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R.I.P. Jim

Nobody provided better historical references than you.  We'd think about contemporary Giant and you'd invariably say, "never forget.......back in Yankee Stadium in 1959."

We all have separateness however for this one forum and for some here friendships were forged in person.

Quote from: LennG on April 10, 2023, 04:57:12 PMI haven't been on BBH for a while, but I got an email from Dan and a call from Ed today about Jim and his health. I would say Jim and I were very good friends and this news really disturbed me. I speak with Jim all the time, about once a month, and last time he sounded well and was in good spirits.
I kind of knew something was up when he didn't send me a Passover greeting and when I sent him an Easter greeting it bounced back to me.
Anyway, I just called his home and spoke with his daughter. As said Jim is
terminal and expected to pass away any time now. He is at home but not conscience and it is just a matter of time. He had skin cancer problems but was OK until a couple of weeks ago when it seemed to have spread to his brain and he went downhill very quickly. His daughter said she will notify me when he does pass.

Just unbelievably horrible news. There wasn't a nicer man around and as huge a Giants fan as anyone could ever hope to be.

Lenn - thanks for sharing that update.  Sorry for your sadness given your close friendship.

Jim - prayers to you.

Get beyond this next challenge Jim.  You have another Giants Super Bowl left to watch.

Just finished Season 3 of Jack Ryan.  Really good.

Quote from: Jolly Blue Giant on February 03, 2023, 05:15:10 PMExcellent stuff. The one line that stuck out on me was "The Athletic's Charlotte Carroll dropped the tidbit that Schoen had seen Princeton's Andrei Iosivas (N9) on YouTube and impressed him on the first day of practice with some big plays deep down." 

Just glad he is on Schoen's radar. I think the kid is going to be a big time NFL receiver in the future. Yes, he's a track star and is one of the fastest kids in this draft, and that's at a tad over 6'2 (some are saying he's 6'3). Most people think he was a track star who decided to tryout to become a football player...not so! He was a football player first and foremonst. After the end of Princeton's football season, he decided to try out for track and he excelled, setting Princeton's school record on the track and field team as a heptathlete and was named an All-American. Not bad for a football player's hobby on the side. Plus, coming from Princeton you know the guy is smart. From a track and field perspective, he was timed (with exacting professional equipment) at 6.71 seconds in the 60-meter indoor sprint – that translates to a 40-yard time of 4.22 seconds. Think that would stretch the field???

On the football field he made tough catches, including contested catches. He caught 66 balls last season for 943 yds and 7 TDs at Princeton, and his QB was not exactly the second coming of Marino (or even a Tim Couch for that matter). I can only imagine how many passes he would have caught with a solid QB at the helm. The kid is a burner who would stretch the field immediately. Some of the beat writers have him going middle to late rounds (I read one writer say he's worked his way up to a 5th round pick...lol), but that's not going to happen. I think he could go on day two by some savvy team needing a vertical threat. I really hope he becomes a Giant and I hope that doesn't jinx him 

He ran the 60 meters out of starting blocks like track sprinters do which is not apples to apples.  I like him a lot as well but want to point that put as you simply cannot adjust the time as you did.

Quote from: DaveBrown74 on November 05, 2022, 10:12:38 PMYup. Tennessee is real but I don't think they're better than UGA.

LSU has improved a ton this season from week one. I thought Bama would handle them more easily than this. Bama's D is a little bit iffy.

Dave - I dont think Tenn is real.  Horrible pass defense. 

Quote from: Slugs Narrows on December 23, 2021, 04:35:05 PM
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After multiple years now with this global pandemic, why do folks still think about the high survival rate and not about the pressure this pandemic puts on our hospital beds and intensive cares?  Over here in Kauai, we have only 9 ICU beds and yesterday had 41 new cases which was a markedly higher increase.  Imagine how quickly those 9 ICU beds will get filled up to beyond 100% capacity by those new cases from yesterday, today and tomorrow of people who get very sick from COVID.  Imagine the other non-COVID very sick people from other diseases, car accidents, etc who need those ICU beds who can't get them.  Why is this so hard to understand the stress this causes to a community and its citizenry and its health care providers?  Now, with so much data available about the benefits of getting shots and boosters to significantly reduce your chances of getting sick to where you'd need to fill one of those ICU beds and stress the system, why can't Americans put aside their ridiculous obstinancy and get the damn shots to help their local community?

Quote from: LennG on December 21, 2021, 01:22:30 PM
I have a few questions, I hope people can answer for me.

First, I am simply amazed at the speed of the Omicron strain has taken to overwhelm this country. It seems as little as the beginning of Dec, 3 weeks ago, we were counting the cases on our hands for many states and now it is the prevalent strain all over the country.

I was watching a news show last night and someone brought up a very interesting theory. If this Omicron strain isn't anywhere near as deadly as the Delta or past strains, maybe it would be a good idea for people to actually get it and build up immunities. If, as many say, it is like the flu or a cold, would this not be a good idea. Yes, there ate certain people who would not want to get it, but wouldn't that be a much smaller group, and the masses could get it and live thru is and hopefully be immune, especially if they have been vaccinated. Anyway, I thought maybe a different way to look at it. BTW, this question was asked to whoever is in charge of the CDC and they basically avoided giving a straight answer, just the same, get vaccinated and boosted.

So, a couple of things. I am 75, my wife 70, both vaccinated with Moderna and boosted with the same. is it wise to keep doing things we have been doing, going out to eat, socializing in small groups, and most important, having our young grandkids over for a few days who have not been vaccinated?

Is this Omicron variant spread the same way as past strains? Like we now know that with the past strains, it is fairly hard to get the virus if you are outdoors and not in a large crowd?

I know 'older' people are at a higher risk, but myself, fairly healthy at 75, but I do take medication for cholesterol and high blood pressure. With the medication I am normal (health-wise) but does that put me in a higher risk category?

So many more people who have been vaccinated and boosted and are still getting this variant, it does make it so much scarier. yes, they are not hospitalized but getting this seems inevitable.

Lenn - few things to consider.  Our bodies each day, hour or minute are never the same health as our bodies are constantly fighting things trying to invade our bodies.  In many cases, we do not experience any symptoms.  In those situations, we may be less than 100% healthy without symptoms so if say we get COVID, it may make us more sick or kill us because at that very moment we were not 100% healthy.  That is why I believe some extraordinarily fit and healthy young human beings have died from it like that long distance runner college student from Appalachian State University.  As a vaccinated person, you are unlikely to get serious symptoms, but keep in mind if you are slightly less than 100% healthy due to something else, it may affect you worse.  My point is by being vaccinated you stand a better chance of not getting sick, but it does not mean you should throw caution to the wind and think getting exposed will only be a good thing.  It could be if you are 100% healthy at the moment you get COVID and develop greater immunity by being exposed, but it may not if you are fighting some other illness and your immune system is compromised.

Great dialogue here with everyone.

Nobody should expect perfect outcomes with any of this from the inception of these vaccines.  It's a very fluid situation so our medical experts/researchers are doing their best to come up with solutions based on the research at that moment.  As more data becomes available, it should lead to better solutions and decisions.

Quote from: Slugs Narrows on December 20, 2021, 07:05:57 PM
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Quote from: AYM on December 20, 2021, 02:08:59 PM
The hope in a world full of anti-vaxxers was that the virus would mutate into something harmless.

Well that won't be the case.  I think more herd immunity will be created, however, it will come at their expense based on what medical research institutions are saying about the virus' effect on the unvaccinated.  That's their choice.

Medical experts at NIH, Harvard, etc., are saying that Omicron will affect the vaccinated versus unvaccinated very differently with the former being much less likely to get it and if they get it, for it to be most likely very, very mild whereas the latter have a much higher risk of getting it and if they get it, of having much more serious effects from it.

Is the point of this message to just let it run rampant because it is milder than Delta and will lead to more herd immunity?  If that's the message, the research experts are saying it will lead to more serious cases for those who have not yet been vaccinated.

The result will be two different outcomes for different pools of the population.

My name is Joseph.

Also, I am not a philosopher in any sense but have always been enjoyed reading from the great philosophers throughout history.  That's why my board username is plural to show them, not me.

Quote from: Slugs Narrows on July 23, 2021, 02:05:45 PM
Here is an honest question I know most here won