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	I was referring to the number of Wingo fingers required for a catch. Not the O/U of the game.
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	Bonus baseball
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	Just saw this thread get a bump, so I cannot resist a random stream of consciousness... Comparing Appetite to UYI is somewhat unfair, IMO. In some ways, it is 2 different variants of GnR; in some ways it is not. Appetite was far more angst. The Ritz live show might be one of the best live shows of all time - def for GnR, but top-100 all time of all live shows. Appetite was released summer of 1987. Joshua Tree was released 4 months earlier. The 2 releases could not be more different, but both produced anthems of the age. Def for me. Not a bad track on either record. I first heard November Rain (NR) in 1988 or 1989. I was living in South Florida - part time - as part of a co-op program in college. There were *many* CD/record stores in the area that had access to bootlegs. I overpaid for a GnR bootleg and it contained a version of NR and I was amazed. According to Matt Sorum and Tracii Guns, Axl had been working on that track since ~1984 or 1985 - just 2 years after he left Lafayette, IN to head to LA. I have many strange memories of Appetite. I bought it a few days after it was released and played it for my family. Dad was not a fan. Brothers were. I still can see my mom (RIP) dancing a strange jig to Mr. Brownstone. What a fucking awesome song.
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	Vandy's Drew Dickey is out. Regents School of Austin Alumni, family, and friends will be disappointed. Now that Will Stone is transferring, there will be zero representation....
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	I have the over/under at 15
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				Holy shit balls is Intel (INTC) Fucked?
boilerhorn replied to immamac's topic in Business and Markets
Interesting. Intel is in talks to acquire AI inference platform company SambaNova. I know a couple of folks who are at SambaNova from early in my career. What stands out to me: Chairman of the Board of SambaNova: Present Intel CEO LipBu Tan Member of the BOD: Anthony Lin - head of Intel Capital The latter is "normal" for large investors - you get a role on the board. At some point in the past, Intel Capital was dropping large sums on many AI startups. I am trying to figure out if this is a conflict for Tan. He stands to enrich himself indirectly through the company he's a CEO. - 
	
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				Beer 2025: sith_horn drinking more than the rest of us combined
boilerhorn replied to HenryJames's topic in Food and Travel
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				So my kiddo got accepted to UC Santa Barbara
boilerhorn replied to tbone_'s topic in Can You Help Me With This?
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	They're down to 2 of the long term members: 84 year old Mike Love and 83 year old Bruce Johnston. They have a strong supporting band, full of capable singers. Mike Love sometimes sounds old and tired; but he is 84 after all. Sometimes he sounds OK. On occasion, John Stamos will play with them. It would be an interesting show in 2005, maybe.
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	FWIW - I do…. He was the OC for the Colts during Luck’s final year and for 2 more years. In 2019, he was the OC that helped Indy win 7 games with a QB room of Bisset, Hoyer, and Chad Kelly. In 2020, Colts went 11-5 with Phillip Rivers as QB. In 2021, he went to the Eagles. Funny (or not), that 2019 staff had HC Frank Reich, OC Sirianni, DC Eberflus, DB coach Gannon, OL coach Strausser (now at Houston in same role). I have no idea if Sirianni is a good coach, but his major roles have been with organizations who have their shit together. Indy’s front office is extremely competent (Anthony Richardson daft pick notwithstanding). And the Eagles might have the best GM in the league right now. He’s not screwing it up, so that is something. EDIT to add: yeah - he won a Super Bowl…. Pretty important in the NFL. If he ever starts to suck, he’ll be in the retread pipeline for as long as he’d like.
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	Well, there's enough of a sideshow that just about every possible outcome today would be unsurprising.
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	Titans have an opening. Dolphins and Cardinals likely become available this year. Perhaps others. He'll have options if he wants to go to the NFL. Likely has 8 figures stashed away already. If someone is truly miserable in their job, they'll take far less to go elsewhere.
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	His standup is great - the above are gems.
 
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