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Hornin04

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  1. Reporter just stated in his question "since Urban knew of the 2009 arrest and still chose to hire him" that was pretty hard ball. Wish camera was on Urbs during that one.
  2. He wishes he knew more. He wishes he was told more. WTF
  3. Yeah it looks like Nintendo got their stuff off of those sites. Anyone here have copies they can send? Or anyone know if RageAHolic is a member here? He probably has some...
  4. So I put this emulator on my fire tv that has Nintendo, snes, Sega, n64, etc I have found sites with decent collections of genesis ROMs but Nintendo apparently cracked down and made it hard to find theirs. If anyone has good sources or a collection they wouldn't mind, um, sharing... info about, of course, is be much obliged. Feel free to PM. I've been having fun playing Altered Beast, Sonic, and Mortal Kombat with the fire tv game controller. Was disappointed that there wasn't an Atari 5200 emulator included.
  5. For the assholes who are taking time to judge without knowing anything, no my wife didn't put her in the fucking pool. She took her floaty off to pack up and leave the pool and turned her back on her for an instant. My daughter somehow got in the pool, don't know if intentionally or not, and was pulled out by the lifeguard not breathing and looking blue, per my wife. CPR was briefly started but she started coughing up water and vomited quickly. Ambulance was called and she was evaluated in the ER and admitted overnight as a precaution. My wife witnessed her being pulled out, and for that instant thought our youngest child was dead. No she did not just stand and watch her drown. My baby was within 10 feet of a spaced out lifeguard according to all nearby accounts. Another mom saw her in the pool and asked the lifeguard if she was OK, and he said he thought she was just swimming (a small for her age 3 year old). Said mom insisted he jump in and get her and he did. They estimate she couldn't have been under more than 2 minutes but it was much less than that per my wife's recollection, but obviously enough time to almost be a much more serious situation. This was around the 3 foot section of the pool. My wife never lets them swim unsupervised and is one of the most cautious moms at the pool. The only time they aren't in floaties (my 3 and 5 yr old) is coming in and walking out, which is likely to change. And my wife is so distraught and guilty about the whole situation she's probably going to need counseling. I didn't post to tell the whole story, I just wanted recs for home pool safety. But there it is.
  6. Background: We live in the northeast and bought a house with a nice pool. Previously we had thought a pool was a no-go with our 3 young kids, but this house was exactly what we wanted and the pool and outdoor entertainment area is really nice. So we aren't moving into this new house for a little while (rent back) but in the meantime my 3 year old daughter just almost drowned at the local pool club this past week right in front of a lifeguard. It was the scariest moment of my life getting the phone call at work. Long story short, she is fine but was taken to the hospital in an ambulance and watched overnight to be sure. My wife is really shaken up (she witnessed it, I didn't) and we are both second guessing this whole pool thing. Luckily, this pool already comes with a very nice automatic cover (aquamatic systems) that when closed has no gaps and can support a 400+lb bear walking on it (happened to a friend). Only way to open it is with a key. There is also a square-shaped adjacent hot tub that doesn't have a cover. We are wondering if we bite the bullet and put an aquamatic cover over this as well. There's a fence around the perimeter of the yard, but nothing that guards the pool from the yard. I'm already planning on looking into another segment of fencing to divide the pool from the rest of the yard. But what other security measures have people here tried? I have read about pool alarms and bracelets for kids. This house is very tech-forward (all pool controls are accessible from a system in the wall that controls everything else in the house like sound, alarms, cameras, etc). I'm thinking about adding some connected outdoor cameras around the pool to detect motion. I haven't yet found a "smart" pool alarm system that I could integrate to the smart home system or with an app on my phone. Also we plan on continuing to make sure our kids are all as good of swimmers as possible (7 yr old is pretty good, 5 year old uses a floaty but is in lessons, and 3 yr old was in lessons already but can't swim a lick, obviously). Wife and I are going to certify for child cpr (re-cert in my case). Any feedback appreciated.
  7. OK I'll bite. We are staying on Georgetown at the Embassy Suites (have 3 kids in tow, needed space and walkable neighborhood for restaurants, etc). Kids are 3, 5 and 7. Getting in late Fri and me and 2 kids are doing the game Saturday. Otherwise staying around Sat afternoon/evening, all day Sunday and probably heading back to NE not too late on Mon. Rec's for must-do with that age group? Air and Space museum is a given. Seeing some of the cool big monuments as well. But what else? Good restaurants to go to with kids that are not far from where we're staying? And also, what is best method for getting to see all the sites with 3 little ones and pushing a stroller? Should we just drive and and park or do public transit?
  8. What's the opinion on getting tickets given the Maryland situation? I'm thinking demand will be low so wait until the week before?
  9. So does this mean I should wait and just try and scalp 3 tickets because no one will want to go?
  10. As a Browns fan who has never watched an episode of Hard Knocks in the past, I'm in. So did they just do it that way for dramatic effect or are they more impressed with Baker than Tyrod at this point? Seemed like they were implying that. Baker handles himself well for being the new guy. I wonder if Johnny 8-ball was the same way at the start of camp. Haley seems to think Jackson's an idiot.
  11. Staying in Georgetown and wife gonna drop me and my 5 and 7 yo sons off for the game. First (of many) CFB and longhorn games for my boys. Haven't taken the boys to a tailgate before. Advice for this one re: pregame options with the little ones? Trying to gauge how early I should go.
  12. Has anyone asked McMurphy to dig around Tallahassee? Now that Jimbo is gone maybe there'd be some local law enforcement willing to give up the dirt on his days protecting Criminoles. The aggy meltdown over a Jimbo scandal in the current MeeToo climate would be delicious.
  13. If he gets a slap on the wrist or if the narrative changes it will be interesting to see how the media reacts. I heard some very strong reactions from the likes of Stephen A., LeBatard, and whoever was anchoring college sports today on sirius xm. Heck even Feinbaum used words like fraud and implied Urbs is a POS who climbed the coaching ladder with lies. (probably in his knob slobbing contract with Saban to bad mouth Urbs though) Do they walk back the criticism or continue with it if he stays on?
  14. This is pretty amazing, I'm listening to sports radio and across the board Meyer is getting blasted. Just A Week Ago all of these people would be kissing his ass
  15. Haven't read the whole thread, but has anyone considered Tressel making his triumphant return? What he did pales in comparison to what's happened in CFB since his ousting.
  16. So I'm late to the game planning this. Traveling with my wife and 3 kids, aged 7, 5 and 3. 7 and 5 yr old boys likely gonna go to the game with me while wife and daughter go elsewhere. Wife wants to stay in the nicest area to do touristy stuff in DC, where we can walk places and eat, etc. We're driving in, so we have a car. Wife will likely drop off and pick us up from game. Wife is thinking Georgetown area is best to stay. Thoughts? Best source for tickets?
  17. I got one when they had the discounted pre-order price. It's nice as a cord cutter to use it to turn off TV, change volume, switch inputs, etc. Can't use it to change channels on my Tivo (at least not that I've figured out yet). Also functions like a normal echo. Not a must buy but it's useful to me and hopefully becomes more useful with time.
  18. Just called in and got $50/6 months for all access, which I wanted because the main account is for my wife's car and I use the app in my car. I let my XM expire like 3 yrs ago because a friend who used to work for them gave me a test account log-in for the app, and it kept working. I found that I liked using the app in my car (car is 2011 so no touch screen or cell network, etc) because you can restart shows, etc unlike on the built in radio. Marked calendar to call in 6 mos to keep getting this rate.
  19. Obviously the Lonzo knee news hurts his trade value, but who leaked it? Lonzo so he could stay in LA like he wants, or Pop to hurt Lakers trade offers?
  20. I'm holding out hope CLE is going to make some big moves and get LeBron pieces to stay. As for a title, they need GSW to have a major injury to KD or Steph.
  21. Just saw it in 3d. I was entertained, had a few moments that created suspense and made me jump. Nothing is as good as the original, but if viewed as an action/horror/Sci fi flick it works.
  22. Ok, now it's time for PG13 to go to CLE along with Howard.
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