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Wally Pryor

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  1. 14 minutes ago, 4th&Five said:

    I believe that forecast will put us at 52 straight over 100. Do we make it to 60?

    If you believe the AccuWeather 15-day forecast then it becomes a question of more than 60.

    On the subject of long range looks, the high for the Rice game? 104.

  2. On 8/13/2023 at 1:02 PM, Party_Taco said:


    That was the trifecta back in the day… didn’t have much of a reason to go anywhere else except for food and nightlife. The fricken midgets at O’Sheas along with surly dealers who would talk shit to your face one hand and then bury your face in their tits the next we’re simply undefeated.

    Barbary / Bill's was at or near the top of the list. Small, 4-story hotel, nice, easy to navigate and no rat maze, cheap, fantastic location, mid Strip. Craps tables were the best with smartass but fun dealers. Harold may have been the best pit boss ever. Cocktail service was great. You'd hear Big E in the afternoon from the stage. And at night was the icing on the cake - Drais would open at midnight and those same crap tables were immediately next to the club's restrooms, specifically the women's restroom. At about 3A the parade to and from the restrooms became the show of all shows, all the while you're at a low-min table with constant cocktail service. It did not get any better.

    Just got back from a 4-day stay. Across the board the Uber drivers, restaurant employees and casino workers were in unanimous agreement that the F-1 is destined to be a cluster. One pit guy we talked to at Paris said they have no idea how they're going to be able to drive in to work. Contemplating housing employees in the hotel out of necessity. Should be fun for them.

  3. On 8/7/2023 at 2:31 PM, mdmost said:

    mdleast made the observation that California sun just seems to hit much hotter on your skin than it feels like it does here. We look for shade seat options when we visit away stadiums now. I'd be curious to visit an A's game when it's not the Giants because it sure felt like the majority were Giants fans. I get it given their success. The outside of that stadium is such a toilet but the inside was decent. Very much a mixed use stadium and the sea of parking sucked. Oracle Park is definitely a gem. 
     

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    Many of the modern ballparks today with notable backdrops are cool with skylines / downtown framing them.

    But I love the (vast) openness of the Oracle backdrop - nothing but the sky and water for as far as one can see. 

  4. 58 minutes ago, honolulu horn said:

    All the while breathing smoke and fending off ash and embers, and 80 mph winds, and hypothermia. And night ocean terror. 

    People who are like "why not just jump into the ocean? Problem solved!" have absolutely no clue how horrifying that ordeal would be, or how lucky the survivors are. Many accounts of people (injured, out of shape, elderly, young) just floating out to the night sea never to be seen again. 

    Good point(s). Water was seen as a refuge but just delayed the inevitable for more than a few. 

     

  5. 1 minute ago, Hank_Hill said:

    Yea, had a patient yesterday with second and third degree burns to the soles of bilateral feet. He was one of the folks in the water, 5 hours standing on the coral with those wounds watching that unfold. I can’t imagine.

    Holy shit. 

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