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Not for eliminating DST (even if we just use that all year round). However, the shortest amount of daylight hours under standard time is from around 7:15am to 4:20pm depending on where you live. That is in December. Most kids go to and from school between those hours. Edit: Also, if we did not switch from DST in November, the sun would come up at 8:15 on Dec 20/21 and go down at around 5:20. So, more of a chance of kids going to school in the dark in that scenario.

Not sure if you mean you don't understand why we need DST or why we need to switch back and forth twice a year. As discussed above, if states start switching to just one time all year round, it's seems more logical to go with DST over ST.

Hopefully if most or all states eventually go this route they go with DST as you mention here.

The growing movement to end changing clocks 2 times a year. Are people really put out by having to do this twice a year? I saw a survey that indicated that there is a majority of people who do not want to have to switch clocks every year. What is really bugging me about this is that the majority of that group wants permanent standard time instead of daylight savings time. I'm hoping they just did not understand the difference (or the question was not worded correctly) and they just heard the word "standard" and thought, "Yes, I just want a standard time". If we went on permanent standard time instead of permanent daylight savings time that would mean that on the day of the year with the most daylight hours the sun would rise at 4:12 and set at 7:34 (in Milwaukee at least). Is that really what people want? I would hope not. That would also create a lot of issues for youth sports and other spring/summer daylight activities.

Wisconsin is like the rest of the country now...2 inches of snow and we're not going anywhere!!! (but on a serious note...more kids get killed by cars on Halloween than any other day of the year, so it's probably a good call) Wasn't that I don't think kids are hearty enough to go out in the snow and trick or treat, but some people do work and can't get home in time to get their driveways/sidewalks cleared. If it was a weekend, would not have been that big of a deal. I guess I just don't like the 5pm start time in general. When we moved to Waukesha 20 years ago it was originally from 5-8, then then cut it back an hour to 5-7. They should have cut it back to 6-8 so people had time to get home from work and perhaps families could have a quick dinner before kids went out.

This!...and what I'm failing to understand is that by that same measure the Dodgers can spend $2 billion on payroll.

I think many years from now, assuming baseball is still a thriving national sport, parents will be telling their kids, "You know, they use to have the umpire make a judgement call on all balls and strikes." and kids will reply "What!?"

Waukesha still thinking it's a good idea to have trick or treating tonight. Looking at the Waukesha Facebook page I'm reminded as to why I don't have a Facebook account. The comments of the 15% of the posters still thinking they should not postpone it is making my blood boil. Possibly the dumbest post....."What if it's crappy on Saturday?" A) It's crappy now!! Could it possibly be any crappier? and B) They have these things called weather forecasts. Then there is also, "if you don't think your kids will be safe then don't send them out"...completely ignoring most of the other posts that are talking about liability and safety issues. People (with and without children) not being able to get home in time to clear their sidewalk and driveway (like my wife and I). Drivers possibly not being able to stop and sliding and hitting a kid crossing the street, etc. I think the kids would have just as much fun trick or treating on Saturday as they would tonight (probably more).

Not sure what you are seeing. The link you referenced had several moments from game six and I'm not seeing what you are seeing in the video of the one showing the controversial call at first. So, as a right handed batter, you are supposed to make a direct line towards the right side of the foul on your first several steps towards first? Ok? As has been mentioned, don't see this called very often, if ever and to call it at that moment and basically reward a bad throw. I can't get on board with that. My biggest general issue is there is absolutely no accountability for umpires. They can do what ever they want, say whatever they want to players and managers, have consistently horrible strike zones and still have complete job security with no repercussions. Yet managers and players get suspended and fined left and right for arguing with umpires. On a separate note..was not able to see the first 3 innings, but sure seems like the Nats are getting squeezed in regards to the strike zone....of course, as I type this, the Nats go ahead by one. I still think they are losing the strike zone battle tonight. edit: And just to clarify. Yes, I have seen it call on blatant "running in the grass" sprints towards first. However, I'm not seeing what you are describing above. His left foot barely touches the grass a few times and I don't see Turner showing any signs that "he knew it" when he was called out.

The one on top of the Palms is called the Voodoo Lounge (or at least it used to be). My wife and I use to make that place one of our nights out because you could dress casually and it was an awesome view of Vegas. We have not gone there the last two years, but our MO would be to go to the bar that was on the Casino floor near the elevator you take to get to the nightclub. For several years in a row it would always be the same bartender and we would strike up a conversation with him. Eventually he would slip us a "coupon" that would allow my wife in the club with no cover charge. So, we only had to pay my cover charge which was 20 or 30 bucks. However, I think the last time we did this, he said he did not have any coupons available. So, that may be why we have not gone in the past few years. That plus, if the weather is colder than normal, it can be pretty chilly up there (even with heaters on). Also, most of these types of places have no seating unless you want to pay extra for the "champagne or bottle" service. Seems like of silly to do if you are just a couple and not a larger group.

YES! Everything now is way over done, at least compared to the 30 or 40 years ago. You use to just ask a girl to a school dance, now it has to be done in some grand fashion. HS graduation parties, for the most part, use to be low key, mostly family. Now everyone gets invited to everyone else's graduation party and there is expectation that the parents buy a gift (money) for each of their kid's friends when they get invited. Today's version of wedding and baby showers...uugh. The completely overboard expenditures of Weddings. I could go on. Just my humble opinion, but I feel most of this has to do with social media. Everyone has to top everyone else and feels like they have to do what everyone else is doing. There use to be a few people that sent out that Christmas letter every year detailing everything that happened with their family over the past year. Now everyone does this 24/7/365. Look what we did on our vacation. Look at the fabulous food and drinks we had. Look at this celebrity/athlete we ran into at the store and took a picture with. Look at what my pets are doing. (Not to mention the "Even though you didn't ask, these are my political and religious views" people) To me it seems like a lot of people look at this and think...geez, if I'm not doing all that stuff and having all those experiences, then my life must suck. I must keep up with these people! Ok, ok...sorry for being the drunk uncle. Now get off my lawn!

I was actually looking at this the other day. I was looking at the history of TV ratings for the WS after I heard that game 2 had the lowest TV ratings for any game 2 in WS history. Seems like the TV heyday for baseball was mid to late 80's and early 90's. The 1986 WS (Mets/Red Sox) had huge ratings. Most of the least viewed WS games have happened in the last 10-12 years. My thoughts on this: - This has been brought up many times before, but game time ending. Most of these games are ending after 10:30 central/ 11:30 eastern. Kids have school. People have to go to work. They need to figure something out with this. For one, start the games an hour earlier (The Super Bowl usually starts at 5:20 or something like that). Also, during this last season they shortened the time between innings (did not help as games were 5 minutes longer on average this year than last year). Does not appear they applied this to the playoffs. I get that it's a money thing, but it's adding an extra 20-25 minutes to every game. - TV watching is just different now. Back in the 80's and early days of cable, people watched TV much differently. There were not as many channels, no streaming or downloading of movies, cable and TV in general was cheaper. Not nearly as many viewing options as there is now. The WS was top entertainment compared to other options. I also believe more people in general watched TV back then. - See first item. People do not have the attention span to watch a 3.5+ hour game! We don't have a TV in our bedroom, so I've been sleeping on the couch so that I can finish watching the games at night.

These teams you mention are misleading. There’s the Monorail from MGM Grand to Sahara. There’s the tram connecting Mandalay Bay, Luxor, and Excalibur. One links Aria, Vdara, and Bellagio. And lastly one links Mirage and TI. Oh Yeah, I said Mirage instead of Mandalay Bay. The one tram goes from Excalibur to Mandalay Bay. Sorry about that.

This gets me on a tangent! For D E C A D E S my SO has used the word "sangwiches" where the rest of us would say "sandwiches." The only other person I've ever heard say it that way is his brother, so I'm guessing they learned it at home. They grew up in Kenosha with a German/Polish dad and Italian mom. The only place I've ever seen the word sangwich was - of all places - on a food cart at Chase Field when we took an off-season tour there in 2007. Have any of you ever heard "sangwich" in place of "sandwich"? So, you saw the word "sangwich" written on a food cart? I just think of it as an exaggeration of local dialect. The only time I ever hear sandwich pronounced this way is if someone is purposely over embellishing a certain Midwestern way of talking. Like in "Da Bearz" skit from SNL. Your SO pronounces it that way in a non-joking fashion? Also, there is no way that Gina Pella actually talks like that, right? That's gotta just be a shtick for the Pella Windows commercial. She sounds like a character straight out of "Fargo".

My wife and I went to Vegas for our anniversary about 7 or 8 years ago and have now gone every year since. Going again this year towards the end of November. In all the years we have gone, we have only seen one show, Love, thought it was great. We are not really into shows, but have seen Love and really enjoyed it. With all the accolades about Absinthe, we may have to check that one out. To me just walking around an people watching on the strip is enough of a show! I'll also agree with others regarding Freemont street. Wife and I went downtown for the first time a year or two ago and were not that thrilled with it and not planning to back anytime soon. Some interesting things mentioned on here that I was not aware of. One thing that I don't think I saw mentioned were the trams. There are few free trams on the west side of the strip. One that runs from Ex Calibur to The Mirage. Also one that runs from MGM Park to the Mirage. On the East side of the strip there is a tram that runs all the way from MGM Grand to the Sahara that is you have to pay for but it's reasonable. One of the places we like to go to at night is Carnival Court, located just outside of Harrah's. Cheap cover (free if you get there early enough, otherwise I think it $5), casual, and on Friday's and Saturday's they have a house band called Mr and Mrs Smith that is pretty entertaining. Bartenders do a lot of entertaining things as well (bottle flipping, walking on the bar giving shots, etc). Mixed drinks are not cheap though. We also discovered a really cool band, David Perrico Pop Strings Orchestra, at Cleopatra's barge in Cesar's Palace. I forgot what the cover was and again drinks are not cheap but I thought it was well worth it. Large band (18 members?) with horns and string section.

I can't speak to Bryant's case specifically, but this tactic by clubs is so common that we all know what it means to "manipulate service time". Players are being held back for financial reasons only. As long as players are bound to one team, simply as a matter of being chosen in a draft, there should be some obligation on the team's part to promote them to MLB whenever they are ready. Instead, players are being held back a week or (in Bryant's case) a day, just to force a discount on future salary. He was in every way a major league caliber player while the Cubs had him on ice as he was when he debuted. Whether that's a legal case, I don't know. But he was legally bound to a team not willing to pay him his worth, and that's a matter worth pursuing. Legally bound to a team not willing to pay him his worth? Sounds like the Rickey Henderson argument back in the day. The key words there being "legally bound". They are paying him what was negotiated in his contract under the terms of the collective bargaining agreement. They have no obligation to do anything other than that. If players don't believe the system is fair, then bring it to the table during the next round of collective bargaining, but don't whine and file a grievance about something that you previously bargained for. Perhaps this will backfire on the Cubs and cause players to not want to sign with them going forward (or any other team that does this). Of course if that happened, I'm sure the players would be found guilty of colluding against the owners.....not.

If the arbiter sides with Bryant, then I'm not even sure why there is a collective bargaining agreement. https://www.yahoo.com/sports/kris-bryants-grievance-could-change-193216148.html

Interesting, I guess I stand corrected in regards to how most teams do this (at least in baseball). Although, when I looked at the Reds logo I only saw an Established year and not a current year. Regardless, I still prefer celebrating it in the actual year. If I didn't know anything about the Brewers and someone told me that the Brewers are celebrating 50 years in baseball (or Milwaukee) this year, I would assume that this is the 50th year (not the 51st). People don't generally celebrate their birthdays or wedding anniversaries throughout the year like organizations and companies do, so to compare it to those occasions in not correct imho.

I don't think people are misunderstanding. People understand the difference. It just seems like the majority of the time, as has been pointed out, organizations (businesses, athletic teams, leagues, etc) celebrate the actual anniversary year of existence and not just the single date. Makes more sense as they can promote it all year long. Again, the NFL is doing a lot of promoting for their 100th year or existence this year. The actual anniversary date is August of next year.

It is like your birthday. You celebrate being 50 when your 50th year alive is complete...not when it started. They aren't 50 years old until the 2020 season starts...then you celebrate 50 years. 2010 they celebrated 40. For what it’s worth, they celebrated 20 years in 1989 and 25 years in 1994. The team has been very inconsistent on this issue in the past. Yeah, I just feel like most companies, sports teams, leagues, organizations, etc celebrate their anniversary year, not the actual date. Once that date is over, you are into a different anniversary year. Would have been more appropriate to have a patch or something on their uniform this year celebrating 50 seasons in Milwaukee. For example, the NFL is making a bid deal out of their their 100th anniversary this year. According to Wikipedia, it was founded on August 20th, 1920 (so this is the 100th year).

Yes, 2008 was a fun run with CC. Got tickets and took my son to his first game with the Brewers. Oddly, the thing that sticks out to me about that game were the bombs that Matt Holliday was hitting in BP. I would not include CC on my Mt. Rushmore of Brewer pitchers. After Sheets and Higuera, it would be two of either Fingers, Caldwell, or Vuckovich.

I'm a bit confused about celebrating the 50th anniversary next year. Their first year in Milwaukee was 1970, so 2019 would have been the 50th year. What am I missing here? Also, yes, the 1990's logo was horrible. That's pretty much the only logo that I would never wear again.

Best of luck with that situation Hawing. Any thought of changing the locks on the building?

Yeah, twitter also blowing up on this. https://twitter.com/hashtag/rydercup2020

Based on this forum, looks like a lot of people got shut out https://forums.golfwrx.com/discussion/1795335/2020-ryder-cup-random-ticket-selection-emails-being-sent-out/p4 There was a statement when the access code was received that due to high demand this did not guarantee that you will be able to purchase tickets. However, it seems like they gave out way too many access codes and the whole "virtual line" process was a colossal waste of time for most people. Some people actually sold their access code on Ebay...what a waste of money for the people who fell for that!