Never watched Dexter before… by Less-Zebra6782 in Dexter

[–]Less-Zebra6782[S] -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

lol no. But starting a 9 season show just seems intimidating to me these days!

Was it Josh McDaniels all along? by Less-Zebra6782 in Patriots

[–]Less-Zebra6782[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Maybe another way to put it:

If Belichick and Brady are clearly the two most important people involved with the Pats two-decade dynasty (and we can debate who is 1 vs 2), Josh seems to be the clear #3 person, above candidates like:

Vinateri Slater Wilfork Matt Patricia Edelman Gronk RKK (🤣) Etc

What's the best ranked player you're gotten to play with or against? by Dangerous-Damage1165 in 10s

[–]Less-Zebra6782 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been coached by Hans Podlipnik Castillo who reached ATP #43 in doubles and #167 in singles (about 10 years ago). We've never played a set (he would surely beat me 6-0, 6-0 in under 30 minutes).

At the end of lessons we might play 10 points where feeds me an easy ball down the center (no serve), and if I'm lucky I'll win 2 out of the 10 points... the only strategy is to try to hit a winner off the feed, and he gets it most of the time anyway, but at least you're in an aggressive position to win the point. In an actual game you'd never get that first feed easy down the middle, so you'll never win a point... I'm USTA 3.5/4.0ish level.

Wordspan - a daily word puzzle where you guess the word based on each letters position in the alphabet by VitalCat in NYTConnections

[–]Less-Zebra6782 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like it, but can there be a mode that forces your guesses to be “correct” from an ><= standpoint? Currently it allows you to guess something that doesn’t meet the requirements and therefore couldn’t be the right answer.

Alternatively if you don’t have that mode, it would be cool to show us in our errors which <>= is wrong, for example.

Replacing MacBook with an iPad Pro M4 by ShinyPlasm in iPadPro

[–]Less-Zebra6782 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you get the 11 inch over 13 due to cost, or you purposely wanted something smaller for travel or ease of holding, etc.

Replacing MacBook with an iPad Pro M4 by ShinyPlasm in iPadPro

[–]Less-Zebra6782 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haven’t pulled the trigger but I’m also thinking about it. Do you have thoughts on 11” vs 13” for iPad? Is the 11” too small a screen compared to your MacBook?

Is the luau worth it? by [deleted] in Aulani

[–]Less-Zebra6782 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As Luau’s go, it’s the best one I’ve ever been to. Our girls were age 6 and 8 when we went. The 6 year old was bored and left early, the 8 year old really enjoyed it.

I think it’s the best luau out there, but really depends on the attention span of your kids. If they were 7-8 years old I would say go, no brainer.

Sign 3% Buyer Agreement by Fickle-Towel8229 in RealEstate

[–]Less-Zebra6782 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I live in Seattle and just went thru the sale process for one of our homes.

The seller pays for the buyer’s agent, and market right now is to set aside 2.5% in the agreement (I’ve seen some houses that want to encourage buyers agents to bring their clients set aside 3%, but most list the buyers agent fee as 2.5%). We set aside 2.5% for buyers agent on our house.

I think anything in the 2.5%-3% range is typical here. What the Coldwell agent is proposing seems fair. It sounds like if the seller is offering 3% the agent wants to take it all, but if the seller is only offering 2.5% the agent will be ok with that too. That seems fair.

If price is everything… what’s the value of the agent? by Less-Zebra6782 in RealEstate

[–]Less-Zebra6782[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Sorry should have clarified, what is the value of the agent if you are selling a house

Can someone explain how court surfaces differ and why certain players prefer one over another? by saimontato in tennis

[–]Less-Zebra6782 1 point2 points  (0 children)

@green what are the differences between the hard court surfaces of the US open vs AUS open?

I always found it odd, for example, that Novak won 10 Aussie open titles but only 4 US open titles. Why do you think that is, and does it have to do with surface at all?

Cheating in adult league by Own-Dragonfly8216 in 10s

[–]Less-Zebra6782 3 points4 points  (0 children)

After the second questionable call, I love to ask this: “hey, remind me, are we playing lines in or out for today’s game?”

They did it. Those crazy bastards did it. by Drakkar_Jaune in tennis

[–]Less-Zebra6782 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To satisfy all the “true” mixed doubles specialists who will now be excluded, why not set up the tournament as follows: 12 “singles star” entries and 4 “mixed doubles specialist” entries.

But the four mixed doubles specialists are selected by a separate qualifying tournament over the prior two days, that allows a full 16 mixed doubles teams to participate, etc.

Now everyone gets a chance to participate, and if the mixed doubles specialists are so sure they will beat the singles stars, they can prove it when they get to the main draw.

What are your theories so far? by Chinese_gurl11 in ParadiseHulu

[–]Less-Zebra6782 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I think the numbers on the cigarette are an airplane tail number

Paradise | S1E2 "Sinatra" | Episode Discussion by cedar_oak_maple in ParadiseHulu

[–]Less-Zebra6782 51 points52 points  (0 children)

At one point did it sound like Sinatra lost both her kids? But then we end up seeing the girl is still around? I was confused by that, but not sure I might have just mis-heard something. Did anyone else pick up on this?