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  1. 3 hours ago, DaysOff said:

    My theory is SWA does more cycles, shorter segments, and operates from some short runways. More full thrust takeoffs than most operators of the 737. That has to put extra stress on those blades. Just my theory.

    That's similar to at least part of what was attributed to the Aloha incident.  Lots of short interisland flights cause more stress.

  2. On 4/17/2018 at 10:33 AM, BurntOrangeCrush said:

    When I have to buy birthday presents for friends and family with 1-2 year old kids. And attend a party. Last weekend, I had to watch a 1 year old try to grab the gift out of a bag for about 5 minutes while everyone was commenting on how cute she was. She was not interested in the toy at all, but did try to eat the gift bag.

    This is why flasks were invented.

  3. 5 minutes ago, Jhawk said:

    So what is the recourse here?  If this was a bird hitting the engine I have to think there is none?  If the engine wasn't maintained then free flights for life for 140 people and some money for the dead one?

    I knew someone on that Aloha flight that lost its roof back in the late 80's.  All the survivors who opted for the settlement got something like $280k.  I think a couple of the injured got more.  While not as severe, I would imagine similar settlements on this one.  Whatever $280k back then is worth now.

  4. On 4/13/2018 at 8:32 PM, Bullneck said:

    Johnny Bench and Cesar Cedeno?

     

    Forgot about Joe Morgan (yeah, I know).

    Cedeno wasn't part of the Big Red Machine.  Do you mean Geronimo?  I don't think it's fair to say that Rose was "at best" third-best on those teams.  Maybe any given year he might have been third-best, but for the lifespan of the Machine, it comes down to Bench, Morgan, and Rose and any one of the three could easily be called the best.  And I can't stand Pete Rose...well, current day Pete Rose anyway.

  5. On 4/14/2018 at 5:27 PM, Murfdogg21 said:

    If I was a prof today, I’d e-publish my own texts and require my student to pay for a semester subscription. 

    Well that's pretty much what the profs did back in the day.  Publish a book and then require it as part of their class.

  6. 13 hours ago, Seasick Sailor said:

     

    This clip doesn't really show it, but his stride around the bases reminds me eerily of...well, I'll let you guys figure that out.  Different sport but it's almost like he was going for 80 yards against OSU.  Sacrilege, I know.

    Of course his stats will level out over 162 games or however many he ends up playing, but still really fun to watch right now.

  7. 44 minutes ago, gyroprotagonist said:

    a dude died.  are you not entertained?

    rec league basketball game, went up for a layup and got hammered on my hand.  no call, but my finger was broken and sticking at an angle.  fucking refs.

    hand is part of the ball.

  8. Found my cashmere sweater in the dryer with my now ex-wife's work clothes.  Of course, she denied putting it in there.  I gave it to my nine-year old daughter because she was only one who could fit in it.  

    Well at least she hasn’t outed you. NTTAWWT.
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  9. Typically, ADA-type jobs are taken by young lawyers to get experience and have something on their resume other than moot court champs and a 3.9 gpa.  So they aren't really independent thinkers coming in cuz they just have no experience.  As such, they are more prone to toeing the line as opposed to trying to innovate.

  10. Because I bought a GLS-450 a year and a half ago, I got approached to participate in a survey of large, luxury SUV's, all 3 row seating except somehow a Range Rover snuck its way in.  There were 3 models of Cadillac, Infiniti, Mercedes, Lincoln and a Lexus, not sure of all the models off the top of my head.  Keeping in mind that the prime reason I got the 450 was for 3 row seating, the only make I thought comparable to the MBZ was the Lincoln.  The Cadillac's all sucked, primarily due to very poor sight lines.  I mean, I know it's a big effin car, but I should be able see, or at least have a good idea, where my front end ends.  The Caddies did have a lot of room inside, except one which was a model  that was smaller.  The Infiniti I thought did not have true 3 row seating, the 3rd row is only good for little kids or dwarves.  I don't remember why I didn't like the Lexus.  The Range Rover as mentioned was just not in the same class, size wise. 

    The survey was based on primarily around looks and comfort.  We did not get to drive, or even turn the key.  They told us the features but those all seemed very similar to me just by the description.  Oh and I got $200.

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  11. On 3/31/2018 at 10:13 PM, ChiTownDoc said:

    I like early season unders for good pitching matchups.  I've done well picking my spots with these.  Sprinkle a little on the first 5 to limit the risk/exposure to a pen blowing up on you. 

    Started season 3-0 taking unders in each of the first three SF/LA games this season.  Honestly, they were all pretty easy wins.  I don't know exact numbers but I've been up doing this the past few years.  

    Fresh arms early in the year and many batters getting their first look at an good opposing pitcher. 

    I like the strategy.  Might do that tomorrow when the 1's get their turn again.

  12. That's an extremely subjective question and even if it weren't great is an ill-defined term. So prepare for an annoyingly long diatribe, but hey you asked
    If I were trying to run a movie blog rating system it would go something along the lines of:
    Acting Quality + Story Quality + Technical Quality = Rating, and also Rating + Subject Matter  + Personal Enjoyment = Personal Value to Me
    Take one that people have mentioned above, Inception. 
    Acting: Hardy good, Cotillard, Levitt and DiCaprio decent, Page was distractingly bad as usual and everyone else was passable.(3 of 5)
    Story: Big boost for being original, bogs down a bit at times, interesting but shallow philosophic underpinnings  (4 of 5)
    Technical: Pretty amazing visuals and effects, Sound work was top notch (5 of 5) 
    Rating = 12 of 15 = 80%
    Subject Matter: I like Nolan's brand of creativity, didn't have much beneath the surface though (3 of 5)
    Enjoyment: Didn't regret seeing it in IMAX opening night, but also have yet to feel the urge to see it again (3 of 5)
    Personal Value = 18 of 25 or 72%, definitely above average, but certainly not great by any means
    For me a "great" movie is something that has a high rating and has subject matter that appeals to my mind or heart AND I enjoy (or enjoy breaking into with friends and/or fellow viewers). There's lots of Best Picture movies that I'd say are highly rated, but few that I'd say were great. Also I can agree that the subject matter's relevance to me might have no impact on someone else or even detract from a movie's rating.
    A little known Irish movie a few years ago called Calvary is something I would call a GREAT movie.
    Acting: Top notch across the board, from both pedigreed actors and no names. Brendan Gleeson deserved more attention. (5 of 5)
    Story: Intense, Not formulaic or cliche, funny, deep, and a well crafted plot that didn't flinch or give up the ending, (5 of 5)
    Technical: Well shot, beautiful cinematography and scenery, nothing groundbreaking, but nothing that distracted in the least which I appreciated (4 of 5) 
    Rating = 14 of 15 or 93%, and I'd argue most people who did see it wouldn't rate it too much lower
    However when we go to the second metric.
    Subject Matter: I'm annoyingly Catholic, I train people at Catholic Parishes to prevent, recognize, and interrupt abuse situations, I lived IN a small Irish Community establishing and training Irish for youth programs and worked extremely close with both Irish Priests AND people who hated anything to do with the Catholic Church. Also I now work managing a community for the formerly Chronically Homeless here in Austin and I deal every day with profound brokenness both in my residents, the people who volunteer and work with us and myself. All this background connects me on a visceral level to this film and it's themes, and ideas. (5 of 5, and higher if I could)
    Enjoyment: The in movie experience is a little raw (although deeply funny at times especially having my Irish experiences), however it's one of my favorite movies to show new friends and then right after have cut the bullshit let 's jump in the deep end conversations to digest the movie and talk about what it means to have shit going on in your life and how to help each other through that. (5 of 5)
    Personal Value = 24 of 25 or 96%
    For me that puts this movie at almost perfect and truly "great", but for a lot of people that second metric would depress the value a great deal bc they don't give a shit about any of the subject matter and would be at best depressed by the movie and they probably don't want to discuss it so even if it was well rated they wouldn't give it a "great" treatment.
     
     

    Derka?
  13. This is the time of year I love best.  I try to find one team that I think will be hot to start the year, and then bet that team ML every game for like a month.  Basically looking for someone to go out 20-5 or something like that, so even if the odds are -220 with the frontline starters, it still makes money.  The last two years, I did this with the Cubs.  2016 was awesome, 2017...not so much.  The corollary is finding someone who will go the other way and bet against every game.  It does require discipline and a certain degeneracy to be able to get plays in every day.

    This year, not sure.  Thinking Dodgers to win every game and maybe Miami to lose every game.

    But generally my strategy is simple and not all that clever.  Good pitching beats good hitting.  Don't bet on bad teams against good teams, even when the bad team is throwing a good pitcher.  Only time to bet on a bad team is vs a bad team when one team is throwing a good pitcher and the other team is not.  It's 162 games, conserve your money.  Some days, you won't see any good plays.  Don't bet those days.  Limit your plays to like 3 games a day.

    This is my first post on this shithole.  Good day assholes.

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