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  1. Dang.......40 Days - $1,382,800. Serious earnings. 

    When I lived in Japan, my roommate was/is a writer and one of the smartest guys I've ever known. He tried out for Jeopardy and it made it to the Tournament of Champions before losing to Ken Jennings. I think he won somewhere around $125,000. 

    He told me he got slammed three times on the taxes. He had to pay US Fed taxes, California taxes and Japanese income taxes. Ouch. 

     

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  2. I started getting sick the evening of January 1st (what a way to start the year). By the next afternoon, I had an unbelievable headache and a fever. Honestly assumed it was due to weather change. Those symptoms only lasted a few days but severe cough and chest congestion kicked in. Tested positive the following Weds. 

    Have been home and pretty much in bed since January 2nd. Have to admit, Covid has kicked my ass but getting better. Terrible cough and fatigue. Walking up stairs is pretty tiring. If I'm lying down, I'm okay. But going to the bathroom or taking a shower is pretty exhausting. Personally, I don't think it's as bad as dengue fever but a pretty solid second. Dengue fever lasted right at two weeks but much more consistent fever. 

    On a sidenote, I am triple vaxxed and had the booster December 2nd. Remarkably, my wife slept next to me up until January 2nd and never got it. Also, we spent the end of 2021 with my folks - dinner twice and watched a movie together - and they didn't get it either. Brother came over to work on my computer on the 31st. He's negative. 

    Such a bizarre virus. My vaccine wasn't 100% effective but everyone around me was. 

     

     

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  3. You can't lose to Montreal. Jeez...they're awful. 

    Went to a game up in Montreal a couple of months ago. They got slammed 6-0 at home to Pittsburgh. Great looking women at the game though. Definitely the classiest fan base you'll ever see at a hockey game. Imagine the complete polar opposite crowd you'd see in Wichita. 

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  4. One of my top two favorites of all time. Great soundtrack as well. When they released the Director's Cut a couple of years ago, caught it three times in the theater. Incredible on the big screen. 

    One thing I really like about it is that it actually feels like and resembles Vietnam and Cambodia. Have spent several years in both and the movie really catches that vibe (although it was shot in the Philippines and Dominican). 

     

     

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  5. Caught a game last week at the old Hartford Civic Center. Lots of Whalers jerseys in the crowd and the old banners still hanging from the rafters. 

    Got me thinking, with the NHL finding so much success with these outdoor games, why don't they have a regular season game in Hartford and Quebec? Imagine having Carolina put on the green and play Boston in Hartford or the Aves sporting the Nordique blue at the old Le Colisee against the Habs. Imagine what those tickets would sell for.

     

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  6. Speaking of the finale, anyone ever been to Holston's? 

    Grabbed a burger there the other day and noticed the onion rings were twice the price of the fries. Waiter said every tourist that comes in orders the rings. I guess that was Tony's last order. 

    Might as well cash in on that. 

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  7. I was standing in line at the Comedy Cellar in New York a few weeks ago (October 25th to be exact) and noticed a guy standing in front of me chatting with the door staff. He looked familiar but couldn't place him. He went in way before the rest of the crowd. Watched SNL a few weeks later and suddenly realized it was this Athari guy. I know, csb. 

    BTW, the Comedy Cellar is totally worth a visit if you're ever in NYC. Dave Attell went on that night until 2am.....on a Monday night. Good times. 

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  8. So on Wednesday, I stopped in River Market Antiques in Kansas City around 3 in the afternoon. Very quiet scene on that street. 

    As I walked up to the store, I noticed a guy sitting alone on the steps tapping away on his cell phone. Long hair, shorts, t-shirt, wearing a mask. Just a normal guy on the street. I couldn't believe, though, how much the guy looked like Dave Grohl. I actually did a legit double take. 

    Later in the store, this fella walked by me and I said 'Dude, it's amazing how much you look like Dave Grohl'. He says 'No shit?' and pulls his mask to the side. It was actually him. What are the odds of bumping into a guy like that at an antique store in Kansas City? 

    I stole a pic from the company website. Not me.....some dude that works there. 

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  9. I think it's great that we're seeing Ohtani at this point in his career in the States and that we didn't have to wait until his late twenties to see his debut. 

    I spent ten summers over in Japan watching a lot of baseball over there and you don't see too many Japanese guys with this kind of body. Size wise, he kind of reminds me of Kazuhiro Kiyohara but obviously a better version. 

    Can't wait to see this kid play in early August in Arlington. 

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  10. Hard to watch Shigeo Nagashima struggle to walk with Matsui. One of the all-time great ball players. Very important figure in Japanese sports history. And it would have been nice if the NBC commentator could have figured out who was who in that deal. Oh well. 

     

     

     

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  11. Bumping this thread for an update. Looking at doing a Peru/Ecuador/Colombia trip this fall but not sure what's going on with the lockdowns. 

    Possible to cross borders overland right now? 

    Tech.....what are you paying on average per night on accommodations? Thanks 

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  12. On 7/1/2021 at 6:35 AM, Sweetnsourpoke said:

    Merrill and Gustafson are completely fucking useless. Meanwhile, Romanov sits. It's bizarre. Romanov is a hard-hitting solid d-man. 

    Gustafson is brutal. Coughing up the puck left and right in their own end, even on the powerplay. Bizarre that they dress him just so he can skate the puck up the center of the ice and drop it back to Suzuki or KK. Anybody can do that.....what a waste of a roster spot. 

    Romanov could be a bit like Sergachev out there. Tough to play against, solid on the puck, but they won't play him. Guess that Sergachev for Drouin deal didn't really work out for the Habs. 

     

     

    What did I say about Romanov? FFS! 

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  13. Merrill and Gustafson are completely fucking useless. Meanwhile, Romanov sits. It's bizarre. Romanov is a hard-hitting solid d-man. 

    Gustafson is brutal. Coughing up the puck left and right in their own end, even on the powerplay. Bizarre that they dress him just so he can skate the puck up the center of the ice and drop it back to Suzuki or KK. Anybody can do that.....what a waste of a roster spot. 

    Romanov could be a bit like Sergachev out there. Tough to play against, solid on the puck, but they won't play him. Guess that Sergachev for Drouin deal didn't really work out for the Habs. 

     

     

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