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I was in Phoenix staying with my sister when that happened. I was 13. My flight home was the next day. That plane was going to Phoenix so it was all over the news there. My first time flying. I was by myself. For security reasons they weren't letting non ticketed people into the terminals but my sister threw a fit so they let her go with me. We flew over the wreckage. That summer began my love affair with Arizona. I'd move there tomorrow if I could. "It's a dry heat"

They are just mad b/c Fox and Newsmax hasn't given them their talking points yet.

go back to your klan rally. The adults are talking.

I've only been to DC once, in 2009, and I couldn't believe how close Reagan was to everything. Standing at Arlingon House they fly right over you... and I grew up near the airport so low flying aircraft is part of my existence. But in such an urban area it was new to me. San Diego was the same way.

I saw the plane was full of families going to a figure skating competition. I went to the dentist yesterday and my hygenist was telling me about how her whole family was going to a skating competition in Boston. SO no, not the same one, but it puts a human face on it for me as I imagine a plane full of young people like the girls I saw in the photos yesterday, happy to be going to see someting they enjoy. and yeah.... this admin is hoping that there will be some non white person involved in this. The cynicism is warranted. We can hope for a remote chance this will wake up the leaders currently in charge of our country, or at least those who have the power to stop them, to knock off all the bull**** like we saw from that Priest at the Pro Life thing earlier in this thread. This is life and death. The Republican party's love for our country and it's people is dwarfed by their love of money and hatred of liberals. That's their driving focus.

a friend of mine who does sports broadcasting work says that teams are all advised by the leagues to fly into Dulles over Reagan beause of the constant military training going on.

I aways liked Dirty Laundry then I found out Henley wrote it to criticize the media for asking questions about a young girl overdosing at his house.

Regarding living here... I think the sport and the time the person played matters. A lot of the Tigers from the 80's stayed here. Rozema, Petry, Bergman, Wilcox, etc. Why? Because they found themselves in their late 30's, with not the kind of money to retire on. But they had a bit of fame and connections so they got jobs. Sales reps, etc. When they played they didn't make the kind of money that permitted you to live anywhere in the country you wanted, even having two houses. It also matters when your off season is. Hockey players often stuck around but I bet many of them grew up in MN or Ontario so this is nothing new to them. It's nice in MI during the off season for hockey. Basketball and baseball players, the merely "good" players, are now getting a level of contract that's far and away better than their peers in other sports.

That's interesting, I didn't know you could do that. I avoided that bundle becaus I don't care about ESPN.

You are correct in both circumstances. The optimal solution is for you to hold out your phone to either offer it to them or make it very obvious for them to help you by showing where on the screen you would touch. Then if they feel the only way to do is to take possession of the phone is to first ask, then hold it like an egg so that they can demonstrate that you won't run away with it or try to look at your photos 🙂 LIke hold it by their fingertips towards you. I have to do that a lot at Walgreen's with prescriptions.

Dumb Dumb and his President the Space Boy are trying to claim credit for "rescuing" the "stranded" astronauts on the ISS. That's not how it works. They were not stranded and the plan to get them home was in place since last year. Another false claim.

I'm not a fan of the 6:40 start times. I feel too rushed to get there. I didn't think I would like the pitch clock and rules but I quickly forgot about it so I guess I can't say anything. Given that times are around the 2:36 mark I think going back to a 7:00 pm start is fine. It matches Red wing games and those are in the middle of winter. Those start around 7 and end around 9:30. Feels strange still going to a "night" game and leaving when it's daylight out which happened a lot this year at Comerica Park. The Tigers are going back to 7 pm start times during the May-August stretch for Friday and Saturday games.

I'm about the same age as he was when he was the 'old' guy on Friends. Damn.

Besides that is a hockey name.

Is she dumb or playing a part? I know some people talk slow and you can't judge b/c of that... but with her....

heck no.

One of the Challenger Astronauts was Ron McNair. As a kid he tried to check out books from the public library in Salt Lake City but it was segregated and they wouldn't let him. He refused to leave and eventually the police came. They finally let him get the books. The library is named after him now. He got a PhD in Physics from MIT.

I saw a reel that identified the seminal moments for each generation: Boomer: Moon Landing Gen X - Space Shuttle Challenger (they originally had Stock Market Crash of '87 but I disagree) Millenials - 9/11 Gen Z - Global Finance Crisis Gen Alpha - Covid There's a great doc on Netflix about Challenger and the faulty decisions by management despite what Thoikol was telling them.

I don't hold it against them either. There is a fine line between "POTUS won, they get to decide their cabinet and the Senate advises and consents." Save the objections for the extreme cases like Hegseth and RFK Jr. There has to be some specific disqualifying factor other than "I disagree with her and think she's a nutjob".

Put another way, he has to show that voters in a swing state will accept a gay man who is married with kids. I like him a lot and he's qualified for Governor, Senator, and POTUS.

Unless they are on the younger side and want to live an urban lifestyle, I suspect most players live in gated communities, or other subdivisions with large houses. So the city itself isn't an issue. It could be weather. It could be location to other family. It could be a desire to have one home year round instead of shuffling families across the country for a few months. I don't know Bregman's situation but I don't discount the desire to see the kids in April, May, Aug, Septmeber when they are in school. It's one of those "all things being equal" kind of things I suppose. Is it the primary consideration? No. But it can be a signifigant one.

I guess it's hers if she wants it. But does she? She could be in a position to make some good money in the private sector I suppose but this is as much of a sure thing as we've seen in MI politics. I can't read the article but MI has a deep bench for Democrats and this is a good move for Gary to step aside and let them grow. That's leadership. Duggan's throwing shade at the democrats too. I saw a blurb yesterday.

To put into practice... would the Tigers have had a better record if you remove Tarik Skubal and replace him with Bobby Witt Jr? I don't think so. It's an extreme example because for a lot of the season the SS slot was so bad but I think it's a good illustration.

The best position player comes to bat 4-5 times a game. Even during a hot streak he will succeed 2-3 times at best during that game. Even then, you have to rely on others being on base, or doing their own success or hope for a HR. Otherwise a hit by itself does you no good. A top pitcher will impact over half the game time. This isn't basketball where a top player is involved in the entire play. I'm ignoring defense.