ExiledInIllinois

The whole "eacape room" thing passed me by. As usual. The wife organized a program @ the library just recently: something about mobile escape rooms. Still don't know what they are. Maybe I should be in the "simple things that confuse thread?"

You know, you're polluting my good friend Cripple Creek's thread! [THIS should get me back into CC's good graces] Stop it or I will report you. LoL... Oh, BTW, Does a bear poop in the woods?

You Sir are a true champion! The Mets organization is taking notice how you bring your A-game! ? Ithaca is still in my sphere of influence (but barely). I will try to peer review @BringBackFergy when I am not as busy:

Where does the school come up with the $$$ for this scholarship? What kind of revenue and importance does "track and field" bring in for the school? Pull it out of the hoarded endowment? Where does the money come from? Some can throw well and it warrants a free ride? While somebody gets straight As and is in top tier of their class(and is say a male, gasp I even go there) they get boopkiss? Or, a few crumbs thrown their way. Like everything, if this was 1936 it wouldn't have been a problem. Too many free rides vs. not enough people paying leads to astronomical college costs for few that gotta pay. How is this NOT any different than showing up at the E.R. with no health insurance and the common cold? Then the ones that show up with health insurance get gouged. The dumbing down of society in a jock driven world. I don't get the logic. Maybe it's good (for the rest) that nobody at family level and HS have a clue. ???

How are many going to save 100s of thousands of $$$ when they can barely balance things on stagnant wages? Of course they can plan early. And when everybody does save... Prices just go because the schools know they can charge high to keep the many from coming in. Anyway, take Patrick Kane for example. Didn't his father sell his portion of the Ford dealership (Kane-Doyle) to bankroll his hockey career? That's under a million dollar investment that's raking in 10s if not 100s times more. I don't agree with it, but it's what people see. Of course spin the whole poor S.BFLo family story all you want. These parents that push their children want no part of your vanilla equation you posted above. They want high-risk, high reward too. The rewards are staggering.

Exactly. But somebody has to susidize all these scholarships? The payers. Why a college education is so insanely expensive. Sports is are people's ticket to a paid education. That's backwards and why we have such a funding crisis and soon to be a debt default crisis.

I agree with you. Not (factor into pushing our children in sports) with us either. But there are people NOT making gobs of money that it does factor into why they are pushing their children. They may see it as their only hope out of the stifling debt that a quality education brings with it. How much are they or you in debt for their education?

Which is a lie? Toronto is NOT on the Niagara Peninsula. Niagara Peninsula is a subset of the "Golden Horseshoe."

How can we dance when our earth is turning? How do we sleep while our beds are burning? How can we dance when our earth is turning? How do we sleep while our beds are burning? The time has come to say fair's fair To pay the rent now, to pay our share

There is too much $$$$$ in sports. Plain and simple. Stakes too high. Then you got stuff like Title IX. Quite a mess.

Geographically, Toronto is San Fran turned inside out. SF has hills, Toronto has ravines. And as the weight of the glaciers have left, the land around Toronto is "springing back."

It's not the first time for the Nimitz:

It's "tick season" people... Be careful out there! Here's a guide to help you identify parasites:

I such a Waterway LoL... Fixed! LMAO... Yup. Now... 10-20 grand. Maybe. $1500, LMAO... Who does he think He's insulting?

I would have said no. That's like Cam offering $5. Up the ante baby.

Yup... The Yampa valley is a hike from Denver. We did the drive two seasons ago. Anyway, didn't read the link... But snow had to be up high on Storm Peak which is close to 11,000 feet. Heck, base is 7k above sea level.

Nice!!!

Oh Asian carp confuse you. When you say idiotic things that you do (maybe in jest? I'll cut you slack there if that's the case.) You've repeatedly shown that you can't grasp the simple thing that's really going on... Namely, I have nothing to do with the Asian carp boondoggle except being a close sideline spectator watching the political clownshow with our tax $$$$$$$'s. You're a spectator too, just as I am but don't have front row seats. All you get is what the MSM spoon feeds people, that's why your confused. The real media sh*tshow has been going on for how long now? Over 10 years and you can't make heads or tails out of such a simple thing? Again... If there is one simple thing that truly vexes me, it's your take that I am some how connected to this environmentalist boondoogle. I am not sure where that confusion comes from. It's pretty simple what I do and it has nothing to do with worrying about Asian carp. Never has.

Asian carp = simple thing that confuses guys like @/dev/null.

But he swore he didn't have a gun: "...And I swear that I don't have a gunNo I don't have a gunNo I don't have a gunNo I don't have a gunNo I don't have a gun"

Huh? Just had Korean BBQ tonight. Love me all things Asian! Especially yummy carp. AKA: "Kentucky Bluefin." Again... Asian carp are one giant gov't boondoggle created by the Great Lakes States enviros to keep $100s of millions of $$$$ flowing... The sky is falling politically motivated enviro game. Sure I don't want them in Lakes... But there will bound to be a few that get in. Far from pesky... Yawn, who cares, except what seems to be you. The economic and political clout lies with Illinois & Indiana's economic partners in the deeply Red, Conservative States toward the South and Gulf. Not the Blue, enviro worry warts around the Great Lakes. Again, it's all one big boondoggle.

Chopsticks. Not that they are hard. So many choices on how to shovel, pluck, stab, etc...

Morphed into the Foo Fighters. (Well kind of).

The team may be homeless. The Homeless Raypos if Kellen Winslow Jr. Joins the team.

For $800,000 they can fly me in. I will cover it up so it won't be damaged. Everything will look nice. Just give me a week. When do I get paid. I need a 10% deposit. Is the check in mail? /smh