MikeyFL

re: Caitlin Clark had herself a game

Posted by MikeyFL on 7/19/24 at 3:12 am

This thread encouraged me to look at WNBA player stats for the first time in my life. For a league that's supposed to have "great fundamentals," there are some Godawful assist/turnover ratios among the top 50 players....

re: What did you 1st learn about women when you moved in with one?

Posted by MikeyFL on 7/17/24 at 3:08 am

[quote]They don't intuitively know how to load a dishwasher. [/quote] It's absolutely astounding....

re: What ever happened to the "Internet of Things"?

Posted by MikeyFL on 7/8/24 at 2:15 pm

It became the "Surveillance and Data Brokering of People"...

re: Boeing Agrees to Plead Guilty in Max 737 Criminal Case

Posted by MikeyFL on 7/8/24 at 10:21 am

[quote]Companies with felony convictions can be suspended or barred as defense contractors.[/quote] If citizens with felonies can't vote, companies with felony convictions should be banned from donating money to political campaigns....

re: Denied a credit card for having too high of credit rating?

Posted by MikeyFL on 6/30/24 at 10:31 pm

It's not common. However, there are datapoints from the myfico forums and reddit which seem to indicate that a handful of cards have algorhithms which purposefully try to screen out: 1) People who never run a balance 2) People who churn credit card bonuses 3) People who maximize the bonus categ...

Money Talk

re: Michael Jordan’s 1988 DPOY might have been fraudulent

Posted by MikeyFL on 6/22/24 at 1:40 am

Anecdotally, I've long heard grumblings that several star players from that time period might have crazy discrepancies between home and away stats. I always heard it in relation to Utah home cooking with John Stockton's assists and steals. But I imagine a lot of players might have similar home be...

re: Amount of cash in checking account?

Posted by MikeyFL on 6/17/24 at 5:24 pm

Checking (called Cash Management) through Fidelity still earns 4.9% through FDLXX or a similar money market fund. It's truly a great setup, as none of the cash sits idle. All withdrawls from the money market fund are done automatically. ...

Money Talk

re: Wow, rumors swirling that Texas is waiting on Tennessee's run to end.

Posted by MikeyFL on 6/14/24 at 7:34 pm

Maybe texas should be rolling up the truck to Link Jarrett's home... he did work at Notre Dame too. ...

SEC Rant

re: Recently finished rewatching The Wire

Posted by MikeyFL on 6/3/24 at 12:12 am

[quote]frickING hated Bill Rawls though.[/quote] Same, but damn if he didn't have a brief moment of redemption as well. The scene in season 1 where he talks McNulty down and assures him that Kima's shooting wasn't his fault is a helluva moment in the series. The fact that even a character as d...

Movie/TV Board

re: These WNBA thugs hate Caitlin Clark

Posted by MikeyFL on 6/1/24 at 5:26 pm

[quote]You have video of him being called a name out on the course during a tournament? I must have missed that.[/quote] To be fair, there was this idiotic statement from Fuzzy Zoeller: [link=(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ufpU3X-t4w)]LINK[/link]...

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re: Northwestern Football's New Stadium for 2024

Posted by MikeyFL on 5/30/24 at 10:02 pm

Making a note to watch Ohio State on Nov. 16 and Illinois on Nov. 30. They should have a great time with the November Chicago winds there :lol:...

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re: Spelling Bee Game Thread

Posted by MikeyFL on 5/30/24 at 9:12 pm

[quote]I dont like the spell off. [/quote] Me neither. And I especially hate the multiple choice meanings. Give me uncut spelling....

re: Spelling Bee Game Thread

Posted by MikeyFL on 5/30/24 at 9:11 pm

Bruhat deserved that. Within 90 seconds, he spelled 29 words in about 17 different languages....

re: Spelling Bee Game Thread

Posted by MikeyFL on 5/30/24 at 9:02 pm

Holy shite...

re: Spelling Bee Game Thread

Posted by MikeyFL on 5/30/24 at 8:57 pm

Faizan isn't here to ask questions. He's here to spell, kick arse, and take your women....

re: Rate the hoe professions

Posted by MikeyFL on 5/30/24 at 3:14 pm

[quote]Who is your write in entry?[/quote] Aerobics instructor...

re: Timberwolves @ Nuggets - Game 7 - NBA

Posted by MikeyFL on 5/19/24 at 7:30 pm

Murray is an NBA jam character in real life. ...

re: Nuggets - Timberwolves

Posted by MikeyFL on 5/15/24 at 12:17 am

I'll say this for Minnesota.. They really missed having Conley tonight. I don't think Denver could be as brazen about the double teams on ANT if Conley is out there as an extra reliable ball handler and facilitator....