Slightly OT - Tell me about Manchester, Iowa

[Northside Hawk]

Never had wheels. I was actually faster after college because I started running 5Ks.

The blooper into right was weak sauce, it went just over 1B’s head, if he had stayed put and the right fielder was on his toes they probably could have thrown me out, which would have been the most embarrassing moment of my life. The grounder was just out of 1B/2B’s reach. I was too wound tight for any kind of reaction, didn’t know who Ungs was (none of us did), so after the first couple pitches all I could think was, “Holy shit, what the hell is this?” Back then there was no internet like there is today so the only thing we heard was from our coach talking to other coaches. He said they had a stud pitcher which, so do a lot of teams. Well this one was better.

I played a lot of first base in my baseball/City rec softball career. I hated those well place bloopers into no man's land. Then the sidespin would frequently kick them into foul territory and make things worse.

Did you ever play ASA fast pitch or modified? I subbed for both modified and fast pitch teams and never got the hang of it. I could never pick up the release point. At least in baseball you could, in my opinion, pick up the release point easier and earlier, even if a good high school pitcher in my day could hum it up there around 85 or so.

 

[okeefe4prez]

Welp, Tennessee is off. Wedding may be 86ed for the year. My buddy is in his 40's and really wants to have kids with wife #2. For the Catholics and Bible scholars on the board, would it be a sin if they had a child out of wedlock because the wedding was cancelled due to the Germ? Any guidance on that would be appreciated.

 

[Fryowa]

Welp, Tennessee is off. Wedding may be 86ed for the year. My buddy is in his 40's and really wants to have kids with wife #2. For the Catholics and Bible scholars on the board, would it be a sin if they had a child out of wedlock because the wedding was cancelled due to the Germ? Any guidance on that would be appreciated.

Go to the church and have the head wacko marry them in private. Then have a reception and shindig later.

That’s what everyone around here is doing.

 

[thedukeofearl]

Lol. Agree. I was there about 25 years ago. House..OK. Field..OK. Lights..OK. Bought some dirt...can't find the vial anymore. Meh.

No worries

I can get you some authentic dirt from Salem's Lot literally

Dirt Cheap

 

[Northside Hawk]

Welp, Tennessee is off. Wedding may be 86ed for the year. My buddy is in his 40's and really wants to have kids with wife #2. For the Catholics and Bible scholars on the board, would it be a sin if they had a child out of wedlock because the wedding was cancelled due to the Germ? Any guidance on that would be appreciated.

You don’t mention how old his squeeze is but his clock is definitely ticking. He will be in his early sixties at least when a potential child graduates from high school and that is getting up there.

 

[okeefe4prez]

You don’t mention how old his squeeze is but his clock is definitely ticking. He will be in his early sixties at least when a potential child graduates from high school and that is getting up there.

She's like 28 or 29, so she's got time. His ex wife fucked at least 3 guys that he knows of (while married) and thanks to the politburos from the fine state of Illinois, he has to pay her almost 200 grand of alimony per year for 7 more years. Once he and the new wife have kids, he's going to "take time off" and be a stay at home dad and coincidentally, that will sever his alimony obligations. I want to be in the room when he breaks that news. This gal is a real See U Next Tuesday if you know what I mean.

 

[Fryowa]

She's like 28 or 29, so she's got time. His ex wife fucked at least 3 guys that he knows of (while married) and thanks to the politburos from the fine state of Illinois, he has to pay her almost 200 grand of alimony per year for 7 more years. Once he and the new wife have kids, he's going to "take time off" and be a stay at home dad and coincidentally, that will sever his alimony obligations. I want to be in the room when he breaks that news. This gal is a real See U Next Tuesday if you know what I mean.

Tell him as a friend to be mindful of what those kids will go through at his age as well.

It’s statistically way more than likely that he’ll keel over in their mid twenties/early thirties. My parents died when I was 26 and 28 respectively and it was fucking devastating. I was just coming into years that should have been quality parent/child/grandchild time and that got blown to shit in an instant.

Not something that should be done to get out of paying alimony. If his calcs out to $200K per year it sucks greatly, but it also means he’s not exactly working three day jobs and bar tending at night to afford frozen pizzas for supper.

 

[HawkGold]

You don’t mention how old his squeeze is but his clock is definitely ticking. He will be in his early sixties at least when a potential child graduates from high school and that is getting up there.

So?