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MC Fresh Breath

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  1. I kind of get that, but then they should make it official that the MVP is not for pitchers.  Because as my man Keith Law puts it "The Most Valuable Player should be the player who produced the most value, full stop."   DeGrom is having a historical season.

    Kershaw got both, recently.

     

    https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2014/11/14/the-10-pitchers-to-win-cy-young-and-mvp-in-one-season/

     

     

     

  2. I love the show, but the building of the underground lab storyline is just boring to me.  Mike being a part of Gus's operation, sure good stuff.  But I just don't find interest in project delays and construction discussion.  The Jimmy/Kim storyline, great.  The slow distancing of their relationship seems both realistic and painful.   The Gus/Hector storyline, fantastic.  When Gus dismissed the doctor because he really didn't want Hector to get *that* much better was a great scene. 

    And Seppinwall's recap reminded me of this, but where's Nacho?  What's he up to?  Also, in the timeline of things, doesn't Tuco take over at some point for Hector?  I'm all for more Tuco. 

     

     

     

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  3. 36 minutes ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

    But Apple does provide an alternative.

     

    You can still purchase an iPhone 7 or 8 at a lower cost than any of the X series phones.

     

     

     

     

    Right.  But my discussion was more aimed at the new model announcement prices.   And this isn't just Apple, of course.  It seems all flagships are in the 1$K range, which just seems insane to this old man in terms of the seeming speed in which we jumped to where that is considered normal by most.  And then that makes the $749 model "budget."   It doesn't feel like the pricing was based off of giant leaps in the tech or caused by inflation.  

    As mentioned, this could just be my version of "old man yells at clouds."   I'll quit belaboring the point. 

     

     

     

     

  4. 12 hours ago, Anastasis said:

    Not really. The phone has become the central connectivity device for most everyone.  Assume a three year lifespan before you upgrade.  It's basically $1 a day for the top end of the line. People spend a lot more than that for shit that they use far less. 

    Still a bit crazy, imo.

     

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    And again, now the "budget" model is launching at what just a couple of years back were flagship prices.  

     

  5. These Apple events are another in those "signs I am old as fuck now" categories for me.

     

    1. The most exciting thing is that the watch will know when I fall and will do an EKG for me. I am guessing that is not aimed at the younger demographic. So maybe all the Apple people are old, too.

     

    2. $749 for the base model "bargain" phone. Whoa.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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