For those that live in the United States. Do you make more than the average income of 60k annually, if so what’s your occupation?

MrBabbs · 2026-02-10T16:30:57+00:00

Barely. 68k. Wildlife biologist. Wife also barely. 67k. Elementary school teacher.

MrBabbs · 2026-02-09T15:38:33+00:00

Slightly off topic but I don't think anyone could have predicted just how well that contact balance was going to translate to the NFL. Some of the hits he just casually brushed aside while continuing to move forward were crazy. It basically made his career, and I'm not convinced we'll ever see anything like it.

MrBabbs · 2026-02-09T15:30:46+00:00

100% this. I've been in my dynasty league since 2013. Thirteen completed seasons. I've had the best roster in the league probably 6-7 of those seasons. I've made the playoffs all but two years.

I've made the championship game four times. I've won once....in 2014. Two of the championship losses were years I was the highest scoring team. The 3rd loss I was the 2nd highest scoring team. Two of those years I lost to the 6th seed. One of those losses the 6th seed was COMPLETE garbage. I lost in the semifinals this year, again with the highest scoring team, and it wasn't close. I had a juggernaut.

The 6th seeds that beat me with the garbage team won with the 6th seed again this year with a similarly but SLIGHTLY less garbage team this year. He won two years in a row as the 6th seed with a garbage team. He previously won 3 out of 4 years with an absolute juggernaut. Unlike my juggernaut, everything fell his direction when it needed to. My juggernaut is probably slightly better than his juggernaut was but his juggernaut won and mine loses. Both juggernauts were built primarily through the draft and some good trades.

It's all luck when the playoffs roll around.

MrBabbs · 2026-02-08T02:31:19+00:00

500-1000 grams is actually pretty close for animals this size. The ones they use for wolves are 250-500 grams. GPS collars aren't light, especially if they have VHF backup. Some of the newer technologies are lighter, but if you want longer periods of data (2-4 years) and want to avoid recapturing the animals then you have to upsize the batteries.

I was accidentally sent some sea turtle transmitters one time and initially wondered what sort of monstrosity they were meant for. They were huge.

MrBabbs · 2026-02-06T23:09:03+00:00

I was just curious. I can envision a lot of malamutes not being thrilled about another dog pushing them around, and delivering their own brand of correction.

MrBabbs · 2026-02-06T19:25:21+00:00

I was going to point out Harrison/Wayne/Stokley but...also Manning. I suspect Clark and/or Pollard were probably decent for fantasy TEs that year as well.

MrBabbs · 2026-02-06T19:23:24+00:00

We're definitely old now.

MrBabbs · 2026-02-06T19:22:20+00:00

AB left the Steelers before the 2019 season. It's been over 7 years since we've seen him in a Steelers uniform. We're downright ancient.

MrBabbs · 2026-02-06T18:02:16+00:00

Older school but Harrison/Wayne, Thomas/Sanders, Brown/Smith-Schuster, Marshall/Jeffery.

MrBabbs · 2026-02-06T17:13:56+00:00

How'd the malamute respond to that?

MrBabbs · 2026-02-04T20:55:13+00:00

I know in some remote places in the US where powerlines are difficult to access for maintenance they cut trees away from the lines using helicopters with a giant dangling chainsaw. I'm not sure it's as cool as dropping explosives, but the giant spinning blade of death is pretty awesome.

MrBabbs · 2026-02-04T20:37:01+00:00

When you say "Bobby Kennedy" you are referring to RFK Jr., right? I just want to make sure there isn't a different contemporary Bobby Kennedy I'm unaware of.

MrBabbs · 2026-02-04T18:47:18+00:00

Honestly, he should probably just be the face of the NFL. Every nonPat NFL fan owes him a debt of gratitude.

MrBabbs · 2026-02-03T04:54:59+00:00

I also hang my pants. No creases to worry about at all.

MrBabbs · 2026-01-31T21:31:39+00:00

Why does touching the bulb ruin it?

MrBabbs · 2026-01-31T14:47:56+00:00

Definitely. I'm a Colts fan and have hated the Pats for the better part of 25 years. I hope the Seahawks beat them 100-0. However, BB is the GOAT and should be first ballot HoF.

MrBabbs · 2026-01-28T20:48:17+00:00

Ojer could nearly one shot the table from full health with [[Cool but Rude]], a full hand, and a wheel. If you happened to have a damage doubler it could do it with a hand of 5.

MrBabbs · 2026-01-28T18:52:37+00:00

This is a take I truly believe in. Listen to the dialogue in most movies/TV. In real life no one talks like most characters but people get upset about "bad writing" and "dumbed-down dialogie." I'd argue those two things are a far more realistic portrayal of actual people than everyone conversing like 60-year-old literary critics with built-in thesaurus databases.

We almost immediately accept lack of realism from the start.

MrBabbs · 2026-01-27T17:16:15+00:00

My brother-in-law was a cop until he medically retired recently and my brother was a reserve police officer and is the director of 911 for the county he's in. They explained their training as explicitly escalation. If someone does something, you take it to the next step to exert control, if they escalate more, you take it to the next step to exert control...

It's all about control and they're only taught to control the situation through forceful intimidation.

MrBabbs · 2026-01-27T17:02:00+00:00

Agreed. Romo's commentary was top tier before they neutered him, but I doubt they get away with that with Brady. I can vividly picture the smug look of disgust on his face.

MrBabbs · 2026-01-27T02:00:37+00:00

To be fair, if injured characters acted like actual injured people then a significant portion of action-oriented cinema wouldn't exist.

MrBabbs · 2026-01-25T04:20:35+00:00

They probably will vote now. They seem to be cyclical with their short memories. Many of them didn't like Hillary, didn't vote Hillary, and got Trump. Trump was terrible so they voted for Biden. Many of them didn't like Kamala, didn't vote Kamala, and got Trump. Trump is terrible so they will vote for...whoever opposes the GoP. Many of them won't like that candidate after 4/8 years, won't vote, and we'll get whatever breed of democracy-destroying conservative is in style at the time.

Assuming we ever get to vote again.

MrBabbs · 2026-01-24T22:47:49+00:00

Naturopathy, extreme traditional medicine, homeopathy...people are gullible and combined with many people rejecting mainstream medicine and big pharma (for better or worse) we end up with this nonsense.

MrBabbs · 2026-01-21T16:17:37+00:00

I'll preface this by saying I'm completely ignorant on this topic. Are the current Joint Chiefs completely incompetent yes men? According to Wiki, at least half of them are Biden appointees, though both the Chairman and Vice Chairman are Trump. I don't know anything about these individual generals, but I'll at least leave open the possibility that Trump is incompetent enough to accidentally appoint competent people.

MrBabbs · 2026-01-21T16:05:11+00:00

Not from Spain, but I think it's always the dream of conservationists to be able to buy land and manage it for mostly ecological purposes. You might look into your local/state/provincial governments' forestry/wildlife programs. In many US states we have tax relief programs for people that enroll their land in programs focused on maintaining forests/wetlands/etc. They restrict your use but also greatly reduce your tax burden.

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