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How about those Wolverines? the *hio State Suckeyes lose, and how.

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On 11/12/2022 at 1:14 AM, KenJennings said:

I loathe Toyota in NASCAR.

 

I'd like to say this is a totally rational position; but I'm not sure it it is. The 'rah rah America' portion of my psyche has taken a beating in the past decade; so this still feels like a good output for that resentment. That being said, the Toyota influence in NASCAR began with cheating. The Michael Waltrip jet fuel scandal showed what Toyota was up to from their first moment;s in the sport. As a company, they never appreciated the rivalry and camaraderie between the American manufacturers; and they broke the unspoken rules of NASCAR competition. Again and again, they prioritized things like team-orders and cutthorat gamesmanship over a contest of speed and consistency.

 

There is a culture to Toyota in NASCAR. It is deeply centralized, orchestrated toward maximizing opportunity, and efficient to a fault. It lacks the soul and depth of the classic GM and Ford rivalries. (And Chrysler- you're legendary in NASCAR, please come back)  Toyota may be doing everything right; but they just don't belong. We should continue to resist them; even though they may withstand it. Even winning strategies need practice adapting to resistance.

 

Toyota sucks, but they're here. All I can do is root against them. I'm not going to apologize for that.

A guy I went to high school with once said something about seeing a Toyota pace car "turns my stomach" but he was more coming rom the Japan (foreigner) angle. He was a Marine too, take that for what it's worth.

There's a lot of money in NASCAR these days and I'd guess teams and owners want as much of it as they can get, even if it means skirting the rules or even breaking them and hoping they don't get caught.

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A guy where I work was telling many of us bad jokes that I think he thought were funny, this is the one I found close to funny.

Q. What is the definition of a fisherman?

A: A jerk on one end waiting for a jerk on the other end.

1 hour ago, Weakly Criminal said:

On 11/14/2022 at 11:35 AM, goose said:

While, with two losses and several near-losses, Alabama's chances are great! 

 

 

They did move up to 8th in the playoff poll but their remaining games are cupcake Austin Peay, and not very good Auburn. There would have to be some wildly unusual things happen for them to end up in the top four, and it's not going to happen. 

Clutch

15 hours ago, Rhyta said:

Glad to have the non stop ads on tv gone and no more dozens of texts and emails asking for money.  Guess we will see how it all shakes out, after December's run off in GA

Easily the worst part of this process. One person saying the other is for or against something and then the candidate from the other party does the same. 

2 hours ago, goose said:

The actual tabulation (counting) of votes is done by machine, but it's the processing of ballots prior  that is cumbersome.  Let's say a ballot is brought to the post office on election day afternoon.  That ballot has to be handled, sorted and delivered to the recorder's ballot processing center.  Then, to confirm authenticity,  the ballot's signature is check by a team of screeners then batched to be passed on to another team (the ballot may be set aside for signature "curing, which would delay this process). The second team opens the envelope, extracts the ballot and checks that to see if duplication is in order.  In Nevada you can fill in a bubble, then change your mind by crossing out that candidate and filling in another bubble.  The tabulation machine only scans the bubbles, and would treat this as an overvote.  So that ballot is pulled for hand duplication, with tge clean duplicate ballot moving on for tabulation.  Clean (properly marked, correction-free) ballots are simply batched and sent for tabulation.  Counties like Clark and Washoe (Reno) will handle tens of thousands of these late ballots.

 

This is why there is a delay.  

Some say the delay is so the Democrats can cheat more. 

4 hours ago, blueschica said:

I love Little Feat! Waiting for Columbus is one of my favorite live albums.

My wife turned me on to them. I'd heard of them but never listened but when we got together she had some albums and I listened and found much of it I liked. I guess some version of that band is touring still but without Lowell George, it's not the same band, imo.

Green - R.E.M.

22 minutes ago, pjbear05 said:

Notre Dame slays Clemson 35-14!

Georgia beats Tennessee 27-13!

Rutgers goes up on Michigan 17-14 at the half; Blue scores 4 TD' s in 3rd quarter, that's that.

LSU scores TD and 2 PAT in OT, beats the Tide, 32-31, ' Bama is TOAST for the playoffs!

10 minutes ago, laughedatbytime said:

LSU overcomes officials, Bama to win on a 2 pt conversion in OT.

 

 

Too bad Brian Kelley's team won but better than Nick Satan's team, especially considering it knocked them out of the playoff picture.

Drugdealer.

Buying a lottery ticket is no different than gambling. You wager some of your money that you'll win a lot more money. Sure, the odds are astronomical, but they aren't zero and someone will win, eventually.

Implantation station.

Circumcise vs circumscribe. Discuss.

There are times that are a changin', so saith the prophecy.

Easy peasy

On 10/29/2022 at 12:24 PM, Mr. Not said:

no need for a dentist; i have trident

Well, there is that one dentist...

On 10/28/2022 at 3:41 PM, JohnRogers said:

Musk! 

Drives women wild!