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Europeans were very ill-suited to explore Africa in large part because of disease.

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Africa has very few navigable waterways and natural harbors as well.

It's amazing what havoc the Vikings could dispense with a few ships and some crazy people. But you need the terrain to cooperate.

Braves are 15-6 against the Dodgers, Phillies, Cubs and Brewers.

That gives me a glimmer of hope going into the postseason.

This makes me feel old, especially considering when it came out my parents were closer to their childhood iconography like Marilyn Monroe, Elvis and Mickey Mantle than we are to T2.

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Ohio State kickoff return team tackled Ted Ginn Jr. after he returnes the opening kick of the 2006 MNC game and broke his ankle.

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I think the Mich St player who returned the game winning blocked punt against Michigan had a Bo Jasckson-like career ending injury after his teammates piled on him in the endzone.

My (elderly) Dad used to be a few inches taller than me and now he's a few inches shorter. Feels so weird looking down at him.

Old man shrinkage is real.

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It HAS to be some kind of weird thrill for him. Like getting to that place has to be way more difficult than just flying into any major city in the country

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This is actually his hometown. He didn't grow up in SF, he grew up outside of Youngstown, OH. The entire DeBartolo family is from Youngstown.

That somehow the plumbing pipes are all connected and something that goes down one pipe can come out another. Like if you're brushing your teeth and someone flushes a deuce.

I KNOW plumbing doesn't work that way but for some reason my brain prompts that error code.

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We already know the people calling the shots don’t give a shite about anything traditional, so that is a non-factor.

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Traditionally bowls were a reward for good, deserving teams and there were only 6-15 of them in any given season and they mattered because it was a showcase of ranked teams, teams that otherwise would never play and the opportunity to see exciting newcomers on the scene.

Expanding the bowl season to a month of diluted crappy games where every arse 5-7 team with players who don't care gets a participation trophy was "untraditional" and a money grab.

Cue the "who complains about more football?" crowd.

It's all about weight.

The more a plane weighs, the more fuel it burns. The more fuel it burns, the more fuel has to be pumped into the tanks. The fuel itself adds weight, so more fuel to carry also means more fuel to bear that extra load. All of this weight also means extra wear and tear on the aircraft itself.

Checked bags are heavy; carryons are (theoretically) light. Hence the economic model.

What the airlines should do - and this will never happen - is charge passengers based on how much THEY weigh. It cost an airline 3x as much to transport a fatass as it does some 85lb grandmother. Or they could revert to a simple cargo model where you are charged based on the total weight of all baggage. Also, wont happen.

So we basically have an insurance pool model where every passenger pays a share of the average cost to transport a person and their baggage.

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Stupid arse guy I grew up with playing with a coral snake and luckily it didnt release the venom. He didnt know it was venomous.

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Red to yellow, kill a fellow. Red to black, venom lack.

Or as my camp counselor said, "if you see any snake with red and yellow stripes just get the hell away from it."

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Not many cases where a career mediocre pitcher struggles midseason and then suddenly becomes a frontline starter type with a change of scenery.

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Ironically the infamous Doyle Alexander for John Smoltz trade was an example.

Alexander, a mediocre journeyman, went on a tear in Detroit and carried that team to the postseason on his back. He went 9-0 in 11 starts, pitching 88 innings with a 1.50 ERA. They had a good veteran roster (Trammel, Whittaker, Gibson, Morris, Lemon) that was over 30 so they were in 'win now' mode.

Nobody ever remembers that when they make fun of that trade. I mean, still a horrible trade but it didn't seem so bad at the time.