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  2. While I agree mostly. It was year 1 and it was a pretty big success. I could see it going very much along the lines of what the Big 3 league is doing. That league is moving more to individual franchises based in different cities. Its not a rival to the NBA (no matter what Ice Cube says) and Unrivaled isnt a rival to the W. It is a great starting point for that league and for players to have an option to earn good money while staying here in the US. They can also have some input on how that league grows/changes going forward.
  3. In dealing with bomb squad bidness, I would think that all such assumptions are a bad idea.
  4. Yep, fly in early and fly out the next morning. I have been to Fenway, my son has been to Fenway, but we have not gone together. So we said fuck it. We should be near Yawkey about noon on the 26th. You got my number.
  5. Short answer: YES Longer Answer: Frequently the Tour starts out from the same town that they ended at the day before. Other times it ends in one town and then starts close by the next morning. This year in Montpellier, the day before the start (Today, Monday July 21st) is a rest day. I didn’t know for sure what was going on today, but so knew for sure that there would at least be people building shit up for tomorrow’s pre-start festivities. The Tour always starts off in the 12 o’clock hour, so that leaves hours of shit to see and doing the morning, but it has to get set up in advance. This kind of shit: Was still being set up today, but was only for sponsors later this evening before being open to the public tomorrow, the morning of the start. REMEMBER: 1) Professional sports are really Entertainment & a Platform for Advertisers. 2) The Tour de France is basically a traveling carnival brought to you by major corporations. It is the NASCAR of Europe. It is all about the brands and connecting with the customers. I tried a Lay’s chips knockoff, a Nutella knockoff… …some ready-made pasta sauce… Gave my email out to som VIP events & travel company (CENTURY 21) to get a couple of plastic shopping bags for my friends’ kids, chatted with a guy who didn’t speak English about Pétanque, and what makes OBUT brand Pétanque Balls so special (an official Tour sponsor with Pétanque setups in Lille & Montpellier this year) There were free yellow hats, I got a blue & white bucket cap from some company named “Krys” for waiting in line and having an eye exam. (My distance vision is till “perfect”, but my reading vision is “complicated”. (A.K.A. “It sucks.”) Saw a few different Poloce stands, depending on whether you wanted to be an investigator or a general police officer, and then the fire department had helmets and an obstacle course for little kids.. …and tons more. My hope is that tomorrow we will be able to see team bikes on stands from a close distance. If you have watched the Tour on TV, you can tell that the national board of tourism has its fingers into the overall route of the race, the individual daily routes, and even the camera shots and the information provided the commentators, at least the English speaking ones for the USA. This is the first time that the Tour has passed through Montpellier in 9 years, so it’s a special thing here. Also, I asked the girl giving me my eye exam and a person at another stand and they both told me that they live locally and are only working this Fan Fest, they are not traveling with the Tour. There are likely some who do, and then there are people with a company like the Pétanque ball company who likely will only show up to Lille and Montpellier this year and skip the rest of the tour and not hire anyone for other stops either. NOTE: I am tired of and may have made mistakes. I don’t feel like rereading this post either, so if I made mistakes… fuck it.
  6. Shit like thinking feeding the animals is OK is part of what a lot of people here hate about tourists.
  7. Ten Bears

    High

    Tea will hit in 10-15 minutes compared to 30-45 min after chewing them up.
  8. River absolutely ate my lunch. The greens were 12-14. Rolled so fast. Really cool course. Shot a 92. Just wrecked. played Irish today and it was awesome. Great shape. Greens about a 10 shot an 84. Felt better today
  9. For someone under the handle Chewbacca you sure are mean to the Ewoks.
  10. Hahah, I did most of it on an airplane last night, as Alaska Airlines kept us on the tarmac AFTER midnight for two hours waiting to deplane in Austin. Nightmare.
  11. The best part is that when Venables leaves/canned, that cabinet will be either picked clean by the likes of UCF, or totally burned to the ground.
  12. Seriously? I'll buy you a non-frosty beverage -- we should definitely all connect before the game outside the ballpark.
  13. They've got all kinds there.
  14. How about you just don't do it anywhere? Fuckin a, people. It's not hard.
  15. Somewhere, PT Barnum is grinning in his grave. Fantastic, life-like detail! Go to the website for the real story. Hurry now if you want to get yours in time to decorate your cubicle down at the insurance office in time for the holidays! T-sips have nothing like it! Whoop!
  16. It's not something you should ever do. I don't give a shit if they sell seeds for it or not.
  17. I actually agree with Helobious here. I grew tired with scene after scene of Supes getting smacked around. I also did not like Nicholas Hoult. Lex is a villain that needs to have a sense of humor (albeit a morbid one). Hoult's portrayal was about as unmemorable as it can get. I did love Krypto and Mr. Terrific. And Nathan Fillion was fantastic. I wish he had more screen time. I'm excited to see where Gunn goes from here. I can't wait to see how he handles Bruce Wayne/Batman.
  18. They have Iowa’s O line ranked #6. lol.
  19. OK Boomer nerd
  20. I don’t think the small community of chipmunks at the St Elmo ghost town will suffer from catastrophic species collapse because they were hand fed sunflower seeds during the warmer months.
  21. Hahaha, I will be there the 26th. Hope to meet up with @Sbbruin. And yes, clam chowder is a must.
  22. Yeah, well, I went to the creek out back after work yesterday. Look upon my catch, ye mighty, and despair.
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