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  2. Wow. They have an actual @aol email address. I haven’t seen one of those in I don’t know how long. Granted, my wife still has an earthlink email that she’s had since the dialup days. She’s reluctant to switch, but damn, those bastards want almost $50/yr for just an email address. I tell her every year, this is the year for you to get off that shit. Transition now, and you have almost a year to sort it out. Yet, here we are.
  3. I think you’re right, and he was the lowest Sunday. Had to feel good after the first three days. 😂
  4. Semi-true. We’ve been in a slump for a few weeks. To be fully objective, we’re in a similar spot as y’all. Bullpen has taken a lot of lumps. Slowly starting to come back, but middle relief has been sketchy a lot the last few weeks. We’ve had hits and got guys on, but haven’t been getting them around and bringing them in. We’ve also hit a metric fuck ton of fly outs/groundouts, and for some reason got on a train for a bit thinking those baseballs were made by Titleist, not Rawlings. Starting pitching has been really good, even with a couple injuries. Bringing Cameron up was good for us, he’s done really well so far early on. To the point that once we’re all back, we’re keeping him and rolling with a 6-day rotation. We’ve given up a lot of leads with our mid-relief the past month, but again, some are replacements for injuries. Bubic has pitched his ass off this season, which has been a big help. Still giving up those relief runs though. Bats have been cold for the most part in the slump. Guys just putting too much on their own shoulders and trying to be the hero and make it happen. Sometimes, you just gotta refocus, loosen up, and have a little fun. Remember what it’s all about. We’re on our way to SD now. So that’ll be just swell. 😳🙄
  5. More names in the field this week than I thought there would be. Scottie with an 8 under score of 62 to tie for the lead. Quite the blatantly different conditions this week. Guess it makes for a good mental weekend, which those that played last week needed pretty bad.
  6. Damn. Not like he just got there after this spring semester was over, either.
  7. Well, the right mortician can definitely cut it off, stretching it out might be out of their grasp.
  8. Interesting. I wonder how accurate that ring is? I mean if you are in a spot where “close enough” would be ok. Like the ring says 110, and a poke says 107 or 112, something like that. Probably not close enough for sliding scale, but for general tracking? Would be interesting to find out.
  9. Your edit tripped me up for a split second. I was like wait, I just saw this. Then saw my reply and it kicked in.
  10. Front office has to be happy with the whole Jac situation. Get there last week after the road trip where they brought him up, and the store was loaded out the ass with Jac gear. They’ve had a few signed balls in the other store since he went to AAA, and damn… $200! Higher than the others, by a bit! (It’s for charity, so ok.)
  11. Smells like bitch up in here. It's 3:36pm and ou still sucks.
  12. Galileo: Flipping the bird since 1737.
  13. Well for starters, they won't be able to steal signs.
  14. And then they fucked with him and completely ignored him in the dugout for a bit, before dog piling him. 😂
  15. Or a law firm: Willie Trainor and Howe.
  16. Nationally embarassed?
  17. That’s the name I couldn’t remember earlier.
  18. That’s what we’re all trying to figure out. So many reports with different angles and info, it’s a big steaming turd of questions.
  19. My brother-in-law uses one of those stick-on type deals with an app as well. He’s type 1, so if it’s good enough for that, I guess that’s a good sign? I’m not sure of the name at the moment, but it’s the one that’s been out several years with tv ads and whatnot for it. I don’t think he’s mentioned switching, so pretty sure it’s still the same brand. Definitely the same style at the very least. From what he’s described and what I’ve witnessed from time to time at family functions, it’s easy to use and you can do it whenever you want. Seems to be very handy as compared to a traditional meter. My wife is type 2 and uses a standard meter. Note I didn’t say she was a good one, so she doesn’t use it very often. She should, even just for the day to day history, even if she keeps that to herself so at least she knows. But really overall, somehow she has managed to go from a nightly insulin injection and an 8+ a1c down to fluctuating between 6.8 and 7.1 on her quarterly checks, and no insulin. She’s still on the combination of glyburide/metformin, but even being less than stellar at the input side, I guess the results are showing. She was diagnosed with gestational diabetes when she was pregnant 30 years ago. About 12 or so years ago, give or take, her a1c had come down from 7.8-8.4 range to 7.6-7.8, with some bare bone lifestyle changes, but still not like one would think she should. But still better. Then I made a conscious effort to slip her into a little better lifestyle, without her catching on. First change was to keep her out of fucking starbucks. So I upped my “home barista” game, on the premise of “cost.” It worked, and I used much better syrups and mixers with little to no sugar. To give it the sweet, I did splenda. No problems. She loved them. At the same time I got her off those fucking liquid and powdered creamers. Granted it was a switch to half and half, but still saved a ton of sugars compared to that other shit. I also started putting a good sprinkle of cinnamon on top of the coffee grounds, which wasn’t a bad thing. Made it “more fancy” according to her. Plus some minor tweaks in the kitchen here and there. So not really a “what” change but a “how” change, if that makes sense. By 2015, maybe 2016, she was down low enough her doc took her off of insulin. Over those few years her a1c went to mid 6’s, sometimes a hair lower. Up to 6.8 or so after stopping insulin, but still well controlled. She also lost 30lbs, down to 110, which also helped a lot. I think it’s a bit too small, but she’s stuck in that range, plus or minus 3 or 4 from time to time. A couple years ago her doc moved her from 2 of the combo pills twice a day, to 1 pill twice a day. So that’s good too. Damn, apologies for the drift. Guess I felt bad about saying she was a “bad” diabetic. Which on some things she is. For example, breakfast is half a pot of doctored up coffee. Lunch? Why bother. She eats good for dinner. She doesn’t really deny herself on carbs, but she does keep the amount within reason. Whatever she does though, she’s finally found some semblance of balance that mostly works for her. As long as her doc is ok with her labs, I guess.
  20. Day drinking is a bitch. Damn the luck.
  21. Actually, you’re both right. See, this was the first introduction. Lesson one: why aggy’s stand behind, not in front. On to lesson two.
  22. Not following recruiting much, but maybe we gave him the impression we were moving in another direction?
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