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Hurlshort

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  1. Yeah, it's garbage. Shilling should be in, so that's dumb. I mean he may not be a sympathetic character, and his temper tantrum is childish, but his career is what it is. Bonds and Clemens are two of the best players to play the game. They were also the best steroid users during the age of steroid use. It is dumb that they aren't in. The BBWAA is such a bizarre, out of touch organization. This doesn't help baseball. It hurts it.
  2. Always fun to see people against government handouts AND against a livable wage.
  3. Growing your own fruits and veggies also requires quite a bit of organization at harvest time. We have 3 lemon trees, but trying to get my daughter, who seems to live off lemon juice, to harvest and juice them is a monumental task. So a good chunk of them just sit and go to waste. At least we have gotten good at handing off the persimmons to people, and we do eat the apples and pears as they get ripe. Our vegetable garden is a joke. I might get a couple meals out of them during harvest time, but it is just tomatoes and and squash. There isn't enough of them to really feed the family of 5.
  4. Fruits and veggies have been way more expensive in the pandemic, for sure.
  5. Might be giving the guy too much credit though. Could he repeat such a thing? Did he really have control over it once it started to spread? Symbols are a notoriously fickle thing.
  6. The OK sign has always been a bit sketchy though. I still remember getting punched in the arm in middle school whenever I was gullible enough to look down at it.
  7. Yes, everything can be changed over time. There is no shortage of replacement options though. Humans are creative and etymology is fascinating!
  8. Some of you folks seem rigidly attached to certain symbols, words, and gestures. Things change over time, relax, it has been like that through all of human history and we are still here. Also, I am interested to see how DP's campaign to influence the poop emoji will go. I like the confidence!
  9. Huh? Grommie was super active on the US prostests. It seems a bit anticlimactic, given most of the hardcore Russian nationalist have disappeared from this forum.
  10. So did anyone else think a 43 year old Tom Brady would join a new team and take them to a superbowl? That sounds pretty insane.
  11. WandaVision is very good. I have no idea where it is going to go, but so far the first 3 episodes are great. I watched it with my daughter and it flew by way too fast.
  12. Man, I don't even teach Gov & Econ.
  13. I bought a mix and a decent bottle of Vodka to make some Moscow Mules for tonight. No copper cup, but still a tasty break from my typical IPA's. Digital learning and instacarting has definitely driven me to more drinking than usual. At least I ran 7 miles before getting drunk.
  14. Good to remember as people worry about a tax rate that won't affect 90% of us.
  15. Outside The Wire - Military thriller with robots and a cyborg. Bit of a Heart of Darkness feel to it. Good action, good acting, and a solid pace made it an enjoyable watch. Nothing groundbreaking, but fairly fun.
  16. That sounds a little like communism, GD.
  17. What in human history makes you think large groups of humans will make responsible decisions?
  18. Reagan was a celebrity president, though. Sure, he took a longer route to the White House than Trump, but I just don't think anyone has gotten anything out of their system.
  19. Hey, he ate McDonalds. Trump was a man of the people.
  20. We send people to prison for the dumbest stuff. Both of those rappers pardoned had weird cases. Seems ridiculous that a president has to even be involved in something like that.
  21. The way I remember it, based off memory and no looking it up, there was a viking who was exiled from Iceland. Erik the Red, maybe? I think it was Lief Erickson's dad. Anyway, he sailed off and found a chunk of pretty hard land, but sold it as Greenland to get people to sail west. It probably was a bit less harsh than it is today, because there is some evidence there was a warming trend around the time. But it was still pretty harsh and the settlements didn't last long. Pretty sure I am off on some facts, but that might be the gist. edit: I was closer than I thought! Here is the medieval warming period that made it more hospitable: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Ice_Age
  22. Yep. He was great in that and Knives Out.
  23. Cowboys and Aliens played it straight? I thought it was camp from the start. I enjoyed watching Daniel Craig in a silly role. It is a good break from his Bond work.
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