Hector West

C’mon, Lowes. Kids aren’t even back in school yet over here.

A display of five large Halloween decorations at Lowe’s behind a small metal fence. Clockwise from the top left, a 15-foot high skeletal scarecrow holding a scythe; a 13-foot skeleton in white habiliments of the grave; a 10-foot skeletal version of the witch from the classic Snow White animated film; in the bottom left, a duo of skeletons, one in black robe with blue glowing eyes holding a guitar, and a skeleton also in black seated at a drum set.

04:13 PM - Aug 16, 2023

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Say wha? I got one right! ¡Vamos, España!

A cropped screenshot with the following text:
Matches
Spain 2 - Sweden 1

05:49 PM - Aug 15, 2023

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Thanks for checking my work! Does this look right now? Also, I spaced giving points for a correct score but incorrect winner (my brain is kinda effed right now...my bad)
#FIFAWWCBCG

Exclusive Member 😉 Group Stage Knockout / 16 Quarters Semis 3rd Place Final Total Points
@abigailevans 19 25 44
@canyonsfan 20 23 43
@coacharming 15 18 33
@deb_prothero 16 21 37
@fredkipter 19 30 49
@h_w 14 23 37
@happy4uuu 19 18 37
@hippiemom62 9 20 29
@jodontchaknow 9 9 18
@jrobgrave 0
@klaatu 0
@mrazrifirman 15 23 38
@NobleRot 17 24 41
@nycavri 18 12 30
@sstan99 15 21 36
@strawberigrl12 17 24 41

08:54 PM - Aug 09, 2023

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Here's my current best approximation and tally of the points after two rounds of the 1st Inaugural (I just added that...) #FIFAWWCBCG . Please let me know if there's something incorrect, and/or if you know scores from folks not listed. Notifications help w/ tracking & updating!
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A chart showing the total points after two rounds of a FIFA Women's World Cup Bracket Challenge. Results are as follows:
@abigailevans 44 points
@canyonsfan 43 points
@coacharming 33 points
@fredkipter 49 points
@h_w 35 points
@hippiemom62 27 points
@jodontchaknow 9 points (missing one round of scores)
@mrazrifirman 38 points
@NobleRot 41 points (leader)
@nycavri 30 points
@sstan99 36 points
@strawberigrl12 38 points

08:47 PM - Aug 08, 2023

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Here's what I have so far in our inaugural #FIFAWWCBCG standings after the group stage. I am missing a few, and my apologies for not catching it the first time if you already provided your total. Any help is appreciated!
@deb_prothero
@happy4uuu
@just_curious
@jrobgrave
@klaatu
@nycavri

Exclusive Member 😉 Group Stage
@abigailevans 19
@canyonsfan 20
@coacharming 15
@deb_prothero
@fredkipter 19
@h_w 14
@happy4uuu
@hippiemom62 9
@just_curious
@jodontchaknow 9
@jrobgrave
@klaatu
@mrazrifirman 15
@NobleRot 17
@nycavri
@sstan99 15
@strawberigrl12 17

11:13 PM - Aug 03, 2023

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#FIFAWWCBCG And here are my picks for the next round. This is where my head separates from my heart. I would love to see #RSA🇿🇦 , #NGA🇳🇬 , and #MOR🇲🇦 go through, but I think the other sides will edge them out. #Col🇨🇴 v #Jam🇯🇲 will be fun; I'm calling PKs after no goals for #usa🇺🇸 #SWE🇸🇪

Match Predicted WinnerPredicted Score
SUI🇨🇭v ESP🇪🇸 ESP🇪🇸 1-0
NED🇳🇱 v RSA🇿🇦 NED🇳🇱 1-0
JPN🇯🇵 v NOR🇳🇴 JPN🇯🇵 2-0
SWE🇸🇪 v USA🇺🇸 USA🇺🇸 0-0
ENG🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 v NGA🇳🇬 ENG🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 1-0
COL🇨🇴 v JAM🇯🇲 COL🇨🇴 2-0
AUS🇦🇺 v DEN🇩🇰 AUS🇦🇺 1-0
FRA🇫🇷 v MOR🇲🇦 FRA🇫🇷 2-0

10:10 AM - Aug 03, 2023

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#FIFAWWCBCG
Well, I suppose this is why I don't have a gambling problem - I'm terrible at it! I amassed a total of 14 points from the group stage. However, since I'm usually pretty conservative in my picks, that means this tourney is a bit bonkers and I'm here for it!
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A chart of the FIFA Women's World Cup group stage results from a bracket challenge. Group A got 2 points for picking Switzerland as the top team, but missed points on the other spot. Group B picked Australia to go through in 2nd, so earned a point from their 1st place finish. Group C got both Spain and Japan correct, but out of order so two points. Group D saw the only four-point total with English and Denmark going through in that order. Group E saw the correct teams USA and Netherlands, but in the wrong order for two points. Group F earned only one point for picking France to go through. Group G saw two points for picking Sweden to go through in first place. And group H earned no points - picked both wrong teams.

09:55 AM - Aug 03, 2023

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Apologies to my #Football #soccer peeps for being a phantom the last few days. The game times are brutal when I’m working the pic below as a single dad & still trying to coach/play the game. Special shout-out to @nycavri and @strawberigrl12 and all others for the updates & play-by-play! #WWC

Photo of a MacBook screen showing text from a dissertation with a boldface head ring of “Results” visible below some barely legible text. The keyboard is visible from F2 across to F10 and down to the first row of letters on a QWERTY keyboard.

04:10 PM - Aug 02, 2023

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(GIF: Michael Myers’s character from SNL’s Coffee Talk skit with caption “Talk amongst yourselves.”)

Phred @Phred

All of us googling verklempt…

12:42 PM - Aug 01, 2023

02:17 PM - Aug 01, 2023

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¡Feliz 28! (Peruvian Independence Day)

Cooking some ají de gallina, lomo saltado, and empanadas de espinaca. A buddy’s bringing over the pisco sours.

Extraño a mi familia. Salud 🍻🇵🇪🍻

(GIF: A slowly waving Peruvian flag w/ sunset backdrop)
#Peru #Feliz28 #OrgulloPeruano

05:35 PM - Jul 28, 2023

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First waver here who remained a plate of greasy buttered noodles from the get-go. Now labeled “A-rated greasy buttered noodles.”

(GIF: a brown dog with a plate of noodles in its head blinking rapidly)

Jason Carton @Jaycee7ca

As an average Canadian, I just want to state that I was Average Canadian the whole time.
02:30 PM - Jul 27, 2023

02:45 PM - Jul 27, 2023

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#FIFAWWCBCG

Here are my picks. For the record, I am notoriously bad at predicting anything. I'm just happy to be watching and following along.

Group A 1st SUI
Group A 2nd NZL
Group B 1st CAN
Group B 2nd AUS
Group C 1st ESP
Group C 2nd JPN
Group D 1st ENG
Group D 2nd DEN
Group E 1st USA
Group E 2nd NED
Group F 1st BRA
Group F 2nd FRA
Group G 1st SWE
Group G 2nd ITA
Group H 1st GER
Group H 2nd KOR

12:26 PM - Jul 24, 2023

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Screen break. #DogsOfSpoutible #TwilightWalks #ThreeSisters_ #CentralOregon_

(The _ after the splashtag indicates a revision to include camelcase.)

Twilight dog park photo: In the bottom, centered, sits a white dog, ears back, pink tongue extended in a happy pant. To her left is a cement path curving to the left slightly before disappearing into the scrub brush flanking it. The middle horizontal third presents a light brown line of scrub brush behind which stands the silhouetted tips of pine and fir against a yellow and orange sunset. Two of the Three Sisters mountains are tucked inside the horizon.

12:56 AM - Jul 23, 2023

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This is #MidlifeCrisisMoment No. 600. I was thinking earlier that I love doughnuts and so does my son, but I don’t really eat them much, but anyway I said to myself “Self,” I said, “you should make your own doughnuts.”

So fk it, I made doughnuts.

(Edit: Not sure why the double pic 🤷‍♂️)

08:22 PM - Jul 21, 2023 (Edited)

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Gut-wrenching moment. There have been a few this match!

And then, that save by Sheridan! #FIFAWWC #NGACAN

Azri Firman @MrAzriFirman

Nigeria's best spell in the 2nd half. Uchenna Kanu might be a game-changer for them. Damn shame Onumonu accidentally blocked her own teammate's attempt on goal...

#FIFAWWC
12:06 AM - Jul 21, 2023

12:11 AM - Jul 21, 2023

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Fellas sending unsolicited DMs: This is your vibe (the GIF below, not the OP).

This is not a good vibe. Step up to the challenge and leave DMs alone till asked.

(GIF: Jack from The Shining knocking on a door, displaying very creepy eyes)

Woke/Saying NO to polls @Woke

Here re a few things to know about me, since I received my third dm from a man.
I'm black
Sixty-four years old
Married 33 1/2 years to the best man on earth
College grad
Two daughters
Three dogs
Cancer patient
Volunteer
Children's advocate
06:23 PM - Jul 20, 2023

06:42 PM - Jul 20, 2023

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#DailyPictureTheme #Time

Astronomical clock in Prague.

A photo of an astronomical clock in Prague, Czech Republic: A sepia-toned portrait picture with a weathered brick building central. The building, darkened by time, displays two circular structures in the bottom and middle of the frame, the bottom a decorative (I think) element, almost flower-like, above which sits the astronomical clock. This clock contains two circular structures that make up the astronomical clock.

01:54 PM - Jul 20, 2023

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#GardenUpdate #SpoutibleGardening

Nothing to brag about. Guess we’ll see if I addressed the blossom end rot issue in a couple weeks. Pictures: cherry tomato, slicing heirloom tomato, cukes, plumb tree (like a phoenix rising from the ashes!), and snow pear tree.

11:22 AM - Jul 20, 2023

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Just hours away from the firstmatch, and our #FIFAWWCBCG currently stands at (I think) 14 of us. I've added a tab to the scoring template I posted, and this is where I'll add updates after each round. Am I missing anyone? (I'll tag everyone in the next thread.)

A screenshot of a Google Sheets page with a list of 14 Spoutible handles participating in the FIFA Women's World Cup Bracket Challenge Group. Handles include: @abigailevans
@canyonsfan
@coacharming
@deb_prothero
@fredkipter
@h_w
@happy4uuu
@hippiemom62
@jodontchaknow
@jrobgrave
@klaatu
@mrazrifirman
@nycavri
@sstan99

06:11 PM - Jul 19, 2023

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I’ll join you. Here…

David @Limpetman

Under the 'little things that drive you nuts' heading...

People that don't know the difference between lead and led...lead is a metal...I can't believe how often I see it used instead of led...even by journalists!

Rant over...please go about your business while I sob quietly in a corner.
12:21 PM - Jul 19, 2023

12:22 PM - Jul 19, 2023

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IOS App installed! Looks, well, like it did on my browser. But yay! An app!

Screenshot of the Spoutible app on my phone! This screen shows the timeline feed with the Spout box on top and one spout from @angief222.

08:16 PM - Jul 17, 2023

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#DailyPictureTheme #Garden

#Zone5B_
#ItIsTheThoughtThatCounts

A picture of a backyard garden: In the foreground at the bottom third is a row of corn plants. Towards behind are two beds of tomatoes and peppers. Against the back of the green fence stands a wooden arbor with hops vines encircling one side. To the right of that is a potted Marionberry with canes beginning an espalier against the garden fence. Blue sky peels in at the top right and left above a large juniper tree outside the garden fence.

01:14 PM - Jul 17, 2023

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Trying to attach a vid, was too big, then tried a compressed version but it says I can’t attach more than one video. Anyone know how to clear that? I’m trying with this spout so it might be deleted if this works.
Edit: It worked! 3-2 win for the Timbers; this is after the 1st. #PTFC_ #RCTID

12:39 PM - Jul 16, 2023 (Edited)

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#DailyPictureTheme #sea

Sunrise pic headed out fishing, Depot Bay, OR.

Landscape photo just at sunrise over a calm bay: The top horizontal third is a dark blue sky lightening as it reaches the horizon of a small silhouetted hill twinkled with morning house lights. The bottom third is reflective calm bay water.

11:44 AM - Jul 15, 2023

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Also a quick trip to the Adidas store…ran into Lucas Zelarayán from the Combus Crew (tmrw’s opponent), wished him buena suerte mañana and didn’t mean it.

10:19 PM - Jul 14, 2023

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Dude, does anyone else remember this sign? Latchkey kids were taught to look for this if we ever got in trouble on our way to our own place, or if our own place got sketchy. Different times, the 80s.

A yellow sign with a picture of a smiling house with red roof and window shutters, the latter acting as eyes above a drawn-in smile. The words "Block Home" in black are at the top.

04:37 PM - Jul 13, 2023

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Another reminder to the dudes on this site, hopefully coming from lots of other dudes on this site:
Please don't DM someone out of the blue. If you want to interact with someone here, put it in the public space. If you're invited to message, that's different. Creeps are lame. Don't be a creep.

LH Grant @LHGrant

You got it.

Men- Do better. Your behavior that makes you socially unacceptable in your small, little real world is exactly as inappropriate and unacceptable here. Consider me to be that guy at the end of the bar giving you looks that tell you it's time to go.......
02:21 PM - Jul 12, 2023

02:29 PM - Jul 12, 2023

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The second part! Damned if I don't have a 100% success rate in those shower arguments. I'm on fire in those. Every word is perfectly timed and placed, and others cower before my rhetorical prowess.

As soon as I'm dried off, though...I'm much more of a

Diana @Dmo

This is almost perfect, but needs a section before "taking" that is "making the decision to actually shower."

Paul Caruso on Spoutible

06:38 PM - Jul 11, 2023

06:47 PM - Jul 11, 2023

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