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Or that he's probably more like the next Jose Abreu.

The haters aren't ready to admit that we found the next Mike Trout

I have seen pieces of these things pop up in different threads, but with it being the Sox offseason, and maybe a really long one, I figured we could use some more non-fighting topics: This one is what are your favorite spots, places, things you have ever done for a vacation and what ones were the worst or most disappointing. My top so far was Hawaii. It was the most beautiful place I have ever seen. It was the greenest greens of vegetation, the bluest blues for water, and the powerful natural beauty of things like volcanos, reefs, black sand beaches and everything else there... I never wanted to go home. The two worst I ever did were going to the top of the St Louis Arch, and going out to the historic site of the Hamilton/Burr duel. I talked about the arch in a different thread, but for the dueling site, I took a boat from midtown Manhattan out to Jersey to get there, I walked a bit and climbed some stairs from the port. There is a really basic park there, with a plaque that basically reads we think the duel happened right below here, but we aren't really sure. That's it. It's a pocket park on top of a cliff with some wild undergrowth below it. One of the biggest wastes of time ever.

I sat on a planning board for 10 years, and I will never forget in a neighborhood that sits next to a factory and railroad tracks a developer came in and wanted to rezone an area that was heavy industrial coded, to build about a dozen new houses. I remember getting an any inquiry about how much traffic it would add to a quiet street, parking, etc. I told him, look as of right now, someone can come off of the street and build a full pledged factory or railroad facility there. Is that better or worse than some new neighbors. Then he had an epiphany that some new houses wasn't that bad.

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No sir.

Same thing has happened with people who buy houses right by O'Hare and then complain about the jet noise. When I've looked for houses in the past, I always paid close attention to what is around it and what the areas are zoned with the assumption that the worst case could happen even if those areas were currently vacant.

I have washed mine with laudry....twice. It's a simple process to take out, put in case and put in bag. Except when someone wants to chat when done working out, you take out, put in pocket and then forget to take out. It's amazing that they survived the change process, making it to the washing machine and through the dryer and still remained in the pocket of the shorts. After a day of high pitched squealing until they dried out, they worked fine both times.

It was on purpose, the colloquialism is I have no more fucks to give, in other words, I don't care anymore. AKA, it was a joke.

This has to be the worst auto correct ever. What were you trying to say or were you really getting that personal with us all? Haha

Well, it is going to get a lot quieter when the Sox leave.

At my age, it is my fucks. I keep running out of them, and can't find anymore.

Dude is hanging with your BFF

Thank you. And to add, in the age of the portal and NIL deals they may not even be thinking of two years.

It also shouldn't be a big surprise. A little bit of power flex, mixed with a little bit of ego stroking. It's how these things get done.

Like I said, it was never going to be tomorrow, and tampering expectations with some understandings of the complexities that are happening in this plan should tell you that even if everything falls in perfect sequence, a lot of these steps have to come to fruition completely, for the next step after it to start. I feel like this is a 5 year minimum plan, with a sweet spot in the 6 to 8 year range. There are a lot of studies, remediations, investigations, and flat out construction that needs to happen before the Sox can even break ground on a new stadium. Keep that in mind. Again, first thing is all of the red tape needs to be cleared up to get the new Amtrak site even started. Once it is started, then you have the construction time needed before it becomes useable to Amtrak. That probably covers 2027-28. Once they move in, THEN the same process starts on the new site. All of the tear down, removal, remediation, and clean up will need to be done, before a stadium can break ground. Say 29-30 for the permitting, investigation, tear down, remediation, and removals. That brings us to 2030-2032 for construction, and a 2033 open. It might be conservative, but because these steps will not mostly overlap, and need to be done in sequential pieces, it can't be rushed as it would be in an open and clean site with no contingencies. This isn't tearing down a couple of bars and building like New Comiskey was.

man who lives next to train tracks Nobody told me there would be trains all the time.

Started watching From, looks very intriguing. 4 episodes in, new to Netflix. Slow Horses was a great season but some of the timing and plot holes annoyed me but overall it was good. Maybe best season yet.

Just curious, are you going to any of the games in St. Pete?

Not people in the city dealing with noise, lights, and emission. Nobody knew that would be part of their lives.

“…Photos of Josh Nelson’s home show backlash among the Bridgeport residents…”

The wheels of progress turn slowly as you well know.

Free up some room by getting rid of this traitor!!! https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1GSjwGRnHt/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Here's the Trib story on this: https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/26/amtrak-maintenance-yard-environmental-assessment/

It seems this will be the final nail in the coffin for any local opposition. Hard to drum up any doubts when the local community gets to be a part of the process. Kudos to Ishbia/Amtrak for going this route.