1984Echoes

How could you miss the one guy standing out like a sore thumb? I think I had an epic rant early in the 2021 season when the team was sinking towards an apparent abyss... that Avila had a better trove of up and coming prospects than he was being given credit for and the team would soon be on its way towards winning ways again... 😁 Too bad we can't pull up any history from the old forum... what a loss of for us all. (as an aside, you had a post on this forum bringing up a couple other areas where Avila was a failure that I hadn't even considered... I believe something along the lines of turning over every stone and looking through the waiver wire etc... Yeah, he was too lazy as an additional failure point is included there... and in my decision to just move on when he was fired...)

And another Republican refusal to even attempt to address this issue reasonably. They've refused to address this for the past 12 years so... it's not new.

I agree with the bolded part especially and previously have stated as such. In fact... I have opined that the min wage should not stop at $15, but should be inflation indexed so a COLA could keep the min wage from being static the next 20 years with another "living wage crisis" ensuing. We keep doing that due to businessperson and Republican refusal to touch the subject in its entirety. Inflation has been what the past 40 years? About a 2% annual average? The pandemic is an exceptional circumstance, and the resulting pandemic inflation, that I believe will be a one-off. Once fixed we will be back on a 2% annual rate, IMO. Add in COLA to min wage and business owners can "plan" to handle the annual wage increase if it's at a nominal level. And labor can get small increases that at least attempts to keep their heads above water instead of letting them sink every year (for the next 20-25 before finally addressed again) further behind. Just my 2 cents on that subject.

This has been a talking point for almost a year... A key inflation issue is that a large segment of those who sat home during the pandemic (mostly unemployed) are unwilling to get back into the work force. At all. The guesstimates have floated to upwards of 6-7 million "refuseniks" (or "pandemic early retirees..." whatever you wanna call them); I don't remember where I saw that... Here's a recent article stating that it's more like 3.5 million (could be earlier number versus more recent number...: https://www.yahoo.com/news/retirees-one-reason-fed-given-130713985.html This is one of the causes of wage inflation. It puts pressure on wages missing those workers from the work force. Headhunters that I talk to are specifically stating that (these are white collar accountants, IT, engineers, etc.) workers are jumping companies a LOT as a shortage of workers to fill a specific job opening are going unmet unless one company poaches a worker from another existing company/ same job with higher salary offers, hiring bonuses etc. There's no way to stop this salary inflation as those millions of workers staying home and refusing to get back into the work force (I'm talking predominantly late 40's to mid-60's) because they've decided to retire early and can afford it are simply "missing". How do they get replaced? They can't. It is also affecting restaurants/ teachers/ health care workers/ etc.... G2 just commented on exactly the same thing: He was really commenting on something else but the driving force is missing workers driving up wages. And NOT coming back into the workforce by choice. What you originally quoted SB was my condensed 84-speak of exactly this issue...

Could we/ should we grab Nathaniel Hackett as an Assistant Head Coach? Pick his brain in developing offensive plays/ game plans?

Hope Sandoval (Mazzy Star) kills it in this one!!!

Get better coaches please. We're not going to find out anything until this happens. I don't get WTF Weaver is looking at? Why hasn't he kicked Casey up or out yet? WTF is he looking at?

IIRC we used to call them "Posers".

I think Putin is doubling down... It's why I would have no problem, immediately, sending ATACMS to Ukraine. They need the longer range... NOW. I also expect him to force Byelorussia to capitulate and be incorporated into "Greater Russia"... soon. He'll offer Lyukashenko something cushy... Lyuka can't trust him but it's a deal he won't be able to refuse: either his signature on the deal or his brains.

A toss-up between who is more sultry, more bluesy, more beautiful (voice): The Cowboy Junkies:

I think this is going to fly in the face that everyone in here adheres to... But I just love Mazzy Star... Sultry, bluesy, intense...

I predict Putin is going to make another hard run at taking over/ exterminating Ukraine shortly. Probably on Feb 24th, again...: https://www.yahoo.com/news/ukraine-war-latest-ukraine-monitors-204054221.html

He owns 3 cards and paid a bundle so he's trying to drum up the value to recover some of his losses...

I knew you were being facetious or sarcastic... I just wanted to give that a straight answer... The straight answer being almost as funny (not quite) as your quip...

I was. I thought he was doing a good job. 2022 was a hard slap in the face though... so I had to re-evaluate and... right around the trade deadline, and shortly thereafter... I came to the conclusion in my usual understated manner that he was just not quite good enough. Underperforming in multiple areas that I was reluctant to admit to previously. I wouldn't call myself happy or unhappy at his firing... wrong adjectives... More like "in complete agreement and understanding". Time to upgrade. I don't know if Harris will make it or not... But I think he's the upgrade that we needed.

That would be a hard no.

I'll let 2023 statistics answer this, and everyone else's questions...

Which bounceback candidates are you specifically talking about? Because... I expect bouncebacks by: Jake Rogers Spencer Torkelson Riley Greene (2nd year) Austin Meadows Akil Baddoo Javier Baez Spencer Turnbull Eduardo Rodriguez Matt Manning Tarik Skubal Alex Faedo Reese Olson Beau Brieske Alex Lange Casey Mize ... To EXACTLY be the source of improvement for the Tigers in 2023, 2024 and 2025. Oh, and new rookies breaking in like Justyn Henry-Malloy, Dillon Dingler, Parker Meadows, Wenceel Perez, Ty Madden, Colt Keith, etc. Didn't you get the memo?

Yeah, I'm not interested in that plan.

Tom Petty - You're Going to Get It! (The album). The album just before Damn the Torpedoes. Just as good but rougher, more raw.

That means DeSantis and his cohorts too...

The buses crossed state lines. As far as I am concerned, the perpetrators are no longer subject to state law and therefore have committed the federal crime of interstate human trafficking. Abbott and his accomplices/ accessories to these crimes need to be arrested by federal agents and charged.

Wow... The Hawks were so unmemorable to me that I totally forgot them. You are 100% absolutely correct. I don't think I hated them... but they were the first hurdle to get over. And it took you mentioning them just now to jog my memory...

As long as someone looks at each of their songs as "Pop", I think they are understood properly. Trying to diminish their work by saying that it is weak or that there is more impressive bands in "blues" or "psychedelia" or any other defined genre misses the point. Agree 100% on the elite musicality and irresistible hooks... And... No other individual or act comes close.

Forget moral BS. Teddy Roosevelt: "Speak softly and carry a big stick". Which I agree with 100%. Excellent spending on the military... And I support Ukraine 1000%.