Miscellaneous Discussion Thread II
Quote: odiousgambitUse of the the slur "denier" comes from "holocaust denier" and is not acceptable usage to attach to skeptics.Quote: lilredroosterQuote: AutomaticMonkeyQuote: lilredrooster.
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I think I see the problem.
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the deniers didn't like my link
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Skeptics now realize you are going to bring some more too after this. You must feel very insecure and unsure in your heart about it all if you basically have to keep posting these things. Meanwhile you have no answer for the problem that keeps happening over and over again: Crackpots taking charge
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denier was admittedly too strong -
skeptic is also considered inappropriate by many - from google:
"Misapplication of "Skeptic": "Climate skeptic" is also disputed because genuine scientific skepticism is vital to science; the term is misused for those rejecting established facts, not questioning them."
I don't feel at all insecure - I post "these things" because in my view they're relevant to the discussion
yes, I have no answer for the "Crackpots taking charge"
I have no kind of power at all - I just enjoy contributing to the discussion
but anyway, you'll be glad to know - I'm done with this now - enough is enough
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heh.
However, the winters of 1982 in the Northeast were brutally cold and that's when scientists were on about the next ice age. Now we can see arctic plunges with global weather maps that make better sense than local forecasts from decades ago. BTW, Florida will be freezing again soon.
What peaks my interest are the hottest temperatures in the summer on sunny days, especially in the Midwest. Those have been way over normal, approaching 110 degrees for more days in many states for the last decade.
In my old age, I have gotten back into painting toy soldiers and making dioramas with them. Most dioramas are 10-25 soldiers, a tank or two, and perhaps a burned-out building. Last year, a new company from Sweden launched an incredible line of resin figures at about $7 each. They competed very nicely with the former market makers, most of whom were in Russia. The toy soldier market in Europe is much bigger than in the United States.
I ended up buying 36 US Airborne figures from them, and it worked out great because they scaled perfectly with some other brands. My Winter in France 1944 Doirama eventually reached over 100 figures and several vehicles, and it outgrew the original 36X48 table. I'm in the process of moving it to a 36X72 table. Around September, the company released an 18-piece Ranger set and a 12-piece German machine gun team in winter uniforms. For the first time, the sets had size options- the original 54MM or upsize to 60MM for $2 a piece.
The 60MM look much nicer,and are easier to paint than 54MM, but the rest of the set is in 54MM, so that's what I ordered.
Sometime around December 1st, the company sent out an email explaining that they were running behind and that if anyone was willing to wait an extra few weeks, they'd throw in some freebies. As I have at least fifty figures in various stages of production, I was in no rush.
The package arrived today, and the first thing I noticed is that the figures appear thicker than the earlier ones. I read the invoice, and as a reward for my patience, they upgraded my order to the 60MM set.
The problem is that the rest of the setup is in 54MM. If a 54MM figure is a typical 5'9 155 pounds, the 60 MM ones would all be 6"8" and 245. The machineguns look even worse.
To make matters worse, the company announced that both sizes have sold out, so there will be no replacements. As they only make a few hundred sets, the aftermarket for them is almost non-existent. Of thirty figures, perhaps a third might be useful with some dickering around.
There are lots of rumors going around, and I understand why.
My place was devastated by the Washington State floods recently; it was really bad. Had we not left for what I thought would be a short 3-day vacation, we would not have made it out alive.
I haven't had time to screw around online since I've been doing everything necessary for future planning, search recovery Etc. People who know me personally and have my number can reach out, or you can send a private message, but I don't know how quickly I'll respond, as I still have a lot to deal with.
Quote: AxelWolfI'm here to dismiss the rumors that I'm dead.
There are lots of rumors going around, and I understand why.
My place was devastated by the Washington State floods recently; it was really bad. Had we not left for what I thought would be a short 3-day vacation, we would not have made it out alive.
I haven't had time to screw around online since I've been doing everything necessary for future planning, search recovery Etc. People who know me personally and have my number can reach out, or you can send a private message, but I don't know how quickly I'll respond, as I still have a lot to deal with.
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Sucks!
Although I never lived there, I spent many days with friends where the Guadlupe River flooded in Texas and killed all those kids. I imagine the place they had is gone, but they also moved from there several years ago before that happened.
Quote: AxelWolfI'm here to dismiss the rumors that I'm dead.
There are lots of rumors going around, and I understand why.
My place was devastated by the Washington State floods recently; it was really bad. Had we not left for what I thought would be a short 3-day vacation, we would not have made it out alive.
I haven't had time to screw around online since I've been doing everything necessary for future planning, search recovery Etc. People who know me personally and have my number can reach out, or you can send a private message, but I don't know how quickly I'll respond, as I still have a lot to deal with.
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Just the message I'd expect from someone dead. Stay safe, whomever you are.
Arivaca is a tiny town located on an old smugglers' route about 12 miles north of the Mexican border. A few years ago, hoping to attract tourists, they built an extension on the town hall and offered free hotel rooms on a reservation system. I went there last spring, intending to make a day of it, but I never left my car. I think I spent twenty minutes driving around, and it wasn't worth it. On a hill, not far from town, are two hundred-foot-tall towers that look like something out of Star Wars. They were intended to support long-distance motion detection but appear to have been abandoned.
true crime mystery from back in the day - The Zodiac Killer - killed at least 5 people - never caught - he claims to have killed 37 people
law enforcement authorities have stated that the case is still open
the sketch comes from witnesses who saw him with one of the victimes
"AI Overview
The Zodiac Killer called himself that because he used astrological themes and a distinctive symbol in his taunting letters to newspapers and police, claiming victims as "slaves for the afterlife," and the name stuck as a media and public moniker for the unsolved serial killer. He first used the name in a letter sent to The San Francisco Examiner in 1969, signing off with a crosshair-like symbol and threatening more killings if his messages, including complex ciphers, weren't published."
from Wiki:
"The Zodiac is the pseudonym of an unidentified serial killer who murdered at least five people in the San Francisco Bay Area between December 1968 and October 1969. The Zodiac attacked three couples and a cab driver in Benicia, Vallejo, unincorporated Napa County, and the city of San Francisco. Two of the Zodiac's seven victims survived.
In a series of letters mailed to Bay Area newspapers, the Zodiac took credit for the murders, described details known only to police, threatened bombings and more murders if the newspapers did not print his letters, and included cryptograms with his correspondence. Two of the Zodiac's four cryptograms were decrypted in 1969 and 2020, and the other two remain unsolved.[1] The Zodiac's last letter was received by the San Francisco Chronicle in 1974. In the letter, The Zodiac claimed to have killed 37 people, one of which was a 1966 murder of a woman in Riverside, California.
Despite several theories about the Zodiac's true identity, the only suspect police named was Arthur Leigh Allen, a former elementary school teacher and convicted sex offender who died in 1992. The Zodiac's murders, cryptograms, and letters to newspapers have made the case one of the most famous unsolved cases in American history. The Zodiac has become a fixture of popular culture, and the search for his identity continues to be pursued by amateur detectives all over the world.
In 2004, the San Francisco Police Department marked the case "inactive," but subsequently re-opened the case in 2006. The California Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the city of Vallejo, and the Napa and Solano county sheriffs maintain the case status as "open."
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I suggest a new one. "Genius or Goldfish"
After graduating from college, he spent a decade working part-time jobs and pursuing acting roles. In 1966, he was working as a messenger and met a fellow struggling actor, Al Pacino. In the early 1970s, he appeared in an off-Broadway play and caught the attention of a talent agent, who recommended him for the role of Fredo in The Godfather.
Over the next seven years, Cazale made five movies, all of which would be nominated for Best Picture. Somehow, he also found the time to have an affair with Meryl Streep. Diagnosed with lung cancer, Cazale struggled to finish his last film, The Deer Hunter and died before it was released.
If you enter into a pre-nuptial agreement, you have to live up to your half of the bargain.
Kevin Garnett earned over $ 300 million in the NBA and has a stake in several businesses. Before he got uber-rich, he and his soon-to-be wife signed a pre-nuptial agreement. If Garnett had a successful career, he was supposed to put 12 million dollars into an account meant for his children. Garnett and his wife separated fourteen years later, and the account had less than $250,000. Because Garnett didn't live up to his side of the pre-nup, the pre-nup was thrown out, and he is currently paying $100,000 a month in child support as well as $300,000 in legal fees.
Quote: billryanA cautionary tale.
If you enter into a pre-nuptial agreement, you have to live up to your half of the bargain.
Kevin Garnett earned over $ 300 million in the NBA and has a stake in several businesses. Before he got uber-rich, he and his soon-to-be wife signed a pre-nuptial agreement. If Garnett had a successful career, he was supposed to put 12 million dollars into an account meant for his children. Garnett and his wife separated fourteen years later, and the account had less than $250,000. Because Garnett didn't live up to his side of the pre-nup, the pre-nup was thrown out, and he is currently paying $100,000 a month in child support as well as $300,000 in legal fees.
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I never understood the pre-nup. If you are concerned about your financials just stay single. Both times I got married I had my fiancé's name on my bank accounts before we got married.
Quote: DRichQuote: billryanA cautionary tale.
If you enter into a pre-nuptial agreement, you have to live up to your half of the bargain.
Kevin Garnett earned over $ 300 million in the NBA and has a stake in several businesses. Before he got uber-rich, he and his soon-to-be wife signed a pre-nuptial agreement. If Garnett had a successful career, he was supposed to put 12 million dollars into an account meant for his children. Garnett and his wife separated fourteen years later, and the account had less than $250,000. Because Garnett didn't live up to his side of the pre-nup, the pre-nup was thrown out, and he is currently paying $100,000 a month in child support as well as $300,000 in legal fees.
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I never understood the pre-nup. If you are concerned about your financials just stay single. Both times I got married I had my fiancé's name on my bank accounts before we got married.
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That can depend on the state you live in with an unmarried partner. By state, I mean state and State.
Quote: rxwineQuote: DRichQuote: billryanA cautionary tale.
If you enter into a pre-nuptial agreement, you have to live up to your half of the bargain.
Kevin Garnett earned over $ 300 million in the NBA and has a stake in several businesses. Before he got uber-rich, he and his soon-to-be wife signed a pre-nuptial agreement. If Garnett had a successful career, he was supposed to put 12 million dollars into an account meant for his children. Garnett and his wife separated fourteen years later, and the account had less than $250,000. Because Garnett didn't live up to his side of the pre-nup, the pre-nup was thrown out, and he is currently paying $100,000 a month in child support as well as $300,000 in legal fees.
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I never understood the pre-nup. If you are concerned about your financials just stay single. Both times I got married I had my fiancé's name on my bank accounts before we got married.
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That can depend on the state you live in with an unmarried partner. By state, I mean state and State.
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I think in most states if you do not live together uou should be good
Quote: billryanI was reading an article about actor John Cazale.
After graduating from college, he spent a decade working part-time jobs and pursuing acting roles. In 1966, he was working as a messenger and met a fellow struggling actor, Al Pacino. In the early 1970s, he appeared in an off-Broadway play and caught the attention of a talent agent, who recommended him for the role of Fredo in The Godfather.
Over the next seven years, Cazale made five movies, all of which would be nominated for Best Picture. Somehow, he also found the time to have an affair with Meryl Streep. Diagnosed with lung cancer, Cazale struggled to finish his last film, The Deer Hunter and died before it was released.
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Born in MA, he is buried in the same cemetery as one pair of my great grandparents, in his family's plot. Same cemetery as the baseball player Tony Congliaro.
Quote: DRichQuote: billryanA cautionary tale.
If you enter into a pre-nuptial agreement, you have to live up to your half of the bargain.
Kevin Garnett earned over $ 300 million in the NBA and has a stake in several businesses. Before he got uber-rich, he and his soon-to-be wife signed a pre-nuptial agreement. If Garnett had a successful career, he was supposed to put 12 million dollars into an account meant for his children. Garnett and his wife separated fourteen years later, and the account had less than $250,000. Because Garnett didn't live up to his side of the pre-nup, the pre-nup was thrown out, and he is currently paying $100,000 a month in child support as well as $300,000 in legal fees.
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I never understood the pre-nup. If you are concerned about your financials just stay single. Both times I got married I had my fiancé's name on my bank accounts before we got married.
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That’s why you are still working and I’m retired.
Quote: DRichQuote: billryanA cautionary tale.
If you enter into a pre-nuptial agreement, you have to live up to your half of the bargain.
Kevin Garnett earned over $ 300 million in the NBA and has a stake in several businesses. Before he got uber-rich, he and his soon-to-be wife signed a pre-nuptial agreement. If Garnett had a successful career, he was supposed to put 12 million dollars into an account meant for his children. Garnett and his wife separated fourteen years later, and the account had less than $250,000. Because Garnett didn't live up to his side of the pre-nup, the pre-nup was thrown out, and he is currently paying $100,000 a month in child support as well as $300,000 in legal fees.
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I never understood the pre-nup. If you are concerned about your financials just stay single. Both times I got married I had my fiancé's name on my bank accounts before we got married.
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If you die without a will, the state gets to dictate the terms if who gets what from your estate, according to the laws. A will allows you to change the terms of the inheritance.
If you get married without a prenup and later divorce, the state gets to dictate the terms of the divorce according to its laws. A prenup allows the married couple to dictate the terms of the divorce, just like a will allows the decedent to dictate the terms of the inheritance.
Quote: DRichQuote: billryanA cautionary tale.
If you enter into a pre-nuptial agreement, you have to live up to your half of the bargain.
Kevin Garnett earned over $ 300 million in the NBA and has a stake in several businesses. Before he got uber-rich, he and his soon-to-be wife signed a pre-nuptial agreement. If Garnett had a successful career, he was supposed to put 12 million dollars into an account meant for his children. Garnett and his wife separated fourteen years later, and the account had less than $250,000. Because Garnett didn't live up to his side of the pre-nup, the pre-nup was thrown out, and he is currently paying $100,000 a month in child support as well as $300,000 in legal fees.
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I never understood the pre-nup. If you are concerned about your financials just stay single. Both times I got married I had my fiancé's name on my bank accounts before we got married.
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I've been married forever and my name and my wife's name have never been connected financially in any way. And still aren't. I just looked it up and this is not unusual, about 50% of married people are not connected financially.
Four lads from Liverpool appeared on the Ed Sullivan show, and the world was changed.
Many, many older people bemoaned this British Invasion with the long hair and the electronic music etc. But as my wife likes to say, we really needed a break from "Roses are Red, Violets are Blue"Quote: billryanFebruary 9th 1964.
Four lads from Liverpool appeared on the Ed Sullivan show, and the world was changed.
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Quote: odiousgambitMany, many older people bemoaned this British Invasion with the long hair and the electronic music etc. But as my wife likes to say, we really needed a break from "Roses are Red, Violets are Blue"Quote: billryanFebruary 9th 1964.
Four lads from Liverpool appeared on the Ed Sullivan show, and the world was changed.
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It was a little deeper than that. Before the Mersey Beat made it across the Pond, rock in the US was... [shocked]black![/shocked] It was sometimes known as "race music," and no I don't mean songs like "Hot Rod Lincoln."
Echoes of the mod vs. rocker culture wars in Britain. So you've got the Beatles singing about psychedelia and whatever, in an accent that doesn't sound foreign to most Americans, vs. Chuck Berry singing about his ding-a-ling, in a time when it was said Frank Sinatra was corrupting the youth of the nation. Which was a bigger departure from propriety in the US? Probably either, or neither.
Sinatra's albums in that time would have variations on "swiingers" or "swinging" just about every time, a double entendre thing since an earlier type of music could be called 'swing' . Just google 'frank sinatra titles with the word swinger' and then hit 'images' and you tell me what he was hinting atQuote: AutomaticMonkey... Chuck Berry singing about his ding-a-ling, in a time when it was said Frank Sinatra was corrupting the youth of the nation. Which was a bigger departure from propriety in the US? Probably either, or neither.
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Record companies and raxdio stations wanted artist like Pat Boone to sanitize rock and roll until The Beatles exploded.
Bobby was a wild child, from a family of drunks and petty thieves. His older brother was the local pot dealer, selling joints and ten-dollar bags to the rest of the school and neighborhood. He also liked to jump in running cars and go joyriding.
One night, he sees a friend's girlfriend leave her car running and head into the store, so he hops in and takes off. The 17-year-old girl doesn't want her parents to know she left it running, so she calls in a carjacking. A policeman responding to the call with lights and sirens is broadsided and killed. Richie's drunk, holding cash and drugs, and on probation for auto theft. He gets something like twelve years, but with good behavior, he is released to a halfway house after six years. While in prison, he got his HS diploma and learned printing. He got a job as a printer, and everything seemed to be going well. A few months go by, and I read he was arrested for making fake titles and auto registrations, and then it turns out he was making counterfeit passports and $20 bills. The case went to Federal court, and he got thirty years without parole. While inside, he got in trouble and kept getting another six months here and a year there.
Somebody decided a 71-year-old isn't a threat to society. I'm curious what new tricks he's learned.
WWE's live attendance is down over 20%, and its TV ratings are declining. The switch from Peacock to ESPN+ has greatly reduced their potential audience, and sales for Wrestlemania are well behind last year's. As of a few days ago, 60% of premium packages remain unsold, and second-row seats are still available for $6,000 per seat. A package that included VIP admission, a photo op in the ring and a small meet and greet is being offered for $75,000 for two.
Last year, the WWE announced that WrestleMania drew 101,000 people, but it was later confirmed that fewer than 80,000 tickets were sold.
By the way- the $75,000 package doesn't include taxes, fee, gratuities, and parking
Quote: billryanI'm friends with the ownership of Las Vegas based Future Stars of Wrestling. I asked them if they had any discounts for Wrestlemania, and they just laughed.
WWE's live attendance is down over 20%, and its TV ratings are declining. The switch from Peacock to ESPN+ has greatly reduced their potential audience, and sales for Wrestlemania are well behind last year's. As of a few days ago, 60% of premium packages remain unsold, and second-row seats are still available for $6,000 per seat. A package that included VIP admission, a photo op in the ring and a small meet and greet is being offered for $75,000 for two.
Last year, the WWE announced that WrestleMania drew 101,000 people, but it was later confirmed that fewer than 80,000 tickets were sold.
By the way- the $75,000 package doesn't include taxes, fee, gratuities, and parking
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A better option may be the NCAA Men's Wrestling Championships. A three day event with hundreds of matches for around $1000.
Quote: billryanI'm friends with the ownership of Las Vegas based Future Stars of Wrestling. I asked them if they had any discounts for Wrestlemania, and they just laughed.
WWE's live attendance is down over 20%, and its TV ratings are declining. The switch from Peacock to ESPN+ has greatly reduced their potential audience, and sales for Wrestlemania are well behind last year's. As of a few days ago, 60% of premium packages remain unsold, and second-row seats are still available for $6,000 per seat. A package that included VIP admission, a photo op in the ring and a small meet and greet is being offered for $75,000 for two.
Last year, the WWE announced that WrestleMania drew 101,000 people, but it was later confirmed that fewer than 80,000 tickets were sold.
By the way- the $75,000 package doesn't include taxes, fee, gratuities, and parking
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I have been wondering whether the willingness-to-pay of sports fans to attend live sports events is going to decline with time, especially with the high-end prices that are being charged (ex: WWE, NBA, NFL, NCAA championship events, final rounds of professional tennis, MLB). I know that attendance at some college football events is down due to high ticket prices.
How many people can do a mental 'cost-and-benefit trade-off' and justify the ever-spiraling cost of attending live professional sports events? Especially when watching the event on TV is an alternative?
Is GenZ into sports events?
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Is GenZ into sports events?
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I think that sports events are peak restaurant delivery surge opportunities, so if your side hustle involves running errands for people, attending a sporting event in person is a double whammy.
Quote: gordonm888Quote: billryanI'm friends with the ownership of Las Vegas based Future Stars of Wrestling. I asked them if they had any discounts for Wrestlemania, and they just laughed.
WWE's live attendance is down over 20%, and its TV ratings are declining. The switch from Peacock to ESPN+ has greatly reduced their potential audience, and sales for Wrestlemania are well behind last year's. As of a few days ago, 60% of premium packages remain unsold, and second-row seats are still available for $6,000 per seat. A package that included VIP admission, a photo op in the ring and a small meet and greet is being offered for $75,000 for two.
Last year, the WWE announced that WrestleMania drew 101,000 people, but it was later confirmed that fewer than 80,000 tickets were sold.
By the way- the $75,000 package doesn't include taxes, fee, gratuities, and parking
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I have been wondering whether the willingness-to-pay of sports fans to attend live sports events is going to decline with time, especially with the high-end prices that are being charged (ex: WWE, NBA, NFL, NCAA championship events, final rounds of professional tennis, MLB). I know that attendance at some college football events is down due to high ticket prices.
How many people can do a mental 'cost-and-benefit trade-off' and justify the ever-spiraling cost of attending live professional sports events? Especially when watching the event on TV is an alternative?
Is GenZ into sports events?
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I am at the age where going to sporting events no longer has much appeal to me. I have been to 100's of games and doubt I will go to more than a few more in my remaining years.
* After occasionally running into someone objecting to using the old mascot name, I've decided as a matter of etiquette that if you are referring to the old games you can use 'Redskins' but for games after the name change, use the new name or you can use 'the Washington football team'. Now when I get a 'squawk' using 'Redskins' I say "I think it is OK when you are talking about the old team"
Quote: billryanI was reading about Frank Robinson becoming the first black manager, and it mentioned he took over as manager of the Cleveland Guardians in October 1974. The Guardians didn't exist in 1974.
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Being from the Cleveland area, the Guardians still do not exist. I still refer to them as the Indians and probably always will. Even today, when talking to friends I will still say did you see that Indians game last night?
Quote: billryanA year or two ago, in Bisbee, a woman was thumbing through some baseball prints in my store and mentioned how she didn't understand why the Washington Senators had to change their name to the Nationals. I tried to explain how the original Senators became the Minnesota Twins, and the second team, known as the Senators, moved to Texas and became the Rangers, before a third team was created and became the Nationals. She still insisted it was done out of political correctness.
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billryan,
Actually, the Nationals used to be the Montreal Expos.
Dog Hand
Quote: DogHandQuote: billryanA year or two ago, in Bisbee, a woman was thumbing through some baseball prints in my store and mentioned how she didn't understand why the Washington Senators had to change their name to the Nationals. I tried to explain how the original Senators became the Minnesota Twins, and the second team, known as the Senators, moved to Texas and became the Rangers, before a third team was created and became the Nationals. She still insisted it was done out of political correctness.
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billryan,
Actually, the Nationals used to be the Montreal Expos.
Dog Hand
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You are right, I've no idea how I forgot that. I watched the Expos first game. They opened at home against the Mets, who had never won on Opening Day. The Mets made a ninth-inning comeback but fell short when their " star rookie" struck out to end the game. I think he hit .217 for the season and was an afterthought as the Amazing Amazing Mets won 100 games and the World Series. The Expos played in a decrepit minor league stadium , with a swimming pool just outside the park.
Quote: billryanA year or two ago, in Bisbee, a woman was thumbing through some baseball prints in my store and mentioned how she didn't understand why the Washington Senators had to change their name to the Nationals. I tried to explain how the original Senators became the Minnesota Twins, and the second team, known as the Senators, moved to Texas and became the Rangers, before a third team was created and became the Nationals. She still insisted it was done out of political correctness.
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It kind of was. They wanted a name that reflects the character of Washington DC. But Pittsburgh and the NFL already had a claim on Stealers.
Quote: billryanA Pokémon card just sold for 15 million dollars.
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Is pro-level grading difficult? Or spotting fakes?
Quote: rxwineQuote: billryanA Pokémon card just sold for 15 million dollars.
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Is pro-level grading difficult? Or spotting fakes?
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I know nothing about Pokémon beyond that some chase cards are big bucks. I've never dealt with them, but grading would be the same as sports cards. In this case, the card was a one-of-one with a strict chain of ownership, so faking it would seem out of the question. Logan Paul bought it for just under six million a few years back. It sold for 16.5 million, but Goldin gets a chunk, so I'm saying 15 million to the old owner, minus Uncle Sam's cut.
I do know there is a lot of fraud involving the sale of boxes that have already been raped, resealed, and sold as "new and unsearched".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTdWQAKzESA
When and if the "peace negotiation's" fail, I think we are going to see a military response much bigger than most anticipate. When we attacked Iran months ago, it was one night with a limited amount of missiles and bombs. When this pops off I think it will be 20x to 100x the size of the last attack. I would also not be surprised to see some Special Forces ground troops involved in the area of the Straight of Hormuz.
Having a lot of force at your disposal is useful in making your counterparty more interested in peace. For most of the world, peace is something you seek only when you are going to lose a war. For in the jungle there is no right or wrong, good or bad, or true or false. There is only strong and weak, and winning and losing.
