Everything posted by boilerhorn
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NFL 2025 Offseason
Not worth its own thread. Purdy for 5/$265mm https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45181713/sources-niners-brock-purdy-finalizing-5-year-265m-deal
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I'm thinking of coaching my daughter's 4th grade basketball team
For young and/or lower skill level folks, I think “man only” is a great rule. I coached my son’s 7th/8th grade rec team, which was composed of a bunch of kids who were not good enough to make their MS teams. At the preseason coaches meeting, one coach proposed that we allow zone. I countered, “these are kids who did not make their MS teams. We need to focus on fundamentals. Learn to dribble, pass, make layups, play base defense, hit free throws, etc.”. The guy was adamant and I lost the vote. Our team went undefeated in the regular season and that guy’s team won one game. His team won the league tourney, as every team’s shooting went cold and the zone finally gelled. His team’s fundamentals were flat from tryouts, but they got a trophy - and learned to play half-court zone.
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Carpenter and water heater replacement...
Quoted around $6k for either tankless or 2x40 in NW Austin. seems high but it’s 2025 and Austin. going to get another opinion I think
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Carpenter and water heater replacement...
Definitely replacing both. While my initial bias is against tankless, I think I am worrying about the 0.01% problems with them - and that most of the failure problems now have failsafes.
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Carpenter and water heater replacement...
It was not a typo. Good, reasonably priced. Unreliable
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Yes: Pools are worth it....
It could also be that you are not able to keep enough free chlorine to adequately sanitize and, hence, eliminate the algae. If you have been using chlorine pucks for an extended amount of time, you might have a high enough level of cyanuric acid (stabilizer) that you cannot get enough free chlorine to sanitize. Leslie's can be good for testing for that. They'll try to sell you all sorts of algaecide, etc. If your CYA is too high, you have a couple of options: (1) drain and refill to get CYA to a proper level (2) put tons of liquid chlorine in (no CYA). https://www.troublefreepool.com/blog/2019/01/18/free-chlorine-and-cyanuric-acid-relationship-explained/
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Yes: Pools are worth it....
Rep for citing https://www.troublefreepool.com/ - great resource for pool owners. Highly recommended.
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Carpenter and water heater replacement...
Two unrelated issues, but I'll start a single thread... In a multi-stage remodel we did a couple of years back, we changed the flooring in the bathrooms, leaving a small gap between the floor and the moldings on doors in areas where we removed tile. The guy we had was good, unreliable, and well-priced. He no longer lives in the USA, so we are looking for a decent carpenter to fix this. Recommendations? Wife noticed water dripping out of one of the PVC pipes exiting the 2nd floor attic. 1 of our 2 tank gas water heaters (40 gals each in series) failed and the drip pan was doing its job (woo hoo)! Now I need to replace. With the annual freezes we are now having, would those of you with tankless still go with tankless? I assume I want the tankless outside of the house, so failure does not flood my house. Other thoughts or recommendations? I've used Proven Plumbing on a few things recently, and they've been competent. Any other recommendations, esp. if I decide to go tankless?
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Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet, Now Starting for the Miami Dolphins
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Tips on Youth Coaching - Flag Football
Typically each kid has to touch the ball once, but you might actually double check what the actual rules are. That said, there might be a pre-season coach/commissioner/org meeting where some rules are negotiable. You might be able to get more touches/playing time for each of the kids. These kinds of things are great because it helps you to figure out which other coaches take it too seriously. They're easy to pick out if you propose certain things. Also - with 6 year olds, I think your experience might be night-and-day compared to what @LCHorn had with 2nd graders. If you successfully get 1 misdirection play out of 6 year olds, you would be coach of the year
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Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet, Now Starting for the Miami Dolphins
As you probably know, I was kidding. However, I agree with you. Some folks can survive on innate talent until a certain point. Then, they develop new skills. etc.
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Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet, Now Starting for the Miami Dolphins
It is a talent inherited in utero.
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Bill Belichick Rides Again: Hired at North Carolina to build NIL NFL Factory
There are more attractive out there and there are less attractive out there. A 24 year old whose primary job is to look good will likely look average or above average. Like @PittsburghTiger I find her a little scary, or at least unsettling. I also find it odd that both would be willing to make such a public spectacle of everything. There was almost no way to keep it under wraps given BB's high profile job at UNC, but sharing all sorts of shit on social media - and her being so intimately involved in his day-to-day is odd. Yeah, yeah - undefeated and all, but this is just odd. (fwiw, I am not sure I have ever written a sentence with the word "there" 4x before).
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Dairy Queen slowly dying
The juxtaposition of her appearance and some of the locals (she, too, is a local) in that video is strking. Genetics and socioeconomic status has some to do with it, but the the dental care diversity stood out. Guess which one is Hannah
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Flight disrupting assholes Thread of Shame.
Interesting requirements to become an air traffic controller... edited to add - I think we're kinda fucked unless they incentivize this role a bit more. In my life, I've heard of exactly 1 person who was an ATC. Friend's brother is a retired air traffic controller after spending some time in the air force. He's long retired. It's super high stress and thankless. Right now, there are around 15k air traffic controllers. At $150k/year, that's around $2.25B per year to guarantee the safety of roughly 2.9 million passenger trips per day. 2.9 million passenger trips per day works out to around 1 billion trips per year in/out of US airports. A additional $3 FAA surcharge per trip could easily fix this problem. Basic Air Traffic Controller qualifications All applicants to the air traffic controller program must meet these minimum requirements: Be a United States citizen Be under the age of 31 Pass a medical examination Pass a security investigation Pass the FAA air traffic pre-employment tests, including the Air Traffic Controller Specialists Skills Assessment Battery (ATSA) Speak English clearly enough to be understood over communications equipment Have one year of progressively responsible work experience, or a Bachelor's degree, or a combination of post-secondary education and work experience that totals one year
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Deion Sanders "Coach Prime" Now At Colorado
They both look like wasted draft picks. Shedeur holds the ball too low and always does that clutch/pump before he throws. I'm here for the entertainment...
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Bill Belichick Rides Again: Hired at North Carolina to build NIL NFL Factory
Bill is paying for the full GFE and he's getting the full GFE.
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The WNBA is BACK!!!!!
Magic Johnson and Angel Reese Launch Financial Literacy Program While I laud their efforts, a four-session program makes me wonder if this is more symbolism over substance. I hope it helps launch something larger...
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Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet, Now Starting for the Miami Dolphins
Couple of observations. 1 - Kenneth Grant is taking shit seriously. 2 - There was neither a sack nor a self sack involving Ewers. Chum for the haters.
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Flight disrupting assholes Thread of Shame.
Unsolicited advice I have offered anyone who will listen: refuse any flight that involves EWR. It is a shitshow right now.
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Elon Musk: Nazi traitor piece of shit [Confirmed]
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Texas Offseason 2025 - Archmania Is Upon Us
Gorilla's simulation. Interesting insta if you care to lose hours of your life.
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Dallas Cowboys 2024 Season Thread -- Jerrah the Asshat Rides Again
In games where Pickens was the leading receiver, Pittsburgh was 7-2 last year. And they were 1-2 in games he missed. Pickens + 6 for 3rd + 5th is basically recuperating the 2nd they used for him in 2022. He would not be on Pittsburgh's roster after 2025, so he likely garners a compensatory pick best case at #100. This trade will get (1) him out of the locker room and (2) the Steelers a pick around 80.
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Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet, Now Starting for the Miami Dolphins
Agree with @immamac that Quinn needs to clear out his team and start anew. Ron Slavin, his Southlake-based agent, has been certified by the NFLPA since 2004, but has only negotiated about 17 contracts in that time. Here are the ones I could find. He makes reference to Miami and Notre Dame - and the timeline. Miami was likely tampering both Quinn and Carson Beck and might have said, "we'll get $4mm to the first one to sign." Notre Dame's QB room looks a little weak right now. That said, I wonder why no NFL teams were giving "if you are there in round N, we are taking you" advice to his agent. Or perhaps he was not getting the pre-draft feedback he needed. Nothing he is saying at this point is helping Quinn. He needs to say things like, "Quinn is confident in his abilities and willing to do whatever it takes to excel at the NFL level. We believe Miami is a great place for that to start." And move on...
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Dallas Cowboys 2024 Season Thread -- Jerrah the Asshat Rides Again
Pickens is a top-quartile receiver when he is "on" and focused. When he is not, he's about as effective as I am at WR. He's a whiner and a head case most of the time. As noted, though, the Steelers had Wilson and Fields as QB. Dak is definitely superior to those guys. The Steelers QB room looks worse this year, so Pickens' bitching might have escalated. If Tomlin has lost patience with him, that should be a warning.