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Ncaa could’ve managed this in the front-end to mitigate.


And by NCAA you mean the schools, right?

re: GMT

Posted by Wally Sparks on 8/20/26 at 6:43 am to
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One point of clarification: Viking 1 was launched in 1975, not 1978

re: GMT

Posted by Wally Sparks on 8/19/26 at 5:23 am to
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She wasn’t a good person.



Ironically, she probably would've agreed with you.

re: GMT

Posted by Wally Sparks on 8/18/26 at 8:21 am to
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re: GMT

Posted by Wally Sparks on 8/17/26 at 4:52 am to
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re: Cremation or Burial?

Posted by Wally Sparks on 8/13/26 at 7:08 am to
Cremation with interment.
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If you want to live in a country the size of the space between Dallas and Shreveport, have at it. Move to Boston why don't ya? Oh, you'd have to live in New Hampshire to avoid taxes? So sorry.


So you’re saying we should pursue high-speed rail between DFW, Austin, Houston, etc?

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It's the fantasy American lefties have; look at all the express trains! Paris to London on the train at 200kph! You never need a car to get to work in Brussels!


Sounds good to me (at least as far as not having to rely on a car for everything)
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To answer your initial question, we 100% need more stringent training for drivers license and we need parents to teach their kids better. However, lifestyle differences explain the gap and actually make us much closer to the rest of the developed world than initially claimed.


Neither of which will ever happen.
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That's what happens when your land is a completely different scale than your holy grail, Europe:


How is Europe my “holy grail?”
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Less of that and more of we just want people to get out and live life. Our country is bigger. More people need to be able to drive themselves.


Unfortunately, we spent the last 70+ years designing our infrastructure to be nearly completely autocentric to the point where a car is required.