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Capn81

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  1. Nice. I could not remember if current season factored in or not. For some reason, I thought they made those adjustments on yahoo. I figured they would carry over to ESPN as well.
  2. Yeah, that is the tough part. I know that some years have better students than others, so that would be a challenge. I live in Illinois, so we might also have some apples-oranges stuff within the conversation. The town I grew up is only 3000 people, but the taxes are high. Every time a property tax increase is on the ballot, it gets approved quickly. This also is why a few neighboring towns have had to fold their school and merge with our town.
  3. I like Hicks, but man I hope his arm stays healthy. He throwing makes me wonder how long it will be before his needs TJ.
  4. I have very little skin in the game, but I think that is reasonable. My only caveat is that they are held to performance based standards. Tenure shouldn’t save someone in any situation. Too often I hear tenure brought up in my group of friends (four are teachers K, 3rd, 8th and HS level). It is the biggest thing that we disagree on.
  5. Capn81

    FIFA 18

    I have not played this years game, but I always felt that I was a middle of the road player. I would win a game 4-0 , and turn around and lose 4-0. Both games were polar opposites regarding how I felt about my skill.
  6. All of my hitters are on the block if they fit a role on your team. I am moving to a set my team Monday and forgetting about it mode starting today.
  7. He is playing so badly right now. Needs to go to Memphis and work on some stuff.
  8. 1 for 20? We got one god-damn hit tonight. Great work boys.
  9. I didn't get a harrumph outta this guy.
  10. Are we sure that there is not something to this? Not saying to be famous, but a sense of not belonging leads to depression. Our “like” culture leads to wanting to be known. To be talked about. I do not think famous is the right word, but it seems horribly irresponsible to rule this out.
  11. I almost hate asking, but I am not ignorant to most gun talk! What is an LTC?
  12. Not trying to flame anything, but how many times have heard this recently? We did with Parkland if I am not mistaken.
  13. I do not have kids, but my siblings are 10-15 years younger than I am. I just noticed how much the “like” culture impacted them day-to-day. Thankfully, I did not grow up with social media. It is upping the maturation issues of kids. We all know that girls tend to develops faster than boys at younger ages. I truly think that most kids are not able to full reconcile the impacts that a seemingly harmless post can cause. I hate harping on social media, but there was a great discussion on the FB thread about letting your kids play football. I think the same should be asked of social media. Obviously, different reasons for saying no, or yes. This issue has so many levels, and no, not all/half of it is social media. Something needs to be done even if it only solves 10% of the issue. We are all too caught up in absolutes. Never will there be a 100% resolution, but the things that can prevent small pieces are the critical steps in 2018.
  14. I think you might be right with Va Tech. It would be interesting to see a stat overlay with each type of social media launch.
  15. When did the uptick really start? I would say that Columbine was the first OMG moment, but I would argue that Social Media was in full effect when the real swing started.
  16. Liability issues, I am sure somehow.
  17. I would say that it is the group that is being the most left behind.
  18. Unfortunately, the National Media is stupid as well.
  19. Even though my team is shit, I would like to thank Robbie Cano for the PED suspension. I wondered when I was going to lose Dee Gordon’s 2B eligibility, but I do not have to worry any longer!
  20. Anyone else playing Donkey Kong? I forgot how much I loved 2D side scrollers, but my damn ADD will not let me move past a level until I truly 100% it.
  21. I forgot all about this thread! My team has looked like crap so far, but some of that has been non-stop injuries.
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