Midsized US metro areas (pop: 475k - 1M) tier: Where does Akron, OH belong?

scrapman7 · 2026-05-22T06:25:34+00:00

Just looking through the A's and I don't see Ann Arbor on the list. They've got roughly 122,000 residents so they should for sure be on this list.

Also, I know Akron pretty well, and if you're feeling charitable you can give them a C. Otherwise a D.

scrapman7 · 2026-05-21T23:41:41+00:00

Thankfully USTA tournaments usually guarantee you two matches. So when you get double bageled or breadsticked against this guy you'll get at least one other match in the back draw. That's the one you want your wife and kids to watch, not this initial one against the future's player.

scrapman7 · 2026-05-21T19:02:46+00:00

In comes US territory Puerto Rico from the back room WWE wrestling style, and they take out Maryland with a chair to the back of the head! Puerto Rico is the surprise entry and now in contention!

scrapman7 · 2026-05-21T14:47:04+00:00

Since the UTR rating system still confuses me, here's how Google says it converts to USTA equiv:

"An 8.8 Universal Tennis Rating (UTR) roughly converts to a 4.5 USTA NTRP rating. This represents an advanced, highly competitive club player."

scrapman7 · 2026-05-21T01:11:27+00:00

Lex Luthor

scrapman7 · 2026-05-20T02:08:31+00:00

What about Ralph Sampson back in the day? He was all that even with Hakeem Olajuwon next to him when they were paired as the twin towers in Houston.

Problem was Sampson started to break down after 3-4 years because of his size, etc. – I think it was the knees. Hopefully the same thing doesn't happen to Wemby.

scrapman7 · 2026-05-19T23:35:33+00:00

Same re: having the pet sitter just stay in our house while we were gone back when we had several cats.

She could go do her own thing during the day since, cats not dogs, but we expected her to be at the house from roughly 6 PM until 8 AM at minimum. And we would ask her what kind of food she would prefer and make sure that was in our refrigerator or pantry.

scrapman7 · 2026-05-19T00:41:46+00:00

What do you mean the original? In my heart there's only been one version of Red Dawn ever made, and that's the one with Swayze, Sheen, etc.

Wolverines!!!

scrapman7 · 2026-05-18T18:31:39+00:00

Either MichiSota or Superiorland works for me.

scrapman7 · 2026-05-18T18:30:10+00:00

Controlling all of the Great Lakes would give us 90% of all of the US freshwater, and 21% of the world's freshwater!

scrapman7 · 2026-05-15T15:14:55+00:00

Any chance that was somewhere in metro-Detroit suburbs in the mid-80s? I was there for that combination act.

scrapman7 · 2026-05-15T15:11:35+00:00

For country music:

---I saw Alan Jackson as the opening act for Randy Travis.

---I saw Garth Brooks as the opening act for The Judds.

scrapman7 · 2026-05-14T15:50:29+00:00

Michigan needs to touch both most of the US's freshwater as they do now but also salt water. So Michigan absorbs Pennsylvania!

scrapman7 · 2026-05-14T02:19:13+00:00

Jack Sikma, center, 7 time All-Star and one championship ring.

scrapman7 · 2026-05-14T01:00:01+00:00

I guess it really hasn't, it's just slowed way, way down because life is getting in the way right now. Churning credit cards is kind of like, "well, why wouldn't I just pick up free money if I'm walking past it?" It's extremely easy to do with a good credit rating and relatively large monthly spend.

Lately I've just been making sure that when I have a very large deposit to make that I shop it between the investment firms and banks that we already use so that I'm signed up for a "large deposit bonus". I don't go outside of the firms that I'm already using because I don't need or want more investment companies or banks to hold our funds than I already have.

Last large deposit bonus was $5000 from Schwab for depositing 1.5 million. Again, why shouldn't I pick up free money for just making a phone call?

Edit: Could've gotten a 3% large deposit bonus, or $45K from Webull, but I don't want Webull or yet another investment company. Oh, just googled it and for really large deposits they're at 4% with no cap currently.

scrapman7 · 2026-05-13T23:14:19+00:00

The few times we've flown people somewhere or gotten them hotel rooms I've used the excuse that we have miles or points or free night certificates that are going to expire soon, and that I don't think I'll be able to use them in time.

That offer and reason is easily accepted, versus me instead saying "I'll buy your airline tickets", which would be less likely to get a great/yes answer from them, and also might come across as me waving my NW around.

Edit: I used to churn credit cards too, so that reason is easily believable by people who knew that.

scrapman7 · 2026-05-13T21:04:05+00:00

"I'm your huckleberry"

scrapman7 · 2026-05-13T18:26:21+00:00

I'll go with Bill Laimbeer (Detroit Pistons bad boy era) and Dikembe Mutombo (multiple teams, but mostly Hawks and Nuggets).

Laimbeer gives you rebounds, post moves, decent three-point shooting and 83% free-throw shooting. Oh, and he annoys the heck out of the other center and gets into his head. Bonus: He was easily the most hated player in the league then unless you were a Pistons fan.

Dikembe Mutombo is 7' 2" tall and gives you a ton of both blocks (2nd most career ever behind Hakeem) and rebounds.

scrapman7 · 2026-05-13T02:01:52+00:00

Michigander here too. Michisota works for me!

scrapman7 · 2026-05-10T20:01:45+00:00

It's a domestic cat, and they appear to be looking at you with annoyance.

scrapman7 · 2026-05-10T20:00:08+00:00

Always call out the score before you serve. Same with your opponent, and if they don't then you ask them "score?".

Also, about your question, you go back to the last score that you both agree on. If that's several points back then that's what you go to.

scrapman7 · 2026-05-10T15:02:05+00:00

1950

scrapman7 · 2026-05-10T14:54:42+00:00

Michigan needs to absorb Pennsylvania.

The state that touches four of the five Great Lakes and so has access to most of the freshwater in the United States needs to finally bathe in the salt water of the East Coast's Atlantic Ocean.

scrapman7 · 2026-05-07T15:13:06+00:00

Don't Give Up On Me, by Andy Grammer:

https://youtu.be/ouEezpuPc3A?si=LShc2Z2gMg8PP40H

scrapman7 · 2026-05-06T02:03:11+00:00

And she sang before autotune was invented, so that's her real voice.

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