Big Blue Huddle

"You need leaders who are masters of their politics, not prisoners of their ideologies."  -Aaron David Miller, Middle East analyst and negotiator

Quote from: Sem on September 18, 2023, 09:50:57 PMGet the uBlock Origin extension for Chrome (there's also one for Firefox) to block ads. I used to stream the out of market Giants games out here in California on a less than legal site and I never got ads for "adult" sites, or any ads for that matter. No viruses either, though I run Linux so that's really not an issue.

On a semi-related note, for Chrome users who woke up this morning to find their bookmark bar grew an incredibly stupid "All Bookmarks" appendage, it can be removed by opening the about://flags page and setting "Power bookmarks side panel" to Disabled.

Quote from: TDToomer on September 18, 2023, 09:36:21 PMWhat will this do to my laptop?

Get the uBlock Origin extension for Chrome (there's also one for Firefox) to block ads. I used to stream the out of market Giants games out here in California on a less than legal site and I never got ads for "adult" sites, or any ads for that matter. No viruses either, though I run Linux so that's really not an issue.

A drunk is walking down the street and bumps into a cop.

The drunk says, "Man, they stole my car."

The cop says, "Well where was it?"

The drunk says, "Right on the end of this key."

The cop says, "You better to go down to the precinct and they'll fill out all the proper paperwork, but before you do that you better zip up your pants."

The drunk looks down and says, "Ah man, they got my girl too.

Terrible news. Although my memory isn't great I'm pretty sure I met him up in Albany, and I know I interacted with him on this board. My thoughts go out to his family.

https://variety.com/2023/music/news/robbie-robertson-dead-the-band-1235692172/

A magical musician, storyteller, and songwriter.

Actually near where I am there are a few lakes that are stocked with trout and also have bass in them, but you really need a boat to find them. A guy I used to work with has a boat with a depth/fish finder and goes searching for crappies in those lakes. When he finds a school of them he'll catch a few dozen in an hour. But fishing for crappies is not really my thing, plus without a boat I have little desire to fish locally. However, the streams around the Sierras (~7 hrs east of me) are loaded with trout, and fly fishing, something I've never done before, is something I plan to look into. I'm also waiting for my grandson in Minnesota to come out here for a visit, he's 11 and obsessed with fishing, (he just sent me a picture of a 14" smallmouth he caught yesterday). He wants to go out on a charter for halibut. Now that's one fish I certainly wouldn't release. 

Hi Ric. Since I moved out west in 2013 I really haven't fished, other than taking the grandkids to a nearby lake to introduce them to the sport. In that case my role is mainly taking off the 5 or 6" smallmouths off their line  . Back in NY I used to fish some of our local waters such as the Susquehanna River, usually at Goudy Station or west of there in Campville. I used to take my son to the Tioughnioga River at the bridge in Whitney Point. Spring time I'd fish for trout in the Owego Creek, Catherine Creek, Genegantslet Creek, and maybe a couple others I'm forgetting.

My favorite fishing though was on the St Lawrence River. My family owned a cottage for years right on Wellesley Island, and we had an 18ft tri-hull docked there. I'd drive up most Fridays after work and spend weekends during the summers, but also vacation there a week or two at a time. I caught dozens, probably hundreds, of Northern Pike, smallmouth, and largemouth over the years. Once caught a dogfish, (bowfin), and had to look it up since I'd never seen one before. Never landed a Musky up there though.

Also fished several lakes up in Canada. Caught my biggest largemouth ever up there on Lake Charleston when I was 12 - a 6 pounder. But my most memorable Canadian lake fishing trip was on Lac Kipawa in Quebec. A friend and I took our sons, each around 12, and stayed at a fishing camp only accessible by boat. The four of us each caught several nice walleyes every day which we had for dinners. Other than that I am/was a catch and release only.

Sorry I'm not much help on rod/reel. For years I was a Mitchell 300 guy, owned several of them. But now all I have a Shimano reel and an Ugly Stick rod. Both sit unused for the past few years.

Question - back in NY, when using live bait, I'd always buy and have great luck with stonies and dobson, but I can't imagine anybody sells those anymore. Do you know any place that has them? Have you ever used them?

This staff may not see this so much in terms of starters but as situations. I can see them rotating the various WRs in and out to take advantage of down/distance, coverage, and game management, ie: the clock, score, etc.

I'll try to carve some time out to listen to it Ed.

I find the whole topic of UFO's fascinating although I remain highly skeptical of the phenomenon. I did watch some of the hearings with just a passing interest, but haven't given it much thought since I saw it. 

From msnbc this morning:
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/david-grusch-whistleblower-ufo-hearings-evidence-rcna96712

Ed, I know you've brought up UFO topics in the past but I can't recall your thoughts on the subject other than I assume it must hold at least some interest to you. Have you read any books on the subject? If you haven't done so already check out these books from Budd Hopkins: "Missing Time" "Intruders" and "Witnessed: The True Story of the Brooklyn Bridge UFO Abductions." In Witnessed he claims that a high ranking world official was one of several people abducted in Brooklyn one evening in the late '80's. Internet sleuths later determined that official to be then UN Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar, who later denied the story. At any rate I found Hopkins' books to be well written and thought provoking (and quite chilling as well). In the end they did nothing to convince me of UFO's visiting the earth, but I thoroughly enjoyed reading them. If you do decide to read them I'd recommend reading them in the order I listed them above.

Maybe not exactly great, but.....

"Too much of everything is just enough" - a line in The Grateful Dead song, "I Need a Miracle," the lyrics were written by poet John Barlow. Back in the 70's a good friend of mine was asked to design a t-shirt to be sold at a Dead concert in Boulder, Colorado. He did, and the design included the quoted line above. I had one for the longest time, until it finally began ripping out at the seams.

Quote from: Ed Vette on July 23, 2023, 08:57:27 AM.

Good one Ed. Boy did I hear that song a ton of times when our grandkids were younger.

Quote from: Ed Vette on July 12, 2023, 12:24:59 PMDid you see the movie NOBODY with Bob Odenkirk?

I haven't. I'll watch for it.

Quote from: Ed Vette on June 25, 2023, 08:29:56 AMApparently they never had the unwavering support for the offensive they planned on having or this is a regroup. At some point Putin has him assassinated. 

Could be Ed. One thing is certain though, this story is far from over.