On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 3:23 PM Doug Eastick <[email protected]> wrote:
> Kevin and Susan, happy birthday! > Thanks, I’ll pass your greetings onto Susan. She feels about a TV message board the way I feel about her InstaPot Facebook page. It’s ok to have independent interests. > > We recently celebrated a birthday in our house at the end of September. > Ya know what is a weird tradition? Exhaling your breath all over a > cake, just before you serve it to all your guests. We did not use candles > this time. > Yep. We went with brownies and ice cream > > > On Mon., Oct. 12, 2020, 11:40 a.m. Kevin M., <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> Semi-related, while the NBA did stay mostly in a bubble, upon hearing the >> news the Lakers won, many in LA (predictably) took to the streets to >> celebrate a victory they had nothing to do with (I’ll never understand this >> aspect of sports). So although the wealthy players stayed safe, the people >> whose health care is statistically not as good gathered en masse to >> probably cause yet another Covid spike, and that pisses me off. Taking to >> the streets to protest the wrongful murder of an unarmed black man is one >> thing, but there was no need for last night’s exhibition. It potentially >> cost lives, and it is the most egregious and gross type of public display. >> >> This week both my wife and I celebrate our respective birthdays, and the >> total number of people who celebrated with us last night was 7, and >> everybody stayed outside and socially distanced. We’d have preferred a >> bigger party with more people (and cake), but we respect each other and >> those around us too much to take stupid chances. >> >> So to sports fans who need their sports, f*ck you. To the people of LA >> who partied in the streets, f*ck you. You’re thoughtless and stupid, and >> I’m tired of you. Quit being a$$holes. Just f*cking quit it. >> >> On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 8:19 AM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 10:12 AM Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> You know, it's almost like the mere idea of play farces of sporting >>>> events in the middle of a pandemic involving likely aerosol transmission of >>>> the bug is an insulting idea, outrageously high risk, and catastrophically >>>> stupid! >>>> >>> >>> But then the European football leagues, the NHL, NBA, and after an iffy >>> start MLB, have all found ways of returning to playing without a >>> catastrophic collapse. It's tough to demand one sport cancel its season >>> while others successfully go on. >>> >>> That said, the powers that be in the NFL were overly optimistic by not >>> building some kind of cushion in for delaying games. When one team has >>> positive tests two teams are affected by the need to reschedule the game. >>> Players don't get paid for games they don't play so there will be a lot of >>> pressure from the NFLPA to keep the league from declaring forfeits. There >>> has been some public grousing from Steelers players who were forced to take >>> an early bye week and then have mostly road games in the second half of the >>> season. They feel they have been put at disadvantage by Tennessee's >>> reckless behavior. The more disruptions to the schedule that occur, the >>> more grousing there will be. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiGGJMdDkR%2BZu58DjDmHRtELV6Yi9a0ubkiDCN%3DOfp7Jmg%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiGGJMdDkR%2BZu58DjDmHRtELV6Yi9a0ubkiDCN%3DOfp7Jmg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> Kevin M. 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