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oblong

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  1. and no President, until Biden, had the guts to "lose" Nixon had bigger problems so getting out was at that point not his worst problem so why not....
  2. What about the Griffey Donruss Rated Rookie card? I have about a dozen of those.
  3. I hope they keep it up. Nothing people love more than fighting battles from yesteryear.... that lost.
  4. He could have been ROY if not for some guy named Mark that hit 49 Looked it up. Kevin Seitzer finished 2nd, Nokes third. Mike Henneman even got a point in the voting.
  5. they passed a law that had instructions to kill a guy named Brian Woodward? Did they make him drink old Flint Water? Was Snyder there too? Did the law have crazy fonts in it that people couldn't read? I'm confused here.
  6. I found articles from 2016 that referred to the 2018-2021 seasons after the CBA signed at the time. Home team still sets times but there's rules now. It has to be a day game if the departing team has a flight longer than 2 1/2 hours, even if they have the next day off. Detroit to NYC is under 2 hours. Also there cannot be a day game to start a series if the visiting team played the night before in another city (This was in response to Detroit having their "traditional Thursday" day game when, I think it was Boston that played the night before, and some bitching went on). In both cases It can be a mid afternoon game if they want, like 5 pm, based on some other criteria. Doesn't have to be necessarily a "night" game.
  7. Can someone explain to me why I should care about Gretchen Whitmer in regards to the Flint water crisis?
  8. Maybe it has to be a day game if the team leaving is still going to be on the road but since Detroit comes home then it's ok.
  9. I thought the last agreement said getaway days had to be day games. Is this game on any national network? Otherwise I think the home team sets the game times. Most orgs play nice and set day games for the final game of the series but a few, like Baltmore and I guess NY prefer the higher ticket sales.
  10. I hope it changed their mind about being vaxxed. Considering what we are seeing now I think a wave is going through and a lot of us are getting it without knowing. Data is pretty clear and I am not worrying about the unvaxxed anymore. They know the drill. If I get to the point where I'm coughing and sneezing then I just stay home.
  11. I listened to Peter Berg on a podcast, he made Painkillers for Netflix which also covers the Sacklers. Been wanting to watch Dopesick but I think it'll just make me so angry.
  12. My wife is on ICU and hasn’t had a patient with COVID in there because of COVID in months.
  13. It is but we gotta find a way to both sides
  14. I’m at the point where I am just treating it like a cold. I know several who have had it recently but all said it was very minor and 5 years ago the “symptoms” wouldn’t have even registered on their radar.
  15. it was a private school. I have no idea if they were state accredited. Religion and education were mixed together as one. Most people went there because their local school "had too many black kids".
  16. that's like the kitty litter box in schools thing.... some moron gets a crazy idea and of course the fringe RW media jumps all over it and has their tinfoil hat circle jerk. Can't wait for Joe Rogan's take.... "Hey.... I got a great idea. Let's use different fonts. THEY'LL NEVER KNOW!" As a kid in baptist school we were taught that certain clothing brands would put devil symbols on their jeans. We weren't allowed to wear them. Seriously. These are the same ****ing people who are so gullible they believe anything.
  17. I will never voluntarily pay or use points on first class unless it’s cross country for those reasons. Preferred is good enough for me. On one of my recent flights they kept the partition open and we were using that bathroom since it was closer for us. It was right between the two seating areas I was in the second row of preferred. Nobody told us not to. Usually what happens is I book our flights regular and then a month later I will upgrade. Once I put out $600 originally another $200 the following month, or miles, doesn’t seem like much. I fall for it. The extra legroom alone is worth it to me. The free drink is a bonus but not a deal breaker usually.
  18. The way society in general treated women even up until maybe 10 years ago is eye opening. That includes not just people who did or said the things but those who laughed or let it happen without comment.
  19. We flew United when going to Aruba as Newark is a hub for them with direct flights there. Significant downgrade from what I'm used to on Delta. The TV controls were on the armrest so anytime you moved it would change the volume or change the channel. I was used to free alcohol drinks on economy plus. United didn't have that but the attendant gave me two bottles since I was on vacation, so that's a plus.
  20. We don't do pickup at the non chain stores, those we get ourselves for that very reason. we want to pick out our fresh food. The soups and pastas or packaged food like yogurt or shredded cheeses etc can be picked out for us.
  21. But a coin flip is 50/50 regardless of what the previous flips were. 25 straight heads does not mean the 26th flip is more or less likely to be heads. It’s 50/50. There’s no such thing as a streak in coin flips.
  22. Are the titles of any value to the fans? What would a GM do that Harris isn’t doing today? If they hire one and next year everyone is bitching because of a move or non move will they yell at Harris or the new guy or gal? I’m assuming Harris is going to be responsible for any big decisions regarding the on the field issues regardless. Dombrowski was CEO and GM but I don’t think he was picking out or even care who the contract for electrical work was being given out to.
  23. https://twitter.com/scarylawyerguy/status/1697933235739615336?s=46&t=rTECiCzi2O-lytdgFWVzfg
  24. Players are human and maybe there's personal distractions involving health of family that's on his mind.
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