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1 hour ago, pfife said:

I liked the movie but might have to say it might be a tad overrated.   Not sure how its taking all of the awards over the new naked gun

Me too.  I loved Sinners much much more... to the point where anytime I see it's on, I finish it.  

One Battle was fine.  Very good in fact.  But I didn't see it as this great thing either.  Everybody did well in it, well casted, and funny at the right times.  But of the two I think Sinners is the better one.  I think the term overrated is applicable. 

Just watched one battle after another last night and got serious Ripper vibes, as I'm sure was the intent by PTA.

5 hours ago, chasfh said:

I get it because it comes free with my DirecTV Extra Innings subscription. Since DEI (get it?) isn't available until Opening Day, then neither is mlb.tv, for me, anyway.

What I meant was, you don’t get a complimentary sub thru being a Cubs season ticket holder?  Do you still have the tickets?  I’ve had one via the Tigers for a long time.  It was part of the purchase 

Hopefully Hillary called her the C word in the next sentence after they went off the record. 

I definitely have a circle of people who were pro trump but have turned due to this Epstein. Of course it could just be the same bubble.  

Shingles?

1 minute ago, chasfh said:

Not for me. My mlb.tv is tied to DirecTV Extra Innings, and that does not start until Opening Day.

So you get it from being a season ticket holder?  With the Tigers we do. I assumed that was a league thing.  

I hope it goes to $6 a gallon. I can afford it. I want all those dip****s who complained about egg prices in Oct ‘24 to suffer a little. 

Yes.  Basically what you are paying for now is to watch all baseball except the local team.  That would be true in any market. If you want to watch a local team you have to pay them either thru a cable/satellite provider or directly if the team has that service.  

The audio on this game is weird to me. It’s like a constant dull roar that’s muffling Daniels and Murphy. 
 

but a nice surprise to fill my post work power nap between 2:30 and 3. 

Detroit SportsNet sounds like something that would have been created in 2003.

43 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

I still pull up DSOTM once in a while. I think it's held up pretty well.

One of my favorite bands did a tour a few years ago where they covered it... It was fantastic.  Sometimes I think it's best to hear someone else do it because the original version is too familiar.

In college we did the Wizard of Oz/Dark Side of the Moon thing.  It was fun and does work for awhile... but man... I wanted to know who the stoners were that found that.  I wish I could have been in the room.

People still refer to the Far Side of the Moon as the "Dark side".  There is no dark side.  There is a side of the moon we never see because of it's rotation relative to ours.  But it gets sunlight. It's one of those things if I hear it, I let it go.  I don't like to be the "well actually...." guy.

21 hours ago, MichiganCardinal said:

Participated in CrossFit Open 26.1 today (scaled).

12:00 cap to complete:

20 wall balls at 14#
18 box step-ups at 24”
30 wall balls
18 step-ups
40 wall balls
18 step-ups with the ball
66 wall balls
18 step-ups with the ball
40 wall balls
18 step-ups
30 wall balls
18 step-ups
20 wall balls

Scored a 155 (11/66 wall balls). Good for like 55,000th in the competition and somewhere around 40/60 in my gym. I was happy with how I did though. Excited to see how much I can grow in a year if I stick with it.

Awesome. Stick with it. Being in a group setting can be a game changer.  We call that format a pyramid and we never seem to get thru them all.  But we will have 6-7 exercises and do either 1 to ten reps then backdown or 5-10-15-20-15-10-5.   The transition is considered cheap cardio. 

Cracking up at GI Joe here pretending to “know what it takes”. 

44 minutes ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

Why would you care? There are no leftist in the military. I have four active duty military in my immediate family. I ran a tour through Afghanistan and one through Iraq. We know what it takes. Spare me your keyboard soul searching. 

Not impressed. 

Ok. Mr “I switched my party vote after they picked the black lady”

When ya gotta post Portnoy to make your point…. You’ve lost. 

Are the numb nuts on the right ignorant to the fact the Ayatollah is a title and not a person?

I wish we had the old board. I always had it on my to do list to track my “progress”. I do know I shifted after Sandy Hook. When I saw the response as the canned NRA talking points I knew I was different. 

I always thank retail and food workers as a remnant of the covid days when they were the few dragged into work while others like me stayed home. I wanted to let them know I appreciate their work. Then it just evolved to a general appreciation for everyone. All jobs are worthwhile. I’m no better than the guy cleaning trash. I get paid a lot of money but it’s not critical. The bus driver that takes my son to flint every day?  That’s critical and she probably makes 1/3 of what I do. 
 

5 hours ago, CMRivdogs said:

My son and his X lived outside Dallas for a while. It was ok to visit, but I have no desire to spend hot and humid summers there.

I get some of that during the Summer here but a short stroll down DOG Street or an afternoon be at the local brewery on the James makes up for it.

I was never impressed with Frisco

Went to a rough riders game there. For like $20 I you get a good seat and all you can eat sodas and burgers/dogs/chips. Told my sis and bro in laws that if I lived there I would be a season ticket holder.  They’re in McKinney. But I get it. It seemed like a manufactured destination. 

5 hours ago, chasfh said:

Go back to 2006 and tell 30-something you that you will be typing this on the Motown board in twenty years.

I will admit to my own opinions shifting somewhat but it was also heavily influenced by the turn the party made. I always wonder where I would be today if someone like Rubio had gotten the nomination in ‘16. 

1 minute ago, gehringer_2 said:

Spent any time in Houston? I can see why business likes it, but QOL sucks. SIL is near San Antonio, seems to be a more reasonable place to actually live. No experience with the Dallas area.

Dallas is nice but like LA it takes so long to go anywhere.  Once you are outside of the downtown area it's like the Novi/Northville area times 2000.   Miles and miles of subsdivisions and shopping centers. Hit a main artery and you'll see a center anchored by Lowe's.  Then the next light a center anchored Costco.  Then a center anchored by their grocery chain.  Repeat for miles. No charm or character.  And they shut down from June to Sept like we do in the winter.  When I was there i had to cycle through 3 shirts a day.