Gary-
Super Ep!
You know me- I am a
MAJOR CHEESEHEAD!!
I will be ordering
some cheese soon!!!!
Who needs anything else
when you can have
wine AND
cheese!!!!!
🙂

GREAT

Yay for Wisconsin cheese! I’ve not tried the Pleasant Ridge yet, but will definitely seek it out!

woopsies. hit the trigger too fast again.
GREAT episode, Gary.
Oh, man, those bargains. A man after my own heart with that playbill story. I keep hoping I’ll pick up some crappy painting at a garage sale and it’ll be worth a million bucks…but I’m more likely to be one of those people trembling with excitement on the antiques roadshow, all smug with my treasure, only to find out that my hand-carved Peruvian maracas are worth $50.00 and I have to pretend like I’m delighted about it, but my quivering lips give me away.
..anyway. QOTD: Lovely, flawless floral china serving plate- FREE from some drunk putting his stuff away early at a flea market asked it I wanted it. Don’t mind if I do.

Last year I had seats to US Open for Friday night and Saturday day session. The Friday night tickets were Arthur Ashe (the big stadium) seats. The Saturday tickets were courtside in Armstrong (small stadium). Total value was about $150 give or take. Friday was cancelled due to rain. This affected me in a very serendipitous way on Saturday. First, I ended up getting to see Agassi’s last match on Arthur Ashe. This match was rescheduled and I would not have had the chance to see this match otherwise. It wasn’t the best match but it was part of history and I was glad I was there. Second, a lot of matches were shuffled around due to the weather and some top seeded players ended up playing on Armstrong. This usually never happens. The top seeds almost always play in Ashe. So that afternoon I saw Men’s #2 Rafael Nadal and Women’s #1 Amelie Mauresmo play good matches. Finally, because of the weather, they added a special night session on Armstrong that was all general admission. I was able to trade my previous night’s ticket for that special evening session in Armstrong. And because I was already in the stadium from the day session, I got to keep my seat for the night session, which included none other than Men’s #1 Roger Federer. Even though he utterly dismantled his opponent (big surprise right?), being able to see the maestro up close like that was also a once in a lifetime opportunity. So for $150 I saw (among other matches) Agassi’s last match, Nadal, Mauresmo, and Federer up close and personal. As Gary would say, “that’s an out and out steal at that price.” Oh yeah, then I snuck back into Ashe to see the James Blake/Tommy Haas match.

Last year I had seats to US Open for Friday night and Saturday day session. The Friday night tickets were Arthur Ashe (the big stadium) seats. The Saturday tickets were courtside in Armstrong (small stadium). Total value was about $150 give or take. Friday was cancelled due to rain. This affected me in a very serendipitous way on Saturday. First, I ended up getting to see Agassi’s last match on Arthur Ashe. This match was rescheduled and I would not have had the chance to see this match otherwise. It wasn’t the best match but it was part of history and I was glad I was there. Second, a lot of matches were shuffled around due to the weather and some top seeded players ended up playing on Armstrong. This usually never happens. The top seeds almost always play in Ashe. So that afternoon I saw Men’s #2 Rafael Nadal and Women’s #1 Amelie Mauresmo play good matches. Finally, because of the weather, they added a special night session on Armstrong that was all general admission. I was able to trade my previous night’s ticket for that special evening session in Armstrong. And because I was already in the stadium from the day session, I got to keep my seat for the night session, which included none other than Men’s #1 Roger Federer. Even though he utterly dismantled his opponent (big surprise right?), being able to see the maestro up close like that was also a once in a lifetime opportunity. So for $150 I saw (among other matches) Agassi’s last match, Nadal, Mauresmo, and Federer up close and personal. As Gary would say, “that’s an out and out steal at that price.” Oh yeah, then I snuck back into Ashe to see the James Blake/Tommy Haas match.

If my memory serves correctly, there is a modern take on the Gingerbread Man story (circa 1992?) called the “Stinky Cheese Man.”

I had a cheese in Rome that I was really into, but my friends all said it just “tasted like mold.”

Cheese!! Gary, you know I work in a cheese (and wine) shop, right?! I love Epoisses!
Oh, and I just wanted to share my best wine sales moment today, when I customer saw a display of Pinot Noir we had on sale, and said “Tht’s white, right?”
[sigh]
We’ve got a lot of work to do. people!!!!!!! 🙂

Holy cow Gary! You went nuts for D’Brick! “That was Smart! That was Smart!” That was probably the funniest thing i’ve seen in a long time! Just wait a couple of seasons for when the 49ers play the Jets….oh it’s on…it’s on like Donkey Kong Yo!

very cool and fun episode! I want to send my picture with the wristband, but it hasn’t arrived yet!!! 🙁

Oh well… seriously, super cool episode!

-Nico

This episode goes into my top 5. WoW! I laughed my ass off. Great job Gary. Way to do it proper style.

QOTD- Best bargain I ever got was a trip out to Napa with my Dad who gets a 50% discount at a famous winery, letâ??s call it Grgich Hills.

o.k. so why so few comments….seriosuly when gary is this pumped up its hard to stay a lurker!!! awesome video! and the “lost” video is definately the younger you, eh gary? . also, will you do another case assortment video for us soon?!

Ashamed I never sent in a photo of my sporting a WLTV wristband. Is it really too late?

Found you guys through Diggnation — This is fantastic. SUBSCRIBED.

Epoisse!! Used to own a cheese shop…….I know that shit Gary and you are a beast….it was banned on French public transportation at one point because of the delicious stench. Just a little trivia there for ya.

Best bargain was a 2 dollar bj from an ex con. not really……..feeling inappropriate tonight

FYI-I haven’t received the wristbands yet. Likely they are vacationing in customs, if they were sent north of the border.

I have yet to try an extreme, sock-rotting-in-a-ditch-for-a-year-with-something-random “stinky ass” cheese or, for that matter, any cheese with a cover of mold like shag carpet but I am always willing to push the boundaries.

QOTD – My best bargain ever was a hard cover box set of the complete poems of e.e. cummings in mint condition from a used book store in my university years for 50$(CAD)- I have never come across another set like it. I consider it priceless. It’s no longer in mint condition but it is dog-eared and well-loved.

that’s mould..ahem

Not the best. QOTHD = Still waiting.

Ass stinky cheese…..I love it. QOTD: bought a queen size mattress and box spring for 75 bucks, and it is very comfortable. Gotta love Gainesville “bed clearance” stores

QOD: Freshman tuition and the university of Kansas
1987=630 odd bones. Still the best deal in the U.S.
Comment 44: By leatherpalate

LOL leatherpalate! Tuition my senior year at K.U. in 1981: around 320 bones. Ah, back in the days of a flat rate if you were a fulltime student… now I pay more than that *per credit hour* at UW. At least this is my last quarter! don’t wait to get that graduate degree kiddies!

LOVE giving cheeses a rating. LOVE the enthusiasm over drinking a $250 bordeaux. (shit I’d be happy as a tornado in a trailer park) But wait! I need to send a pic, and there’s a new contest? for a napa trip?? Hoodee!

Hey Gary,

Best bargain must have been my magimix, that I bought 3 years ago, which I still havn’t payed for, even though the store insists that I have – Not on my Visa they havn’t!

Oh yeah,

The best bargain of them all, is that medical school in Denmark is free, and the government pays you 800 bones a month for doing it – hows that for a bargain!
I suppose its easier to manage a small country?!…

Great cheese ep. Should do more like that. I can also go totally berserk for some cheese. Last week we had some Stilton washed in Port and a bottle of 1981 Barros Colheita, … oh, good for an organoleptic orgasm, sent me to heaven like a rocket on speed. Just OBNOXIOUSLY stupid ;-).
QOTD: didn’t you ask that before? I remeber me telling you I bought a ring for my girlfriend, it cost 10000 or smth and the bank only got 1000 from my account … so, one hell of a bargain. Another bargain: I’m playing the French horn, bought a hand made Hans Hoyer of 30 years old from my teacher, I could just have it for a thousand. It’s for 4000-6000 on the market!
C ya.

Give ’em the high, hard, stinky cheese! That’s over the plate, steeeeeeerike!

Yeah, well. Good ep. Love it, love it all. The Angelus seems to be killing it, now to sell a kidney or something.

QOD: Bought a 4400$ limited edition Movado diamond ring, set in platinum, for 1200$. She gets comments on it where ever she goes. That’s enough to say ‘steal’.

QOTD:WLTV (its free!)