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    *** Official Space Flight Discussion (Non-political Only) ***

    Didn’t they just vote to create their own Elon-company-town down there?
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    *** Official Space Flight Discussion (Non-political Only) ***

    Mission Control: “That’s not good.” You think?
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    ***College Towns to Visit***

    I visited Northwestern twice on college visits, with both of my kids. I wanted to enroll there, it was so nice.
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    ***Official 2025 Weather Thread***

    If you think about how strong the updrafts have to be to carry these bad boys up into the freezing levels multiple times to make them that big … that’s a stupendous amount of energy in those storms.
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    ***Official 2025 Weather Thread***

    That’s called an outflow boundary. The cooler air from aloft coming down with the rain, hitting the ground and spreading out. Sometimes that can cause enough instability to generate more rain or even storm cells along that boundary.
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    MLB: Legal Way to Watch Brewers-Padres?

    If you sign up for the Fan Duel streaming service to get the Cardinals, like I did, that same network gets you the Royals and the Brewers, too (along with several NBA/NHL/WNBA teams as well). So that was actually a better deal than I expected for $19.99 a month.
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    NBA: *** 2024 NBA thread ***

    Not a stat on how many there are in a year, but for these playoffs:
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    2025 NCAA Softball Tournament

    If it’s anything like baseball the catcher is required to stay in the catcher’s box directly behind home plate until the pitch is delivered.
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    Big 12 on NBC/Peacock?

    Black Friday deal, a year for $19.99 is what I’ve done the past two years. Fingers crossed they keep that up.
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    ***Official 2025 Weather Thread***

    Technically it’s “rain and smoke,” with the observation recording the precipitation as well as any other elements restricting the visibility. As fun as it sounds, there’s not actually a phenomenon called “rain smoke.”
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    Restaurant tipping

    There’s an ice cream and popcorn shop near me that I frequent (the popcorn is the best). I pull the bags I want off the shelves and go up to the cashier to ring them up. The cashier puts them in a plastic bag for me. The payment screen includes a tip option. Now, I understand the point-of-sale...
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    Restaurant tipping

    Why are you tipping 15-20% for the “worst” service? I mean, you do you, you can spend your money however you want to, but that seems to defeat the whole purpose. ”You can treat me like dirt, not check on my meal, refuse to refill my drink, and make me wait 25 minutes before you finally bring me...
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    Restaurant tipping

    Oh, I’ve seen it both ways. Restaurants that tried raising their menu prices and increasing servers’ pay while ending tipping often see their business drop, as customers look at the higher menu prices and stay away (even though the total cost would be the same as another restaurant after...
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    Restaurant tipping

    Im old enough to remember the custom for tipping on cocktails or beers was $1 a drink, not a percentage. The restaurant profit margins on alcohol are so astoundingly high tipping a percentage on top of that is akin to robbery. But, alas, times have changed, 15% is no longer the standard tip for...
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    Downtown Royals Stadium

    Not exactly downtown, is it?
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