I once was at an apartment and a couple were purchasing a piece of art for $400. I was using the Square and typed in 4000.00 and pressed enter. BAM - within seconds I had charged them $4000 AND it went through. WELL - I had never tried to refund anyone on The Square but fumbled through it and while my shirt was soaked with sweat everything was fine.
Why am I telling you this?
We were at Mooya Burger Saturday - what I consider the best "fast" food burger place I know of. If you like Five Guys - Mooya took their idea and made it better.
ANYWAY - I'm paying with a CC for the first time as opposed to a debit card and did not have my reading glasses. I put the card in and a thing pops up that says enter your ZIP - I put in 53925 and pull the card out.
The lovely woman behind the counter says "I will refund you the $539" "I'm sorry what?" I say. "I will refund you the $539" she says and I look at her blankly "You just gave us a $539 TIP". "WELL! I do believe you guys should have a tip but maybe that was a little overkill."
Without glasses TIP and ZIP sort of look the same. I guess it was not the first time this has happened.
I do love getting 10% off when using their app. It accumulates and you can use it later.
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According to analytics, real stats, not the mostly useless ERA and totally meaningless Wins, the best pitchers post All-Star game in the National League is Adrian Houser.
1st in Barrel%
1st in HardHit%
2nd in Average Exit Velocity
3rd in Average Launch Angle
4th in Ground Ball%
1st in HR per 9 innings
he had a .543 Opp OPS, .186 opp BA. 2.43 ERA, 1.11 WHIP
Who do I want the Brewers to play if they make it past Atlanta? St. Louis. The Dodgers are REALLY REALLY good. The Cardinals were hot against teams that did not care if they won or lost and from what I have read - going into the playoffs it does not matter if you are hot or cold - typically the better team wins.
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Lots of fake rage about the Columbus City Council going to ZOOM for meetings? Me? - not a fan and I think it's needless BUT - with all the foot stamping and chest pumping from the unvax'd . . . . HEY - YOU CAN FIX THIS - STOP BEING IGNORANT and STOP listening to propaganda - get the freaking shot so the REST of us can get back top normal. I think the unvax secretly love wearing masks.
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So - I bet Buffalo would beat Houston straight up. I wagered $26 to WIN $2. Why on earth would I do that? Well - I have a bonus I needed to work off to get a free $400 and $26 would help clear some of that. OH - I won by 40 points. And yea - I know the percentages were against me. Buffalo was 22-2 as Home favs of 10 or more points.
This weeks Packer game - my system is against them covering. But the big game is taking Miami +10.5
OH - My RPI for the NFL - only 4 games - I think I need 6 but, AT THE MOMENT, The Packers are ranked 14th
How does RPI work?
RPI does not consider margin of victory or how well a team has played. It only
considers whether a team won or lost. RPI is based entirely on
winning percentage. It is based 25% on a team's winning percentage**, 50% on the
winning percentage of their opponents**, and 25% on the winning percentage of
their opponent's opponents**.
**NOTE - a win at home is only counted as 0.6 wins and a win on the road is counted as 1.4 wins and vice versa.
a VERY simple example:
- Team A is 4-1 (win percentage = .800)
- Team A's opponents are 12-8 (win percentage = .600)
- Team A's opponent's opponents are 64-16 (win percentage = .800)
- RPI = (0.25 * .800) + (0.5 * .600) + (0.25 * .800)
- RPI = .200 + .300 + .200 = .700
The strength of schedule (SOS) rating is based on the last
two components of the RPI formula:
SOS = (2/3) * Opponents Winning Percentage + (1/3) * Opponents Opponents
Winning Percentage
SO - Packers are 14th LA Chargers are #1 NE Pats are #32
In fact Minnesota is 12, Packers 13, Bears 14 The Packers have played weak opponents so far with Detroit (29) Pittsburgh (8) and San Fran (24) and New Orleans (20)
Cincinnati is 16, Packers are -3,5 favs, might have to pick the Bengals to cover.
ONE LAST THING about the NFL
There have been 10 overtime playoff games, 9 have been won by the team that won the coin flip. There have been 6 OT games this year - ALL have been won by the team that won the coin flip.
It's time to change that stupid OT rule.
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Stephen King tweeted - Democratic voters see many losers in the party schism, and the one winner? Trump! The Dems need to get their act together before the Progressive ruin a good thing.
With that said Andrew Yang has left the Democratic Party. He is tired of the progressives trying to ruin the left and the constant idiocy on both sides.
OH - Trump? bring him on - he is a loser once and will lose again. EVERYTHING he puts his fat ass behind a candidate it really fires up the left and 50% of the right want someone who is not senile. Although Trump does control the party of hate. Just not the citizens.
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APPLIANCE & ELECTRONIC RECYCLING EVENT
Mark your calendars ~ the City of Columbus is hosting our LAST Appliance and Electronic Recycling event on Saturday October 16, 2021.
Hours of operation are 8am - 3pm.
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I colorized a photo of my grandfather - the second from the left
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