WhiteWonder

Home prices are crazy BUT there are different ways to look at it. Families have been building generational wealth through home ownership for quite a while now. Will you not be leaving anything for your children? My grandparents bought their houses in the 40's and 50's, they made a fortune on those investments. That fortune directly benefited my parents (and their siblings). My parents bought their homes in the 80's. They have similarly increased the family wealth because of those investments.

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There won't be. That happened because bank and lenders were giving loans to anyone and everyone. They are now under much more scrutiny and much stricter lending practices. I'm sure the pressure to build a portfolio of loans still leads to some bad mortgages but for the most part, enough checks and balances are in place to avoid a repeat of 2008

where is that idiot who was arguing with me about the loan forgiveness "b b b but, people are striving to achieve home ownership!".... sure, so lets let them take out loans they know they can't afford, we can forgive the debt later!

regardless of your political leanings, I feel like you have to be just stubborn for the sake of being stubborn to act as if climate change/global warming doesn't actually exist. I'm not calling it doomsday but at least be real about it. Just because it's not an end of the world level problem doesn't mean it's not actually happening and doesn't mean it won't or can't get worse. As someone who has lived in the northeast their entire life, seasons no longer feel like defined seasons. Summerish temperatures linger into late october, winters are nowhere near as harsh as they were when I was growing up, and yet the cooler temps from winter linger into June. Snow storms? I remember winters with multiple big snow storms / blizzards. For the past 10-15 years, it seems like a couple inches of snow is now what passes for a storm. I'd be shocked if it snowed more than twice in my area this year. I don't listen to or read stuff from climate change freaks but it's not hard to see that the weather is pretty different now than it was in the 90's or early 2000's.

the Yankees seem confident it wont end his season. He will probably be back, i'm just not shocked. Guy was always injured prior to like 2021. He had 2 seasons of good health and one of them was when he bet on himself for a gigantic payday. . Yes, I'm a Yankee hater but I don't have anything against Judge.... actually funny to watch the Yankees screw themselves into a no win situation after the season he had in 2022.

Like a lot of you, I had to fortify pitching. Losing Jeffrey Springs and Drew Rasmussen for the year was a big blow to my top end SPs and my depth. Especially Springs, who cost a 3rd round pick, while I get to watch Eovaldi be dominant and Alex Cobb be pretty good too. McClanahan is having back issues and i'd prefer the Rays not rush him back for real life purposes. Glasnow recently had cramping issues too. Gallen has been amazing for me and Blake Snell has been money for the past month and a half but I feel like i'm losing SPs left and right. Adding Joe Ryan means that even with my losses, I now sit with: Gallen, Snell, Morton, Ryan, McClanahan (15 day IL), Eflin, Glasnow, Bradley and Chirinos I feel pretty good with that rotation Adding Duran to Fairbanks should offset the fact that Floro is no longer closing games and Alvarado, when not on the IL, seems like he may have fully lost that role to Kimbrel. I should have enough holds between Adam, Poche, Floro and Alvarado once he comes back. Plus Kevin Kelly of the Rays. Offensively, like mentioned before, my biggest weakness is singles. Luis Arraez would have helped and I could have played him at 1st or 2nd. I may kick myself for not adding any more offense if the Rays offense as a whole takes a nose dive. Aside from J-Rod and Willy Adames, I am totally reliant on the depth and current production of the Rays offense (minus Randy Land).

I wouldn't be at all surprised if Judge is done for the year

1.01 - cmh (Royals) - Clayton Kershaw, SP, LAD 1.02 - ZeroTolerance (Tigers) - George Kirby, P, SEA 1.03 - BlackClouds (Angels) - Ketel Marte, 2B, ARI 1.04 - Lambert (Cardinals) - Alexis Diaz, P, CIN 1.05 - JimMora (Rangers) - Jonathan India, 2B, CIN 1.06 - dcb291 (Mets) - Jesus Luzardo, SP, MIA 1.07 - RHR (Padres) - Elly De La Cruz, 3B, CIN 1.08 - GuardBum (Blue Jays) - Logan Gilbert, P, SEA 1.09 - burt (Braves) - Carlos Rodon, SP, NYY 1.10 - bbascom (Red Sox) - Devin Williams, RP, MIL 1.11 - WhiteWonder (Rays) - Joe Ryan, SP, MIN 1.12 - Mookz (Orioles) - Mitch Keller, SP, PIT 2.01 - cmh (Royals) - Ryan Pressley, RP, HOU 2.02 - ZeroTolerance (Tigers) - Will Smith, C, LAD 2.03 - BlackClouds (Angels) - Christian Yelich, OF, MIL 2.04 - Lambert (Cardinals) - Pablo Lopez, P, MIN 2.05 - JimMora (Rangers) - Justin Steele, P, CHC 2.06 - dcb291 (Mets) - Camilo Doval, RP, SF 2.07 - RHR (Padres) - Lucas Giolito, SP, CWS 2.08 - GuardBum (Blue Jays) - Andrew Abbot, SP, CIN 2.09 - burt (Braves) - Nico Hoerner, SS, CHC 2.10 - bbascom (Red Sox) - Hector Neris, RP, HOU 2.11 - WhiteWonder (Rays) - Jhoan Duran, RP, MIN 2.12 - Mookz (Orioles) - Merrill Kelly, SP, ARI

@Mookz to finish it off

There were definitely some hitters I considered... but even without the same level of star power as some other teams, the Rays are doing a great job hitting home runs, scoring and stealing bases this year. when I look at the offensive categories, singles are where my team struggles. Arraez was tempting, but he really only contributes in 1 category in this format. Maybe doubles as well.... It seemed more important to fortify my bullpen considering I lost Boxberger early on, Floro was only temporarily the closer in Miami, Fairbanks has been on and off the IL, I messed up and didn't add Nick Anderson quick enough after rosters were loaded, and the Rays pen has not exactly been as stellar as previous seasons. Duran should help in Saves, as well as helping a tad with ERA, WHIP and K's from the RP position.

2.11 - Jhoan Duran, RP, MIN

@Burt

Who else is going to do it? I don’t make them vacuum before I walk them to the door the next morning …, I’m not a monster.

I was definitely eyeing Rodon in round 1. could be a gamble that he stays healthy, but I think talent wise, he was the clear pitcher to get after Kershaw... who obviously has his own injury concerns. Joe Ryan has had some shaky outings lately, but since he was drafted by the Rays, it felt right . shame they traded him for Cruz.

See I could actually be tempted for a robot mop, just to keep in the kitchen and do light, consistent mopping. You are correct. Getting out mopping stuff is a pita. Currently I use a swiffer wet every so often but that is something I wouldn't mind setting and forgetting If I only needed to change a mop pad on the robot every few goes. as for hair in certain places along the walls and such, this is why I prefer to just vacuum myself. I use the skinny nosed attachment 95% of the time. Although for me, I find that I use it more for sides and arms of chairs, places where pets like to brush and rub up against that a robo vac simply isn't touching.

Just because I think robot vacuums are silly, doesn't mean you need to get your panties in a bunch. Then again, look who i'm talking to

. I wouldn't. I can vacuum just fine and quickly on my own. I vacuum once or twice a week, doesn't take very long and I don't have cat hair all over. I definitely don't have the personal need to spend $300 on a refurbished robot vacuum, if it truly did some heavy duty cleaning, i'd be all in but that doesn't seem to be the case.

I'm not intentionally trying to be negative nancy in this thread but fire tablets mostly suck.... but I guess they are passable at the price point and especially if you are an amazon loyalist.

hmmm. I guess the combination of emptying the small chamber daily (10 seconds or not you still have to remember), the idea that you'd need to potentially replace parts, the possibility it gets stuck on a pet toy or a chair you left out of place and the general idea that they simply can't reach many places you need to vacuum make them not seem worth the price to me. Especially if it's being billed as "decent between actual vacuums". If I need something between actual vacuums, I would just add one more actual vacuuming to my cleaning routine so yeah, makes me view them more as novelty gadgets or for people who are very anal and don't want to see a speck ever.

@RaiderHaters Revenge

just seems like a lot of extra work / hassle compared to the benefit. If you're super anal about seeing any little bit of pet hair, I guess... but it feels like just running a real vacuum twice a week does more. I can hit angles and crevices that I just imagine a robot can't manage. I know they are not getting up on couches and chairs to take care of any hair or crumbs... If I had to empty it once per day I would find that annoying, or more likely forget. I have a regular shark on the first floor and a shark stick vac on the 2nd. I guess if people like the robot vacs... cool, cool... but yeah, seems more like a novelty smart device to play with

proxy for Mets/dcb291 2.06 Camilo Doval, RP, SF

cool. will do