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boilerhorn

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  1. Funny headline this AM: Stocks plummet as tariff-pause euphoria gets reality check Reality check = people realizing this shit will happen again in 3 months and do not want to deal with the volatility. Retirees moving $$ to safer havens. People moving the Jr/Sr in HS college funds into cash, etc. Just my opinion, worth what you paid.
  2. This is how tariffs are fucking Russia over.
  3. Not a patent attorney; have many patents; worked at a company that filed 100s. What @jimmyjazz said and what @TwiceHorn said is my understanding - of course, Twice is correct, as he's an attorney. IMO, the only way to extract some cash from this is to say that you are available to review and sign the document for $300 (or more) per hour, minimum 2 (or more) hours. You need to review what you are signing, etc.
  4. Agree. That said, it is even more amazing that he amassed that many goals with scores like Messier, Kurri, Nicholls, LaFontaine, McTavish, Robataille, etc. with him. Gretzky's goals per year dropped notably when he left Edmonton, but he remained as prolific in getting his teammates involved. And, the focus on defense increased dramatically in the early 2000s to present. Ovechkin had the likes of Backstrom, Semin, and Kuznetov with him over the years, but none of those guys are household names like the ones Gretzky got to collaborate with. Also - Ovechkin has a lifetime +/- of 63, or 3 per 82 game season. Gretzky was 520; 29 per 82 game season.
  5. FWIW, Gretzky had 1963 assists. Ovechkin has 724. Nsiap.
  6. For me, it is really simple. If I was playing a game of 2-on-2 where the outcome had significant impact for me and my teammate, who would I choose as my teammate if I had the first choice? It would be close, but it would be Kobe, MJ, then Bird. Each of these folks wanted to destroy their competition. If I chose Kobe (or MJ), I knew that he'd ignore me if the game was on the line. Up 10, pass to boilerhorn and see what happens. Close or down, f- boilerhorn, we need to win. I do not give a shit about the stats. If you want to win, you choose Kobe then MJ. Kahwi is not in my top-10.
  7. I agree with the take from @Rimbo Had the day off from work, so I went with my youngest, who is a so-so gamer and was a fan of MineCraft. Plus, he's my "go to" for movies that are likely to be action/adventure with low expectations for acting, writing, etc. The great part about Jack Black - he does not really take himself seriously, while appearing to do so. Momoa was also quite good. He actually pulls of the comedy side quite well. it was a great experience for us. We both laughed out loud at things together; chuckled at things; said "WTH" at the same things. It was entertainment. And it was fun. I was not expecting any academy award performances, etc. It was a different form of art and it was worth my the $20 I spent for tickets. My only complaint surrounded Jennifer Coolidge's role in the movie. She's basically played the banal blonde female in every movie since American Pie. She does the same here, but it is discontinuous. I like her as an actress and in her normal role, but it seemed forced. That said, who carees? I, too, will watch again.
  8. These guys must have just looked at this chart on wikipedia under United States Balance of Trade And concluded.... TARIFFS! NSIAP
  9. Guy's fucking delusional. Just 3 days after tariffs are imposed, $5T in factory manufacturing is committed. Ok. Yeah. Right.
  10. Of course. My bad.
  11. Does this set up Cambodia, Vietnam, etc. economies to crash so they go open handed to Uncle Joe Vladimir? These countries finally have reasonably functional market economies and are going to be crushed by this capricious behavior.
  12. It will be difficult to leave the politics out of it, as you've observed, as this policy has been largely one-sided, if not from a single person. At the end of the day, the tariffs are being imposed, seemingly at random, by a person who does not appear to have a middle school understanding of economics and history. He just uses a bludgeon, which is common for a primate with a primitive mind. 2 good examples: (1) applying tariffs EVERYWHERE, even on uninhabited islands and (2) elasticity constants that are integers.
  13. It would be great if the CAD/state/taxing entity was compelled to pay 95% of appraised value to purchase your property at the homeowners choosing. If the appraised value was accurate, they’d break even after paying 5% realtor fees to sell it to an actual buyer. CAD figured it out…. They’d rather than have us flail at appeals when talking to functional morons at the hearing. And they’ll just say “no”
  14. He has the 8th grade history class understanding of tariffs. What a stinking moron. Looks like he's poised to kill the economy just so he can save it again. Our populace is just dumb enough to believe it, too. "I've removed the tariffs because they worked. A, B C companies will increase their investments in USA, etc." He'll cite some BS metric and declare victory. The amazing thing is this is so foolish that it was able to get China, Japan, and S Korea to align on a shared response. They all hate each other. The only silver lining - TSLA stock price crash seems to be ahead of the others...
  15. Did she portal from OU?
  16. I am aware of one small town that uses these to pick up leaves from the sidewalk/street, weekly in spring and fall.
  17. She's on Instagram and Youtube.
  18. Kevin Young: For 13k: 7 (gggg-gf) * 5 (ggg-gf) * 5 (gg-gf) * 5 (g-gf) * 5 (gf) * 3 (f) Steve Young For 35k: 56 (ggg-gf) * 5 (gg-gf) * 5 (g-gf) * 5 (gf) * 5 (f) All assumptions except in bold, which are numbers I found on the internets. I also assumed all of Brigham's kids were able to have kids. Steve is 1/5 of your number because he's 1 generation older. Kevin is 3/5 of your number because he has 2 siblings. The salient word in the previous post was "*between*" regarding Lorenzo and Kevin's father. I left out the other detail. Thanks for checking my math.
  19. Barnes is a really good coach and represented Texas well. As noted, his latter years here were marred by early exits and teams that stalled near the end of the season. 2014-2015 closed out 3-5 and lost in first round of tourney 2013-2014 closed out 3-5 and lost in 2nd round of tourney 2012-2013 16-18 overall; closed season 6-6; lost to Houston in round one of CBI 2011-2012 closed out season 3-4; lost in first round of tourney 2010-2011 closed out season 4-4; lost in 2nd round of tourney 2009-2010 closed out season 4-6; lost in 1st round Yes, I cherry-picked where to look in each season, but in his final 6 years here, Texas was 2-5 in the NCAA tournament and missed it altogether 1 year. He had a reputation for physically and emotionally wearing out players at the time, if memory serves. There were rumblings of a personal digression, but I might be misremembering. It was time for a change.
  20. That's not exactly as unique a claim as one might think. Lorenzo had 10 children, 7 of whom made it to adulthood. If each generation between Lorenzo and Kevin Young's father had 5 offspring, there' be approximately 13k people who could make the above claim. Fwiw, Brigham Young had 56 children. Football's Steve Young was the g-g-g-grandson of Brigham. Using that and 5 offspring per generation puts Steve in a class of around 35k who can make the Brigham claim. Fwiw. I know the LDS folks are really into genealogy, so the exact numbers might be vastly different. I made some simplifying assumptions.
  21. My $0.02, and it might be worth even less. The rowing suggestion makes sense and could be considered. My company once hired an EE major from Texas who was a rower. She was around 5'2" and was one of the actual rowers. That was around 15+ years ago, so the sport could have changed, but... I just looked and Texas offers a rowing camp, but its pricey at $1500 for 4 days. Another thought - use sports to encourage health, physical fitness, time management, and discipline. Avoid thinking about the possibility that "my kid will go to XYZ school on $ABC scholarship." Many parents get wrapped up in that and lose sight of the bigger picture - get to a good college to get a good education. And they spend a ton of money and time traveling all over the region and US trying to "get there." Another anecdote - a buddy's daughter was a very skilled soccer player. She loved it, and eventually earned a scholarship to play at the college she actually wanted to attend. Was injured in freshman year; then coach changed. She continued her studies and graduated. She played club ball through MS and HS, and her parents gladly did it because she loved the game and competition. The objective was not a scholarship. The buddy mentioned that many other parents were there for the scholarship only - and some kids would end up at some NW USA private school with a 25% scholarship. The school did not have a major the kid wanted, etc. He often noted that the family would have been better off spending all that money on tutoring and test prep. A few more thoughts to summarize it all - again, all worth what you paid If she's passionate about a certain sport, support it to the extent you are willing, time-wise and financially Avoid making the sports about the path to college - also, I am not that sure about academics monitoring across sports; much of it is "keep eligible. Athletics will push you toward majors they are comfortable with - in my example above, the coach/support staff said, "We've never had anyone major in that. We do not know how it works." This was a D1 school. If you have the spare $$, spend it on test prep and tutoring. Look for smaller schools - not unlike what you did for HS. Do tours and understand the level of support, help, monitoring, etc. you can get. You know your kid, so feel free to ignore all of the above. I am a random internet person Good luck with it all!
  22. Just finished today. Wonderful finale. I debated the Helly/Helena angle, but concluded Helly. Innie Mark was suspicious of Outie Mark. Innie Mark had developed strong feelings with Helly, which led him to trust Outie Mark in helping to free Gemma. IMO, if Outie Mark was willing to go take such actions to save Gemma, Innie Mark would understand. His love and passion for Helly was great, so he could relate. But he did not want to abandon his Innie experiences. I believe we will see more of Irv. And I am glad Drummond was eradicated. What a great concept, script, cast, and production.
  23. We have the "luxury" of Texas and Marquette history of Shaka to help guide us to understand how subpar he is. Even with that, it still does not really make sense that Shaka was hired in the first place. He was hired 4 years after the Final 4 run, where they went 5-1 (with play-in). After that, his teams we a combined 2-4 in the tournament. The final 2 years, he lost in the first round to a lower seed. I spent a couple of minutes looking at VCU's 2010-2011 run, and it was a glimpse into VCU's peak performance during the regular season. Looking at info from Sports Reference, VCU was #2 in 3pt attempts and makes, #58 in percentage. They averaged 9/23.8 in games they won and 6.5/21.4 in games they lost. They lived and died by the 3 - and opponent turnovers. That was abundantly clear in the tourney. By my quick count, they had 12 regular season games with 10+ 3s made. However, they had zero in the final 8 games, where they went 3-5. In the conference tournament (2-1), VCU averaged 8-20.7 from 3. In the NCAA tourney, they averaged 10.2/23.8 from 3 and 13 opponent turnovers. They got really hot while others got cold. In 4 of the 5 wins, their 3pt %-age was higher than the total FG percentage. For the subsequent 3 years at VCU, their 3-point shooting was significantly worse. Shaka leveraged that outlier into a higher national profile and ultimately a better job. Even after that f4 run, 2011 KenPom has VCU as the #53 team. Not that it matters...
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