I’d buy it at a high price @johndrake.bsky.social

On the milder side of my encounters but accurate

Usually humor is the way to go.

At Purdue I defused every situation with “hey we’ll try to beat Indiana next week for you”

At the Red Sox “at least we all hate the Yankees”

I get in trouble the most when loudly explaining the rules to fans who don’t know them

Personally the most thrilling part of away games to me.

I’m going to Penn State in a

“Joe Pa is in the Epstein files” shirt

Tell my wife and kids I loved them

And Skylandrrs was one of the last products with that kinda lead time.

In the cartridge era you had to have holiday orders in by that May timeframe. Harder to reprint and also expensive to over print.

Neither of those things is a major worry now

Be the datapoint you want to see 😆

lol and then

That update is so good. Portal is indispensable now

That was my dad’s line of work the last few years before he retired. Wild stuff

BUT COULDNT U JuST LET EVERYONE ENJOY THE WIN TODAY?!?

Yup. Mobility helps a ton.

So does playing UCLA’s defense

But yeah, if you’re gonna get into something and start flinging it around in the air - the risk factor goes up a lot, especially if you don’t know what you’re doing or how the physics all work.

No greater thrill tho!

I’ll disagree slightly. it ain’t cheap. But it is safe.

It’s serious. It can be life threatening if done poorly or sloppily.

But it’s rigorous which nearly ensures safety.

God that brings back memories

The airlines seemed to be canceling days in advance for the known constrained airspace. Now if a bunch of ATC folks no show or call in sick that could be a surprise day of constraint