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total clown show

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha I'd be so embarsassed to be a Trump voter.

Mercury's death hit hard. I remember exactly where I was. In front of my then girlfriend's house, it was dark out, and I had just parked my car. THe DJ on WRIF announced it and, to show the difference in times, had to throw out something like "and forget for a moment how he got it...." Or it was "how he died..." Either way. There was definitely some kind of shame qualifier rather than "This sucks, this guy was awesome...." THe tribute concert rocked.

I may or may not have made that joke over the years with my wife when we watched him play

This summer we noticed our rental didn't have a TV in the room our son was going to sleep in. I confirmed with the owner that was the case. So we packed a flat screen in the suitcase with bubble wrap. We have 4 TV's in our basement not being used. It was small, about the size of a large laptop. But it worked

Texas purists insist that chili does not have beans and I wholeheartedly agree with them... and I use the Carrol Shelby mix as well.

window A/C units from the 80's were.... HEAVY. The house has toys in it. "Why do you have toys?" "Well the kids might come over". "The kids are in their 20's..." Even simple things like "You don't need 35 bath towels. You live alone. Let's throw all these away because they're probably form 1989 and we'll buy you 3 or 4"

yeah. I noticed once getting an ad for an insurance company located a few towns over. Why? Because I was sitting at a stop light in front of them. I noticed the insurance company because there were two branches of the same brand next to each other, just different names. I assume they share space/staff. My son and I alternate between google accounts so I wonder what their algorithm thinks of that. "This dude likes space history and bubble guppies and MeTV and obscure 1925 maps"

Like most people my age, 50's, we're dealing with parents who refused to get rid of "stuff" and we are left to deal with it. My mother in law's garage and back room is a hoarder situation. This is giving me PTSD. "We can still sell that...." I told her I'd write her a check for $1000 if I can throw everything away.

Brian Moehler. A "not that bad" pitcher on some very bad teams. He hung around the league until 2010? Wow. Made $16M in career earnings.

During the covid stuff my son wasn't at school. He was home all day and I was also home all day working. For about 2 years we'd go on a nightly drive during the week. Just to get out of the house. It was so much fun. I'd pop in a podcast. We had 3 routes that took about an hour. We'd stop at the gas station to get snacks and drinks. My son being the particular person he is, we had to stick to those 3 routes. One was south to the downriver area, like Brownstown/Woodhaven, then back North. Just a big square. Another one was north to Detroit, coming back down Grand River. The third one was downtown by the stadiums and midtown. I wonder if he feds noticed.

Yes 2026. What if he’s not top 5 Cy Young?

I want to know what they consider suspicious so that I can do it.

You end up going out to the lake just because you pay for it and feel obligated. I liked it when my aunt and uncle had a place because we showed up Friday night or Saturday morning and had a blast untik Sunday evening. What we didn’t see was them out there Thursday cutting the grass bad pulling weeds and cleaning everything. Or the property tax check they wrote. They sold it to fund their retirement. Last year we booked a place in the woods for a weekend. That was fine.

FYI I edited out the specific description. If anybody wants to know they can click the link. We don’t need that posted here.

Especially in Michigan. I don’t begrudge anyone their hobbies but how many weekends do you really get to enjoy it? I know a lot of people who got one for a few years then got tired of it. Especially if you are at a certain point in your life where weekends get tied up with kids events or weddings or whatever. But I know others that make it their primary hobby. It’s their “going up north”. We choose sporting events and concerts for our hobbies. I guess that’s no different.

The variable I don’t see mentioned very often is - what if Skubal just starts to decline in a performance sense? Not drop off but just simply not cy young caliber? Then you dodge another line of bullet.

It’s business. None of these people are stupid. They know every angle and risk and opportunity. Nothing said on the internet isn’t anything they’ve discussed as options. If the team offered him a “fair market” contract that was enourmous would he take it? Probably. He could get hurt next year. I’m not offering up what that is, that’s not the point. would the tigers offer up a fair market contract that was enormous? Probably not. He might get hurt next year. don’t pay until you have to don’t sign a deal until you are truly a free agent. those two things are the clash. And both sides are being smart relative to their interests.

I am not a water person. I’ve been to Superior three times. Last time was in early August of 2011. We were vacationing in Mackinac with our young family and my in laws and nephew. Some of us drove to the shipwreck museum in whitefish point. They have the bell. It was cold. And if you ever go make sure you get a full tank in town near the bridge.

It’s interesting to see that of all the possible fraud examples to choose from that it’s the Africans that get called out on.

Trump is a pushover and simply wants to be around winners and the “cool kids” whoever they are. Once your usefulness to him is gone he’s done with you. A Midwest farmer, member of congress, wife…. All disposable.

I guess the one positive thing I can say about Trump is his ability to expose his supporters as idiots. They will die defending his statements but then he will quickly reverse course and throw them under the bus and leave them holding their nuts.

Imagine what the media and self appointed pundits would be saying had Kamala Harris said such a thing 2 years ago.