Posts by Jose White18

redmarlin3 said:Besides, how do you plan on getting those photos? 😁

They're tucked away in the ultra-secure 'user notes top secret' files. Don't play dumb with me.

Don't tell me you don't have access to the UNTS?

🙂

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Laura Johnson said:Thanks for the feedback. 🙂
I have absolutely no interest in discussing the "singing along" aspect. My religious beliefs aren't up for debate here. (Besides, it isn't just about singing; it's the constant microphone hiss and some unrecognizable mumbling. Any attempt to force people to hear a sermon is futile anyway.) I’d like to point out that I consider myself quite tolerant of noise, and these church services (I'm actually listening to one right now) wouldn't bother me nearly as much if they only happened once a day at a reasonable hour. Instead, this happens daily starting at 6 AM, then again at 11, noon, and 6 PM, with Sundays being almost non-stop. Honestly, everyone living in this part of Brooklyn KNOWS about this and talks about having to shut their windows because of the noise, but as someone clearly pointed out, nobody wants to be the "black sheep." So, once again, I am asking for actual suggestions on who to contact so we can politely and civilly ask the church to lower the volume. 🙂

Everyone claims they don't want to get involved, yet they expect things to change? That doesn't work.

Jeremy Flores10 said:Wait, what mass is starting at 6 AM? (Besides those early ones right before Christmas)
None at all!
I figured. Honestly, I'm not even much of a religious guy myself.

The church over on Zion Ave in NYC starts its musical program at 6:30 AM on religious holidays—which are often weekdays. I think we can all agree that’s way too early.
Just to be clear, the standard bell ringing doesn't usually wake me up. It's those long melodies that play for several minutes, over and over again, starting so early in the morning, that really get to me.

Just so you know—did you realize you chose to run that red light right in front of a police station?

Frank Vaughn6 said:You really need to remember these referees' names:
Vicente Breto and Jose Antonio Huelin.

After that ridiculous scoreline at the 24-minute mark, the refs basically handed the series to Dance on a silver platter. They blew two wrong calls on Vori and then completely ignored a blatant passive play foul on Balica. That four-goal deficit hung over us for the rest of the game; every single time we managed to claw back within two or three points, the officials made some questionable call against us. We had two goals wiped off the board and picked up a six-minute penalty just for reacting, which happened without any warning. Then there was that bad call on Cupic in the 53rd minute when he was twisting, followed by another two-minute penalty for protesting. This isn't how you officiate a final. It doesn't even matter if we were better or if the Danes were better, or who was more tired—that’s all irrelevant. You just can't call a game like this. Regardless of how well-behaved our guys were—and they really tried not to mention the refs at all, except maybe Balica—these specific officials shouldn't be allowed to ref a World Championship in Chicago. Officiating a final like that is bad for the sport, bad for the American national team, bad for the fans, and frankly, just goes against basic Spanish upbringing. Someone needs to give them a bit of a reality check, otherwise, they'll think they can just screw people over whenever they feel like it.

So, yeah,
Vicente Breto and Jose Antonio Huelin.

The ball hit his leg. That's that. Everyone needs to chill out a bit...

Exactly! None of them have any discipline on the bench, just constantly racking up penalties.

Deer-like Ridge was awesome. I used to go there pretty regularly for a while. Then one day I showed up right when some big bus tour arrived. It just killed the vibe for me, and I haven't been back since.

Kezele is supposedly fine, but when we tried to stop by once (there were four of us), they kicked us out because we hadn't called ahead and they "didn't have any tables left."

Ljubek's Grove (near Small Town, USA) is a solid 5/5. It’s a beautiful little hill covered in vineyards, the food is incredible, and the prices are fair. It could probably use a few more amenities, though.

Still, if you get the chance, definitely head out to California...

Since the cake follows a massive feast, we wanted something light. We decided to go with a fruit parfait topped with a marzipan crust instead. The whole crew absolutely loved it.