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Hellraiser97

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  1. Do you really think the Big 12, that desperately needs the best TV it can get for the future, most likely from ESPN, is going to sue ESPN? Even if they do, it will never go to court. It will simply be bargaining power for negotiations to settle everything. We may play in the Big 12 in 2022, there's basically zero chance now that we are playing in 2023 or that Texas and OU are going to pay $80m each.
  2. Well hey it worked so well for Herman here....
  3. Yeah imagine a scenario where there's an upset at the conference championship game that makes it so one if the P5(4)'s champion isn't actually one if the top 6 conference champions. I guess the likelihood of that with these mega conferences is less than it was with 12 team leagues that kept getting unbalanced so badly, but it could still happen. Sent from my bathroom using Crapatalk
  4. Maybe they should petition the Big12 to take them back. Sent from my bathroom using Crapatalk
  5. Thanks guys. I'll check those out.
  6. This may be a dumb question, but anyone have any idea how to get VY's autograph? I have something I've been carting around and wanting to get signed for the past year or so and I have been unable to find anything like an agent or whatever that might show where he makes appearances.
  7. Hello Surly bretheran (yes, I know I need to update that one thread, I'm working on it), Looking for some guidance. My kids cub scout pack did our pinewood derby virtually. We ran all the cars and got a kid from UT to edit it into a pretty awesome video that we're going to show via Facebook Live to the scouts. Well, cool as it is, we decided we need something more to keep them engage. So I've been tasked with this and came up with the idea of having the scouts pick the winners of each race and then rank them on who picks the most correct. Seemed straight forward enough, but I can't find anything online that would work. We've used Kahoots! before for Trivia and it works great, but I don't think it will work as it uses a timer and you can't pause. I've looked at CrowdPurr and a few others and they all seem to function the same way. Additionally, I don't want extra points for selecting faster, just points for correct or not. I'm going to be watching the live feed, so I can run the game from my laptop, I just need some type of online platform that allows me to choose when to cut off selections for that race and then keeps track of results. I already have a list of which cars win each race, so that's not a problem, I don't have to do it realtime. So the work flow would be: 1) set up the 'trivia' - number of questions is the number of races (I think we had about 60), name/number of each car are the options. 2) As soon as one race ends, I'd manually advance it to the next question, then cut it off as soon as the race starts 3) At the end of the races, after we announce the winners at all the levels, we'd announce who won the "pick 'em" on the Facebook Live feed. Any suggestions?
  8. I loved it. It had flaws, but so do the rest. Seen it twice, will likely see it a third time.
  9. 2019 was a barren, barren year. 2020 better fucking rock.
  10. I bolted both my kids dressers (one IKEA, one not) to the wall when we got those things. They were both obviously unstable. Of course, I'm fucking paranoid about everything
  11. Thanks guys. That makes some sense. I used an iPhone as my main phone years ago until it died. And looking at my profile on the current iPhone, it still had my email, full name, etc. I've deleted all that stuff now.
  12. Ok, so some of you that know iOS better can maybe answer this. I mainly use an Android phone, but I have a second phone using a free line we had that is an iPhone. I used it to access email at my old firm that I was still consulting firm. They had all this security stuff required and I didn't want that stuff messing with my main business. Anyway, I have NEVER given that phone number out. I don't even know what it is. I do have an Apple ID that has all my info. So a couple weeks ago, a friend I haven't heard from in years texted me and it went to the iPhone. I asked him how he got that number and he never responded. He worked at Apple at one point, so I figured maybe he still does and was able to find it via the data they collect or something. Well a couple days ago, a guy I know from my daughter's cub scout pack texted me on that phone. I've checked the pack roster, the only numbers there are my regular cell phone and home phone. I only just noticed it because I basically never use that phone anymore (I still use it for tethering if my main line runs out of high speed data). He's out of town now, so I'll ask him when he gets back, but I'm freaked out. How the fuck did these guys find this number? I've now gone and deleted all my personal info out of my AppleID and turned Siri off for everything, but will that do it?
  13. So, I posted about this on another threat about a year ago, but my 7yo tested as ridiculously smart in most categories, but also borderline ADD. They said normally this wouldn't be an issue, but due to her intelligence, it is. Was recommended some ADHD coaching/therapy. Left this in charge of my soon to be ex and we ended up at a place call the Peak Performance Institute. They did a Quantitative EEG analysis that showed that basically her brain kind of misfires. I researched it some and this thing seems largely legit. The place that did her testing last year confirmed its legit. It was also suggested we do Heart Rate Variability Training. Again, original place said its a good idea. Sooooo, they don't take insurance. I've found one other place, Austin Biofeedback, that does this, but also doesn't take insurance. We can file after the fact with insurance (BCBS for us), but the insurance wants to pre-approve and they've dragged their heals. The new thing is they say they need something from Peak Performance Institute (which those people say they never have had to provide before). Total cost of the therapy if we can't get anything covered is between $10k and $17k. So, anyone do this before? I'm no doctor, but what they've said makes sense and I haven't found anyone calling total bullshit on it.
  14. There's some monks up in Upstate NY that train GSD for this exact purpose. It's expensive, but I've met one of these dogs with its family before. I've been around dogs my whole life, lots of GSD, and that dog, while not unfriendly or aggressive, was fucking intimidating. Whatever you decide to do, if you do get a big dog like that for protection, make sure you get it very, very well trained. It needs to respond to EVERYONE in the family.
  15. I will build many walls I do not like OU
  16. Because Americans are lazy and cost too much I do not like OU
  17. Working on a business venture that will have an immigration component for some employees. We got any immigration lawyers here who could provide me some insight to see if I should pursue this? Thanks I do not like OU
  18. Hopefully Fenves won't be a pantywaist about it I do not like OU
  19. On another note, for my actual reading, I'm on the second book of Sanderson's first Mistborn trilogy. The first book it took me a while to get into it. The last third or so if it, I really liked it. So I'm on book two, Well of Ascension. I'm about 1/3 through and it's enjoyable but once again, not loving it. I find the world interesting but I think the issue is that I don't feel any real attachment to most of the characters. In the first book, it was the same deal, with the exception of one or two. I do not like OU
  20. Thanks I'll put it on my list! I'm on Book 7 of Academy, Starhawk. I don't hate it but it's a bit weird for two reasons. First, instead of focusing on some specific event, like the other books, it's really just about how Hutch got started it seems. Second, it's a different narrator and I swear she makes every character sounds like they're willing. I do not like OU
  21. And you're wrong. After the years, we had as many holes or more in our depth chart as when he started and a team full of guys that had no idea if how to win or even an expectation of it. Literally, these guys had never experienced a winning college football season. That losing attitude is harder to fix than lack of talent. The guys Mack left at least had a winning attitude. I do not like OU
  22. Hahahahaha Have the government helping us?!? Shit with friends like that, who needs enemies? There government could barely be hindering us more if they tried! They already add between$25k and $50k in costs per project with a ridiculous number of fees, inspections, etc. Then they make it so that at most you can build a duplex on most lits, and not even that on many, so there's no way to reduce land cost per unit. I do not like OU
  23. Yup. Hopefully, we'll get some elected officials that are open to the idea, even if they aren't campaigning on it. My new rep, Vikki Goodwin is like that. She won't say it outright, but read between the lines and its there. Of course, we'll just get fucked most likely and have a state income tax AND high property taxes.
  24. It's not a popular opinion, but we really need to just scrap the entire property tax scheme and implement an income tax. People freak out at that, but most people would likely benefit from it. As an example of how screwed our system is: My best year in NYC, I made about 50% more than my best year I've had since moving back. I paid less in combined state income taxes, city income taxes and property taxes that year than I have paid in property taxes each of the three years I've been back. And New York is considered a 'high' income tax state. Just look at how fucked up it is. Live in something like Circle C, and you have a house in the half million dollar range and pay about $10k in property taxes per year, even if you only make $100k. That's literally a 10% tax rate. Conversely, someone who lives in a different part of the state, where property values are lower and harder to get accurate estimate due to lower turnover and you may have a property on the tax rolls at $150k and only pay $3k in property taxes, even if you make $250k, $500k, etc. Obviously most people aren't making $250k, $500k, etc., but it illustrates how the system is upside down. The middle class basically gets screwed in our system.
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