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Summerpalooza V -- Playoffs Over -- Eephus Is Now Two-Time Summerpalooza Champion (3 Viewers)

Uh oh. Looked like I spoke too soon about that fire. It apparently, depending on the wind in Hemet, might be headed our way @dkp993. Get your emergency response ready because we might need it.

Sometimes living in Southern California sucks. Even when it rains, the fires still rage and the storm only means that the winds have picked up.
 
rockaction said:
Uh oh. Looked like I spoke too soon about that fire. It apparently, depending on the wind in Hemet, might be headed our way @dkp993. Get your emergency response ready because we might need it.

Sometimes living in Southern California sucks. Even when it rains, the fires still rage and the storm only means that the winds have picked up.
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We're under a red flag warning right now, but nothing near me thank goodness. Hope you guys will be safe.
 
rockaction said:
Uh oh. Looked like I spoke too soon about that fire. It apparently, depending on the wind in Hemet, might be headed our way @dkp993. Get your emergency response ready because we might need it.

Sometimes living in Southern California sucks. Even when it rains, the fires still rage and the storm only means that the winds have picked up.
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Yeah it’s been a crazy 24hrs…. Had to stop and evacuate a wedding mid event at one of my venues that was in the zone last night. Then had to cancel tonight’s wedding, Saturday‘s and Sundays. Yes 4 weddings, 4 brides at the last moments before something they’ve been waiting for for who knows how long. Not fun. And oh yeah our houses are possibly in the path. It’s been a long day.

And Rams got run last night. Can’t win for losing Right now. Lol.
 
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krista4 said:
We're under a red flag warning right now, but nothing near me thank goodness. Hope you guys will be safe.
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Thanks, k4. Same to you. I don't like how this particular fire is shaping up. Way too close for comfort.
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I’ve already been evacuated once in my life (the big SD fires 15ish yrs ago) and came very close to losing my home. Was not fun but in the end I was one of the lucky ones.
 
Pip's Invitation said:
In my auction league I started Cooper Kupp!

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I also started Allen Robinson.
:kicksrock:
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Take your touchdown from Kupp, and give it to Robinson, and it may make you feel better. I played against Kupp in the music league (this one), and in my long-time money league. My money league is standard, and I played Gabriel Davis, so I hung in there. As for my Katmankoo team, I'll just say I now have laryngitis from what I had to say to my players about covering/not covering Kupp. :<_<:
 
simey said:
Pip's Invitation said:
In my auction league I started Cooper Kupp!

:clap:
I also started Allen Robinson.
:kicksrock:
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Take your touchdown from Kupp, and give it to Robinson, and it may make you feel better. I played against Kupp in the music league (this one), and in my long-time money league. My money league is standard, and I played Gabriel Davis, so I hung in there. As for my Katmankoo team, I'll just say I now have laryngitis from what I had to say to my players about covering/not covering Kupp. :<_<:
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I also played Henderson in that league so between the three of them, they averaged more than 15 points (PPR) even with Robinson’s dud.

I expect to play all three of them again next week vs Atlanta. If Robinson still can’t get it done against the Falcons, then I’ll re-evaluate.
 
Dr. Octopus said:
If you want to fly across the country, I have a couch.
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LOL. Thanks for the hospitality thoughts, Doc. I have no idea what is going on with the fire, but as far as I can discern from reading, the rain we're getting is keeping it at bay for now. So it will be football Sunday by the time we really know anything. The problem with the rain in Southern California is that areas that aren't built for it tend to flood, so then there are several public concerns. Mine is the fire. A little flooding, unless you're traveling, is okay here. Not enough water to drown in, really.
 
rockaction said:
Dr. Octopus said:
If you want to fly across the country, I have a couch.
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LOL. Thanks for the hospitality thoughts, Doc. I have no idea what is going on with the fire, but as far as I can discern from reading, the rain we're getting is keeping it at bay for now. So it will be football Sunday by the time we really know anything. The problem with the rain in Southern California is that areas that aren't built for it tend to flood, so then there are several public concerns. Mine is the fire. A little flooding, unless you're traveling, is okay here. Not enough water to drown in, really.
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Rock. According to Cal fire the moisture from the storm has dramatically helped and they’ve made significant headway. It’s now 40% contained and they reduced the mandatory evacuation area. All really good signs considering it jumped from 5% contained to 40 in the last 12 hours or so.
 
Last night, I dreamt that @simey and I were in Chicago and I was showing her around this huge college campus that does not actually exist in Chicago. She asked me where we were, and I told her University of Illinois, then quickly corrected myself to say that was in Champaign and that we must be at Northwestern (which we weren't). Then simey demanded that I give her specific information on each team in the Big Ten, including exactly how far each of them was from Chicago. I was doing OK until I got to places like Rutgers.
 
krista4 said:
Last night, I dreamt that @simey and I were in Chicago and I was showing her around this huge college campus that does not actually exist in Chicago. She asked me where we were, and I told her University of Illinois, then quickly corrected myself to say that was in Champaign and that we must be at Northwestern (which we weren't). Then simey demanded that I give her specific information on each team in the Big Ten, including exactly how far each of them was from Chicago. I was doing OK until I got to places like Rutgers.
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I hope my hair looked good in your dream. So how far is Rutgers from Chicago?? 🙃 I'm not very knowledgeable on Illinois. I do want to go to Chicago one day. When I did my internship in Florida, there were 4 girl interns in an apt., and 4 guy interns in an apt. Two interns, a girl and guy, were from the University of Illinois. My University of Illinois roommate is from South Holland, Illinois. We had so much fun. She still lives in Florida. My oldest nephew told me recently that he and his girlfriend are going to visit Chicago within the year to see what it is like.
 
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Last night, I dreamt that @simey and I were in Chicago and I was showing her around this huge college campus that does not actually exist in Chicago. She asked me where we were, and I told her University of Illinois, then quickly corrected myself to say that was in Champaign and that we must be at Northwestern (which we weren't). Then simey demanded that I give her specific information on each team in the Big Ten, including exactly how far each of them was from Chicago. I was doing OK until I got to places like Rutgers.
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My niece is starting her first year at University of Illinois-Chicago. Her mom (my sister) and I flew out of O'Hare after our recent trip to the North Woods. We had enough to time in town to visit Allison's dorm, assemble some Ikea furniture, eat some great dim sum in Chinatown and grab an Italian beef at Al's #1. I thought the UIC campus was pretty nice but I've always loved Chicago.
 
krista4 said:
Last night, I dreamt that @simey and I were in Chicago and I was showing her around this huge college campus that does not actually exist in Chicago. She asked me where we were, and I told her University of Illinois, then quickly corrected myself to say that was in Champaign and that we must be at Northwestern (which we weren't). Then simey demanded that I give her specific information on each team in the Big Ten, including exactly how far each of them was from Chicago. I was doing OK until I got to places like Rutgers.
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Ha. This morning I asked my college buddy (a Lions fan originally from the Detroit area) if he was going to the Lions-Eagles game. He said no because he is driving his oldest daughter to Chicago for her freshman year at Northwestern.

I said :eek:

This afternoon I continued to text with him while my draft was happening.
 
simey said:
krista4 said:
Last night, I dreamt that @simey and I were in Chicago and I was showing her around this huge college campus that does not actually exist in Chicago. She asked me where we were, and I told her University of Illinois, then quickly corrected myself to say that was in Champaign and that we must be at Northwestern (which we weren't). Then simey demanded that I give her specific information on each team in the Big Ten, including exactly how far each of them was from Chicago. I was doing OK until I got to places like Rutgers.
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I hope my hair looked good in your dream. So how far is Rutgers from Chicago?? 🙃 I'm not very knowledgeable on Illinois. I do want to go to Chicago one day. When I did my internship in Florida, there were 4 girl interns in an apt., and 4 guy interns in an apt. Two interns, a girl and guy, were from the University of Illinois. My University of Illinois roommate is from South Holland, Illinois. We had so much fun. She still lives in Florida. My oldest nephew told me recently that he and his girlfriend are going to visit Chicago within the year to see what it is like.
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I'd never heard of South Holland, so just looked it up. I see it's near Homewood and Flossmoor, which is where my uncle taught high school forever. Homewood-Flossmoor is an oasis in an otherwise bleak part of Chicagoland, so I suspect South Holland is kinda bleak. :frown:
 
simey said:
krista4 said:
Last night, I dreamt that @simey and I were in Chicago and I was showing her around this huge college campus that does not actually exist in Chicago. She asked me where we were, and I told her University of Illinois, then quickly corrected myself to say that was in Champaign and that we must be at Northwestern (which we weren't). Then simey demanded that I give her specific information on each team in the Big Ten, including exactly how far each of them was from Chicago. I was doing OK until I got to places like Rutgers.
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I hope my hair looked good in your dream. So how far is Rutgers from Chicago?? 🙃 I'm not very knowledgeable on Illinois. I do want to go to Chicago one day. When I did my internship in Florida, there were 4 girl interns in an apt., and 4 guy interns in an apt. Two interns, a girl and guy, were from the University of Illinois. My University of Illinois roommate is from South Holland, Illinois. We had so much fun. She still lives in Florida. My oldest nephew told me recently that he and his girlfriend are going to visit Chicago within the year to see what it is like.
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Almost as far as Chicago is from New Jersey.
 
facook said:
@simey Rutgers is the state school of NJ. I was being "funny." (I'm often not funny.)
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I know it is in NJ, and that you were being funny. I did the thinking face to look like a clueless dumbass. I was going to write something back at you, but my computer stalled so I got on my laptop, which I still don't use very well. I typed something, and then the page floated off to the right, and I don't know where it went. I'm on a Mac that I don't use much.
 
Eephus said:
Wishing good thoughts, high moisture and low winds for my fellow Californians down south.
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Thanks, the rain has really helped and they say it will be contained by Monday. What that means for us, I'm not sure, but they're repopulating homes as opposed to evacuating them now, so that's a good sign.

simey said:
I typed something, and then the page floated off to the right
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I hate when that happens on a stupid Mac, especially when I'm scrolling on my phone. Whoosh! It just disappears forever. Thank you, technology.
 
simey said:
krista4 said:
Homewood-Flossmoor is an oasis in an otherwise bleak part of Chicagoland, so I suspect South Holland is kinda bleak.
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Maybe that is why she stayed in Florida.
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That's what I was thinking.

Also, I don't think anyone could have been questioning whether you knew where Rutgers was.

Also also, the sky is orange here from the fire and ash. So gross. Looks like Seoul did when I was there, except I think Seoul always looks that way. It's not as bad as a couple of years ago when it seemed like nighttime in the middle of the day, though. Luckily I can just stay in and watch football tomorrow, since we'll continue to be under a warning not to leave the house.

Also also also, speaking of football, be prepared to lose. :gang1:
 
landrys hat said:
Aurelio's Pizza in Homewood is pretty good.
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Yum! It is. My uncle and his family live in Arizona now, and when I visited them in April they got pizza from someplace they said was "just like Aurelio's." It was really good, but the only thing I could see it had in common was that the pizza was cut in squares. :lmao:
 
krista4 said:
Also, I don't think anyone could have been questioning whether you knew where Rutgers was.
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We were nerdishly strict on the mileage restrictions in the first couple of years of this league. I learned a lot about the relative isolation of college towns in those drafts.

Simey's been in the league since the start so I'll vouch for her college location prowess even though East Carolina isn't a state.
 
krista4 said:
Also also, the sky is orange here from the fire and ash. So gross. Looks like Seoul did when I was there, except I think Seoul always looks that way. It's not as bad as a couple of years ago when it seemed like nighttime in the middle of the day, though. Luckily I can just stay in and watch football tomorrow, since we'll continue to be under a warning not to leave the house.
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These fires are scary.
 
Eephus said:
We were nerdishly strict on the mileage restrictions in the first couple of years of this league. I learned a lot about the relative isolation of college towns in those drafts.

Simey's been in the league since the start so I'll vouch for her college location prowess even though East Carolina isn't a state.
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Those first two years with the strict mileage rules were challenging, but also educational.

I'm glad that during the ECU/NCSU game, the commentators didn't call my school Eastern Carolina. I remember In a past bowl game, a commentator called us Eastern Carolina through the whole game. It was awful. It isn't the name of the school. I had to mute it.
 
krista4 said:
Also also, the sky is orange here from the fire and ash. So gross. Looks like Seoul did when I was there, except I think Seoul always looks that way. It's not as bad as a couple of years ago when it seemed like nighttime in the middle of the day, though. Luckily I can just stay in and watch football tomorrow, since we'll continue to be under a warning not to leave the house.
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The day the sky turned orange in SF just came up in my photo memory notifications. September 9, 2020.

Northern California has been lucky to escape most of the heat and fires this season so far. Hopefully we'll get a little moisture from the remnants of hurricane Kay.
 
Eephus said:
krista4 said:
Also also, the sky is orange here from the fire and ash. So gross. Looks like Seoul did when I was there, except I think Seoul always looks that way. It's not as bad as a couple of years ago when it seemed like nighttime in the middle of the day, though. Luckily I can just stay in and watch football tomorrow, since we'll continue to be under a warning not to leave the house.
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The day the sky turned orange in SF just came up in my photo memory notifications. September 9, 2020.

Northern California has been lucky to escape most of the heat and fires this season so far. Hopefully we'll get a little moisture from the remnants of hurricane Kay.
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Yeah, I think that was the year we had it worst here, too. I have pics somewhere...well, I mean, on my phone, somewhere.
 
My 12-team PPR redraft had its draft today. First-in person draft I've attended since before the pandemic. Third round reversal. Start 1 QB, 2 RB, 3 WR, 1 TE, 2 flex (not Superflex), 1 K, 1 D. I feel pretty good about my team (at least it should be fun to watch), but I'll probably lose in week 1 because my opponent has Allen and Diggs.

1.5 WR J. Jefferson
2.8 RB Jav. Williams
3.8 RB Conner
4.5 WR McLaurin*
5.8 WR Smith-Schuster
6.5 RB Edmonds
7.8 TE Goedert
8.5 QB L. Jackson
9.8 WR Toney**
10.5 RB M. Carter
11.8 RB B. Robinson
12.5 WR Chark***
13.8 QB Lawrence
14.5 TE Everett
15.8 RB K. Herbert***
16.5 D LAR
17.8 WR Jame. Williams
18.5 K Prater
19.8 WR Hamler*
* - also have in our league
** - also have in auction league
*** - also have in our league and auction league
 
Eephus said:
krista4 said:
Also also, the sky is orange here from the fire and ash. So gross. Looks like Seoul did when I was there, except I think Seoul always looks that way. It's not as bad as a couple of years ago when it seemed like nighttime in the middle of the day, though. Luckily I can just stay in and watch football tomorrow, since we'll continue to be under a warning not to leave the house.
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The day the sky turned orange in SF just came up in my photo memory notifications. September 9, 2020.

Northern California has been lucky to escape most of the heat and fires this season so far. Hopefully we'll get a little moisture from the remnants of hurricane Kay.
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Sun in the western sky was blood-orange and small today, @ 3.30 pm in Central Oregon. The smoke from all around makes it feel like "The Road" here. We've been through this before, and we have it good compared to some. The tinderbox sucks these days, my friends.
 
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