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 2008-06-13 12:39 PM in reply to: #1465264 |
Sensei  Sin City |  Subject: RE: TAN #29 The case of the disappearing TANchadtower - 2008-06-13 10:37 AM Aikidoman - 2008-06-13 1:34 PM Yeah, tried that, but the just say that movie stars shouldn't get paid that much either.... Then one must assume they don't watch TV, movies, listen to pop music, or read mass market books?
sigh...... pretty much..... Non-fiction, little TV, just rents movies but falls asleep. NPR.... I don't even argue with people that are unwilling to see beyond their scope. I know people will argue about how they percieve things, but to not even acknowledge that there are other options out there bugs me to no end. |
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| Alpharetta, Georgia | Subject: RE: TAN #29 The case of the disappearing TAN chadtower - 2008-06-13 12:37 PM Aikidoman - 2008-06-13 1:34 PM Yeah, tried that, but the just say that movie stars shouldn't get paid that much either.... sigh...... Then one must assume they don't watch TV, movies, listen to pop music, or read mass market books? Exactly. I've always wondered this... aren't they the same people paying $10 to see a 1.5 hour movie? |
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Expert 3974     MA | Subject: RE: TAN #29 The case of the disappearing TAN Spokes - 2008-06-13 1:38 PM In my case, I'm glad I had music and protective parents who dragged to the eye doc, because as an adult whose vision has slipped to -12.50 left and -13.00 right, having detached retinas doesn't sound like much fun. I like looking at the girls Yep. When I was 8 I asked my father if I could get a sax and take some lessons. He told me he wasn't wasting money on fruity crap like that and to go back outside. Asked my mother for a violin and some lessons when I was 9... she just didn't have any money or motivation to find a way. So I went outside and played football. |
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| Expert 3974 MA | Subject: RE: TAN #29 The case of the disappearing TAN Aikidoman - 2008-06-13 1:39 PM NPR.... ...which is idiotic because NPR is paid for by taxpayers. With no merit whatsoever determining what is broadcast. You could easily argue that NPR is a bigger potential waste of common dollars than any other form of entertainment. |
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| Expert 3974 MA | Subject: RE: TAN #29 The case of the disappearing TAN I don't have any wicking outfits to try. Should I snag an XL in that red cycling jacket? Or is that going to start me down the slope to dbagville? |
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Champion 18680 Lost in the Luminiferous Aether | Subject: RE: TAN #29 The case of the disappearing TAN Spokes - 2008-06-13 1:34 PM trinnas - 2008-06-13 10:33 AM Spokes - 2008-06-13 1:29 PM Rynamite - 2008-06-13 10:18 AM chadtower - 2008-06-13 1:16 PM Spokes - 2008-06-13 12:15 PM our society places far more value upon success in sports, being 'first', than it does in people who accomplish big things in the worlds of music or academics. Define "value". I have played team sports almost my whole life and never received much more than the joy of playing. No prestige, no money, most often no one watching except teammates and opponents. Companies offer me tens of thousands of dollars a year to perform "academic" tasks for them. I would think that a whole lot more people in this country make a lot more money due to academic success than they do from athletic success.More people make money for academic success... but there aren't many 'Academic' celebrities. Music, though... people worship good musicians all the time. I tend to think a lot of the authors who write various 'self-help' books are academic celebrities - Dr. Phil would be an example. Good points. (i've really got to get over my man-crush on you). Dr. Phil is not a celebrity due to academics he is a celebrity due to the cult of personality Ala Opra. Stephen Hawking then. Dead ones would include Einstein, Sagan, Richard Feynman (who lectures on physics are still in print, whereas most of Sagan's stuff will be gone in another 10 years... he was a middling astronomer who was telegenic). Einstein I'll give you but ask any one what his Nobel Prize was for and they will either not know or get it wrong most of the time. Sagan and Hawking are maybe's. Feynman only if you are a real nerd even though there is a movie about him. Can anyone name it? |
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| Expert 3974 MA | Subject: RE: TAN #29 The case of the disappearing TAN Spokes - 2008-06-13 1:43 PM I can tell you that at age 46 there seems to be an endless supply of intelligent, educated and attractive single women that love the idea of dating a guy that can play guitar well. In fact, they get HOT about it  Didn't you just argue there is no value in that? |
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| Expert 3974 MA | Subject: RE: TAN #29 The case of the disappearing TAN Spokes - 2008-06-13 1:44 PM NPR is no different than commercial networks in that some of the stuff is good, some of it is crap, some of it is inbetween. It is very different in that content is not determined by ratings or merit. It is decided by the people who run the station based on what they want to broadcast. If they never make a dime in revenue it won't make any difference because they are using our dimes to keep the place running. Try that with a commercial network and see if you're not out of business in two weeks. |
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| Alpharetta, Georgia | Subject: RE: TAN #29 The case of the disappearing TAN chadtower - 2008-06-13 12:44 PM I don't have any wicking outfits to try. Should I snag an XL in that red cycling jacket? Or is that going to start me down the slope to dbagville? I really like the red jeresy up now. I emailed my bf cause they actually have a size medium. It's only $15 for gods sake! |
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| Champion 34263 Chicago | Subject: RE: TAN #29 The case of the disappearing TAN Rynamite - 2008-06-13 12:36 PM chadtower - 2008-06-13 1:35 PM Spokes - 2008-06-13 1:32 PM In football, most of those guys aren't making millions a year. 100s of thousands, yes, but I've always thought the amount of physical damage you take during even the average short pro football career isn't worth it - and I'm a person that loves the violence of football, even though I've never played anything beyond backyard kill'um. I'm sure if an overtly cautious German eye doc hadn't banned me from contact sports in my teens, even if I tried out, I would have gotten my azz throughly kicked and quit. And then there are idiots like me who continue to play it into their 30s with nothing on the line other than some pride. Trashing knees, enduring concussions, just because we love doing it.
Exactly why I stopped playing football in high school. But football is so much fun. Nothing better than hearing someones back crrrrraaaaack all the way up and a blindside hit. Or taking out a receiver coming over the middle. Or burning someone on a long pass. Etc. Etc. Etc. |
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| Expert 3974 MA | Subject: RE: TAN #29 The case of the disappearing TAN lisac957 - 2008-06-13 1:46 PM I really like the red jeresy up now. I emailed my bf cause they actually have a size medium. It's only $15 for gods sake! Yeah. Ordered one just to check it out. |
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| Expert 3974 MA | Subject: RE: TAN #29 The case of the disappearing TAN Rynamite - 2008-06-13 1:48 PM Oh, I enjoyed it... just not enough. That's pretty important. The douchebaggery that is so heavy in hs football is often gone in semipro... the guys there are older, all have to go to work on monday, and everyone is making the same sacrifices. You still get the occasional asshat but they are pretty far between by then. Guys are just ecstatic to have a place they can still put on a hat and crack heads. I actually liked semipro a whole lot better than high school football. There were a ton of douchebags in high school. A ton. |
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| Champion 34263 Chicago | Subject: RE: TAN #29 The case of the disappearing TAN Rynamite - 2008-06-13 12:52 PM lisac957 - 2008-06-13 1:46 PM chadtower - 2008-06-13 12:44 PM I don't have any wicking outfits to try. Should I snag an XL in that red cycling jacket? Or is that going to start me down the slope to dbagville? I really like the red jeresy up now. I emailed my bf cause they actually have a size medium. It's only $15 for gods sake! It's not bad. I thought about getting one, I just don't think I'd ever wear it. I usually wear MTB jersies. Just about bought it, but I already have a red sleeveless. I need blue. |
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| Expert 3974 MA | Subject: RE: TAN #29 The case of the disappearing TAN Rynamite - 2008-06-13 1:53 PM How much was shipping? Like $5 to MA. It was actually lower than the calculator said at first. |
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| Melon Presser 52116 | Subject: RE: TAN #29 The case of the disappearing TAN lisac957 - 2008-06-13 11:40 AM chadtower - 2008-06-13 12:37 PM Exactly. I've always wondered this... aren't they the same people paying $10 to see a 1.5 hour movie? Aikidoman - 2008-06-13 1:34 PM Yeah, tried that, but the just say that movie stars shouldn't get paid that much either.... Then one must assume they don't watch TV, movies, listen to pop music, or read mass market books?
sigh...... Just cuz dis a thread about nuttin ... I can't say I never watch TV, movies, listen to pop music, or read mass market books ... but I don't remember when I last did, either. I'm pretty sure I saw a movie in the theater last year. Oh yes, it was No Country for Old Men when it came out. I watched part of a Law and Order on TV last week. Faeron had the radio on in her car when we went to Helen's Cycles last weekend. I do make up playlists for my Spinning(R) classes, but it's pretty rare there'd be a song on there from after the early '90s (the last time I actively listened to pop music). I think you can call TC Boyle a mass market author ... mmmm, that's a stretch ... but WaterDog gave me one of his books for my birthday last month and I read it. |
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| Expert 3974 MA | Subject: RE: TAN #29 The case of the disappearing TAN Rynamite - 2008-06-13 1:56 PM My HS was no different. Plus, they made it like a job... and I actually had to have a job in high school, unlike a lot of the dudes that played. School til 3, practice til 6, then try to go to work? Saturday morning practices, Sunday afternoon 'lunches' to watch the video from Friday night's game. Yeah... that got old, fast. Wasn't worth it for me. Yeah, I ended up "in trouble" with the coaches a lot because I had to work sometimes instead of going to practice or some team session. The football coaches tended to know, though, which kids had jobs for petty cash and which had them because they needed money. So they were lenient on me when no one was looking. It was the baseball coaches that never cut anyone an inch of slack in that regard. I would probably get benched 15% of games every year because I had to make my job higher priority than baseball practice. |
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