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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: the rough ridin' moon
« on: September 18, 2024, 08:23:55 PM »
It was so bright last night
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: 2024 Presidential Race
« on: September 18, 2024, 04:48:20 PM »If Harris lands at even money anywhere watch max bets pour in as high as people can leverage it
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I mistyped the first time.
The line is now
Harris -120
Trump +126
So, we’re looking at Harris maintaining her post-debate swing, but according to Vegas things are tightening a bit?
The polls shown show the opposite with Harris’ lead widening.
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: 2024 Presidential Race
« on: September 18, 2024, 04:26:10 PM »
Not exactly sure what the difference between
Harris -101 v Trump +110, Harris -120 v Trump +126 is.
Harris -101 v Trump +110, Harris -120 v Trump +126 is.
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: 2024 Presidential Race
« on: September 18, 2024, 04:22:22 PM »
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: 2024 Presidential Race
« on: September 18, 2024, 04:20:55 PM »
The line was
Trump -108
Harris +114 yesterday.
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Possible WW3 thread
« on: September 17, 2024, 06:16:57 PM »nicname, I know this is a n00b question but how is the signal for a beeper/pager relayed? Doesn't it require a radio tower or something? Does a telecom own the tower or could a militia set up their own tower? I stopped using a pager about 15 years ago but I just assumed the signal came off of a cell tower at the time.SIAP, sounds like Israel made a bunch of Hezbollah pagers blow up today. Not sure if they hacked their batteries or sold them bombs labelled as pagers or what.
that hacker is amaze
seriously, does anyone still use an actual pager anymore?
https://x.com/khaybarjew/status/1836150852559736879
Many underground organizations, whether criminal, revolutionary or something else operate as much as they can outside of scope of surveillance, especially in other parts of the world. The movie “The Departed” is a good representation of this type of communication that still goes on to this day. I could be wrong, but I believe there are examples of this in the show The Old Man as well. Many go so far as to barely use anything more than in-person communication.
It’s similar to drug organizations using beepers and pay phones well after cellular technology became the norm.
I don’t know. I just watch the movies.
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Kansas State Football / Re: Skylar taking the field for Miami!
« on: September 17, 2024, 05:07:20 PM »
We do have a dedicated Skylar Thompson thread.
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Possible WW3 thread
« on: September 17, 2024, 05:06:41 PM »SIAP, sounds like Israel made a bunch of Hezbollah pagers blow up today. Not sure if they hacked their batteries or sold them bombs labelled as pagers or what.
that hacker is amaze
seriously, does anyone still use an actual pager anymore?
https://x.com/khaybarjew/status/1836150852559736879
Many underground organizations, whether criminal, revolutionary or something else operate as much as they can outside of scope of surveillance, especially in other parts of the world. The movie “The Departed” is a good representation of this type of communication that still goes on to this day. I could be wrong, but I believe there are examples of this in the show The Old Man as well. Many go so far as to barely use anything more than in-person communication.
It’s similar to drug organizations using beepers and pay phones well after cellular technology became the norm.
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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: competitive little kid sports
« on: September 16, 2024, 01:28:26 PM »That sucks about nicjr's acl
Worse, it’s his Achilles. He tore it last spring planting for a high jump. I feel really bad for him. He’s not a super-stud or anything, but he likes sports and is usually a starter or one of the first off the bench for the “A” team in the sports that he played.
I try to teach him to be a great teammate and put others before himself, but I know it gets old going to practice and games and not being able to suit up. He’s been doing this since spring in baseball and now football.
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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: competitive little kid sports
« on: September 16, 2024, 12:34:39 PM »CF3 jr's football career has been tough so far.
Week 1 the freshmen had their game shortened to 8 min quarters after a 1 hour lightning delay and they got demolished so the 2nd half was a running clock- he didn't get into the game and was pretty sad. They were going to do a 5th quarter but because of the delay they didn't.
Week 2 the freshmen had an absolute barnburner of a game and won in OT! But.... he didn't get in the game. Coach told him if it had been not as close either way he would've got some snaps but it didn't happen. It really was a hell of a game and I know the coach wanted to get the kids a win to build for their growth so I'm good and so is my kid.
Overall he was good but I know it's been tough since he's done so much work. I'm friends with the varsity coach and he found me after the game and told me my kid is a great worker and should keep going. I'm incredibly proud of his hard work and resilience, and I'm trying to raise a man, so the playing time is small potatoes. But that drive home after week 1 was pretty sad.
Sports man. So much to learn. Let's all keep crap in perspective this fall as our kids play sports. This is kid stuff. What's important is being healthy and active, learning to work as a team, learning to be resilient, seeing improvement work over time.
I'm a bit of a progressive when it comes to youth sports but IMO in a goddam freshman high school game, everyone that has been showing up to practice and working should get snaps every game. If you lose, who gives a crap! Playing time keeps kids engaged, gets more kids more experience, and builds the program for varsity. Not playing everyone in a blowout is especially mumped up.
You said it more succinctly than I did in my rant last night. Very well said.
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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: competitive little kid sports
« on: September 15, 2024, 10:16:47 PM »
Nicname jr is out for the season (may get to practice a bit at the end, but not sure) with an Achilles tear had him sidelined since April, so this has nothing to do with him or his playing time. That said I was really frustrated watching the freshman game last Monday.
We won a close game, and have about 33 freshmen out for the team. This number of guys is something the head coach is proud of and wants to see with the younger classes going forward. Loves the numbers. But as I’m watching the game I’m watching the same 9-10 guys play nearly every snap both ways. There was some minimal subbing on the DL and a couple of plays for one linebacker off the bench. the starters also made up the majority of the special teams, and they didn’t try to kick extra points despite having a kid who is true from 35-yds in. Also didn’t use punt formation. Just quick kicks.
That recipe will never build a real winner in big class football. You need depth, and you build depth and a team by showing guys you trust them to at least be in the rotation. That’s what freshman/jv is for. If you don’t those kids have no reason to keep working, keep lifting and eventually they quit. Practices aren’t competitive, and you never build the depth you actually need to win at the varsity level.
I asked my son about it and he said they dont even have a depth chart.
We won a close game, and have about 33 freshmen out for the team. This number of guys is something the head coach is proud of and wants to see with the younger classes going forward. Loves the numbers. But as I’m watching the game I’m watching the same 9-10 guys play nearly every snap both ways. There was some minimal subbing on the DL and a couple of plays for one linebacker off the bench. the starters also made up the majority of the special teams, and they didn’t try to kick extra points despite having a kid who is true from 35-yds in. Also didn’t use punt formation. Just quick kicks.
That recipe will never build a real winner in big class football. You need depth, and you build depth and a team by showing guys you trust them to at least be in the rotation. That’s what freshman/jv is for. If you don’t those kids have no reason to keep working, keep lifting and eventually they quit. Practices aren’t competitive, and you never build the depth you actually need to win at the varsity level.
I asked my son about it and he said they dont even have a depth chart.
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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: competitive little kid sports
« on: September 15, 2024, 06:40:27 PM »
Looking good, coach! Defense wins championships!
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Kansas State Football / Re: 2024 Other Games Master Thread
« on: September 15, 2024, 02:58:27 PM »
Arch Manning
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Kansas State Football / Re: 2024 Other Games Master Thread
« on: September 14, 2024, 03:26:30 PM »Brian Kelly unfired himself
You don’t love to see it
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: 2024 Presidential Race
« on: September 13, 2024, 10:30:33 AM »First Taylor and now Rick? Wow
https://x.com/RickSteves/status/1834390853701497229
Is Rick introducing himself as a Freemason?
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Kansas State Football / Re: Smoke your cigars and enjoy the band while you can....
« on: September 12, 2024, 01:19:20 PM »
Yeah, as to Rusty’s point, I can see the PAC staying small at 8 or so, and hoping Cal, Stan, Utah, Zona or ASU eventually get cold feet and want to come back and play out west.
That’s always been my pipe dream for the Big 8 teams that left us, but the schools mentioned above aren’t in the B10 and SEC, actually thinking better of things makes more sense for them.
I don’t understand all the legal ramifications or GOR stuff that they have going on tho.
That’s always been my pipe dream for the Big 8 teams that left us, but the schools mentioned above aren’t in the B10 and SEC, actually thinking better of things makes more sense for them.
I don’t understand all the legal ramifications or GOR stuff that they have going on tho.
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Kansas State Football / Re: Smoke your cigars and enjoy the band while you can....
« on: September 12, 2024, 01:15:35 PM »all of this is stupid
I mean functionally OSU and WSU aligning with these schools makes a lot of sense. Definitely one of the more sensible realignments we've seen.
Agree.
I think a conference w some semblance of
OSU
Wazzu
Boise
Utah St
Fresno
SDSU
Nevada
UNLV
Colo St
Wyo
New Mexico
And bball only adds of Zaga and St Mary’s would be pretty sweet.
I don’t know which fat would be best to cut if you want to keep the conference smaller.
9 footbal playing members allows for an 8 game RR in football w/ a 20 gm RR in bball.
10 allows for a 9 game RR in football but muddies things a bit for bball.
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: OFFICIAL: What Animals Do You Think You Could Take In A Fight Thread
« on: September 11, 2024, 07:21:46 PM »
It seems SD’s hubris is acting up again. It wouldn’t take more than 25 well-trained otters to maul any unwitting human’s face clean off.
Honestly, those numbers are probably conservative. The average male American River Otter is 3.75 feet long and weighs roughly 22 lbs.
A highly energized and focused gang of no more than a handful is going to leave most in an absolute world of hurt, including our friend with two first names.
Honestly, those numbers are probably conservative. The average male American River Otter is 3.75 feet long and weighs roughly 22 lbs.
A highly energized and focused gang of no more than a handful is going to leave most in an absolute world of hurt, including our friend with two first names.
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: 2024 Presidential Race
« on: September 11, 2024, 02:36:20 PM »
The line was
Trump -108
Harris +114 yesterday.
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: 2024 Presidential Race
« on: September 11, 2024, 02:34:49 PM »bettors are notorious chuds fwiw
Oddsmakers are not.
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: 2024 Presidential Race
« on: September 11, 2024, 02:14:12 PM »
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: 2024 Presidential Race
« on: September 11, 2024, 01:57:38 PM »
Channel 5 should do some “boots on the ground” reporting from Aurora, Co and Springfield, OH
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Journalist persecution/heroism (lol, thread is re: journalist self-importance)
« on: September 11, 2024, 11:35:38 AM »https://x.com/merissahansen17/status/1833711322577375511?s=19
Sour grapes on her part, but I get the sentiment, especially when Musk, the owner of a monetized site, chooses not to just retweet/quote-tweet her story that he seemingly agrees with.
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: 2024 Presidential Race
« on: September 10, 2024, 07:36:50 PM »
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: 2024 Presidential Race
« on: September 10, 2024, 07:34:42 PM »
Vegas
Trump -108
Harris +114
Trump -108
Harris +114