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re: 2026 Formula 1 (F1) Season Thread

Posted by tccdc on 9/26/26 at 8:09 am to
Damn...dont watch one race and HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSS get double points...maybe I should visit the inlaws in Chicago more often :lol:
Now, mind you it has been 5 years since last time I was there and it has become more "open"...

Obviously, alcohol is verboten, but they do have some terrific restaurants in Riyadh. Najd Village I had been taken to a couple times for Arabian food and always a great time. Also, if you like India, Zafran is really good.


Lots of good shawarma shops...never had a bad one.

When call to prayer starts, nothing moves. I would setup your phone to plan accordingly, ie if you need to go to the bathroom.

As for sites to see, it was mainly just malls and office buildings I was taken to, so no real recommendations there. I would look into a tour guide.

A colleague said Riyadh Season was pretty good for a visit.

Couple things, the hotel bars usually have great juice drinks.

I am on the larger side, but be prepared for lots of fat slobs.


quote:


CAPS STACKED, LEAGUE frickED

All beware the Protai

Seriously our forward depth is insane this year. Solid enough defense and a top 5 goaltender. Very stoked for this season.


One last ride for the Captain....Wilson, Tuch, Leonard, Protai (love that, going to steal it), Kyrou up front....

:nana:

re: 2026 Formula 1 (F1) Season Thread

Posted by tccdc on 9/13/26 at 9:54 am to
Enjoy your Coke Lando...f them people :lol:
Poor Lando...terrible strategy
I will be the opposite...

Is India overcrowded? Yes Is it dirty? Yes Is their abject poverty? Yes

But the country is so unique and I believe worth a trip.

Taj Mahal - not sure how you can call it overrated...it can be 120 degrees and the buildings are cool inside due to the engineering

(get a tour, take the train there (do not drive))

Agra also has its own Red Fort like New Delhi that is worth the visit.

New Delhi - Red Fort, Humayan Tomb, etc The restaurants around the Jama Masjid in Old Delhi are great

Kerala - the old Portuguese area with some fun beaches for your teenage son and they have beef to eat..and lots of little excursions

Mumbai - I like the city but it is more business oriented

I have been going there since 2009 and only once got Delhi Belly...but it is something you will never forget. It is some of the best food I have ever had in my life and some of the best smells when they have their flowers. But also some of the worst smells and poverty I have ever seen. If you are someone who cannot turn away, maybe not for you.

I can speak also to Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata, etc if interested...

But I think you do it...

Iron Maiden & Megadeth

Posted by tccdc on 9/12/26 at 7:32 am
Searched for the subject but did not see anything...but saw both of them last night in DC. Still kicking arse after all these years.

Different for Iron Maiden using more videos...but the songs were great and some of their older stuff...

Megadeth came on and kicked arse for a little more than an hour...Dave's voice is his voice at this point, but last night was much better than last time i saw them

Iron:

Murders in the Rue Morgue
Wrathchild
Killers
Phantom of the Opera
The Number of the Beast
Infinite Dreams
Powerslave
2 Minutes to Midnight
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Run to the Hills
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
The Trooper
Hallowed Be Thy Name
Iron Maiden
Encore:
Aces High
Fear of the Dark
Wasted Years

Megadeth

Tipping Point
Hangar 18
Sweating Bullets
Mechanix
Ride the Lightning
Tornado of Souls
Symphony of Destruction
Peace Sells

Encore:
Holy Wars... The Punishment Due

re: Being booted from a Conference

Posted by tccdc on 9/9/26 at 8:41 am to
Yes.. Louisville, Southern Miss, Tulane, and Southern FL kicked VT and VCU out of the Metro...

So if you ever wonder as a Louisville we have extra hate for you...now you know why...


I do not consider Raleigh, Charlotte, etc Nats country...but Outer Banks, Wilmington, etc has lots of Nats bars and fans...
It's all coming together for the ACC :nana:...when they redid the contract a few years ago, there was a clause that the football teams (Mag 7) could form their own conference and still be in the ACC



LSU
FSU
Miami
Clemson
UNC
NC State
GT
UVA
VT

also probably Louisville to be at 10 teams..plus throw in ND and their 4 games...

Yes, not going to happen...but let a man dream for five minutes
No Montreal :(

And dead serious when saying this..with right ownership...Oakland would still be very good option

But from these...NC makes the most sense though it hurts Braves in western NC and Nats in Eastern NC

re: DC restaurant recommendation

Posted by tccdc on 9/7/26 at 4:33 pm to
Maydan is soo good...

She owns another restaurant called Sook that is nowhere as nice, but if you have never had an Irish Spice bag they have one there and the famous Khachapuri (Georgian cheese dish) that are worht the visit if you are close
Damn...the old saying is that a broken clock is right twice a day..to finally win one feels good.

Really enjoyed the race...Kimi is just so fun..

Alpine being fun to watch...there battle with Racing Bulls for 5th should be fun rest of the year..

And poor Haas has really fallen off :spank:

re: UMass looking good @ Rutgers

Posted by tccdc on 9/4/26 at 3:41 am to
I will never forgive the coaching staff at VT never really giving Pop a chance minus his two starts with an offensive line that was swiss cheese and he still beat UVA.

Last year they kept rolling out Drones who either had PSTD or just sucked. Everyone kept asking for Pop but no....

The guy was such a team leader at VT....always stayed positive and his family was great. Go win the MAC Pop

The big positive of the idiocy is that their terrible personnel mgt led to all their firings and we got James Franklin

re: 2026 Indycar Season Thread

Posted by tccdc on 9/3/26 at 3:21 pm to
RACER
@RACERHQ
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8h
A dramatic overhaul of IndyCar's licensing system will require drivers to met formal qualifying standards to be deemed IndyCar-eligible, even if bringing a full budget. It also places reinforced emphasis on Indy NXT as the series' preferred pipeline.

Big news in Indy...seems having money is no longer enough to drive
The whole world has lost their mind...is not the purpose of living in communities like this to be able to walk around and not worry about strangers?

Born and raised in VA and have lived other places for work but always come back....if you asked me 10 years ago if I would retire anywhere else but Va I would have said are you crazy? But everyday there are more and more stories like this up here..so many Karens, so many nosy people, etc....

re: 2026 Indycar Season Thread

Posted by tccdc on 8/30/26 at 9:11 am to
Now Race 1 is after Race 2 at 6pm ET :banghead:

re: 2026 Indycar Season Thread

Posted by tccdc on 8/30/26 at 5:21 am to
Race 1 resumes at 9am EST (8am CST) and Race 2 in Milwaukee starts at 1pm today...going to be a bunch of tired drivers by the end