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[Southieinnc]

Add my Grandson to the family list of pro sports players.

He is set to graduate from Wales where he has been playing rugby.
He has just accepted an offer to play rugby for a professional team in Australia!

 

[YankeeRebel]

Add my Grandson to the family list of pro sports players.

He is set to graduate from Wales where he has been playing rugby.
He has just accepted an offer to play rugby for a professional team in Australia!

Very Very Cool

 

[Yankee Traveler]

Very Very Cool

This.

 

[Southieinnc]

https://www.linkedin.com/in/koby-baker-665797211/

 

[YankeeRebel]

This.

This may very well be the most thought provoking response we've had on this board in a while.

 

[Yankee Traveler]

This may very well be the most thought provoking response we've had on this board in a while.

It translates into
"I whole heartedly agree and I couldn't have said any more succinctly than how you just did. Kudo's to you, you have won Wordsmith of the Day honors".

 

[BigKen]

Add my Grandson to the family list of pro sports players.

He is set to graduate from Wales where he has been playing rugby.
He has just accepted an offer to play rugby for a professional team in Australia!

Congrats to him and to his grand dad. That's smashing!!

 

[Hank Kingsley]

Add my Grandson to the family list of pro sports players.

He is set to graduate from Wales where he has been playing rugby.
He has just accepted an offer to play rugby for a professional team in Australia!

Outstanding.

I love me some rugby.

 

[Hank Kingsley]

Wales eh? Fancy some Welsh Rarebit?




And the attached joke:

What is Welsh Rarebit?

A virgin from Cardiff...

 

[BigKen]

Read a snippet this morning on NFLTradeRumors

The NY Jets have been in on a huge number of trades and signings. Strangely, they've been coming in second, third or fourth on every one of them. It's driving the NY media and the NYJ fans crazy. The biggest and most asked question is "why?"

The easiest answer is that no one is 100% sold on Zach Wilson. But not the best answer.

When players are asked why they didn't pick the Jets, the most common answer was "I'd rather play in....." For more than fifty years, New York was the place to play. It didn't matter which professional sport, NY offered the most exposure and money. Since the century changed, players would much rather play in Florida, Texas, Tennessee than NY. Taxes, traffic, cost of living and the weather combine to make professional step back. California is beginning to feel the same rejection. The biggest tying that California doesn't have is miserable winters and chilly falls and springs. Problem for the pro teams are the taxes and violence in NYC, LA and Chicago.

It's food for thought. Have politics and politicians begun to affect where professional athletes will go to play? Are the big market teams about to suffer a personnel rejection because of location? Are the Big Apple and LA losing their shine?

 

[Yankee Traveler]

Read a snippet this morning on NFLTradeRumors

The NY Jets have been in on a huge number of trades and signings. Strangely, they've been coming in second, third or fourth on every one of them. It's driving the NY media and the NYJ fans crazy. The biggest and most asked question is "why?"

The easiest answer is that no one is 100% sold on Zach Wilson. But not the best answer.

When players are asked why they didn't pick the Jets, the most common answer was "I'd rather play in....." For more than fifty years, New York was the place to play. It didn't matter which professional sport, NY offered the most exposure and money. Since the century changed, players would much rather play in Florida, Texas, Tennessee than NY. Taxes, traffic, cost of living and the weather combine to make professional step back. California is beginning to feel the same rejection. The biggest tying that California doesn't have is miserable winters and chilly falls and springs. Problem for the pro teams are the taxes and violence in NYC, LA and Chicago.

It's food for thought. Have politics and politicians begun to affect where professional athletes will go to play? Are the big market teams about to suffer a personnel rejection because of location? Are the Big Apple and LA losing their shine?

It's been a long time coming!.

 

[Southieinnc]

Read a snippet this morning on NFLTradeRumors

The NY Jets have been in on a huge number of trades and signings. Strangely, they've been coming in second, third or fourth on every one of them. It's driving the NY media and the NYJ fans crazy. The biggest and most asked question is "why?"

The easiest answer is that no one is 100% sold on Zach Wilson. But not the best answer.

When players are asked why they didn't pick the Jets, the most common answer was "I'd rather play in....." For more than fifty years, New York was the place to play. It didn't matter which professional sport, NY offered the most exposure and money. Since the century changed, players would much rather play in Florida, Texas, Tennessee than NY. Taxes, traffic, cost of living and the weather combine to make professional step back. California is beginning to feel the same rejection. The biggest tying that California doesn't have is miserable winters and chilly falls and springs. Problem for the pro teams are the taxes and violence in NYC, LA and Chicago.

It's food for thought. Have politics and politicians begun to affect where professional athletes will go to play? Are the big market teams about to suffer a personnel rejection because of location? Are the Big Apple and LA losing their shine?

Absolutely. I grew up in Califiornia and began to travel the country at 17.
California was the place to be! It was beautiful and the weather was perfect.
The economy there was way ahead of the rest of the world and everybody had a job that could afford them a decent life.

Your are rich and famous. Where do you want to live? Want to step over the homeless sleeping in front of your door?
Want to have your riches stolen from you?
Want to get shot in traffic?

The bright lights of New York, LA and most of the big cities still are attractive to young kids..
But after you have made $millions do you still want to live in the burbs?

One issue you forgot is to live in NY, the per capita number of reporters waiting to catch you doing something is far worse than the police!

 

[cheerupcharlie]

Well.... the Dodgers...Yankees....Lakers....disagree with players not wanting to go there.

Jets....Knicks..... have been losers for so long of course noone wants to go there..

 

[Southieinnc]

Well.... the Dodgers...Yankees....Lakers....disagree with players not wanting to go there.

Jets....Knicks..... have been losers for so long of course noone wants to go there..

Wilson is not looking like an NFL starting QB. I'm sure he is heartbroken!

Zach Wilson signed a 4 year, $35,150,681 contract with the New York Jets,

 

[Southieinnc]

In NY, at least you can stay out of traffic. Use the subway!

MSN

nyc-subway-shootings-updates-10-shot-suspect-at-large/ar-AAW8lgk?li=BBnb7Kz
You can always protect yourself!

Jets' Williams arrested with gun at airport

Quinnen Williams of the New York Jets is arrested at New York's LaGuardia Airport with a handgun in his possession.

www.bbc.com

Ride with friends!

Rats! YouTube video shows rat crawling on sleeping man's face in subway

Just when you thought it was safe to sleep on the subway, a rat climbs up your body and touches your face.

www.nydailynews.com

Just stay healthy!

July 14, 2021 - Untapped New York

untappedcities.com

yellow-fever-epidemics-new-york/

 

[BigKen]

One issue you forgot is to live in NY, the per capita number of reporters waiting to catch you doing something is far worse than the police!

I would say LA is pretty much the same and more of them.

 

[Southieinnc]

I would say LA is pretty much the same and more of them.

You can't get a simple speeding tiicket in LA by the cops. Nor can you be arrested for more serious tickets.
If somebody sees you speeding, their will be reports nationwide on the news

 

[sharkymcwrath]

You can't get a simple speeding tiicket in LA by the cops. Nor can you be arrested for more serious tickets.
If somebody sees you speeding, their will be reports nationwide on the news

If you're famous sure but the cops treat us common folk as if we don't exist. I was quite literally talking about this with my wife a few days ago. It doesn't matter how fucking fast I'm driving in L.A. The cops aren't going to stop me. I've blown by cops on the freeway going way over the speed limit and they don't give a shit.

But when I return home to MA for a visit there's a speed trap around every corner and I am suddenly aware of the vulnerability to cops writing tickets.

 

[Southieinnc]

In California, criminals are no longer able to be arrested for non violent crimes.
They still had too many criminals in the system. California's answer?:
They removed crimes such as r*pe and domestic violence from the violent crimes list!
If the dude rapes a girl and didn't kill her, he'll get a ticket.

How bad is crime in L.A.? Here are the numbers behind the mayoral race rhetoric

Many of the candidates talked about an uptick in crime during Tuesday's debate.

www.latimes.com