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I’m using Chad to help me make French onion soup along with smoking a Chuck roast for sliders. If it turns out ok then I will get some oven safe bowls to make it perfect. It’s especially useful when it’s a sustained process and you need a quick answer. Last week I made tortilla soup and needed a quick “packets of taco seasoning vs bulk measurement” conversion. Or if you don’t have a certain spice or ingredient and what would be a good substitute. Online recipes are a mess to sort thru. The options it presents are great. Traditional vs steakhouse vs quick… and offering guidance during the caramelizing process.

There’s a corner lot house we run by with a nice pool and on their fence around the pool they have a sign listing all the things they proudly do, which are things nobody ever told them they could no longer do. (Like say Merry Christmas).

Sky’s?

They don’t want it for themselves. But the #1 requirement to be a trump voter is lack of empathy. So who cares if others are hurt. They’ll be fine. They won’t lose their farms or businesses over tariffs. The Chinese will pay for it.

I could see cases where he gets the DoD to seize ballots and once that happens…. All bets are off. We will have elections like Russia does. There will be a declared winner but the accuracy will be in doubt.

I have a lot of friends and peers who retired recently so it’s a common topic. I have a few more years but I recognize time flies. I’ve started making changes. One friend told me “you don’t realize how much you piss away when you are working”. He meant it as “it’s easier than you think”. The hardest part will be keeping my wife still. Today’s a good example. It’s cold. Nothing going on. It’s ok to just be home all day. But she has this restless need to “be productive” which I counter with “yeah but that usually means spending money”. I once suggested we watch a show but she couldn’t wrap her head around doing something like that in the afternoon. Like we are being lazy. We worked all week. It’s ok.

The rollout of the SLS for Artemis II to launch pad 39B

You could with a 10% penalty.

He has a limited shelf life. They all do. Why give up one of his great years? If we are being honest, how good do you think he'll be in 2029 and 2030?

They've really thwarted the meaning, right? Sam Seaborn had one in his office on The West Wing.

I'm not an educator but it seems to me like the right path is to figure out your approach. It's not going anywhere.

I bet every person who issued a threat has a cross or Bible version in their social media bios.

A kick.

Yes, because these ICE folks are doing nazi stuff. This isn't that complicated. Smart people get it.

Not sure if this has been brought up here but McCosky had a thing in the News saying that the Tigers were prepared to negotiate on a deal, that the $19M was their first offer but Boras "shut that down" and was only interested in going to arbitration. He says that's why they filed $19M but I think the reasons outlined earlier in this thread are more true. Of course I'm not sure where his sources come from. What interests me more about this story is the unwillingness to negotiate a deal.

Fighting nazis is noble. Good for them. Anybody who still works for ICE is a nazi who deserves whatever happens to them.

I know which one I want. And make sure you film it this time.

I think about this kind of thing a lot with regard to media/entertainment in general. For the last 20 years or so as we've moved into an On Demand reality. We watch and listen and consume that which we've specifically asked for. Movies, music, TV shows..... I think that's messed with our brains. Sometimes its good to be bored and pushed things because that's your only choice.

This was crazy. Can’t blame the forecasters. Everyone got it wrong. It reminds me of the rain we got on Oct 7, my birthday. The Tiger playoff game. Alll day long it was supposed to stop anytime. It didn’t. I had a Tiger event downtown and driving home it looks like nothing was touched yet. Even 94 was 30 mph.

yes. They went 9-18 in September, in addition to losing 4 of 5 to close out August. That's what makes these kinds of things so remarkable. I've always defended the 2009 Tigers a bit for their "collapse". MN went insane that year to end the year while The Tigers merely lost 4 of 5. They were 16-12 in September. THat's not a collapse. Its a mediocre baseball team.

It's all about the psychological mindset of fans. When a team does well in the beginning fans are conditioned to think "Well, this is the team. They're good. We have a good team. Yay!" Then when that team doesn't play so well they're "chokers". If they start off not playing well they're not a good team. Then they finish strong and they are "Gamers" and have "character" and are "clutch" and "scrappy". Reminds me of the Bill Burr bit about swearing and referring to race/nationality. Black people had the genius idea to put the curse word after the description. A white person says "I'm just sitting there eating and this ******** Asian walks in..." "Hey hey... take it easy... what's the matter with you??" A black person says "I'm just sitting there eating and this Asian ******* walks in...." "You don't even hear it... So many careers could have been saved if we'd just put the curse word after". So for mediocre teams that barely make the playoffs... win later, not before.