That Aud Smell

I ... I had no idea the incident was so recent (well within my lifetime even). Damn. I have a family friend -- well into his 80s now -- who spent his career on commercial vessels navigating the Great Lakes; the last third of his career was at the rank of captain. I reckon he would've known some of the sailors who died on that ship.

Someone in my group did, yes. I think it happens with some frequency -- whether by human hands or naturally occurring conditions.

Shootsie. (I still love that old joke.)

want.

Are the Panthers good? I'm asking. I know I harken to it all the time: The Panthers were held up here several years ago -- by an information-rich member who no longer posts regularly? -- as a team on the rise. ^^ Which role is that? Buck?

I've definitely smelled rotten eggs. We used to hide dozens of actual hard boiled eggs at my parents' house for an Easter egg hunt. Then I'd find them mowing the lawn throughout the summer months. The distinctive aspect of the odor is, as I understand it, sulfuric in nature. My grandfather used well water at his place out in Catt County -- we'd get a similar smell there as well. The public safety additive to natural gas is sulfuric as well. As you'd heard, natural gas itself has no smell ahtall. I remember learning this when I hiked to the eternal flame at Chestnut Ridge in my early 20s. Someone in our group put out the flame with a bucket of water (so that we could re-light it). I heard that low hiss of natural gas escaping the ground, and there was no smell detectable.

It's in a select class of things that have lived to its hype, in my experience. An astonishing brew. My crew even did a blind taste test last year -- we had at least top-50 Beer Advocate IPAs and DIPAs -- and everyone was able to pick out the HT. Having put back 4 in a sitting, I will say 8% is accurate. It's part of its miraculousness. Ha! I've had that same experience. I've been twice to buy as much as I could (there are retail limits wherever you go). Another time, the first store that I first stopped at had the delivery truck on-site when I arrived (I think they self-distribute?). Anyway, I just followed that guy around like a lost puppy for hours.

No you’re right.

And Bowl-you and Gorges (?) reportedly close to returning.

Risto announced as week to week.

This has been a thread distinguished by really good content.

Good stuff, 3putt and FC.

There’s a fascinating sociology thesis to be proposed on detecting and measuring larger social changes based on the analysis of footage of crowds at games over the years.

Hush yo mouth. And that's spoken as a fan of LFC. I took a deeper dive into international soccer about 3 years ago, and, yeah -- I initially would try to follow the rumours, but quickly just stopped entirely. It's totally nuts -- way beyond anything we see in the NA sports leagues. Besides which, Pulisic is signing with Liverpool. I read that in the North Wales Standard.

By Cod and holy mackerel, you're a funny man.

Re Danny Paille, some somewhat encouraging news (and inevitable humour) from a Google-translated news report from a Swedish (?) publication: After the brutal assault of Mannheim player Thomas Larkin, the first reassuring message about Brynä star Daniel Paille was given. On Wednesday morning, Paille was investigated - and now new tasks are coming. "He has incurred a concussion and is missing at least one week," confirms Brynäs sports director Stefan Bengtzén of SVT Sport. It was Mannheim's United States-born Italian national teamman Thomas Larkin who stood for what everyone describes as a real assault. "Disaster, one can kill someone on that show." We are supposed to play elite riders, but this is "Kalle Anka-level", says Brynäs sports director Stefan Bengtzén about the tackle that gave a stupid end to the match. . - I tried to talk with their coach afterwards but all he said was "###### !, ###### !, ######!". There was no point, Bengtzén continues to DG. "Ugly stuff"Even Brynäs coach Tommy Sjödin saw the Germans describing the incident as among the worst he saw. - It's ugly stuff that. But I'm not surprised that it happens to just a German team. They have many "wannabe-NHL players" who come to Europe and show stuff, says Tommy Sjödin. Brynäs won the match with 2-1 and is on to quarter final in CHL.

That's fair. About losing a job, though, I'd characterize that more as a consequence of behavior, not part of an ongoing attempt to modify behavior or motivate someone. Taken slightly differently, would it work well to motivate or modify the behavior of a struggling employee if the supervisor continually said "You keep that up, and I'll fire you." Maybe. Maybe not.

Years ago, I read an entertaining and thought-provoking essay by a former marine mammal trainer (this was long before Blackfish and all the associated Seaworld shame) who talked about how, in training her animals, it was a best practice to use ONLY positive reinforcement. Negative reinforcements yielded little to no progress. Then she extrapolated that into relationships in her life, including with her husband. And, to hear her tell it, it worked quite well. It was more of a light touch on the subject, but it was something that stayed with me.

Yeah, sorry. I can't. I won't. I've been through an entire evaluative process with that derp. I'm never going back.

^ That is just awful.

Excellent post. I can't read Harrington (doctor's orders), but I saw a Tweet indicating that he was chirping Housley for being more pollyannaish than positive in the face of the team's struggles. I understand that point, and would expect as much from that chinless hack. But I also think there's much to be said for working to be positive, trusting the talent, and trying like hell to get to where you're going while maintaining your confidence. And, from what I can tell, "where they're going" does not feature low-risk, low-event, small-ice hockey. I hope they can get there. As for the matter of confidence, I can't speak to how it affects the performance of pro athletes, but I do know that it plays an absolutely HUGE role in 16-18 year-olds who play their sports at a fairly high level. I just can't over-state how important confidence is in that setting. It's a necessary component of letting your talent shine and reaching for the proverbial brass ring every time you step on the field, etc.

Interesting.

Yep. Thanks - that makes sense.

Re Sam: I thought I saw the same last night (although I was watching with no sound while doing some work stuff). He is looking stronger, smarter, and harder on the puck. As for Eichel, I guess I see where the frustration comes from. There are plenty of instances where it seems like he could make a "hard" play on or toward the puck (lean on an opponent, even throw a check, or simply take the body), but he pokes around for the puck to no avail. I can't say that I'm seeing him float or fail to skate when he should. OTOH, he picked a d-man's pocket to set up the first goal; created a dangerous odd-man rush on the PK (yes, that he flubbed); set up Girgensons for what should have been a goal (but was shot wide); and selflessly (maybe unwisely) tried to get an assist on the EN rather than shoot. I thought Eichel was just fine, thank you very much. But he can be and has been so much better than that.