Everything posted by Carl Spackler
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2024 NCAA Tournament - Second Round Games - Saturday/Sunday
Sampson is a fucking moron for calling that last TO & not having his players foul.
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2024 NCAA Tournament - First Round Games - Thurs/Fri
Samford got screwed
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Last USS Arizona survivor from Pearl Harbor
Yep . . . unless they were underage (e.g., 16 y/o) at the time, which is possible -- I've read many accounts of kids who enlisted back in the 1920's and 30's who were under the age of 18. They'd just fib when asked how old they were, and so many people didn't have access to birth records at the time that the military didn't really check closely. But even in that scenario they would be in their late nineties at least. That's why I was somewhat surprised that there are more than 20 people who were apparently military survivors of the attack. That's quite a few folks in their late nineties or over 100 who were on the scene at the time. Bless every single one of 'em.
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2024 NCAA Tournament - First Round Games - Thurs/Fri
Iowa Snake has hit their first 8 shots (but did miss a FT).
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Last USS Arizona survivor from Pearl Harbor
Understood. But the "couple dozen" figure I mentioned comprised people who, according to the article, were known by the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, which requires that members were military as of 12/7/41 and were on station or within 3 miles of Oahu at the time of the attack, so I assumed that figure referred only to military survivors of the attack. No doubt there are many others, including civilians (such as your friend's mother), who were present at the time attack and are still living.
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Last USS Arizona survivor from Pearl Harbor
Although he wasn't on the Arizona, I thought this topic would be a good place to post this article about one of the last remaining Pearl Harbor survivors, who just passed away at the age of 102. I was somewhat surprised that there are apparently still a couple dozen Pearl Harbor survivors with us -- they've all got to be at least 100 or very close to it. Much respect to all of them for their service, and of course the 2,400 or so who did not survive the attack. https://www.yahoo.com/news/one-few-remaining-pearl-harbor-101006368.html
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Girl Scout cookies (not selling, just eating)
A desk calendar -- how quaint. I see you got entered on the 7th. Congrats on the sex. Those peanut butter patties are my #1. Out here they call 'em Tagalongs. You failed by only getting one box of them.
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Covers better than Original
The original is really good, but I think the Clash probably surpassed it. The urgency is compelling.
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Movies you're ashamed to admit that you enjoy
Hell, no. Used Cars is hilarious. And remember: Fifty bucks never killed anybody.
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2024 NFL free agency/off season thread
Was this expected?
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2024 Houston Texans off-season thread
Minnesota only had that vet QB (Cousins) for less than half the season. He got hurt in week 8, and the team finished 3-6 without him. Minnesota was starting to gel (back-to-back wins over SF and GB) when he got hurt, so I think they would have finished better than 7-10 had Cousins stayed healthy. But with that said, I think there is a substantial chance that Minnesota does not improve on 7-10 in the '24 season, so your larger point about the future 2nd round pick likely being a relatively high pick in that round is probably going to end up being correct.
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2024 NFL DRAFT
That's what it looks like to me as well. I don't think they're picking up a late first round pick in a draft of this type (i.e., solid in terms of depth but unexceptional in the top 20) simply to get another player; rather, they're looking to package and move up to get someone in the top 5 picks or so.
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guy ritchie's "the gentlemen" - new tv show coming to netflix
Never saw the movie, but watched the first episode yesterday. While I felt it was a mixed bag in some respects, there was enough good stuff to keep me on board.
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2024 NFL free agency/off season thread
Cousins is going to have a lot of weapons.
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2024 NFL free agency/off season thread
I would not call him a "mediocre" QB in the years prior to his injury (2018-2022). Rather, he was a good, not great, overall QB. He was probably a top 10 QB in some (if not all) of those years, but not top 5 and not elite. He can't carry a team like Mahomes, Lamar, etc. And that will always be the albatross around his neck. But when you're being voted by your peers to the top 100 pretty much every year, throwing for 4,000+ each season, and throwing 150+ TD passes in five seasons (several of which involved pretty shaky O-lines), you're not mediocre.
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RIP Eric Carmen
John Lennon was a fan of this one. I am too. That means Lennon had great taste. RIP, Mr. Carmen. You wrote some really good ones.
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2024 NFL free agency/off season thread
I know -- been a Vikings fan for about 50 years. The key now will be making the correct call on a young QB in the draft. A wrong decision will be an albatross around the neck of the franchise for several years. A good decision that nets the team a good young QB puts this team right back in contention for a division title in '25 or '26. I'm already writing 2024 off because (A) I don't want the team to throw a rookie QB to the wolves by starting him too early and (B) I don't think Darnold has the ability to win games consistently as a starter.
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2024 NFL free agency/off season thread
Sam Darnold in a bridge year (which portends a lot of turnovers and pain for Vikings fans) while the rookie first rounder watches and learns. 2024 will not be a fun season in Minnesota.
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Time change
And it seems that they've all congregated on this thread. Buncha fucking pussies pissing and moaning over one goddam hour of time change.
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2024 NFL DRAFT
I certainly didn't watch a lot of UM football the past couple seasons, but when I did, McCarthy didn't impress me that much. Not that he was bad -- he just didn't wow me. Maybe I just happened to watch at the wrong times, but I didn't see too many throws that made me sit up and take notice. That said, he did his job and played within their system. Didn't turn the ball over much (only 4 picks last season). It made sense for Michigan to lean more on their ground game, their behemoth O-line, and the defense.
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2024 NFL DRAFT
There were four times in the Penn State game in non-garbage time situations when it was 3rd and 6 or longer, and Michigan ran the ball. (FWIW, one of those runs produced a TD.) I remembered watching a good chunk of that game and thinking that Michigan ran quite a bit when in 3rd and long. Not that it didn't make sense -- with a good ground game, a very good defense, and a lead on the road, I probably would have been inclined to run the ball more than normal in 3rd and long situations as well. 2Q 3rd and 11 at PSU22 Shotgun Edwards,Donovan rush middle for 22 yards gain to the PSU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 06:07, 1ST DOWN. 3Q 3rd and 10 at PSU10 No Huddle-Shotgun Edwards,Donovan rush left for 6 yards gain to the PSU04 (Reed,Jaylen), out of bounds. 4Q 3rd and 6 at MIC7 Shotgun Edwards,Donovan rush right for 5 yards gain to the MICH12 (King,Kobe; Reed,Jaylen). 4Q 3rd and 10 at PSU43 Shotgun Edwards,Donovan rush middle for 1 yard loss to the PSU44 (Isaac,Adisa). I don't know if Michigan tended to run on third and medium-to-long more than normal for the rest of the season because I didn't watch that much UM football. But the Wolverines did take the ball out of McCarthy's hands quite a bit on third and long in the Penn State game.
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Negative Recruiting Your Own School: The aggy Screenshot Megathread
Obsessing over our backup QB is very . . . aggy.
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Best (and worst) concept albums
The Who were masters of this. Tommy. Quadrophenia. Hell, even Who's Next started out as a concept album. The Wall Sgt. Pepper
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the "Hotel California" trial
Apparently, Henley had kept approximately 6.000 pages of evidence under wraps by previously invoking the attorney-client privilege. When he waived the privilege midway through the trial, all this new evidence came to light, and apparently there were emails in the docs that cast doubt on Henley's claim that his handwritten lyrics had been stolen. The judge found that Henley had "manipulated" the DA. Frankly, Henley pulling a stunt like this does not surprise me.