Posts by Dana Gonzalez55

I don't usually post on this sub, but man, an iPhone really can change how people act.
Hands down the worst movie I've ever sat through in a theater. It was a total disaster across the board
—from the script and characters to the directing and some seriously pathetic camera work and CGI.
You might give it a chance for the first ten minutes, but then you start thinking
about just walking out of the theater. Honestly, I ended up just laughing at every single damn scene involving someone on their phone
and waiting for the credits to roll just to see if anything actually happened... But nope, nothing.
I don't know... I honestly have no idea who decided to throw their money at this project...

Hey everyone,
I'm wondering if there’s anything similar—or even better—on the market for the same price or less. I need a laptop for school; I'll be running AutoCAD, Revit, Rhino, Photoshop, and some 3D rendering software...

Sorry if this has already been covered, I'm a bit pressed for time right now so I haven't had a chance to dig through the archives properly.

Anyway, here’s my current pick:

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vividbison47 said:should it just be in America, or maybe somewhere else too?

I still remember when we hosted that futsal tournament—it was such a blast. At one point, I think the crowds were hitting 7,000 or 8,000 per game, but then we smashed the record by packing 15,000 people into Madison Square Garden. We could definitely bid for that again; I honestly don't get why nobody is stepping up.

If I recall correctly, we teamed up with Canada for the bid on this championship.
It’s interesting how Denmark pulled it off, hosting the 2019 Handball World Championship alongside Germany.

That futsal tournament was incredible, though—the whole thing. Maybe they could even set up a pool inside an arena to host some aquatic sports championships... you could do a setup at an arena similar to what they did at the YMCA, or maybe just stick to water polo in Seattle or San Diego... there are so many possibilities if people would just stop dragging their feet and actually make a move.

Look, we lost—or rather, we backed out of that joint bid for the 2015 European Basketball Championship. They claimed the price tag would be around $8 million... which honestly doesn't seem like that much of a stretch. You could definitely find sponsors to pick up the tab. I just don't get why we always feel the need to team up for these things. I get that you sometimes need to build new arenas, but we already have the facilities in place. A "serious" solo bid would have been a slam dunk, and we could've covered most of those costs through sponsorships alone.

Why doesn't America want to host major tournaments?
We’ve got:
Madison Square Garden,
Crypto.com Arena,
Central Park in Indianapolis,
a small town in Kansas near Santa Monica,
the United Center in San Diego,
an arena in Savannah,
the Spectrum Center in Chicago,
the Boston Celtics,
Brooklyn in Seattle,
and plenty of other smaller venues

... which honestly seems like more than enough to pull off a European or World Championship in basketball, handball, or maybe even volleyball. Is this just due to inertia within our Olympic Committee, the government, or the various sports federations? It feels like the actual revenue would be relatively small compared to the massive amount of promotion such an event would bring us. Any signs that America might actually bid for something in the near future?🤷

Decided it was finally time to jump in and post something myself. I’ve been lurking here for a while now—and honestly, I’ve already seen a few winning slips through your picks.

Here’s what I had running yesterday:
IND-DET 1/1 hit
WASH-CHA 1/1 hit
NJN-PHI 2/2 hit
MEM-CLE 1/1 hit
SAS-Por 1/1 hit
But the reason I’m actually posting is because one specific result totally wrecked my head—had to get it off my chest. 🙂
MIL-TOR 1/1 turned into 2/1 instead.
The odds were sitting at 6.5—would've been a pretty sweet payday if that one held up.