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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Costco/Sams Master thread.

« on: May 31, 2024, 10:59:27 AM »

That iconic hot dog + drink combo for $1.50 might be the best value you can find in America. It feels like they just do it as fan service at this point.

like their $5 rotisserie chickens, it brings people in the door. you may be surprised how many people go to costco just for the food court.

I'm always surprised by how many people seem to be at Costco just for the food court

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: Sporting KC Thread!! (Featuring All of MLS and sometimes Mexican Leagues too)

« on: May 31, 2024, 08:07:29 AM »

not sure why i keep going to these games, crowd was pretty good last night for a last place team on a weeknight.  not sure who i would even want to keep on this team, thommy, davis, maybe walter.  salloi can go, russell is washed, pulido's contract sucks for what we get.  afrifa and vargas looked ok in the first 20 minutes, vargas had a few good balls in, but then they looked gassed quickly.  i don't know, we're a long ways off from being good, they need to overhaul everything.

Agree.  Wednesday's game was particularly bad.  I was impressed with Afrifa.  He's been fast but that was as much control as I've seen him with the ball. We were down two goals in the second half and could barely muster two shots.  Jake Davis has stopped going into the final third of the field.  Without Thommy out there, there is no intensity.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: New Mattress (MASTER SLEEP THREAD)

« on: May 30, 2024, 02:12:37 PM »

anyone use one of those inclining beds?

My wife and I love ours.  We used to have a split king so one could be up and the other down, but it definitely felt like two separate beds which was not ideal.

How does this work? Separate sheets?

You can - the king is 2 Twin XL sheets.  I think we tried it both, with a king sheet over the whole thing as well as the two twins.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: New Mattress (MASTER SLEEP THREAD)

« on: May 30, 2024, 01:00:03 PM »

anyone use one of those inclining beds?

My wife and I love ours.  We used to have a split king so one could be up and the other down, but it definitely felt like two separate beds which was not ideal. 

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Recent motion picture viewing - Add your own!

« on: May 30, 2024, 06:47:53 AM »

Monkey Man was a good time.  It had some of the best fight scenes that I've seen in awhile.  I enjoy how the Chiefs of Police in Indian movies all know karate.  I like to picture some fat American Chief of Police trying to kick people.

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: KSU Booze Cats

« on: May 29, 2024, 03:21:56 PM »

Do they offer the same amount of scholarships as us?  I would imagine that's a big difference.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Shows that have you by the balls, or vag...

« on: May 29, 2024, 01:37:26 PM »

Why were there only 4 episodes of Bridgerton this season?

Is that show any good?  I just assumed it was girl porn.

that’s exactly what it is.  shonda knows what women like to watch and it’s usually a not so hot woman being pursued by a hot dude.

An inverse Kevin James

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Kansas State Football / Re: Smoke your cigars and enjoy the band while you can....

« on: May 28, 2024, 02:54:08 PM »

The ACC made it so, while they all get paid like crap, winners such as Clemson, Florida State, or whoever can get more by winning the conference championship and come out close to B10/SEC levels.  The story was that Utah was interested in gambling the $15m difference between the B12 and ACC on winning the ACC championship.

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: competitive little kid sports

« on: May 28, 2024, 12:24:42 PM »

Thank you umps and potential umps.  After watching a lot of my nephew's games, I would absolutely hate doing that job.

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Kansas State Football / Re: KU football is NOT going through a rough patch. Cheer on our hawk brothers here!

« on: May 28, 2024, 12:11:22 PM »

Here me out: parking garage IN the hill

Good luck getting them to leave that incredible utopia to the football stadium they're building

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Shows that have you by the balls, or vag...

« on: May 22, 2024, 01:28:02 PM »

I've been legit enjoying Bluey lately.

My wife and I watch it when are nephews are here and occasionally when they're not

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Kansas State Football / Re: 2024 Season Prediction Thread

« on: May 21, 2024, 02:44:01 PM »

I think we have our best WR group since Lockett.

Do we have a single receiver over 6 ft? (serious question)

Almost all WRs we expect to play significantly are at least listed at 6 ft.  Spivey is the tallest at 6'4" although I'm expecting he's more rotational than starter.

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Kansas State Football / Re: 2024 Season Prediction Thread

« on: May 21, 2024, 11:46:54 AM »

I think we have our best WR group since Lockett.

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: KSU Booze Cats

« on: May 21, 2024, 10:02:50 AM »

Our unis look like scrubs

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Kansas State Football / Re: 2024 Season Prediction Thread

« on: May 21, 2024, 09:28:09 AM »

With the Ireland game and a returning Avery, next year should definitely be an all-in year.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: travel thread

« on: May 20, 2024, 09:35:30 AM »

I agree that the robot restaurant is great if it's not dead.  My group also did a Mario Kart-esque tour where we dressed in costumes and cruised around Tokyo.  It seemed way safer than I would've expected experiencing traffic in the States but I'd imagine the lil' Daves are too young.

The pig/puppy/monkey/owl cafes seem fun but are super depressing once you get in there.

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: Official KC Current Thread

« on: May 20, 2024, 09:31:53 AM »

How did you get there and how long did it take you to get out of the area?

The end of that match was wildly frustrating.

We ubered to the casino and ate there at Chickie & Petes (pretty good chain!) before walking over.  I wanted to eat at the stadium but the game time was so late it didn't make sense.  After, we walked to City Market with the masses which was about 1.5 miles.  In hindsight, I would've walked back to the casino and got an uber from there.  They did seem to have a lot of busses hauling people back and forth to City Market.  I would see 4 busses stopped at the same intersection and another 2-3 heading back for another load.  It's a bit of PITA at the moment but you can tell they're really trying to manage it until the streetcar comes through.

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: Official KC Current Thread

« on: May 20, 2024, 08:05:46 AM »

I went to the stadium for the first time this weekend.  The stadium was great.  You can tell they did some things to keep the cost down without really affecting the fan experience.  There isn't a bad seat.  The food selection is great and the mobile ordering looks very useful.  It should be a great size for concerts too once they get that going.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: 201* Concert Thread

« on: May 20, 2024, 07:33:16 AM »

It looked very cool in the pictures.  I'm hoping to catch a concert that I love there but will probably settle for whatever is in town next time I'm in Vegas.

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Kansas State Football / Re: what if avery johnston is a complete badass??

« on: May 17, 2024, 09:15:06 AM »

Has anyone pondered the question of what if he’s not?

Just KU fans and people who haven't seen him play

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: CHIEFS

« on: May 16, 2024, 02:24:49 PM »

I'd fight the battle with you if there were actual news getting drowned out but it's all nonsense at this point of the year anyway.

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: The Royals

« on: May 16, 2024, 02:23:00 PM »

They have to find a bat somewhere. MJ, Nelly, and Hunter are just killing 3 spots in the lineup. You can't have a third of your lineup sub .200 and expect to continue winning. I'd add Isbel, but he at least play elite CF. I'm guessing they bring up Waters this weekend and someone gets the boot. That isn't much of a boost but they have to try something.

Since 4/20

NV
.155/.222/.259

suckfroe
.129/.206/.177

MJ
.118/.130/.191

Yep, really hoped MJ could develop, but its getting about time for him to hit the bricks. Renfroe was a terrible signing to begin with. I'd prob keep Nelly around but am indifferent. I'd rather see Waters and Loftin at this point. That probably isn't going to cut it, but you may as well see if they can play.

Wasn't the Renfroe contract basically "We'll overpay you and if you end up somehow being worth it, you can opt-out"

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: 201* Concert Thread

« on: May 15, 2024, 09:20:43 AM »

Also, I don't have kids so I think that keeps me from realizing how old I am.  Going to a show like this and seeing the other concertgoers is a stark reminder.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: 201* Concert Thread

« on: May 15, 2024, 09:19:25 AM »

I was there too and enjoyed it as well.  A little bit of an aging rockers-type energy but they did well with it.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Kids

« on: May 14, 2024, 03:58:20 PM »

https://twitter.com/dcheverere/status/1535409709896937473


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My 3rd grade nephew asked me if liked Imagine Dragons the other day and got me good.