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  1. 2 minutes ago, peanut0862 said:

    I read on the wikipedia link that the site is 19 Acres is that big enough for stadium and parking?

    Found this. 
     

    A typical football stadium can range from around 5 acres for a smaller, high school stadium, to over 150 acres for a large, professional NFL stadium.

    For example, the AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys, has an area of 140 acres. While the Soldier Field, home of the Chicago Bears, has an area of around 23 acres.

    It's also worth mentioning that the area required for a football stadium doesn't only include the field and seating areas, but also the parking lots, concourses, concessions, and other facilities that are necessary for the stadium to function. For example, a big stadium like the AT&T Stadium can hold up to 150,000 fans and it has a parking lot for around 20,000 cars.

    In general, the area required for a football stadium can vary greatly depending on the specific design and requirements of the stadium, and the available land in the area where the stadium is to be built.

     
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  2. I need Sknsfan1311, Dfitz, Pez and Huly and PB over sometime this fall for some whiskey tasting.  Gotta be none game day.  Thinking of Pez a Saturday before an away game.  Gotta have focus and concentration when tasting! 

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  3. Apparently they received a percentage of net, not gross. Lucky they got anything with the way Hollywood works those numbers. 
     

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/08/16/michael-lewis-blind-side-lawsuit/?fbclid=IwAR0FiMxZMWtzbQMKmIXN-3UBBUtN7x-Lc3ycfia-ouIEl-tjQ1QNhP9ghCI_aem_AQ97ycXI6rR9xvRhnCepdSbmKYuZKxHSGwj93s7V2B5LDUgXhlwT1OZ1_uJqg0ZhZy0


     

    According to Lewis, the film made around half a billion dollars but the equity stake in the movie was not as lucrative as it would appear. In fact, he said, he had called his own representatives at Creative Artists Agency over the years, following the movie’s success, asking about his share of the profits.

    Lewis said that ultimately after agent fees and taxes, he and the Tuohy family received around $350,000 each from the profits of the movie. Lewis said the Tuohys planned to share the royalties among the family members, including Oher, but Oher began declining his royalty checks, Lewis said. Lewis said he believed that the Tuohy family had deposited Oher’s share in a trust fund for Oher’s son.

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  4. On 7/6/2023 at 7:19 AM, Darrell Green Fan said:

    There is a famous meat market in Mt Airy, my best friend's parents in Bethesda used to drive all the way there.  I got some of their hamburger for a cookout. I have no idea why but it tasted so much better than grocery store burger.  

    Mt. Airy Meat Locker. I’ve gotten meat there. Their hamburger is ammmaaazing.  Used by the Famous Sunshine Burger.

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  5. Worked for 30 years at a place with minimal holiday and leave but awesome pay. It was sold and my level position was moved to Utah. Now I do accounting for Prince William County Schools. Crazy leave, crazy holidays, and they don’t really care when you take it. It’s culturally shocking. But I’m loving it. So off today. 

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  6. 8 hours ago, Spaceman Spiff said:

    I asked her where she wanted to go on Saturday, she got all excited and wanted to go to the Botanical Gardens in DC.  And then we're gonna hit some other museums.

     

    Mrs. Spiff and I sat on the couch with her last night, we had a long, free ranging conversation about a lot of things.  It was very positive.  One of the things she explained was that she wanted a white board for her room where she could hang it up and write down her to-do lists and goals but her grandmother wouldn't let her for stupid reasons (you'll scuff the wall, etc).  

     

    Mrs. Spiff went to bed early, as she's prone to do, leaving me with her niece.  I told her we'd plug the PS5 in after the Orioles game wrapped up.  

     

    Suddenly, she piped up and told me that she writes poems and asked me if I'd want to read them.  Or if she could read one to me.  Being an English major and having had to write my fair share of poems and then recite them in front of a class, I know how ****ing nerve racking that can be.  So I told her I'd take the dog outside for her final walk of the day and when I came back she could let me read one or she could read one to me, whatever her choice was.

     

    I came back, she handed me her phone and there were two poems there and I was ****ing floored.  They were legit.  Like, really, really good.  Now I can't say that I'm an expert on poetry and that I have a refined taste but these weren't sing-song A-B, A-B rhyme schemes.  

     

    I told my wife about this this morning and she had no idea about it.  So then the niece and I jumped in the car, dropped Spiff Jr off at daycare and then I took her to Target where I bought her two large Moleskine notebooks, one for poetry and one for to-do lists/goals.  Then we hit Chick Fil A for breakfast which she was excited about.

     

    She's been upstairs writing all morning, apparently.  Mrs. Spiff has confirmed a few minutes ago that her poetry is not legit.

     

     

    Such a good read. Soooo many kids in this world just need somebody that gives a **** and never get it. Props to you and Msp. Spiff!!!

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  7. 11 hours ago, Barry.Randolphe said:

    I made some big dino bone beef ribs today on the smoker and it was amazing. I used Heim's brisket rub liberally on it last night and pulled it from the fridge ~1 hour before cooking

     

    Got them from the Organic Butcher in McLean....smoked them low at 190 for 4 hours, then when it hit 170 internal and the bark was set, I wrapped it with some beef tallow that I had been smoking along with it. Put it back on the smoker for an hour at 225, then cranked it to 275 for the last 1.5 hours.

     

    It was like the best taste of brisket, but over and over again. Would highly recommend for special occasions or if you can find the cut somewhere like Costco where it is a bit cheaper.

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    Probably my favorite piece of bbq. 

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