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by Nonlinear FC
Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:06 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2023-2024 NHL Season
Replies: 457
Views: 9257

Re: 2023-2024 NHL Season

Huge win for the Caps tonight. And they look like a completely different team than from October/November.

Shedding some guys and allowing some of the youth to step forward... This is a fun team to watch. Crazy, given what I saw (and posted about) early in this season.
by Nonlinear FC
Tue Mar 26, 2024 8:57 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Meet Me in St. Louis?
Replies: 31
Views: 306

Re: Meet Me in St. Louis?

Not trying to be an asshole, but STL just isn't known for any particular type of food. Other than, like, something to do with ravioli which is super whatever. I had a trip planned that included being there for a day-night-day and was kind of flummoxed by the lack... "You HAVE to try this!"...
by Nonlinear FC
Tue Mar 26, 2024 8:17 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Everyone OK?
Replies: 54
Views: 703

Re: Everyone OK?

Then rename it so something that doesn't sound like a cleaning product for fuck's sake.

Just, like... what the fuck.

If a syrup brand was once branded Syphloxin in 1908, and the name doesn't age well, you rebrand.
by Nonlinear FC
Tue Mar 26, 2024 4:04 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Meet Me in St. Louis?
Replies: 31
Views: 306

Re: Meet Me in St. Louis?

i thought someone on here gave me some guidance, particularly a couple of good breweries.
by Nonlinear FC
Tue Mar 26, 2024 3:42 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Lacrosse The Thread
Replies: 143
Views: 2966

Re: Lacrosse The Thread

Well, they still managed to win that game in OT.

Hopkins with the hidden ball trick against Rutgers.

by Nonlinear FC
Tue Mar 26, 2024 3:16 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Baltimore Key Bridge collapse on 695
Replies: 81
Views: 761

Re: The Baltimore Key Bridge collapse on 695

FWIW, Virginia governor saying they can take the Baltimore bound cargo down in Norfolk. Still significant supply chain issues, but not like a catastrophic* level thing. And I don't know what Wilmington DE's capacity is. * - I'm sure many of you guys know, catastrophic in engineering terms means tota...
by Nonlinear FC
Tue Mar 26, 2024 1:44 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Baltimore Key Bridge collapse on 695
Replies: 81
Views: 761

Re: The Baltimore Key Bridge collapse on 695

HaulCitgo wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2024 1:39 pm Am I wrong that the GW bridge is i95 and has separate bike and pedestrian access? Anyway enough with the engineering opinions unless you wish to show your work.
It is and does indeed. With that said, it's "owned" by the Port Authority, so... shrug emoji.
by Nonlinear FC
Tue Mar 26, 2024 1:41 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Baltimore Key Bridge collapse on 695
Replies: 81
Views: 761

Re: The Baltimore Key Bridge collapse on 695

Right, but the answer is in Enoch's detailed post... You can and should mitigate against the risk of a catastrophic issue on a these container ships. As mentioned, if you've never been near one, you might not get the scale. This things are fucking massive. And just like a freight train, once you get...
by Nonlinear FC
Tue Mar 26, 2024 1:03 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Baltimore Key Bridge collapse on 695
Replies: 81
Views: 761

Re: The Baltimore Key Bridge collapse on 695

Just another example of this country's "fuck it" attitude when it comes to infrastructure.
by Nonlinear FC
Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:15 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: USMNT - 2026 Cycle - "Early Days"
Replies: 727
Views: 10932

Re: USMNT - 2026 Cycle - "Early Days"

It looked to me like Gio and Pulisic hustled back to stop counter attacks after losing the ball. Pulisic is usually a whiney pain in the butt when he gets fouled (or thinks he should get a call). I did not see that much of that. Also fascinating post-game commentary about the US players knowing Mex...
by Nonlinear FC
Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:08 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Baltimore Key Bridge collapse on 695
Replies: 81
Views: 761

Re: The Baltimore Key Bridge collapse on 695

I mean... There are lots of ways to get into B'more that have nothing to do with that bridge. I've driven north thru Baltimore (and back) hundreds of times and I've only been on that bridge a few dozen times. Sure, but I’m guessing those other roads will be much busier now. I just can’t imagine the...
by Nonlinear FC
Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:05 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
Replies: 8826
Views: 409559

Re: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random

Yeah, a few of those are just generally popular videos that a lot of people watch. The carpet cleaning ones crack me up. "A customer brought this dirty rug in and we made it like new." And it's like a completely black rug just caked like it was stored at the bottom of a pond for a couple ...
by Nonlinear FC
Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:24 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Baltimore Key Bridge collapse on 695
Replies: 81
Views: 761

Re: The Baltimore Key Bridge collapse on 695

I mean... There are lots of ways to get into B'more that have nothing to do with that bridge. I've driven north thru Baltimore (and back) hundreds of times and I've only been on that bridge a few dozen times.
by Nonlinear FC
Tue Mar 26, 2024 8:52 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Baltimore Key Bridge collapse on 695
Replies: 81
Views: 761

Re: The Baltimore Key Bridge collapse on 695

Great. My wife hates bridges, now she's got this to point to.
by Nonlinear FC
Mon Mar 25, 2024 3:57 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Man's Best Friend
Replies: 2243
Views: 103260

Re: Man's Best Friend

Alright, let me through a curveball at you guys. The good... Our new doggo is 7 months old. She is an absolutely adorable dog. She's pretty well-behaved, isn't super food forward (somewhat rare for a Golden) and does funny shit like try to carry 2-3 toys in her mouth at once. My wife, who is one of ...
by Nonlinear FC
Mon Mar 25, 2024 3:45 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Peter Angelos
Replies: 16
Views: 234

Re: Peter Angelos

Politics is so full of people that have a public persona that has nothing to do with who they are behind closed doors that this topic is somewhat triggering.*

* - I hate this word.
by Nonlinear FC
Mon Mar 25, 2024 1:47 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Man's Best Friend
Replies: 2243
Views: 103260

Re: Man's Best Friend

Sorry to hear duff.
by Nonlinear FC
Mon Mar 25, 2024 1:17 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: USMNT - 2026 Cycle - "Early Days"
Replies: 727
Views: 10932

Re: USMNT - 2026 Cycle - "Early Days"

Gio really deep. Opposite McKennie but deeper. I don't like it. Pulisic mostly invisible Yeah, we need Reyna higher in a 10 role. While I mostly agree, the way they were having the outside backs push really high necessitated a bit more of conservative play from the central guys. That just wasn't ha...
by Nonlinear FC
Mon Mar 25, 2024 12:48 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: USMNT - 2026 Cycle - "Early Days"
Replies: 727
Views: 10932

Re: USMNT - 2026 Cycle - "Early Days"

Gio really deep. Opposite McKennie but deeper. I don't like it. Pulisic mostly invisible Yeah, we need Reyna higher in a 10 role. While I mostly agree, the way they were having the outside backs push really high necessitated a bit more of conservative play from the central guys. That just wasn't ha...
by Nonlinear FC
Mon Mar 25, 2024 12:44 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: USMNT - 2026 Cycle - "Early Days"
Replies: 727
Views: 10932

Re: USMNT - 2026 Cycle - "Early Days"

govmentchedda wrote: Sun Mar 24, 2024 9:01 pmOMFG
That was one of the most improbable (and best) goals I've seen in this rivalry. Benny Feilhaber's goal in the Gold Cup was similar.
by Nonlinear FC
Mon Mar 25, 2024 12:42 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: USMNT - 2026 Cycle - "Early Days"
Replies: 727
Views: 10932

Re: USMNT - 2026 Cycle - "Early Days"

It's also jarring because he signed a contract extension through end of next season and so much of the hype around him was how well he was doing and, like you said, that he was a leader for the club.
by Nonlinear FC
Mon Mar 25, 2024 12:17 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 454
Views: 6839

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

M hires FAU's Day as new HC. General consensus is they were able to get The Guy in terms of available candidates and they beat out L'ville (reportedly) to do so. Lots of folks calling for Warde Manuel's (AD) head in recent months... Methinks that clammer will die down for awhile. (This is the same f...
by Nonlinear FC
Mon Mar 25, 2024 12:11 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: USMNT - 2026 Cycle - "Early Days"
Replies: 727
Views: 10932

Re: USMNT - 2026 Cycle - "Early Days"

I don't really know. He had an injury that he dealt with in January, came back and seemed fine, but then he hasn't really played in a month. No news of an injury and he seemed fine in the US camp.
by Nonlinear FC
Fri Mar 22, 2024 4:01 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: USMNT - 2026 Cycle - "Early Days"
Replies: 727
Views: 10932

Re: USMNT - 2026 Cycle - "Early Days"

So, yep, that was one of the things I left out last night: * Balogun is GGG's guy. I kind of get wanting him to play and he was OK at times. But he's not in form for his club, while guys like Sargent-->Wright and Pepi are... So, while I wasn't too annoyed with the starting XI, I did have an issue wi...
by Nonlinear FC
Fri Mar 22, 2024 3:51 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: To the extent it comes up: Trump crap post-WH years
Replies: 2005
Views: 43302

Re: To the extent it comes up: Trump crap post-WH years

The reason he has to go to the Saudis and the Russians for financing is that every bank in America knows he's a shitty businessman, and doing business with him is just setting money on fire. I'd really be curious who would want his shares as collateral when they're in reality worth less than Monopo...
by Nonlinear FC
Fri Mar 22, 2024 1:17 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 454
Views: 6839

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

FAU-NW... they must've figured something out... 58-56 FAU with about 1:20 left in the game. Timeout, NW with possession.
by Nonlinear FC
Fri Mar 22, 2024 1:15 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: More Backroom Deals Than Tammany Hall - A Youth Soccer Tale
Replies: 738
Views: 71127

Re: More Backroom Deals Than Tammany Hall - A Youth Soccer Tale

I remember getting moved up from JV to V as a freshman in baseball. Got to play RF in a blowout playoff loss, but hit one of only 4 dingers in my entire "career" to avoid the mercy in the 5th. Weird feeling. I also got moved up to V in soccer my sophomore year as a field player, which I st...
by Nonlinear FC
Fri Mar 22, 2024 10:38 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: USMNT - 2026 Cycle - "Early Days"
Replies: 727
Views: 10932

Re: USMNT - 2026 Cycle - "Early Days"

Absolutely agree. My buddy had read that Bournemouth asked GGG not to play him 90, and that's totally understandable. But burning 2 subs there is just really really dumb.

You're playing a team that best case scenario eeks out a 1 goal game, with a high probability of going to ET...
by Nonlinear FC
Fri Mar 22, 2024 10:25 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: MLB 2024
Replies: 105
Views: 1502

Re: MLB Spring Training 2024

Sure, yeah... But that wasn't part of the analysis, unless I missed it.

But, yeah, overall... thinking about it after I posted... It's not like this is some journeyman rando... It really does have the Jordan vibe, but with actual wire transfer proof/details.
by Nonlinear FC
Fri Mar 22, 2024 10:23 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: USMNT - 2026 Cycle - "Early Days"
Replies: 727
Views: 10932

Re: USMNT - 2026 Cycle - "Early Days"

I've decided that what inarguably should have been a loss to a Jamaica team missing more key players than we were plus a decisive loss to Mexico is actually our best path to a new coach. Lose to Jamaica and it can be called a fluke, 3rd place match means nothing because guys will be checked out. Th...
by Nonlinear FC
Fri Mar 22, 2024 10:12 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: USMNT - 2026 Cycle - "Early Days"
Replies: 727
Views: 10932

Re: USMNT - 2026 Cycle - "Early Days"

wlu_lax6 wrote: Thu Mar 21, 2024 7:02 pm Very empty in Dallas
Because the Mexicans buy all the tickets. The format is not great for the US in this regard.
by Nonlinear FC
Fri Mar 22, 2024 10:04 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: MLB 2024
Replies: 105
Views: 1502

Re: MLB Spring Training 2024

Analysis: If this were the case it would be the biggest baseball scandal since the Black Sox, right? Ohtani would not only be in criminal jeopardy for illegal gambling but he’d probably face a permanent ban from the game. It’d be absolutely massive and would upend professional sports for a very, ve...
by Nonlinear FC
Thu Mar 21, 2024 9:08 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: USMNT - 2026 Cycle - "Early Days"
Replies: 727
Views: 10932

Re: USMNT - 2026 Cycle - "Early Days"

Just to clarify or hone in... When you know Jamaica is going to play a low block, going 442 with the amount of talent sitting on the bench was hard-headed.
by Nonlinear FC
Thu Mar 21, 2024 9:05 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: USMNT - 2026 Cycle - "Early Days"
Replies: 727
Views: 10932

Re: USMNT - 2026 Cycle - "Early Days"

1) Anyone who watched that game and still doesn't understand the value and importance of Gio... We're just not ever going to agree on player evaluations. The guy is just different in the attacking 3rd. I'm not real happy with his antics on D, but frankly, at this point... I'll put up with that to ha...
by Nonlinear FC
Thu Mar 21, 2024 5:52 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
Replies: 2752
Views: 90002

Re: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette

That's really dumb. They make us take what is basically the same 3 or so training courses every year. I don't need to read the text or watch the videos. One is on cybersecurity. I used to work for a cybersecurity firm. I don't need to keep reading the same shit over and over. If they made me do that...
by Nonlinear FC
Thu Mar 21, 2024 11:49 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: MLB 2024
Replies: 105
Views: 1502

Re: MLB Spring Training 2024

So, folks are convinced Ohtani was gambling illegally (offshore or otherwise) and dismissing the possibility that the translator had a problem and was gambling the money away and then either Ohtani bailed him out OR Ohtani didn't know the money was being pilfered? Is the thinking that the pilfering ...
by Nonlinear FC
Thu Mar 21, 2024 10:32 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 454
Views: 6839

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

https://theathletic.com/5348619/2024/03/17/long-beach-state-ncaa-tournament-dan-monson/?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=facebookhq&source=fbhq&fbclid=IwAR1BTJdJbpbX06HgHxdnNm_eA5DnqbkuMWfO11cY1oNE_Tgy7r3AlW1gGA8 This is a wild story... Long Beach State coach, and former Gonzaga/Minnesota ...
by Nonlinear FC
Wed Mar 20, 2024 3:09 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2023-2024 NHL Season
Replies: 457
Views: 9257

Re: 2023-2024 NHL Season

1) I was very down on the Caps early on. Addition by subtraction and now they are playing a very solid style. I hate to say this, but Backstrom being out was already a net positive, and then you have Oshie out for extended amounts of time, which is allowing the young guys (many of whom played on the...
by Nonlinear FC
Wed Mar 20, 2024 2:59 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
Replies: 8826
Views: 409559

Re: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random

I have made the mistake... ONCE... of getting *$ mocha right as I was intending start a long day of driving. Yikes. That couldn't have taken more than 15 minutes to kick in.
by Nonlinear FC
Wed Mar 20, 2024 10:50 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
Replies: 8826
Views: 409559

Re: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random

I'm like a canine. I have to go #2 pretty soon after each meal. Or coffee in the morning. I have to be careful to not slug my coffee too early because my 30 minute commute would be problematic otherwise.