Rotor Challenge Cafe

No discussion of the debate or Trump interview in this thread. I'm putting this thread below the Debate/Interview thread because I know people don't like posting in anything but the top thread. So people who want to talk politics have their own thread -- and they keep it in that thread. Let this thread be for relaxing.

What your cat gets up to when you're trying to sleep.

I could do this if I just stretch my hammies a bit.

I could do this too, but right now I'm carb-loading.

Evil river otters.

Short runway landing.

Nostalgia 95 (TM).

Dog steals a GoPro.

Parenting.

#RotorChallenge. #CalltheMorgue.

Fed! Fed! Fed! Fed!

Ice cream truck! Ice cream truck!

Friends for life.. 😊 pic.twitter.com/hopjLi2ktD
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) August 23, 2023

Unique drone footage of one of Austria's highest mountains.pic.twitter.com/oBTfYEYroI
— Figen (@TheFigen_) August 23, 2023

Men at work! 😂pic.twitter.com/TKVO51g1Hp
— Figen (@TheFigen_) August 23, 2023

Touching the sky.pic.twitter.com/5HxlgFsj1b
— Figen (@TheFigen_) August 23, 2023

Posted by: Ace at 07:03 PM

Comments

(Jump to bottom of comments)

1 Howdy!

Posted by: JQ at August 23, 2023 07:03 PM (Gkog9)

2 It's peaceful in here. Nice.

Posted by: bluebell at August 23, 2023 07:05 PM (pTb/Z)

3 My Cat goes outside for the night. LOL

Posted by: JQ at August 23, 2023 07:06 PM (Gkog9)

4 Roomy in here

Posted by: JQ at August 23, 2023 07:06 PM (Gkog9)

5 >>>What your cat gets up to when you're trying to sleep.

Notice how the cat only harasses the gal, never the guy. I'm thinking there's a reason for that.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at August 23, 2023 07:06 PM (klJTj)

6 Not gonna nood. I like the peace & quiet

Posted by: JQ at August 23, 2023 07:06 PM (Gkog9)

7 What your cat gets up to when you're trying to sleep.
---
My cat Penny can get active at night when I'm trying to sleep, but nothing like that.

If Penny behaved like that, she'd be sleeping in the sunroom until she learned to behave.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 23, 2023 07:07 PM (BpYfr)

8 My cat Duke is the snuggliest guy, purrs if you just look at him, But in the morning he will bite my chin, ears, nose, whatever is uncovered if I'm not up at his feeding time.

Posted by: Lincolntf at August 23, 2023 07:08 PM (2cS/G)

9 I feel really relaxed.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 23, 2023 07:08 PM (guGkK)

10 Early Cafe.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 23, 2023 07:08 PM (NpAcC)

11 Bryce Harper lol. 112.9mph 9th inning HR to tie the game. Hahahah

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 23, 2023 07:09 PM (iTezU)

12 >>>I could do this if I just stretch my hammies a bit.

Watch the people in the background. Video has been sped up.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at August 23, 2023 07:09 PM (klJTj)

13 Police Truck!

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at August 23, 2023 07:09 PM (Eeb9P)

14 The Fed dog is funny. Fooling no one

Posted by: bluebell at August 23, 2023 07:10 PM (pTb/Z)

15 good.

if I had any less interest in the so-called "debate" it would rend the fabric of space-time asunder.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 23, 2023 07:11 PM (vbuLV)

16 I think I will skip the political side of things tonight and see if I can finish reading Larry Niven's The Ringworld Engineers instead.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 23, 2023 07:12 PM (BpYfr)

17 Austria....Used to be an Empire, you know. And look at it now...

Posted by: runner at August 23, 2023 07:13 PM (V13WU)

18 Anybody for Bridge?

Posted by: fd at August 23, 2023 07:13 PM (vFG9F)

19 Guy walks the first two batters and the manager says, "WTF. I'll let him face Harper YOLO!"

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at August 23, 2023 07:13 PM (Eeb9P)

20 FUN FACT: At 3798 meters, the Großglockner checks in as Austria's highest mountain.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 23, 2023 07:14 PM (guGkK)

21 17 Austria....Used to be an Empire, you know. And look at it now...
Posted by: runner at August 23, 2023 07:13 PM (V13WU)

Don't remind us.

Posted by: The Habsburgs at August 23, 2023 07:14 PM (PiwSw)

22 Austria....Used to be an Empire, you know. And look at it now...

You know who grew up in Austria?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 23, 2023 07:15 PM (guGkK)

23 Fed Dog is like "Why do you do this to me?"

Posted by: gp's Dark Energy Acceleration at August 23, 2023 07:15 PM (MvF+J)

24 I love Go Pro doggie's ears.

Posted by: That Northernlurker what lurkd at August 23, 2023 07:15 PM (aCNZ6)

25 Sorry to intrude on the cafe, but I just got here...

"Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin is feared dead after a plane -- with his name on the passenger list - crashed in Russia tonight, two months after his failed coup attempt against Putin."
---

First of all, who's fearing this? Anybody? Really? And second of all, it wasn't a "failed coup," any more than J6 was.

The manner of b.s. propaganda about what's happening over there is breathtaking at times. Damn near every word in the corporate press is a lie, including the "the's" and "ands."

Posted by: BurtTC at August 23, 2023 07:16 PM (dGCAG)

26 Bryce Harper lol. 112.9mph 9th inning HR to tie the game. Hahahah
Posted by: Thesokorus at August 23, 2023 07:09 PM (iTezU)

Do they get extra runs for faster speeds?

I really don't get this fascination with the speed of hit balls.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 23, 2023 07:17 PM (dGCAG)

27 How do you create a Fed Dog? Feed him.

Posted by: gp's Dark Energy Acceleration at August 23, 2023 07:17 PM (MvF+J)

28 Good evening horde!

Posted by: TRex at August 23, 2023 07:18 PM (IQ6Gq)

29 Fed Dog is like "Why do you do this to me?"
Posted by: gp's Dark Energy Acceleration at August 23, 2023 07:15 PM (MvF+J)
*****
For the social media clicks and likes.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 23, 2023 07:18 PM (NpAcC)

30 Yes, parenting is exactly like that, and when the kids get older, it only differs in kind, not in degree.

The dog covered in sheeps' wool made me laugh when he looked at the sheep: "Not one step closer, or you know what I'll do."

Posted by: RebeccaH at August 23, 2023 07:18 PM (JI6AV)

31 You know who grew up in Austria?

==

Mozart!

Posted by: runner at August 23, 2023 07:19 PM (V13WU)

32 The worst my cats ever did was use my hip as a landing pad when they jumped off the windowsill.

.. which was startling enough when I was asleep, but still.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 23, 2023 07:19 PM (ou9hh)

33 The baby alone with the dog is a big YIKES for me.

Posted by: DaisyB at August 23, 2023 07:20 PM (AbL8c)

34 I would have done that swing jump into the net mumble, mumble years ago. In a heart beat.
Now I'm not sure my heart would keep beating.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 23, 2023 07:20 PM (B95fm)

35 FUN FACT: At 3798 meters, the Großglockner checks in as Austria's highest mountain.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 23, 2023 07:14 PM (guGkK)

What's that in real numbers?

Posted by: BurtTC at August 23, 2023 07:20 PM (dGCAG)

36 The manner of b.s. propaganda about what's happening over there is breathtaking at times. Damn near every word in the corporate press is a lie, including the "the's" and "ands."
Posted by: BurtTC at August 23, 2023 07:16 PM (dGCAG)

No different than any other subject.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 23, 2023 07:20 PM (NlOOx)

37 My cats pester me for attention, not for food. They gotta have it.

Posted by: gp's Dark Energy Acceleration at August 23, 2023 07:21 PM (MvF+J)

38 33 The baby alone with the dog is a big YIKES for me.

Posted by: DaisyB at August 23, 2023 07:20 PM (AbL8c)

++++

The person with the camera was there too.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at August 23, 2023 07:21 PM (klJTj)

39 That is one spaz cat.

Posted by: eleven at August 23, 2023 07:21 PM (iziT8)

40 35 FUN FACT: At 3798 meters, the Großglockner checks in as Austria's highest mountain.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 23, 2023 07:14 PM (guGkK)

What's that in real numbers?

forty-two!

Posted by: deep thought at August 23, 2023 07:21 PM (v3pYe)

41 17 Austria....Used to be an Empire, you know. And look at it now...

I guess they just weren't Hungary enough for it.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 23, 2023 07:22 PM (I/Qkd)

42 I think I will skip the political side of things tonight and see if I can finish reading Larry Niven's The Ringworld Engineers instead.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 23, 2023 07:12 PM (BpYfr)

The Pak never do small things. They do enormous things on planetary scales.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 23, 2023 07:22 PM (xhaym)

43 Hello! And goodnight, I'm cooking tonight.
I'll check out the thread later.
Thanks ace and cobs.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at August 23, 2023 07:22 PM (MeG8a)

44 Oooooh. Nice forest.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 23, 2023 07:22 PM (OX9vb)

45 I think I will skip the political side of things tonight and see if I can finish reading Larry Niven's The Ringworld Engineers instead.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

The 1st time you've read it?
I have probably read it 4 or 5 times (of course all the Louis Wu books have to be read in order!).

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 23, 2023 07:23 PM (B95fm)

46 The manner of b.s. propaganda about what's happening over there is breathtaking at times. Damn near every word in the corporate press is a lie, including the "the's" and "ands."
Posted by: BurtTC at August 23, 2023 07:16 PM (dGCAG)

No different than any other subject.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 23, 2023 07:20 PM (NlOOx)

True, but unlike other subjects, this one could result in WWIII (with nooks!), and nobody in our government (or corporate press) seem the least bit worried about that.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 23, 2023 07:23 PM (dGCAG)

47 You know who grew up in Austria?
==
Mozart!
Posted by: runner at August 23, 2023 07:19 PM (V13WU)
*****
Arnold Schwarzenegger?

Posted by: redridinghood at August 23, 2023 07:23 PM (NpAcC)

48 "You know who grew up in Austria?"

That's easy. Australians.

Posted by: fd at August 23, 2023 07:23 PM (vFG9F)

49 Bryce Harper lol. 112.9mph 9th inning HR to tie the game. Hahahah
Posted by: Thesokorus at August 23, 2023 07:09 PM (iTezU)

Do they get extra runs for faster speeds?

I really don't get this fascination with the speed of hit balls.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 23, 2023 07:17 PM (dGCAG)

113mph is close to the hardest ever hit dude. You don't get extra runs for a third deck or hitting it all the way out or for an inside the park homerun either. Or for a double after 3 errors you still get a double. And you get one run for stealing home too just like getting walked in.

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 23, 2023 07:23 PM (kdsFl)

50 22 You know who grew up in Austria?

david copperfield?

Posted by: anachronda at August 23, 2023 07:23 PM (v3pYe)

51 The Magic Kittuh hour seems to be around 3-4 AM. When I used to Kittuh sit for my sister, her cats would get the zoomies arou 0300. Didn't matter as I was up anyway (worked mids). During the day, they just slept, like me. If I slept to long, two kittuhs would kindly prod me awake (poke poke poke, MEOW, poke poke poke, MEOW)etc.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 23, 2023 07:23 PM (0chEi)

52 You know who grew up in Astoria?

Hillary Brooke!

Posted by: Mr. Bacciagalupe at August 23, 2023 07:24 PM (83IzV)

53 Yes yes. I am sure Stan Musial would be unimpressed by a 113mph HR. I mean it's just a HR.

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 23, 2023 07:24 PM (kdsFl)

54 You know who grew up in Austria?
==
Mozart!
Posted by: runner at August 23, 2023 07:19 PM (V13WU)
*****
Arnold Schwarzenegger?
Posted by: redridinghood at August 23, 2023 07:23 PM (NpAcC)

Fräulein Maria !

Posted by: runner at August 23, 2023 07:25 PM (V13WU)

55 22 Austria....Used to be an Empire, you know. And look at it now...

You know who grew up in Austria?
Posted by: Cicero

Mozart?

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 23, 2023 07:25 PM (0chEi)

56 50 22 You know who grew up in Austria?

david copperfield?
Posted by: anachronda at August 23, 2023 07:23 PM (v3pYe)
******
The Austrian Mafia?

Posted by: redridinghood at August 23, 2023 07:25 PM (NpAcC)

57 Wow. Good ones, Ace.

Posted by: wth at August 23, 2023 07:25 PM (v0R5T)

58 113mph is close to the hardest ever hit dude.
Posted by: Thesokorus at August 23, 2023 07:23 PM (kdsFl)

I doubt that. They only started measuring this on teevee broadcasts a few years ago.

Going out on a limb and saying Turkey Stearns prolly hit harder balls than that.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 23, 2023 07:25 PM (dGCAG)

59 My cat just walks on me and wants pets for a bout 1 minute, then leaves. About 5 times a night !

Posted by: Hillary's box of wine at August 23, 2023 07:25 PM (NtVYv)

60 So, a question for military types. Grandson was in boot camp in SD in Corps. Week 7/8. Now he's home with tonsil problems and they said he can reapply in 6 months. Sounds hinky to me.

Posted by: Infidel at August 23, 2023 07:26 PM (n2500)

61 No MLB guys used to just stand and listen to Jimmy Fox take BP. Because the sound.

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 23, 2023 07:26 PM (kdsFl)

62 The Austrian Mafia?
Posted by: redridinghood at August 23, 2023 07:25 PM

I heard that about Copperfield. Straight up gangster, he was.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 23, 2023 07:26 PM (dGCAG)

63 That was a clip from this underground hit movie: "CATNADO!"

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at August 23, 2023 07:27 PM (e6UQI)

64 I doubt that. They only started measuring this on teevee broadcasts a few years ago.

Going out on a limb and saying Turkey Stearns prolly hit harder balls than that.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 23, 2023 07:25 PM (dGCAG)

*cringes*

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 23, 2023 07:27 PM (kdsFl)

65 No MLB guys used to just stand and listen to Jimmy Fox take BP. Because the sound.
Posted by: Thesokorus at August 23, 2023 07:26 PM (kdsFl)

That's gay.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 23, 2023 07:27 PM (dGCAG)

66 "You know who grew up in Austria?"

von Mises, Schumpeter, Hayek?

Posted by: gp's Dark Energy Acceleration at August 23, 2023 07:27 PM (MvF+J)

67 I climb de Alps... barefoot.

Posted by: Ahnold at August 23, 2023 07:28 PM (v0R5T)

68 Love me some Austria scenery. Very pretty place.

Posted by: TRex at August 23, 2023 07:29 PM (IQ6Gq)

69 I climb de Alps... barefoot.
Posted by: Ahnold

After what you did as gov of CA, please go back to *your* alps and leave us alone.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 23, 2023 07:29 PM (B95fm)

70 "Now he's home with tonsil problems and they said he can reapply in 6 months. Sounds hinky to me.
Posted by: Infidel"

I know they don't want health and teeth problems with recruits so maybe they want them to get better or removed. That's too bad he had to go home after getting so far.

Posted by: fd at August 23, 2023 07:29 PM (vFG9F)

71 "You know who grew up in Austria?"

Boltzmann, Doppler, Godel, Pauli, Schrodinger, Mach? Buncha eggheads.

Posted by: gp's Dark Energy Acceleration at August 23, 2023 07:30 PM (MvF+J)

72 "You know who grew up in Austria?"

==

Ok, fine. SIGMUND FREUD.

Posted by: runner at August 23, 2023 07:30 PM (V13WU)

73 Exit velocity is one of the metrics the quant guys use to evaluate players. It is thought to convey how often a hitter hits the ball squarely and what is the bat's acceleration thru the strike zone.

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at August 23, 2023 07:30 PM (Eeb9P)

74 After what you did as gov of CA, please go back to *your* alps and leave us alone.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 23, 2023 07:29 PM (B95fm)

Fat chance. He's going to be advocating to have you arrested for not getting a booster this fall.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 23, 2023 07:31 PM (dGCAG)

75 So, a question for military types. Grandson was in boot camp in SD in Corps. Week 7/8. Now he's home with tonsil problems and they said he can reapply in 6 months. Sounds hinky to me.
Posted by: Infidel at August 23, 2023 07:26 PM (n2500)

Afraid he might have measles or something and spread it?

Posted by: Oldcat at August 23, 2023 07:31 PM (eoQWY)

76 Exit velocity is one of the metrics the quant guys use to evaluate players. It is thought to convey how often a hitter hits the ball squarely and what is the bat's acceleration thru the strike zone.
Posted by: Jamaica NYC at August 23, 2023 07:30 PM (Eeb9P)

I just think it's cool.

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 23, 2023 07:31 PM (kdsFl)

77 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2023 07:31 PM (MOY79)

78 Posted by: Infidel at August 23, 2023 07:26 PM (n2500)

Sounds like he got MedSep'd. Back in the day, they a rehab unit for certain conditions that would take you out of the rotation for a couple of weeks, then put you back in at the level you were at when you were injured (sprains, ligaments, etc.) but anything more than that would get you medically separated.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 23, 2023 07:32 PM (YRsIm)

79 Let this thread be for relaxing.
......

tell that to the Japanese kid doing backflips all over the concrete

Posted by: wth at August 23, 2023 07:32 PM (v0R5T)

80 Exit velocity is one of the metrics the quant guys use to evaluate players. It is thought to convey how often a hitter hits the ball squarely and what is the bat's acceleration thru the strike zone.
Posted by: Jamaica NYC at August 23, 2023 07:30 PM (Eeb9P)

Or they could just watch the game.

These statheads are part of what's wrong about MLB these days.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 23, 2023 07:32 PM (dGCAG)

81 Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 23, 2023 07:29 PM (B95fm)

Fat chance. He's going to be advocating to have you arrested for not getting a booster this fall.
Posted by: BurtTC

Laugher will ensue and continue unquenched.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 23, 2023 07:33 PM (B95fm)

82 Will somebody call nood when there is a thing about that thing?

Posted by: fd at August 23, 2023 07:33 PM (vFG9F)

83 Exit velocity is one of the metrics the quant guys use to evaluate players. It is thought to convey how often a hitter hits the ball squarely and what is the bat's acceleration thru the strike zone.
Posted by: Jamaica NYC at August 23, 2023 07:30 PM (Eeb9P)

you foul one straight back likely its going 80-90 mph just like the pitch was. So that is only 30 miles faster than the worst you can do.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 23, 2023 07:33 PM (eoQWY)

84 The HodgeTwins should be broadcasting this debate. Commentary would be yuge.

Posted by: Braenyard at August 23, 2023 07:33 PM (lCWOD)

85 I really don't get this fascination with the speed of hit balls.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 23, 2023 07:17 PM (dGCAG)

Won't be too long before they come to the plate at that speed.

Posted by: Javems at August 23, 2023 07:33 PM (AmoqO)

86 Love me some Austria scenery. Very pretty place.
Posted by: TRex at August 23, 2023 07:29 PM (IQ6Gq)

Come see the other side of Mauthausen!

Posted by: The Mauthausen Tourism Commission at August 23, 2023 07:33 PM (guGkK)

87 "You know who grew up in Austria?"

Mozart?

Posted by: Tuna at August 23, 2023 07:33 PM (gLRfa)

88 Mentioned quite a few times here when younger I wanted to do free fall skydiving just once, never got too.

Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2023 07:34 PM (MOY79)

89 So are we thinking Ohtani is done?

Posted by: Dr. T at August 23, 2023 07:34 PM (m9hmt)

90 71 "You know who grew up in Austria?"

That Gaston guy what made the bang sticks?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 23, 2023 07:34 PM (PiwSw)

91 My cat Duke is the snuggliest guy, purrs if you just look at him, But in the morning he will bite my chin, ears, nose, whatever is uncovered if I'm not up at his feeding time.
Posted by: Lincolntf at August 23, 2023 07:08 PM (2cS/G)

I trained the first cats I had in the 80s not to bother me in bed in the mornings. Since then the cats have trained each other without me doing anything, about 4 cat generations later.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 23, 2023 07:35 PM (eoQWY)

92 thanks fd.

Posted by: Infidel at August 23, 2023 07:35 PM (n2500)

93 "What your cat gets up to when you're trying to sleep."

The khets was driven mad by that horrid wallpaper.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 23, 2023 07:35 PM (9yUzE)

94 Highest point in Austria-12,461 ft.

Highest point in Australia-7,310 ft.

Highest point in Astoria, Queens-26 ft.

Posted by: Gettin' High at August 23, 2023 07:36 PM (83IzV)

95 "You know who grew up in Austria?"

Lizzo?

Posted by: Dr. T, European History PhD at August 23, 2023 07:36 PM (m9hmt)

96 Friends for Life -- so beautiful and yet, sad, to know the baby will someday lose his dear friend.

Posted by: JM in Fla/Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at August 23, 2023 07:36 PM (lT3tg)

97
g'early evenin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 23, 2023 07:37 PM (ENBF0)

98 ..I really don't get this fascination with the speed of hit balls. Posted by: BurtTC at August 23, 2023 07:17 PM (dGCAG)

Ruth Buzzi's Purse says "Hi!"

/laugh in

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at August 23, 2023 07:37 PM (e6UQI)

99 You know who grew up in Austria?"

Mozart?
Posted by: Tuna at August 23, 2023 07:33 PM (gLRfa)
******
Wolfgang Puck
and
Hitler.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 23, 2023 07:37 PM (NpAcC)

100 Highest point in Austria-12,461 ft.

Is it higher in metric?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 23, 2023 07:37 PM (guGkK)

101 you foul one straight back likely its going 80-90 mph just like the pitch was. So that is only 30 miles faster than the worst you can do.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 23, 2023 07:33 PM (eoQWY)

Come on dude. Deflecting a ball is not same same as squaring it up and driving it.

The ball bounced off the left field pole into damn near center field.

It's just a cool thing. Like how fast a car goes in the 1/4 mile.

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 23, 2023 07:37 PM (kdsFl)

102 Lamont got taken in by that rotor challenge

Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2023 07:38 PM (MOY79)

103 thanks guys.

Posted by: Infidel at August 23, 2023 07:38 PM (n2500)

104 Piffle. Highest point in Arizona 12,637 feet (3,852 m).

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 23, 2023 07:38 PM (B95fm)

105 Lizzo might eat the grossglocken.

Posted by: gp's Dark Energy Acceleration at August 23, 2023 07:38 PM (MvF+J)

106 60 So, a question for military types. Grandson was in boot camp in SD in Corps. Week 7/8. Now he's home with tonsil problems and they said he can reapply in 6 months. Sounds hinky to me.
Posted by: Infidel at August 23, 2023 07:26 PM (n2500)

-------------

Tonsils is a no go, but if he wanted to get his dick cut off, he would go to the head of the line.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at August 23, 2023 07:38 PM (gwFMs)

107 von Mises, Schumpeter, Hayek?
Posted by: gp's Dark Energy Acceleration at August 23, 2023 07:27 PM (MvF+J)

You forgot Menger

Posted by: Kindltot at August 23, 2023 07:39 PM (xhaym)

108 Exit velocity is a guy thing. The Yankees suck horribly right now, PTL, and fans want Cashman fired for too much analytics in player development. I find Cashman, Boone and the whole Yankee staff to be awesome.

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at August 23, 2023 07:39 PM (Eeb9P)

109 Been up since 2:15 so I am not staying up for a debate that I don't think matters

Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2023 07:39 PM (MOY79)

110 I'd live to knkw how fast Rickey and Loy Brock ran to second on a steal. Or how fast yadi got the ball to second.

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 23, 2023 07:39 PM (kdsFl)

111 Why is it called the foul pole when it's fair if you hit it?

Posted by: Rubs Me The Wrong Way at August 23, 2023 07:40 PM (83IzV)

112 I can see the attraction of skydiving. Jumped in the army. That was good enough for me.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 23, 2023 07:40 PM (hv9bm)

113 I, I didn't read the content before commenting
I usually read the content first but this time I didn't.
I had an original thought and was so astounded I
wanted to share it. Next time I'll read the content first, promise. XX

Posted by: Braenyard at August 23, 2023 07:40 PM (lCWOD)

114 Does anybody know which browsers work with AOSHQ?
iOS safari and Brave don’t work
Any suggestions?

Posted by: Goat balls at August 23, 2023 07:40 PM (BeCIn)

115

Nostalgia 95 (TM).

https://tinyurl.com/ykrsrt72

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 23, 2023 07:40 PM (63Dwl)

116 I always forget Menger!

Posted by: gp's Dark Energy Acceleration at August 23, 2023 07:40 PM (MvF+J)

117 114 Chrome on Linux.

Posted by: gp's Dark Energy Acceleration at August 23, 2023 07:41 PM (MvF+J)

118 G'nite, Skip.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at August 23, 2023 07:42 PM (Xrfse)

119 Evening.

Posted by: Robert at August 23, 2023 07:42 PM (6l/0x)

120 I always forget Menger!
Posted by: gp's Dark Energy Acceleration at August 23, 2023 07:40 PM (MvF+J)

That's OK, but you also forgot Klemens von Metternich, without whom, none of this would have been necessary.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 23, 2023 07:43 PM (xhaym)

121 stretch my hammies

Hampsters?

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko stuff at August 23, 2023 07:43 PM (VePT1)

122 Incidentally, the guy on the head of the Blackhawk...Surely that was a spoof.

First of all he'd depart the head before the rotor speed even approached flight idle at flat pitch. And when he left, he'd make contact with the blade as he fell through the rotor disc. The blade probably weighs about 70 lbs. I wouldn't want to be there when that happened.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 23, 2023 07:43 PM (YRsIm)

123 Never pay a player off their walk year numbers. I have seen that stunt in every sport I watch. Ohtani is very good player, but, he will not come within 90% of this year's output. He will be a DH in two years

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at August 23, 2023 07:44 PM (Eeb9P)

124 Does anybody know which browsers work with AOSHQ?
iOS safari and Brave don’t work
Any suggestions?
Posted by: Goat balls at August 23, 2023 07:40 PM (BeCIn)

You wouldn't have heard of mine. You have to download a server via packets and then use the command line to acces the router but it is very customizable.

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 23, 2023 07:44 PM (kdsFl)

125 My iPad loves the Ace

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at August 23, 2023 07:44 PM (Eeb9P)

126 Yeah, I hardly give Menger a thought lately. Unger, though, is always on my mind.

Posted by: Andre' LePlume at August 23, 2023 07:45 PM (83IzV)

127 First of all he'd depart the head before the rotor speed even approached flight idle at flat pitch. And when he left, he'd make contact with the blade as he fell through the rotor disc. The blade probably weighs about 70 lbs. I wouldn't want to be there when that happened.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 23, 2023 07:43 PM (YRsIm)

That was a CGI. Funny, but basically a cartoon.

Should have dubbed in a cartoon coyote instead

Posted by: Kindltot at August 23, 2023 07:45 PM (xhaym)

128 Short runway landing.
__________

That's WWI style. You know, they used to just build platforms over battleships' turrets, and take off from there.

The reason Japanese carriers had those long bows beyond the flight decks was that, in the 20s, fighters could take off from them.

Posted by: Eeyore at August 23, 2023 07:45 PM (brAQZ)

129 I am sure spinning at 1000s rpm the human body would start breaking away.

Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2023 07:45 PM (MOY79)

130 You wouldn't have heard of mine. You have to download a server via packets and then use the command line to acces the router but it is very customizable.
Posted by: Thesokorus at August 23, 2023 07:44 PM (kdsFl)

Wow, dude. You have a hipster OS? I bet that really kills the chicks down at the Slam LAN parties.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 23, 2023 07:46 PM (xhaym)

131 Bed time
Have a great evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2023 07:46 PM (MOY79)

132 I am sure spinning at 1000s rpm the human body would start breaking away.
Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2023 07:45 PM (MOY79)

There was only one Amazing Randy! And you're not him!

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 23, 2023 07:47 PM (lgKyC)

133 Snow white and the eight dwarfs. DeSantis down to 12% in latest poll. I would like them to be asked do you support a total ban on abortion?

Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at August 23, 2023 07:47 PM (WbUg1)

134 I'm fairly certain that Lamont is dipping into Fred's secret cellar and hitting his prized, reserve stash of ripple.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at August 23, 2023 07:47 PM (fY84s)

135 123 ... Ohtani is very good player, but, he will not come within 90% of this year's output. He will be a DH in two years
Posted by: Jamaica NYC at August

Boogie, Boogie, Boogie

Posted by: Braenyard at August 23, 2023 07:47 PM (lCWOD)

136 Mentioned quite a few times here when younger I wanted to do free fall skydiving just once, never got too.
Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2023 07:34 PM (MOY79)

////

Lost interest?.Couldn't you go now? You may have to make a few preliminary jumps before you get free fall jump. I jumped once, but I'm so old it was when they let you pull your own rip cord.

Posted by: JM in Fla/Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at August 23, 2023 07:47 PM (olBoL)

137 Well, had to break the dinner plate for the last brood of mallards.

Once they are old enough to fly, and come walking int the garage demanding to be fed....

Yeh guys, get a job.

Entitlement program is closed.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 23, 2023 07:47 PM (1n+EO)

138 I wonder if that Short Runway Guy set a record or something.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at August 23, 2023 07:47 PM (R/m4+)

139 73 Exit velocity is one of the metrics the quant guys use to evaluate players. It is thought to convey how often a hitter hits the ball squarely and what is the bat's acceleration thru the strike zone.
Posted by: Jamaica NYC at August 23, 2023 07:30 PM (Eeb9P)

Kinda like SMASH FACTOR on the golf swing trackers.

The higher the number the closer you are to the "sweet spot" on the club face.

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at August 23, 2023 07:48 PM (CCSxw)

140 So, a question for military types. Grandson was in boot camp in SD in Corps. Week 7/8. Now he's home with tonsil problems and they said he can reapply in 6 months. Sounds hinky to me.
Posted by: Infidel at August 23, 2023 07:26 PM (n2500)

I think, and it's been awhile, that one can get cut from Basic at any time. Part of the contract the applicant signs at enlistment. Marines are making their recruiting goals. Tonsils are a significant thing for adults. Cheaper to send him home than having him sit around for six months. Probably better for him too. On the upside he knows what to expect next time and could come out as honor grad.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 23, 2023 07:48 PM (hv9bm)

141
I'm fairly certain that Lamont is dipping into Fred's secret cellar and hitting his prized, reserve stash of ripple.
Posted by: Dr. Bone

Champipple

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 23, 2023 07:48 PM (63Dwl)

142 Does anybody know which browsers work with AOSHQ?
iOS safari and Brave don’t work
Any suggestions?
Posted by: Goat balls at August 23, 2023 07:40 PM (BeCIn)

=====

I use DDG on my phone.

Posted by: Jordan61 at August 23, 2023 07:48 PM (oTPpX)

143 Bed time
Have a great evening everyone
Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2023 07:46 PM (MOY79)
......

watch out for that damn cat

Posted by: wth at August 23, 2023 07:48 PM (v0R5T)

144 These statheads are part of what's wrong about MLB these days.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 23, 2023 07:32 PM (dGCAG)

That and gambling. You can now listen to radio 'sports' shows where they talk sports but odds and games win/losses are always discussed in half games
.8.5 wins..etc. I'm sure some people love it

Posted by: A dude in MI at August 23, 2023 07:49 PM (/6GbT)

145 Wow, dude. You have a hipster OS? I bet that really kills the chicks down at the Slam LAN parties.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 23, 2023 07:46 PM (xhaym)

Yes. It's Japanese and if you can memorize 100 basic binary commands it works really well for navigating the portals on the dark web. But most aren't interested it that level of functionality honestly.

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 23, 2023 07:50 PM (lgKyC)

146 Hope the rotor guy didn't have lunch at Chipotle.

Posted by: wth at August 23, 2023 07:50 PM (v0R5T)

147 Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2023 07:45 PM (MOY79)

Rotor speed is probably less than 354 RPM at the redline. At that rate, the rotor tips will be fairly close to sonic velocities. Retreating blade stall is very bad thing.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 23, 2023 07:51 PM (YRsIm)

148 143 Bed time
Have a great evening everyone
Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2023 07:46 PM (MOY79)
......

watch out for that damn cat
Posted by: wth

Soon...

(withdraws into darkness)

Posted by: Kittuh, peeks out from under bed at August 23, 2023 07:52 PM (4vi12)

149 Does anybody know which browsers work with AOSHQ?
iOS safari and Brave don’t work
Any suggestions?
Posted by: Goat balls

Weird, I use Brave on both Windows 11 desktop and Android phone.

I'll bet you're on an Apple aren't you?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 23, 2023 07:52 PM (B95fm)

150 KNOWING HOW FAST BRYCE HIT A HOME RUN IS WHAT'S WRONG BASRBALL.

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 23, 2023 07:52 PM (lgKyC)

151 'Nite Skip !

Posted by: JT at August 23, 2023 07:53 PM (T4tVD)

152 >>>Champipple

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

>Beaujolipple on those special, rare occasions.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at August 23, 2023 07:53 PM (fY84s)

153 I am up here in America's hat and just tried poutine for the first time. Pretty good. Husband disagreed and kept trying to extract fries that didn't have any gravy or cheese on them so he could dip them in ketchup.

Posted by: Jordan61 at August 23, 2023 07:54 PM (oTPpX)

154 Safari works on my iphone on the ipad the Script must be turned off to get in then turned on to get the links.

The ipad, in general, sucks.

Posted by: Braenyard at August 23, 2023 07:54 PM (lCWOD)

155 On the upside he knows what to expect next time and could come out as honor grad.
Posted by: Diogenes

Especially if he keeps up on the physical training he's already acquired. 7/8 weeks has to have honed him down to fighting weight.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 23, 2023 07:54 PM (B95fm)

156 I use Adblock plus on safari and that usually takes care of the wonky ads here unless they really go batshit then its load reload crash

Posted by: NC Kate at August 23, 2023 07:54 PM (an6os)

157 I'm using Netscape on ME.

Posted by: fd at August 23, 2023 07:54 PM (vFG9F)

158 They use stats in soccer. One is how far a player runs during the game.

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at August 23, 2023 07:55 PM (Eeb9P)

159 Posted by: Diogenes at August 23, 2023 07:48 PM (hv9bm)

A guy in my platoon got dropped in week 10 for an injured knee. Went to rehab and got med sep'd with 'come back when you're better' letter.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 23, 2023 07:55 PM (YRsIm)

160 DeSantis didn't impress me in his first run for governor, but he's done a great job and easily won re-election. Some people- a lot of people - are NOT great pitchman but they do s helluva job.

Posted by: JM in Fla/Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at August 23, 2023 07:56 PM (olBoL)

161 I'm using Netscape on ME.
Posted by: fd

Slowly.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 23, 2023 07:56 PM (B95fm)

162 >>>Champipple

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Used to have a tshirt with Grady and Fred on it.

Ppl loved it.

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 23, 2023 07:56 PM (lgKyC)

163
Brave don’t work
Any suggestions?
Posted by: Goat balls

Brave works on the iPhone, but every once in a while it just goes catatonic and is unresponsive. Refresh the page.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 23, 2023 07:57 PM (xG4kz)

164 Political nood

Posted by: gp's Dark Energy Acceleration at August 23, 2023 07:57 PM (MvF+J)

165 Yes. It's Japanese and if you can memorize 100 basic binary commands it works really well for navigating the portals on the dark web. But most aren't interested it that level of functionality honestly.
Posted by: Thesokorus at August 23, 2023 07:50 PM (lgKyC)

I used a DOS system for years and the 3 and 4 letter commands would let me fly through data entry and searches. They replaced it with a windows based database that did nothing well and was slow, but had the benefit that the managers who were always hired externally could understand it

Posted by: Kindltot at August 23, 2023 07:57 PM (xhaym)

166 DeSantis didn't impress me in his first run for governor, but he's done a great job and easily won re-election. Some people- a lot of people - are NOT great pitchman but they do s helluva job.
Posted by: JM in Fla/Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at August 23, 2023 07:56 PM (olBoL)
----
Basic competence has a persuasive quality all on its own. When people look around and see that life really *is* better with that guy running things, they are more likely to give him another shot.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 23, 2023 07:57 PM (BpYfr)

167 Nood Debate/Interview.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 23, 2023 07:57 PM (B95fm)

168 Brave works on the iPhone, but every once in a while it just goes catatonic and is unresponsive...
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 23, 2023 07:57 PM (xG4kz)

Word.

Posted by: Mitch McConnell at August 23, 2023 07:58 PM (PiwSw)

169 They use stats in soccer. One is how far a player runs during the game.
Posted by: Jamaica NYC at August 23, 2023 07:55 PM (Eeb9P)

I'm the guy who went down the Bill James rabbit hole and came out the other side.

I'm still in love (sexually) with Total Bases though.

I also autistically count strides if a CF has to go a long way to make a catch.

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 23, 2023 07:59 PM (lgKyC)

170 Evenin’, All.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 23, 2023 07:59 PM (xTRSc)

171
They use stats in soccer. One is how far a player runs during the game.
Posted by: Jamaica NYC

Another is their level of emoting and the drama of their performance when they are "savagely attacked" by another player.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 23, 2023 07:59 PM (xG4kz)

172 Wow. those cornices on the Austrial mountain are serious. Killers all, waiting for the wrong footstep.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 23, 2023 08:01 PM (u82oZ)

173 Brave works on the iPhone, but every once in a while it just goes catatonic and is unresponsive...
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 23, 2023 07:57 PM (xG4kz)

Word.
Posted by: Mitch McConnell

Go back to figuring out who you're going to sabotage in 2024 Mitch.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 23, 2023 08:01 PM (B95fm)

174
I wonder if that Short Runway Guy set a record or something.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy

+++++++++++++

I want ANY video from Dubai to come with a trigger warning. It's always some damm infinity pool or rooftop restaurant or whatever at an altitude humans aren't meant for that gives me the heebie-jeebies.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 23, 2023 08:01 PM (lCaJd)

175 That photograph is a masterpiece that gives great scale between man and the Sequoia trees. The luminosity on the first trees and their needles sets the stage for the next two light layers: the dark shadowed region and lastly the golden sunlight with all connected by the curving road that is a perfect counterpoint to the towering liner magesty of the trees.

Posted by: Lost In Space at August 23, 2023 08:01 PM (vDKHb)

176 I used a DOS system for years and the 3 and 4 letter commands would let me fly through data entry and searches. They replaced it with a windows based database that did nothing well and was slow, but had the benefit that the managers who were always hired externally could understand it
Posted by: Kindltot at August 23, 2023 07:57 PM (xhaym)

I was goofing earlier but same. I still run FreBSD on my thinkpad. Only took me 2 days to connect it to the printer!

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 23, 2023 08:01 PM (lgKyC)

177 Good evening everyone. If I may, a humble request for prayers for my lovely Miss R. She is having what is, for most folks, a normal procedure tomorrow. But she sometimes has very poor reactions to it and so, I'm a bit worried. Thank you.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 23, 2023 08:02 PM (x7plP)

178
Nood Debate/Interview.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

Why don't we just walk on down there and fuck 'em all?

-- Just the Punchline (from "Colors", in this case)

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 23, 2023 08:02 PM (xG4kz)

179 >>>You know who grew up in Austria?

The Teutonic Twat, Lili Von Shtüpp?

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at August 23, 2023 08:03 PM (klJTj)

180 Does anybody know which browsers work with AOSHQ?
iOS safari and Brave don’t work
Any suggestions?
Posted by: Goat balls at August 23, 2023 07:40 PM (BeCIn)

Using Firefox and Chrome (at times) on Windows 8.1. No issues. With AdBlock Plus.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at August 23, 2023 08:03 PM (Zvtjl)

181 Tonypete, prayers up

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 23, 2023 08:03 PM (vHIgi)

182 Posted by: Tonypete at August 23, 2023 08:02 PM (x7plP)

Of course, prayers up.

Posted by: Jordan61 at August 23, 2023 08:03 PM (oTPpX)

183 Good evening everyone. If I may, a humble request for prayers for my lovely Miss R. She is having what is, for most folks, a normal procedure tomorrow. But she sometimes has very poor reactions to it and so, I'm a bit worried. Thank you.
Posted by: Tonypete

Bleesing that serenity may rule the daily tomorrow.

Posted by: Lost In Space at August 23, 2023 08:04 PM (vDKHb)

184 But she sometimes has very poor reactions to it and so, I'm a bit worried. Thank you.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 23, 2023 08:02 PM (x7plP)

Done

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 23, 2023 08:04 PM (lgKyC)

185 Posted by: Tonypete at August 23, 2023 08:02 PM (x7plP)

Prayers and best wishes, friend. Let us know when she's out and recuperating.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 23, 2023 08:04 PM (YRsIm)

186 You got it, Tonypete.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 23, 2023 08:05 PM (xTRSc)

187 Does anybody know which browsers work with AOSHQ?
iOS safari and Brave don’t work
Any suggestions?
Posted by: Goat balls at August 23, 2023 07:40 PM (BeCIn)

Using Firefox and Chrome (at times) on Windows 8.1. No issues. With AdBlock Plus.

I use Edge and Brave without issue.

Posted by: Lost In Space at August 23, 2023 08:05 PM (vDKHb)

188 Mrs VIA just had a friend in Baltimore post a classic rant about self-checkout and customers doing the employees job.

It was a classic Greek full-on rant.

Moron worthy.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 23, 2023 08:05 PM (1n+EO)

189 Prayers sent for Tonypete's wife.

Posted by: Mrs JTB at August 23, 2023 08:05 PM (7EjX1)

190 Posted by: Tonypete

Of course I will pray for her. I try to keep a notebook by the computer so I can write requests down.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2023 08:08 PM (NpWq6)

191 prayers for my lovely Miss R.
Posted by: Tonypete

Prayers for both of you and her team.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 23, 2023 08:08 PM (B95fm)

192 Maybe your Brave app needs an update?

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 23, 2023 08:09 PM (vHIgi)

193 Mrs VIA just had a friend in Baltimore post a classic rant about self-checkout and customers doing the employees job.

It was a classic Greek full-on rant.

Moron worthy.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

Protect those union jobs no matter what! The unions fought for those high wages and benefits and the unions don't want to acknowledge that they've pushed the envelope too far.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 23, 2023 08:10 PM (B95fm)

194 Using Firefox and Chrome (at times) on Windows 8.1. No issues. With AdBlock Plus.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at August 23, 2023 08:03 PM (Zvtjl)

I'm using Opera, no problems at all with the site.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 23, 2023 08:12 PM (S6gqv)

195 TonyPete I can relate to being amped up about surgery. I had dental surgery yesterday and had to forego being knocked out because I didn't have anybody to drive me to and from the dentist office so they did it with nothing but local anesthetic. I had one or two passing moments where I wanted to leap out of the chair. The whole thing is stressful no matter how well you manage to stay mostly in a state of serenity.

Posted by: Lost In Space at August 23, 2023 08:13 PM (vDKHb)

196 Notice the night cat is not bothering the dude at all. That's because the guy threw him across the room and into a wall one night. And cats learn.

Posted by: GWB at August 23, 2023 08:13 PM (fRgg4)

197 I'm using Opera, no problems at all with the site.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 23, 2023 08:12 PM (S6gqv)

Wow. Opera is still around?

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 23, 2023 08:14 PM (lgKyC)

198 Finished an audio book - post Victorian spooky story No One Goes Alone by Erik Larsen.
Fun!

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 23, 2023 08:14 PM (vHIgi)

199 Finished an audio book - post Victorian spooky story No One Goes Alone by Erik Larsen.
Fun!
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 23, 2023 08:14 PM (vHIgi)

Is that the Alienist guy?

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 23, 2023 08:15 PM (lgKyC)

200 More on the Russian plane crash at American Thinker. People leaning to the plane being shot down.

https://tinyurl.com/yf4fnbr6

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at August 23, 2023 08:15 PM (Zvtjl)

201 "Wow. Opera is still around?
Posted by: Thesokorus

Go Figaro!

Posted by: fd at August 23, 2023 08:16 PM (vFG9F)

202 Alienist was Caleb Carr.

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 23, 2023 08:16 PM (lgKyC)

203 Opera is still around?

Not anymore. That Wagner guy got shot down.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 23, 2023 08:16 PM (xTRSc)

204 I think I last used Opera 20yrs ago.

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 23, 2023 08:17 PM (lgKyC)

205 Prayers up for your wife, Tonypete!

Posted by: Toni at August 23, 2023 08:17 PM (ugzWe)

206 Lord, please watch over Tonypete's Miss R during her procedure. Please grant her medical staff thy healing skills, that she may come through the procedure successfully and without complications. Let her recovery be swift and complete. Amen.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 23, 2023 08:18 PM (mNmNo)

207 "Wow. Opera is still around?
Posted by: Thesokorus

Bugs and Elmer:

https://youtu.be/LHivHuPFBqA?si=7Gz4pYdCPzRW6s-4

Posted by: Tonypete at August 23, 2023 08:18 PM (x7plP)

208
Is that the Alienist guy?
Posted by: Thesokorus

No you are thinking of caleb carr
Larsen mostly writes nonfiction - Devil in the White City, Dead Wake, etc

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 23, 2023 08:18 PM (vHIgi)

209 Sending prayers for your wife, Tonypete.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 23, 2023 08:19 PM (NpAcC)

210
Wow. Opera is still around?
Posted by: Thesokorus at August 23, 2023 08:14 PM (lgKyC)

well it is for me.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 23, 2023 08:19 PM (S6gqv)

211 Some people are really into Opera.

They’re called the fandom of the Opera.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 23, 2023 08:19 PM (xTRSc)

212 Total bases and ERA are useful.
No stat says what a player will do on this particular pitch. It's all just averages, like weather

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at August 23, 2023 08:19 PM (Eeb9P)

213 They’re called the fandom of the Opera.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

Oof!

(But, I did SNORT

)

Posted by: Tonypete at August 23, 2023 08:20 PM (x7plP)

214 Total bases and ERA are useful.
No stat says what a player will do on this particular pitch. It's all just averages, like weather
Posted by: Jamaica NYC at August 23, 2023 08:19 PM (Eeb9P)

For a hitter first thing I check is total bases each year for his career. Then doubles. But that's just because those are the players I like.

Ohtani is better than Freeman as a hitter but Freeman is more my ideal.

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 23, 2023 08:23 PM (lgKyC)

215 well it is for me.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 23, 2023 08:19 PM (S6gqv)

Are you using it now? What are you wearing?

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 23, 2023 08:24 PM (lgKyC)

216 For a hitter first thing I check is total bases each year for his career. Then doubles. But that's just because those are the players I like.

Ohtani is better than Freeman as a hitter but Freeman is more my ideal.
Posted by: Thesokorus at August 23, 2023 08:23 PM (lgKyC)

Sometimes I forget to keep in mind I am "special" and say things that I later realize are "special".

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 23, 2023 08:27 PM (lgKyC)

217 Come on dude. Deflecting a ball is not same same as squaring it up and driving it.

The ball bounced off the left field pole into damn near center field.

It's just a cool thing. Like how fast a car goes in the 1/4 mile.
Posted by: Thesokorus at August 23, 2023 07:37 PM (kdsFl)

That's why speed coming off the bat is bad. Because that IS the speed off the bat. What you want is velocity off the bat, modified so that the components that make it go out of play foul don't count.

The other problem is that you don't know the baseline velocity. How hard is a ground ball single up the middle compared to that home run. How hard is a sky high popup? Texas league hits are probably slow, but how slow? Nobody tells you.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 23, 2023 08:28 PM (eoQWY)

218 Sometimes I forget to keep in mind I am "special" and say things that I later realize are "special".
Posted by: Thesokorus

We have to be related.

Posted by: Lost In Space at August 23, 2023 08:29 PM (+ap8X)

219 Here in the Great Lakes region, we're finally getting August weather--what many of you have been getting all summer!

So after working outside twice for only 20 minutes at a time, I spent most of the day inside, doing some fun embroidery and planning next year's garden. It was nice.

Tomorrow will be hot again (of course, NWS, it IS August, it's supposed to be hot, it's not heatagedon!) I'm going to sew some more. [happy dance] But, will be checking on mama hen and her three chicks, and all the other chickens. Give them some ice in their water, and some nice juicy tomatoes.

Posted by: Question authority bumper sticker at August 23, 2023 08:29 PM (Rbu5d)

220 Exit velocity is one of the metrics the quant guys use to evaluate players. It is thought to convey how often a hitter hits the ball squarely and what is the bat's acceleration thru the strike zone.
Posted by: Jamaica NYC at August 23, 2023 07:30 PM (Eeb9P)

The exit velocity only tells how squarely he hit THAT pitch. It might be the only one he hits this week, or month.

There existed guys like Dave Kingman who either hit a tater or struck out.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 23, 2023 08:33 PM (eoQWY)

221 This thread is kinda quiet…

BOOBS!

That outta spice things up.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 23, 2023 08:33 PM (xTRSc)

222 Posted by: Oldcat at August 23, 2023 08:28 PM (eoQWY)

Ah. Sorry. It is actually exit velocity. Measured just off the bat. They also track "launch angle". And time to the wall.

They track fielder's acceleration and path to the ball too.

And fielder's throwing velo.

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 23, 2023 08:35 PM (lgKyC)

223 I like OBP since it captures the ability to read pitches and get walked in addition to getting hits.

Posted by: Lost In Space at August 23, 2023 08:35 PM (+ap8X)

224 There existed guys like Dave Kingman who either hit a tater or struck out.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 23, 2023 08:33 PM (eoQWY)

Phillies have a Kingman. 2nd in walks. 2nd in HRs. 2nd in Strikeouts. Avg .180 something. Schwarber. He drives me nuts.

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 23, 2023 08:36 PM (LFaED)

225 Penguin teriyaki. It's not just for breakfast anymore.

Posted by: Leopard seals at August 23, 2023 08:36 PM (4E9ee)

226 I like OBP since it captures the ability to read pitches and get walked in addition to getting hits.
Posted by: Lost In Space at August 23, 2023 08:35 PM (+ap8X)

Ehhh. Walks are like 65% of a single. They aren't an out and it took me a while to appreciate that. But still...

To me Total Bases is what you do with the bat. And that's what I like.

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 23, 2023 08:38 PM (LFaED)

227 200 More on the Russian plane crash at American Thinker. People leaning to the plane being shot down.

https://tinyurl.com/yf4fnbr6
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at August 23, 2023 08:15 PM (Zvtjl)

Russian bloggers have posted that the S-300 missile battery that shot the plane down was located on the estate of Putin's personal residence at Valdai. He wanted to reach out and touch someone.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 23, 2023 08:39 PM (S6gqv)

228 It works out like a bell curve: more velocity predicts more hits, just not which high speed ball will be a hit. They added launch angle to account for that. But, on this particular pitch, it is still an unknown, like Bucky Fucking Dent.

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at August 23, 2023 08:39 PM (Eeb9P)

229 So it’s a baseball thread now?

Geesh, if I want to be bored to death I’ll go to the Republican debate thread.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 23, 2023 08:40 PM (xTRSc)

230 Russian bloggers have posted that the S-300 missile battery that shot the plane down was located on the estate of Putin's personal residence at Valdai. He wanted to reach out and touch someone.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 23, 2023 08:39 PM (S6gqv)

Doubt but BASED if true.

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 23, 2023 08:40 PM (LFaED)

231 Ehhh. Walks are like 65% of a single. They aren't an out and it took me a while to appreciate that. But still...

To me Total Bases is what you do with the bat. And that's what I like.
Posted by: Thesokorus

Singles have a much greater opportunity to drive in a run but just getting on base creates the opportunity to convert that to runs. No get on base, no runs. Getting walked is under appreciated.

Posted by: Lost In Space at August 23, 2023 08:41 PM (+ap8X)

232 Good evening everyone. If I may, a humble request for prayers for my lovely Miss R. She is having what is, for most folks, a normal procedure tomorrow. But she sometimes has very poor reactions to it and so, I'm a bit worried. Thank you.
Posted by: Tonypete
---
Of course - prayers for the lovely R and for you as well

Posted by: Kamala, hiring Nikki Haley's campaign consultants at August 23, 2023 08:43 PM (aBJcM)

233 Mike Piazza was a great hitter. David Ortiz was a better than average hitter, nothing stupendous. He has more great hits than Piazza and so his relative mediocrity is overlooked and he is a legend.

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at August 23, 2023 08:44 PM (Eeb9P)

234 Getting walked is under appreciated.
Posted by: Lost In Space at August 23, 2023 08:41 PM (+ap8X)

Maybe by most fans. But front offices are in love with walks. Too much so. I'm not opposed to walks. And lots of players should walk every time if they could (Moneyball because they sucked and bad things happened when they hit yhe ball). But the good players should be hitting the ball because good things happen when they hit it.

I kinda blame Joey Votto. All timer. Fantastic. He racked up the walks. But the dude avg I think 310 Total Bases a year as well!

I'll take Arenado and Pujols hitting into DPs left and right over a dude with an OBP based off walks.

But I dig to the extent a walk is not an out. And if you are a bad hitter you better not make an out every damn time.

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 23, 2023 08:47 PM (LFaED)

235 Getting walked is under appreciated.
Posted by: Lost In Space

Totally

Posted by: Barry Bonds at August 23, 2023 08:48 PM (KAi1n)

236 Mike Piazza was a great hitter. David Ortiz was a better than average hitter, nothing stupendous. He has more great hits than Piazza and so his relative mediocrity is overlooked and he is a legend.
Posted by: Jamaica NYC at August 23, 2023 08:44 PM (Eeb9P)

Ortiz is a legendary personality and Piazza is kinda a weirdo stiff.

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 23, 2023 08:49 PM (OYmAq)

237 And if you are a bad hitter you better not make an out every damn time.
Posted by: Thesokorus

Which is why the NL adopted the DH....

Posted by: SFGoth at August 23, 2023 08:49 PM (KAi1n)

238 crap... sorry, TonyPete, for the sock fail.

Posted by: screaming in digital at August 23, 2023 08:50 PM (aBJcM)

239 "Can't anybody here play this game?" -Casey Stengel

Posted by: Lost In Space at August 23, 2023 08:50 PM (+ap8X)

240 Bad hitters need to walk. Good hitters need to hit. Red Sox Yankee games went all night because they had good hitters who wanted to hit, not walk or strike out.

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at August 23, 2023 08:50 PM (Eeb9P)

241 Totally
Posted by: Barry Bonds at August 23, 2023 08:48 PM (KAi1n)

You got 411 Total Bases in 2001!

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 23, 2023 08:51 PM (OYmAq)

242 Which is why the NL adopted the DH....
Posted by: SFGoth at August 23, 2023 08:49 PM (KAi1n)

I'm a late adopter of the DH. But it is better.

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 23, 2023 08:52 PM (OYmAq)

243 Of course, now that the DH is universal, the game is plagued by strikeouts.

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at August 23, 2023 08:56 PM (Eeb9P)

244 Which is why the NL adopted the DH....
Posted by: SFGoth at August 23, 2023 08:49 PM (KAi1n)

I'm a late adopter of the DH. But it is better.
Posted by: Thesokorus

I loved watching managers deal with pitchers in the batting lineup and to this day I believe the game lost something when the DH came along. With that said in the modern game it makes sense from letting pitchers simply be pitchers and it creates offensive. I went there kicking and screaming but now that I am there it is a pretty good change.

Posted by: Lost In Space at August 23, 2023 08:59 PM (+ap8X)

245 Little League US and International championship games are set. Texas v. California and Taiwan v. Mexico

Posted by: Lost In Space at August 23, 2023 09:02 PM (+ap8X)

246 I went there kicking and screaming but now that I am there it is a pretty good change.
Posted by: Lost In Space at August 23, 2023 08:59 PM (+ap8X)

Same. The horrible people were right.

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 23, 2023 09:02 PM (OYmAq)

247 The boss said people were relaxing in here.

What's up with that?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 23, 2023 09:23 PM (RIvkX)

248 A little too relaxed.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 23, 2023 09:24 PM (RIvkX)

249 I'm sorting players by Toyal Bases and OBP. FASCINATING

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 23, 2023 09:25 PM (1GqLC)

250 I'm sorting players by Toyal Bases and OBP. FASCINATING
Posted by: Thesokorus at August 23, 2023 09:25 PM (1GqLC)

I'm using the internet to do this.

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 23, 2023 09:25 PM (1GqLC)

251 The increase of useless stats in baseball and other sports is probably due to Fantasy (insert sports whatever here). It's pretty popular. Also, gambling.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 23, 2023 09:38 PM (D8mow)

252 Most of the regulars must be rastling over on the debate thread. Guess I'll take a nap. ONT starts up in a bit. Wait, I'm at work. Not a nap. An Authorized Period of Reflection and Meditation.

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 23, 2023 09:51 PM (D8mow)

Processing 0.03, elapsed 0.0366 seconds.
15 queries taking 0.0135 seconds, 261 records returned.
Page size 121 kb.
Powered by Minx 0.8 beta.