SoCal Deek

I assume you mean nuclear weapons?

So I guess the question is why doesn’t the west seem to know that?

Holding slaves was not without cost to the slave owner. They provided clothing, housing, food, etc. That doesn’t make it good, but the labor wasn’t free. There’s clearly some truth to that but I think this entire debate is akin to the chicken and the egg. I’ve yet to read a single opinion on here defending either slavery or racism…so I remain confused as to what you want anyone to say.

That's true....but it was not created to perpetuate some deep seated racism. As someone else here already said, it based on the economics of needing cheap labor. Which is the same reason why the Jewish people were forced to build bricks for Pharaoh. It's been the same with different people(s) all throughout history. With the advent of the Industrial Revolution, and the significant lessening of the need for a large, manual labor force....things have changed. It's pretty simple really.

The vast vast majority of people are moving to get far away from the California politics.

You do understand there’s a difference between slavery and racism….right?

Having a PLA in place has zero impact on cost overruns. The two are completely unrelated. Once the design is set and permits are pulled the vast vast majority of what lay people call cost overruns are caused by unforeseen conditions (unexpected ground water, excessive rain, etc), and by the Owners changing their minds about design issues and amenities during construction.

See my post above and you’ll understand how this got so screwed up. If the various levels of government would stick to those basic principles and priorities we wouldn’t be bouncing back and forth with tax policy changes every time the White House changes hands.

We definitely need a class on taxes in this country. Maybe continuing education credit for taxpayers…and/or voters. In general: Federal income tax is supposed to pay for the military to defend us all. State income tax is supposed to pay for education. Sales and property taxes are supposed to pay for police and fire. Those simple principles have been virtually destroyed by our elected officials who knowingly co-mingle funds in the hopes of wooing votes.

I’m typically way more interested in the draft. I have to admit that may be somewhat because last year was a real head scratcher for me with Beane going DL in the first two rounds. This year, in no particular order, it’s got to be CB, WR, OL, RB, and LB. Outliers will be a S and a P. It doesn’t really matter to me which round we’ll see which position. When you’re drafting down as far as the Bills have earned by winning it all becomes a word salad of guys I’ve never even heard of.

There are corners everywhere in design. With few exceptions, no projects have unlimited budgets. The Bills Stadium already has one. The architects will make a hundred decisions every day about what can and cannot be included in the final design. It’s what we’re trained to do. As I’ve mentioned previously on here, Populous is known for producing very contemporary designs. I’m not sure how appropriate that is for suburban WNY and I’m a bit concerned that they’ll produce what we call an ‘object building’ and thus be forced to cut the functional corners that Bills fans would prefer over some iconic structure only visible by the relatively few people who attend home games.

You can’t understand it? Really?

A military base, like a post office, is on federal land and staffed with federal employees. The rest of the country isn’t subsidizing anything. (Not a good example.)

Any chance you’ll sit there quietly while ‘we wait’? Asking for a whole bunch of friends.

Sure! Literally hundreds of thousands of people fought and died so they could continue being racists. Yeah….that sounds right. 🙄

So it’s your theory that a bunch of racist southern white dudes said ‘hey…we hate black people, let’s sail to the other side of the world and get some black people we can abuse’?

Wait…you believe the reason why there’s been slavery for thousands of years of human history was because of racism?

That’s essentially correct. It’s why I mentioned that these repairs are pretty complicated and thus very expensive. After a bit you’re pretty much replacing everything. We occasionally recommend that sort of repair but generally only if the structure is deemed historic. For example, major renovations have been done to both the Rose Bowl and LA Coliseum over the years, but it’s been due to the historic nature of these structures. That happens sometimes for sure. As I said these reports are highly subjective. But that doesn’t negate the cost of the roof and the concourse buildings which will be some of the major costs…so I wouldn’t get too hung up on that theory. The seats themselves are chump change. Let’s wait to see what the new designs look like before passing judgement.

I’m not going to speak to the details of this particular study, but as a guy who authors similar reports, they’re technical in nature but also subjective. It’s not like solving a math equation. It’ll cost something to remodel and preserve Rich stadium. It really all comes down to what do you have when you’re done versus constructing a new facility. For example, you’d have to spend a lot of money to fix the old one and yet still need to build the roof and the larger concourse areas. Add to that the cost and inconvenience of having to relocate during the reconstruction. So at some point you say ‘this isn’t worth the hassle’. I’m going to assume that point is now.

Well I guess we’re done here then. I’m trying to lend you some of my expertise on the subject matter, but I’m not having much luck.

I have no idea where you’re going with any of this. Is there a point you’re trying to make?

No....I try to avoid all the nonsensical, immature back and forth, in the Twittersphere World and instead choose to live my life like a grown up.

Huh? The Florida bill isn’t about hating anyone. It simply states that public school teachers shouldn’t be discussing sexual attraction by anyone for anyone and to anyone with kids under eight years old. That’s it. Nothing more. Sounds darn reasonable to me. If you as a parent want to discuss earlier than eight…go for it!

It doesn’t work that way. Unlike what most lay people think, architects design with a budget in mind. In fact it’s written into their Contract. So if the architect knows the client has chosen a really expensive delivery model, they just design less stadium. Make sense?

I cannot speak to all of the details of how a PLA works in NY but here in California it's widely understood to add between 10 and 20% to the construction cost of a public project. Given the large amount of taxpayer funding, this would not be a good thing on the new stadium. You essentially will be getting less stadium for the same amount of money.