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General Discussion => Talk Zone => Topic started by: The Spleen on September 25, 2015, 04:11:36 pm
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Our new center field playground. (https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CPxCvYRVAAIbCz5.jpg)
(from Brian McTaggart's Twitter)
First thoughts:
Because MMPUS didn't have enough theme park gimmicks, apparently.
That batter's eye looks awfully small.
As I suspected, there's no way to make up for the shorter dimensions, as a higher center field wall would block the view of people in the patio area and the right-centerfield bleachers.
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According to that rendering, CF will be about 340 feet deep.
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Speaking of Draft Kings, I find it interesting that MLB is a partner. It seems I can not open a webpage without an ad for Draft Kings or Fan Duel popping up. I like how they say there are millions being won constantly. That tells me there are even more millions being lost. It's gambling. I know it's not betting on the outcome of games so there's no chance of games being thrown. And I know the FTC or whoever regulates these things consider it a game of skill and not a game of chance, so it's not technically gambling. But it's still gambling. There wouldn't be the proliferation of advertising were these companies not raking it in. I wish I would have thought of it.
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Speaking of Draft Kings, I find it interesting that MLB is a partner. It seems I can not open a webpage without an ad for Draft Kings or Fan Duel popping up. I like how they say there are millions being won constantly. That tells me there are even more millions being lost. It's gambling. I know it's not betting on the outcome of games so there's no chance of games being thrown. And I know the FTC or whoever regulates these things consider it a game of skill and not a game of chance, so it's not technically gambling. But it's still gambling. There wouldn't be the proliferation of advertising were these companies not raking it in. I wish I would have thought of it.
I couldn't agree with you more. It's absolutely gambling and a game of skill just like horse racing is gambling (about to come to an end in Texas by the way), online poker is gambling, and sports betting is gambling. The fact that some of these things are promoted and some are vilified enrages me. Hypocrisy at its finest.
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Speaking of Draft Kings, I find it interesting that MLB is a partner. It seems I can not open a webpage without an ad for Draft Kings or Fan Duel popping up. I like how they say there are millions being won constantly. That tells me there are even more millions being lost. It's gambling. I know it's not betting on the outcome of games so there's no chance of games being thrown. And I know the FTC or whoever regulates these things consider it a game of skill and not a game of chance, so it's not technically gambling. But it's still gambling. There wouldn't be the proliferation of advertising were these companies not raking it in. I wish I would have thought of it.
I believe it was this past Saturday morning, I was flipping around the TV, trying to put off doing yard work. I came across a commercial for Fan Duel, and thought maybe there was an early football game, since that is when one usually sees those commercials aired.
After watching several testimonials from guys who had turned $10 into hundreds of dollars, and so on, it switched back to a spokesman talking about all the virtues of the service. And it slowly dawned on me, this was a Fan Duel infomercial.
Fuck.
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They've come a long way, baby. From barring Mays and Mantle from MLB for being paid greeters at Atlantic City casinos, because they didn't want the appearance of any association with gambling, to being partners with operators of these new age games of skill where money is risked.
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Our new center field playground. (https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CPxCvYRVAAIbCz5.jpg)
(from Brian McTaggart's Twitter)
First thoughts:
Because MMPUS didn't have enough theme park gimmicks, apparently. That batter's eye looks awfully small. As I suspected, there's no way to make up for the shorter dimensions, as a higher center field wall would block the view of people in the patio area and the right-centerfield bleachers.
Good lord, that's ugly. Since I only make it to one game per decade down there, I could care less about the extra seats or added fan "experience" (sorry) that new seating space will potentially generate but I will miss the occasional excitement in gameplay that Tal's Hill generated. Rightly or wrongly, MMPUS already has a bandbox reputation. This will only make it worse.
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Is that a water hazard?
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A season ticket rep at the ballpark this weekend told me that they are actually reducing seating by taking out the upper deck sections in center field. Those sections were originally created for group outings. The new space in center field will be for group outings as well, but rather than traditional seats, will be much more like the restaurant currently in center field.
So maybe if everybody at OWA starts rolling his or her pennies ...
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I had quite a number of rolls of nickels but I spent them at the Walmart.
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I had quite a number of rolls of nickels but I spent them at the Walmart.
At least you have the common decency to have them rolled, and not loose in some crusty old sock, before you got in the check out line.
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At least you have the common decency to have them rolled, and not loose in some crusty old sock, before you got in the check out line.
Trust me, a crusty old sock would have been preferable. Or at least quicker.
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Trust me, a crusty old sock would have been preferable. Or at least quicker.
At least it wasn't the customer "service" queue. Somebody would have been trying to wire a sock full of Canadian pennies to Slovenia.
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A couple of weeks ago I was in line in a supermarket in Colombia, an Exito, a place where (obviously) I still don't really understand how things work. Inadvertently I got into a line where you can pay with 'puntos.' I'm not entirely sure but as far as I can tell 'puntos' is Colombian for 'coupins.'
Apparently the way to do it is you overload your shopping cart with god knows what, wheel it up to the puntos line and then proceed to change your mind about which items you really want, spending twenty minutes or so deciding which eight of the seventy five things you have in your cart a) you really need and b) fit within your allocation of puntos.
I finally bailed out of that line only to find myself behind an old lady who promptly whipped out a checkbook and wrote a check. They had to call the manager, the assistant to the regional manager, the local congressional representative, the representative of the check writers' union, had to perform a retina scan and a blood test... It had never occurred to me that I might prefer to be in a Walmart behind some redneck who'd snuck coin rolls out of her sock drawer but you know me, I am open to new ideas.
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Apparently the way to do it is you overload your shopping cart with god knows what, wheel it up to the puntos line and then proceed to change your mind about which items you really want, spending twenty minutes or so deciding which eight of the seventy five things you have in your cart a) you really need and b) fit within your allocation of puntos.
This is every check-out line at my neighborhood CVS. Exactly.
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I finally bailed out of that line only to find myself behind an old lady who promptly whipped out a checkbook and wrote a check. They had to call the manager, the assistant to the regional manager, the local congressional representative, the representative of the check writers' union, had to perform a retina scan and a blood test... It had never occurred to me that I might prefer to be in a Walmart behind some redneck who'd snuck coin rolls out of her sock drawer but you know me, I am open to new ideas.
Sadly, this is pretty much what happens nowadays whenever someone writes a check in a US supermarket, as well. First the checker gets a really puzzled look, and promptly pages a manager to the register. Then they both mull over it for awhile, and finally pull out a (dusty) procedures list, and start the rundown you describe. I think if you are an adult male, they ask for dick direction (lefty? righty?), as well.
Either way, as soon as I see someone in front of me in line get out their checkbook, I start looking around for another line.
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A couple of weeks ago I was in line in a supermarket in Colombia, an Exito, a place where (obviously) I still don't really understand how things work. Inadvertently I got into a line where you can pay with 'puntos.' I'm not entirely sure but as far as I can tell 'puntos' is Colombian for 'coupins.'
Apparently the way to do it is you overload your shopping cart with god knows what, wheel it up to the puntos line and then proceed to change your mind about which items you really want, spending twenty minutes or so deciding which eight of the seventy five things you have in your cart a) you really need and b) fit within your allocation of puntos.
I finally bailed out of that line only to find myself behind an old lady who promptly whipped out a checkbook and wrote a check. They had to call the manager, the assistant to the regional manager, the local congressional representative, the representative of the check writers' union, had to perform a retina scan and a blood test... It had never occurred to me that I might prefer to be in a Walmart behind some redneck who'd snuck coin rolls out of her sock drawer but you know me, I am open to new ideas.
Have you ever had the need to issue a power of attorney or sign an agreement before a public notary in Central or South America? It would be faster just to form a junta and overthrow the government.
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Either way, as soon as I see someone in front of me in line get out their checkbook, I start looking around for another line.
Yep. Express Lanes should mean Pay by Credit Card. I'd much rather get behind someone with 30 items but paying by card than someone with 5 items and paying be check.
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Yep. Express Lanes should mean Pay by Credit Card. I'd much rather get behind someone with 30 items but paying by card than someone with 5 items and paying be check.
I guess no one pays with cash anymore?
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I only pay with rolls of nickels.
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Have you ever had the need to issue a power of attorney or sign an agreement before a public notary in Central or South America? It would be faster just to form a junta and overthrow the government.
Yes. I have done this in Central America and in South America. The next time I do this I think I'll pay by check just to fuck with them.
As for paying with cash, if you do that here you will elicit extreme suspicion. They will pore over each and every $20 bill, and if you have anything larger, forget it. Here comes the manager, the assistant to the regional manager, hat el al. I would seriously rather be in line behind someone paying by check than behind someone paying with a hundred dollar bill.
Curiously, at gas stations here they don't even blink if you hand them a hundred. I don't know why that is.
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Yes. I have done this in Central America and in South America. The next time I do this I think I'll pay by check just to fuck with them.
As for paying with cash, if you do that here you will elicit extreme suspicion. They will pore over each and every $20 bill, and if you have anything larger, forget it. Here comes the manager, the assistant to the regional manager, hat el al. I would seriously rather be in line behind someone paying by check than behind someone paying with a hundred dollar bill.
Curiously, at gas stations here they don't even blink if you hand them a hundred. I don't know why that is.
Is it mandatory full-service at the gas stations, like Mexico and New Jersey?
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If it mandatory full-service at the gas stations, like Mexico and New Jersey?
It's not mandatory, no; it's about 60-40 full service.
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Is it mandatory full-service at the gas stations, like Mexico and New Jersey?
And Oregon...