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GeorgesGoons wrote: Fri Sep 10, 2021 6:57 pm Went out and honored Corporal Page as he came home today for the final time. There were at least 20k people out to honor him as he paid the ultimate sacrifice in service of his country. I look at his picture and see my son or any of the young troops I led and it hits extremely close to home. I don't think I've had this much show of emotion when my old man passed. Such a sombering event today. When you lay your head down tonight remember the ones we lost over the last 20 years.
Navy Corpsman Maxton Soviak that died in Afghanistan recently went to my high school. The amount of people that were on the side of the roads and on bridges, all the way from Cleveland into Berlin Heights, when they brought him home was unreal. Such a small community and everyone came together. I got choked up watching the videos, and he graduated 15 years after me. Also the first time I've ever seen a military flyover before a high school football game to honor him. Powerful stuff, especially when it hits close to home.
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GeorgesGoons wrote: Wed Sep 22, 2021 12:18 pm
shel311 wrote: Wed Sep 22, 2021 11:39 am Facebook for is for old people. This checks out.
I use it mostly for my business. I belong to 3 groups for fleet washing and 1 meme group. Other than that, I don't really post.

I don't use Twitter/Instagram/or any other social media
Probably the most widely used social media for entrepreneurs...
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BFiVL wrote: Tue Sep 14, 2021 2:52 pm RIp Norm Macdonald
Don't think I've ever seen this clip... this is just performance art at its finest.

https://twitter.com/LightsCameraPod/sta ... 83304?s=19

And the story behind it:

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cougnix wrote: Thu Sep 23, 2021 5:42 pm
GeorgesGoons wrote: Wed Sep 22, 2021 12:18 pm
shel311 wrote: Wed Sep 22, 2021 11:39 am Facebook for is for old people. This checks out.
I use it mostly for my business. I belong to 3 groups for fleet washing and 1 meme group. Other than that, I don't really post.

I don't use Twitter/Instagram/or any other social media
Probably the most widely used social media for entrepreneurs...
I'd get on it if my target clients were big social media types.
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Almost finished watching the Sopranos
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qazhby wrote: Tue Sep 28, 2021 8:19 pm Almost finished watching the Sopranos
My wife just finished a first time through watching it. I watched several with her, especially in the last season. So good.
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I'm so far down the rabbit hole of weird YouTube. I spend most of my viewing time now watching eBay re-sellers buying things at garage sales, comic book collectors finding interesting books at garage sales/flea markets, and videos of a guy that clears storm drains during floods.
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dakshdar wrote: Wed Sep 29, 2021 12:04 amvideos of a guy that clears storm drains during floods.

Ive watched a lot of this too. I see a 7 min video, think Ill just watch 30 sec and move on....then watch the entire thing. Hypnotizing.
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dakshdar wrote: Wed Sep 29, 2021 12:04 am I'm so far down the rabbit hole of weird YouTube. I spend most of my viewing time now watching eBay re-sellers buying things at garage sales, comic book collectors finding interesting books at garage sales/flea markets, and videos of a guy that clears storm drains during floods.
I watched like 3 hours of a dude building a log cabin once- not a single word was spoken it was great
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dakshdar wrote: Wed Sep 29, 2021 12:04 am I'm so far down the rabbit hole of weird YouTube. I spend most of my viewing time now watching eBay re-sellers buying things at garage sales, comic book collectors finding interesting books at garage sales/flea markets, and videos of a guy that clears storm drains during floods.
I’ve watched yard sales. My go to is watching people do lottery scratch off tickets, slot machines and table games. Newest one is sleep vids. Last couple of nights I’ve slept to bacon cooking, box fans, and window AC units.
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I’ve become obsessed with reading books on soccer analytics. wish* I was watching yard sales
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I've been playing a lot of FIFA lately. I certainly don't want to read any books lol, but I've been wondering what the advanced metrics are with certain aspects of soccer. Just not quite interested enough to spend time trying to figure it out.
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xGoals is basically soccer WAR but its a lot less refined- probably just due to the nature of soccer vs baseball.
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Xgoals would be more Pythagorean than WAR
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in soccer was always wondering why players were wearing like sports bras underneath there shirts. finally figured it out, its to hold the little unit to track how much they run and where they are on the pitch that is usually on the back between shoulder blades.

also wondered why they water the pitch at halftime, looked it up and its to make the field slicker so the ball will move faster.

in regards to youtube, ive been on multiple benders from ear wax removing, dethatching lawns, lawn care, beastie boys live concerts and the list is long and wide. follow alot of blogs on places i plan to visit. great for food places.

also cooking videos are great. learned to make a great prime rib and won't eat one at a restaurant anymore as i have perfected it during this pandemic.
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I'm sitting in Dickies Arena, minutes away from the start of the highly anticipated Dude Perfect Live Tour!!!



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They tour?! Do you get to just sit through a bunch of attempts of trick shots?
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The tall dude lives on the street behind me.

Cool guy
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Weasel wrote: Thu Sep 30, 2021 9:10 pm They tour?! Do you get to just sit through a bunch of attempts of trick shots?
They still do trick shot videos, but they do a bunch more crap nowadays like skits and shit.
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I just played poker at a neighborhood party for 7 hours.

I won $8.

I’d consider that a good night.
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