Random Comments/Stream of Consciousness Thread

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

Words I am growing increasingly weary of hearing:

1. Whistleblower.

That's all I can think of right now

[George at C-Springs]

D.J. Lemahiue doubles with the bases loaded to drive in 3 runs.....

I didn't know Lemahieu had been traded to the Yankees; he was our second baseman here with the Triple A Sky Sox some years back before being called up to the Rockies. Great player, really nice guy; I've sat and had lunch with him, have his auto on a few things as well. You guys are lucky to have him.

[Brian861]

Will the Braves break my heart today?

[willie3]

Jerome and Bill, so sort to hear of your health problems, hoping you are both doing better. Been fighting the health consequences of my bad decisions as well.
Gettin’ old ain’t for the weak of spirit.

Karl

[Joe315]

D.J. Lemahiue doubles with the bases loaded to drive in 3 runs.....

I didn't know Lemahieu had been traded to the Yankees; he was our second baseman here with the Triple A Sky Sox some years back before being called up to the Rockies. Great player, really nice guy; I've sat and had lunch with him, have his auto on a few things as well. You guys are lucky to have him.

He wasn’t traded. He was a free agent pickup. Good move by the Yankees

[Joe315]

Will the Braves break my heart today?

Badly I’m guessing. What a collapse they had

[Brian861]

Will the Braves break my heart today?

Badly I’m guessing. What a collapse they had

A 10 run 1st will do that to ya Hoping the Nats can pull their game out.

[George at C-Springs]

He wasn’t traded. He was a free agent pickup. Good move by the Yankees

Hell yeah it was, he's phenomenal; we had him, Nolan Arenado and Charlie Blackmon as our Sky Sox infield before they all went up; that was a great team. But, of course, that's what AAA ball is for.

[Merlin1958]

D.J. Lemahiue doubles with the bases loaded to drive in 3 runs.....

I didn't know Lemahieu had been traded to the Yankees; he was our second baseman here with the Triple A Sky Sox some years back before being called up to the Rockies. Great player, really nice guy; I've sat and had lunch with him, have his auto on a few things as well. You guys are lucky to have him.

He wasn’t traded. He was a free agent pickup. Good move by the Yankees

Fucking-A!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

Except for major publishing houses, I notice a lot of typos in the books I've been reading, some of them quite glaringly obvious. I wonder if this is due to using computers for spell checking, not having enough funds to hire proof readers, or a combination of both. I'm reading Gauntlet's THE BEARDLESS WARRIORS now, and I've noticed a typo (a square box in the middle of a line), I've never seen before.

Say there Steve, what sort of typos?
Arghh! At least two on every page! Words left out, sentences that make no sense! Form instead of from. Wonder instead of wander. Be beginning instead of just beginning. If I was one of the authors I'd be upset. As a reader, I'm a bit upset myself.
Yeah, I imagine so, it might even lead to schizophrenia!
Huh? What the heck is that!?!
Oh, never mind...

[WeDealInLead]

Except for major publishing houses, I notice a lot of typos in the books I've been reading, some of them quite glaringly obvious. I wonder if this is due to using computers for spell checking, not having enough funds to hire proof readers, or a combination of both. I'm reading Gauntlet's THE BEARDLESS WARRIORS now, and I've noticed a typo (a square box in the middle of a line), I've never seen before.

Say there Steve, what sort of typos?
Arghh! At least two on every page! Words left out, sentences that make no sense! Form instead of from. Wonder instead of wander. Be beginning instead of just beginning. If I was one of the authors I'd be upset. As a reader, I'm a bit upset myself.
Yeah, I imagine so, it might even lead to schizophrenia!
Huh? What the heck is that!?!
Oh, never mind...

The worst was Lost Angels by David J. Schow. Same things you mentioned + some guys name changed three times in two pages. It was the same character.

It was so unreadable, it's like they were actually trying to cram as many mistakes as possible in.

[vincent]

this reminds me of a very funny blurb for Eric Idle's book Always Look on the Bright Side of Life:

"This tell-all from my comedy hero Eric Idle is brilliant, hilarious, touching, and enlightening: is filled with swashbuckling adventure, edge-of-your-seat suspense, and heart-pounding romance; and contains several typos and one inaccurate fact about the Spanish-American war. I expected more out of Mr. Idle's proofreading skills, quite frankly."

I think Idle wrote it himself. Really made me laugh when I read it.

[sullichin]

Except for major publishing houses, I notice a lot of typos in the books I've been reading, some of them quite glaringly obvious. I wonder if this is due to using computers for spell checking, not having enough funds to hire proof readers, or a combination of both. I'm reading Gauntlet's THE BEARDLESS WARRIORS now, and I've noticed a typo (a square box in the middle of a line), I've never seen before.

That box sounds like a character encoding issue.. if they use a character with a font that doesn't have that character, basically. Can you tell if the box was supposed to be a character with an accent mark?

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

Except for major publishing houses, I notice a lot of typos in the books I've been reading, some of them quite glaringly obvious. I wonder if this is due to using computers for spell checking, not having enough funds to hire proof readers, or a combination of both. I'm reading Gauntlet's THE BEARDLESS WARRIORS now, and I've noticed a typo (a square box in the middle of a line), I've never seen before.

That box sounds like a character encoding issue.. if they use a character with a font that doesn't have that character, basically. Can you tell if the box was supposed to be a character with an accent mark?

It only occurred three or four times. The first time was like this:

"When were you drafted?"■ "June."

The filled in box should be lines around a clear area. There should be about six blank spaces before "June". I don't know ascii for a clear box.

I haven't read THE BEARDLESS WARRIORS for many years. I read it in two days. It holds up remarkably well.

[webstar1000]

In New Orleans with my family. I’m sure you have seen it on the news but our hotel is across the street. It was so loud and incredibly frightening. We were not allowed in our hotel for a day and couldn’t get money, clothes or our passports. When they cleared the hotel we could go in. It was crazy to say the least and now they are using drones to find survivors (or bodies). We walked under this a dozen times AND just 30-35 mins before it came down. Google the video... it’s insane. I feel very lucky and thankful. It’s our thanksgiving (Canada) and it really made me think just how good it is to be alive. Stay well all... Kris




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[Brian861]

Glad you and yours are ok, Kris. Was that an another crane incident?

[Br!an]

Glad you and yours are ok, Kris. Was that an another crane incident?

New construction building collapse.

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

Wow, I rarely watch the (completely biased) news, so I did not know about this! I'm glad you are all safe and sound!

[ladysai]

Sorry to hear about your interrupted vacation, Kris. But happy none of your family was hurt!
That collapse is a scary situation...if any of you have seen the video, you'll know how close.its was to crushing a street car and vehicle. Really amazing that more people were not hurt.

The building site has been in the news for years with shady financiers, embezzlement of public funds, etc. Lots of locals immediately noticed that most of the construction workers were wearing shirts from a temp labor firm and are assuming lots of building norms were overlooked to cut costs.
This story will be in the local news for a long time.

[Randall Flagg]

Hey Bill, how about an update on last night's game.

[George at C-Springs]

Hey Bill, how about an update on last night's game.

That was a damn good game. You have to wonder though how much money CC Sabathia and his beer gut made for those four pitches. He reminds me of Forest Whitaker playing baseball with melons in Good Morning Vietnam.

[Merlin1958]

Hey Bill, how about an update on last night's game.

Hey Bill, how about an update on last night's game.

That was a damn good game. You have to wonder though how much money CC Sabathia and his beer gut made for those four pitches. He reminds me of Forest Whitaker playing baseball with melons in Good Morning Vietnam.

Why sure, Jerome!!! Don't know how I missed posting the results , but it was a little late for us old timers!!! lol George is absolutely correct. It was a helluva game and in a way we beat, Verlander by going into extra's. LOL George, but I think that may have been one of the few mistakes made in the game by Boone. C.C. probably could have ate a few more outs rather than going back to the pen.

Nevertheless, we won just by taking back home field from the 'Stro's. So, while I would have preferred to go back to the Bronx up 2-0, we did the job we needed to in Houston. Now, we have to take at least 2 in the Bronx if not 3 and move onto another WS!!!!! Seven more wins to a championship!!!!!

Spoiler:

George, I can appreciate your joke concerning, C.C.. I don't know what he secret is (BTW, it's Capt. Crunch not beer lol) looking as he does, but he's got a shitload of heart and experience and he know's how to pitch. You know, Verlander is on some form of juice. You just do not get better as you get older in MLB!!! Not velocity wise anyway. He's got some form of bionics going on they just haven't tested for yet!!!!

[Randall Flagg]

Bill is a little busy, so I thought I'd help him with an update.

First off, thanks to el Jefe for helping me out. Ever since he took over Dt.net, things have been great.
As I said previously "in a way we beat, Verlander by going into extra's", and "Nevertheless, we won just by taking back home field from the 'Stro's. So, while I would have preferred to go back to the Bronx up 2-0, we did the job we needed to in Houston. Now, we have to take at least 2 in the Bronx if not 3 "

In light of today's results I say, we knew who we thought they were, we let them off the hook:

[Brian861]

They can either get beat by the Astros or Nats. Pick your poison, WB

[Merlin1958]

Laptop has been in the shop the last few days.. We're up 1-0 in the second and, Greinke looks baffled again. He fucking walked in the first run. 42 pitches in 2nd inning does not bode well for him, but we shall see what happens. Lotta game left. Fucking Savages in the Box!!!! lol lol