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This M&M thing reminds me so much of the Trumpwing Kuerig kerfuffle of a few years ago.... It's all a joke, an advertising campaign, like killing off Mr Peanut (before bringing back baby goober). TBH I was a bit upset about that one, Amedeo Obici wouldn't have approved.

Besides internet, the only thing we currently get from cable is local stations. (We're too far from the towers to use an indoor antenna from either market we're between). Just local news has actually been refreshing (for now).

They bought time on FOX

I'm old enough to remember when the loony right thought that Earth Day was a Communist plot Now they think everything is a socialist conspiracy

A bit surprising. Cooper, Hayes and Maddow barely outside the green box. Meanwhile the Foxie Twins are so far out in right field even Clemente couldn't reach them

https://baseballhall.org/discover-more/stories/short-stops/sparky-anderson-signed-baseball-pope-john-paul

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/bless-boys-button-1984-detroit-tigers-463925796

How did we know Mr Peanut was actually a man?

Actually 1978, add one more thing. My side of the aisle had a big contingent of Steeler fans. We got ribbed a bit for scheduling the wedding in the middle of the playoff (Pitt vs Denver). They had timed the drive between the motel and the church. Left at the end of the third quarter. Barely beat my wife down the aisle.

He was Methodist. We think secretly he wanted to be a preist

We weren't too pleased either. It was her parents church so we didn't push too hard. The minister and I sorted of came to a truce and bonded a bit the afternoon of the wedding. It was the day after Woodie Hays slugged the Clemson player. It was also amusing watching him get high off rum ball cookies.

I just need to spend more quality time on the piano. After all Williamsburg is the birthplace of Bruce Hornsby

I've scraped a lot of wallpaper but have never attempted to hang any. Our biggest shared interest is music. She played violin thru high school and college, I was in high school band. About 15 years ago she picked it back up again and joined a community orchestra which led to the founding of another orchestra (the birth was on our deck). I picked up the saxophone and managed to play well enough to join a couple of community bands. The biggest disappointment of moving to Virginia has been the dearth of community music organizations like they are in Michigan

Thanks for spoiling it for the rest of the class

When we were planning to get married the minister almost refused to do the ceremony. We failed the "compatibility test" among other things (we were also cohabiting, out of convenience, and not telling her parents) Somehow we've managed 43 years together. I think it's because of our separate interests.

WTF

The man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest...

Biggest losers in a prolonged lockout besides the fans will be the restaurants, motels, etc that count on the baseball tourist business each Spring. It's a drop in the bucket, but still. Also aren't a lot of the concessions staffed by community groups who use the profits for their organizations. (It's been a while since I've done a ST trip. Not in the cards this year, hopefully a few minor league games.)