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  • July 4, 2021 at 12:20 pm in reply to: "wood wide web" #130740
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    Zooey wrote:

    Wow, zn, that is a beautiful place to live. And the Lombardi Trophy in your garden is a special touch.

    I have a nice piece of property in a still-small, gold rush town, but I would be happier if I lived in a place even more rural. I’d like to live among more wildlife with less pavement and more bugs. Less light pollution. A place where you can’t hear any traffic most of the time.

    You’ve posted pics of different parts of your place before. It looks good. I thought it was cool.

    We do have some wildlife. In our backyard we’ve seen wild turkeys (pretty regularly), red foxes, big ass “Last of the Mohicans” style white tail deer, possums. There’s rare kinds of woodpeckers. There’s supposed to be a fisher cat but I have never seen it–though we do know that in this neighborhood, cats that go outdoors tend to disappear, which is probably the fisher cat (which are amazingly vicious). The garden when it blooms (it’s really a summer/fall garden without real blooms before July) brings swarms of hummingbirds. I have a standing request from my wife–she sleeps during the day to work a night shift (as an RN), but if I see hummingbirds in the garden she wants me to wake her to see them.

    July 3, 2021 at 10:20 pm in reply to: "wood wide web" #130731
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    Billy_T wrote:

    nothing compares to the Blue Ridge for me. It’s a longer drive, but the views are stunning and nature is the star all on its own, with nothing to prove. No cages. We’re the guests, et

    I have always had an affinity for the woods. It has always just been there. (I know you were talking about mountains but if I recall the Blue Ridge area is heavily forested.) My family was very into camping growing up and in fact they still have a cabin in western Ontario. So I like where the spouse-n-I live now cause it’s wooded. I will always take longer routes driving around if it takes me through wooded areas and will avoid the straighter routes that are full of stores and gas stations and concrete. In fact here’s a view of our house (we live on a cul de sac). The 2nd pic is our garden (or about 1/4th of it) as it stood 3 or 4 weeks ago. The third pic is the area where we live (which is called Cumberland Foreside).



    July 3, 2021 at 12:31 pm in reply to: Good history book: Forget the Alamo #130725
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    I put this on the football forum but it belongs here too.

    Links to a good article.

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    July 3, 2021 at 12:21 pm in reply to: around the league (updated thru 7/26) #130724
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    July 3, 2021 at 11:03 am in reply to: Good history book: Forget the Alamo #130719
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    I am familiar with that take on history–that the Texas revolt was primarily driven by the desire to preserve slavery. I think it has made its case and as someone who grew up with the myths of Davy Crockett and the brave stand at the Alamo, I found it eye-opening when I first encountered the “it was slavery” interpretation.

    Some local controversies in San Antonio: https://www.texastribune.org/2021/05/10/alamo-renovation-slavery/

    Generations of Texas schoolchildren have been taught to admire the Alamo defenders as revolutionaries slaughtered by the Mexican army in the fight for Texas independence. But several were enslavers, including William B. Travis and Davy Crockett — an inconvenient fact in a state where textbooks have only acknowledged since 2018 that slavery was at issue in the Civil War.

    Indeed, an enslaved man named Joe, who was owned by Travis, survived the battle of the Alamo and became one of the primary sources of information about the 13-day siege, inspiring dozens of books and movies, including the John Wayne classic.

    Key members of the state’s GOP leadership and some conservative groups are insisting that the renovation stay focused on the battle. A bill introduced by 10 Republican state lawmakers would bar the overhaul from citing any reasons for the Texas Revolution beyond those mentioned in the Texas Declaration of Independence — which does not include slavery.

    “If they want to bring up that it was about slavery, or say that the Alamo defenders were racist, or anything like that, they need to take their rear ends over the state border and get the hell out of Texas,” said Brandon Burkhart, president of the This is Freedom Texas Force, a conservative group that held an armed protest last year in Alamo Plaza.

    July 2, 2021 at 9:18 pm in reply to: Rams tweets … 6/29 thru 7/3 #130714
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    from The best offseason move for all 32 NFL teams: https://theathletic.com/2671771/2021/06/29/matthew-stafford-to-the-rams-julio-jones-to-the-titans-the-best-offseason-move-for-all-32-nfl-teams/?source=twitterhq

    Los Angeles Rams

    The Rams — and especially head coach Sean McVay — pushed their chips all the way in on another Super Bowl run, or at least believe they have, in trading for Matthew Stafford and shipping out former first overall pick Jared Goff. McVay believes Stafford will elevate the offense in ways that include activating eligible receivers at a more efficient rate and becoming more explosive both vertically and horizontally in the passing game. Adding a veteran quarterback who has been to a wild-card game just three times in a 13-year career might seem like a risk, but in Stafford, McVay believes he has found a collaborator in his offense and someone who can execute his vision. — Jourdan Rodrigue

    July 2, 2021 at 8:57 pm in reply to: Just a thread for different kindsa interesting things #130713
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    July 2, 2021 at 8:53 pm in reply to: Rams tweets … 6/29 thru 7/3 #130712
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    July 2, 2021 at 8:28 pm in reply to: environmental disasters #130711
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    July 2, 2021 at 8:21 pm in reply to: opioids/big pharma #130708
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    July 2, 2021 at 12:54 pm in reply to: Rams tweets … 6/29 thru 7/3 #130702
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    July 2, 2021 at 12:53 pm in reply to: Capitol riots: aftermaths #130701
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    Capitol Police probing claims GOP lawmakers gave tours to Trump supporters before riot
    https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/15/gop-trump-supporters-tours-before-capitol-riot.html

    July 2, 2021 at 12:51 pm in reply to: Capitol riots: aftermaths #130700
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    July 2, 2021 at 12:15 pm in reply to: Rams tweets … 6/29 thru 7/3 #130699
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    July 1, 2021 at 9:13 pm in reply to: Washinton–Snyder fined and stripped of power #130696
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    July 1, 2021 at 9:09 pm in reply to: Washinton–Snyder fined and stripped of power #130695
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    July 1, 2021 at 7:20 pm in reply to: Rams tweets … 6/29 thru 7/3 #130694
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    July 1, 2021 at 7:04 pm in reply to: Rams tweets … 6/29 thru 7/3 #130692
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    July 1, 2021 at 6:59 pm in reply to: Rams tweets … 6/29 thru 7/3 #130691
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    July 1, 2021 at 2:48 pm in reply to: Rams tweets … 6/29 thru 7/3 #130689
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    from https://theramswire.usatoday.com/2021/07/01/rams-roster-rankings-pff-best-worst-nfl/

    Pro Football Focus’ Ben Linsey ranked every roster in the NFL ahead of the 2021 season and at No. 7 were the Rams, sandwiched between the sixth-ranked Packers and No. 8 Cowboys.

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    Linsey’s choice for the team’s biggest weakness is no surprise: inside linebacker. He expects it to be “one of the weaker groups across the league,” with no clear-cut starter at the position. Micah Kiser, Troy Reeder, Kenny Young, Travin Howard and Ernest Jones will all compete for snaps, but there’s no surefire starter among them.

    And then there’s the Rams’ x-factor for 2021, which comes down to Sean McVay and Matthew Stafford, of course.

    Since Sean McVay took over as the Rams’ head coach in 2017, Los Angeles has had the ninth-most efficient offense in the league, according to expected points added per play. Jared Goff flashed high-end play when things were running smoothly but struggled to improvise and elevate McVay’s offense. The Rams bet two first-round picks that Matthew Stafford can. Stafford graded in the 73rd percentile of qualifying quarterbacks when under pressure last season, while Goff finished in just the 14th percentile.

    July 1, 2021 at 11:45 am in reply to: comics, jokes, one-shot memes, funny tweets, etc. #130687
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    July 1, 2021 at 9:50 am in reply to: Rams tweets … 6/29 thru 7/3 #130686
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    from https://theramswire.usatoday.com/2021/07/01/rams-sean-mcvay-quarterback-leader-matthew-stafford/

    On the latest episode of the “Flying Coach” podcast with Peter Schrager, Rams coach Sean McVay shared what he looks for in a quarterback and what makes a great one.

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    “If you said, when do the really rare quarterbacks express themselves especially nowadays? It might be in the framework of the pocket when things go outside the rhythm of the play. Tom [Brady] does it differently than Patrick Mahomes and Aaron Rodgers are doing it, but all of which is beautiful and makes them elite at what they do,” McVay said. “You see some of the things and I’ve talked a lot about the excitement with Stafford. That’s one of the things I’m excited about him is, when it breaks down, getting through progressions, being able to move and manipulate, keep your eyes down the field.”

    June 30, 2021 at 10:26 pm in reply to: Rams tweets … 6/29 thru 7/3 #130684
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    June 30, 2021 at 4:53 pm in reply to: Rams tweets … 6/29 thru 7/3 #130680
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    June 30, 2021 at 4:30 pm in reply to: Rams tweets … 6/29 thru 7/3 #130677
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    June 30, 2021 at 4:20 pm in reply to: Andrew Whitworth: It feels like this year will probably be the end #130675
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    JackPMiller wrote:

    I saw the article, & got too excited. Then an hourlater, I clicked in your post, & saw it was posted earlier.

    No don’t worry about that. If I post something in a Rams tweets thread, it’s fair game for a poster to decide naw I want that to be its own thread. I then just delete or move the bit I put in the tweets thread.

    The issue with repeating is if someone already started a whole THREAD dedicated to the article and than someone just starts another identical thread. But in this case no one did that. Never be shy about posting new threads out of material that previously just showed up as bits in a “Rams tweets” thread. As I said that’s fair game.

    June 29, 2021 at 10:43 pm in reply to: Andrew Whitworth: It feels like this year will probably be the end #130671
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    JackPMiller wrote:

    I wish there was a delete button for me to use right now

    Why? I can delete whatever it is, if there’s something.

    June 29, 2021 at 8:52 pm in reply to: Rams tweets … 6/29 thru 7/3 #130669
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    June 29, 2021 at 8:28 pm in reply to: around the league (updated thru 7/26) #130667
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    June 29, 2021 at 7:13 pm in reply to: around the league (updated thru 7/26) #130666
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