blueridgeTiger

In the Yacht Club, there were no crowds. Fabulous meals, priority at shows, a separate swimming pool, with buffet. Priority for excursions and disembarkation. We would get room-service coffee every morning and drink it on our private balcony, then join our traveling companions for breakfast. Every evening, I enjoyed special drinks (only negative - they charged me $2 for my 18-year-old Macallan even though we had the full drink package.

He was convinced of DJT's guilt on the basis of allegations in the Articles of Impeachment, drafted only hours after the event, most of which were false, or outright lies (e.g., security guard beaten on the head with a fire extinguisher). He should have been recalled right after that.

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It’s all fun and games until Stewie’s lithium ion battery overheats and catches fire 35,000 ft in the air

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The robot’s owner says he changed its standard power unit for a lower-capacity battery that complied with airport security requirements before departure.

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LBJ in 64. Goldwater would have gotten us bogged down in an Asian war.

Shack Up Inn - Clarksdale, MS



I never stayed there for the LSU / Ole Miss game, but when I was there, the owner said a lot of Tiger fans stay there for the game, and it's one big party.

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What’s with all the masks?

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I flew from Washington-Dulles to DFW yesterday. There were a few (mostly white females) wearing masks.

The OP is not completely out in left field about 0-0 MLB scores, I asked the friendly elves at Grok to research this issue, and this is theie reply:

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Yes, there are records of MLB games ending in a 0-0 tie—66 such games since 1901.

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These were far more common in the early decades of modern baseball (1901–1920 accounted for the large majority), often due to games being called for darkness before stadium lights became widespread, or occasionally for rain. Many went into extra innings as pitchers’ duels; more than 30 were extra-inning scoreless ties.

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They became rare after the 1950s as rules and scheduling evolved (suspended games are now usually resumed rather than declared ties), with none in the last several decades under current practices.Examples include:The longest: Brooklyn Dodgers vs. Cincinnati Reds, 19 innings on September 11, 1946, at Ebbets Field (called due to darkness).

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An 18-inning one: Detroit Tigers vs. Washington Senators on July 16, 1909 (also darkness).

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Another notable: New York Mets vs. Philadelphia Phillies, 18 innings on October 2, 1965 (second game of a doubleheader

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I’m 42 now, which probably qualifies as old

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I'm exactly twice your age. No one thinks you're old.

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