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Time to stir the waters. In honor of the all star game, I give you my all star team compromised of players who have played in MY lifetime. This willl certainly bring on some discord and disagreement, and everyone is welcome to post THEIR list. Please keep the names to players that have played in YOUR lifetime.
CF - Willie Mays. The perfect baseball player in my opinion, hit for power and average. Great glove and arm. Great base runner to boot. Honorable mention - Mickey Mantle ( for all the same reasons).
RF - Al Kaline. OK this one is because I'm from Detroit. Pittsburgh fans, feel free to enter the name Roberto Clemente.Both were the best to walk RF.
LF - Hank Aaron. The true HR king after Ruth. Honorable mention - Ricky Henderson, the best lead off man in baseball history.
3B - I struggled with this one before deciding on Alex Rodriguez, but Mike Schmidt or Brooks Robinson would make great choices also. Brooks was absolutely the best fielding 3rd baseman I ever saw. Ultimately though A-Rod wins because of his bat.
SS - Ozzie Smith. I figure this choice to bring the most debate, due to all the great SS's we have seen through the years, but The Wizard of Oz was unquestionably the finest infielder I've ever seen. Period.
2B - Joe Morgan. Another complete player.
1B - Pete Rose. I could not post this list without the player whom I thought was the epitome of baseball, and it's all time hits leader. When I was a kid playing the game I wanted to be Pete Rose. "Charlie Hustle" says it all as far as I'm concerned.
C - Johnny Bench. The most dominate player at that position ever. Honorable mention - Ivan Rodriguez.
RHP - Bob Gibson. The most intimidating pitcher I've ever seen, maybe the most intimidating ever. 19k's in game one of the '68 series against the Tigers was unbelievable. And the season he had the ERA of 1.19 was incredible.
LHP - Sandy Koufax. If you lucky to see him in his all too brief carreer you'll know why he's my choice here.
Reliever- I wanted to say Eckirrsely(how do you spell his name)? But I'm going withh Goose Gossage. That scowl, that Fu Manchu, that 98mph fastball. When the Yankme's got to the 9th with a lead, and Gossage came in, the game was over.
Well that's my list and I'm sticking to it (Maybe. I'm sure there are players I just didn't think of when I was writing this).
Who's on yours? Remember, keep it to players who played in your lifetime.
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CF - Willie Mays. The perfect baseball player in my opinion, hit for power and average. Great glove and arm. Great base runner to boot. Honorable mention - Mickey Mantle ( for all the same reasons).
RF - Al Kaline. OK this one is because I'm from Detroit. Pittsburgh fans, feel free to enter the name Roberto Clemente.Both were the best to walk RF.
LF - Hank Aaron. The true HR king after Ruth. Honorable mention - Ricky Henderson, the best lead off man in baseball history.
3B - I struggled with this one before deciding on Alex Rodriguez, but Mike Schmidt or Brooks Robinson would make great choices also. Brooks was absolutely the best fielding 3rd baseman I ever saw. Ultimately though A-Rod wins because of his bat.
SS - Ozzie Smith. I figure this choice to bring the most debate, due to all the great SS's we have seen through the years, but The Wizard of Oz was unquestionably the finest infielder I've ever seen. Period.
2B - Joe Morgan. Another complete player.
1B - Pete Rose. I could not post this list without the player whom I thought was the epitome of baseball, and it's all time hits leader. When I was a kid playing the game I wanted to be Pete Rose. "Charlie Hustle" says it all as far as I'm concerned.
C - Johnny Bench. The most dominate player at that position ever. Honorable mention - Ivan Rodriguez.
RHP - Bob Gibson. The most intimidating pitcher I've ever seen, maybe the most intimidating ever. 19k's in game one of the '68 series against the Tigers was unbelievable. And the season he had the ERA of 1.19 was incredible.
LHP - Sandy Koufax. If you lucky to see him in his all too brief carreer you'll know why he's my choice here.
Reliever- I wanted to say Eckirrsely(how do you spell his name)? But I'm going withh Goose Gossage. That scowl, that Fu Manchu, that 98mph fastball. When the Yankme's got to the 9th with a lead, and Gossage came in, the game was over.
Well that's my list and I'm sticking to it (Maybe. I'm sure there are players I just didn't think of when I was writing this).
Who's on yours? Remember, keep it to players who played in your lifetime.
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Okay, a little late to the party; but what the heck...
I was born in 1963...
In order of Position on the scorebook:
Pitcher:
RHP - Greg Maddux. A better pitcher than Nolan Ryan; sacrilege to some. Ryan got a lot of strikeouts but there's more to pitching than the K. A 78 pitch complete game shutout? That's < 3 pitches per hitter and almost literally unbelievable.
LHP - Steve Carlton. I was a tad too young to actually see Sandy Koufax pitch or he'd be there.
Reliever - Trevor Hoffman
C - Johnny Bench
1B - Tony Perez -- He was a solid fielding RBI machine.
2B - Ryne Sandberg; I hate Joe Morgan's arrogance with a passion
SS - Derek Jeter
3B - Brooks Robinson the best glove I've ever seen at 3B and a fine clutch hitter. I'll take the D over the O at that spot; although Mike Schmidt would have been a great choice. A-Rod? Hasn't made a career of the position.
RF - Andre Dawson; a sentimental favorite of mine. A five tools player in his prime and one hell of a dramatic flourish with the bat. Unfortunately his numbers aren't comparing to some others how might have had them artificially induced. Andre` moved to Chicago about the same time I did and that summer of 1987 it was magical to watch him win an MVP award with a last place team.
CF - Jr.
LF - Bonds -- although I despise him I haven't seen a better left fielder and the one I'd put here (Ted Williams) I was obviously too young to see. Ted Williams lost 4 of his prime years to WWII (as did many others) or the numbers would have even more impressive.
I was born in 1963...
In order of Position on the scorebook:
Pitcher:
RHP - Greg Maddux. A better pitcher than Nolan Ryan; sacrilege to some. Ryan got a lot of strikeouts but there's more to pitching than the K. A 78 pitch complete game shutout? That's < 3 pitches per hitter and almost literally unbelievable.
LHP - Steve Carlton. I was a tad too young to actually see Sandy Koufax pitch or he'd be there.
Reliever - Trevor Hoffman
C - Johnny Bench
1B - Tony Perez -- He was a solid fielding RBI machine.
2B - Ryne Sandberg; I hate Joe Morgan's arrogance with a passion
SS - Derek Jeter
3B - Brooks Robinson the best glove I've ever seen at 3B and a fine clutch hitter. I'll take the D over the O at that spot; although Mike Schmidt would have been a great choice. A-Rod? Hasn't made a career of the position.
RF - Andre Dawson; a sentimental favorite of mine. A five tools player in his prime and one hell of a dramatic flourish with the bat. Unfortunately his numbers aren't comparing to some others how might have had them artificially induced. Andre` moved to Chicago about the same time I did and that summer of 1987 it was magical to watch him win an MVP award with a last place team.
CF - Jr.
LF - Bonds -- although I despise him I haven't seen a better left fielder and the one I'd put here (Ted Williams) I was obviously too young to see. Ted Williams lost 4 of his prime years to WWII (as did many others) or the numbers would have even more impressive.
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Much better than the critics would want you to believe. Only problem, the last guy was pretty obvious a couple of episodes in.
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Amazon Sets 'The Lord of the Rings' TV Series In Mega Deal With Multi-Season Commitment
$250 Million just for the rights to make something
The LOTR original series, a prequel to Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring, will be produced by Amazon Studios in cooperation with the Tolkien Estate and Trust; HarperCollins; and New Line Cinema, a division of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which produced the hugely successful LOTR movie franchise.
Set in Middle Earth, the television adaptation will explore new storylines preceding Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring.
$250 Million just for the rights to make something
The LOTR original series, a prequel to Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring, will be produced by Amazon Studios in cooperation with the Tolkien Estate and Trust; HarperCollins; and New Line Cinema, a division of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which produced the hugely successful LOTR movie franchise.
Set in Middle Earth, the television adaptation will explore new storylines preceding Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring.
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For some reason, the satelliteguys.us site is loading a lot slower than usual on both Chrome on my Asus laptop and Safari on my iPhone.
I'm also seeing longer appearances of the blue bar at the top and the "3 blue bars" loading symbol.
Is anyone else also having the same problem? Thanks in advance.
I'm also seeing longer appearances of the blue bar at the top and the "3 blue bars" loading symbol.
Is anyone else also having the same problem? Thanks in advance.
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I saw that, wasn't sure if PHP was employed by XenForo or not.
arstechnica.com
PHP warns it plans to release 2 emergency patches imminently
Unconfirmed report claims PHP2Shell exploit remotely executes code on PHP sites.
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Yup thats what xenforo is written in, php.
But all patched now.
But all patched now.
More specifically, these:
A more scholarly story is here:
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A more scholarly story is here:
PHP warns admins of two critical flaws, emergency patches coming tomorrow
The PHP security team is warning administrators to prepare for emergency security updates tomorrow to address two critical vulnerabilities, as information about the flaws has reportedly leaked ahead of their scheduled disclosure.
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I'm surprised Walmart hasn't banned this guy from all of their stores. He has been on their CASE the past few months.
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Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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For quite a while now, people with a VIP211k have been losing their recordings on their activated external HDDs... even when there's nothing physically wrong with HDD. I believe this is an intentional and underhanded tactic that Dish is pulling in an attempt to force users away from the VIP211k.
They are obviously regretting that they ever let users have a "non-dvr" dvr in the first place. You would think they would be happy charging you a $40 one time fee... and then be happy letting the customer be the one responsible for HDD failures.
Dish clearly hates the 211k bitter-clingers. This recording deletion problem is intentional (IMO), and I think it is just one more tool that they are using. Hopper and a 2-year agreement... that's what they want you to have. Think about that... a 2-year agreement... with a company $30 Billion in debt (that's with a B). What happens when all that debt causes them to drop the channel that may have been your whole reason for having Dish in the first place? Guess who's stuck with a service that no longer suits their needs... for the remainder of the 2-year agreement.
On top of that, they don't want you to install it yourself. I purchased and installed all my equipment myself. That used to be common. Now, they lie to me and tell me that my dish must be updated to use a Hopper. Funny thing is... they don't even know what dish I have because they didn't install it, and I didn't tell them. If you ask what type of dish/LNBs the hopper needs... good luck getting an answer. All they know is that whatever you have needs to be upgraded by an installer.
It is quite apparent to me that they care much more about staying in their box, than they do working with the customer. That's too bad, because it hasn't always been that way. It's like they are totally unaware of the current business environment that they are trying to compete in.
I have been a customer since 2010. I will be cancelling my service before the next period. Yeah, I know, my $1,200 a year won't make a difference to them. It just seems like they have forgotten who needs who, especially when you consider the competition in today's streaming world. But hey, they will have succeed in forcing me off the 211k.
They are obviously regretting that they ever let users have a "non-dvr" dvr in the first place. You would think they would be happy charging you a $40 one time fee... and then be happy letting the customer be the one responsible for HDD failures.
Dish clearly hates the 211k bitter-clingers. This recording deletion problem is intentional (IMO), and I think it is just one more tool that they are using. Hopper and a 2-year agreement... that's what they want you to have. Think about that... a 2-year agreement... with a company $30 Billion in debt (that's with a B). What happens when all that debt causes them to drop the channel that may have been your whole reason for having Dish in the first place? Guess who's stuck with a service that no longer suits their needs... for the remainder of the 2-year agreement.
On top of that, they don't want you to install it yourself. I purchased and installed all my equipment myself. That used to be common. Now, they lie to me and tell me that my dish must be updated to use a Hopper. Funny thing is... they don't even know what dish I have because they didn't install it, and I didn't tell them. If you ask what type of dish/LNBs the hopper needs... good luck getting an answer. All they know is that whatever you have needs to be upgraded by an installer.
It is quite apparent to me that they care much more about staying in their box, than they do working with the customer. That's too bad, because it hasn't always been that way. It's like they are totally unaware of the current business environment that they are trying to compete in.
I have been a customer since 2010. I will be cancelling my service before the next period. Yeah, I know, my $1,200 a year won't make a difference to them. It just seems like they have forgotten who needs who, especially when you consider the competition in today's streaming world. But hey, they will have succeed in forcing me off the 211k.
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Every time my Dish contract comes up I weigh the options of keeping Dish or switch to streaming. Right now I can watch/record the OTA channels vis my HDHomerun. I also can stream CBS and NBC via the Paramount+ and Peacock apps. What I would need to find is how to watch the Food Network, HGTV, Syfy, USA, Hallmark channels, Great American Family, Lifetime channels plus a few more with an app or two. My current Dish bill is $118, so I should be able to get a few apps for a lot less.
Any suggestions? I would want the best picture quality and audio quality I could get.
Any suggestions? I would want the best picture quality and audio quality I could get.
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USA and SyFy content is on Peacock, you can receive the rest of those channels via Philo, only $25 a month.
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Stumbled across this ... http://www.gaspricewatch.com/USGas_ZipSearch.asp
I found no local prices, although it did show stations at my location...
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USA National Gas Temperature Map
State By State Gasoline Taxes
Gas Buddy
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I found no local prices, although it did show stations at my location...
Added these to this post...
USA National Gas Temperature Map
State By State Gasoline Taxes
Gas Buddy
Ethanol Free Stations
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