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tokamak

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  1. If he has an offer for $7m for 3 as a TE....he should take that.
  2. Just got my settlement offer and I still think they're fucking crazy. What happens now? If you go to a hearing to they just steamroll you or is there a chance of bringing it down from their offer?
  3. I'm grateful for all the constructive comments I've gotten, but this was never meant to be a "fuck this, I'm out, where we going?" thread. I'm well aware that we already have that on this forum. The extremely high likelihood is that I personally live out the rest of my days and kick the bucket right here in these United States.
  4. Are we going to start doing that creampuff shit? That's so embarrassing to have a week where everyone's playing Nicholls State or whatever.
  5. I definitely could've gone with a less clickbait-y thread title. That's on me. I have an engineer's mindset and I like to be as prepared as possible for externalities. I don't know that anything in the thread's first paragraph is even debatable at this point, although I'd love to be convinced otherwise. Extrapolation is always very tricky, especially when we're talking about human events, but it's all we can do. On current trends, the world my kids will inherit won't be as welcoming and dynamic as the one that I inherited. How best to pave the way for them? That's all.
  6. Apologies if this is well-trodden ground in the CR. Delete thread, ban user, etc. I mainly just want to explore strategies to set my kids up with attainable options. Particularly interested in hearing the perspective of Surlyites with older kids, like high school and college-aged. @956 Worldwide makes good points about choosing a career field that offers good mobility, but my kids are young enough that it's hard to even predict the trajectory of the American university system between now and then.
  7. The end goal of Trumpism is Putin’s Russia. Insular, inward-looking, and apart from the global community. Economy in the hands of a small political in-crowd. Intellectuals, dissenters, and the press harassed or worse. A population that’s homogeneous, aging, angry, and paranoid. Even if courts or future elections overturn specific policies, the perception that America is unwelcoming and unfriendly will last for a generation or more. I’m probably 10 to 15 years from retirement. I can ride it out and then check out. But we have elementary school-aged kids. A life in Putin’s Russia is not what I want for them and we’re now facing the same tough decision that a lot of Asians, Latin Americans, and Africans did in the 20th century: would my kids have a better life outside of the place that I call home? We also, fortunately, have some means to do something about it (not Surly 1%). Would like to hear serious thoughts on how best to prepare them. Foreign language lessons? Somehow start building a case for residency/citizenship elsewhere now? I think a few of you have sent kids overseas for college - is the idea/possibility that they will stay? I’m honestly not trying to be alarmist, just proactive. If my take on the world turns out to be dead wrong, then great. But I’m also not the kind of person that wants to leave any stone unturned.
  8. Just checked in. We’re getting 1-hit by their bullpen game?
  9. I loved The Office when it was on but I’m super over Jim Halpert. Why do they keep trying to make him a movie star? He sucks.
  10. Just saw an ad for this and it looked intriguing. I like Hamm. Worth adding to the list?
  11. If anyone is able to get to the bottom of all this, it'll be africa.espn.com
  12. I guess The Athletic is pretty bored these days because they're doing a ton of "the best ____ of the 21st century so far" type articles across all sports. Anyway, they did the Rangers team-of-the-2000s so far. Full 26 man roster. Only counting stats from 2000 onward. C - Pudge 1B - Teixeira 2B - Kinsler SS - A-Rod 3B - Beltre RF - Nellie CF - Josh LF - David Murphy DH - MY Bench - Heim, Andrus, Seager, Adolis SP - Yu, Eovaldi, Hamels, Colbyashi, Kenny Rogers RP - Coco Cordero, Feliz, Frankie Francisco, Leclerc, Joe Nathan, Sborz, CJW, Alex Claudio Manager: Boch That lineup is absurd, although Nellie didn't really kick it into high gear until he left the Rangers. Starters look decent but I bet most other teams have better lists. Bullpen is whatever. I have no recollection whatsoever of Alex Claudio. Full article spoilered below:
  13. Here's FanGraphs today going in depth on the Rangers' rotation, for your reading pleasure. https://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-rangers-rotation-has-been-great-but-things-are-gettin-weird/
  14. @Derka check out this 90 mph change from Skubal. I like how the batter immediately whips his head around like "dafuq??" Here's a fun article on his arsenal. The TL;DR is that he can touch 100 with two different fastballs, his change is possibly the best secondary pitch in the game, and his slider is a plus as well. https://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-multifaceted-tarik-skubal/
  15. First off, it's greenspoint. That's just kind of his thing. What's really interesting is that Snow's itself played a big part in kicking off the Texas BBQ revolution. They went from virtually unknown to straight to #1 on the 2008 TM list. It was a big fucking deal at the time. I think that was one of the first things that opened peoples' eyes to the possibility that someone could go above and beyond what the traditional Lockhart, Luling, etc places had always done. This 70+ year old woman in Lexington could be the best in the state just because she was willing to outwork everyone else. A bunch of people interested in food took notice of that and off we went.
  16. I’m no MBA, but I reckon the best place to open a restaurant is near where people live.
  17. As of today, the Rangers are dead last in the league in BABIP at .261. League average is .290. Aside from the 60 game COVID year, that would be the lowest full season mark for any team going back to at least 2000. I stopped looking before that.
  18. A month-long victory lap for a small cabal of truly awful people. Enjoy!
  19. You may very well be right. Like a lot of other people I had big reservations about holding the tournament in Qatar, and I still ended up watching damn near every minute. The tournament itself is far too compelling not to. I won't keep belaboring the point, but right now there is pretty much no aspect of this that is trending positively for my interest level. A year is a long time though, so we'll see.
  20. I hope this doesn’t qualify as a hawt take, but tbh my interest in this World Cup cycle is waning pretty badly right now. This version of the USMNT isn’t extremely likeable and chronically underachieves, Poch doesn’t seem to give a fuck, ticket prices will be astronomical, and it’s going to be one giant corporate fuck fest. FIFA is a giant corrupt piece of shit, Infantino is a disgusting human being, and there’s the kind of cloak room aspect that I won’t get into because this isn’t the right place. There was a time when I was really looking forward to this and would have told you I’m ready to pay whatever price to go to a game. But at this point, I can’t predict the future, but I think it’s equally likely that I barely even pay attention next year.
  21. Jesus are we about to get swept by the White Sox?
  22. I know I’m late to the party, but any streams for this?
  23. I've kinda been wondering if Bochy's seat could start heating up. Personally I wouldn't want to see that, but this team is shit after majorly underperforming last year, and there's really not much else they can do at this point.
  24. This dude's highlights are pretty fun. In the very first play I thought he was definitely about to get tackled 4 different times...nope. Third play is a kick return and he jukes the kicker without breaking stride or slowing down by even 1%. We really have a thing this year for dudes whose position could be listed as "Yes". edit: adding link to the hudl: https://www.hudl.com/video/3/18310068/66f312aa0f15104394993bac
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