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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: travel thread

« on: January 17, 2024, 03:50:03 PM »

To me the appeal of a cruise is fresh open breeze and/or breathtaking scenery.

Viking Cruises keeps the worst part of the cruise experience, (the close proximity to gross smelly people and bad food), and replaces the best part of a cruise, the Caribbean Sea or Alaskan glaciers and replaces them with gross ass muddy European rivers. Hard pass

I think with the price of Viking cruises you get good food & no gross smelly people. I’ve been on the Rhine River for a couple hours & enjoyed it. I think it would be a good way to travel. For me it’s more about a different way to travel Europe, but when it would come time to pay I think I’d just end up saving money & traveling around Europe by train/hotel.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: travel thread

« on: January 16, 2024, 09:30:41 PM »

Those Viking cruises look good to me.

Dude, agreed. I've never had a desire to go on a cruise, but those things seem more my speed. Naturally though, they cost a lot more bread.

Every once in a while I’ll spend an hour looking Viking cruises, but I know I’ll never spend the money.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: ReCATery (aka Sober Cats,800BETSOFF Cats,Like Chocoholics but for BoozeCats,etc)

« on: January 09, 2024, 03:24:56 PM »

I took lexapro for about 9 years and it helped A TON but I had a breakdown in July/august

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I started taking this 3 months ago after years of “encouragement” from my wife to try something.

I just have to say holy crap is this better. I should have done this a long time ago. If you’re on the fence like I was, at least go have a conversation with a doctor about it.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Signs of getting old

« on: January 09, 2024, 03:21:16 PM »

Had to order a daily pill dispenser because I kept forgetting if I took my medicine or not.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: best music albums oat ever

« on: January 07, 2024, 10:50:20 AM »

Summer in Abaddon - Pinback
The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me - Brand New
De-Loused In The Comatorium - The Mars Volta
Blue Album - Weezer

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: best music albums oat ever

« on: January 06, 2024, 11:35:33 PM »

Dark side of the moon

This. Also Appetite For Destruction.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Midwest Cheap

« on: January 04, 2024, 03:15:47 PM »

Phil bought an extra empty cup at QT for me to have at his house over Christmas. Mrs. Titola was mad at the waste of $0.32.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Midwest Cheap

« on: January 04, 2024, 03:08:51 PM »

I’ll pick up 20 tacos from truck on my way home from work. They charge $0.25 extra per taco for cheese. I don’t get cheese & just use the cheese in my fridge to save $5.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Midwest Cheap

« on: January 04, 2024, 12:00:44 PM »

Don't buy paper plates either for large gatherings, if we have pizza you can either put it on one of our reusable plates or grab a paper towel.

Paper plates cost way too much.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Signs of getting old

« on: December 28, 2023, 12:16:22 AM »

Mrs Hamburg has had shingles twice. First time was in HS & more rash/skin pain thing. Second time she was 25. It started up on a Saturday & I was 4 hours away in Manhattan at a football game. It was deeper in her side & she couldn’t get off the couch. She had to have a friend come lift her off. It didn’t show a rash. We went to multiple doctors & she did PT for a month trying to get the pain to go away. They sent her to a specialist (I can’t remember what kind). After 15 minutes of him being puzzled & looking down at the chart he said “this is a random question, but you haven’t had shingles have you?” She said yes. He just sighed & closed her chart. She had a shingles relapse.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Meade, KS update - ALERT

« on: December 27, 2023, 11:57:45 PM »

There are several Keller families around Ellis County.  Most of the ones I know were farm families around Ellis.  Hamburglar, are you from Hays?

I’m not from Hays, but I went to Fort Hays for a couple years before transferring to K-State. I met Mrs. Hamburg there & she stayed a few more semesters finishing her degree, so I spent a lot of time back in Hays my junior & senior year too.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Meade, KS update - ALERT

« on: December 27, 2023, 09:03:15 PM »

In Hays I used to regularly drink/party with a crazy guy from Meade. Everyone called him Cat, I think his real name was Mark Keller.  He lived a couple houses down. He was a bigger guy that was not to be messed with & very protective. He was the neighborhood regulator. Good guy.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Signs of getting old

« on: December 22, 2023, 11:00:00 PM »

My wife was mad she had to just walk out and didn’t get a wheelchair, lmao


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Those same day surgery places don’t messa around when it comes to getting people out the door.

My shoulder replacement was same day.  In at 6 am, recovery nurse was shaking me at 1 pm... time to wake up Mr Tom!  Let's set up and get you dressed.  Rolled me to the car, watch that sling, car door slams.  Good luck!


Tom

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I had my gall bladder taken out & I was in a wheelchair being wheeled out less than 10 minutes after waking up.

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

« on: December 14, 2023, 04:01:29 PM »

Knocked out both seasons Shoresy in the past 5 days.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Destination: SALINA!

« on: December 01, 2023, 10:14:27 AM »

Can someone give me the scoop on the Hickory Hut?
Never been before and I'm going to meet up with some buds there. What's the best thing to get?

Directions to scheme.

If it’s between 5:15-5:24 on a Tuesday.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Destination: SALINA!

« on: December 01, 2023, 09:03:37 AM »

Can someone give me the scoop on the Hickory Hut?
Never been before and I'm going to meet up with some buds there. What's the best thing to get?

I go there once or twice a year to pick up a hot link.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: McRib

« on: November 22, 2023, 07:29:59 PM »

Had one tonight. It scratched an itch.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: White people name, White people shame

« on: November 20, 2023, 10:25:53 AM »

Atley
Aven

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: travel thread

« on: November 16, 2023, 01:37:31 PM »

Is there a place that shows just scheduled arrivals at an airport for 8 months from now? I have a group of people coming from different airports meeting at the same location that I need to schedule & I’m trying to see if I can back into their schedules.

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Kansas State Football / Re: 2023 Dr pepper still in reach?

« on: November 16, 2023, 10:27:28 AM »

if we end up in a 3 way tie for 2nd place and don't make the ccg, nothing is stopping us from hanging a 2023 b12 champs flag

^gd right

Would be more legitimate than the Best Big12 Pregame & #1 College Town banners

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Kansas State Football / Re: 2023 Dr pepper still in reach?

« on: November 16, 2023, 10:01:01 AM »

So get an injunction to force the championship game to be postponed? Like what outcome could we possibly hope to achieve here.

At this point I’m just fan-fictioning what I hope Gene would have said yesterday morning. I also want him to come out & put out a statement that says it’s obvious the conference is lying about the clarification/change because of these data points & also tries to shame his fellow ADs for allowing a change to the rules to happen with 75% of the conference season done while he was taking the bullet for them by being on the playoff committee, but I know he won’t.

Basically I’m posting through it.

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Kansas State Football / Re: 2023 Dr pepper still in reach?

« on: November 16, 2023, 09:35:28 AM »

1. I think knowing the history of the rule, where it was copied from & the intent of the rule without the typo has some value. The Big12 looked at the Pac-12, knew the intent of the rule when they lifted it from the PAC-12 & knows this clarification is the opposite of the intended rule they sought when they lifted it.
2. Knowing it’s a typo, I want to know when the typo was made. The typo on the website is irrelevant if it was made in the web design process & it’s only on the website. There’s a chance it’s not even in the official rules that were voted on.

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Kansas State Football / Re: 2023 Dr pepper still in reach?

« on: November 16, 2023, 09:18:54 AM »

From a legal perspective, it is not a clarification but a change. The stupider course of action is to try to pretend it's a clarification instead of admitting it's a change. The Big XII chose to take the stupider route here.

But if I had to argue the Big XII's position in court, I would point to the comma and say the rule is legal gibberish as written, so some clarification is required. The Commissioner is authorized to clarify the rules. That's what he did.

It's just the intent of the rule was clear even if it was poorly drafted, and the "clarification" completely changed the intent of the rule.

Oh well.

It’s pretty clear that they lifted the rule from the PAC-12 and the comma was put in as a typo. I still wish someone would try to FOIA communications between a school & the Big12 office to see if there’s an email/communication that contains the proposed rule during the rule voting process to see if the typo is actually in the rule or if it’s just a typo on the website.

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Kansas State Football / Re: 2023 Dr pepper still in reach?

« on: November 16, 2023, 09:14:28 AM »

Looking at the conference web site, I don't see any reference to clarification regarding CCG play.  Did the "clarification" get released somewhere else where one could see exactly what it says?

That’s the weirdest part. Semi reputable reporters have said they received a statement, but even they haven’t published it as far as I know.

It’s chickenshit they’ve only emailed it out & didn’t do their normal press release process.

This tweet has a screen shot of the email to reporters.

https://twitter.com/glenn_kinley/status/1724908858601259426?s=46&t=ErlGZadBqbmnPNUCBSgcPA

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Kansas State Football / Re: 2023 Dr pepper still in reach?

« on: November 15, 2023, 05:16:07 PM »

They have already done it

As of 30 seconds ago they haven't announced anything, nor have they changed the procedure that's currently listed on the website.
https://big12sports.com/news/2008/7/31/1546006.aspx
I know this is hard for K-State fans and media but I'll actually wait to freakout until I'm given reason to. I still won't freak out though.

They already had the meeting and the outcome is decided, it will be released today.

Well, if this is the case and the ADs and/or the BOGs agreed to it, I'd hope that the meltdown would stop. Who the eff am I kidding though?

So, has there been anything official from the big12 or still speculation?  I can't figure out if we're still mad about tramel's article or some official word from the conference.

The Big12 emailed it out to reporters this afternoon.