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capnamerca

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  1. Auto-play videos with sound can suck my ass.
  2. I'm with GP on his criticisms of SHaka, but I have no idea why you keep using Barnes as a counter example, except to think that you like the attention it inevitably generates. That video of Barnes presser was peak coachspeak. "The guys have really become a team. Can't talk about final four, look at our schedule. I don't have to say anything in the huddle, our guys will say it for me. We've got Kentucky twice and Mizzouri and others, they're all really good blah. blah. blah."
  3. Doing some experimenting with my gear. My jpx900s are on DGS400 (130g+) shafts. I bought a set of 120g Tour Issue DGs, and am having just the 8i swapped out. My old bones just can't move it as fast as I used to, so hoping this helps me find a few yards. Going to experiment with a Titleist driver, so getting my TourAd-Di6s fitted with the TS2 adapter. And putting the AD-Di 85Hy shaft into the new Titlelist hybrid I bought a few weeks back from the demo rack at Forest Creek. Throwing lots of good money after bad, I fear :).
  4. I know I still haven't recovered. One eyebrow will always be slightly smaller than the other after getting my face too close to the mason jar.
  5. Yeah, but at least I look like the reasonable one, which is rare :). You got any more of that family moonshine?
  6. Not arbitrarily. I'm believing the science that says CTE is in the family of influences that include Alzheimers and dementia, in that physical changes to portions of the brain are highly correlated with behavioral changes. You know, from doctors and stuff. I'm also not sure what the "100%" is supposed to imply, because I"m not waving my hand and absolving Nobis (or Seau, or others) of their behavior, I'm just acknowledging that there are a set of inputs involved in their decision making beyond just "self control." There's an analogy here to alcoholism, bi-polar disorder, ADHD, etc - they're still all making choices (to drive, to fidget, etc) but science has proven that there are other inputs in their brains that make their decision making more difficult, and there are treatments for those situations that vastly improve their quality of life. In the case of CTE, that treatment is "maybe don't play football ..." which is something we have to seriously consider as rational adults. Very honestly, I can't see your angle here. What are you actually arguing? That the game is safe? That the data doesn't show that repeated head injuries cause behavioral changes? (forget "CTE" as a target ... people with multiple concussions very consistently report changes in mood, behavior, emotional regulation, and more than just football. Soccer players are apparently VERY affected).
  7. Yes. The I 100% believe CTE changed Nobis' ability to emotionally regulate himself. It doesn't absolve him of responsibility; the article is pretty clear that no one that knew him liked him much after football, but it seems a little willfully absurd to think that he was just choosing to be an asshole for fun, to his entire family and everyone that ever knew him.
  8. I don't pretend to know your station in life, or your experiences. I can only talk to mine. Having seen my grandfather gradually succumb to dementia is something that will stay with me forever. This man built houses for forty years. At times, quite literally by himself. Farm stock from Ohio, never depended on anyone for anything a day in his life, until suddenly he couldn't feed himself anymore. Fell in the bathroom. Stopped being able to drive. Couldn't sign his name to a check, lost control of his finances, accused his oldest son of stealing money (when in truth, my dad was paying for his care from the bank account that he'd been given stewardship of). HIS BRAIN CHANGED. My grandfather wasn't an asshole. He saw both of my kids born, he was Santa Claus at Christmas, he traveled thousands of miles a year to see our family in Ohio, North Carolina, Tennessee, Florida and Texas. And at the end, he wasn't that guy any more. HIS BRAIN CHANGED. Another family friend was textbook alzheimers. Assistant chief of police at the University of Texas for decades. He probably arrested and/or lectured SEVERAL people on this website, in fact :). This man couldn't remember the names and faces of his own children and grandchildren. HIS BRAIN CHANGED. CTE changes the brain. It's selfish, short-sighted, and irresponsible for you to equate CTE with "oh, that guy was just always an asshole" because you like gladiator circuses every Sunday.
  9. You're playing the card that the two aren't related? This disease that is pretty universally understood to arise from repeated blows to the head (especially cumulative effects of lots and lots and lots of small blows, rather than one single traumatic event)? And it having a link to a game where you literally put on a helmet and run your head into other people, starting at a young age? Bold move, Cotton. Although I guess you're probably right, I'm not really convinced that smoking leads to increased risks of lung cancer. I mean, I know lots of smokers that don't have lung cancer!
  10. (whispers to the rest of this thread) Do you guys think futureman realizes that ChiTownDoc is an ACTUAL doctor? Like, MD? (looks around ...)
  11. I"m not even sure if this is fixed or not, but at least as recently as Nov '17, you could buy a new tolltag on the website, and you could register a new vehicle on the website. But you could not associate said car with said tag on the website.
  12. I was gonna come here to say something like "no way, he got engaged in the middle of the year, but sucked all year." Then I went and checked, and he get engaged last January. Looks like it's 100% correlated.
  13. I was 50-50 on shorsey until he was a linesman and we got to see him skate. I was fucking CRYING. "Who even skates like that?" I felt (and still feel) let down by the Gaye story arc, even into S6. So much fucking potential for redemption in Stuart, or for the low-key skids to actually become true degenerates with interesting storylines ... but she's just a minor incremental amount of mischief in S5, and weirdly festishist in S6. Lastly, 'Dary is trending downward into comic relief. I should say, only comic relief. In the early seasons, he was Wayne's foil but also his confidant and equal. Wayne was the toughest guy in Letterkenny, but 'Dary was the glue between stoic wayne and squirrely dan. Now he's just ... goofy. Like the whole "can't say breakfast" or how he clings onto Anik (which got it's start in the whole "I don't like French girls because I could never get one to date me" thing, which was in itself overly emasculating for a guy that in the first two seasons had his shit together.
  14. Long time fan fo this show. Discovered it during some random Youtube wormhole. It wasn't available in the states until mid-last year. It's fucking hilarious. I felt like season 5 got a little formulaic - the hicks have a long rant on some overly-specific random topic (getting tacos in LA), then there's a reason for a fight, fin. But S6 brought some good character development back in. Also ... "Bonnie McMurray."
  15. I still have the XPS and the Samsung TV. Everything else went to goodwill.
  16. All items priced to move. Everything guaranteed not DOA, but other than that all items as-is. These have all been in regular use except the laptop, which has been off for 3 years. I'm cleaning out my office. Dell XPS13 - $100. REALLY solid little machine. Full HD screen. Service tag C7H22Y1 puts it as 2014 model. Base specs 256GB SSD, 8GB DDR3 RAM, 2.0GHz Core i7. Has W7 installed, but I make no guarantees as to what's on there. Does have a valid OEM license for W7, so maybe you can re-install and then upgrade to W10 for free? Dell U2412Mc Full HD monitor - $50. 24". No dead pixels. Been my main monitor for many years. Includes a USB hub which is crazy useful. I'll throw in a DVI cable (probably also have a VGA cable if that's easier). No HDMI or displayport on this one. Vizio E280-B1 - $50. 28" TV, base model. Specs here - https://www.vizio.com/e280b1.html. I have the remote, but I don't have the stand. Great little TV. No dead pixels. Samsung UN32J4000AFXZA - $100. 32" TV, also fairly plain. Been my office TV for two years without a hiccup. I also bought an adapter plate that makes it easier to put on a wall mount. I have the remote, but not the stand. Specs here - https://www.samsung.com/us/video/tvs/UN32J400DAFXZA-specs. Vizio s2121-dO 'sound stand' - $25. Like a sound bar, but bigger and flatter, perfect for setting on a tabletop under a TV. This thing is LOUD. Specs here - https://www.vizio.com/s2121wd0.html Side table from target - $25. Some nicks but nothing major, was a floor model. Mahogany in color. I have pics if you want to see them.
  17. Right, because no one ever improves with regular snaps, repetition, and game experience. Which Shane got none of. Wasn't everyone here ready to bench Sam last year?
  18. Never guarded any, but watching Kris Clack play pickup games in Gregory was fucking hilarious.
  19. How's the view from that high horse? (I'm fucking with you .. I mean, I still hate your bets, but I can separate that from the person :)).
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