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1973 Dodge Dart, Used, Powder Blue - awesome in it's non-awesomeness with a slant 6 that wouldn't die 1987 Ford Thunderbird Turbo Coupe, New, Gun Metal Gray - loved it, but a poor choice once I started skiing 1994 Ford Explorer Sport, New, Cayman Green - two-door, manual tranny, my fave 2002 Ford Explorer, New, Mineral Gray -a concession to starting a family - my least fave 2013 Santa Fe Sport, New, same color as 2002 - very well appointed but a bit small and definitely under powered 2020 Jeep Grand Cherokee, Used, Red/Burgundy - still happy 3 months in.

On the banks of the deep end Where your soul is your best friend Searchin' for a reason To go astray

French girl has a problem French girl has a problem with the world She sees it as a black place A place that wants to strangle her good time Don't ever get involved with a french girl

Green Day - St. Jimmy

Van Halen - Top Jimmy

Rise Throw away The charade of your life Let the flame of my heart Burn away Your complacence tonight

Reel Big Fish - Snoop Dog, Baby

He'll do you up a treat, mate.

And could these ceilings Contain my feelings Me down on the floor Jerked my fountain Ice cream mountains I suppose I'm just too late Form a line here I think I'll die here These people nauseate me

One of my favorite lines from the entire series. I wonder if he actually blew the line (adding "This guy...") and they realized it was funnier. My teens think it's great. IMO the great sitcoms are more about the characters that you grow to love/hate more than the storylines and Seinfeld had many great characters. Beyond the cast of 4 there were great secondary/recurring characters (Newman, Peterman, the Seinfelds, the Constanza's...), less-frequent recurring characters (Putty, Jackie Chiles, Poppy, Babu Bhatt, Banya,...) and then celebrities (Mets, Yankees, Mel Torme, Bette Midler,....). I'll leave with one of my other favorite lines, Elaine's curmudgeon father's comment about Jerry being a comedian: We had a funny guy with us in Korea. A tailgunner. They blew his brains out all over the Pacific. There's nothing funny about that!

I disagree - and totally get that I'm in the minority. Sanders was amazing, can't think of anyone else that made tacklers miss like he could. But for my taste he got caught for losses dancing behind the line way too often. Never elevated his team past mediocrity during an era that relied a lot more on RB's.

Aerosmith - Adam's Apple

If I could guarantee his health that would be my choice too.

Goldfinger - FTN (#%$@ Ted Nugent)

Muhammad Ali - Black Superman

100%. A number of years ago I got a midday call from my wife asking if I wanted tix to the game that night. Tix were from a business partner and 10 rows from the batters circle - best seats I've ever had for a Mets game. Next few hours were a mad scramble getting friends on board but we got to the seats shortly after the game started. Seats came with free food (hot dogs and chicken fingers - not filet mignon and lobster) and Syndegaard was on the mound, dominating and working quickly. Beautiful weather too. In the blink of an eye it was the 5th inning and I remember thinking the night was going way too fast. I will say that one rule change I was OK with - and of course they did away with - was the 7 inning doubleheader (as long as it wasn't separate admission). On the other hand, the ghost runner is an abomination.

Checking on setlists of bands for a fest I might go to this summer I came across The Meters who were covered by a local kid I'd never heard of Taz Niederauer

I hear ya, but I'm skeptical that folks younger than you and I will be drawn in just cuz the games are shorter. Off the top of my head I could take this convo in a number of directions. Keeping it to us old coots - I was looking at ticket prices today and the shortened game length made it less appealing for me to spend on the cost of a ticket and parking for a night out with friends/family. One of my great joys in life is shooting the sh!t with friends/family on a relaxed summer night at the ballpark. JMO, but reducing that time to 2 1/2 hours or less is a step in the wrong direction - but again I acknowledge that the 4 hour game due to crotch-grabbing was worth eliminating.

They were on the number for all of 52 seconds tonight.

A Friday night rant about the pitch clock. I still detest that a ball or strike can be called despite a pitch never being thrown, it's utter BS. But in fairness for the most part players have adapted. As a result, games are being played much faster - and I don't like it. I totally get that the constant crotch-grabbing and stepping out by batters and pitchers that resulted in 4 hour games needed to be addressed, a 4 hour game is way too long. But for my taste the 2 1/2 hour game (or less - tonights game was 2 hours 10 minutes) is too short.

This one looked so scary that I didn't have the stones to watch it.

Pink Floyd - Vera

Two points on a Thursday night after getting swept by the Tigers despite starting Scherzer and Verlander in two of the games: When I picked up my kid at HS I was still fixated on Verlander giving up 2 HR's to the first three batters he faced in his Mets debut. My kid said he was the new DeGrom, no run support - love that kid! This opener from a NY Post article sums up my mindset perfectly: It’s getting to that point of the baseball calendar where it is still early enough to remind yourself, and all of your panicky friends, that it is a long season, that there are still 130 games left, that one month is no time to start building basement shelters for protection from the falling sky. But it’s also deep enough to acknowledge some troubling realities.

Welcome to the Mets Justin, you fit right in! 3 batters, 2 HRs!

The Clash - Tommy Gun