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That ~20 miles stretch feels like a death trap, traffic is moving way too fast with how distracted people are and how often it comes to a complete standstill.


Lived in Nashville for a decade and moved back to Knoxville a few years ago. Nashville traffic is way worse in total congestion (you can find yourself inching forwards on all sorts of roads) but I40 through Knoxville is crazy dangerous.

You can be going on 40 West through downtown at 65-70 mph, take a corner and have visibility obscured due to interstate ramps then suddenly encounter standstill traffic around 17th and Sutherland. Nashville traffic drove me mad. Knoxville traffic scares me sometimes. Nothing like hitting the brakes hard on the interstate and hoping the truck behind you wont run you over

I don’t know what the solution is but I’m hoping something can improve because of this tragedy
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You can always tell a Milford man.


A Milford man is neither seen nor heard :lol:

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Kids should not be allowed at breweries/primarily drinking establishments.


We lived near a brewery in Nashville that has a separate family area with its own playground :lol:
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The shittiest house in a prime area will gain value. The best house in a shitty area never will.


If you want to maximize value appreciation you should stay away from prime areas and buy a house in a place that is or will soon gentrify.
Trump literally ran on lowering grocery prices :lol:

No one made him say he would lower prices, but he did. And people believed him and are pissed he didn’t do what he said he would do.

re: Moving to Tennessee...

Posted by VOLhalla on 2/12/26 at 9:05 pm to
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It's flat out nasty... no idea how this is popular.


It’s not. Even the petros in downtown Knoxville closed. There was a time when a place like Petros could survive here, and it’s been gone for a while. I’m from Knoxville, lived in Nashville for about a decade, and moved back. The food scene here is insanely better than like 2010

re: Moving to Tennessee...

Posted by VOLhalla on 2/11/26 at 9:35 am to
Very rural. Mountains. That’s about all I know about Crosby

re: Olympic Curling

Posted by VOLhalla on 2/11/26 at 7:15 am to
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It’s the one Olympic event that i truly believe was just a drinking game that got popular


Because it is basically a drinking game. Curling clubs exist in the north as an excuse for people to get out of the house in the winter and drink beer with friends. It’s basically the north’s equivalent of winter cornhole
The Vikings weren’t a QB away from competing though. If the Vikings spend 30 million to sign him they likely win fewer games this year.

I’m happy for Darnold and am glad it worked out for him
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one of the all time piss poor QB performances in SB


Which is overshadowing an absolutely awful Darnold performance :lol:
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Dude you are a clown. Could you imagine the La Liga big game with Madrid and Barca being performed all in English with Jason Aldean or Garth brooks ?


That’s actually a terrible comparison. Soccer is already an international sport. American football isn’t.

The NFL is in a unique situation. There is only one professional American football league and they are trying to turn it into an international product. La Liga isn’t trying to sell soccer in general or La Liga specifically to American audiences.
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So how badly will the USA get booed?


The US athletes weren’t booed at all

Apparently Vance was, but NBC edited it out :lol:
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It’s easy to understand why it would spread in a place with little soap or hot water like the woods, not so much a civilized area.


As the father of two small children, I assure you it’s the children. You can be diligent about making them wash their hands and you can still get norovirus every year.
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Socialism in action. Who is paying for it?


Polymarket. A privately-held company.

You have no idea what socialism is :lol:
Iran is actually one of the world’s leaders in female education. They lead the world in women with engineering degrees per capita

Iran is terrible in many ways, but there is a massive difference between a place like Saudi Arabia and Iran

re: Vikings fire GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah

Posted by VOLhalla on 1/31/26 at 9:50 am to
I was responding to a poster that said the Packers and Bears were going to run away and control the NFC North going forward. Last season the Bears were 11-6, Packers 9-7-1, and the Vikings and Lions were both 9-8. The Bears set the record for most 4th quarter comebacks, which probably won’t happen again. And the Lions and Vikings should have easier schedules next year while the Bears and Packers will have harder schedules.

No one is running away with the NFC North. All of the teams are pretty good

re: Vikings fire GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah

Posted by VOLhalla on 1/31/26 at 9:45 am to
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What’s to be determined? He will never lead them to winning season.


The Vikings went 9-8 last year :lol:
The 90s Bulls had a lot of size and athleticism. They also had a leader who demanded a lot from all the players on the team. That’s a recipe for success.

There are two scenarios in your hypothetical:

1. The Bulls are magically transported as they were and play today. They’d struggle because of 3 point shooting and their defensive effort might get them into trouble. Over time they’d improve and be pretty good.

2. The same Bulls players are born in the 90s and 2000s and form a modern team training like players do today. They’d be incredible.
The Vikings had to start three different QBs due to injuries. They had bad injuries on the oline too

They still went 9-8. The Packers went 9-7-1 :lol:

re: What is it like in St. Paul, MN?

Posted by VOLhalla on 1/29/26 at 11:07 pm to
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Been there… in the summer. It was nice then albeit very bright at night. No fricking way would I want to be there in the dead of winter.


You sound like a massive pussy. Wearing a coat isn’t hard lol