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The smallest city in the U.S. with nonstop flights to Europe is...
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Good trivia question. It seems counterintuitive until you realize how a globe works.
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brian wrote: Mon Feb 08, 2021 10:43 pm Good trivia question. It seems counterintuitive until you realize how a globe works.
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It's not really even because of that, I don't think. The east coast is still way closer to Germany than Alaska. It's just that there's no reason for any small Eastern town to fly there and apparently there's a tourism connection between Germans and interior Alaska that an 8 hour drive to Anchorage can't fix.
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Ryan wrote: Tue Feb 09, 2021 9:38 am It's not really even because of that, I don't think. The east coast is still way closer to Germany than Alaska. It's just that there's no reason for any small Eastern town to fly there and apparently there's a tourism connection between Germans and interior Alaska that an 8 hour drive to Anchorage can't fix.
Fair enough. One of my favorite airline trivia bits was that the flight time on Icelandair from Seattle to Reykjavik was only about 45 minutes more* than NYC to Reykjavik, despite the flight time from NYC to Seattle being five+ hours.

*Route no longer exists I believe.
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"Since fantasy sports was in its infancy in the early 1980s, Gretzky's outrageous scoring totals practically broke the game, forcing leagues to either ban Gretzky altogether or split his totals into goals and assists (ie. you could draft "Gretzky's Assists" and "Gretzky's Goals" separately). It just didn't seem fair to have the first pick make that much difference in a draft. In 1985-86, when Gretzky had 215 points, he finished 74 points ahead of Mario Lemieux! In 1981-82, a 212-point season, he was 65 points ahead of Mike Bossy. That was just too much to overcome, forcing rules to be changed."

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Rush2112 wrote: Wed Feb 10, 2021 1:14 am "Since fantasy sports was in its infancy in the early 1980s, Gretzky's outrageous scoring totals practically broke the game, forcing leagues to either ban Gretzky altogether or split his totals into goals and assists (ie. you could draft "Gretzky's Assists" and "Gretzky's Goals" separately). It just didn't seem fair to have the first pick make that much difference in a draft. In 1985-86, when Gretzky had 215 points, he finished 74 points ahead of Mario Lemieux! In 1981-82, a 212-point season, he was 65 points ahead of Mike Bossy. That was just too much to overcome, forcing rules to be changed."

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Fascinating. It would seem to me Wayne Gretzky was a perfect storm reason to institute an auction draft and run the league rotisserie style.
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ya i recall in junior high we had him count as 2 players (i.e. cut the points in half), he still went in the 1st round (wish i could remember who went first overall - i want to say Kurri...)
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My Hall of Fame Sim league had to do something similar with Ted Williams in 2002.
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MaxWebster wrote: Wed Feb 10, 2021 7:11 am ya i recall in junior high we had him count as 2 players (i.e. cut the points in half), he still went in the 1st round (wish i could remember who went first overall - i want to say Kurri...)
Yeah - "the Gretzky Rule" For a couple of years, we just had our playoff drafts without him. Oilers still always flew off the board early.
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What a team!

Just looked up the stats - Glenn Anderson scored 54 goals, had 99 points and was 5th on the team in scoring!

Gretzky had 10 hat tricks.
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An earthquake in 1556 killed 830 thousand people.
The deadliest earthquake in human history is at the heart of the deadliest day in human history. On January 23, 1556, more people died than on any day by a wide margin...
The Shaanxi Earthquake caused the deaths of 830 thousand people in China. The earthquake leveled the three cities closest to the epicenter in Shaanxi province. It caused landslides, mudslides, ground fissures, and fires that killed people over a 520-mile swath of land in central and eastern China.
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So we drove to the beach yesterday. The Googles.said go these back roads for a faster trip. Okay I love little towns and farm land so what the hell. Well cruising through some one road town in DE near Caroline Co a building had a sign for The Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Well that required some googling.

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wlu_lax6 wrote: Sun Jul 04, 2021 8:31 am So we drove to the beach yesterday. The Googles.said go these back roads for a faster trip. Okay I love little towns and farm land so what the hell. Well cruising through some one road town in DE near Caroline Co a building had a sign for The Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Well that required some googling.

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Nice! Pretty sure American Pickers did an episode on those guys. The original charter was issued in Baltimore, MD!
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rass wrote: Fri Jul 09, 2021 3:10 pm
wlu_lax6 wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2013 3:45 pm Paula Deen's husband completed in this year's Ernest Hemmingway look-a-like competition at Sloppy Joes.
A_B wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2013 3:53 pm Kurt Cobain could win that contest.
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The most recent American entertainer to perform in Pyongyang is...Bob Hope.

In October 1950.
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brian wrote: Wed Jul 14, 2021 6:23 pm The most recent American entertainer to perform in Pyongyang is...Bob Hope.

In October 1950.
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Rams Fanny wrote: Thu Jul 15, 2021 9:08 am
brian wrote: Wed Jul 14, 2021 6:23 pm The most recent American entertainer to perform in Pyongyang is...Bob Hope.

In October 1950.
Dennis Rodman?
D.onald T.rump?

Also, FWIW, the DMZ is super laid back now. He may have actually done some good in the region, inexplicably.
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On a scale of 1 (Challenger) to 10 (a pedophile blowing himself up in a fireworks accident), where would Jeff Bezos dying when his rocket explodes tomorrow rank?

I'll say 9.85 (only because of a low score from the Russian judge).
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Musk would be infinitely funnier but probably less overall good.
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Personally, I would reserve scores over 8 for people I truly hate, like Trump and his cronies.
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sancarlos wrote: Mon Jul 19, 2021 12:48 pm Personally, I would reserve scores over 8 for people I truly hate, like Trump and his cronies.
I think Bezos qualifies.

I'm trying to calculate the odds of him really dying and thinking about buying some very, very short-term put options on Amazon stock. If he died, I could easily clear about $10K.
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If we're talking on sheer Utilitarianism*, I really don't think Jeff Bezos dying really makes the world that much better. And I know he's the direct result of significant harm in the world, but it's not like if he dies the new CEO is going to be like "Hey, we really need to start giving our workers to pee breaks and stop supporting sweatshops".







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sancarlos wrote: Mon Jul 19, 2021 12:48 pm Personally, I would reserve scores over 8 for people I truly hate, like Trump and his cronies.
You should hate Bezos.
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L-Jam3 wrote: Mon Jul 19, 2021 12:56 pm If we're talking on sheer Utilitarianism*, I really don't think Jeff Bezos dying really makes the world that much better. And I know he's the direct result of significant harm in the world, but it's not like if he dies the new CEO is going to be like "Hey, we really need to start giving our workers to pee breaks and stop supporting sweatshops".

No, but at least he doesn't get to continue reap the rewards of exploiting his workers.
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Would make quite the allegory.
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I forgot Bezos isn't even the CEO any longer, so not sure what effect him blowing up into tens of thousands of tiny pieces would have on Amazon stock (probably still not great), so not sure if I'm gonna make this bet.
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Welp, I pulled the trigger. If Bezos lives and AMZN stock jumps tomorrow I'll take a three or four hundo hit in the nads, but if something happens...I mean sooner or later, one of these billionaire douchebags going to space is gonna die.
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I mean, could they pick a rocket that looks more like a dick?
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A_B wrote: Tue Jul 20, 2021 7:53 am I mean, could they pick a rocket that looks more like a dick?
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Well, you can't win them all.
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Baloney wrote: Tue Jul 20, 2021 8:03 am
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A_B wrote: Tue Jul 20, 2021 7:53 am I mean, could they pick a rocket that looks more like a dick?
Speaking of...

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