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I do that too. I thinking of the ones who then go get their stuff and expect to be going somewhere. In this situation the people who get up to stretch perform a service as there’s always some knob in the back who thinks they can make their up front. what I would like to see implemented is that anyone who does not have something stored can get off first. It would take about 90 seconds to clear 1/3 of the plane. Of course couldn’t enforce it because there’s always someone who won’t play nice. “Well I’m just going to grab this right here…”

We got precheck this year and it is great. AMEX covered the cost with a card upgrade.

Nothing brings out the "I hate people" vibe in me than airports. I enjoy them to people watch. Everybody in such a hurry to get to the next step to wait. Run to the terminal so you can sit around for 45 minutes. Rush to jump up so you can wait to have your ticket scanned and stand in the corridor which is not temp regulated. Rush to stand up after landing so you can can sit there holding your crap. Run to the shuttle/tram to the luggage even though another one is coming in 3 minutes Run from the shuttle/tram to the luggage area so you can wait for your luggage.... I also say there needs to be two lines. one for people who have their shit together and one for those who don't. Line A is "no questions. Just process. No exceptions or deviations."

I think the hitters know how to use the whole field... they just don't want to. that's an important distinction. They want their advantage but defenses can't have theirs.

Vista? Forgot all about that. That was like Windows ME, some bastard stepchild that somehow made something bad worse.

The best scene in the whole damn trilogy other than the Michael/Vito garden scene. maybe I could say best scene written by Puzo/Coppola since Robert Townes wrote the garden scene.

right. They do things to take advantage of the situation because they've learned over the years it can be beneficial to do that. The need for a shift wasn't always there. The LH hitters figured out weakness. So defenses attacked as well. It's part of the gamemanship. I'm reading the Ty Cobb book and have learned much of what made him so great early on was doing things that were unconventional that we take for granted today, such as being extra aggressive on the bases today. Players would just casually lob the ball back into the IF and runners would be gentlemen and stay on their bag. Cobb said screw that, I'm going. Other players didn't like that. Even something as changing his stance and grip at the last minute was considered "bush league" at the time. I don't see this as any different.

“Where did all these egg heads in suits get us? Its time we toughen up with these people. “

It’s the kind of talk that you would hear in any old school barber shop filled with retirees and shop workers. There’s a lot of idiots out there thinking “yeah why don’t we?”

And remember at the low point the orange fella had the oil execs in the Oval Office promising that they would be taken care of. They were “hurting”

You are the one who positively referred to a cartoon calling the pandemic the “good old days”.

Where do you rank these events in historical significance? Is it bigger than 9/11? I think so because of the delicacy of it. Are we at 1991 levels when Gorbechev was in hiding? Or 1962?

Chris Chelios’s son played for China in the Olympics. He was allowed to do that because he played for the Chinese team in the KHL. Their rules allowed that.

But they don’t get credit for the gas prices? Must be nice to pick and choose the metrics. Reminds me of fans who say “pitcher X is good if you exclude his games in April and July”.

I looked up gas prices. It was at $1.75 in late April 2020. Yes the good old days.

Chris Ilitch is offering his employees 50% off a hot and ready after they buy the first one at regular price. Those with more than 3 years seniority also get a free crazy sauce if they buy the bread.

Glad to see conservatives think that a pandemic when thousands were dying each day and millions not being able to work were the "good old days". Thanks for confirming.

I don't mind that either but I'm not sure it would address the issue much. I always understood its things like more foul balls, more strikeouts, walks, etc. Did those things go up over the years? Here's a study I found: https://sabr.org/journal/article/time-between-pitches-cause-of-long-games/

That would be awesome if true but I'm skeptical... this seems to Eric Garland-ish.

I don't have an opinion on it and don't care what they do... my only comment is this seems a silly hill to die on if it's a contentious item in negotiations. I saw something else, maybe it was here, about making 1B 88 feet? That seems like a bigger deal but again, I don't care. That stuff is better than banning shifts or starting a guy on 2B in extra innings.

Where did this wider bases thing come from? That's new to me.