March 24, 20241 yr 15 hours ago, MonkeyDoughnut said: automatic bids... lower seed but guaranteed a spot All 24 of them are automatic?
March 24, 20241 yr 51 minutes ago, FirstTimeCaller said: All 24 of them are automatic? Yep, half the field (32 teams) are automatic qualifiers... here are the lower ones and conference auto bid: 45. N.C. State (22-14) ACC 46. Duquesne (24-11) Atlantic 10 47. Grand Canyon (29-4) WAC 48. James Madison (31-3) Sun Belt 49. McNeese State (30-3) Southland 50. UAB (23-11) American Athletic 51. Vermont (28-6) America East 52. Yale (22-9) Ivy League 53. Samford (29-5) Southern 54. Charleston (27-7) CAA 55. Oakland (23-11) Horizon League 56. Akron (24-10) MAC 57. Morehead State (26-8) Ohio Valley 58. Colgate (25-9) Patriot League 59. Long Beach State (21-14) Big West 60. Western Kentucky (22-11) Conf USA 61. South Dakota State (22-12) Summit League 62. Saint Peter’s (19-13) MAAC 63. Longwood (21-13) Big South 64. Stetson (22-12) ASUN 65. Montana State (17-17) Big Sky 66. Grambling State (20-14) SWAC 67. Howard (18-16) MEAC 68. Wagner (16-15) Northeast
March 27, 20241 yr What to hell does a symphony conductor do? I know he stands up front and waves a stick around, and makes SRV faces, supposedly to keep everybody in time. I'm thinking that if you're good enough on your instrument to qualify for a symphony orchestra aren't you good enough to stay in time? Seems like dead wood to me.
March 27, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, Not that Bob said: What to hell does a symphony conductor do? I know he stands up front and waves a stick around, and makes SRV faces, supposedly to keep everybody in time. I'm thinking that if you're good enough on your instrument to qualify for a symphony orchestra aren't you good enough to stay in time? Seems like dead wood to me. He mainly keeps time and make sure the orchestra stays together with his guidance. They don't need him to tell them how to play the music but to make sure they don't start playing at different tempos, causing it to sound off. Within each piece, there are tempo changes and he guides these for the different groups, even how fast or slower they need to go. Also, to play louder or more quiet. I used to wonder the same thing and had it explained to me.
March 28, 20241 yr 2 hours ago, Not that Bob said: What to hell does a symphony conductor do? I know he stands up front and waves a stick around, and makes SRV faces, supposedly to keep everybody in time. I'm thinking that if you're good enough on your instrument to qualify for a symphony orchestra aren't you good enough to stay in time? Seems like dead wood to me. the conductor does 95% of his work during rehearsals. And individual musicians cannot hear anything more than the asshole next to him. The conductor holds it all together. In a small combo, the "rhythm section" (bass and drummer) are the conductors.
March 28, 20241 yr The actual performance, the conductor is nearly irrelevant. But sports analogy, he's the coach, and movie analogy he's the director. The entire interpretation of the piece is his vision.
March 28, 20241 yr 12 hours ago, Sam Lin said: The actual performance, the conductor is nearly irrelevant. But sports analogy, he's the coach, and movie analogy he's the director. The entire interpretation of the piece is his vision. As an example, check out real musicians trying to follow Bradley Cooper's direction from "Maestro:" Edited March 28, 20241 yr by nnm
April 29, 20241 yr Is the ‘Frank Stallone’ reply/injection the Surly equivalent of the internet ‘Albert Einstein’ reply/injection? Just asking. Frank Stallone was great in Barfly.
April 30, 20241 yr Why isn't the upper peninsula of Michigan just part of Wisconsin? It's connected by land to Wisconsin. Someone plant a flag in it and said, "mine"?
April 30, 20241 yr Popular Post 20 minutes ago, Nuge said: Why isn't the upper peninsula of Michigan just part of Wisconsin? It's connected by land to Wisconsin. Someone plant a flag in it and said, "mine"? It is the fallout from the Toledo War with Ohio. Way back when Michigan was about to be admitted to the union, the border between Ohio and Michigan was not well defined, and there was a dispute between the states. Since you couldn't be admitting states with undefined borders, eventually the decision was to give the small strip of land near Toledo to Ohio, and as compensation, Michigan was given the UP. At the time, everyone thought the UP was worthless and so Michigan got the bad end of that deal, but then they realized that it was full of iron and copper.
April 30, 20241 yr 7 minutes ago, pantone159 said: It is the fallout from the Toledo War with Ohio. Way back when Michigan was about to be admitted to the union, the border between Ohio and Michigan was not well defined, and there was a dispute between the states. Since you couldn't be admitting states with undefined borders, eventually the decision was to give the small strip of land near Toledo to Ohio, and as compensation, Michigan was given the UP. At the time, everyone thought the UP was worthless and so Michigan got the bad end of that deal, but then they realized that it was full of iron and copper. Thank you
April 30, 20241 yr 26 minutes ago, pantone159 said: It is the fallout from the Toledo War with Ohio. Way back when Michigan was about to be admitted to the union, the border between Ohio and Michigan was not well defined, and there was a dispute between the states. Since you couldn't be admitting states with undefined borders, eventually the decision was to give the small strip of land near Toledo to Ohio, and as compensation, Michigan was given the UP. At the time, everyone thought the UP was worthless and so Michigan got the bad end of that deal, but then they realized that it was full of iron and copper.
April 30, 20241 yr 3 hours ago, pantone159 said: It is the fallout from the Toledo War with Ohio. Way back when Michigan was about to be admitted to the union, the border between Ohio and Michigan was not well defined, and there was a dispute between the states. Since you couldn't be admitting states with undefined borders, eventually the decision was to give the small strip of land near Toledo to Ohio, and as compensation, Michigan was given the UP. At the time, everyone thought the UP was worthless and so Michigan got the bad end of that deal, but then they realized that it was full of iron and copper.
May 11, 20241 yr On 4/30/2024 at 12:18 PM, pantone159 said: It is the fallout from the Toledo War with Ohio. Way back when Michigan was about to be admitted to the union, the border between Ohio and Michigan was not well defined, and there was a dispute between the states. Since you couldn't be admitting states with undefined borders, eventually the decision was to give the small strip of land near Toledo to Ohio, and as compensation, Michigan was given the UP. At the time, everyone thought the UP was worthless and so Michigan got the bad end of that deal, but then they realized that it was full of iron and copper. This is how you do this thread. Also, History Channel or somesuch had a series a few years back about the shapes of the states and explained all of this. Really interesting stuff.
May 21, 20241 yr Was there some recent change in law requiring some variation of “new driver” stickers on cars? “Student Driver” has always been a thing for driver’s ed, but I don’t recall seeing the “new driver” ones until pretty recently, and they’re all of a sudden freakin everywhere.
May 21, 20241 yr 18 minutes ago, SquishMitten said: Was there some recent change in law requiring some variation of “new driver” stickers on cars? “Student Driver” has always been a thing for driver’s ed, but I don’t recall seeing the “new driver” ones until pretty recently, and they’re all of a sudden freakin everywhere. In Norway they have to put a big magnetic “L” in their car. Made it very easy for me to tease my friends’ kids when they were learning. https://blogs.transparent.com/norwegian/driving-with-no-licence-in-norway/
May 21, 20241 yr On 4/28/2024 at 10:05 PM, Al Czervik said: Is the ‘Frank Stallone’ reply/injection the Surly equivalent of the internet ‘Albert Einstein’ reply/injection? Just asking. Frank Stallone was great in Barfly. It's a Norm McDonald bit from SNL.
May 28, 20241 yr 21 hours ago, BehoId, The Underminer! said: Why don’t synthetic things (plastic cups, Tupperware) dry well in the dishwasher? Dishwashers used to dry with a heating element at the bottom to dry, but that used a ton of power. Now they use condensation drying which sucks for plastics. That's why on older dishwashers you couldn't put anything plastic on the bottom rack or it would melt.
July 25, 20241 yr What the fuck happens to all the water in the upper part of the greenbelt? There are millions of gallons of water in Lost Creek but just a few miles downstream Sculpture Falls is dry as a bone (or at least it was a few days ago before the rains). Also, where does the water come from? It has not rained significantly prior to this week, but the water was flowing pretty good at Lost Creek. Is it spring-fed and eventually the water table gets so low that no more water flows?
July 27, 20241 yr Not unless it's a mileage warranty, then it may get some pro-rate if they wear too quick.
August 4, 20241 yr Farmer types… How long can corn stand in the field? Most fields here were cut a long time ago, but like everywhere along the coast we’ve had a shit ton of rain and there’s a bunch of fields with stuff still standing. I figured it may just be too wet to get in to cut it but it looks like it’s about to rot. Is it just a different variety or are those fields lost?
August 13, 20241 yr What the fuck happens to all the water in the upper part of the greenbelt? There are millions of gallons of water in Lost Creek but just a few miles downstream Sculpture Falls is dry as a bone (or at least it was a few days ago before the rains). Also, where does the water come from? It has not rained significantly prior to this week, but the water was flowing pretty good at Lost Creek. Is it spring-fed and eventually the water table gets so low that no more water flows?Slaughter Creek does the same on occasion. I think the water may be hitting a karst(s), and draining down into the aquifer. I’m not a geologist.
August 13, 20241 yr Don’t need to be a geologist to know when south austin’s mom goes swimming, there’s a problem.
August 17, 20241 yr Is there some internet challenge of sneaking the word demure into everything now?
August 17, 20241 yr On 8/13/2024 at 3:46 PM, Steel Shank said: Slaughter Creek does the same on occasion. I think the water may be hitting a karst(s), and draining down into the aquifer. I’m not a geologist. On 8/13/2024 at 6:53 PM, thunderlounge said: Don’t need to be a geologist to know when south austin’s mom goes swimming, there’s a problem. Are we saying south austin's mom is possibly a karst? Asking because not a geologist...
August 17, 20241 yr 7 hours ago, BehoId, The Underminer! said: Is there some internet challenge of sneaking the word demure into everything now? My teen daughter (no pics) dropped demure on me today. I asked if that was a new thing, and she said yes. Videos on the socials where some dude is dressed like a girl and talking about how classy and sophisticated 'she' is. Drops demure in every one. So now you know!
August 18, 20241 yr 10 hours ago, ChickenSandwich said: Fierce did it better There is no question here, dumb or otherwise. An all-timer.
August 26, 20241 yr do we really believe that everyone doesn't know where every sub is at all times still? a few feet of water defeats all the different detection techniques out there? from satellites to sonar nets to just having a tiny drone follow right behind it from the second it leaves port?
August 27, 20241 yr Hey, what happened to Lobo? Did he go out in a blaze of glory, or just disappear? I searched but can’t find anything, thus on topic.
August 27, 20241 yr Hey, what happened to Lobo? Did he go out in a blaze of glory, or just disappear? I searched but can’t find anything, thus on topic.Dude. Shut up. Just... enjoy the quiet.
August 30, 20241 yr On 8/27/2024 at 6:25 PM, BearSchlong said: Hey, what happened to Lobo? Did he go out in a blaze of glory, or just disappear? I searched but can’t find anything, thus on topic. Whatever it was it undoubtedly involved important people you will never know…
September 3, 20241 yr 10 hours ago, Paco said: On 8/27/2024 at 6:45 PM, Paco said: Dude. Shut up. Just... enjoy the quiet. Well this aged poorly. RIP good sir. I wouldn't beat yourself up over it or anything - I'm sure he would agree with the overall message...
September 5, 20241 yr On 9/3/2024 at 9:21 PM, Redneck Mutha said: Related and a dumb question: What does "YGIFS" stand for? It’s an acronym, representing a ~3000 word anecdote
September 5, 20241 yr Popular Post On 9/3/2024 at 9:21 PM, Redneck Mutha said: Related and a dumb question: What does "YGIFS" stand for? you guessed it-- Frank Stallone
September 5, 20241 yr 8 hours ago, High Plains Drifter said: you guessed it-- Frank Stallone The rare opportunity to a give a perfect one-liner that is also the accurate answer to the question asked. RIP
September 7, 20241 yr Ffs help me out here. My belt tore so I don’t have a before picture, it’s been a while since I changed the belt and can’t remember the path, and I can’t find it online.
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