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… whoever signs Wilson will be getting a financial steal since he'll play for the vet minimum (Denver will pay the offset so there's no incentive for him to take anything more). he *could* be fun in a place like Atlanta. I would not understand the play in Las Vegas. that would feel a lot like the s...

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I just booked a couple nights in downtown Cleveland, about 6 blocks from the waterfront/Rock n Roll HoF, so assuming I can get a sitter for my kittie-cats, I'll be there. The Guardians have a game that night, so I'll be able to check another ballpark off the list.

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At my age I prefer when athletes go out on their own terms and with some gas left in the tank, so Jason Kelce’s retirement makes me happy overall as a sports fan, even if it’s a short-term knock on the team I root for. I don’t know how many teams this would make this claim, especially one that’s ove...

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I think the cap hit is over two years but yeesh.

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Good Lord. Sheffield should just get relegated right now. And I mean during halftime.

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I don't know why Sybian quoted me, but sure. I can picture saying that.

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And then that offseason, the Phillies traded defensive specialist Larry Bowa and some middling prospect for Ivan DeJesus. What, what was that prospect’s name? Ryan Sablesberg? Something like that.

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The Ripken-Young-Trammell troika was the first core of power hitting shortstops, but I think Ernie Banks was probably the first true middle-order power threat. He played the first half of his career at SS, and put up 512 career bombs. Not too shabby.

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Taking nothing away from Caitlin Clark, because what she was able to do in her career puts her down as the greatest women's gunner in NCAA history. But man, what Pete Maravich did was nuts. He averaged 43.8, 44.2, and 44.5 PPG in his three seasons at LSU. This is without a shot clock, no three-point...

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In my neck of the woods we have an importer called Cento that cans San Marzanos. It’s the only kind I’ll use.

As an aside, my son asked me to teach him how to make homemade pasta, my gravy, and my parents’ pork meatballs this past week, and we’re going to take over the kitchen next time he’s down.

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Great season. Anyway, after watching a couple videos and a quick wiki search, and having 40 years on and not wearing red-white-and-blue colored glasses, Zola Budd was not at fault at all. She was in front, and Mary Decker twice hit Budd's legs from behind. Too bad. She got a lot of undeserved shit f...

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I wouldn't have recognized Zola Budd unless she was interfering with other runners.

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Giff wrote: ↑Fri Mar 01, 2024 1:20 pm Chris Evert no fucking way.

Billie Jean King! She faced off against Bobby Riggs 50 years ago!

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Oh, I just made this connection. Hidden = crypto. Krypton, because they don't like Cs.

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Gandhi is 70. Way behind Beethoven at 8! https://pantheon.world/explore/rankings?show=people&years=-3501,2023 Took me until #56 to be positive I'd never heard of the person. Same. This list is strange. Jimmy Carter is second for US Presidents (after Jefferson), and Washington is only the 27th A...

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I would simply go with the fact that these guys have been dead for centuries yet all of us recognize their names would indicate their level of memorability.

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Jerloma wrote: ↑Fri Mar 01, 2024 12:17 pm Lenny, how do you pronounce capicola? Is it gobbagool?

The exact quote on my email to Ryan:

Me, two hours ago wrote:"Eh, GABBAGOOL! (or CAPICOLA if you wish) "

We've had a prior discussion here regarding SuperSaad as well.

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Just sent. Legit lol'ed at one question.

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Sorry I didn't get to this past Monday I'll have to watch Miller's Crossing this weekend. Life got in the way.

Anyway, Barton Fink is up next. I don't remember being particularly enamored by it, but a rewatch would probably be worth it.

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mister d wrote: ↑Thu Feb 29, 2024 3:26 pm I believe it was quadrant painted (navy and gold) and that hat was absolutely not frayed.

More importantly, we did not injure Lari Ketner slash Lari Ketner didn't try to draw contract from any of us.

Damn, D. You must’ve gotten all the West Oak Lane pussy back in the day.

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brian wrote: ↑Thu Feb 29, 2024 8:13 pm
HaulCitgo wrote: ↑Thu Feb 29, 2024 2:26 pm Anyone looking at the villages yet? Ill come back in exactly 13 years
That place needs to be nuked.

Eh, just wait for the VD to work its way through.

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District-Maryland-Virginia

Or maybe Salvadorans really need to get their vehicles registered all at the same time.

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I just got Argentina-El Salvador at the Linc for me and my son (huge Messi fan) on 3/22. He chose that over WrestleMania. Cost was... more than advertised in DC.

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I’m going to start this a little bit earlier than 9:30 as I got a long day tomorrow. This will be a reward for a day of suck that I’ve had today.

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I didn’t get to it yet. But here’s a lukewarm take. Mikey Day sucks. Nobody is asking he play the straight man to level of Sudeikis or the incomparably versatile Hartman, but shit. When you say every sketch how weird this is with that irritating voice of his, it just blows the sketch. God he sucks.

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It actually stood for International Secret Intelligence Service.

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I read initially that as Thinh Dogg and imagined the late Nate Dogg’s more slender younger brother.

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“So I guess I’m supposed to know everything now?” said the cowboy on his second rodeo.

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Did the Dubs have Belichick in as a consultant?

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So just so I can get a clarification on Question 4...

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Fuck yeah. Miller’s Crossing is up next. It’s on Paramount+, if Sir Patrick Stewart chucking Arnold got you buy in.

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Damn. That's circa 1980 cruiserweight. Great job!

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Johnnie upthread raised a good point. From my experience, my son who's in 7th grade is in all the advanced middle school levels (brag). His history for this year is half a year on Ancient Greece, and half a year on Ancient Rome. And while that's a fun period of history, that better be the only time ...

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I just listened to it right here. Right now.

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I don’t know about the rest of you. I was in advanced-level classes all through high school, have plenty of higher education, and consider myself an avid reader of articles and magazines if not books. Yet I never even heard of the Tulsa Massacre until maybe 7 or 8 years ago, a couple years before it...

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Really great movie. Glad I caught it again after all these years. Couple points: 1. Nicolas Cage gets ragged on, but he is a damn good actor, albeit a little over the top at times. For a screwball comedy like this he’s perfect. 2. Holly Hunter. She looks great in this. I’m trying to think of where s...

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I just learned about Fred Hampton for the first time. Fucking America, man.

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My dad had a fall in the shower Saturday so he’s been in the hospital for observation since then. He’s getting released today, so that’s good news. But seeing all the doctors coming in and seeing him, and they’re all younger than me. That’s jarring.

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Blake Snell won the Cy Young last year, right? Is there any reason he isn't signed yet?

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Yeah, I'm doing the rental option. Money well spent.

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