Dub
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Post by Dub on Feb 10, 2024 11:04:39 GMT -5
Today’s big issue. Taylor Swift is traveling from Tokyo to the site of the Super Bowl game. (Wherever that is)
The big news question … Will she get ther on time?
The suspense builds.
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Post by howard lee on Feb 10, 2024 11:15:53 GMT -5
My daughter told me last night that Taylor Swift has threatened a lawsuit against an ardent fan who has been using a publicly available air-tracking app to track her private jet. Swift's lawyers say the tracking of her plane amounts to stalking.
From BBC.com news:
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'A student who tracks the private jets of celebrities says Taylor Swift's lawyers have threatened to sue him for sharing her flight information online.
Jack Sweeney uses publicly available data to track the take-offs and landings of planes belonging to the wealthy and posts them one day later.
The tracking amounts to "stalking", Swift's lawyers claim.
In 2022, Twitter banned Mr Sweeney after Elon Musk accused him of sharing his "assassination coordinates".'
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Post by epaul on Feb 10, 2024 11:31:17 GMT -5
You can place a bet in Vegas on whether Taylor will arrive before the anthem or after.
Of course, you can also place a bet in Vegas on how many times during the game the quarterbacks will have to step away and then re-start the count due to one of the center's farts (the over/under is 6), or which nose tackle will scratch his groin the most (Chris Jones (KC) is +12 over Javon Hargrave (SF).
(I'm going with Hargrave. Jones does like to dig in there, but +12? That's a lot of points to cover and Hargrave is no slouch in the scratching department. Should be easy money.)
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Post by drlj on Feb 10, 2024 12:32:42 GMT -5
Gee, I am on pins and needles. 🙄
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Post by howard lee on Feb 10, 2024 12:42:11 GMT -5
Gee, I am on pins and needles. 🙄
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Post by Dub on Feb 10, 2024 12:50:43 GMT -5
Gee, I am on pins and needles. 🙄 I know, right? I’m at the point where I can hardly concentrate on anything else. We’re both really pullin’ for her here. Fiddlerina just told me some people are upset that Swift used a jet aircraft to travel 28 miles recently. I’m guessing one could ride a bicycle that far in less time than it takes to fuel up a jet plane, log a flight plan, coordinate with the control towers, taxi to and from private hangars, and that doesn’t even take limo rides to and from airports into consideration.
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Post by epaul on Feb 10, 2024 13:12:52 GMT -5
A private jet is fueled, flight-filed, and all ready to go ahead time. That is what and why they are.
So, limo ride to the airport, ten minutes. Take off, flight, and landing, 15-20 minutes. Limo ride to the hotel or dressing groom at the venue, 10-15 minutes. So, 40-45 minutes.
Bike ride from hotel to the interstate, 30-40 minutes, provided you survive. Bike ride of 28 miles down the interstate, 3 hours, provided you survive. Bike ride through the new city to the hotel or concert venue, 30-40 minutes, provided you survive. Shower and recuperate from the ordeal, 30 minutes. So, if the wind is at your back, 5-6 hours if you are a triathlete-type, much, much longer if you aren't.
I'm taking the plane.
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Post by RickW on Feb 10, 2024 13:19:55 GMT -5
And, can you have a cocktail and canapes on a bike? No. So, there it is, in black and white.
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Post by epaul on Feb 10, 2024 13:46:16 GMT -5
I have an every-other week trombone lesson at a nearby church that is only two blocks away. I could walk. My fans, figments they are, think I should walk. I don't. I drive. Screw-em.
It's important to my art that I arrive for my trombone lesson fully rested and focused with enough time beforehand to run through an etude or two. If I walk, I can be distracted by trees or the occasional a-hole blowing through the crosswalk. My fwung shu gets totally fucked.
My art requires that I arrive for my lesson rested, relaxed, and ready. And a short pleasant drive with a good tune and a nice cocktail reliably does just that.
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Post by drlj on Feb 10, 2024 14:20:34 GMT -5
The really big question is what Super Bowl snacks are loaded on that plane? I am betting on tiny weinies in cocktail sauce, Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, Dill Pickle potato chips, Frito Walking Tacos, RC Cola, Moonpies(in the new blueberry flavor), and some kind of pizza.
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Post by Marshall on Feb 10, 2024 14:22:43 GMT -5
The serious question is will I make it in front of the TV for the kickoff.
I'm playing pickleball from 4:00 to 6:00
(Not likely unless I watch the kickoff at the health club.)
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Post by drlj on Feb 10, 2024 14:28:11 GMT -5
The serious question is will I make it in front of the TV for the kickoff. I'm playing pickleball from 4:00 to 6:00 (Not likely unless I watch the kickoff at the health club.) That reminds me to add one more item to the plane snack list:fried dill pickle chips.
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Post by Cornflake on Feb 10, 2024 15:37:02 GMT -5
It seems to me that, if need be, they should delay the start of the game so she can get there.
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Post by dradtke on Feb 10, 2024 16:29:46 GMT -5
Illustrated by Betshe Don't?
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Post by millring on Feb 11, 2024 9:15:54 GMT -5
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Post by drlj on Feb 11, 2024 9:29:22 GMT -5
I see a lot in my own life that mirrors this. Except for the talent, the money, the power, the athletic prowess, the adoration, the influence, the jet-set life style, the fact that 50,000,000 people read and heed everything said, and the snazzy clothes that cost more than my house, this could be my story. 😉
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Post by coachdoc on Feb 11, 2024 9:38:42 GMT -5
The actual kick off tends to occur a half an hour later than the scheduled time. On average.
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Post by james on Feb 11, 2024 9:42:24 GMT -5
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Post by drlj on Feb 11, 2024 9:50:21 GMT -5
What? You mean the entire world is not huddled around the TV watching this!
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Post by james on Feb 11, 2024 9:55:55 GMT -5
What? You mean the entire world is not huddled around the TV watching this! Regretfully, no. I will probably be huddled around my tablet or my radio, in bed. Not sure who to root for. Which team are the plucky underdogs?
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