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thunderlounge

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  1. Yeah, but you ain’t gonna shit right for a week.
  2. Like watching a clip from naked gun.
  3. Well, that is allegedly why he got the nickname to begin with. So, I guess it worked?
  4. Gave St Louis the straight up roto-rooter treatment.
  5. Holy shit they got to google awful quick.
  6. Well damn, Kenny. Kudos to you for having the courage to admit having the same thought, but missing the timing on it.
  7. Damn man, that sounds like it sucked pretty bad. Kudos to you for getting beyond those times though.
  8. Smells like a good deal to me.
  9. https://x.com/MLB/status/1940988062697422910
  10. Did the others rebuild, or did another place pop up, finally figure they weren’t competing well, and take the flame out?
  11. I feel for ya on that. I puree food on very rare occasions when I get sinus migraines. So much sinus pressure it makes my upper jaw very painful from all the extra pressure on those areas. Thankfully they have very rarely happened the last 3-4 years. Sinus infections down too. Allergies still 24/7/365, which still sucks, but at least there is a bright spot.
  12. While I agree with you on Michigan, I feel it’s a bit different situation than with tOSU. UM lost their coach, and a lot of staff, to avoid the NCAA (like they did shit.) UM also lost their big advantage, and no more signs to steal (once the comms were finally encrypted, but we played early enough in the season the non-encrypted comm situation wasn’t really out there. (How the fuck did the ncaa NOT give any consideration to that? This ain’t nascar!) On top of them losing a lot of talent. With tOSU, we pretty much only have the normal talent loss to factor in, and consider their replacements. Of course we can only look at last season tape, maybe the season before, to see a) what could be possible, and b) how much they may progress year over year. Need to take some other variables into consideration as well. I think it’s shaping up to definitely be a marquee matchup, and could honestly go either way. It could come down to who gets the right break at the right time, in whatever form. A challenged call, turnovers, blown (or wrong) assignment, etc. Being game 1 is a kicker. You haven’t had a sniff at getting the live game rust knocked off, even if just one game against inferior competition. I expect a few mistakes, both from returning to real play, as well as a few nerves early on. Now, tOSU has a similar situation on their hands as well. We lost some people, and they have to also figure out and estimate how well our replacements can perform. So pretty much we both start from the same place essentially. With researching those players, on either side, it’s going to come down to how much accurate evaluation either team can do, along with realistic projections from research on last season and if they have one before that to establish some form of progress in capability to project the jump to this year. It’s also going to come down to how well each program can keep it all locked down. Whether through spin in the press; what’s fed to journalists, and maybe we continue to probe for leaks, which would be wise to continuously monitor (I assume tOSU does something similar, but who knows for real these days, so I guess don’t necessarily trust their press.) Barring unfortunate events in fall camp, I expect everything will be at the highest of levels and expectations, as well as all drills having some impact on preparation for tOSU, and of course for the season as a whole. It’s going to certainly live up to the hype, I think we can all agree on that at least. Who comes out on top when the 4th quarter hits 0:00.0? It looks to ve a close one that could go either way. I’m expecting Texas to find a way, using the tools that we can, and really hoping we don’t have to get too deep into the playbook, or maybe have a handful of plays just for this game that we don’t use later. A bit easier to accomplish being the first game of the season. Then we can focus a bit more on the main playbook the next couple of weeks during the OOC slate. Off that topic, but relating to OOC, have we considered moving one OOC opponent to November? NOT FCS, of course, but one of the non-marquee schools we’d normally play OOC. Seems easy enough to do, since league schedules only come out less than a year prior, and those games are scheduled well in advance of that.
  13. Excellent observation and point! I love that about Hilton. I don’t do Marriott very often, but my Hilton backup is IHG. Between those two, I’ve managed to find acceptable hotels pretty much everywhere, pushing 95%+. I can only recall a few times I couldn’t (or didn’t) get something Hilton or IHG. Nashville once, by choice due to circumstances (daughter had a work conference, at a Marriott property, so we all went), and another time in Belfast where it just wasn’t convenient, and then I guess Cosmo counts now. Super small town on occasion notwithstanding. But yeah, I tend to get stuck with group planning for trips, and it’s definitely a noticeable convenience with Hilton to be able to put multiple room types on the same reservation. IHG, not so much, and I usually just call them direct. IIRC, even their agents have to split it, but I still call. At least maybe the agents get tired of it and complain enough.
  14. That’s really a rough call. So much influential music up there, and I had them all. Damn those were the days. How many of those albums up there took those artists from well known and very good, across the line to superstardom? Not talking career launching, but taking them to the top levels of the industry? Whomever put that list together at least seems to have put some good thought into the participants.
  15. PED’s or gambling?
  16. Does he have any eligibility left? Could we get him a covid year?
  17. Last I saw, a r/t business award on AA was at least 200k miles. Chase points can be transferred to BA, and I think AA. I haven't looked in a while. I run everything through BA, and have it way better on AA than if I ran it all through AA. The BA site will let you use cash + miles, and pick how much of each. You might get enough for a couple of tickets. But remember, you also have to be able to find the space available to use them. That's the hardest part. Not to mention that if you do find a few award seats, now you're forced to that itinerary with the award tickets and those seats may very well be a good bit higher than other flight options. If going the credit card route, I'd look into something like this: Get a sappire preferred from Chase, both you and your wife separately. Then look at the British Airways card, once again getting one each, separately. Once the bonuses clear, wait for a promotion where you get more miles when you transfer to BA. Then move your points from Chase to BA. Also note that you can set up a family pool with your BA points. So you and your wife would be in it, and pool your points together.
  18. To be flat honest, you may want to consider just getting your tickets outright, or go through BA (fly AA metal, if preferred), and use some points to upgrade. Of course you would have to have a BA account, and transfer points from chase to BA. Chase will have “sales” from time to time, where you get a better transfer rate. I say this as finding award flights, in the class you want, with anything close to acceptable scheduling, is an absolute bitch. Also beware there are sometimes “surge” prices with miles as well. It isn’t the easy game it once was, and redemption is absolutely more difficult.
  19. Sure, they all are to one extent or another. Just wondering the details.
  20. Maybe? Never really thought about it. But seems like a decent enough tinker “because you can” type project.
  21. Quite true, but not sure if a gas n go was on the table at PHX. Obviously depends on what they had on board, and guessing not a ton.
  22. I figured it had to be something like that. There wasn’t anything on the radar, go figure being in the desert, so figured it had to be wind or heat related issues. Not really. Probably the closest runway that could accommodate the aircraft and crew, while passengers were ferried up to Vegas by bus or another plane. Using a couple three charter buses would probably be quicker anyway, unless they could have got another plane and or crew to go up. Logistics of those pretty much suck, but at least PHX is close, and a hub.
  23. Certainly would be interesting, and help the mortgage side out too Also, I’m sure you could make them an offer they wouldn’t be wise to refuse. Or, um, some clients buying, right? 😂
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