Wally Sparks

re: ATL Thread 5/22: Braves @ Cubs - Justin Steele's get right game

Posted by Wally Sparks on 5/22/24 at 9:48 pm

[quote]No love for Snits decision to squeeze? Opened the flood gates. [/quote] I liked it. :cheers:...

re: Building high density apartment complexes in affluent suburbs

Posted by Wally Sparks on 5/22/24 at 6:29 pm

[quote]Yeah, I see it happening in the metro Atlanta county I live in. It was formerly subdivisions with homes on a 1/2 acre or acre, great schools, and reasonable local traffic. Now they are adding high-density housing, the schools are taking a dive and the traffic is becoming problematic.[/qu...

re: $28 billion bridge in China just to haul coal

Posted by Wally Sparks on 5/22/24 at 3:47 pm

[quote]That's like 30miles longer than NO to ELP. This definitely isn't done if "green energy" is the dependable energy source of the future.[/quote] The 1,813 number is the full railway, not the bridge. ...

re: Catholic Diocese of Lexington uses transgender pronouns in statement defending trans monk

Posted by Wally Sparks on 5/22/24 at 3:43 pm

[quote]That our Bishop, John Stowe, supports this, shocks nobody within the Diocese.[/quote] Sounds like our former archbishop in Atlanta (Wilton Gregory), who got rewarded for it with a cardinal's biretta in D.C. Interestingly enough, Stowe is in the same order as our current archbishop (Hart...

re: Biden Forgives Another $7.7 Billion In Americans’ Student Loan Debt

Posted by Wally Sparks on 5/22/24 at 3:39 pm

[quote]There’s been a huge backlog since COVID.[/quote] It also didn't help that Trump's Education Department botched the implementation and processing of PSLF (which effectively started when the first of the eligible recipients hit the 10 year mark in 2017) to the point where 99% were getting re...

re: Biden Forgives Another $7.7 Billion In Americans’ Student Loan Debt

Posted by Wally Sparks on 5/22/24 at 12:58 pm

[quote] I thought SCOTUS struck this down already[/quote] Not the specific forgiveness here (PSLF). ...

re: They aren’t scared of Trump (himself)

Posted by Wally Sparks on 5/22/24 at 9:44 am

[quote]They are scared to death of the republicans[/quote] :rotflmao:...

re: Fast food price increases since 2019

Posted by Wally Sparks on 5/22/24 at 5:54 am

[quote]Is this data using an average fast food price comparison vs the most expensive location for 2024 to make it seem as bad as possible?[/quote] Yes. ...

re: GMT

Posted by Wally Sparks on 5/22/24 at 5:53 am

:gmt:...

re: ATL Thread 5/21: Braves @ Cubs

Posted by Wally Sparks on 5/21/24 at 7:32 pm

Of course that happened ...

re: Caitlin Clark has done sonething that only Michael Jordan has done.

Posted by Wally Sparks on 5/21/24 at 1:05 pm

[quote]Caitland[/quote] Who?...

re: Today In Georgia, I Get To Vote Against My Republican US Representative Barry Loudermilk

Posted by Wally Sparks on 5/21/24 at 10:23 am

Loudermilk was my rep until this past redistricting, now I'm in the new CD-6 which was designed to go Dem. :yack:...

re: NFL Trivia question

Posted by Wally Sparks on 5/21/24 at 4:53 am

[quote]Michael Jordan was still in the NBA.[/quote] Technically, he was retired (the 2nd comeback to the Wizards wasn’t announced until 9/11)...

re: Opinionist with KC Star wants the Chiefs to replace Butker - with a girl

Posted by Wally Sparks on 5/20/24 at 8:11 pm

[quote]Has Taylor Swift given her opinion yet?[/quote] Swifties would try to murder Butker. ...

re: Two best technological inventions in sports broadcasting?

Posted by Wally Sparks on 5/20/24 at 2:44 pm

[quote]The long held belief by the networks (ABC, CBS, NBC) was if people knew the game was a blowout they would turn off the game. Thus, they purposely wanted to keep viewers in the dark about what was going on.[/quote] It was still a farce because once we knew the score was something like 49ers...

re: ATL Thread 5/20: Doubleheader Edition

Posted by Wally Sparks on 5/20/24 at 2:42 pm

[quote]Get ready to hear about 4 months worth of excuses coming from the brass about why we suck like we do. [/quote] The brass only cares about filling up Truist and keeping the Battery packed. Now that you mention it, it's interesting that since the move to Cobb, the Braves have had only one ba...

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re: Hawks to pick Bronny 1 overall to get LeBron?

Posted by Wally Sparks on 5/20/24 at 12:16 pm

That would be such a Hawks move though. ...

ATL Sports

re: Two best technological inventions in sports broadcasting?

Posted by Wally Sparks on 5/20/24 at 11:53 am

[quote]Was such a pain growing up in the 70s and 80s. No score bug on the screen sucked.[/quote] And the rationale for not having it sooner was because the networks thought that if the viewer saw it was a blowout, they’d immediately change the channel. ...

re: What’s the big deal about those Stanley cups?

Posted by Wally Sparks on 5/20/24 at 10:38 am

[quote]They fit in your vehicle’s cup holder unlike Yeti, [/quote] All of the Yeti mugs I have fit in mine ...