosWithJimy]

Um...Mad Men. Good show. But...game? Weather?

[Foulkey Reese]

Um...Mad Men. Good show. But...game? Weather?

Gonna be off and on all night.

http://www.wundergro...t...99&smooth=0

If I had to guess I would say they play but with delays.

[luckysox]

Speaking of hot bouffants and homojo...


...just freaking win.

Now THAT is homojo.

[Kilgore A. Trout]

Now THAT is homojo.

Enough for a whole season, I'd say.

[SemperFidelisSox]

Happy 9/11 Day.

[jimc]

Lineup: Ellsbury, Pedroia, Martinez, Youkilis, Ortiz, Bay, Lowell, Drew, Gonzalez. Lester. #redsox

[Burn Out]

Original image


Selectric I

Selectric II


The II had a more angular casing. It's a model I in the pic, due to the curved side and somewhat recessed keyboard. They probalby had a mix for the show.

>>>>>

Um...yes. The II was more angular. Which is exactly what the OP image shows.

Really, all you're doing now is embarrassing yourself in front of the entire board.

A Chart With Dots

We can all agree the original image has a solid or capped Platen Knob as seen above. Correct? Like this: Or this.

The Selectric I had an open or spoked Platen Knob like this.

It is blindingly obvious the OP was showing a Selectric II.

If I get banned from this board because I'm having to educate you on the nuances of the IBM electric typewriter, I am going to be very upset (and have to start a new screen name).

[SemperFidelisSox]

It's a Friday home game and it's September 11th, which means the team will be wearing their red jerseys along with the red stars and stripes hat.

[neil]

Screw the typewriters, Christina Hendricks is in that pic and is looking fine. The perfect women for yours truly.

Oh yeah, baseball....win and stuff

[Sprowl]

A Chart With Dots

It looks like IBM lost velocity significantly after 1974, and the 1978-1982 attempt to reinvent itself as a LOOGY (Electronic typewriter? Please.) was doomed to failure from the start. Learning the knuckleball from Charlie Chaplin gave it a new lease on life and John Scully's disastrous stint as Apple's pitching coach prolonged IBM's career more than it deserved. Even so, not HOF-worthy, and certainly no GOAT.

[mikeford]

I have no goddamn idea what you guys are talking about


edit: jimc already posted the lineup. i'm stupid.

Edited by mikeford, 11 September 2009 - 03:06 PM.

[luckysox]

Lineup: Ellsbury, Pedroia, Martinez, Youkilis, Ortiz, Bay, Lowell, Drew, Gonzalez. Lester. #redsox

Every time Tito posts this lineup an angel gets his wings.

And I don't mean no stinkin' chone figgins

Edited by luckysox, 11 September 2009 - 03:09 PM.

[bosox188]

I hate charts.

Original image


Selectric I

Selectric II


The II had a more angular casing. It's a model I in the pic, due to the curved side and somewhat recessed keyboard. They probalby had a mix for the show.

Might as well add to the hobomojo

Holy shit, I saw that hobo when I went to Baltimore at the beginning of the summer.