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  1. So according to a story I read (espn I think), Hill was calling the team’s security guy named Drew. He started that call before the craziness happened. I’m sure every team has that protocol, call so and so if you’re in trouble. I want to know that guy’s deal. That’s the annoying part to me, that all these teams have that shady guy out there who makes speeding tickets go away. 
     

    What would have happened if you weren’t Tyreek Hill? You would have actually gotten your ticket… well, that and you wouldn’t have been in the super fancy fast car in the first place. 

  2. 4 minutes ago, QCity said:

     

    I know part of it is fake, but if he really went to the University of Phoenix that explains a lot here.


    Is Manny even the cop in question here? Based on the radio call I’m assuming he was the guy who was talking to Hill. A second cop is the one that pulled him out. 
     

    Come on people. Get the right guy with your jokes!

  3. 11 minutes ago, Just Jack said:

     

    And then Hill comes out with this statement after the game...

     

    "It's hard," Hill said. "I don't want to bring race into it, but sometimes it gets kind of iffy when you do. What if I wasn't Tyreek Hill? Lord knows what those guys would have done. I just wanted to make sure I was doing what my uncle always told me to do whenever you're in a situation like that — put your hands on the steering wheel and just listen."


    “Don’t knock on my window like that. Don’t knock on my window like that.” Yeah, definitely listen right from the start. 
     

    But anyway, just out of curiosity, does anyone know the deal on this claimed knee surgery? Did they hide an injury last year? Let’s get down to the real crime here, violating the injury reporting rules. 😄

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  4. I had an annoying one yesterday. I was in the middle lane of a 3 lane highway going 80. There were no cars anywhere. A Tesla eventually flew up on my ass and then passed me on the right before moving back into the center lane. I’m glad I didn’t try to get out of the way because I would have moved directly into that car’s path. 

  5. 15 hours ago, ExiledInIllinois said:

    Yeah. 

     

    I think the Michigan left is mainly for roads with more increased speeds.  That is not wanting traffic making lefts against say a 55mph speed limit.  Misjudginng the acceleration of a motorcycle making a left in front of it has to be one of the harder things for people?

     

    Intersection where one road is at highway speed and the other is not.

     

    From Wiki:

     

    440px-Michigan_Left.svg.png

    "Stylized depiction of the design in Grand Haven, Michigan, at US 31 and Robbins Road (north to the right), showing the additional area necessary to make a turn on a narrow median[1] 43°2′40.18″N 86°13′12.57″W"

    Yeah, they’re moving the left turns off of the big high speed road. My town for whatever reason decided to put the u-turns ON the high speed road. What could possibly go wrong with that? And the population is increasing like crazy around here. I can’t wait for that point where they realize they need to spend a ton of money to undo this stupidity. 

  6. On 5/14/2024 at 7:04 PM, ExiledInIllinois said:

    "Michigan Lefts."

    I had to Google this to see if it’s what my town did. They did mention the term when they were modifying the road. But no, we have the idiotic version of it. They eliminated all left turns on the main road, but then added in new lights half way between each intersection for u-turns only. So they have effectively doubled the number of choke points on the busy road. All of the side roads are the same thing, no left turns. You have to turn right onto that busy road and then pretty quickly get over into the left lane for the u-turn lane. 
     

    Most of those u-turn spots have lights, but a few do not. My street just happens to be one of those. If you want to head to the left from my street at rush hour, it is essentially impossible. There is never a gap big enough to make that u-turn. 
     

    This whole setup has created the thing that I hate most on the roads right now. Those main intersections where you can’t turn left, people make illegal u-turns through them at pretty much every single light cycle. And they don’t give a ***** that someone on that side street is trying to turn right. I’m am dodging those jackasses every single day. 

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  7. Along with the turtles and the Simpsons game, I also remember playing an X-Men button masher a lot. 
     

    I was always hooked on Spy Hunter without actually playing it. You can’t beat that theme song. I was always staring at that machine at the ice rink during my older brother’s games. 
     

    I was also a pinball fan. No specific ones really stick out to me, but I would play anything I could find. 

  8. 7 hours ago, BarleyNY said:

    - Misuse of then/than. “Then” is sequential. I’m going to go to the store, then home. “Than” is comparative. I’d rather go to Wegman’s than Top’s. 

     

    - WNY mispronunciation of words like elementary by pronouncing them with an emphasized -TARY instead of emphasizing “MEN” and ending with “tree”. My daughter picked up this habit and wife and I wince every time we hear her do it. 

     

    - Misuse of “ironic” in place of “coincidental”. Ironic means “opposite of what was expected” not “happenstance”. 


    So it’s not like rain on your wedding day?

     

    And I just did a quick skim through here. No one has mentioned “literally” yet?

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  9. I feel like it’s harder to find different shows on tv lately. All I ever see while scrolling through the guide is the office or Seinfeld… not that there’s anything wrong with that. The office, to me, can get old quickly. Seinfeld? Never. I feel like I’m still noticing new details each time I watch. 

  10. On 2/2/2024 at 8:45 PM, dpberr said:

    I was surprised to see this news.  He looked fantastic for 76 years old.  

     

    Besides Rocky, I remember him best in Predator and a very B movie - Action Jackson.

     

     

     

    He had to be up around that age since Rocky is almost 50 years old at this point.  Still, I never would have guessed 76 years for him.  I guess it helps that I'm always picturing 1980s Carl Weathers instead of 2000s-2020s Carl Weathers.

     

    And I didn't see it mentioned in here, but his recurring role in Arrested Development was awesome.

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