We used to house players for our local Futures tournament. You couldn’t imagine the beatings these young 20 year old took trying to realize their dream. To qualify for the main draw of a Futures (the A ball of tennis) event is such an accomplishment. And the winner’s check is $1500. And then with all your aches,…

The amount of money bet on tennis matches is incredible. The opportunity for fixing is incredible. The 200 and over ranked players live such a hard hand to mouth existence that fixing to exist could easily be the norm. Anything to stay on the periphery. If someone offered enough money so that you can can travel to a…

I look at Clinton’s platform in 2016:

We don’t need a frontrunner at this point. At this point in 2005, who the fuck thought Obama would be the nominee 3 years later?

They always seem to imagine that the closer they edge to Republican policy positions

A star just for the use of bordello. I don’t use that word enough.

The average length of a career is under six years, and drafted players are under control for seven.

No one ‘earns’ anything in GOT. They just don’t die for long enough so that they can be ruler.

No, and I support the teacher’s efforts and results here. However I’m curious how administration will handle the increased costs here and in the future. I firmly believe they will add it to tuition, and then some, instead of reducing unnecessary costs elsewhere.

Can’t wait for the follow up on how the rising cost of education needs to be reigned in. I’m curious how these pay raises will be reflected in tuition and budgetary management.

Pretty much this. Why are those even still questions? The show gave satisfactory answers already.

The writing in the middle of the fifth season got stretched a little thin (not as much as people would have you think, but noticeably so), but I think the 6th season was on par with previous seasons.

Exactly, and regarding Jon, they also saw him rise from the dead, as well as defy death a second time in the Battle of Bastards (even if it was aided by Sansa). That would go a long way in deciding he’s worthy of being king in these times, face with their situation.

Thank you. This post is a waste of 5 mins.

To be fair, Jon even points out that the battle was lost until the Knights of the Vale, who were there on Sansa’s behalf, arrived. So it’s not like the show just glossed over that. But it would be par for the course in such a society for Jon to get the credit for the victory, in the eyes of the other Northern Lords,…

Wouldn’t work for a lot of the heavy aircraft departing from SXM - the exhaust exiting the engines is higher than 8 feet.

Planes have to land there too. You do not want a concrete barrier in the way if one comes in a little low.

Why spend money on something to protect people who damn well know better from themselves?

skimming the beach on their ultra-low takeoffs and landings

If I had to die, being blown to death would pretty much be at the top of my list.