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[quote]3 for 1 on Sunday nights. [/quote]had a date I was so excited for go out to Chelsea’s. It was Christmas time, they were passing the mic to sing Christmas songs. I snatched it up and drunkenly started screeching Jingle Bells but could not remember anything but the first little verse. I ju...
Just reached out to my daughter she is over in Huntsville. She is not in the warning area. Prayers for her buddies over there ...
[quote]I was raised a Pirates fan. [/quote]remember those hard baseball hats you could get in the 70s? My aunt took us to a store to pick one out. My brother was a fan of the big red machine, so I just picked the team that I recognized as beating them sometimes. Voila!!!a Pirates fan I became ...
[quote]Screw Barry Bonds.[/quote]I was in Chelsea’s in Monroe watching Bream rumble around the bases. ...
[quote]WGN baw[/quote]got cable in like 82. You had to pick Cubs or Braves. And the braves park looked nasty I had adopted the Pirates in late 70s with Tekulve, Canyman, Stargell and Parker. It’s been a long dry spell except for a little excitement in early 90s w Bonds, Bonilla, VanSlyke ...

re: 2024 Spring Garden Thread

Posted by tigerfoot on 5/8/24 at 12:59 pm
[quote]i havne't seen a single bee this year.[/quote]In my back back part of yard I have about 100% coverage of white clover, my neighbor has about half and acre of the stuff. I was out two days ago and walked slowly thru it all and saw not a single bee. Not one. Last year I would see them, n...
[quote] Especially if he doesn't belong to a union.....the trades are a good way to earn a living but they are not what most make them out to be.[/quote]this is my position to my son. I am sure there are highly successful guys but you prob ain’t seeing a bunch on the ski slopes or vacationing in Tu...
[quote]the glove that he has issues getting to because he is anchored, it is the 0-2 61-foot slider that he knows is getting buried by Guidry that ultimately, he whiffs on and allows an extra base runner [/quote]typically sliders and changes, are hitting glove first as they tend to not jump. I woul...
[quote]he doesn't go to college but picks up a trade thats fine. Or if he starts a business thats fine too. But skipping college without a plan on how he will afford living is a recipe for disaster imo.[/quote]I agree here. No one wants to plunging terds at 50. On the other hand I don’t see te...
[quote]tell him to get ready for barber college[/quote]I laughed but I bet Akexandria would support a great male owned old school one or two chair barber shop. A place to talk sports, have a cold beer…. We don’t have anything like that ...

re: Weber vs Char broil

Posted by tigerfoot on 5/8/24 at 9:13 am
[quote]didn't strap it down and it blew out of the back of my truck on the way home.[/quote]as a lazy college kid I transported one full of ashes in the back of my truck standing up. Tied the leg in. It had enough slack that it flipped over the side of my truck and dumped the grill the grate and ...
My son has two buddies going to trade school out of high school. My boy dies t just love school. He had mentioned it. I told him that yes it was a good idea for the first 10 years but at 45 he prob didn’t want to be working by the hour. Asked him to consider a business mgmt degree, then t...
[quote]They did it all the time. Not just with the bases open. I’ve watched the padres my entire life.[/quote]the mlb and ncaa catchers with best pop times and best receivers are all knee down guys. I had the pleasure of watching one of the best HS catchers I’ve seen this last weekend he had kne...
[quote] Please rewatch the game last night and tell me Neal is an elite receiving catcher from a knee. [/quote]I can tell you that from a macro level that he would in all likelihood be worse conventional ...
[quote] Anyone who has played catcher knows you can move and push off to either direction when in the squatting position. If you are on one knee you can't move in either direction as effectively.[/quote]this is false Moving toward or away from the kickstand is a better blocking reaction and eff...
[quote]and then bring it back up fast to catch the ball? What is the purpose of doing that?[/quote]1 us to catch the ball moving mitt into zone versus setting mitt as target then moving it off target. Umps can see come better and must call zone versus showing mitt movement towards leaving the zone....
There is a lot of data that one knee down w a kickstand is an advantage on borderline calls, receiving, better blocking on balls in the catchers box by about 25% and no signifiant change in pop time Also shows that the improvements are a net run gainer for your team. ...
[quote]This is the easiest time in our nation's history to get approved for a mortgage.[/quote]thank boomers for the first time home buyers credit and getting to stay on pops insurance until 26. ...
[quote]Now both spouses have to work to scrape by and do not get home until 6:00 at night. Sorry that these lazy millennials don't have time to make a 4 hour meal in 45 minutes. It's not long after that that it's time for baths and getting the little ones ready for bed. And that doesn't account for ...