MattPie

I don't think we're skeptical that it works, but that it's legal. There's no way Area51 is paying the content providers for what it's providing.

It's gotta look something like this, but with Minnesota swapped with MA, ME, RI, and NH:

Yep, that's how I understand it too. The carriers pay the big bucks for exclusivity. You have to think in the next 3-5 years that'll change otherwise there's a significant population that's slipping away. The one thing I'll add to the discussion is I believe Youtube TV carries NBC and its hench-networks on a monthly plan, so getting that for two months should cover the playoffs (as if that's relevant to anyone here). Somehow, those two statements don't seem to work together. I could be wrong, but doubt HBO (to pick one) is licensing out its content for a fraction of $7/mo when the HBO Go service is $15/mo.

I'm just going to go with Nikki Sixx.

MAYBE HE'S READING THIS RIGHT NOW! Also, no "Motley Kru"? I'm disappointed with all of you.

How many lights are there?

That is a really cool glitch. If it were Internet-related, I'd say the people over at the Reply All podcast might even take it up for their "Super Tech Support" segments (where they dive deep into some interesting issue like this), but I'm not sure they'd do radio stuff.

They should really use the real call letters and not the marketing name, WEDG.

May Day! May Day! BRAD MAY! (well, not really that last part)

Heh, thanks! I didn't entirely hate being a homeowner, but it's really nice to walk out my door, see the weeds in the grass and think, "*so* not my problem".

House settled today with no drama, I'm a 100% renter again! I'm out of here to go celebrate!

Interesting part of that picture is it is two right-handed gloves.

In my day, a boss was a giant *#&$%# that if you contradicted him you'd get run out of town, and we LIKED IT.

Nice reference, I just watched this the other day. Timely:

I was in high school, watching the game in my bedroom, continuously thinking I should go sleep because I had to get up in the morning.

Anyone know if it's this? https://www.researchgate.net/publication/269719037_Characterization_of_Symptomatic_Hip_Impingement_in_Butterfly_Ice_Hockey_Goalies I thought I had read somewhere (back in the Miller era?) that some butterfly goalies have surgery as a preventative measure to adjust how their hips work so they aren't constantly damaged.

Don't be, I rarely read the mega-threads these days and never would have seen this. Don't (Ger)be so negative, I'm sure he'll measure up.

Catching up on this thread. As a (related?) fact, 27% of Americans believe the Sun revolves around the Earth. https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/2018/nsb20181/report/sections/science-and-technology-public-attitudes-and-understanding/public-knowledge-about-s-t (table 7.1)

You're stuck being so close to Dallas, my condolences. ?

Even Rochester plus Buffalo is not as big as St. Louis. It is in the neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, and Kansas City, but I'm not sure those towns get teams if expansion happen today.

And "small market" in this case is 2x Buffalo metro area plus another city of buffalo's worth of population or two.

OK, it just seemed strange. Like having some mid-2000s plug that had a miracle 20-goal season on the cover of NHL 2020.

So on Golf; I don't follow it very closely, but: Is John Daly somehow relevant? I happened to see a Golden Tee arcade machine at a bar yesterday, and it was all "PLAY AS JOHN DALY!" with pictures of him and ugly pants (even by golf standards). Last I knew, 20 years ago he could hit the ball a mile but couldn't do anything else, and then became an outcast because of something crass or dumb.