Welcome to a new year. Don't forget to remind your grandparents to write 2022 on a few checks so they don't forget.

On 1/1/2022 at 11:16 AM, Texsox said:

Welcome to a new year. Don't forget to remind your grandparents to write 2022 on a few checks so they don't forget.

Don't forget, Tex.

1 hour ago, knightni said:

Don't forget, Tex.

I wrote 50% more checks last year than the year before. I went from two to three. I haven't bought new checks in over ten years. Lol

Who is playing Wordle? 

13 minutes ago, Texsox said:

Who is playing Wordle? 

I heard so much about it I started playing it, but I don't know how long I'll keep it up. You just take 3-4 guesses to get a word.

1 hour ago, Texsox said:

Who is playing Wordle? 

Me. 12 in a row

1 hour ago, CentralChamps21 said:

I heard so much about it I started playing it, but I don't know how long I'll keep it up. You just take 3-4 guesses to get a word.

It's basically word sudoku 

2 hours ago, Kyyle23 said:

It's basically word sudoku 

I was thinking more word mastermind

21 minutes ago, Texsox said:

I was thinking more word mastermind

It's guessing based on process of elimination, whatever you want to call it lol

I've gotten a few Wordles correct, but just barely missed a few also,

1 minute ago, knightni said:

I've gotten a few Wordles correct, but just barely missed a few also,

My process has changed since I started, I'm genuinely thinking about it differently from the start now 

I isolate the vowels first. Most five letter words follow one of two consonant/vowel patterns. 

c v c v c  (polar)

Or 

cc vv c (dream)

The curse of being an English teacher.

 

Both my boys and girls varsity won today. Fun day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stern starts it with most of the classic Wheel Of Fortune final letters.

I always start with rates and lingo. Covers the most used consonants and vowels.

What the heck is going on folks? People are allowing their neighborhoods in a once great city to be terrorized? 

https://patch.com/illinois/beverly-mtgreenwood/3-vehicles-carjacked-midpointe-apartments-cops?utm_term=article-slot-1&utm_source=newsletter-daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter

To my fellow Chicagoans who love our city ... I was planning on coming back to the south side for a Sox series this summer and or some time in my old neighborhood, Mt. Greenwood, south of Midway. Shoot me straight please. Is there a good chance my car will be jacked if I return? Is there any reason at all to stay at the Hilton on 95th Street? Are we to the point it's too dangerous to visit my city? How are people standing for this b.s. I read the Patch and car jackings in Beverly and Greenwood areas appear COMMON! It's outrageous. Please let me know if this is a problem or not for vacationers.

Violent crime - per capita (per 100,000 residents)

Lawrence,  Kansas - 472

https://www.google.com/search?q=violent+crime+per+capita+lawrence+kansas&rlz=1C1SQJL_enUS885US885&oq=violent+crime+per+capita+lawrence+kansas&aqs=chrome..69i57.11006j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Bridgeport, Illinois - 351

https://www.google.com/search?q=violent+crime+per+capita+bridgeport+illinois&rlz=1C1SQJL_enUS885US885&sxsrf=AOaemvKW8sUl7Wc1MeDEQvtze77To9KTIQ%3A1642690514361&ei=0nfpYaeoFdexqtsPq9Oi6Ao&ved=0ahUKEwin2dWEy8D1AhXXmGoFHaupCK0Q4dUDCA4&uact=5&oq=violent+crime+per+capita+bridgeport+illinois&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAMyBQghEKsCOgcIABBHELADOgoIABBHELADEMkDOgUIABCABDoECAAQQzoGCAAQFhAeOggIIRAWEB0QHjoFCCEQoAE6BwghEAoQoAFKBAhBGABKBAhGGABQqg5Y7TVgujpoAXACeACAAXeIAdYOkgEEOS4xMJgBAKABAcgBCMABAQ&sclient=gws-wiz

Mt. Greenwood, Illinois - 212

https://www.google.com/search?q=violent+crime+per+capita+mount+greenwood+illinois&rlz=1C1SQJL_enUS885US885&sxsrf=AOaemvKW8sUl7Wc1MeDEQvtze77To9KTIQ%3A1642690514361&ei=0nfpYaeoFdexqtsPq9Oi6Ao&oq=violent+crime+per+capita+mount+gree&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAEYAzIFCCEQoAEyBQghEKABMgUIIRCgATIFCCEQoAEyBQghEKABOgcIIxCwAxAnOgcIABBHELADOgoIABBHELADEMkDOgQIIxAnOgUIABCABDoECAAQQzoGCAAQFhAeOgUIABCGAzoFCCEQqwJKBAhBGABKBAhGGABQiQVYmhdg-C1oAXACeACAAXyIAYUKkgEDMy45mAEAoAEByAEJwAEB&sclient=gws-wiz

Take the NRA sticker and put it on your car. Let's folks know you're armed and won't play the victim. ? You could hire yourself a bodyguard for a couple days. Cheap insurance. 

10 hours ago, greg775 said:

What the heck is going on folks? People are allowing their neighborhoods in a once great city to be terrorized? 

https://patch.com/illinois/beverly-mtgreenwood/3-vehicles-carjacked-midpointe-apartments-cops?utm_term=article-slot-1&utm_source=newsletter-daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter

To my fellow Chicagoans who love our city ... I was planning on coming back to the south side for a Sox series this summer and or some time in my old neighborhood, Mt. Greenwood, south of Midway. Shoot me straight please. Is there a good chance my car will be jacked if I return? Is there any reason at all to stay at the Hilton on 95th Street? Are we to the point it's too dangerous to visit my city? How are people standing for this b.s. I read the Patch and car jackings in Beverly and Greenwood areas appear COMMON! It's outrageous. Please let me know if this is a problem or not for vacationers.

That Hilton has dropped off I would not stay there.  

You may want to avoid Midpointe apartments as well.  I assume you know where those are at and this story should not surprise you. 

 

 

Carjacking is a national problem 

'It's a disturbing trend.' Cities see large increases in carjackings during pandemic

https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/23/us/carjackings-rise-major-cities-pandemic/index.html

 

This is just wild.

 

Wow. Cool. 

Wordle 221 4/6

 

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On 1/23/2022 at 12:25 PM, Texsox said:

Carjacking is a national problem 

'It's a disturbing trend.' Cities see large increases in carjackings during pandemic

https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/23/us/carjackings-rise-major-cities-pandemic/index.html

 

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That's after carjackings were up over 100% from 2019-2020. But yeah, not a Chicago problem.

https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/carjackings-more-than-double-in-2020

It's the city's program to encourage residents to use public transportation. Brilliant. 

No Texas cities. I wonder if allowing anyone in the state to carry affects that number? 

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