I went 6/9 last week. 35/63 $1050/$1000 overall. Good thing too, I was going to have to sell one of my kids if I kept losing. Just kidding yinz NSA alphabet agencies, etc…I don’t bet on amateurs while using real money. As i said when I was up $1750/1000 and would have quit there, I would also quit last week now that I am up.
It’s a cool night on the deck, 45F and the relentless North Wind started last week but my heart is warmed by the playoff victory of my two Alma Maters tonight! My HS won their playoff game (after clinching their first division championship in 41 years last week); Concurrently, my beloved PITT Panthers went to Virginia and smoked the #25 Cavaliers. Both teams won in outstanding Western PA Football style by running…when you have a great running game and a stout defense you wear down the opponent by smashing him in the mouth over and over again. Pitt is now in sole possession of the ACC Coastal with the bastard-criminal-class from Miami coming up.
On to this week’s match-ups! $100 a game.
#20 Texas A&M at Auburn – Sat, Nov 3, 12:00 PM ET – The Aggies are getting no love anywhere, they are 4 point dogs at Auburn. The Aggies cover on the road.
Louisville at #2 Clemson – Sat, Nov 3, 12:00 PM ET – Clemson is giving 40 points??? Yeah, no, they win but don’t cover. They don’t need to.
Nebraska at #10 Ohio State – Sat, Nov 3, 12:00 PM ET – The once mighty Huskers are getting 18 and they don’t beat this spread.
#13 West Virginia at #17 Texas – Sat, Nov 3, 3:30 PM ET – The ‘Neers are getting 2 at Texas. I’ve been burned by both teams often the past 3 years. If this were real money, I would run the hell away from this game. But it ain’t. Sooooo, Texas covers.
#6 Georgia at #9 Kentucky – Sat, Nov 3, 3:30 PM ET – yeah…#9 KENTUCKY??? Welcome to the bigs, Wildcats. The Bulldogs cover this 8 points spread and show K what real SEC ‘ball looks like…M’Kay.
#14 Penn State at #5 Michigan – Sat, Nov 3, 3:45 PM ET – M’s defense is just flat out great. PSU is getting 12 on the road at The Big House. Yet, I think the Blue and white can beat the spread.
#4 Notre Dame at Northwestern – Sat, Nov 3, 7:15 PM ET – The ‘Cats are getting 10 at home. Nope, the Golden Domers Cover this.
#1 Alabama at #3 LSU – Sat, Nov 3, 8:00 PM ET – !!!!!!!! THIS is why GOD made college football right here. LSU is getting 15 in Reno and I am taking that money for LSU to cover.
That is 8 games….I might as well pick 2 more to break the bank:
UTEP at Rice – Sat, Nov 3, 3:30 PM ET – Utep is a 1 point FAVORITE and has the longest losing streak in college ball at 20 games and they END IT tonight at the 1-8 Owls!
Dems don’t take the house on Tuesday – Pbbbbbt!
That’s 10 games. I got a grand to mess with!
First. Just because.
@ Bunk X:
If you don’t like it, jump to bottom.
@ Bunk X:
guh…i need sleeeeeep!
see yinz at kickoff!
Today is one of those days that let you know how great NCAA football is.
But I have a significant problem. Norte Dame – Northwestern and Bama-LSU games are both prime time and I loathe split screen.
Northwestern has the Irish at home and they are coming off a big win over ranked Wisconsin.
The Fightin Nerds are tough, but I agree with CW Irish cover. the ND quarterback is making a statement and they are loaded wirh running backs.
Bama and the Bayou Bengals. Ain’t happening for LSU, not today. Bama runs up the score if they feel like it.
My guess is that they won’t do that, but they cover the spread.
I have spoken.
heh
https://www.weaselzippers.us/401504-judiciary-committee-refers-another-kavanugh-accuser-for-criminal-investigation/
it’s interesting, setting up an archery range for competition.
RIX wrote:
VERILY!
yinz need several screens in the bar! all fixed!
rain of lead wrote:
exacting ,measurement
First tourney of the year and we are the host team, nah…no pressure at all.
rain of lead wrote:
pressure is often a great motivator and focuser of the mind.
let the games begin!
We change the clocks AGAIN this morning, this time one hour back. Measuring things doesn’t seem to be very controversial, but it can be. There is a word to describe the study of measurement, ‘metrology’.
How much does a kilogram weigh?
Well, it depends.
They’ve decided to change it. And I stumbled across this very interesting thread about it and something called the Systeme Internationale. And it turns out everything is based on the kilogram so when they change THAT…
Meet Max Fagin. He’s an aerospace engineer. He knows everything.
https://twitter.com/MaxFagin/status/1058062583511404545
enjoy
@ eaglesoars:
THIS TIME CHANGE CRAP NEEDS TO STOP.
@ eaglesoars:
fun stuff there.
@ eaglesoars:
to simplify
why is OSU losing to lowly nebraska?
coldwarrior wrote:
Problem solved.
coldwarrior wrote:
Because the true freshman QB. THE Ohio Stats just threw a pick in the end zone. Nebraska is starting to believe that they can win.
RIX wrote:
and that just might be enough
I was reading thru this, nodding my head, thinking, well, ok, maybe a “what could possibly go wrong?” reaction is not in order after all. Putting modular data centers in the ocean. Microsoft has been doing it for several years. They’re probably watertight as can be and all that. Modular is good. I read thru the whole thing until the last paragraph…and went splat
The Scottish deployment is wind powered, taking its power from the Orkney Islands and their 100-percent renewable generation
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/11/satya-nadella-the-cloud-is-going-to-move-underwater/
RIX wrote:
one old school 54″ plasma screen (man was that expensive back in the day)
one 24″ wide screen computer
one 17″ laptop
one large tablet
yep.
eaglesoars wrote:
i’ve been out there…the wind never stops.
coldwarrior wrote:
I’ve heard the same about the Shetlands
http://www.timesonline.com/news/20180920/two-of-worlds-largest-cranes-come-to-shell-cracker-site
why? because FRACKING. that’s why. that site is enormous, lots of great paying jobs…and plenty of room to expand operations
1/3 for the noon games 🙁
well played auburn, i was rooting for them.
The girl shot 265 First tourney of the season
rain of lead wrote:
Good for her. That’s awesome
rain of lead wrote:
need more detail…how good is that, what was the average score at the tourney, what is the max score…
clemson 77 – that other team 16
61 point margin. good lord. the spread was 40
@ coldwarrior:
Not sure about all that,We’ll know all results tonight at the awards.her score is good for out of the gate
Max score is 300.that would be 30 bullseye in a row.very tough to do
@ rain of lead:
Young lady has some skills. Will she go for the Olympic team? How’s her hand with a pistol?
coldwarrior wrote:
That’s how Ya do it!
RIX wrote:
and a wet bar, a full humidor, and an industrial popcorn machine.
yeah.
Looking at the home inspection report, there’s probably $20k worth of work than they’d recommend, from broken seals on insulated windows to concrete work , an outlet that needs to be installed and grading by the foundation. I hope they don’t refuse the whole request. It’s a beautiful place and I’d hate to start the whole process over.
Then again if they do, we might just make an offer on a house we saw 7 years ago that we loved. And it’s not even on the market.
@ rain of lead:
looks like bowling,
@ right_wing2:
windows and outlets are easy…grading and cement are not.
@ coldwarrior:
Windows are expensive as all get out.
@ right_wing2:
if seals on insulated windows are broken, can you fix the seal or do you have to replace the entire window
asking for a friend
@ coldwarrior:
We’ve got a sprinkler system guy and a concrete guy coming on Monday for an evaluation and estimate.
@ right_wing2:
no where near Olympic level
got some time coming on the gun range to start teaching her pistol and rifle
for school shooting they do 3 rounds of 5 at 10 meters and 3 rounds at 15 meters plus a warmup round for each for a total of 300 points
for every ring you move outward, you lose a point, tie breakers are judged on # of scores in the 10 ring. the 15m is where they are tested at
@ rain of lead:
I think you need to replace the whole thing because it’s a vacuum in there.
@ right_wing2:
so yeah, replacing all the windows is a pricy job
coldwarrior wrote:
It’s a yinzer’s fault
Robert Garland
1918
With daylight-saving time, as with most odd 20th-century ideas and innovations that have a lasting impact on modern life, there’s a significant Pittsburgh connection to its start. An Irishman who immigrated here in the 1880s, a certain Mr. Robert Garland, became a passionate advocate for turning American clocks forward in the summer months to increase industrial productivity and to give people more time for activities (golf! tennis! baseball!) on summer evenings. (Something tells me that the productivity reasoning had more persuasive power than the recreational opportunities.)
Often called the “Father of Daylight Saving,” Garland was an industrialist who ran a factory here, Garland Nuts and Rivets, and he served on Pittsburgh City Council for 28 years from 1911 to 1939. Among his many civic activities, he was president of the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce, and because of his work with the United States Chamber of Commerce, he was appointed chairman of the national Special Committee on Daylight Saving. He and his committee convinced the powers in Washington to create a law instituting daylight saving.
https://www.pittsburghmagazine.com/Pittsburgh-Magazine/March-2009/Curse-You-or-Bless-You-Robert-Garland/
rain of lead wrote:
Which pays for itself quickly.
We did all of ours a few years ago…ouch.
Then we got the Jan gas bill. lol. The AC bill in the summer is tons lower too. But jeeze…the gas bill has become a joke. I knew the old windows were leaky but didn’t expect that level of savings.
By my guess, the windows will pay for themselves in 7 total years. Then it’s all profit as they are warranted for some ridiculous long time…to get the warrantee I had them installed by a company certified crew.
@ eaglesoars:
Typical management decision
@ right_wing2:
It turns out you can re-seal the windows, they just won’t be as efficient since whatever gas was inside will be gone.
right_wing2 wrote:
won’t you have a condensation problem?
PSU coach pulls their all-american QB and put in a squirrel-brain who then promptly throws an interception for a M TD.
eaglesoars wrote:
not if you do it in a 0% humidity vacuum…but then, you’d suffocate, soooo…yinz won’t need windows anymore!
problem solved.
😉
Michigan looks like it is FOR REAL this year, OSU had better watch out.
@ eaglesoars:
Probably.
coldwarrior wrote:
Buckeyes pull it out to win by 5 over a 2-7 team. Seriously, WTF happened the last couple of weeks? Penn got smoked out by TTUN? Yikes.
NEERS!!!!
burned again.
@ Buckeye Abroad:
PSU is not that good
right_wing2 wrote:
I think it’s typically argon.
lobo91 wrote:
Now it is allgone
The domain Gab.com has landed at Epik.
A Word on Unalienable Rights
De-platforming a haven of free speech is not about left or right. Anyone who remembers studying civics is familiar with the concept of inalienable rights — rights that a worthy government can only protect but would have no moral authority to take away. The idea of Natural Law and Inalienable Rights dates back to Ancient Greece, if not before. Tolerance for competing views — including those protected by Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Press — is not an American concept even though the Founding Fathers of the United States built a prosperous nation around the concept.
https://epik.com/blog/why-epik-welcomed-gab-com.html
So the middle school and high school teams both finished 3rd
UTEP ended their 20 game losing streak.
rain of lead wrote:
nicely shot.
ooooooooo, Barbarian needs to see this:
BREAKING: On page 27 of tonight’s report, the Senate Judiciary Committee confirms it continues to investigate Monica Mclean for a possible WITNESS TAMPERING criminal referral.
https://twitter.com/kerpen/status/1058894003394043904
5/9 with tuesday’s election yet to be played so i’ll either be 5/10 or 6/10.
40/72 with $1150/$1000 with one bet outstanding.
good night. gotta work tomorrow and monday.
We ended up asking the sellers to fix about half a dozen of the things on the inspection, but gave them the whole report so they see what we aren’t asking. If they can find who made the windows and just replace the sash, or even just seal them up, we’d accept that. We’re giving them time to get estimates and we’ll see what they say. If they refuse to do any work we’ll renegotiate. The place went up originally back in February, and they’ve already had one sale fall through so maybe by now they’re getting a little motivated.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/snl-mocks-ex-navy-seal-candidate-dan-crenshaw-i-know-he-lost-his-eye-in-war-or-whatever
@ Washington Examiner
I tried to watch SNL las night and could not. last longer than 5 minutes.
So I missed this gem by that creepy Davidson kid mocking a wounded Navy Seal.
no depth too low for this crew.
RIX wrote:
whose father was killed on 9/11.
His father was a New York City firefighter who died in service during the September 11 attacks;[10][11] he was last seen running up the stairs of the Marriott World Trade Center, just prior to its collapse. Davidson, who was seven years old at the time, was profoundly affected by the loss. He told The New York Times that it was “overwhelming” and that he would often act out in school as a result of the trauma, at one point ripping his hair out until he was bald.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Davidson
He didn’t have the balls to avenge is own father so he tried to take down a guy who does
@ eaglesoars:
I did not know that about him. To me it makes his behavior worse, how about honoring your father?