MattPie

This might be one of the most ridiculous threads I've seen.

He let himself be passed by Weber? :)

Snowboarding, at least the free-style stuff, is figure skating that guys can watch without being ashamed. :) Think about it: a person sails along, jumps and twists a bunch of times, and unless you're really into it, the jumps look mostly the same. Then they finish, and unless someone wipes out, some numbers pop up that can kinda be related to what you just watched. (and as a skier, I 100% understand how hard all the freestyle stuff is, I'm not belittling it at all, just that it's one of these subjective things that I can't really get excited about) I like these definitions: - Game/match: anything tracked by points or some other goal-based measurement system (curling, darts, hockey, etc.) - Contest: anything that's primarily subjective (free style skiing, figure skating, etc.) - Sports (I'd love a less-general term for this): activities that the winner is determined solely by time/distance/weight/speed (most of the skiing, speed skating, etc.) To me the "real deal" is on the last category, but I don't begrudge anyone wanting to watch the other stuff.

Man, Pulse has really thrown the gauntlet down. Let's see if the scrapyard girls answer the challenge.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eratosthenes Not really a formula per se, he noted that on a particular day each year, the sun would shine directly down a well in one city. He measured the angle of the shadow from a tower in a nearby city at the same time. Using that angle and the distance between the tower and well, he calculated the circumference of the earth. Pretty slick.

Someone on twitter said it was. (e5)

Creationism exists because many people need an explanation of how the world and universe began. Every time I try to think about it, my brain hurts and I revert back to "we as humans perceive time to be linear and it's not". That's the only explanation that makes sense to me. I suppose it could be a supreme being that kicked things off, but then my brain hurts when I try to figure out how that being came to be. As for Religious Science, that strikes me as "wordsmithing" to lend more credence to religion. It reminds of in the late 90s when everyone had "Engineer" in their job title because engineers were somehow more credible or desirable. In any case, I'm going to go continue my study of Beer Science, where I determine what beers I like and therefore are good.

I'm curious what O'Reilly would have gotten without all the drama resulting in offer sheets and whatnot. I wonder if his salary would have been more in the open market and Calgary was trying to nab him cheaply.

Depending on how stable your job is (as in you'll be keeping it for awhile), get over to the house early a few times and drive in from there. You might end up with surprising traffic or other issues with the commute.

Just some samples: Binghamton NY: 1AM Sunday-Thursday, 3AM Friday and Saturday Ithaca NY: 1AM (including sales at grocery stores and whatnot), bars can stay open until 2AM without selling (which is a nice system) St Mary's County, Maryland: 2AM (might have been 1AM on school nights, I forget) Philly area: 2AM NYC: 4AM

Anyone up for a Kickstarter that we all chip in to buy an old tank, paint it Blue and Gold and donate it to the Naval park downtown?

The best moment I heard about (didn't watch, no power): Q: What would cause you to change your mind on this issue? Creationist: Nothing Bill Nye: Evidence

Without doing a lot a analysis, I think you'll find that any team that's -50 it'll be pretty rare to find players that are +. Edmonton has 7 guys on the "roster" (players that have played this season) that are 0-5 points, and only one of those players (at +2) has played anywhere near all season (39 games). Interestingly enough, the Pens have 12 - players, 5 even players, and 15 + players. 7 of those negative players have played 30+ games.

Being offline for a couple days, I've lost track of this. But my main point there were Russian pro teams from at least the 70s on, and those teams were plenty good enough to hang with NHL teams of the era. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summit_Series https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Series_%2776

I'm usually all-in on diner food that time of night.

I'm glad I wasn't the only one that thought that. :blink:

Folks, while I do eat Mighty from time to time when I'm in Buffalo, the sad fact is: Taco Bell < Mighty Taco < average Mexican place < Baja Fresh/Q'doba/Moe's < really good Mexican place

1> Playoff run (not in Buffalo's case) 2> Fear that he might agree on a deal with another team in a trade-sign arrangement. If you wait until FA, you're hoping he doesn't sign with the Rangers or the team he gets traded to.

There were and are other professional leagues than the NHL.

http://www.likecool.com/All_32_NFL_Teams_Crossed_With_Star_Wars--Pic--Gear.html

I hope you didn't get that Impala that we drove up a rocky trail in AZ every morning to start a generator for a piece of gear, or the SUV in FL that my coworkers took mudding. :)

Yeah, why not? Put some sort of compressed air whistle under the scoreboard (or just trigger a sound over the PA). Pissing off the league will not only result in fines to the team and whatnot, but we're just getting into being a MFT so let's not piss that away to feel good about saying nasty things about the refs in one crappy game. Take it to the Director of Officials in private if you must, but it's just placating the fans to do it over the air.

I've thought about the plan before, but after seeing how some of my coworkers treat their rental cars, I get worried. :(

I have to call you on this one. Of the 300M, several million will now have healthcare when they didn't before. Millions more (like me, for now at least) will be unchanged. *Perhaps* my premiums will go up a bit, and I'll deal with that *if* it happens. It's not a great plan, instead of fixing the system, they're putting more people into America's already broken system. Americans *already* pay more for healthcare than all these "socialized medicine" countries that cost *so* much. We're just not getting as much for our healthcare dollar. That's the part we should all be pissed at. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_health_expenditure_%28PPP%29_per_capita

Sorry man. Go out and start making a few mistakes. When they start to *feel* like mistakes, then you know you're ready for the next go-around. Exactly, they can't go further than that otherwise the league will get pissed. I don't think there's much question about how the broadcast team felt about that call. How about the ref instead of having an actual whistle has a "clicker" in his hand. Clicker "blows the whistle", stops the clock, etc. The main issue would be false triggering, I suppose.