LaLadyinTx

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This is why I dont trust jury votes ever. Josh winning over Paul was insane.

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Josh managed his jury. Paul acted like he thought he deserved it. Paul did not deserve to win either of his seasons.

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Drove Houston freeways for 15 years. If you can drive well there, you can drive anywhere. Just go with the flow, most are assholes so just be an a-hole too

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This is correct. The only place in the US that compares to Houston is Miami.

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On the other hand, the locker room is a sacred, near religious some may say, place. What happens in the locker room stays in the locker room.

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That's not what it's like not. Kids expect that there is video everywhere and they love it. They are probably pumped that this speech got out.

Basic rule: All the things the over 40 crowd loves, the college kids and recruits hate. They live in a very different world from the one the millennials and older grew up in. Their lives exist inside of social media.

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I'm betting the dinner underground is heavily laced with Vitamin D + provided by the good doctor. Everyone outside of Silo 1 will have no idea what happens by the next morning. The doctor, the Senator and Stensen are the culprits.

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The Vitamin D+ really explains why they say this and why they eliminated all the "artifacts" that might help them remember. After a couple of generations, nobody has a clue anymore.

We do not know why we are here. We do not know who built the Silo. We do not know why everything outside the Silo is as it is. We do not know... when it will be safe to go outside. We only know that day is not this day.

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White Oak Landing area

First thought that came to mind
Second was somewhere off highland

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There are homes off Perkins between Bluebonnet and Siegen that look very similar if they haven't been updated. Lots of parts of this house look like they were built by the same builder as my dad and step mom's house. Their house was gorgeous, but still had a 70s style...or a cross between 70s and their travels.

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It was too cheesy for me. Turned off with half hour left.

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We need to send you off to see the Wizard to get a heart. Or maybe you should watch The Grinch.

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Great episode

So what the hell is with the F35’s flying into that “cloud” and that goo taking out the planes.

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It was a great episode. I am show only, so have no idea what will happen. I was so shocked when they cut to Washington DC!

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Everyone feels better after a series vs. the Twins.

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Apparently you haven't watched the Astros make a pitcher with a 5+ ERA look like they should be winning the Cy Young.

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So are infectious diseases

Everything you put in your body has risks/benefits. A lot of people now only look at the risks, even if incredibly small

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100%.

People today don't really understand how bad these diseases are. My parents knew. This is why even though some people died from vaccines in the early days, our parents were lining us up as soon as possible to get these vaccines in the 1960s. They understood that the disease was much worse than any side effects.

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They’re everywhere in northeast Louisiana

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I know quite a few folks in Bienville Parish that have seen them. I think the big population is around Black Lake and Black Lake Swamp, from Kepler Lake down towards Saline and then into Red River Parish towards Campti. There's a LOT of woods with not that many people that way. Nothing but little towns where we all used to play softball and baseball 40+ years ago.

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Roughly 7% of high schoolers play in college.

About 1.5% of those get drafted.

Less than half of draftees ever play one day in the big leagues.

The odds of our kids going pro are somewhere between “struck by lightning” and “find a $100 in old shorts.”

I love youth sports (all my kids play a bunch of them) just keep a good perspective my friends. ??

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I agree with all these things. But, as the parent of a NCAA diver who spent her life in gymnastics and diving, the promise of a scholarship should never be the why. It also isn't really the reward either. I'm sure we spent as more than these travel ball people.

This is the thing. The real reward in being dedicated to a sport is the other lessons they learn. It's time management. It's commitment. Working hard, etc. Those lessons are priceless. Can you get it other ways than travel ball? Sure. But you also aren't getting it in a super relaxed fun league either.

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With baseball do you keep pursing this false hope by jumping around to different travel teams and paying for hitting coaches? Do the mental gymnastics end quicker for football and basketball?

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See above. Mental gymnastics of assuming you will get something someday isn't the why. There isn't a single gymnast or diver my daughter trained with (25+ hours per week) that isn't a successful adult. Without fail, they are the most dependable and hardworking young adults I know. They do not fail and I would bet on them every single time. That's the why.