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Reb

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« Reply #3915 on: January 31, 2023, 02:44:27 pm »
I just learned that the great grandson and grand grand nephew of MLB Hall of Famers Paul and Lloyd Waner is in my Constitutional Law class this spring.

Paul Waner was a great player and a slam dunk HOFer.

Lloyd Waner was a good player but one of the least deserving HOFers. Lloyd was a slap hitter who hit a ton of singles in an era marked by lots of homers by more productive hitters. Kind of a Lance Johnson-type player but with more total career hits. 

Eastcoastfan

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« Reply #3916 on: January 31, 2023, 03:38:32 pm »
I agree.

CurtOne

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« Reply #3917 on: February 02, 2023, 12:21:07 pm »
Happy Birthday, ISF!
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« Reply #3918 on: April 25, 2023, 07:05:47 pm »
Happy birthday, JR!
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« Reply #3919 on: April 25, 2023, 07:53:02 pm »
Can you go to R movies now, JR?
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« Reply #3920 on: April 25, 2023, 08:21:26 pm »
He can go, but he still doesn't understand them.
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« Reply #3921 on: April 26, 2023, 03:37:09 pm »
Ha!  Thanks for the birthday wishes y'all!  I had a really great one!

CurtOne

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« Reply #3922 on: May 05, 2023, 10:51:28 pm »
A good number of you here, Dave, tico, JR, Chiman, Davep, and I'm sure others have met my wife, Jean.  A couple of weeks ago, she went to a nursing home.  I had taken care of her as her sole caregiver for the last 12 years since her stroke that caused left side aphasia.  She is doing well.  It was me; physically I could no longer transfer her and give her the all around care she needed.  Just keeping friends in the loop.
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jacey1

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« Reply #3923 on: May 08, 2023, 10:10:40 pm »
Prayers Curt

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« Reply #3924 on: May 09, 2023, 08:14:59 am »
Wishing the best for you and your wife, Curt.

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« Reply #3925 on: May 11, 2023, 09:33:04 am »
Thanks, P2.  When we met in SF, did you meet my wife?  I don't remember.

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« Reply #3926 on: May 11, 2023, 09:33:42 am »
I don't believe I did, Curt. 

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« Reply #3927 on: May 11, 2023, 09:38:51 am »
I feel sorry for that announcer in Oakland who's accused of a racial slur.  Sounds more like he got his tang tungled.  In my early years of teaching English, I had one class doing a unit on Spoonerisms, named after Rev. Edwin Spooner, who often got his tang tungled.  In class, to be silly, we'd sometimes spend a day spoonerizing stuff.  In another class we were studying older English lit, like Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and the Robin Hood saga.  I was always scared to death I would spoonerize Friar Tuck.  I'd slow down whenever I said his name and the kids would look at me like I was having a seizure.  Whew.  Never did it, but came close too often.

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« Reply #3928 on: May 11, 2023, 10:08:40 am »
I don't know that there is anything in Duane Kuiper's history that would suggest he's a racist.  But when you're a professional announcer, you have to be able to avoid saying that no matter what the intent. 

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Re: The Bleachers
« Reply #3929 on: May 11, 2023, 10:28:09 am »
Even if it is funny...
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