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re: Man, flights to India have a lot of handicapped people on them
Posted by TU Rob on 8/21/26 at 9:40 am to theCrusher
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FILO - First On Last Off
It is logical to conclude that if you require assistance and board the plane early, you will also need help after landing. Therefore, you should stay on the plane until all passengers who do not require assistance have disembarked.
Haven't you heard of these miracle flights where all the ones that had to be rolled on miraculously regain complete function of their bodies and are able to disembark on their own? Truly amazing. Not sure what happens in the friendly skies, but it is a blessing.
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re: Nike's stock is down 75% over the past 5 years
Posted by TU Rob on 8/20/26 at 10:20 am to RolltidePA
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Compounding the problem is that shoes are one of the things that people, especially athletes, need to try on in person for proper fit and comfort. Now, someone may buy a different color-way of a shoe that they already own online, but if they are actually using it for a sport or just for comfort, they need to try them on in person.
Learned that one the hard way ordering some running shoes online several years ago. Same brand and similar model to what I had been running in, but they gave me all sorts of issues. Shoes I actually run and workout in I don't try to go cheap anymore. It isn't worth saving $30 if it causes you injuries. I still haven't told my wife how much my cycling shoes cost. She would freak out. But they will last a long time and after going cheap twice looking for something that worked, I finally went to a bike shop, talked with their shoe expert, tried on probably a dozen different pairs and tried them out on a stationary bike they had in the shop.
re: Nike's stock is down 75% over the past 5 years
Posted by TU Rob on 8/20/26 at 9:48 am to UnitedFruitCompany
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Oddly enough I think Philip Morris ha basically done the opposite,
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Zyns basically saved those baws.
Sort of similar, I bought some Lean Cuisine meals a few years back. Turned it over to see how long to microwave, and I forget which company it was that owned the Lean Cuisine brand, but it was either Hershey or Nestle. Get them fat on your chocolate, get them thin on your diet meals.
re: Based off the push-up thread, I need to up my fitness game. Can y’all help with this?
Posted by TU Rob on 8/19/26 at 4:14 pm to Long Ball Larry
As far as workouts, something is better than nothing. You're going to have to find a routine that works for you. Google some training plans as a starter, or check on many of the threads here to see what people have been doing for ideas.
In the beginning, rest days are important as your body adjusts. 4 days a week is a good plan. Starting out, I would shoot for one upper body day, one leg day, and a couple of days of cardio in between. This will give those muscle groups time to recover before the next week, but you want to stay active most days.
Monday upper body, and try to hit chest/back and arms/shoulders. Could be as simple as machines for those movements, or dumbbells. Start out light, learn the movements well, and then progress in weight or sets.
Tuesday hit a treadmill, or go for a run, or a rower machine, or swim. Something you can stick with, or alternate. Could be as easy as a 30 minute brisk walk around the neighborhood.
Thursday do legs. Squats/deadlifts/lunges can all be done with dumbbells or kettlebells if you don't have a gym membership or a barbell. And if you wanted to start out with just body weight movements that is fine too.
Friday or Saturday, go ride a spin bike on a rather easy resistance setting. This will help flush out the muscle soreness in the legs some and get your heartrate up. Again, start small. Think 15-30 minutes max at first. Progress from there.
In the beginning, rest days are important as your body adjusts. 4 days a week is a good plan. Starting out, I would shoot for one upper body day, one leg day, and a couple of days of cardio in between. This will give those muscle groups time to recover before the next week, but you want to stay active most days.
Monday upper body, and try to hit chest/back and arms/shoulders. Could be as simple as machines for those movements, or dumbbells. Start out light, learn the movements well, and then progress in weight or sets.
Tuesday hit a treadmill, or go for a run, or a rower machine, or swim. Something you can stick with, or alternate. Could be as easy as a 30 minute brisk walk around the neighborhood.
Thursday do legs. Squats/deadlifts/lunges can all be done with dumbbells or kettlebells if you don't have a gym membership or a barbell. And if you wanted to start out with just body weight movements that is fine too.
Friday or Saturday, go ride a spin bike on a rather easy resistance setting. This will help flush out the muscle soreness in the legs some and get your heartrate up. Again, start small. Think 15-30 minutes max at first. Progress from there.
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I fully agree.
All 3 of those teams won't be in the playoffs.
A couple will though.
Same here.
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Plus no matter the project you’ll need a 90hp tractor with air conditioned cab to do it with
Until a baw comes in and says he'd do it with a flat shovel and a 6 pack of Busch Light. While wearing old school Carhartt and shrimping boots.
re: Nike's stock is down 75% over the past 5 years
Posted by TU Rob on 8/18/26 at 3:31 pm to MightyJoeYoung
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10 yrs ago, after their new CEO took over after Phil, and had the genius idea to basically abandon specialty brick and morter shops and thought all of their specialty shopping should be online. By doing this they fricked over their long established mom-and-pops/indy chains, and specialty shops. Before they had like 75% of the shelf space in those shops and no one else could make a dent because of their long established relationships.
Once they fricked over those specialty running, recreation, shops, massive amounts of shelf space was now available and smaller brands inked deals with those shops. It's no coincidence there has been an enoumrous rise of brands like Onn Cloud, Brooks, Hoka, Aisics, New Balance, etc.
Before they never had the opportunity to get their shoes in the hands of runners and common buyers. But once Nike abandoned that market, these other brands could finally flourish... And they did.
Years later, Nike fired that CEO, and tried to get back in those shops, but the inventory space was gone and it ain't coming back. The very shelves they dominated, and voluntarily gave up, are now off limits. I think they have around 15% of shelf space now and now have no innovation or reputation among runners who finally abandoned Nikes and looked at other brands which were actually superior.
Interesting. I don't go shoe shopping that often, just a couple times a year when my boys outgrow or wear out their shoes they wear to school. We've normally gone to Academy, or a Dick's Last chance outlet store. I've found Nikes there, but we usually just look for what is on sale in their size that looks decent. Last weekend I took them to an outlet mall up in Leeds Alabama, and there used to be a big Nike factory store there. It was gone. Big Under Armor store where it used to be. And for some reason, even at an outlet store, kids UA shoes were $85. That just isn't going to work for most people, especially for 5-8 year olds that grow out of them in 4 months. I don't mind spending $150 on a pair of shoes for me because my feet haven't grown in 30 years, and when they get too worn out to keep working out in or running/exercising in, they're great yard shoes.
The venue is still fairly new, opening last year. Both last year and this year they've only scheduled things through October. I wouldn't want to go to an outdoor concert in Birmingham after Christmas.
re: Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 question
Posted by TU Rob on 8/17/26 at 3:17 pm to imjustafatkid
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We have a Switch 1, a Switch OLED, and a Switch 2. Using the Nintendo Online family account you can do pretty much anything you want. Can only share the games between 2 consoles though (and over the same wifi network) so would need physical copies for more consoles. Can also change which 2 consoles are "connected" so even that isn't set in stone.
Great, that is what I'm looking for. We've only got the two, so that should work fine. I just wasn't sure if wiping it was the way to go and wanted to make sure what steps to take.
I have one of these, and it definitely isn't pressure washer level, but it has two brass tips you can interchange for a fan shape or a straight stream. I did exactly as you were wanting to do to rinse windows off from the ground. I did use a folding step ladder to get a little more height, but it was able to blast the cobwebs off.
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re: How good is Widespread Panic
Posted by TU Rob on 8/17/26 at 2:11 pm to Funky Tide 8
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It was a rowdy scene. I think someone threw an empty whiskey bottle at Schools and he got real pissed. I recall there being a bunch of folding chairs placed on the floor, and the back third of the floor was empty. I remember looking back and seeing a chick giving a dude head in one of the chairs in the empty space it was dark so I didn't see anything too graphic, but yeah, the whole thing was a lot for my young mind to process.
Definitely. We were in the back section of the floor, and some friends I knew from high school were sitting right behind us. I was in my sophomore year in college. When we went to Memphis after thanksgiving a year or two later we thought a guy had died in the balcony. Went over to check on him, since he didn't look just passed out, but hanging over the chair in front of his seat. Security got him to wake up with some smelling salts.
re: Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 question
Posted by TU Rob on 8/17/26 at 2:08 pm to StansberryRules
Yeah the transfer over to the 2 was simple, but we've bought another few games since then. Older brother seems to think that it won't work having the same games on both but I wasn't sure.
Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 question
Posted by TU Rob on 8/17/26 at 12:15 pm
Long story, but my dad bought my older son a Switch for his birthday last year. Then at Christmas he bought him the Switch 2. Wish I had known he was going to do this since half the stuff I bought him for Christmas were things he wanted for the Switch. But that's besides the point.
What I want to do is clean off the Switch so that his younger brother can play on it. I'm not sure how the syncing of progress on games works on these. Is it even possible for me to set up a different profile for little brother, yet still have the same games we have purchased available as separate games on each, so they can each have their own progress in games without it messing each of them up? I'm thinking about stuff like Minecraft where there is a lot of open play and they like to get online and play together. Or is there something else I am missing here? For example, is the progress on certain games like Minecraft housed on a Minecraft server instead of Nintendo?
What I want to do is clean off the Switch so that his younger brother can play on it. I'm not sure how the syncing of progress on games works on these. Is it even possible for me to set up a different profile for little brother, yet still have the same games we have purchased available as separate games on each, so they can each have their own progress in games without it messing each of them up? I'm thinking about stuff like Minecraft where there is a lot of open play and they like to get online and play together. Or is there something else I am missing here? For example, is the progress on certain games like Minecraft housed on a Minecraft server instead of Nintendo?
re: How good is Widespread Panic
Posted by TU Rob on 8/17/26 at 11:31 am to Funky Tide 8
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May 1st, 2001. That was my first Panic show. I was in the 7th grade, and my buddy's dad took us. What an experience. I got kind of scared during 4 Cornered Room. It was a great show.
Yep, that was it. I remember it being right at the beginning of May but couldn't remember the year. I remember booking a hotel nearby, and when we got there, the only room available was a handicapped room where it was a roll in shower and a big floor drain in the middle of the floor instead of the traditional tub/shower.
re: How good is Widespread Panic
Posted by TU Rob on 8/17/26 at 9:55 am to FirstCityDawg
Started listening to them in high school and college, and even went to a few shows. We were never big into the drug scene, so we'd just have a few beers and enjoy the show. Probably around 2001-2003 some time we saw them in Montgomery Alabama of all places in the spring time. And then a few times in Birmingham, and one trip up to Memphis. Different crowd than the Dave Matthews shows we were used to, but it was always a fun time.
Fast forward several years after Mikey died, and they were coming to play the BJCC. Not sure why they didn't go to Oak Mountain that year, but I remember being at the Bama Tennessee football game with my dad, and my wife calling me saying she had seen that WP was coming to town and was going to get tickets for us. This was before smartphones, and she got us a pair of tickets in the upper seats. The whole show just wasn't the same. Maybe I should give them another shot live again, but that indoor setting, no Mikey, it just didn't hit the same.
Fast forward several years after Mikey died, and they were coming to play the BJCC. Not sure why they didn't go to Oak Mountain that year, but I remember being at the Bama Tennessee football game with my dad, and my wife calling me saying she had seen that WP was coming to town and was going to get tickets for us. This was before smartphones, and she got us a pair of tickets in the upper seats. The whole show just wasn't the same. Maybe I should give them another shot live again, but that indoor setting, no Mikey, it just didn't hit the same.
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I've noticed many women don't handle workplace stress as well as men do. They don't compartmentalize as well. They usually end up taking out their frustrations on their husband and the husband is supposed to think that's cool because "she feels comfortable around him" or some jazz like that. I've dated women with high stress careers before and quickly moved on. It's not that I found them working distasteful or improper, it's that they couldn't compartmentalize the stress and leave work drama at work.
Have you been a fly on my wall? Now my situation is a little more involved because we work for the same organization, yet I don't have the authority to make changes in the area my wife works in, but I'm getting tired of the same conversation 8 days a week out of her. At some point you have to accept it is what it is at the moment and try to have a home life as well. I'm doing all I can to speed things along at work, but having almost the exact same airing of grievances that hasn't changed one iota from yesterday isn't productive to me. And I get called out for not caring. It isn't that I don't care, it is that we just moved our oldest off to college and have our two younger ones starting the school year, taking care of the house, managing my own job etc that I have little energy left to rehash the status quo.
re: What famous person are you told that you look like ?
Posted by TU Rob on 8/12/26 at 6:10 pm to JodyPlauche
When Home Alone came out apparently I highly resembled Macaulay Culkin. Skinny kid with blonde hair.
re: Shake Shack customer hits 'no tip' at kiosk, then watches prices jump in viral video
Posted by TU Rob on 8/12/26 at 2:21 pm to Harvey Vortac
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Pay cash
See the thread from last week about private businesses not accepting cash. Not always an option, and I bet it is certainly that way at many airports.
re: Chips are down: Has the gameday grind become too much for your old bones?
Posted by TU Rob on 8/12/26 at 12:32 pm to AggieArchitect2004
I used to be all in on going to games almost every weekend. We had season tickets at Troy after I graduated for several years. Then my dad and I would go to Tuscaloosa maybe 2-3 games a year. And we'd pick one road game to travel to. Started having kids, and as they got older with other activities going on it got harder and harder to go in person, and my dad got too old to deal with walking, stadium stairs, parking etc. Now we maybe go to 1-2 a year. Easier to have a cookout and watch from home. My oldest just moved off to college too, so I'll be going to cross country and track meets to watch her run for her school.
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People are quick to say that money is the issue and it may well be. I can tell you that getting parts for ACs has become much harder after covid. The world economy is slowing down and this will become more common
Supply chain issues, and good contractors, are hard to come by for commercial buildings. Where I work we've had good luck with a local company that does our routine maintenance and service calls, but when we needed two HVAC replacements it still took a week to get it scheduled and another few days before work began. Thankfully it wasn't the only unit in those two buildings, but stuff just seems to be taking longer with any sort of commercial work.
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As for the blanket, think layers. You'd be better off with a thin blanket that you can add more onto if it gets cold than a heavy blanket that traps all the heat.
This is what I do as well. My wife takes it to the extreme. 3 Pillows to build her fort to sleep in, heating pad on her back, fleece type blanket on top of her, then a sheet, then the duvet, then a quilt, and then asks me if the air is running because she is hot. Yeah, you've decked yourself out to sleep in December and its August, you're going to be hot. Meanwhile I've got a thin sheet and the thin duvet and I'm fine.
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