calibuck said:

Well, here in Cali, just another 106+ day. After a round of golf, going into the club house, and the AC there, makes the sweat freeze. Had an unseasonal 'rain storm' last week, got just enough raindrops that it attracted the swirling dust, and created dirty cars. Would take some of that sky-water y'all are experiencing, as crops are drooping, and the sweet corn is looking pretty ragged. Oh, yeah, the farmers (aka growers) here are pumping ground water to make up the shortfall, and of course, the state is taxing them on the amount of acre/feet being extracted from the ground. It's no wonder we've got over 700+ farms for sale in the area.

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I remember when I was a kid, after we moved to Oregon from LA driving through the San Joaquin going back and forth on visits. It was like the garden of Eden, so many farms. I remember there was a stretch of I-5 that was cattle ranches for miles and miles, the smell was unbearable. The last time I drove through there about 15 years ago it looked like the Sahara desert.

Bravo. You're entirely correct. One is merely a piece of meat in the machine. Lots of good ideas above, although hopefully full of things one would 'like to say', but not really say. As a hiring agent, always ask why left last position. Some answers are real doozies. But when one checks with previous employers, if they say 'would not be eligible for rehire' it cause one to pause. Not burning bridges is always the best course. Who knows, maybe your stock portfolio takes a tumble, and you need that income bridge before stocks turn north again. Anyway, have discussed/thought many of the same things opined above. Oh yeah, when doing my due diligence on a recruit, always check on the previous employer before the one where they are currently. Will get a more unbiased answer. Could be that the current employer blows smoke up your six in order to get you gone! Anyway, did day trading on JD Uniphase, and lost a quick $25,000, and decided not my jam. Have been retired for 10 Years now, and wouldn't have it any other way. Served on Grand Jury, and wasn't thrilled to have to get up and meet a specific meeting time. But can do for a tee time. Go figure.

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Anthony Schlegel

Well, here in Cali, just another 106+ day. After a round of golf, going into the club house, and the AC there, makes the sweat freeze. Had an unseasonal 'rain storm' last week, got just enough raindrops that it attracted the swirling dust, and created dirty cars. Would take some of that sky-water y'all are experiencing, as crops are drooping, and the sweet corn is looking pretty ragged. Oh, yeah, the farmers (aka growers) here are pumping ground water to make up the shortfall, and of course, the state is taxing them on the amount of acre/feet being extracted from the ground. It's no wonder we've got over 700+ farms for sale in the area.

DubCoffman62 said:

It's $3.49 now where I fill up

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Same place is $4.19 now.

Flood watch here in Phoenix from this afternoon until late tonight. We're supposed to have some thunderstorms roll through and they're expecting some heavy rains.

Ohio has always had good basketball players, getting them to stay in-state has been a problem. Now, it appears that Diebs is getting that to happen. Love it, and hope we see more of it. My fervent wish is that tOSU basketball (men and women) would get the populace to react like Buckeye football, and look at the home fires first, before making a recruiting decision.

Buckeneye said:

It's a bit... smokey

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Fortunately, that smokey here in NE OH is from those Canadian wildfires so it smells like maple syrup;-)

So, here's where I'm at:

Can we blame the NCAA for their ludicrous punishment? Why in the history of punishing teams, did they not give a fuck about "punishing the current players" concerning Michigan? They didn't give a fuck before and they certainly didn't give a fuck after.
That's the real crime.

Bestbuck36 said:

Uh oh

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They've come and gone, and our fundraising never slows down. You can go all the way back to our first multi-year campaign in the mid 80s that had a goal of 250M and raised 450M--a record at the time for a public university.

Dude did a huge job on the recent campaign, but the next guy will do just fine.

It's a bit... smokey

The D line run we're on right now, heck O line too, is really impressive. Just means we're going whenever and wherever we want to. As if we didn't already know

sparcboxbuck said:

Pulled the trigger. Done. 8/7 is my last day.

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Congrats. I have 9-14 more years, I think.
But I'm leaning towards just not showing up ever again. My company cell phone sitting on my desk, next to the key to the front door. Never hear from me again. I figure that's how they treat the employees - no notice. Why should I treat them any differently?

Come to OSU and be physically and mentally stronger...

Captain Buckeye said:

Every league in sports has contracts.

If they’re getting paid this should be like the NFL etc. College football is lawless right now with this stuff.

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The other leagues aren't tied to colleges/schools/academics. You can't tell someone where he can or can't go to college. As long as there is a real or imaginary tie between the school and the sports teams, you cannot force someone to go to one college or another. You need to let them transfer.

Jaxbuck said:

What part of no CBA in place right now confuses you so badly?

You cannot restrict pay/movement of people no matter their profession if they haven’t had a say in it.

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I assume CBA is a collective bargaining agreement. I'm not smart enough to know what that has to do with restricting things.
But that's fine.
I still think that if someone wants to restrict which team a player is on, we'd have to make a true minor league system. Take the teams away from the schools. But of course, I'm sure none of us wants that.

Herb Kirkstreit said:

Ain't no way. That has to be satire!

Huge payoff at the end. Talking about his wife's child fathered by someone else.

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It’s semi-satire. The news report and incident of an Amazon driver on the curb is real. The guy being “interviewed” is a comedian pretending to be the driver.