The Swamp

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I've had free food that the military provided that was way worse than miso soup. I'm completely ambivalent on miso soup. I don't think I've ever had a take on miso soup other than "Oh yeah. We get a small bowl of this before we eat the food we came here to pay for." This is spot on. If it comes, I'...

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I think that sounds right, but can someone confirm why it wouldn't be 36 to the power of 10? Because the 2nd, 3rd, 4th...etc places don't have 36 cars to choose from. After the 1st it's 35 and descends by 1 each time. If you had to pick the winners of ten races in a row, and each race was random, t...

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I don't need this down to the exact number, but I am hoping someone can give me a pretty accurate estimate, but what would the approximate odds be of selecting the EXACT finisher correctly for each of the top ten positions in a NASCAR race? Would have 36 racers to pick from. So the dumb odds (assum...

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rass wrote: ↑
Mon Jun 24, 2019 1:52 pm
Anyway, I haven't driven a standard transmission in 4 years or so, and didn't drive at all the last time I was over there, so wish me and our rental car luck.

Good lord, shifting gears with your left hand? Sounds like a nightmare.

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tennbengal wrote: ↑
Sat Jun 22, 2019 5:36 am
All of a sudden I am remembering what it is like to care about baseball in July.

Let's not get cocky. Y'all could be 11 back when July rolls around. (And still with the 3rd-best RD and 3rd Order Win Pct in the National League.)

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Brooks Pounders

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I think this is as simple as Trump controlling the narrative. He trots Pompeo out to completely misrepresent what happened, so the war machine starts to bubble and steam. Then he sets himself up to be the voice of reason. It's hard for me to believe that Trump is smart enough to devise and follow t...

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LOL Are you currently outraged at Warren, Harris, Buttegieg, Beto, Booker, etc. for having the audacity to help Trump by challenging the presumptive frontrunner Joe Biden? Or does that rule only apply to Sanders? Dude, c'mon. You can't possibly believe that other folks simply running for the nomina...

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I, for one, am happy that we didn't retaliate. So, and it pains me to say this, kudos to Trump or whoever made the call. All the chickenhawks can go fuck themselves. They have the privilege of never having to deal with war or warzones from the comfort of their armchair general thrones. Fuckers. 100...

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3a. Not being an addict, avoiding having kids out of wedlock, staying married, finishing school, and going to work everyday and geting there on time go a long way towards wealth. And to make the bold part possible, the country needs living wages, affordable housing, better education and childcare, ...

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A_B wrote: ↑
Wed Jun 19, 2019 7:19 pm
Oh you should be. We just have to take small victories where we can.

Hopefully you'll get a few of those this weekend.

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degenerasian wrote: ↑
Wed Jun 19, 2019 8:05 pm

DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑
Wed Jun 19, 2019 6:04 pm
Poor Scotland...the Gods of VAR are merciless.
Penalty shootouts are going to take an hour if keepers cant move.

If they are going to strictly enforce the rules against keepers moving, then they need to move the penalty spot back a few yards. (Which they should do anyway.)

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A_B wrote: ↑
Wed Jun 19, 2019 7:39 pm
Were you not ready to play?

Heh

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tennbengal wrote: ↑
Wed Jun 19, 2019 12:20 pm
As a Memphis fan, I approve of this trade. Glad to see Conley get another chance at a deep playoff run, and gets them some assets back as they build around JJJ and Ja.

How does this look from the Jazz side? People around here seem excited about it.

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The GOP have done a masterful job of framing the issue as Liberals hate rich people and want to punish hard work. And attacking Biden for what he said today seems to confirm the GOP's framing. Here’s a verbatim quote from Biden’s remarks to rich donors: “No one’s standard of living will change, not...

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The Sybian wrote: ↑
Wed Jun 19, 2019 2:16 pm
The GOP have done a masterful job of framing the issue as Liberals hate rich people and want to punish hard work.

And attacking Biden for what he said today seems to confirm the GOP's framing.

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Okay, isn't it odd to say that New Zealand beat South Africa by "four wickets"? They each lost six wickets.

I get using that terminology in a test match, but not for an ODI.

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In a nation of 320 million with a 20 Trillion dollar GDP there is exactly zero reason for children to be hungry, people needing Go Fund Me for their Health Care, workers being labeled "independent contractors" so that billion dollar valuation companies don't have to pay them well, free education, a...

Steve of phpBB · Re: Cricket Sabo wrote: ↑ Wed Jun 19, 2019 1:52 pm Kane! Clutch. Damn.

Sabo wrote: ↑
Wed Jun 19, 2019 1:52 pm
Kane!

Clutch. Damn.

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Baloney wrote: ↑
Wed Jun 19, 2019 12:06 pm
132 needed of 22 overs, exactly 6/over required

Now they need 59 in 9, a little more than 6 per over.

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In a nation of 320 million with a 20 Trillion dollar GDP there is exactly zero reason for children to be hungry, people needing Go Fund Me for their Health Care, workers being labeled "independent contractors" so that billion dollar valuation companies don't have to pay them well, free education, a...

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I think Biden is as close to being Republican while still getting called a Democrat as one can be. I know he isn't running for the nomination, but you have heard of Joe Manchin, right? Yes. If everything goes *great* in the 2020 elections, he will be the deciding vote in the Senate from 2021-23.

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So where are we on this kind of thing now? Still funny? Sliding scale - like if the kid was a male and was 17, no harm no foul? Especially if the adult was a hottish woman? I've spent too much time with clients now who were involved in something like that when they were teens with teachers/priests ...

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I love Warren's ideas, but whenever I hear her talk, I am completely uninterested in anything she has to say. I just don't see her getting enough voters motivated enough to support her - outside of strong liberals who were already going to vote Democratic. Plus, most of Warren's ideas are legislativ...

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So where are we on this kind of thing now? Still funny? Sliding scale - like if the kid was a male and was 17, no harm no foul? Especially if the adult was a hottish woman? I've spent too much time with clients now who were involved in something like that when they were teens with teachers/priests ...

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Yeah, I liked the article and its a pretty cool mystery but it also said that the plane descended faster than would be anticipated if fuel ran out and the plane glided a while so questions about that too. ETA... what Bengal said One thing the article didn't address was whether the pilot had life in...

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So... I straight up didn’t know that a pilot could effectively depressurize the cabin and murder everyone on board (prior to slamming the plane into the ground and murdering everyone on board) ... It seems like someone should do something about that. Why the fuck would they ever need to depressuriz...

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Funny, I bought George Carlin's AM/FM album on vinyl when I was in 7th grade. I wore that sucker out and memorized a good portion of it. Vinyl was not hipster then, it was the standard! I also had a cheap cassette recorder and would record radio songs I liked as they played on my parents' big-ass h...

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Rush2112 wrote: ↑
Tue Jun 18, 2019 10:24 am
Dark chocolate is excellent, but I prefer it with nuts or other non-fruit adjuncts to break up the flavour.

Or cold. Dark chocolate is great cold.

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So... I straight up didn’t know that a pilot could effectively depressurize the cabin and murder everyone on board (prior to slamming the plane into the ground and murdering everyone on board) ... It seems like someone should do something about that. Why the fuck would they ever need to depressuriz...

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There’s a local dairy that makes mandarin orange chocolate ice cream. You’d love it. I'm 99% against fruit + chocolate but not to the extent I wouldn't try this. Mint is a fine combo, coconut and pecan are top tier. Chocolate covered strawberries are delicious. Chocolate and any nut are just fine b...

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Not the Onion: I wish the gay community were more accepting of gun supporters. I should know. (Even the headline is messed up) An Op-Ed from the Social Media Manager of the NRA. It's an interesting read. Why is a community that prides itself on inclusion and tolerance so intolerant toward the Secon...

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Pruitt wrote: ↑
Fri Jun 14, 2019 3:52 pm
Just back from my son's University graduation.

The boy is now a B.Des (Bachelor of Design). Unreal.

Congratulations!

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govmentchedda wrote: ↑
Fri Jun 14, 2019 3:40 pm
Mesut Özil just got married, and had Turkish President Erdogan as his best man.

So I guess Enes Kanter didn’t go.

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Let’s do happy stuff.

This is what I got for spending $6,000 on two ACL surgeries last year.

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bad news T has the c word. it's a mass in his neck that's pushing against his trachea. fuck. upshot is that he's been snoring for a long while (maybe a year?) and they believe it's pretty slow growing. so we could have a lot of time. but we can't do anything other than manage it given where it is a...

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govmentchedda wrote: ↑
Thu Jun 13, 2019 1:20 pm
Blackpool finally sold!

Hallelujah.

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I know Biden leads, but has there been a poll yet that consolidates the rest into "Biden versus Other"? Or does Sanders (and maybe Warren) make that question too muddy? There was a poll that came out a few days ago that appeared to have various combinations and ranked choices and whatever. It was a...

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sancarlos wrote: ↑
Mon Jun 10, 2019 2:44 pm
We had a Coleco home version of Pong that you played on your tv set. That was the last time I was on the cutting edge of video games.

Heh. You're still ahead of me, though. I never even had Pong - I played at a neighbor's house.

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This thing was so cool when it came out.

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