Augie

“There are a lot of things we don’t understand”, like what the heck is dark energy or dark matter. They make up 95%+ of the universe, so I’d want to have a clue what that is before I go proclaiming to know how it all works. You would probably have voted to put Galileo on house arrest.

The likelihood of repeatedly winning the Powerball is not hard to calculate. It’s math. You don’t need to make enormous assumptions about things we know so little, if anything, about. That’s where you are going wrong, assuming you know too much….with so much that is unknowable to us. It sounds very pompous, to me. But to each their own.

I believe, somewhere way, way back, you admitted there is not a 0.0000000000000000000% chance you could be wrong. I think “your math” is a bunch of made up $H#^ by someone with an agenda, but if you admit you cannot be 100% sure, you are the one ignoring the math. Just sayin’.

I would hate to be the person who broke the internet! 😱

BUT……whatever will become of our thread? We haven’t even hit 100 pages yet! Ahh, we’ll get their easy talking trash about him and explaining why we never wanted him anyway!

For the kids at home, this is only to be done by experienced professionals, and NEVER near open flames!

Pistols. Well, squirt guns. Full of tequila!

Who needs DHop NOW? 😋

One of those stupid Princeton kids? 😋

I was out there before the sun came up trying to make a left turn in. I shoved my wife out into traffic (she’s pretty quick and nimble for her age, former gymnast, hard to get a clean shot on her, like Barry Sanders) and had to get @mead107 to stop traffic to allow me in. Clearly, he had impaired judgement at the time. But we will not judge the tailgaters. It wasn’t until a few hours later that you broke into my rental car, almost causing me some security deposit fee for what nearly happened on that seat!

We’re not done! We are like the Jerry Lewis Memorial Day Telethon! We shall carry on!

I went to college in Cincinnati, and more recently I’ve also traveled in for Bills games there. It’s a nice walkable city. If you want a dive bar, I’m your guy! 😂 They have a lot of park areas that not all cities enjoy. It’s a nice city for walking. What used to be dangerous in the Over The Rhine area (OTR) is now very cool with breweries all over the place, if that is your thing. It’s a beer drinking largely German town. Oktoberfest is a hoot! Hyde Park is cute and has Graeter’s Ice Cream, which is semi-famous and quite good, I’m told. I like Arthurs, a little cafe around the corner. I texted a Cincinnati buddy this afternoon that I probably think of Zip’s (hamburger joint in Mt Lookout) more than he does! It’s nothing special, just a neighborhood place, which makes it special. That is comfort food to me. I never got into the chili they are famous for, because, well…… I guess I just like food that tastes good. It was largely a “what’s open when the bars close” food in college.

We just got back from a trip that included my first visit to Paris. I’d highly recommend it, especially where we stayed in the Latin Quarter by Le Bon Marche. I walked over 20k steps the first day just taking in all the little shops, farmers markets and cafes. I love walkable cities, and this was great. If I hadn’t just been there, I’d make it a day trip from London if time allowed. Just my two cents. BTW - today is the first day I’ve seriously thought about going, where to stay, how to get around, etc. The wife is actually really pushing me to go. I wonder if I will come back and find out she moved? 🤷‍♂️

This is a correct answer.

You have three feet? That sounds awkward!

He thinks he is in the unique position of being the only person who gets to decide what is “real”. It’s just one more opinion, from one more person.

I bet you can’t pick me out of that crowd. No worries, you can trust me. BUT, I got this great deal on a horse suit, and….. 🤷‍♂️

I want to be an idiot, too. Is there somewhere special I should sign up, or was I exempted into that class?

THIS is going well……. (In my best Church Lady voice.) Ummm, do other things bother you like this? I mean, there is help out there. Gotta be a gag.

Yeah, that would be nice, but how does it change your life? What happens when you can’t successfully defend the title? Is it back to complete despair? I’m not worried about bragging rights with anyone. I do this because I enjoy the Bills. It’s really pretty simple for me, but I have evolved over time.

I hope I would stick to my guns and do the right thing, the job I was hired to do. I’d rather be fired for doing the right thing than keep my job by being bad at it. SHHHH! Don’t give away trade secrets! We are just now decoding this Top Secret message.

You NEED air and water. Remember the old asthma commercial that said “when you can’t breathe, nothing else matters”?

I would sit him, just like I would have done with Bruce after someone else got a raise to make more than him. Let them feel the pain. My list of faults is virtually endless, but I’d be stubborn over someone getting more than they should (which is obviously nebulous). .

I promise, if you do NOT make the playoffs, you will NOT win the Super Bowl. I’ll give you your money back if I’m wrong. I do hope you are the best in your industry every day of the year, and your child is always valedictorian. I’d love a Super Bowl. I don’t NEED a Super Bowl. We have a good and full life, and I enjoy watching our Bills on most weekends during the season. The deeper they run in the playoffs, the more I enjoy it. But even if you DO win it all, you get ready for a new season. It’s not just about the moment of winning. For me I can enjoy going thru the seasons without having to be an obsessive malcontent. I do this for FUN.

I skipped ahead, has anyone complained yet that the OP put optimism ahead of pessimism in the title? Did the OP have to use the old “alphabetical defense” here? 😋