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Sadly, I still have a flip phone, but when I flip it I can pretend I am on the original Star Trek getting ready to beam up, so it is not completely a bad thing. I remember when I thought the people who had push button dialing had fancy phones.

Poltergeist would be a lot less of an effective movie today. I wonder if they would know what this is: http://mcnally.cc/wfpgtv/INDIAN.jpg

I think Bob Newhart, MTM, MASH, All and the Family, and Carol Burnett were amazingly all part of the same Saturday line up. http://www.tvhistory.tv/1973_TV_Programs.JPG

"Friend group" is that what the kids call their friends now days, or is that some sort of artificial intelligence for you to socialize with? Seinfeld was probably the better showing writing wise etc., but the more I watched it in repeats the more it stuck out what horrible people these characters were. Friends was a bit more of a comfort food that I could watch multiple times (and I was basically in the same age as them and same stage of life - without the huge Manhattan apartment and unlimited free time). Cheers was probably my favorite show from the 80's early 90's. Watching old repeats, the original Bob Newhart Show, MTM, and the Dick Van Dyke show hold up pretty well. Speaking of Burns and Allen, I used to listen to their old radio show (repeats years after the fact, I am not Chief's age), and they held up pretty well - same with Jack Benny.

I am hoping we have a similar problem at the end of the season when they are worried about cold fall temps as we are playing deep into October.

There are families and then there are families.

I have sadly had work interfere with being able to check the game thread, but looks like you are get a nice quantity of posts for an afternoon game. I have only read a few of the posts, but am sure the quality is up there was well.

In your case, stone tablet.

Yes - I never posted there, but stopped reading their boards a few years ago for the same reason. Even worse was the KFAN boards. I am amazed they lasted as long as they did.

The backyard was not a good exercise for my dog, because she would patiently sit under the tree and watch the squirrels. If one came into the yard she would run after it, but she was not one just to run in circles (if she was in the woods, then she would run around looking for things). She would also quietly hide under a bush by the walk and then playfully pounce (but not bark) at people when they walked by - often startling them (she was behind a fence). She was also not a fan of jogging. She loved to run loose or go on long walk, but if you tried to run with her in the city on a leash she would grow bored (not enough sniffing time) and was strong enough to stop on a dime even if we were going at a good, steady pace. She was always looking around on he run, so it was only a matter of time before something distracted her. I usually felt like I needed a chiropractor afterwards from the sudden stops. I am over-generalizing, but I do think certain breeds such as shepards and terriers tend to be smarter, or at least tend to get bored if not properly stimulated, and then cause more problems if they do not get the proper attention.

What is that green stuff he is walking on? It looks vaguely familiar.

I am going to go out on a limb and say Bolton replacing McMaster is not a good thing...

I guess they are remaining true to their history, They were not exactly generous with even the major league players until they were forced into it. People might complain about how much the big league players ,make now, but if the people writing the checks had their way, the players would probably still need to get second jobs in the off season, be completely at the mercy of their team for the entirety of their career, and be desperate enough to be tempted to throw a world series.

Trump gloat tweeted about it - very Presidential. Not that hypocrisy is new, but Sessions firing him for not being forthcoming, when so much of his confirmation testimony and his testimony at other hearings does not exactly pass the smell test is notable. Different topic - but hopefully Bolton will not find his way into the cabinet with the administration shake-up that seems to be on-going.

Not that there were not other dissenting voices, but I have wondered if he would have helped prevent going into Iraq. Too many people were afraid to speak up to not appear patriotic even though a lot of the reasons/intelligence for going in had already been proven weak or false. I remember at the time they kept shifting why we should go in until one finally stuck. (9-11, WMD, free the Iraqi people from a tyrant etc.) That makes sense, I also read somewhere that Newt had a lot to do with the current environment of GOP. Each era shifted things that were then further exacerbated by the next group.

Hopefully Lamb's win is real and is not overturned by a recount etc. If so, will be expecting Trump to passive-aggressively or aggressively back away from his endorsement and blame the candidate. I have now heard that Tilerson found out about his firing from the tweet and Trump called him hours later. Just further shows that Trump has no character and vindictive. Tilerson was a bad Secretary of State, but Pompeo could be even worse. Not a good time to have a State Department in shambles with no one with diplomatic experience.

I think the majority of the people are probably actually in the middle, but everything is focused on through partisan lens and is presented in such black and white terms that the two sides end up doubling down on their position that no real compromise or discussion takes place. Any concession to the other side's position is seen as a defeat, so instead of trying to work together it is now an all out battle between the left and right, and they ignore what the large amount of people in the middle want. I am to the left of the middle, but I understood the necessity of the other party to help keep things in check and represent people with other views. Now it is not keeping things in check, it is more of a war trying to destroy anything the other side is trying to accomplish. It is not doing what is best for your constituents, it is doing what will get your party a win or perhaps even more what will be a defeat to the other party. It does not help that people/organizations with deep pockets have such a strong influence. On another note, seems like another quiet day in the Trump administration. No chaos there.

Speaking of trade tariffs... at some point using them as a threat is not going to end well. Nothing like a little bit of extortion to make the country look great in the eyes of the world. And does he have to end every tweet in an exclamation point? Dear Diary - today I think I convinced Australia to ask me to the prom! Donald J. Trump ‏ @realDonaldTrump 5m5 minutes ago Spoke to PM @TurnbullMalcolm of Australia. He is committed to having a very fair and reciprocal military and trade relationship. Working very quickly on a security agreement so we don’t have to impose steel or aluminum tariffs on our ally, the great nation of Australia!

They are already starting to back track if it is going to actually happen. Conditions will need to be met. It sounds like the South Koreans passed on the invitation and Trump immediately accepted and shortly made the public announcement without talking to Tillerson etc. Tillerson had just said earlier in the day that they were not ready for negotiations. After Trump's announcement, today Tilerson is trying to distinguish talks vs. negotiations, but I suspect Trump's announcement blindsided him. Trump did manage to shift the conversation away from Russia and Stormy for awhile.

Just shows you do not need a lot of expensive special effects to make a good movie.

You are not the first person I have seen mention that, so if you are a conspiracy nut, you are at least not alone.

Any thoughts on the North Korea meeting?. I am thinking either Trump's large threats and melodrama might have been more effective on someone like Kim Jong Un, or this is an ill-advised meeting that he agreed to without thinking of possible consequences or getting advice for the experts and could back-fire greatly. I don't see a lot of middle ground of how this could turn out.

I don't think the concussion symptoms were suddenly better last season. There were signs of improvement the year before, but then he played injured (hamstring?) and his stats sunk in August and September. 2017 was a bit of a continuation on the first two thirds of 2016. Even in 2015 there were some glimpses of pre-concussion Joe, so if you look at the last three seasons, it has been more of a gradual improvement than an instant recovery. Hopefully that trend will continue or he will play close to the level of last year. I do think the fact that they no longer need to try to get him in as many games as possible and given him more rest has helped.

I just want to hear him say "you will have to pry the bat from my cold dead hands" in his Mauerian accent. I know people complain that he does not show enough emotion, but I thought he looked happy to be playing out there. There were a number of times I saw him on the field or interviewed before or after the game where he seemed to be enjoying himself. I think enough his peers have retired where he knows he is nearing the end, and he appreciates still being able to play. If he has a decent year, I think he will try to work something out post 2018.

I just saw Get Out on Sunday - figured it would be a good one to see in a dark theater. I thought it was good, but am not sure it was "best picture" good. Better than average - good - but not as great as some of its hype.