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My cable company is having a dispute with the MSG network and has dropped it so I can't watch any Rangers games at home, unless its on ESPN. Fortunately, there is a local watering hole that has Direct TV. It's a cool little place, typical dive bar food - $8 special will get you a cheeseburger, fries and one draft beer as long as it's Bud or Bud Light. 😑 But you really don't go for the food. Staff is super friendly, drinks are cold and strong, all the locals seem to know each other. The best part: It's within walking distance of home. 👍 I'm not a regular, usually only go a few times a year, but that might change now. Especially on Ranger game nights. 😊

I like your sense of humor. Very subtle.

No real issues although every once in a while I get a "Temporarily Unavailable" when refreshing the site from my phone. Usually I have to wait 2-3 minutes and then everything is fine again.

I read the same thing & had the same thoughts, although mine were along the lines of a sedative or certain "edibles" 🤣. But any of the suggestions would work fine to uh, shift the focus.

PHILLY LOSES!!! Philadelphia Flyers that is. NY Rangers beat them 1-0 in OT. Meanwhile, that "other" game is a real homer-fest. 5 of them thru 5 innings. Must be a snore fest. 😉. (j/k)

Confirmed. I can use Firefox to access CC but not Google Chrome. Which is fine, I like Firefix better anyways. That's all I use on my laptop, not sure why I never did with my phone. Just one less way that Big Brother can watch me. 😁

I used to subscribe to the local newspaper and 4 or 5 monthly magazine subscriptions. But as time went on, the newspaper got thinner and thinner. Now, most of the World and US news I get online and the local portion wasn't that exciting - usually a new store opening, house fire or car accident. About the only thing I would read was the comic page (or the "funnies" as my father would call it) and the sports section. As for the magazines, it just came a victim of not having enough time to read. I'd have a years worth of Consumer Reports, Car&Driver or People magazines, stacked unread & collecting dust. Nothing like reading outdated information from a year ago. Now the only periodicals I get are AAA and AARP magazines. I'm so cutting edge....LOL

Initially I thought it was just my Samsung phone as it got a major update last night. I had to re-sign into at least a half-dozen different apps.

One thing I'm glad is not a thing anymore is the night before Halloween. Where I grew up, it was called "Gate Night" (stupid name, I know) but other areas would know it as "Mischief Night" or 'Hell Night". Basically, kids would roam the streets smashing pumpkins, throwing toilet paper in trees or spraying foam over cars. And it's not like I grew up in a bad area, it was basic middle class to slightly upper middle class. When I moved to my current neighborhood, the parents formed "Watch Patrols" where we would take turns standing in the streets late into the night to discourage such shenanigans. Must've worked because it's been over 20 years since we've had any incidents. Or maybe kids are better behaved nowadays.

Proving the old saying: "Everything is for sale for the right price".

Exactly what I'm getting as well.

Add me to the list of people that can not sign-in from my Samsung phone. I'm also stuck in the Log-in "loop" where every time I hit the "sign-in" button, it gives me a message that I must sign-in. Duh! I feel like CC IT dept must've outsourced work to Royal's IT dept. Right now, I'm on my Windows laptop using Firefox, which also took me awhile as my log-in credentials where cleared out & and or course, I didn't remember my password so I "locked" my account numerous times until I finally just reset it. Some post-Halloween spookery going on. 👻

Wow, is Halloween Trick-or-Treating a thing of the past? We did have several Trunck-or-Treat events over the weekend, I wonder if that could explain the low turnout? I also thought that since this is the first time in 3 years I'm home, that maybe the kids just bypassed the house. But I went out on the street several times and it seemed empty. In the past, there's be scores of kids running in all directions. Glad to see Halloween is alive and well in your 'hood. My neighborhood used to be like yours. first the little kids, then bigger ones, then big kids from other area being dropped off.

In years past, we'd get between 110-130 kids coming to the house from 5:00 - 9:00 pm. Then it started to dwindle down to 80-90. Haven't been home the last 2 Halloweens so wasn't sure what to expect. My "sources" (i.e. friends with kids) said Halloween is going to be big this year, after 2 Pandemic years. Plus, the weather is very mild for this time of year, low 60's, no breeze. So I bought several bags of variety candy, 330 pieces in all, with the intention of giving every kid 3 pieces. Not sure why I decided on the number, maybe easy math? Got 30 kids between 6-7:30. Last few got 5 or 6 pieces each. The remaining 200+ should last me until New Years, unless I put them in my nieces & nephews Christmas stockings.😁😈

Kit Kats & Reese Peanut Butter Cups are my 2 favorites of all time, with Nestle Krunch Bar being a close 2nd (or 3rd)

I'm about as bitter as they come for obvious reasons but from what I read about the illegal bat is that it was banned for safety reasons, not because it gave the the batter any kind of performance enhancement. Supposedly it shatters more easily than other bats. At least that's MLBs explanation. Of course, this is the same MLB that ignored the rumors of cheating for 2 years until a whistle-blower came forward. Even then, I felt MLB dragged is feet until the evidence became overwhelming. Of course, knowing that they are under the microscope, the Astros would have to know to be on their best behavior and keep things on the up and up.

Thanks. That's why I thought I would ask. I only saw that report on one website & nowhere else.

What do you do with the bagged leaves? Garbage pickup? I'm lucky enough to have a small strip of wood in my backyard that I blow the leaves into. I spent an hour today blowing leaves and when I was done, the yard was covered with newly-fallen leaves. And the trees aren't even half done shedding. That's okay, I'd rather do 6 or 8 one hour blowing rather than one 8 hour chore. Often times, I'll alternate between blowing the leaves and using the mower to mulch them into fine particles that eventually just disappear.

Not to go to far off-topic but I read on another website whose name I can't mention (Not Matt's) that Royal is going to resume their Amplification program with the Allure scheduled for first half of 2023. The article was dated Aug 2022 so it's fairly recent. Checking the Allure's schedule for 2023, I didn't see any large gaps that would permit such major work. Are they going to try to partially AMP her by doing lots of little mini-updates here and there? Maybe not the purple slide but swap out restaurants and renovate one pool at a time?

Depends on the Trade Show. If it's for travel professionals - especially those that specialize in trips out of Galveston - whose glowing recommendations will lead to many tens of thousands of new customers booking, than ruining it for the existing customers makes sense since many will just shrug their shoulders . Maybe a few hundred will press for some FCC and a few dozen may vow to never cruise Royal again. Having said all that, I'd be pissed if I was on that sailing. If only 85% ship is available to me, I'd expect to only pay 85% of the going rate. And since they have the materials and workers already on board, this was schedule in advance, not some emergency repair. Ive had hotel resorts notify me via email when the hotel pool is closed for maintenance or if there are hotel renovations in progress. Some will even offer a free meal(s). Not sure why Royal can't do the same since they are in essence a floating hotel.

Enjoy your neighborhood reunion. It's great that Toby still keeps in touch. I moved into my current house in 1993 and of the approximate 30 houses on my street, all but 2 have turned over. Many are now young parents or newlyweds. I've kept in touch with zero of my ex-neighbors. As comedian Sebastian Maniscalco says in one of his comedy skits "I'm friendly but not neighborly". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIE1R-6oJJg Growing up, my parents were the first part of the skit, I'm more like the second , current day part of the skit. 😅

Apparently, I lied. 😁

Agreed, hence my qualifier "for a Northern city". My trips to Texas has ruined Mexican and BBQ food for me forever, as I can not get anything close here to as good as it tastes down there, Texas, Tennessee, etc. 🙁

Agreed, restaurant row (46th street) has a place for every palate and price point. http://www.restaurantrownyc.com/ A few other options, Virgils Real BBQ has pretty good food, for a Northern city and Havana Central for latin food. Dos Caminos for Mexican has been good in the past.

In all fairness, some of his WS loses have been due to lack of run support, losing 2-1 or 1-0 or the bullpen blows a late lead and he gets a no-decision.