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Randolph Mantooth, best known as paramedic John Gage on Emergency!, died on July 9 at age 80. He might not be considered a "TV treasure" by all, but Emergency! went a long way toward advancing the concept of paramedic care and inspired many people to pursue public safety work. A high profile example of the latter was Bobby Sherman, 1960s-1970s teen idol who was so impressed with the work of paramedics when he guest starred on an Emergency! episode that he left show business to be a paramedic and later to train paramedics.

UW-Madison experienced a large chilled water line break in mid-June, which significantly reduced its ability to keep campus buildings cool and less humid. Campus is understandably prioritizing health care facilities and labs with living subjects. UW-Madison has also closed (and stopped cooling) a bunch of buildings which were not being used between semesters or whose functions can be performed elsewhere. (List at https://news.wisc.edu/campus-cooling-issues/#building-closures) Among the buildings caught in limbo are the libraries, including mine. We have some chilling, plus extra fans and dehumidifiers (ServPro is gonna make bank off this situation). Other campus buildings have temporary chillers set up outside. These rented HVAC units are the size of a railroad car. Memorial Library, the main campus library and my building's neighbor, has half a dozen of these rented units between their building and mine and I can hear the low roar from the equipment all the time. They're reportedly fueled with propane, which of course adds more heat to the immediate area. Last week, when an excessive heat warning was in place, the extra equipment was struggling to keep up. From last Friday through Tuesday, it was more reasonable outside and the extra equipment managed much better. Today (Wednesday), I can feel the extra humidity coming back in parts of my building. Campus says to expect these conditions for a month, and the scuttlebutt is one month is the most optimistic scenario. It's just very low-key miserable in the meantime. It bugs me.

I'm not a UW-Madison employee, but my library is located on the UW campus and there's no indication that we'll be closing. We have some cooling and some humidity control but not enough of either. The extra moisture is not good for collections, and we're checking the stacks regularly for wet spots due to saturated pipes. Some of the campus buildings that are staying open have rented HVAC units outside that are semi-trailer sized. That temporary infrastructure is impressive. (Also, sorry NMF, I heard from someone in L&S that one month is the optimistic estimate 😬🤞)

You guys! This fruit-in-salad conversational turn has taken me back to the relish tray days. You have to be an OG brewerfan-dot-netter to remember. 💙

If I recall correctly, they've waited (for...reasons?) to announce the fan appreciation game until mid-season.

The bf.net veterans will get this. 🫶

Biggest hit *to date.* 🙂

Teamwork, makin' the dream work! 🏆

Yeah, looking at the other CCs revealed today, I'll count my blessings.

The official photos look more palatable than the originally leaked photo at the start of this thread. The script looks closer to white than to yellow. I do like the "base blue," the ball bobber and the Barrelman patch.

I'd be pleased to be wrong, but this feels like the part of that Simpsons episode where Homer says of the roasted pig, "It's just a little dirty! It's still good! It's still good!" 😬

*hawing realizes that it's been 20 years since owbc was at UW-Madison* *turns to dust* 💀

Between age and gender, I know I'm far from the target audience for city connects. But there is much to dislike here: Orange? I mean, maybe it looks red in person, but orange is about my least favorite color and I look awful wearing it. (Please don't let it be "orange like the cheese y'all are famous for") Wisco? It's not Wisconsin Lutheran High School. I've never been a fan of either Wisco or Sconnie as nicknames. If they're trying to rep the whole state, some kudos for that, but not like this. You're going to incorporate a top tier state motto like FORWARD and then have it on the inside where it can't be seen? For now I'm just going to hope this isn't it (literally. It already isn't "it" figuratively). If it does come to pass...will it last long if no one buys the merch? The first city connect was such a hit.

I imagine many of you remember the game in early 2018 which got turned around in a hurry when Yelich and Braun hit back-to-back homers to tie and walk off the game vs STL. The vibe yesterday (once the Brewers went ahead) reminded me of that 2018 game. We were at both. 😊

I don't think we've been to an exhibition game in MKE for a while (I don't remember if they've even hosted any since the 2010s), but I honestly liked being there last night more than I will probably like being there Thursday. Intimate crowd of relatively diehard fans - from our seats we could hear individual heckles - instead of 40000+ people, at least half of whom are just WOOOO OPENING DAY AMIRITE and won't show up again until the postseason or until there's a giveaway they really like. Plus we got to sit down toward the front and park steps from the gates. ☺️