Charter Embers

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Back in the Baby Boomer and Gen X days, women truly dated men they were interested in. They didn't care about money. The idea is they would build a life together. And yes, that meant starting in a crummy apartment or a small starter home. Then working hard and eventually being able to have a family and then moving to a bigger home. But women in their 20s didn't expect men their age to have their life completely together.

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I’m not sure this is true. Back then, a woman needed to marry a man and have children for protection, intimacy, and access to the good life, whether it be financially or socially. And they knew they had to do that at a young age to avoid the stigma and higher risk of not getting the chance to. Now the game has changed. Women can get all those things themselves plus the excitement of dating without any fear of that ending until their late 30s, which in general is when they started thinking like the eligible younger women from that time. But had the modern rules been in place back then it would’ve been the same.

And for the record, if average men had the same chances with 9 or 10 women, they would hold out just the same. They already do if you count Onlyfans and Instagram

Whatever you do, don’t touch it. Knew a guy that picked up a dead one out of his flower bed and got leprosy.

Yes. They look like hogs in the summer down here, skin showing through their thin coat. Act like them too, will pat down a half acre of corn and just sit there and eat. Love to bite holes in poly pipe too

It’s good, just not best in class like the film is. It also fleshes out some of the characters more so than the movie, particularly Sonny and Johnny Fontaine

How many patients would be cured if they only saw their primary doctor? What’s the money difference in research for human illness vs. animal?

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They will never be forgiven for their betrayal. Therefore they don't have free will

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Free will is not contingent on forgiveness. Forgiveness is an application of free will. For example, I forgive you for forgetting about Satan and a 1/3rd of the angels betraying God. But if I didn’t, wait, that doesn’t work unless you chose to forget.

Jay’s success has more to do with picking winners in the portal/recruiting, not from his game management. Doesn’t translate to MLB, and I don’t think he or any of the front offices are under that illusion

To be fair, I’ve been watching LSU baseball for about two decades, and only remember seeing a handful of what I would call skillful bunters. My theory is the jump in movement on the pitches from high school to college, and I doubt these travel teams are playing much small ball.

I bought my first used car last year using Steven with 48 hrs and a used car. What he does is lets you browse Manheim wholesale auctions via website, then once you find something you want he gets the Carfax and looks for things wrong with it. Has been in the car business for 30 plus years, particularly on the auction side, and it’s crazy what all he can tell just by looking at pictures of a vehicle and the Carfax.

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Serious question: What's happened over the last few years to make the culture of college baseball so... douchey?

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It’s not just college. The bat flip stuff really broke open with the Bautista one in the ALCS vs. the Rangers. The difference is that the players can address it later, like Odur did at second a year later, and keep it at a reasonable level. Whereas when will Kentucky get that chance vs. Dardar? And you could say that was in response to the Kentucky players staring down our pitchers whenever they walked. Easy to peacock when you’re not afraid of getting hit in the mouth

The past several times I’ve flown the Precheck line was just as long as the general one. Same speed too