TLOC
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More then the Broncos because of their National location and former prominence. What a sorry owner! That would be a Jeff Bezo’s team acquisition
Running Bear's June 2022 Coffee Shop
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Also, thanks for the answer to Mel's Diner question. Drat the luck, I envisioned an old passenger car or something like with the proper build outs for kitchen .. stuff like that.
Did it have any girth to it? You might be able to sell some of the better, wider, straighter pieces to guitar makers or furniture makers? Maple is hard to come by in raw log form for those who have special needs.
The last place you'd expect to a museum like that. There is also a salt mine museum in town as well. I've been in the mine, but to destroy outdated financial records. All kinds of stuff stored there as well. Never been to the museum.
Glad the surgery went well.
<edit> After spending some time on their website, I need to make another trip there soon. They were remodeling the last time I was there and looks like they've added some stuff. I still want my flying car!!!!
While they don't have the off field issues the WFT has, the Nationals are determined to be the worst team in baseball. (Something that only worked for the Cubbies). Can't even blame the Angelos Family for this one. Freaken Fillies have won 6 in a row, Atlanta 7 in a row, while the Mets begin their annual mid season descent from 1st to last.....They have to have the most injury prone group of players in sports.
Use to be it was a given in America. People do the right thing because it is the right thing to do.
Steven Strasburg is making his first start tonight!!! I'm hoping he alone is worth at least 10 wins this season.
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TLOC
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When you are worth $70 billion and your son in law is worth 30 billion, 4.65 billion is chump change.
TLOC
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Let’s see game tickets $175., hot dog, $9, popcorn, $8, beer at $10 each x 2, parking $35. You have about $100 left to buy gas
ctclibby
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Morning all!
45F in Libby
79F in Olive Branch
I was headed South on I55 a week or so ago and spotted a potential building located in Scott City for my layout. Yesterday I got back there and stopped for pix and food. Most of the neat stuff has been long gone. Can not tell from Google Maps if there ever was an alignment for siding to the place and because the building is so small, probably only capable of 1 or 2 cars. Looks like trucks brought product to the place and drained whatever opposite of trackside. Also there is a circular pad that could have been some sort of storage silo or such. That trackside door looks to be about boxcar height, YMMV. When we get home I will do more diligence and find out if the Chamber or City knows more about; pix hopefully. Anyway, one pix here, more in Prototype Railroads.
45F in Libby
79F in Olive Branch
I was headed South on I55 a week or so ago and spotted a potential building located in Scott City for my layout. Yesterday I got back there and stopped for pix and food. Most of the neat stuff has been long gone. Can not tell from Google Maps if there ever was an alignment for siding to the place and because the building is so small, probably only capable of 1 or 2 cars. Looks like trucks brought product to the place and drained whatever opposite of trackside. Also there is a circular pad that could have been some sort of storage silo or such. That trackside door looks to be about boxcar height, YMMV. When we get home I will do more diligence and find out if the Chamber or City knows more about; pix hopefully. Anyway, one pix here, more in Prototype Railroads.
santafewillie
Same Ol' Buzzard
Good Morning All. Partly cloudy and a rather cool 69° here this morning. Mother Nature defied all forecasters yesterday, our high was 10° below the forecast of 93°. Today is forecast to be 89°, then touching or exceeding triple digits tomorrow through Sunday. It sure looked like it might rain yesterday, a massive system was barrelling this way from Colorado, but basically stopped right at the TX/OK border just 25 miles away and moved east.
Got the lab results from Tuesday's blood draw. Almost all were well within limits except red blood cell count was a bit low. That means I need to eat more red meat. Could it be that I have had so much blood drawn in the last week??? A1c stayed the same at 5.6 so doc is happy, so am I. A year ago it was 7.0.
Being as it was such a cool day yesterday, I mowed a lot. Made three 45 minute sessions instead of two. I also cut down a tree that had died unexpectedly. It was a 20 year old Maple tree that was about 30' tall. Lots of unexpected firewood after I get around to cutting it up. Garden is doing well, but the tomatoes just aren't turning red yet.
Today is the weekly grocery/beer trek to Denton. Got to do an Amazon return for the wife that she forgot to do before she left. Easy enough but it is an extra stop. Just hand the UPS guy the package and let him scan the QR code on the phone. Amazon really makes it easy. Actually OK though as I have to stop by the Vitamin Shop next door.
Thanks to all who commented or liked yesterday's post.
I didn't do much out in the train shed yesterday. I applied primer to some of the stuff that I received Tuesday. No pictures of that mundane process.
Nothing stands out from the archives to post this morning except this whimsical scene with a couple of "good ole boys" trying to capture and butcher a goose.
Guy - I took the Longhorn pictures from the car and didn't realize the fence post was in the way; kinda like a utility pole growing out of an engine.
There were other cars coming from both directions, so I just snapped and moved on. Longhorns are really quite docile, I actually could have walked right up to that fence. My main intent was to get the pictures for reference for painting.
Note in that picture, this fellow down the road uses his weed-wacker along 1000' of barbed wire fencing along the roadside. He also mows this and the pasture behind it with his riding mower. Those round hay bales are there to fool the tax assessor into thinking that he deserves an agricultural exemption on his property taxes. He grows that hay on a different field.
Joe - I know that you are on the road or in the medical facility right now, but I 100% agree with your commentary yesterday.
Todd - Mel's Diner is a fictional place from the long running TV show called Alice from the 70's-80's. Here's a Wikipedia link.
Mel's Diner
James - Enjoy your time here in Texas. It will be hot though. Lake Fork has the biggest bass in TX. Have a safe trip.
Jaz - I only grow the soft skin summer squash like Yellow Straightneck and Zucchini. The hard shell winter varieties like Acorn or Butternut do not produce reliably here.
Today is Donald Duck Day. And in keeping with the gossip news, it's Johnny Depp's birthday. But of more significance to me, today would have been guitarist Les Paul's 107th birthday. He passed away in 2009, aged 94.
Everyone have a great and safe day.
Got the lab results from Tuesday's blood draw. Almost all were well within limits except red blood cell count was a bit low. That means I need to eat more red meat. Could it be that I have had so much blood drawn in the last week??? A1c stayed the same at 5.6 so doc is happy, so am I. A year ago it was 7.0.
Being as it was such a cool day yesterday, I mowed a lot. Made three 45 minute sessions instead of two. I also cut down a tree that had died unexpectedly. It was a 20 year old Maple tree that was about 30' tall. Lots of unexpected firewood after I get around to cutting it up. Garden is doing well, but the tomatoes just aren't turning red yet.
Today is the weekly grocery/beer trek to Denton. Got to do an Amazon return for the wife that she forgot to do before she left. Easy enough but it is an extra stop. Just hand the UPS guy the package and let him scan the QR code on the phone. Amazon really makes it easy. Actually OK though as I have to stop by the Vitamin Shop next door.
Thanks to all who commented or liked yesterday's post.
I didn't do much out in the train shed yesterday. I applied primer to some of the stuff that I received Tuesday. No pictures of that mundane process.
Nothing stands out from the archives to post this morning except this whimsical scene with a couple of "good ole boys" trying to capture and butcher a goose.
Guy - I took the Longhorn pictures from the car and didn't realize the fence post was in the way; kinda like a utility pole growing out of an engine.
There were other cars coming from both directions, so I just snapped and moved on. Longhorns are really quite docile, I actually could have walked right up to that fence. My main intent was to get the pictures for reference for painting.Note in that picture, this fellow down the road uses his weed-wacker along 1000' of barbed wire fencing along the roadside. He also mows this and the pasture behind it with his riding mower. Those round hay bales are there to fool the tax assessor into thinking that he deserves an agricultural exemption on his property taxes. He grows that hay on a different field.
Joe - I know that you are on the road or in the medical facility right now, but I 100% agree with your commentary yesterday.
Todd - Mel's Diner is a fictional place from the long running TV show called Alice from the 70's-80's. Here's a Wikipedia link.
Mel's Diner
James - Enjoy your time here in Texas. It will be hot though. Lake Fork has the biggest bass in TX. Have a safe trip.
Jaz - I only grow the soft skin summer squash like Yellow Straightneck and Zucchini. The hard shell winter varieties like Acorn or Butternut do not produce reliably here.
Today is Donald Duck Day. And in keeping with the gossip news, it's Johnny Depp's birthday. But of more significance to me, today would have been guitarist Les Paul's 107th birthday. He passed away in 2009, aged 94.
Everyone have a great and safe day.
Sirfoldalot
Days Gone Bye!
Last couple days have been busy - for me - anyway!
TROY received new seeing-eye glasses, so I might as well show off my new dentures, LOL, oops - no picture!
Good morning RR Fans! 61 degrees and looking fr 93 high under clear and sunny!
Spousal Unit and I were supposed to go to Palm Springs this weekend for an outing with other family members for a look see st the SIL's "new" 1.5 mil slum housing (lol), but supposed to be 116 degrees, or so, and everyone except me thought - TOO HOT! Heck - nice pool - I could alternate between the pool and A/C house - no problem?
Going to have to rip out - and start over - the wiring to the whatchamacallit gang of six yard sprinkler valves - I can't seem to get them in the right sequence and now two (not just one) refuse to work!
I have decided that the RV is haunted and is after what little cash I have remaining?
Awaiting the module to arrive for the airbag sensor, and I forgot about the fact that the license plate expired on the 2nd of the month. Now I am stuck paying for another year on the license and a fine on top of that for late payment? I'm thinking a match to the whole pile!
FLO - Time for a cheese omelet with salsa - and a large helping of bacon on the side -- wait just a second and let me see if I have enough Wampum left to cover the bacon ... just please refill the coffee cup
TROY received new seeing-eye glasses, so I might as well show off my new dentures, LOL, oops - no picture!
Good morning RR Fans! 61 degrees and looking fr 93 high under clear and sunny!
Spousal Unit and I were supposed to go to Palm Springs this weekend for an outing with other family members for a look see st the SIL's "new" 1.5 mil slum housing (lol), but supposed to be 116 degrees, or so, and everyone except me thought - TOO HOT! Heck - nice pool - I could alternate between the pool and A/C house - no problem?
Going to have to rip out - and start over - the wiring to the whatchamacallit gang of six yard sprinkler valves - I can't seem to get them in the right sequence and now two (not just one) refuse to work!
I have decided that the RV is haunted and is after what little cash I have remaining?
Awaiting the module to arrive for the airbag sensor, and I forgot about the fact that the license plate expired on the 2nd of the month. Now I am stuck paying for another year on the license and a fine on top of that for late payment? I'm thinking a match to the whole pile!
FLO - Time for a cheese omelet with salsa - and a large helping of bacon on the side -- wait just a second and let me see if I have enough Wampum left to cover the bacon ... just please refill the coffee cup
ctclibby
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With a chain saw? Boy, sure you are not from Montana?
Also, thanks for the answer to Mel's Diner question. Drat the luck, I envisioned an old passenger car or something like with the proper build outs for kitchen .. stuff like that.
troyphoto
Snarky Old Fart (in training)
Well, howdy there internet people.
It's Troy again...
I just got a message from a friend down in the old stomping grounds around Indy.... seems another acquaintance was just arrested on charges of embezzling $27,000-ish dollars from a small HS athletic booster.
Shocker! I said a lot of words that would need special characters like *!#% to replicate here.
Still in shock. Sounds like it was toooooo tempting to have a debit card linked to that booster club's bank account.
WOW!
The fellow had been hitting everyone up on facebook for a gofundme to pay for his son's upcoming mission trip. I'm not inclined to support religious missions (being agnostic). But he kept asking via private message... and he passed the annoying level of asking.
Now it makes sense.
WOW!
OK... now that is off my chest... nope... one more
WOW! SMH...
Got the first of the new unfinished cabinets down into the basement. Decided I'd paint them down here. And then I remembered I'm going to need to move the outlet that will be BEHIND the cabinets. And, this is going to be a wet location, so I need to get a GFI outlet.
Got my project for next week. Gotta crawl under the staircase (which has a 180° landing halfway down) to work on the electric. I've been back in that corner before. It's tight but workable.
OK, going to go say WOW! a few more times.
It's Troy again...
I just got a message from a friend down in the old stomping grounds around Indy.... seems another acquaintance was just arrested on charges of embezzling $27,000-ish dollars from a small HS athletic booster.
Shocker! I said a lot of words that would need special characters like *!#% to replicate here.
Still in shock. Sounds like it was toooooo tempting to have a debit card linked to that booster club's bank account.
WOW!
The fellow had been hitting everyone up on facebook for a gofundme to pay for his son's upcoming mission trip. I'm not inclined to support religious missions (being agnostic). But he kept asking via private message... and he passed the annoying level of asking.
Now it makes sense.
WOW!
OK... now that is off my chest... nope... one more
WOW!
SMH...Got the first of the new unfinished cabinets down into the basement. Decided I'd paint them down here. And then I remembered I'm going to need to move the outlet that will be BEHIND the cabinets. And, this is going to be a wet location, so I need to get a GFI outlet.
Got my project for next week. Gotta crawl under the staircase (which has a 180° landing halfway down) to work on the electric. I've been back in that corner before. It's tight but workable.
OK, going to go say WOW! a few more times.
logandsawman
Northern Pacific history enthusiast
Good morning all,
Started out 47° already up to 63. We have had a beautiful string of weather these last few days after many cloudy/rainy/cold days throughout May.
Ken OBTC- good to hear about the job. Not much better than enjoying the work we have to do.
Greg - I love your SOO box cars. I considered modelling them on my railroad, but didn't really see a lot of rolling stock with the road name and I did not want to have to custom make lots of stuff. I picked Northern Pacific instead.
Todd - great to see your 1:1 pics of trackside has beens. When driving through North Dakota, like Jamestown to Minot, there were lots of neat, mostly abandoned, trackside industries I wanted to model. One that particularly sticks in mind is a hopper car mounted on stilts over a siding. I assume the farmers would fill them then let em gravity flow into an empty for transit.
While going through photos the other day found this one of a log cabin kit I sold back in 2012. Thats me with the grin, the man paid $5,000 cash for the one trailer load of 6 x 6 white pine, along with the edged slabs. The trees I sawed these out of came down in a big wind storm, I salvaged the good logs and made these on speculation. That is my drying shed in the background, along with the skid steer that was indispensable around the saw mill.
I got the name Sawmaster from the guys at the Cafe, but for the gmail account I went with logandsawman cause I did more logging than sawing.
The sawmill was a lot of physical work, I ran it from 2001 until 2012 when we had an auction sale and a lot of stuff got sold, we moved, lots of stuff happened but I am GLAD I bought it, ran it, sold it, got it out of my system. Honestly, it would have killed me handling those big beams.
Enough rant, here is the photo:
more later, Dave
Started out 47° already up to 63. We have had a beautiful string of weather these last few days after many cloudy/rainy/cold days throughout May.
Ken OBTC- good to hear about the job. Not much better than enjoying the work we have to do.
Greg - I love your SOO box cars. I considered modelling them on my railroad, but didn't really see a lot of rolling stock with the road name and I did not want to have to custom make lots of stuff. I picked Northern Pacific instead.
Todd - great to see your 1:1 pics of trackside has beens. When driving through North Dakota, like Jamestown to Minot, there were lots of neat, mostly abandoned, trackside industries I wanted to model. One that particularly sticks in mind is a hopper car mounted on stilts over a siding. I assume the farmers would fill them then let em gravity flow into an empty for transit.
While going through photos the other day found this one of a log cabin kit I sold back in 2012. Thats me with the grin, the man paid $5,000 cash for the one trailer load of 6 x 6 white pine, along with the edged slabs. The trees I sawed these out of came down in a big wind storm, I salvaged the good logs and made these on speculation. That is my drying shed in the background, along with the skid steer that was indispensable around the saw mill.
I got the name Sawmaster from the guys at the Cafe, but for the gmail account I went with logandsawman cause I did more logging than sawing.
The sawmill was a lot of physical work, I ran it from 2001 until 2012 when we had an auction sale and a lot of stuff got sold, we moved, lots of stuff happened but I am GLAD I bought it, ran it, sold it, got it out of my system. Honestly, it would have killed me handling those big beams.
Enough rant, here is the photo:
more later, Dave
chadbag
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Did it have any girth to it? You might be able to sell some of the better, wider, straighter pieces to guitar makers or furniture makers? Maple is hard to come by in raw log form for those who have special needs.
ctclibby
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Scott City's website has an interesting splash pix. Check it out - Scott City
I have emailed Chamber and City, we will see if something shakes out.
I have emailed Chamber and City, we will see if something shakes out.
kbkchooch
Verified Human
I’ve got a big silver maple in the yard, about 60-70 ft tall, 6 ft diameter trunk, make me an offer!
D&J RailRoad
Professor of HO
Another brother and friend buried today at the Arlington National Cemetery. Full rights for Vietnam vet, retired Warrant Officer USMC. Also brother biker.
RIP Ski.
RIP Ski.
PRR Modeler
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Afternoon All,
The minor surgery went well and on time! Today I added small talus under the bridge, a line of mine run coal along the base of the stone wall. For some reason I was not able to get the static grass clumps off the wax paper (I think I used the wrong glue) so I trashed them and did it again.
Thank you for the photo likes yesterday.
Greg- Good to see you posting again. Nice layout shots.
Hughie/Mikey- Sorry for the mistake. I must have had a brain fart!
Ken (D&J)- Condolences on the loss of your friend. That sucks about the buildings but I think we've all been there at some point.
Patrick- Where is the museum?
Willie- Thats funny that those figures are trying to kill the goose with a chainsaw.
Dave- Cool photo.
I hope everyone has a good night.
The minor surgery went well and on time! Today I added small talus under the bridge, a line of mine run coal along the base of the stone wall. For some reason I was not able to get the static grass clumps off the wax paper (I think I used the wrong glue) so I trashed them and did it again.
Thank you for the photo likes yesterday.
Greg- Good to see you posting again. Nice layout shots.
Hughie/Mikey- Sorry for the mistake. I must have had a brain fart!
Ken (D&J)- Condolences on the loss of your friend. That sucks about the buildings but I think we've all been there at some point.
Patrick- Where is the museum?
Willie- Thats funny that those figures are trying to kill the goose with a chainsaw.
Dave- Cool photo.
I hope everyone has a good night.
Patrick
What, me worry?
Hutchinson, KS https://cosmo.org/
The last place you'd expect to a museum like that. There is also a salt mine museum in town as well. I've been in the mine, but to destroy outdated financial records. All kinds of stuff stored there as well. Never been to the museum.
Glad the surgery went well.
<edit> After spending some time on their website, I need to make another trip there soon. They were remodeling the last time I was there and looks like they've added some stuff. I still want my flying car!!!!
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TLOC
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Good afternoon to all from So. Central Wi. Somehow I lost track of time. Thankfully I had set an alarm or I would have had a really late lunch. Monday, I had a low Blood Glucose event. As diabetics know anything under 70 is considered low so my 61 was not good. I was on the way to another low event yesterday, so today I put my alarms back on the cell phone. I was in the train room and I really can lose track of time in there.
Today I was putting together a large forklift kit from Walthers. I put it together minus some glue to allow me to take it apart for painting, hopefully tomorrow. The lift and forks actually work and I impressed myself that it still does after I assembled it. The granddaughter has her 1st softball on a tee game for special needs. She was so looking forward to it last night at dinner. That’s at 5:30 about 40 miles away. Terry and I will see her play till about 7:15 when we head to the UW Madison campus for the USA versus Canada in the under 18 IIHF World Championship 1st round hockey game.
Terry has been getting emails from the UW booster clubs “begging for money teams”. They have started another group only for donors to the money for the Name, Image, Likeness fiasco (called NIL) that paying the athletes now allows.The Ohio State football coach publicly said last week his 90 players need $13 million to stay competitive. Thats just for the football team. I read yesterday a couple quarterbacks at the University of Texas Austin were given a Bentley and an Austin Martin. Terry donates to the hockey programs and volleyball direct to the official University programs. The NIL solicitations are going to booster groups not controlled by the University but are allowed use of the UW brands.
TROY, back in the 1980’s I became Treasurer for one our local service Clubs. The previous Treasurers books were so pristine and proper, no computers back then. But 6 weeks in and nothing added up. I asked the bookkeeper at work to look at the books. She told me get a lawyer and tell the board. I told the board and they thought I was nuts. The previous was a well known and very successful local business person Well, the board hired a accounting firm after the former Treasurer was asked why there were so many discrepancies. He said there were none and then went on to blame me. About a year later he was arrested for embezzlement of $180,000 + over a 10 year period. He admitted in the trial he was going to Vegas twice a year on the money. Got probation no jail time and was ordered to pay back $1000 per month till paid in full. He was after all a prominent member of the Community. I was a good friend to the Marathon County Snowmobile coordinator who embezzled in the 2000’s for no good reason except he felt he needed to keep up with the Jones. He was not a prominent and spent 90 days in jail and had to sell his house to pay the $50,000 he stole.
enjoy the day
Today I was putting together a large forklift kit from Walthers. I put it together minus some glue to allow me to take it apart for painting, hopefully tomorrow. The lift and forks actually work and I impressed myself that it still does after I assembled it. The granddaughter has her 1st softball on a tee game for special needs. She was so looking forward to it last night at dinner. That’s at 5:30 about 40 miles away. Terry and I will see her play till about 7:15 when we head to the UW Madison campus for the USA versus Canada in the under 18 IIHF World Championship 1st round hockey game.
Terry has been getting emails from the UW booster clubs “begging for money teams”. They have started another group only for donors to the money for the Name, Image, Likeness fiasco (called NIL) that paying the athletes now allows.The Ohio State football coach publicly said last week his 90 players need $13 million to stay competitive. Thats just for the football team. I read yesterday a couple quarterbacks at the University of Texas Austin were given a Bentley and an Austin Martin. Terry donates to the hockey programs and volleyball direct to the official University programs. The NIL solicitations are going to booster groups not controlled by the University but are allowed use of the UW brands.
TROY, back in the 1980’s I became Treasurer for one our local service Clubs. The previous Treasurers books were so pristine and proper, no computers back then. But 6 weeks in and nothing added up. I asked the bookkeeper at work to look at the books. She told me get a lawyer and tell the board. I told the board and they thought I was nuts. The previous was a well known and very successful local business person Well, the board hired a accounting firm after the former Treasurer was asked why there were so many discrepancies. He said there were none and then went on to blame me. About a year later he was arrested for embezzlement of $180,000 + over a 10 year period. He admitted in the trial he was going to Vegas twice a year on the money. Got probation no jail time and was ordered to pay back $1000 per month till paid in full. He was after all a prominent member of the Community. I was a good friend to the Marathon County Snowmobile coordinator who embezzled in the 2000’s for no good reason except he felt he needed to keep up with the Jones. He was not a prominent and spent 90 days in jail and had to sell his house to pay the $50,000 he stole.
enjoy the day
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Boris
Beach Bum
Bronco's fans should be happy that the Walton Group out bid Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment. (Devils, 76ers, et all). The dysfunctional Washington Football Team, needs a complete rebuild, starting with ownership. If the team were sold based on the Market, maybe $4.5 Billion. Based on the overall condition of the team, Snyder would have to pay someone to take it off his hands....
While they don't have the off field issues the WFT has, the Nationals are determined to be the worst team in baseball. (Something that only worked for the Cubbies). Can't even blame the Angelos Family for this one. Freaken Fillies have won 6 in a row, Atlanta 7 in a row, while the Mets begin their annual mid season descent from 1st to last.....They have to have the most injury prone group of players in sports.
Bruette
Well-Known Member
I'm very sorry to hear of the loss of your friend and one of our nations true heroes.
Bruette
Well-Known Member
I agree Snyder should go. Let's hope the NFL has the courage to rid themselves from him.
Use to be it was a given in America. People do the right thing because it is the right thing to do.
Steven Strasburg is making his first start tonight!!! I'm hoping he alone is worth at least 10 wins this season.
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