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  1. 19 hours ago, PittsburghTiger said:

    Boy, that was exciting. Helluva victory for Medvedev.

    Just catching up but that game in the fourth set where Medvedev finally broke was such an epic struggle. Edge of your seat stuff. Medvedev is a hard court absolute beast. 
     

    9 hours ago, MirrOlure said:


    Boy, that’ll show ‘em!

    Nothing like some good sports virtue signaling!
     

     

  2. 55 minutes ago, Hank Kingsley said:

    On Rewind, Sark said "I think is something you got to get used to a little bit more this year, is Quinn using his legs on 3rd down" after he ran for a 1st down. 

    Galindo: "Is he comfortable there?"

    Sark: "Very comfortable." 

     

     

    Well, he fooled me. Looks pretty uncomfortable. Heavy footed. Happy to be proven wrong. 

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  3. 59 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:


    Church was where a lot of people traditionally found community and connection. Hell, as a child my family sure as hell did (the Houston Catholic “mafia” is still a great network for me), and even as a young family we did. Even though we don’t attend regularly anymore (seriously…sometimes not even Christmas or Easter), we still get together every couple of months with other similar aged adults for pizza beer and bullshitting, who we all met through our PCUSA church. Our kids are at similar stations in life, and so are most of us. Things have changed…one gal is divorced because her husband ran out on her, another is widowed (a fucking OD, the dumbass), but we are all in community, and it came from going to the same church.
    Churches attract similar-minded people from similar stations in life, making a natural community that follows from that. These days, the theology, often rigid structure, and building distrust of institutions has worn that down. And there’s a SHITLOAD that’s bad about American organized religion. But the community aspect of it was a good thing, and as we walk away from what’s bad about church, we also walk away from the good we got out of it, and we haven’t really replaced it with anything.

    Exactly. 
     

    What is the building often called that serves as the gathering place for activities outside of mass/services? 

    Fellowship Hall

    Now with less religion in lives, people look for other groups to belong to, whether it be football message boards  or political groups or what have you. It appears to not be working as well in this one respect and I’m far from a Bible beater. Just pointing out the obvious. 

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  4. On 9/1/2023 at 6:35 PM, Pancho said:

    This is getting into my major and what I teach at the college level.

    That study being 60-70 years is out of date but still hits on the main argument today--it's not that guys need guy time rather people need social interaction and social bonds. We call this the Need to Belong Theory. We are all born with this drive to seek, form, and maintain strong relationships regardless of who that person is, what sex they are, or where we form them (work, school, church, neighborhood, Surly, tailgates, etc.) The reason we seek these relationships is because it makes us feel like we aren't alone because we belong to a social community.  

    Getting a little further in, the theory argues that these relationships need to be interactive and emotionally close. If we feel they aren't interactive and emotionally close, they have an impact on our physical and psychological well being. 

     

    The secular shift in our society is behind a lot of this, whatever your thoughts on religion. 

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  5. 24 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

    This is what I don't get.  People act like it's still the 70s and 80s and technology hasn't DRASTICALLY improved.  I have to imagine the odds of meltdown are miniscule these days (not counting shit like earthquakes in Japan I guess).

    What do you not get about people picking ideology over what’s right? Happens to people all over the spectrum depending on the policy issue. 

  6. 4 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

    A real dedication to green energy would have been sticking with nuclear and making investments in solar/wind in other locations around the world. The latter part doesn’t provide electricity for Germans but they can feel good helping the environment. 

    The Green Party has been against nuclear for years. 
     

    I’m just tiptoeing into this thread but it seems like the disagreement between these two posters is messaging.  They want the same thing. One wants to tell it like it is, full story. The other leads with a manufactured metric that excludes a bunch of stuff. Then when called out on it, says oh I count it over here see.
     

    It is kind of like adjusted earnings vs GAAP EPS. 
     

    I think when you’re trying to sway public policy and you lead with misleading metrics, then people’s eyebrows are raised. And rightfully so if we’re being honest given the last several years of public policy. 
     

    As Charlie Munger would say, show me the incentives and I’ll show you the outcomes. I’m shocked that a Wall St firm ideally positioned to benefit from tens or hundreds of billions of dollars in subsidies supports the massive rollout of this stuff and supports it via a massaged metric that conveniently excludes a lot of the costs. 
     

    I support the honest messaging. It shouldn’t require some funny stuff that excludes all the real costs if it’s really worthwhile. 

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  7. Millionaire rock stars utilizing Che Guevara to help market their music will always be cringy. 

    That said, one of my most vivid drug memories was tripping and watching my friend's roommate play Killing in the Name of in his apartment on Riverside at 18 years old. That's peak Rage age of course.

  8. 1 hour ago, Mo Horn said:

    With that criteria my first recommendation would be Barcelona. Great city for adventure with a lot of options, depending on interests. Sagrada Familia, picasso museum, cathedrals, etc if that's what you enjoy. But also great neighborhoods, shops, and food, if you just want to wander. Montserrat is also a good day trip. Barcelona has beach options, but since it's a big city, there will be more people. Tons of options for a quieter beach all along the coast as you go south between there and Valencia. Tarragona is about an hour south, which would make a nice day trip from Barcelona. You could spend your whole time in eastern Spain along the mediterranean, and do a bunch of different things, if you wanted. 

    I love Madrid. Big city with some of the best art museums around, if you like that. Also the palace, cathedral, and other cultural things. Also great food from street food to Michelin star restaurants. You could day trip to Toledo.

    We spent 2 days in Grenada because we wanted to see the Alhambra. We loved it. Not a whole lot more to do there, but there are markets and tapas places there.

    Seville is fun with cathedral and moorish alcazar the two main attractions. But also a great city with narrow walkways to wander through. You could do a day or so there and then head south to Cadiz, which is on the southern coast. Could do beach time there.

    Those would be places to start looking at, but depending on what you're looking for, you could look at the rioja region in the north and visit Bilbao. That would be close to Pamplona and San Sebastián, which is on the northern coast. There would be hiking and other outdoor options there. 

    I've done trips where I rented a car, and others where we've done only public transportation. Trains are great.

    I'm happy to provide more specifics, or share what I can on places I didn't mention, that you might be interested in. 

    Thanks. That’s a good start. In my head I had pictured starting in Barcelona and ending in Madrid it vice versa so that makes sense. I’ll check back in as questions pop up. 
     

    49 minutes ago, po elvis said:

    We did Seville last December. Got an apartment for a month and absolutely loved it. Was amazing time to be there because every night there were thousands of people in the streets and there was so much to do during the Christmas season. We were able to do short trips to Cordoba, Carmona, Cadiz, Ronda. But I had heard summers can be pretty miserable. If I was going in the summer, I would definitely keep that in mind.

    Makes sense, although heat doesn’t really bother us. Thanks for chipping in. Appreciate any and all input. Spain is one of those trips we’ve wanted to do for a while, but had to wait until kids got mature enough. 

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  9. On 6/16/2023 at 10:35 AM, Mo Horn said:

    I simultaneously love and hate people who post about their trip in Spain. Our plan is to move there when we retire in less than 3 years, and I cannot wait. Enjoy. 

    A lot of Spain experts but you seem to be at the forefront. We’ve just solidified with another family that we’re going this summer.
     

    What itinerary/cities would you recommend? We’re looking at 10-11 days to give time for travel mishaps. 
     

    2 sets of adventurous parents. 
     

    10 year old and 13 year old girls

    13 year old, 2 15 year olds and a 16 year old boy. 
     

    My wife will want some nice beach time at some point. 
     

    Go!

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