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I really notice it the last week of the baseball season because I often have to put my headlights on for the last 2 games.

Yea the ISS. 220 miles up. Was really cool when the space shuttle would link up and you saw two bright lights.

I saw Sayles in the beginning of some lame movie. It was one that came on after one I had just finished. It was bad. I just thought “that’s the writer from eight men out”. Wasn’t until later I learned his history and he was a legit independent filmmaker and writer. He helped out with Apollo 13 and wrote something that eventually became ET.

I track the space station and in the Detroit area it’s visible tonight. Time: Tue Oct 04 7:56 PM, Visible: 7 min, Max Height: 66°, Appears: 10° above WNW, Disappears: 9° above SE I am a sucker for this. I watch it every time it comes over on a clear night.

I just read a while back they took those off specifically.

That's been on recently. watched bits of it the last two nights. Sad it's not as accurate as we've learned but still a great movie to watch. It's so tight. Every piece of dialogue moves the story along. No filler at all. On a related note I'm reading an oral history of MTV and learned that John Sayles directed Born in the USA and Glory Days. Bruce hated videos but agreed to those two if he'd direct them.

Regarding the federal elections.... do you think we'll know early on which way it's going to go or will it be a nail biter? I think we will know fairly soon. It won't be an all nighter. Some swing districts in the east will tell us the story and what the polls were doing. i'll need some kind of info on key swing districts though. Too often the pundits will just say things like "IL-06 went R" like I'm supposed to know it's competitive.

yeah the word icon gets thrown around a lot but in this case it's 100% true and then some. Coal Miner's Daughter was such an awesome movie. My parents grew up like that and that's my favorite part of the movie. When I was a kid I still have family that lived in a holler. I hated going because they didn't have plumbing or electricity. That sounds awesome now.

I don't because of the drama. I have very nice neighbors who are very catholic and pro life. Very good people. But that's their calling. They told me they were surprised when I had my biden sign up. Of course nobody has offered me a sign either. I had to drive out to the East side for my Biden sign in 2020 and was more than happy to "get out" and do it. But one person with nothing to do can go around and beg people to put up a sign. Whitmer supporters are busy working.

Its grotesque because it's not a blowout.

and while I know you disregarded defense... was Schalk even any good, at least a HOF type player. My impression is he got in because he was well liked and wasn't part of the Eight. A good old boy.

I think the signs near us are because of one person. I won't say where they live but I've seen her going around house to house, she came to ours. Her original candidate for Gov got like .5%.

Tram was beset by injuries beginning in 1988. But he still was a decent player when he did play. Made the ASG in ‘90.

It's ok to give Tork more time. His defense seems pretty good there and lets give the org an off season to look at things and hopefully give him some valuable instruction and feedback.

8 mile run followed by sitting in the sunshine. Can’t beat it. Beautiful day to close out another season of games.

Harris is a smart guy who knows baseball and has other information and concerns at his disposal than anyone here. Nothing said is this thread isnt anything he doesn’t already know.

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Working from home my second car could definitely be electric. The longest I drive it is a 160 mile round trip from flint from time to time.

Right. Everyone has a circumstance that’s unique. Lots of people did evacuate. Lots didn’t. Here’s another unique situation. Hospitals still needed to be staffed. With one spouse working 4 days straight at the hospital during the storm maybe the rest of the family says “no way we are leaving mom down here by herself. She will need us when she’s finally able to stop taking care of people on ventilators.” others might have stayed behind because they have heavy equipment and a 4x4 or big boat that could be useful in the days after getting help to people. Or they simply wanted to be there to help in any way. They took the risk so they could support.

What policy did Biden implement that caused inflation here. And everywhere?

I think your need to look down on and go after people who have had their lives destroyed as if they did something wrong is just a bit rude and tone deaf. Not every house in a beach area is an oceanfront mansions. Many are trailers and manufactured homes that do not require one to be wealthy to live in. I don't get that mentality. Blame the victim. Call them names. Nice. Why aren't you down there price gouging bottled water?

not everybody has people. Not everybody has somewhere to go. Some people may have been living there for 40 years before it got expensive and know nothing else. I saw an elderly lady who was practically in shock while talking to the media after her paralyzed husband was saved. I'm not going to get on people like that for not making the "right decision". Maybe they only had one small car that wouldn't fit anything. Maybe the car is unreliable and they'd rather take their chances inside instead of being stranded on the road. Point is you don't know everybody's circumstances.

all I see is a nice pair

Not everyone has a car. Not everyone has the internet or a smartphone. No the state doesn't do that. You can't just call the Red Cross for a ride either. Some people really are vulnerable and it's not their fault. Some people can't leave because they are first responders or health care workers. Being in a vehicle in a wal mart parking lot is not very safe either.