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  1. I think most people are equally disgusted by everyone within the Astros organization during the 2017-2018 seasons. Altuve is no better or worse than anyone else from those teams. They all cheated at times, they all knew what was happening, no one stopped it. Even if you buy Correa's story that Altuve didn't like the trashcan banging, Altuve knew about it and was complicit in it. They all were, even Mike Fiers.
  2. Why are they separating the 2 planes of cruise ship evacuees? Seems like it would make more sense to take them all to CA or all to TX, not split them up.
  3. The MLB updated their sign stealing policies in 2017 and notified all teams of the rules prior to the postseason. The Astros continued to violate those rules. That’s called cheating. There is no confusion. Even the Astros knew they were cheating.
  4. There should be a program where terminally ill people can sign up for these jobs and get money for their families. Or perhaps let convicted nonviolent criminals do it as a redemption gig to take time off their sentence. Or else just keep the entire ship isolated and not send healthy people on board for any reason. Food can be delivered by unmanned boats.
  5. I realize the national media has a hard time breaking away from impeachment or election coverage, but I'm somewhat surprised the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship isn't a bigger story on a daily basis. There are hundreds of Americans on board, some of which have tested positive for coronavirus. The number of infected people continues to climb. We have a poster on this thread who gets updates from friends on board, yet none of the national media seems to have interviews or details of the conditions on the ship. What are people doing? What is the medical care like when people are infected? What is the daily screening procedure? What's the morale? Has anyone dropped a baby over the edge yet? It baffles me that this story isn't a top headline. I would expect it to be somewhat similar to the Thai soccer team that was trapped in a cave in terms of media coverage.
  6. 2 nights in Aix, 3 nights Saint-Tropez, 1 night Nice. Those should be fairly easy travel days in between, so we can split time however we see fit. Aix is having a classical/opera music festival so we booked opera tickets one night because why the hell not. We have dinner plans one night in Saint-Tropez at L'Opera, which we've been to before and it's quite the scene. We also plan to eat dinner at Chateau Eza in Nice based on On Board's recommendation, looks incredible. I welcome any entertainment or dining suggestions beyond that. We're good with anything from a small bistro to Michelin starred fine dining, as long as the food and atmosphere are good. Would also like to spend some time wine tasting in Provence, which based on previous France experience, is not quite as simple as just booking winery visits. Not sure the best way to approach that.
  7. Yeah we're gonna have a car. I went ahead and booked the place we want to stay because it looks really nice and I don't think the location difference is that significant.
  8. Unless there is an abrupt turning point where this remarkably burns itself out due to the existing quarantines proving effective, it seems things are only getting worse within China and the country will continue increasing quarantines over the coming weeks. What’s the best case end point for quarantines to be removed? 1-2 months? I’m not sure anyone can predict that but this is obviously a huge ongoing impact for China’s economy, international supply chains, and eventually the global economy. The oil industry is already feeling it.
  9. Is it easy to get around Aix-en-Provence by car, taxi, Uber, etc? We're interested in a hotel that is 1.3 km from the center of town. Not a terribly long walk but we'll be in there in July and may not feel like doing that in the evenings when dinner time rolls around. We'll have a rental car if it's easy enough to drive into town and park. If not, need other transportation options or need to consider a different place to stay.
  10. Watched it last week. Didn’t know much about it going into it other than it was getting some buzz including an Oscar nomination. Enjoyed it but didn’t feel blown away by it. Probably my 4th or 5th favorite movie of 2019 and kinda surprised to see it win Best Picture tonight. It’s possible my expectations were too high based on the positive reviews, otherwise people see more in it than I did.
  11. That definitely sucks but I’m not sure what other logical endpoint this situation could possibly have. If the quarantine clock starts getting reset multiple times, perhaps they could divide the ship into individually quarantined sections (I don’t know, floors maybe?) and then each area could have its own countdown.
  12. Just be glad you don’t have a medical practice. People can say whatever whatever they want in online reviews and you can’t respond because of HIPAA. Only recourse is to drown out the bad reviews with good reviews.
  13. This is the biggest reason I don’t have food delivered. The quality of the food seems to take a big hit when it’s packaged in styrofoam or plastic containers and then gets lukewarm on the way to your house. I’d rather just get out of the house, sit down at a restaurant, and eat it hot off a plate.
  14. Even if this virus becomes contained and the mortality rate ends up being low, I’m still curious about the impact to the Chinese economy and the ripple effects throughout the global economy. It seems like best case scenario is the quarantines in Wuhan and other cities could last several more weeks. Imagine if every city in Texas was suddenly shut down for a month or longer.
  15. We got our first golden from a breeder in Fredericksburg. He was a great dog. We now have a chocolate lab and a golden that are both rescues. We can tell that neither is pure bred but they are close enough. I think the part about knowing the medical lineage of a pure bred dog is kinda BS. Golden retrievers are well known for having hip problems and for having cancer. If life expectancy or medical costs are a concern at all, probably need to pick a different breed. Our pure bred golden died at age 8 from leukemia and our rescue golden just had a $5k ligament surgery at age 7. These things happen and you have to accept the bad with the good. I don’t agree with shaming people for not rescuing. There’s also a lot of orphan humans in the world who need a loving home, yet most American couples choose to procreate. It’s just how people are. Wife has volunteered with Golden Retriever Rescues of North Texas, Golden Retriever Rescue Alliance, and Big Dog Rescue Project. While I fully support the rescue efforts, the leaders of those organizations can be a bit psycho in screening prospective dog owners. We will probably never live without a golden in our lives. I figure it’s 50/50 chance of breeder/rescue next time around.
  16. It seems inevitable that this makes it to most major U.S. cities. It’s initial spread reminds me a little more of H1N1 than SARS or MERS. I realize they are different viruses but that’s the feeling I get based on what has happened so quickly since this was discovered. I’m curious at what point the U.S. and other first world countries completely shut down transportation with China. I’m sure there are a significant number of U.S. citizens traveling or working in China at any point in time, and I hate the thought of them being stranded in this situation, but also not crazy about having everyone rush back to the U.S. right now. Just a bad situation to be in. I’m also curious the economic impact to China from all of this. If the U.S. had 50 million people quarantined, it seems like it would be devastating. Not to mention, we have no idea how long this will drag on.
  17. It seems inevitable that this makes it to most major U.S. cities. It’s initial spread reminds me a little more of H1N1 than SARS or MERS. I realize they are different viruses but that’s the feeling I get based on what has happened so quickly since this was discovered. I’m curious at what point the U.S. and other first world countries completely shut down transportation with China. I’m sure there are a significant number of U.S. citizens traveling or working in China at any point in time, and I hate the thought of them being stranded in this situation, but also not crazy about having everyone rush back to the U.S. right now. Just a bad situation to be in. I’m also curious the economic impact to China from all of this. If the U.S. had 50 million people quarantined, it seems like it would be devastating. Not to mention, we have no idea how long this will drag on.
  18. We've been making an effort to try new places around town lately: Bearded Lady (South Main) - pretty cool vibe, nice beer list including Austin Beerworks (only place I know in town that has that) Black Cat Pizza (South Main) - pizza by the slice, decent but not great Roots Coffee (South Main) - small but nice - lots of new coffee shops in South Main btw Southside Cellars (South Main) - beer and wine shop, good selection of beer taps, nice lounge space to drink in Game Theory (South Main) - bar and restaurant with huge selection of board games to play, might be a fun way to spend a cold or rainy afternoon Blackland Distillery (Foundry District) - great vibe inside, good cocktails and service, didn't try any of their spirits straight as that isn't really my thing these days 38th and Vine (Foundry District) - interesting place with self-serve wine dispensers, nice people Tokyo Cafe (Camp Bowie) - we had sushi and it was just okay The Meat Board (Camp Bowie) - a cool little butcher shop in the Ridglea area with a nice selection of meats and fixings, friendly people (although they are Aggies), prices were comparable to Central Market There's also a new place called Wishbone and Flynt that's opened in South Main that I would like to try. They have a speakeasy bar area behind the restaurant called the Amber Room. The owner/chef previously worked at Max's Wine Dive and wanted to do something different. He let us look around before they had opened and the atmosphere of both the restaurant and the speakeasy looked cool. Not sure what the food quality or prices will be like.
  19. I generally respect you and your posts around here, and I have an idea of the things that are important to you in life. As such, I looked back at the thread when Notre Dame was on fire to see what your reaction was. A selection of your comments were: Now think for a second how you would've felt if some asshole poster showed up in that thread to tell you that Notre Dame was just a building and your emotions were unjustified. Regardless of your thoughts on Kobe Bryant as a person, what happened yesterday was a tragedy. You don't have the right to dictate to other people how they should react to a tragedy, just because your opinions and emotions are significantly different. It's incredibly narcissistic of you to expect everyone else to align their views with yours, and then go around posting from your high horse when they aren't.
  20. RIP to a legend. I'm still a little bit shocked that he's gone. Due to my own age, his career aligned pretty well with my NBA watching trajectory. I was a little too young to fully appreciate peak MJ, and a little too bored with the sport to care much about LeBron. Kobe was the best on the court at the time in my life when I was truly engaged in the sport. Some of the negative remarks here are kinda sad and pointless, but I guess that's surly for you and people can't pass up an opportunity to point out another person's perceived shortcomings, even in the midst of tragedy.
  21. Staying the night in Nice on July 22 with a flight out July 23. If referring to July being a beating from a weather or crowds standpoint, we've done it before. Weather doesn't bother us. Crowds are something we've learned to deal with. Currently looking at flying into Marseille, spending the first 3 nights in Aix-en-Provence, then heading to St. Tropez for 2 nights, then Nice for 1 night. Somewhat interested in Calanque d'En-Vau or the Verdon Gorge. Otherwise probably just eating, drinking wine, walking around, pool, beach, eating and drinking. Thanks for the suggestions (and the PM).
  22. PEDs and sign stealing are both bad for the sport. Both are against the rules of the game. Both are considered cheating and a punishable offense. I don't understand the point in continually comparing the two. It's like trying to decide which is less bad between colon cancer or lung cancer. No one knows how many other teams are doing this, but there has been the most smoke around the Astros and the Red Sox, and those are the 2 teams who were caught. Even if 20 of the remaining 28 teams are involved in similar cheating, people are always going to care about the teams who used cheating to win. No one cares about the cyclist who was doping and finished 10th in the Tour de France; they care about Lance Armstrong. No one cares about the MLB player who was juicing and hit 10 HRs in 2001; they care about Barry Bonds. If your stance is that sign stealing is not as bad as steroids, then that's a stupid bar to set for integrity. If your stance is that sign stealing is bad but everyone is doing it, then maybe your club should be a little smarter about not banging on trash cans for everyone to hear and then getting caught red handed.
  23. Wife and I have a 6 nights to spend in France in July. We are flying from DFW and can choose any arrival city, but we need to depart from Nice at the end of the trip. We've been to France once before and did Paris, the Loire Valley, and St. Tropez. We loved all 3 stops but don't feel a strong need to revisit the Loire Valley at this point. It was great, just not a repeat trip kinda place for us. We would like to at some point see Provence, Bordeaux, Mont-Saint-Michel and Normandy, and Reims, but those are scattered in different regions and we don't have to do all of those (or any of those) on this trip. Our original plan was to spend 5-6 nights in Paris and just enjoy being in Paris without doing the tourist things (Louvre, Versailles, Notre-Dame) that we've already checked off. Eat good food, drink good wine, wander around without an agenda. Maybe from there we could spend a day going to Normandy and Mont-Saint-Michel or a day to Reims. That was prior to finding out we need to depart from Nice. We could still stick to the above and just fly down to Nice at the end, or we could shift our focus down to the South of France and forget about Paris for now. Any thoughts or suggestions?
  24. Any suggestions for cool places to eat or drink between FW and Dallas? I have a group of friends that’s spread around DFW and every time we get together it ends up being a boring chain restaurant in Euless or whatever. We desperately need a better option.
  25. The cost isn’t only “your manager and GM get fired”. The cost is your manager and GM get fired, you lose 4 draft picks, $5 million, and the baseball world outside of your own fan base now thinks your only WS title is bogus. Do you still make that trade 100 of 100 times? If the Horns could win the NC this year but there will be an investigation in 2022 that shows Tom Herman’s staff was tapped into the coaches’ headsets of opposing teams who played at DKR, do you want the title that bad? Do you want rival fans to be able to throw that in your face every time the 2020 NC is mentioned? I personally don’t.
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