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Although I've never done this, I suspect gifting a membership allows you access their contact info.

Doesn't mean it's not true! If I apply all my preferences, I also only end up with one guy. I'm not naive enough to assume that means he is a sure thing. And my best experiences ever came from someone who didn't exactly match my preferences, so it is important to have some flexibility. And apropos of nothing, but Harden is one of the few guys I think looks better with a beard than without.

I have to agree. I would say curate also implies a consideration of the impact of the entire collection. It's common enough to be lampooned in a US TV ad:

If you will indulge me, I had to look this up, and found this: This expression, meaning “diagonally opposite,” was formed from a misspelling in English of the French word quatre (“four”) prefixed to “corner.” Although the word has nothing to do with cats or kittens, in various dialects all three spellings are acceptable: “catty,” “cater” or “kitty.” I had no idea it was derived from French.

This averages out to $16.33 per person and that's not even considering that many of them have more than one pet. As far as frivolous extravagances go, this doesn't strike me as being up there.

If one good deed in all my life I did, I do repent it from my very soul.

For sure, it's hard to consider the back area of Stadium 'private'. But the dancers were pretty uninhibited.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG4d7S8WAL4

It was fun, glad I went.

I've been wondering the same about @freecahill1965

Having a truly custom suit made is one of my fantasies.

Dr. Google is the best!

I guess ITasteGood was taken?

Astros Fire Brandon Taubman, Now Need To Fire Whoever Smeared Stephanie Apstein [update] The Houston Astros have fired assistant GM Brandon Taubman for conduct that “does not reflect the values” of the organization, according to a team statement released on Thursday. Stephanie Apstein of Sports Illustrated published a report on Monday revealing that Taubman had taunted three female reporters about the Astros signing closer Roberto Osuna, who was suspended for 75 games last season for violating Major League Baseball’s domestic violence policy, as the team celebrated its ALCS victory over the Yankees. According to the report, Taubman yelled, “Thank God we got Osuna! I’m so fucking glad we got Osuna!” While the statement offers a meager apology to Apstein, and acknowledges that the organization was wrong with its initial response, noticeably absent is any explanation for why Houston released a strongly worded comment decrying the legitimacy of the Sports Illustrated report, allowed an employee to pull the “as a father of daughters” card while offering a non-apology of his own, and based these decisions on an investigation whose conclusion proved to be far from reality. Who were those “witnesses” who lied to smear Apstein and the other reporters present as fabulists? Who crafted that first statement? What consequences will they face? This statement also does nothing to address the strange comments Astros GM Jeff Luhnow gave to local station SportsTalk790 about what Taubman did. “Brandon has apologized from inappropriate behavior and I think, from my perspective, clearly something happened that he regrets,” Luhnow said. “What we really don’t know is the intent behind the inappropriate comments he made. We may never know that because the person who said them and the people who heard them, at least up to this point, have different perspectives.” Of course, the breadth of possibilities of with which Taubman’s intentions could have been based on couldn’t possibly extend beyond wanting to be snide towards women, especially one who was wearing a purple domestic violence awareness bracelet and had tweeted about the subject of domestic violence before—which, by all account, Taubman was aware of. It would be great if this was a case of the Astros committing to an organizational overhaul in response to not just what Taubman did, but also what others around the ballclub did to protect this employee. But considering how much blowback had to occur before anything of substance happened, the Astros’ delay in acting responsibly should be remembered at least as much as the fact that they eventually did. Update (7:12 p.m. ET): Dig up, stupid! Astros GM Jeff Luhnow was asked whether he had personally reached out to @stephapstein to apologize. Luhnow said he’s been busy and hasn’t had the time. Stephanie was sitting in the room. Go Nats!

He was taunting three female reporters about how happy he was the Astros hired a player who was suspended for 75 games for domestic violence.

Why was it awkward? I have had occasion to be out in public with a guy as part of the session, it's been great .

Boeing misses big on earnings but remains optimistic for 737 Max return Boeing reported a more than 50% slide in third-quarter profit, worse than analysts expected, as the company struggles to recover from two fatal crashes of its top-selling 737 Max aircraft.

Global Positioning System During the 1990s, GPS quality was degraded by the United States government in a program called "Selective Availability"; this was discontinued in May 2000 by a law signed by President Bill Clinton. ... When selective availability was lifted in 2000, GPS had about a five-meter (16 ft) accuracy. The latest stage of accuracy enhancement uses the L5 band and is now fully deployed. GPS receivers released in 2018 that use the L5 band can have much higher accuracy, pinpointing to within 30 centimetres or 11.8 inches.

I had always assumed if I checked the box so my RM reviews showed up in my profile, new people I contacted would contact people I had reviewed. I don't know this never happened, but it sure seems it wasn't common.

https://www.companyofmen.org/threads/411-on-bobby-jhonson.127390/

I would hate the wait too, if my internet was 100 bits per second. I think you need to upgrade, here is a new gadget that can triple your speed to 300 bits per second:

Probably a reference to Lutron dimmer switches for lighting. I consider them a requirement for civilized living.

It's a shameless apologia for the European lead genocide of the Americas in general and Columbus in particular. I think it's important to remember the time frame it was released. For years, people were anticipating a huge celebration of the modern world in 1992, the 500th anniversary of the voyage. Major motion pictures were put into production. At some point, more progressive people picked up on this and a pushback started, resulting in very little happening. Sea of Troubles : Celebrations: The 500th anniversary of Columbus’ voyage is raising waves of controversy over whether the trip was for good or ill. So it was after this, the book was published in 1996. I'm generally not in favor of suppressing books, but this was one of a couple of books I threw in the trash because I didn't want to play a role in someone else reading my copy. Essentially arguing that if the Europeans had not conquered the Americas, the kingdoms of the Americans would have conquered Europe in a campaign of murderous terror is a pathetic case of hypothetical whataboutism.

New handle https://rent.men/Mister_eleven