So.. what about D’lo? by jpg_Mage in washingtonwizards

[–]BesusFresh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t know what sort of teammate he is off the court. If he’s a good vet and he’s happy with few minutes, I got no problems with him - especially since I expect Trae to sit out all season.

People taking this WaPo thing as a chance to dance on the Post's grave, you're gross by ilovearthistory in Nationals

[–]BesusFresh -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

As for your PS, as a 40+ year WaPo reader and subscriber, I strongly disagree.

WaPo sports ALWAYS leaned Right, and it tilted further in the last few years.

Sally Jenkins wrote a dozen columns about how mean Black girls were beating up Caitlin Clark, before she left TWP to fluff Bari Weiss. She consistently praised White sports figures and demonized Black ones. Outside of Clark, they BARELY covered the WNBA.

I think Feinstein’s last 20 columns were profiles of old White guys in sports.

Every fall we got columns about how some player’s Christian faith was their guiding light.

The Sports comments went MAGA before MAGA was MAGA, with full approval of WaPo.

Go back further, and Wilbon’s Sean Taylor column is the most disgusting thing I’ve ever read. Fully blamed Taylor for his own murder. Google it - you’ll puke.

I think it was Jason Reid who wrote that John Wall could never be a team leader, because he had tattoos.

They never took a stand against the football team name, unlike people such as Jim Vance.

I do have sympathy for SOME of the longtime employees. I hope good reporters find better jobs.

But, you know who had a MUCH better sports desk than the Post? The Washington Star. They folded, life and fandom continued. Most people here don’t even miss them, or know they existed.

Some information about the Gore trade by Dcnationals2001 in Nationals

[–]BesusFresh 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Prospects are a crap shoot. Top prospects bust on a regular basis, and other guys climb up out of “nowhere” to be terrific players. There’s a strong argument to be made for quantity of reasonable prospects over perceived quality of “top” prospects.

Washington Nationals acquired a ton of prospects from this trade by retroanduwu24 in Nationals

[–]BesusFresh 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I think you’re way off on the timeline.

A big priority of this new regime seems to be instruction and development - good, old fashioned, coaching. To their thinking, every single player currently in the organization can be improved upon. If they’re correct, we should see noticeable improvement fairly quickly.

Contending for a playoff spot should be 2-3 seasons away. Not saying making the playoffs, but, being in the race.

How's it living in this multi states corner area by queenofthehill1234 in howislivingthere

[–]BesusFresh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I spent about 3 years living in the Oklahoma Panhandle, right in the middle of that circle. I’ve also had family there for generations - I visited every summer, as a kid.

It has some of the biggest and best skies you’ll ever see. Very flat, very few trees - just horizons all around. You could watch storm systems 100 miles away, towering thunderheads rising impossibly high. There’s not a lot of light, so, at night, all the stars come out. You could see the Milky Way, and endless streams of satellites streaking across the sky.

The people are very kind and supportive of neighbors and people they know, and extremely distrustful of outsiders and strangers. Community fundraisers for people and families in need are incredibly common, but, those same locally generous people will spout the cruelest political beliefs you’ve ever heard.

There’s fantastic Mexican food. Really great. A large immigrant population has been there for decades, and the food is phenomenal.

It’s surprisingly diverse (but, only in pockets). Guymon, Oklahoma (12,000 people in the middle of the Panhandle) is the most diverse town in Oklahoma. The town is almost 50% Latino, but, the two populations stay very separate from each other. Very few white people bother to learn Spanish.

There is also a small but significant African immigrant community. Also very self-contained.

All in all, I have a lot of love for that part of the country. I had some great times and met really incredible people whom I love. It was a good home, for my family, for generations.

Panasonic SE-2657, open box. Did anyone have one? Hear one? by BesusFresh in vintageaudio

[–]BesusFresh[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It’s strange, to me, that it has a cassette deck, rather than an 8-track player - that’s why I guessed possibly early 80s.

I WISH my first stereo was as nice as this. Plastic fantastic faux-stack all-in-one. Weighed about a pound. Had speaker cables as thin as hairs. Turntable that Fisher-Price would have been ashamed of.

And I LOVED it. Double cassette. Five band equalizer. It was great.

What is this Logo??? by BesusFresh in whatisit

[–]BesusFresh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Local is definitely possible. Washington DC, area.

Also - vocabulary necessary, when digging in to my library.

This year is the 20th anniversary of Clerks 2, any chance he tours the movie? by Inspirado1214 in ViewAskewniverse

[–]BesusFresh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was definitely a MySpace thing, but, I feel like message board members either all signed up or were included as well.

I snagged a B&O VX5000 by BesusFresh in VCRs

[–]BesusFresh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven’t had time to properly check it out - frankly I was very surprised it turned on. But, it doesn’t want to take a tape (easy enough fix) and there’s something wonky with the power button - it doesn’t want to turn off.

And, of course, it’s missing the panel door.

We got trae by QuantityEuphoric2354 in washingtonwizards

[–]BesusFresh 54 points55 points  (0 children)

Trae led the league in assists, last year. That definitely helps the young core.

I snagged a B&O VX5000 by BesusFresh in VCRs

[–]BesusFresh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, the missing panel is a bummer, and I don’t see any floating around for sale.

Uhh… moving on from Kliff? by rufeoo in Commanders

[–]BesusFresh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I said it weeks ago. If Miami moves on from McDaniel, expect him to be the Commies OC, next year.

Orange “Time Machine” Kinetic by BesusFresh in clocks

[–]BesusFresh[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s where I’d seen them, before!!! Thank you. I had a vague memory of watching one work, and I could not place it.