# Hey, that looks hot! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 25, 2000, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-that-looks-hot/26834 "2000-07-25T21:49:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-that-looks-hot/26834/1 "2000-07-25T21:49:54Z")
We’ve got a nice three alarm blaze going just around the corner from my office. Here’s the pics from about an hour ago. The roof of the building has just collapsed. Oddly enough, the building is one that’s slated for demolition to make way for the new Toledo Mud Hen’s stadium going up next month. Hmmm… [http://www.wspd.com/fire.html](http://www.wspd.com/fire.html) [Edited by UncleBeer on 07-25-2000 at 04:51 PM] ---
**Author:** ![ReservoirDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8edcca/32.png) [@ReservoirDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReservoirDog)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-that-looks-hot/26834/2 "2000-07-25T21:54:38Z")
Do you smell an insurance scam or something, Unc? ---
**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-that-looks-hot/26834/3 "2000-07-25T21:57:32Z")
The Detroit Tigers (parent club of the 'Hens) are probably trying to save money in an attempt to re-sign that do-nothing Juan Gonzalez. ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-that-looks-hot/26834/4 "2000-07-25T21:57:35Z")
Hmmm, that’s funny. I was just looking at something even [hotter](http://www.peppers.com/marinades.ihtml) when this thread popped up! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-that-looks-hot/26834/5 "2000-07-25T22:03:42Z")
Yow! A [Tabasco Lollypop](http://www.peppers.com/detail.ihtml?pid=1059&back=candy.ihtml) Ouch! ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-that-looks-hot/26834/6 "2000-07-25T22:18:17Z")
UncleBeer, have you got smoked out yet? Do you get to leave work? 😉 Psst, hey Milo, is the quote from your yahoo page from The Chronicles of Narnia, The Last Battle? (Is that what that book is called? It’s been a while.) ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-that-looks-hot/26834/7 "2000-07-25T22:28:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Democritus \* > \*\* > Psst, hey Milo, is the quote from your yahoo page from The Chronicles of Narnia, The Last Battle? (Is that what that book is called? It’s been a while.) \*\* You mean “3124”? Isn’t that one of Cal Ripken’s records for something? Oh, wait…that’s 2131. ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-that-looks-hot/26834/8 "2000-07-25T22:29:53Z")
Hey Demo, I think you messed up that link in your post. [This](http://www.geocities.com/sdpeoplepages/psycat90.html) is what it should have been, right? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-that-looks-hot/26834/9 "2000-07-25T22:37:01Z")
Vix, I _know_ you’re kidding about the 3124 right? No, I meant on his Yahoo page. It says “Upward and Onward!” > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by psycat90 \* > \*\*Hey Demo, I think you messed up that link in your post. [This](http://www.geocities.com/sdpeoplepages/psycat90.html) is what it should have been, right? 😉 \*\* **AHEM!!!** I stand corrected. Yes dear, whatever you say dear. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-that-looks-hot/26834/10 "2000-07-25T22:42:24Z")
3124 is a tribute to Wally - his final number of posts (a few others are sporting it as well). “Upward and Onward!” is how conservative radio talk show host Michael Medved concludes his daily broadcasts. I’m not a disciple of his, but I generally like his show and how he thinks on some issues. He isn’t as bombastic as Rush Limbaugh, and seems a little more reserved and thoughtful in his viewpoints - for the most part. He also tends to talk more about pop culture and Hollywood, which are kind of interests of mine. The phrase just seems kind of apropos to my life at the moment. No biggie. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-that-looks-hot/26834/11 "2000-07-25T23:16:49Z")
Heh. This is a portion of an article from today’s “Toledo Blade.” > [@](#): > > Plans for the ballpark call for saving eight buildings on the two-block site. Those buildings have been incorporated into the design of the ballpark. > > He said the location, bounded by Huron, Washington, St. Clair, and Monroe streets, will connect the business district with the warehouse district. The three-story ballpark, with a largely brick facade, should complement the surrounding area, he said. > > The $37 million dollar project is expected to be ready by April, 2002. I hope this isn’t one of the buildings they were planning to “save” 'cuz I don’t wanna spend anymore than $37 mil on this boondoggle. ---
**Author:** ![oldscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-that-looks-hot/26834/12 "2000-07-25T23:50:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Democritus \* > \*\*UncleBeer, have you got smoked out yet? Do you get to leave work? 😉 > \*\* Gee, why am I not surprised tht Demo is the one asking if anyone “smoked out”. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-that-looks-hot/26834/13 "2000-07-26T00:31:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by oldscratch \* > \*\* > Gee, why am I not surprised tht Demo is the one asking if anyone “smoked out”. 😃 \*\* Whoops! 😉 Geez, can I get a break? :: thinking about it :: OK, I think I’ll leave work now! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![pLt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/eb9ed0/32.png) [@pLt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pLt)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-that-looks-hot/26834/14 "2000-07-26T01:59:43Z")
damn … I thought this thread was about my nude pic ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-that-looks-hot/26834/15 "2000-07-26T19:09:33Z")
[http://www.toledoblade.com/editorial/news/0g26fire.htm](http://www.toledoblade.com/editorial/news/0g26fire.htm) > [@](#): > > A four-alarm fire yesterday destroyed one of the vacant buildings to be torn down for a new Mud Hens ballpark as flames sent thick, acrid smoke towering above the downtown skyline. > > The origin of the blaze is unknown but is considered suspicious, fire Chief Mike Bell said. > > "I know there have been vagrants in there,’’ he said. "They may have been cooking. It could have been anything. It was an empty building, so it is totally suspicious.’’ ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-that-looks-hot/26834/16 "2000-07-26T21:09:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by UncleBeer \* > \*\* > "I know there have been vagrants in there,’’ he said. "They may have been cooking. It could have been anything. It was an empty building, so it is totally suspicious.’’ \*\* Just think, Unc, you could have been going over there for lunch this whole time! Just think, a 40 and some Spam on a stick. Yummmmm! Oh well…missed opportunities… Shame shame… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-that-looks-hot/26834/17 "2000-07-26T21:13:05Z")
That does explain the oddly alluring smell of pickled meat that hangs over downtown Toledo all afternoon. Oh wait. I have my shoes off, it must be my feet.