Article: Game Thread: Twins v Tigers, 8/23 @ 7:10pm CT

[twinsnorth49]

  On 8/23/2016 at 8:09 PM, Platoon said:

Overhead projectors were the best. Less than a 50/50 chance the operator got the image up correctly on the first pass!

My faith in our grade 10 Physics teacher was severely damaged by the fact he placed an image on an overhead projector upside down.....every....damn......day.....all....year long.

[Platoon]

  On 8/23/2016 at 9:02 PM, Vanimal46 said:

Speaking of pilots, how confident are you going to be to fly once people my age start becoming the pilot of your airplanes?

 

I used to get to the Spencer IA airport frequently. One evening I was talking to the two pilots of a twin engine turbo prop, who appeared to be about 16 years old, and just graduated from the Mankato State flight program. They filled me in on their route, and hours, and pay. I wasn't there to fly anywhere, and I was glad. I was not impressed at all by being flown by a slightly past teenager, who made about 20 K, and slept not only inconsistently, but infrequently!

[Platoon]

  On 8/23/2016 at 9:08 PM, twinsnorth49 said:

My faith in our grade 10 Physics teacher was severely damaged by the fact he placed an image on an overhead projector upside down.....every....damn......day.....all....year long.

I imagine some numbers were still fairly easy to comprehend? 69 comes to mind.

[Vanimal46]

 

  On 8/23/2016 at 9:10 PM, Platoon said:

I used to get to the Spencer IA airport frequently. One evening I was talking to the two pilots of a twin engine turbo prop, who appeared to be about 16 years old, and just graduated from the Mankato State flight program. They filled me in on their route, and hours, and pay. I wasn't there to fly anywhere, and I was glad. I was not impressed at all by being flown by a slightly past teenager, who made about 20 K, and slept not only inconsistently, but infrequently!

Well, you've got to start somewhere! So that's pretty cool they're getting their hours in to chase after their dream. 

This is a 100% guess, but don't pilots need to fly for 10-15 years before they can become a captain of a commercial airplane? 99% of pilots I've seen on my flights are at least in their late 40's, and most of the time older than that. 

[Platoon]

  On 8/23/2016 at 9:13 PM, Vanimal46 said:

Well, you've got to start somewhere! So that's pretty cool they're getting their hours in to chase after their dream. 

This is a 100% guess, but don't pilots need to fly for 10-15 years before they can become a captain of a commercial airplane? 99% of pilots I've seen on my flights are at least in their late 40's, and most of the time older than that.

 

They made it very clear that they were only there for the hours. I knew truck drivers who had better hours and more pay.

[Mr. Brooks]

  On 8/23/2016 at 3:13 PM, ChiTownTwinsFan said:

Lol, scandalous song in high school in my day was My Sharona.

For my generation it was Wild Thing.

And not, "wild thing, you make my heart sing", but "she said, I get paid to do the wild thing".

[twinssporto]

Great intro!  Loved the GPA comments.  

 

Reminded me of the time in High School when I raced home to get the grades that were mailed home that day out of the mailbox before my parents got home...Too late.  Mail was already picked up.  Walked into the kitchen and on the table were my grades with a personal handwritten note on them from my dad.

 

It was a simple note.  Direct and to the point...It read: "with grades like these you seriously should not rule out community college.  Look at it this way, half the people you pass in the hall each day in school are doing better than you." (my class rank was 330/678).  

 

My kids found those not too long ago.  They roared with laughter at Granddads note.

[Mr. Brooks]

  On 8/23/2016 at 5:34 PM, Platoon said:

True story. In Catholic Hi School, Sister Xaverious (sp) was ancient and hard of hearing. She taught last hour math until the final bell at 3:10. By prior agreement at 2:30 everyone got up grabbed their books and started to walk out. One of her stress responses was "here here, stop it you children". Then she asked where we were going, and we asked, "sister didn't you here the announcement? School is dismissed early today." And we all walked out. There was hell to pay later of course, but well worth it!

I'm skeptical of any statement that begins with the disclaimer "true story".

 

Are we to assume that you are lying every time we don't see that disclaimer?

[twinssporto]

 

  On 8/23/2016 at 10:05 PM, Mr. Brooks said:

I'm skeptical of any statement that begins with the disclaimer "true story".

Are we to assume that you are lying every time we don't see that disclaimer?

Ha!  I agree.  The one to really keep an eye for is when someone says, "to be honest..."  So you're saying everything else you've told me before was BS?

[Platoon]

  On 8/23/2016 at 10:05 PM, Mr. Brooks said:

I'm skeptical of any statement that begins with the disclaimer "true story".

Are we to assume that you are lying every time we don't see that disclaimer?

I am not lying! .

[HitInAPinch]

 

  On 8/23/2016 at 1:44 PM, twinsnorth49 said:

Hmmm, so what I've gleaned so far is women wear yoga pants for men's entertainment.

Is that about right?

It works....

[Rosterman]

College is all about baseball. Going for the extra bases.

 

[Craig Arko]

Okay, as a rule I despise 'reality' tv. But tonight, I just cannot help myself.

 

[mnfireman]

Really! Santana over Rosario. C'mon Molly, how about we play the guys with a future here instead of another failed Twins SS prospect who will be out of baseball....oh never mind we got him until 2020.

[Platoon]

I think Rosario is in CF?

[Platoon]

It has been raining in So. MN. for about an hour. And the radar shows it heading towards metro. TRUE STORY

[jimmer]

 

  On 8/23/2016 at 11:12 PM, mnfireman said:

Really! Santana over Rosario. C'mon Molly, how about we play the guys with a future here instead of another failed Twins SS prospect who will be out of baseball....oh never mind we got him until 2020.

Santana is in LF

[Riverbrian]

 

  On 8/23/2016 at 1:38 PM, ChiTownTwinsFan said:

Um, you aren't comparing me to a warden for suggesting we be respectful, are you?

 

You'd make a great Warden

 

I don't know exactly what Wardens do.

 

But I have faith in you

 

[Winston Smith]

I hate to do baseball but here is a take on some of the young guys.

 

http://www.todaysknuckleball.com/al/minnesota-twins/scouting-alex-kirilloff-and-other-twins-prospects-at-elizabethton/

 

 

[Riverbrian]

 

  On 8/23/2016 at 1:52 PM, Vanimal46 said:

Another great thing about back to school... Is school lunch! School lunches I'm sure are night and day different than when we went to elementary/middle/high school. My favorite school lunches were taco day, and square pizza day! 

What were yours?

 

Pizza Burgers

[Vanimal46]

  On 8/23/2016 at 11:34 PM, Riverbrian said:

Pizza Burgers

Oh man, another great choice!!

[Riverbrian]

 

  On 8/23/2016 at 2:39 PM, twinsnorth49 said:

I know it's cliche but Poutine was pretty standard, Shepard's pie, pea soup and KD with Franks.

Also had the good ol' pizza pops and the like.

And Butter tarts....always Butter tarts.

 

Was any of the stuff you listed... umm... food. 

[Riverbrian]

 

  On 8/23/2016 at 3:02 PM, twinsnorth49 said:

Middle school

 

I don't know about last dance but I remember My Sharona, Another One Bites the Dust and The Stroke at every school dance. 

[Craig Arko]

  On 8/23/2016 at 11:18 PM, Platoon said:

It has been raining in So. MN. for about an hour. And the radar shows it heading towards metro. TRUE STORY

Confirmed.

 

Nice bit on Cuddy, by the way.

[Platoon]

  On 8/23/2016 at 11:40 PM, Riverbrian said:

Was any of the stuff you listed... umm... food.

 

Only in Canada.

[Riverbrian]

 

  On 8/23/2016 at 3:18 PM, wsnydes said:

Dumbest reasons for getting detention...Go!

 

Mine would be for kicking an empty 20oz pop bottle down a stairwell and not picking it up.  The principal watched me do it.

 

That also has the distinction of being my old stint in detention.  My parents weren't even mad, they just laughed at me because we all knew it was stupid.  Not stupid that I got detention for it, just stupid.

 

Flipping off a cop from the back of a bus. 

 

Hitting the principal in the head with a thrown penny from across the room. 

 

i can't decide

[Squirrel]

  On 8/23/2016 at 11:48 PM, Riverbrian said:

Flipping off a cop from the back of a bus.

 

Hitting the principal in the head with a thrown penny from across the room.

 

i can't decide

Those weren't dumb reasons for getting detention. Those were dumb actions that earned you detention. Subtle difference I know.

[Squirrel]

  On 8/23/2016 at 11:18 PM, Platoon said:

It has been raining in So. MN. for about an hour. And the radar shows it heading towards metro. TRUE STORY

Yes. And the forecast in the OP says that the percent chance of rain increases throughout the game.

[Riverbrian]

 

  On 8/23/2016 at 10:05 PM, Mr. Brooks said:

I'm skeptical of any statement that begins with the disclaimer "true story".

Are we to assume that you are lying every time we don't see that disclaimer?

 

In my case

 

Yes

[Riverbrian]

 

  On 8/23/2016 at 11:51 PM, ChiTownTwinsFan said:

Those weren't dumb reasons for getting detention. Those were dumb actions that earned you detention. Subtle difference I know.

 

Blurred Lines when you consider the totality of my life.