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re: Bears to request more than $2 billion in public money to fund $4.6 billion stadium.
Posted by MikeD on 4/24/24 at 12:26 pm
Also from the article… the state still owes money on the old stadiums
[quote]A 2% hotel tax has been used to pay bonds that covered renovations for Soldier Field and Guaranteed Rate Field, but the debts have outpaced that income. Per the Tribune, taxpayers still owe $629 million on renovations fo...
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re: MLB has the most absurd and awful officials in all sports
Posted by MikeD on 4/22/24 at 11:25 pm
Having the strike zone box allows for any small mistake to be pointed out. ...
re: Webble Beach Love
Posted by MikeD on 4/22/24 at 12:53 pm
[quote]I’d guess Daly played there when he played for Zachary HS.[/quote]
Did not realize that. Per Wiki he was there for 9th and some of 10th grade....
re: 2024 Formula 1 season Thread
Posted by MikeD on 4/21/24 at 6:34 pm
[quote]Lance's attitude is such a piece of shite. I hope Ricciardo beats the shite out of him when Ricc hears the radio traffic of Lance calling him an idiot.[/quote]
Lance is a shite, but pretty much all of them sound like POS when complaining over the radio...
re: Anyone been to Coors field?
Posted by MikeD on 4/19/24 at 12:40 pm
[quote]Don't sit down RF line or anywhere in RF due to the sun[/quote]
This is KEY. That sun is unrelenting....
re: Two lifeforms merge in once-in-a-billion-years evolutionary event
Posted by MikeD on 4/18/24 at 7:19 pm
[quote]that lets them do something that algae, and plants in general, can’t normally do – "fixing" nitrogen straight from the air, and combining it with other elements to create more useful compounds[/quote]
Fertilizer prices dropping soon...
re: Where does Greg Norman wind up when this mess in golf finally settles?
Posted by MikeD on 4/16/24 at 4:28 pm
[quote]It took LIV being created for him to all of the sudden find another $54million for their PIP? Where was that money all this time?[/quote]
It’s crazy how a new TV deal makes revenues increase...
re: Anti-Israel protesters are backing up the Golden Gate Bridge.
Posted by MikeD on 4/15/24 at 1:26 pm
[quote]They have no right to prevent others from traveling, and they prevent potentially life saving operations (ambulances, etc) from movement.[/quote]
Same as criminals running from police getting charged with manslaughter if a fatal accident stems from the chase, these people blocking the road...
re: I’m annoyed by the lack of coverage of LIV golfers at the Masters
Posted by MikeD on 4/14/24 at 9:58 pm
[quote]Rahm, Brooks, BDC, etc are great golfers but the LIV setup does not keep them sharp and on the top of their game. PGA Tour is a grind and that grind produces the best players and keeps the top players sharp, like Scheffler, or beats them down and exposes them, like JT.[/quote]
Absolutely....
re: Anyone else loving the LIV guys wearing LIV gear?
Posted by MikeD on 4/14/24 at 9:48 pm
LIV guys really played well first 3 rounds ...
re: Here we go. Married substitute teacher caught undressed in car with student
Posted by MikeD on 4/13/24 at 8:58 pm
First DV no pics...
re: Anyone got any updates on the Bluffs
Posted by MikeD on 4/13/24 at 8:13 pm
[quote]and the Bluffs ain’t close to St Francisville.[/quote]
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re: Reports Iran just launch drone attack on Israel and US military bases
Posted by MikeD on 4/13/24 at 4:07 pm
[quote]These drones will hours to hit.. They know they are coming and Israel has the Iron Dome... Is this just a "poke the bear" moment?[/quote]
Does the iron dome have a minimum angle it can hit? Ie if they are coming in 50’ above the ground is it effective?...
re: Anyone got any updates on the Bluffs
Posted by MikeD on 4/12/24 at 11:22 am
[quote]If Mississippi can support stay and play courses in the middle of nowhere, there's no reason The Bluffs can't be the same.[/quote]
Casino associations help a bunch of these...
re: Anyone else loving the LIV guys wearing LIV gear?
Posted by MikeD on 4/12/24 at 11:16 am
LIV gear is so trashy...
re: Anyone got any updates on the Bluffs
Posted by MikeD on 4/10/24 at 10:46 pm
[quote]An option to purchase was agreed upon by buyer a few weeks ago. The buyer has long history with Bluffs and is credible. Intent is to return the course to condition of its prominent days. He is raising money; it is still a long journey ahead…but there is renewed hope.[/quote]
Have heard sim...
re: TDGB MASTERS PICKEM - TDTOM has won a romantic encounter with Rummy!
Posted by MikeD on 4/10/24 at 10:43 pm
Scheffler Rory
Lowry Homa
Sergio Phil
Glover...
re: Solar Eclipse Gamethread
Posted by MikeD on 4/9/24 at 10:48 pm
[quote]I saw a lot of small towns throwing all kinds or costly events thinking all these tourist were going to show up. A lot of them wasted money.[/quote]
Burnet TX had a big 4 day festival that got canceled on the day of the eclipse ...
re: The Call Wasn’t Great
Posted by MikeD on 4/5/24 at 11:16 pm
[quote]The correct call was made. Quit crying over your butt hurt.[/quote]
BS call. No contact to the head yet Iowa flopper flailed like Lebron. ...
re: Putting: To line up OR not
Posted by MikeD on 4/5/24 at 11:15 am
I line up all my putts using the printed line of my ball. Been doing that for a long time and I like it. Best is when it is a pure stroke and contact, the line rolls end over end and the ball tracks into the hole. ...
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