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among other passages....

For real?

that seems like poor judgement

That's exactly like SNL. Just random cutaways to another familair word.

I don’t see very many people subscribing to Prime or an add on to watch the Tigers or any other team on there. Not yet at least. If one of the teams reaches a level like the Lions right now you will see something. But nobody’s going out of their way for now. Baseball gets the ratings it does because it’s summer and lazy time. You know every night it will be on and it’s there as comfort food when you need it. Baseball has broad but thin appeal. The fans are very casual.

I assume nothing will change for practical purposes except if you don't pay for cable/satellite then you will have an option through Prime. It just bugs me that the local media can't write an article to say such a thing. That's what people want to know. They dont care who owns what or who is paying who, they just want to know "Can I watch the Tigers on the same channel I always do?" Why can't they just say that if it's true and make it easier for readers? Are they so wrapped up in details they don't see the big picture?

In the articles I have seen it’s not clear if this means you need a prime subscription or to use their app. What if someone didn’t have a smart TV or Roku or whatever and wasn’t a prime customer yet pays for cable? Can they watch the Tigers like always? The News article says “regional content will remain…” but I don’t know if that means all the non Tigers/Pistons/Wings only or if that’s included.

I think so too.... but only a joke I would make with someone I was close to.

For the same reason I never watched the Sorkin/Jeff Daniels "talk show host" show, I just do not feel drawn to shows about the industry, especially on the news side. I think mentally it's too close to reality and I want my viewing to be an escape from that. Granted I never watched a second of those shows so it's by definition an ignorant take but with so many things to choose from.... I didn't choose those. I'm not interested in watching an avatar of the Murdoch family or Bill O Reilly or Jon Stewart. I started watching Echo and it reminds me of Andor. Street level stuff that's not directly connected to anything else in that universe.

You are right. The tiles were an issue known all along. I mean they were there for a reason and times were replaced after each mission. Each one was hand placed and many had to be specifically cut. In that scenario nobody really did anything wrong. Conspiracy theories abound that leadership knew it was doomed, but like they said in Apollo 12 after being struck by lightning at launch and worrying about the heat shield and chute electronics being fried preventing deployment, “well we would die now or 10 days from now so we might as well do the mission” They were test pilots. Doing “rescues” wasn’t feasible given all the prep work involved in a mission and having consumables onboard the doomed craft to support a crew for the time it would take. For a later mission they did have one setup as contingency. But it would not be easy due to the # of spacesuits required for EVA. I saw an elaborate flowchart showing the sequence between Astros going up and who was already there based on body size. The O rings was a failure by management and politicians rushing missions and not listening to the engineers. Great documentary on Netflix about it. The Apollo guys involved in the investigation were not happy.

My son went to Checker bar during the game, they left in the 2nd quarter to go down there, and he said it wasn't as busy as he expected. That's not really walking distance from Ford Field. I was curious how busy the bars nearby would be, like Harry's and Brass Rail, etc.

I'm surprised they let an Asian looking fella in there.

They called the Shuttle The Flying Brick. From a technical standpoint it was always an experimental test vehicle. Both accidents were not suprises when they happened.

this is what a caucus looks like:

I think the games now top them all. Saturday's game, followed by Sunday's game. The NFL is different. Especially today's NFL. I think that in terms of volume and intensity. And I say this as baseball/hockey guy over football.

Randy Smith was one of those types I call “old young people”. Nitkowski once tweeted about seeing a guy walk onto a plane with no bag, no book, no magazine, no drink, no electronic devices that he could see. Just a small opened bag of chips he was eating as he made his way to his seat. He was envious of such a carefree existence.

Is it just me or did the Rams play timid? Conceding for field goals and punting with only 4 min left and you have either zero or 1 time out? I was shocked they didn’t go for it. But I don’t watch a lot of football.

The last time they won a playoff game I was in my first year of college slacking off. Just going thru the motions. Now I have a wife and two kids and a house and good job and maybe 10 years until retirement. I know everyone has a story like that. It hits me.

I don’t think I have felt like this since game 163. (Tigers/twins reference in the Lions forum)

Jesus I am a nervous wreck. Especially knowing GB won.

Negotiations reach a stalemate and there’s an arb deadline and each side submits the figure they will think gives the the best shot at a win. I doubt they share that in negotiations otherwise you just give away your hand. Given the small amount I expect a deal beforehand. The hard feelings issue is overblown.

There was the scene in the bar when he was going over the details and Carl is about to say something and just says, paraphrasing, “ah screw it. Let’s check out that tan Sierra”. Was the $750K from Wade to cover his debt or a real deal he’d use the proceeds to cover? I use the line “you ask Stan Grossman, he’ll tell you” when trying to convince someone of a good idea I have.