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I'm working on getting that little pinhead back to A2 for a game. I may be able to entice him to an early season snoozefest if I promise to make him a couple really greasy cheeseburgers ... :-)"The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, .. I'd worn them for weeks, and they needed the air" -
We'll have to see how his health plays out in coming months, but we will definitely have that discussion. Its been a while since I watched us get routed in person.Originally posted by iam416 View Post
Fuckin' internet people...Comment
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I just had to put the piano thing and "creepovers" into context. Sorry.Originally posted by iam416 View PostMission to CFB's National Championship accomplished. But the shine on the NC Trophy is embarrassingly wearing off. It's M B-Ball ..... or hockey or volley ball or name your college sport favorite time ...... until next year.Comment
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Don't let it happen again :-)Dan Patrick: What was your reaction to [Urban Meyer being hired]?
Brady Hoke: You know.....not....good.Comment
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New developments in the Flint water crisis.
Michigan governor's aides urged switch away from Flint River: reports - Reuters
Snyder was informed about the water issue over a year before he claimed to have known. He then went on TV and lied to everyone's face. The smoking guns are coming out. They have several deaths on their hands from the Legionaries outbreak as well. They knew about all this shit and did nothing while children were poisoned and old people keeled over and died. This has moved well beyond incompetence and into sociopathic behavior.
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What a mess, I thought Snyder did a good working with the Detroit EM and the bankruptcy but this debacle is sinking his administration.Comment
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good article Mike. The article says:
I've spent a lot of my life figuring present value of future flows of money. If your water bill in 1980 was $ 100.00 for the year (pretty low), then your yearly cost would have been $ 9,700.00 in 2003 if the calculations are as the freep says. I don't know, but this does seem rather high. I don't know what the average bill was in 1980, or in 2003.The city's journey away from Detroit and toward the Flint River as a drinking source started in 2013 when Flint made the decision to leave the Detroit water system and needed another source while it waited to join a new, regional water system, the Karegnondi Water Authority. Part of the desire to break from Detroit, some officials said, was annual rate increases that had worked out to about 21% a year from 1980 to 2003.
That year, the Flint City Council voted 7-1 to join the new authority, and Earley, the state-appointed emergency manager overseeing Flint at the time, signed an order to make it happen.
That decision prompted Detroit to exercise a 12-month termination clause in its contract with Flint. The city began searching for a new water source until the Karegnondi pipeline from Lake Huron was completed and turned to its longtime backup source, the Flint River.
Though there were further discussions about Flint staying on Detroit water until the new pipeline was completed, the parties couldn't reach an agreement.
What I do know as a fact is that I just finished a 7-inch diameter water well in CA. It is 600 feet deep, and would supply drinking water for a small city. Total cost was $ 52,000. A bill is in the US Senate to allocate $ 200 million for lead poisoning, which should help Flint. If half of that money went to Flint, that would pay for 1,920 wells similar to the one I just drilled. The deepest well I have ever drilled in MI was 342'.
I know it is redundant, but I simply cannot see why some private sector help is not available to address fixing the problem.Comment
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This $12 million in savings will end up costing billions.Comment
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this is the best article I've read about the Trump Phenomenon. I hope the link works. Please forget the source, and read the thought.
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It's paywalled (can't read)Comment
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Yeah, I'd like to read that. There's an article today from National Review saying a Hillary presidency is preferable to a Trump administration.Comment
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Geezer, Flint has actually been paying the highest price for water in the country at an average annual cost of $864/year. The avg cost for the U.S. is around $350 per household. I have no idea about the logistics of using a series of wells to supply a city. Wouldn't you still need water mains and pipes that go to each home and business? That's the problem with Flint's infrastructure now because the toxic water leached lead from the pipes. Hopefully they can be coated but it doesn't sound likely.Comment
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Most of the Republican establishment is hiding in a severe form of denial that up until now I thought only Tumblr feminsts and angry SJWs were capable of. To me it's the most peculiar phenomenon of this incredible election in which there has been no shortage of peculiarity.Originally posted by Mike View PostComment
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Chris Christie endorses Donald Trump - CNN
Couple thoughts: 1. Christie must absolutely HATE spending time in New Jersey. 2. A Trump/Christie ticket might be a lot of fun.Last edited by Mike; February 26, 2016, 03:18 PM.Comment
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Their slogan could be "Youoo shall not...pass!"Originally posted by Mike View PostChris Christie endorses Donald Trump - CNN
Couple thoughts: 1. Christie must absolutely HATE spending time in New Jersey. 2. A Trump/Christie ticket might be a lot of fun.Comment
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