Cold Cous Cous
Favorite team: | LSU |
Location: | Bucktown, La. |
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Number of Posts: | 15046 |
Registered on: | 10/1/2003 |
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re: Where does LSU find these pitchers that can't throw it over the plate
Posted by Cold Cous Cous on 5/6/24 at 5:52 am
It's not just about throwing get-over strikes. That might work in HS but in college you have to have "stuff"
In other words, any of these guys could get up there and throw 81 mph four seamers over the plate all day long. Those pitches would then be gently placed in the left field bleachers....
re: Defending champs should automatically qualify for tourney
Posted by Cold Cous Cous on 4/29/24 at 5:28 pm
This is how Wimbledon worked in the 19th century, when men were men. Last years champ skipped straight to the finals.
So it's a very trad opinion. Makes sense that the progressives around here would down vote it. :dunno:...
re: What are the rules for running red light on a continuing left?
Posted by Cold Cous Cous on 4/29/24 at 10:48 am
OK what about this one. Coming north up Wisner, turn left on Fillmore towards the golf course. You immediately hit a red light, as in the previous example, but there is [b]not[/b] a thick white line on the ground - I checked. In the inerrant opinion of the OT, this would be all right to treat like...
re: Chapelle vs Mt. Carmel
Posted by Cold Cous Cous on 4/25/24 at 11:49 am
[quote]I would suggest that you let your daughter lead on this. Please don't steer her to a specific school for your reasons...it's her choice. If she's more comfortable at one school over the other, listen.[/quote]
I, on the other hand, regret not being more hands on and forceful in guiding a ch...
re: Non-Compete agreements are now illegal nationwide!
Posted by Cold Cous Cous on 4/23/24 at 3:23 pm
[quote]What if I sell my business to someone and then go right out and start another business just like the one I just sold?[/quote]
In California, where non-competes have always been illegal, there is a carveout allowing non-competes in this specific situation (along with a couple others - partner...
re: Non-Compete agreements are now illegal nationwide!
Posted by Cold Cous Cous on 4/23/24 at 3:07 pm
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/04/ftc-announces-rule-banning-noncompetes
You can read it all here although it's 570 pages long :lol:
"Senior executive" is limited to people who both qualify as "a worker who was in a policy-making position" and who make at least $1...
re: Non-Compete agreements are now illegal nationwide!
Posted by Cold Cous Cous on 4/23/24 at 3:01 pm
[quote] Also, what law gives the FTC this power to limit contracts like this now?
This seems like a valid question here as well.[/quote]
I've always thought non-competes are obvious violations of the Sherman Act but the Courts have apparently held otherwise. A non-compete is, quite literal...
re: Non-Compete agreements are now illegal nationwide!
Posted by Cold Cous Cous on 4/23/24 at 2:57 pm
[quote] Not even a union would save you from an enforceable non-compete. [/quote]
Any non-compete would 100% be a "term and condition" and therefore subject to mandatory bargaining. The NLRB would love to nail company who unilaterally asked a unionized employee to sign a noncompete
edit - ht...
re: Non-Compete agreements are now illegal nationwide!
Posted by Cold Cous Cous on 4/23/24 at 2:49 pm
Non competes are a total prisoners' dilemma. We'd all be better off if no one had them, but the first company to impose them gets an immediate advantage - it can poach employees but other ones can't.
So you end up with this shitty situation where bigger sophisticated entities with lawyers (O___r...
re: What are the rules for running red light on a continuing left?
Posted by Cold Cous Cous on 4/23/24 at 2:39 pm
[quote]But it was a “rule” that I grew up with in Lakeview, if you turn left and get stuck perpendicularly on the neutral ground at the red light, as long as cars aren’t coming you can go through it. [/quote]
Yes - especially because, if you don't, the backup of cars waiting to turn often blocks ...
re: What are the rules for running red light on a continuing left?
Posted by Cold Cous Cous on 4/23/24 at 10:06 am
[quote]
I think he's saying you take a left at a green light, onto the neutral ground area, but you are immediately met with a red light. Do you wait in the neutral ground area or continue to run the red light. [/quote]
Exactly. These are all over the place. Here's a map of one over by the West ...
What are the rules for running red light on a continuing left?
Posted by Cold Cous Cous on 4/23/24 at 9:30 am
Many years ago I was told you can do this if you're making a left turn, across the neutral ground, straight into a red light. You can continue crossing if nobody is coming.
But I have never actually seen the rule or the law on this. And recently my kids have started screaming at me over running ...
re: RIP Dickie Betts
Posted by Cold Cous Cous on 4/18/24 at 11:05 am
dude was 81 years old and not exactly Jack Lalane. Taking all factors into account he probably outlived his life expectancy by a good 35-40 years...
re: No Booze sales allowed at MELLENcamp show
Posted by Cold Cous Cous on 4/15/24 at 10:50 am
his average concertgoer is 72, no doubt their cardiologists approve
great tunes though, without a doubt he's the second best acoustic Americana singer/songwriter whose first name is John to come out of central Indiana in the early 1980s ...
re: LSU Baseball Mid Season Progress Report (Hitting Only)
Posted by Cold Cous Cous on 4/15/24 at 10:39 am
[quote] GIDP - 1st
Grounding into double plays, but at least we lead in something.[/quote]
Strangely, this usually this correlates with a [i]good[/i] offense - you can't hit into a double play unless someone is on base. Not here though!...
re: Did Paul Mainieri ever have as bad of a team as this 2024 LSU baseball team?
Posted by Cold Cous Cous on 4/8/24 at 7:39 am
I hope someone is collecting these to repost at the end of the year...
re: What does bunting with two outs and runner on third equate to in football?
Posted by Cold Cous Cous on 4/5/24 at 1:42 pm
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It equates to running the ball on 3rd and 14 hoping to surprise the defense. It works one in every 20 times[/quote]
This offhand guess is, incredibly, almost exactly right
[quote]
We previously found that teams run the ball on approximately 17% of third-and-long plays. [They define thi...
re: How many posters on this board are actually LSU Fans?
Posted by Cold Cous Cous on 4/2/24 at 3:00 pm
[quote]Louisiana has a terrible education system, resulting in citizens who are uneducated and dumb. [/quote]
It's mystifying to me how much contempt the average td'er seemingly holds for the state he lives in and the people he lives around. And everyone seems ready and primed to announce this part...
re: Why is the USPS allowed to continue to operate at a loss each and every year?
Posted by Cold Cous Cous on 4/2/24 at 2:44 pm
It's a government agency. Do you think the US Court system turns a profit? Does wildlife and fisheries turn a profit? Nobody would even ask those questions because it sounds too silly. the USPS is really no different. ...
re: Is this the worst baseball bunch since Smoke?
Posted by Cold Cous Cous on 4/2/24 at 10:13 am
[quote]For me? Because in the 9th inning of a CWS elimination game, he chose his most unreliable bullpen option available at the time. Billy Sadler. Guy had struggled with confidence for weeks before that appearance and had the look of "why, coach?" as he came to the mound. Outcome entirely predicab...
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