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On 1/24/2025 at 7:46 AM, Scary Stranger said:
This just popped up after I watched that trailer.
The Jims are such beauties ...
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1 hour ago, Captainant said:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dc-airport-false-collision-alerts/
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after several airliners on approach to land at Washington Reagan National Airport Saturday morning received what appear to be false alarms from their onboard Traffic Collision Avoidance System.
"It's been happening all morning. Let me know if you see anything. No one else has seen anything except for on the TCAS," one air traffic controller can be heard telling an inbound flight. Based on CBS News' review of the ATC audio, at least 12 flight crews reported receiving apparent false TCAS alerts — leading three flights to perform go-arounds between 6 a.m. and 10 a.m. ET on Saturday.
CBS News heard no issues in the 8 a.m. hour. Then, six incidents occurred within 11 minutes of each other after 9 a.m. Saturday.
The pilots of American Eagle flight 4469, operated by Republic Airways, were coming into land from Pittsburgh when they received an alert. The flight was descending between 1200 and 1000 feet when TCAS instructed the pilots to take evasive maneuvers to avoid another object.
"We had to dive a little bit," one of the pilots told air traffic controllers.
Controllers asked the pilots after safely landing, "did you actually visibly see anything other than what the TCAS was showing?"
"Negative, it would just say an unknown target descending rapidly," the pilots responded.
"Alright, that's the same sort of reports we've been getting. It seemed like it had stopped but it sounds like it's starting again," a controller replied.
So we all agree to just never fly into Reagan again, right?
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7 minutes ago, Butch Had Not said:
He's a douche but I fell for the Chance Mock hype. I was hand wringing over who would be playing after VY showed up.
He had a moment but that was a bust.
What a weird time, to be that highly touted (top10 in Fab55, right?), and to have fuckin VY behind you.
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Man, this topic just makes me sad.
I have tons of empathy for both Gray and Brown. I think they played for 3 different OCs in three years? Brown got recruited over with Gray's signing, but then Mack/Davis absolutely refuse to establish a clear RB1. How was either one of them supposed to excel with all that turmoil? Then you throw in the achillieses, and it's just a sad outcome all the way around. And the inexplicable number of carries for Joe Bergeron during the same timeframe?!?!?
Add me to the list for Fowler and McCullough and Eagles and Neyor and JakeSmith.
Simms doesn't belong anywhere on this list, FOH with that noise.
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1 hour ago, The Original Greaser Bob said:
I'm still trying to figure out why this is garnering so much outrage, especially relative to the other stuff going on. Although maybe it's just par for the course and the overall weight of everythiiing.
However, the employees are going to be able to rely on representations, etc. that were made by their managers on these matters. The idea that they would have no recourse flies in the face of employment law in general, let alone federal employment tribunals.
You mean that you think they'll get paid via appropriated money, managed by the same folks that just unilaterally stopped all outgoing money from all departments by usurping the Treasury? They're literally actively not paying people RIGHT NOW, previous commitments be damned. Right in front of our faces, without process of any kind, really. You think THOSE people will somehow honor a commitment drawn from thin air, not even passed by Congress, eight fucking months from now?
You are not serious people. There's no debate to be had here about the 'merits' of anything because nothing is being done on merit. It's being done out of spite, or ignorance. Likely both, with a healthy dose of narcissism and outright malice.
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I'm curious if I'm the highest-ranked Foosball player on Surly. I'm a complete liability against a player of any real skill, but I do carry a national ranking and i'd never lose the table in a bar or gameroom.
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3 minutes ago, South Austin said:
told her that the key is to force yourself to go outside in the rain and just get used to being wet (#thatswhatshesaid). The instinct for Texans by and large is to stay in when it rains because that happens so rarely. If you do that in Oregon, the seasonal affective disorder and isolation can really kick in. She's taken that to heart, and she does spend a lot of time out and about.
This was a thing we really noticed; the foot traffic didn't slow down AT ALL when it rained. Folks all seemed to own a good rainjacket and good duckboots or the like. So when the rain showed up, they just dressed appropriately and went about their day. It was awesome.
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1 hour ago, South Austin said:
I assume you've been to Eugene. I've only recently become acquainted with it since my daughter started school at Oregon. It has a small town feel, and sort of what I imagine Austin 30-40 years ago--liberal, hip/weird, educated, and mostly white. It's a beautiful town, and while there are long periods of gray skies and rain, the rain is more of a tolerable mist than a steady downpour. And the summer/early fall months are gorgeous. Great if you're into outdoor activities.
And the only big city around is Portland, which I've heard is a cheap train ride from Eugene. But I'm not a big fan of Portland.
It would probably make my list, but the rainy season would bump it down. I think I'd need more sun throughout the year, and a decent metro area 1-2 hours away.
We lived there for six weeks last year, just in a long-term AirBnB. Your read on it is pretty spot-on. It's not NEARLY as dreary as Seattle or Portland, although still definitely in the PacNW. It's also inland, actually in a bit of a valley, which moderates the weather quite a bit. Eugene pretty regularly gets up into the 90's in the summer, and even hit 100 fora couple of days we were there.
Amazing vibe to the town, incredibly friendly, etc. I found the airport perfectly serviceable - effectively two flights a day on each of the 4 major airlines, to a hub. So Seattle (Alaska), SF / Denver (United), DFW (American), and SLC (Delta), plus some regional carrier stuff. Not super-connected, but not off the grid either.I'm looking at it as a retirement conversation, so where can we perhaps build our ideal house without needing to care about schools.
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Just found this thread. Wife and I have been ramping up the discussions about where we should move, given the dangerous slide of Texas politics away from women's health. My wife has a few health concerns, and we've got a 10 year old daughter, and I'm more and more concerned about their safety here.
Denver/Csprings and Eugene are basically our short list. I hadn't really considered the idea of two condos instead of one house, and the wife likes the idea of Santa Fe / Scottsdale in the winters, so that's on the table too (home-base likely still either D/CS or Eugene). Following along for the continued conversation!
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10 minutes ago, BB65 said:
You never see that sense of urgency. Maybe that's his way of staying calm in the moment but I wonder if that negatively affects his teammates. Maybe it just a personality trait.
Yeah. It's clearly a personality trait; we've got three years of sideline tape on him now. From my outside view, his teammates seem to really like him - folks celebrate together, warm-ups are lively, etc. So I'm hopeful that his stoic demeanor is a strength, that it serves to calm the crew. You don't have to be fiery and loud to lead, but you do have to lead. Again, I'm hopeful.
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32 minutes ago, Longhornlove said:
Ok, so you obviously don't realize this thread didn't exist when the conversation started in the Quinn Ewers thread. I didn't start the thread, I didn't name the thread, my posts were moved into this thread.
a fair point here, appreciate the clarity.
said with love, you're wrong about Street, tho :).
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12 minutes ago, BB65 said:
It was almost like they knew something the other team didn't. I never have that feeling with Ewers.
He's on-record as being that guy these last two weeks, setting coverages and audibling into plays for scores. Maybe something is changing or starting to click?
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28 minutes ago, Longhornlove said:
You made your list, I have mine. We disagree, so what. If that bothers you it is on you not me.
The title of the thread isn't "Best QB since 1998," though. The point is to discuss the best ALL-TIME QBs, which by definition needs to include Layne and Street.
36 minutes ago, Captain Ron said:1. Vince
2. Street
3. Colt
4. LaneGet back to me in a few weeks for placement of Ewers when this is all done.
This is the right order. The next one down would be James Brown, and some combination of Applewhite, Simms and Ehlinger.
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Watching to that miced up video just makes me love this kid even more. Humble, selfless, quick to deflect glory, his teammates clearly love him. First on the field. Pass blocks like a champ.
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29 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:
Yes they used to advertise that. The problem in recent years is they’ll have someone on each of the main stages, but one of them will have blown up right before ACL and another won’t. So it isn’t like they’ve oversold, it’s just that while the festival is designed to have the crowd evenly distributed, the crowd in virtual entirety decides to go see one act. Chappell Roan was that act this year.This makes sense ... the pics from Roan last year made me queasy just looking at them.
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On 12/16/2024 at 4:17 PM, Tonesky said:
It was not that long ago that "early bird tickets," at the lowest tier price, sold out within a few hours of going on sale.
Wasn't it a point of advertising in the early years that attendance was limited, to improve both safety and the viewing experience? The pics from the last few years prove that's gone out the window, if it ever was actually true.
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Favorite band ever. Buddy across the street had the Ten CD when it came out, and made me a copy onto cassette, which I then proceeded to play until it broke. For whatever reason, he didn't copy Release, so like ten years later I 'discovered' this brand new song at the end of my favorite album, and was dumbstruck lol.
Bought every album religiously through Avocado, then sort of fell out of love with their experimentalism. Which I understand was a weird time to draw that line, since I was largely fine with Vitalogy and No Code lol. I've never seen them play live until my wife surprised me with ACL tickets in 2009. I need to go spend some time with Backspacer, Lightning Bolt, and Gigaton. Dark Matter is growing on me, but I'm not sure i'll ever lose the desire to hear both guitars wailing at once on some arena-grunge-rock tunes, like when I was 15.
BTW, their best song is SOLAT. Specifically, the arrangement from Unplugged.
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Hey, have we solved anything here yet?
Just checking.
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58 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:
Were people saying Phil was just as good?
Yes. And Duval. And Vijay. And several others. But Tiger just kept winning. And kept winning. And kept winning.
Did the hype have an element of race? For the love of god, yes absolutely. Was his race perhaps even the DRIVING reason for the hype? Yes, but only because his talent was enough to justify him being in the spotlight. He was a prodigy, AND he was black, and those two things together were what made the hype machine go brrr. But then what did Tiger do? He went out and won his 5th start, then won again in his very next start.
Let's face it; the Clark situation is exactly the same goddamned thing. The hype machine in college started because she was very, very good. Her teams won, she elevated historically-good teams into great teams. She WON. And because she was also white, her winning took on a different tone. Then she goes to the league and sets all kinds of records. And because she's white, the winning takes on a different tone.
I'm not saying she's the next Tiger Woods. I'm saying that the hype has a massive racial component that one would be stupid to ignore, and that the parallels to Tiger's impact on the game are valid. More black people started watching golf not because golf suddenly got interesting, but because a black guy was winning golf tournaments. More white people are watching the WNBA not because the product has fundamentally changed in any way, but because there's a white woman excelling on the court. It doesn't make those viewers racist, but there is a racial component.
The backlash from black players who are grumbling about "these fans are only watching because she's white" is entirely and utterly misplaced. Like, who gives a shit? They're WATCHING. And you're on TV now with a chance to speak directly to them, so take it! It also happened in pro golf, btw. But you know what Tiger did? He just kept winning. And those eyeballs just kept watching. And every professional golfer since has made an order of magnitude more money than they would have had Tiger not existed. I'm hopeful that the WNBA sees similar changes.
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Anyone have an injury update for our budding superstar?
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