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You are going to need a buttload more isolated incidents to demonstrate a trend though. It's a big country.

Well that is disturbing. Maybe I will just send Mitsoda my $60 instead of buying the game. 😝

On Tuesday nights, I take part in a ridiculous bike ride, where my goal is usually just to hand on as long as possible before getting dropped. It's about 25 miles around a reservoir. My fastest time is 65 minutes, but most of the guys do it in about 55 minutes. Given the temperature and air quality, I wasn't sure if it would happen last night, but sure enough there were plenty of people ready to go in the 100 degree heat. I also thought maybe it will be a bit more mellow, since the air quality is not great right now. I was wrong, and a few guys hammered the first hill off the front. There is only one regroup on this ride, about 10 miles in at the top of the second big climb. After getting dropped on the first climb, I pushed through to the regroup area with a small group of stragglers. My water bottle was already serving hot water, and I was gassed. Thankfully, one of the guys who lead the ride said "I'll buy anyone who wants to turn around with me a beer!" That was all I needed to cut my ride short, so I headed back with a small group. Discretion is the better part of valor.

So far TB mode is great and makes me interesting in the whole combat system.

People live in the central valley? I thought that was just a place we drive through to get to our vacation homes.

We used to have a firearm thread for you nerds. It's like you guys are speaking Klingon. Although I did learn a lot of this stuff playing Jagged Alliance 2.

Honestly though, it is rarely about how high the temperature gets and more about how long it stays up there. The vast majority of the days, you hit the highest temp around 3-4 PM and then it starts cooling off around 5-6 PM. We get an ocean breeze most nights that makes a huge difference. So 90's during the afternoon are not an issue when it drops to 50 at night. Don't ask me what that translates to in Celsius. Time to go ride the bike before it gets too hot.

It ain't hot until we hit triple digits farenheit. This is a weird week though. Very tropical right now.

When does the official TB mode come out?

California is great. We only get a week of hot weather a year. Also no humidity, which is way worse in my experience.

We are having a heat wave as well. I did track early and it was already hot and humid by 7. I was going to flake on a bike ride, but one of my riding buddies was sitting in my driveway when I got home, so I had no way out of that. Now we are all huddled in our one room with the AC unit.

I am sure it will sound like an excuse, but maybe most children aged 6-18 are not all that receptive to learning history. It is much easier to be enaged in history once you've lived long enough to have some context and insight into the world around you.

EGS crashes on me pretty regularly though. Plus it lacks a ton of features that the others have.

I'm spending the day passing out materials to students. This may be the only time I see them in person for the school year. Very weird start to the year.

This would hold more weight if the auto industry and banks weren't a decade removed from being 'too big to fail'.

This is a real issue! E-bikes have become hugely popular of late. Lots of people use Strava to record their rides and runs, and the top times on segments get special badges. When you see that somebody climbed a mountain at 18 mph, it's pretty clear they were on an e-bike. Of course, some people also leave Strava on when they drive home and end up with 45 mph averages. Shenanigans!

I certainly haven't done much research on the topic, but it seems like we have a pretty good system of mail delivery in the US. The USPS plays a critical role in domestic service, but you still have companies like FedEd, UPS, and DHL able to compete for business. I'm not sure why need to mess with it.

Totally. I love the idea of breaking down traditional racial and gender barriers. I also don't trust old people. What kind of retiree wants to be in charge of an entire country? Go enjoy your fricken grandchildren and let the next generation take over.

Oh yeah, I also really want 4 years of Maya Rudolph!

I'm curious how many of you think Kamala Harris would be a worse President than Trump, Pence, or Biden? I get that some of you see her as worse than other people that aren't in the running anymore, but for my money, she's a better choice than all 3 of those. She's also the most likely to actually adapt and evolve with the times. Do you guys know any 70 year olds? They are done growing. They aren't going to change their approach based on the situation. Kamala Harris is well-educated, has handled a difficult political office as AG of California, and has changed her approach to criminal justice over that time. She's still fairly conservative and I'm sure she will get hammered on that, but it seems weird to focus on that when you look at the other old guys on the ballot.

I like her. But winning California isn't really an issue, so hopefully this doesn't backfire.