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    Any Beatles fans here

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    50 minutes ago, muppy said:

    Abbey Road 

     

    The White Album

     

    2 of my fav's and arguably best records they did. But how do you really judge greatness. It's ALL Genius. It boils down to what flavor you liked best.

     

    Fav Beatles song is a really hard choice. I Love Paperback Writer. one of their more light hearted songs but I just have always liked it.

    It was a #1 too... Single though... Always had a soft spot for:

     

     

    Brain Teasers

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    1 minute ago, BringBackFergy said:

    Do is it $10 or $20?

    Not sure.  They say it's $20... He kicks in $140 on $160 sales... BUT the dude has to kick in $10 more of his own to make $80 sale... He really spent $150 & made $160.

     

    Damn it Jim! I am just lock & dam operator... Mike's the damn accountant & he says $10 too! 😉 

     

    Next thing you'll want me to do is watch river gauges for campers in TexASS.😜 

     

     

     

     

    Brain Teasers

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    1 hour ago, Special K said:

    Twenty bucks.

    Yeah, as 2 separate sales.

     

    BUT I can see how he made only $10.  He had to throw in $10 more of his own money to make meet the $80 sale... Wiping out his $10 profit previously.  In the end he's really only $10 richer....

     

    No??

    Any Beatles fans here

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    6 minutes ago, BringBackFergy said:

    Beatles fans are mostly drinking their dinners through a straw and watching re-runs of “Dallas” after craft time, correct?

     

    AND watching the 1986 World Series on BetaMax.

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    Ihsan and Zahraa Killing Trial

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    Marrying for love is relatively a new concept... Like in the last 100 years... 

     

    Just saying?  NOT that there is anything wrong with marrying for love.

     

    Just throwing it out there... 🤪

     

     

     

     

    What's your ideal retirement location?

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    45 minutes ago, Johnny Hammersticks said:

    It kind of depends on where my kids end up living, tbh.  I’d like to be within striking range of both of them if possible.  My wife and I have talked about selling our home and buying a lake house somewhere in the northeast.  Perhaps a return to the finger lakes region.  I like the idea of moving south to get away from the cold and snow.  We’ll see.  I still have have ~20 years to work before I can retire with a full state pension/benefits.  😂 

    👍 

     

    My son might be moving to Bethel (Sunday River), Maine from Valparaiso, Indiana... This might be a game changer for us, especially with daughter in NE/Mid-Atlantic...

     

     

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    Great news for Bills and Sabres fans

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    On 7/9/2025 at 7:10 AM, Fleezoid said:

    Anyone wearing Golashes going through the airport should be arrested immediately. Especially if they're also wearing the yellow, Gorton fisherman raincoat. 

     

    And while I'm at it.....anyone wearing a Sabres jersey in the airport claiming they're traveling to a game, is lying, and should be arrested immediately. 
     

     

    You forgot the cavity check.

     

    Arrested immediately & given a full cavity check.  That'll teach 'em to be Sabres fans in public!

    What's your ideal retirement location?

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    57 minutes ago, Another Fan said:

    Funny you ask/mention this.  A former boss and friend bought some property down in very South Jersey by the shore.  I think he’s transitioning toward retiring/living down there,

     

    But then he asked me to down there as well.  Which I’m just like retired life must be nice.  Lol.  It’s like over 2 hours from where I live.  

    Cape May is very nice...

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    50 Years ago today

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    36 minutes ago, BringBackFergy said:

    You are NOT!!!

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    😄

    Too bad the money I am paying for Mike is coming from you... AND me of course subsidizing my own wage... I pay Fed Tax too. 😆😔

     

    What a vicious circle!😉 

     

    Which rightly so, gives me a bigger say in the matter...

    50 Years ago today

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    2 hours ago, Mike in Horseheads said:

    A white panel van from NJ ?

    Actually... Mister Softee global HQ is out of Runnemede, New Jersey.  We go by it all the time.

     

    Should I drop the bomb 💣 on @BringBackFergy?  This will ruin his day...

     

    ...Here goes,  I am working for you too Mike!😆🤣 

     

     

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    Irv Weinstein 1980

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    He retired a little before Pominville... But if he played a few years earlier... I can just imagine:

     

    "Puck-pushing punks push Pominville, Pominville pushes back, story @ 11!"

     

     

     

    How to make baseball the most relevant sport again? Steroids

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    11 minutes ago, Augie said:

     

    There is a limit to how much time most people want to pass. It’s slow by nature, don’t let them drag it out. 

     

    Quick compared to cricket 🏏...  By nature it's lightning quick,  and was billed as such.

     

    It's Americans who have an even  shorter attention span now.

     

     

    41 minutes ago, BADOLBILZ said:

    Simple cure for most that ills baseball:

     

    Make the strike zone a circle that fits INSIDE the current box. 

     

    It's called a strike zone because that's the zone where the ball is supposed to be easy to strike with the bat.

     

    That's not the case with those corners and to add insult to injury all these "pitchers" gotta' do is hit the tiniest edge of the box for it to be considered "IN" the strike zone.

     

    If you think the hitting sucks now wait until they automate the zone next season and pitchers are allowed to just nail that up and inside pitch that is 99% unhittable but still considered a strike.

     

    And that's inside the box.   The  reality is that zone is WAY bigger than the box........it's the box plus a line of baseballs all around it.   A good pitcher really never has to throw a hittable pitch.

     

    And if you can run 5 relievers out there every game they never get fatigued regardless of how hard they throw.  

     

    The ball is round, the bat is a cylindrical........make the zone a circle.

     

    Watch the mph of pitches drop and the number of ridiculous breaking balls decline and watch batting averages return to where they were and A LOT more action.

     

    And I will say "most" that ills baseball and not "all" because one problem baseball will always have is that you can't score on defense.   It's the only one of the 4 major sports where you know for a fact you can tune out for 10 minute intervals and not miss your team scoring.    I can usually watch a movie during a baseball game by just not watching my team pitch.

    But you can't tune out forever, especially extra innings.

     

    One game without a clock, and they go ahead and put one in.

    How to make baseball the most relevant sport again? Steroids

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    29 minutes ago, Mark80 said:

     

    4+ hours games were no good for anyone.  Boring tv, too late at the ballpark.  I used to time some pitchers who were taking seemingly forever in between pitches, it was literally over 60 seconds consistently between pitches.  In an already low action sport, these guys were killing the game.  2-3 hour games are so much more enjoyable.

    That's what pastime means! 😏

     

     What else do Americans gotta do!😉 

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