The scale was kind this morning. I haven't weighed this little since I lived in Danvers.
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The scale was kind this morning. I haven't weighed this little since I lived in Danvers.
Yes. It is the customary form of greeting between bundabergs.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
Getting testy and contentious over in the MLB thread.
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CNN had a big article about the Braces’ move yesterday.Quote:
Originally Posted by wilson
I'm quick to tell people I don't think they know what they're talking about if I don't think they know what they're talking about. It's not particularly nice and I am aware that people don't like it. I realize this makes me a terrible person, but I think the burden is on the person making broad proclamations to be correct more than it's on me to be courteously deferential to a bad take. I also recognize that I'm saying that I know what a good and bad take is and that this may make me an absolute douche-canoe. And I'm okay with that too. I promise I actually do strive to be a nice person, I'm just not always.Quote:
Originally Posted by wilson
Heading back to Kansas after a fun time in SC. Hit a chance to visit briefly with my favorite Clemson player. Bonus of the trip - Brother Dave was at his place in NC so he drive down to visit for a few hours. He had his first visit to the CASL.
I googled douche canoe, and it is an actual term. Wow, learn something new every day.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil
And, yes, your picture was next to the definition.
I saw that one. It was a pretty good piece. I've seen a number of local responses more or less along the lines of "So what? All of baseball is losing fans of color, not just the Barves."Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
...to which I'd respond 1) How is that any better than if it were just the Barves losing such fans? and 2) If you're trying to stem that tide as an organization (which I'd submit that the Barves, as the team in one of baseball's biggest black Mecca markets, absolutely should be trying to do), then moving to a community with the ugly local racial past that Cobb County has, and then hosting things like Donald Trump smugly tomahawk chopping while the arch-conservative governor fans the Twitter flames is not the way to get things done.
Yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by aimo
Did they let you use the hyperbaric chamber?Quote:
Originally Posted by DukieInKansas
Glad you had a nice time Dink! Be safe going home!Quote:
Originally Posted by DukieInKansas
I agree with all of this. We are inching closer to my absolute pain points on these issues.Quote:
Originally Posted by wilson
New favorite is the Hydromassage table. Shaped like a dentist chair, it uses high pressure water blasts to massage from feet to head - starts at one and moves up to the other. You can change the pressure, speed, and area of concentration. Sometime I would like to try the float tank and maybe the cryo chamber.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
Where were you in SC? We just got to the Pawleys area a few days ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by DukieInKansas
We had a VRBO in Anderson but were there for the Clemson FSU game so we could spend time with Nephew Alex.
Sounds like fun!Quote:
Originally Posted by DukieInKansas
Back in the day that was a big game. This year, not so much.Quote:
Originally Posted by DukieInKansas
On both sides. The ending play that messed the point spread and over/under was entertaining and happened at our end of the field.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
Running on the beach is hard. Movies make it look so joyful. It is not.
I don't know that I believe you. Chariots of Fire makes it look easy.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil