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Wrestling Board
2 mo ago
The Lounge
5 mo ago
I spend quite a bit of time in Vienna...you need much more than 2 days...
I would spend minimum 3 days. (Schonbrunn Palace, Old Town, Royal Apartments, etc) Bratislava is nice to check off a country, but if fails compared to Vienna so I would skip.
If you are interested in Innsbruck and Berchtesgaden (Eagles Nest), I would focus on Munich as a base:
And yes, spend way too much time in this area also as I love this area. My humble suggestion:
May 25 - fly to Munich
May 26 - Munich
May 27 - Munich and take train to Salzburg in the evening
May 28 - Salzburg - and during summer trip to Hallstat
May 29 - Eagles Nest (much easier from here timewise compared to Munich)
May 30 - early train to Innsbruck (1 day is enough, but take the lift up to get a great view)
May 31st - Garmisch - Partenkirchen (see the old Winter Olympics and do the Partnach gorge walk...just so beautiful)
June 1st - day trip to Neuschwanstein (wife loved it) and then Zugspitz for great views with fresh beer...take late train to Munich and stay near the airport
I frankly would replace Innsbruck with Nuremberg...
But open for any questions
Conference Realignment Board
10 mo ago
The Lounge
1 y ago
The Lounge
1 y ago
I ahve not been to the Maldives but lots of friends have from there...
you are essentially paying for guaranteed great weather. If you are seeing deals, you are rolling the dice as it is a good chance it will rain.
As for Kazakhstan, the one thing I liked was that it was a great mix of people. I always kind of joke it is the Star Wars cantina, with Russians, Arabs, Iranians, etc all around.
And it still has some of the old Soviet feel with buildings and what not.
If you want a break down on Ghana, I will always talk about that.
The Lounge
1 y ago
Been to a few....Kazakhstan is beautiful and if you are into nature, then
I would go there in a heartbeat. Only thing that will throw you off is the amount of horse meat they eat.
Rwanda, all joking aside, is probably the safest country in Africa these days. The govt in place has Kigali looking clean. Ghana is great with history and convenience (direct flights from Dulles).
Lastly, hard to get to, but Georgia is beautiful. Tblisi is set in time and I mean that as a postive. If you love nature and wine, a great place to go.
Conference Realignment Board
1 y ago
The Lounge
1 y ago
It will not hurt you to get the PMP....a lot of jobs these days are looking
for this.
The positives of the PMP is that you learn a common language on projects that most understand.
As for the tests, I took a course on Udemy and it did me well. But where I spent money prepping was in the taking of the prep tests. That is where you have to train your brain to take the test.
Conference Realignment Board
1 y ago
I always thought with the ACCN it would pay for them being new states
Current ACC states plus Washington and Oregon
U.S. state population: estimate population: census
1. California (2023 est.) 38,965,193 (2020) 39,538,223
2. Texas (2023 est.) 30,503,301 (2020) 29,145,505
3. Florida (2023 est.) 22,610,726 (2020) 21,538,187
4. New York (2023 est.) 19,571,216 (2020) 20,201,249
5. Pennsylvania (2023 est.) 12,961,683 (2020) 13,002,700
8. Georgia (2023 est.) 11,029,227 (2020) 10,711,908
9. North Carolina (2023 est.) 10,835,491 (2020) 10,439,388
12. Virginia (2023 est.) 8,715,698 (2020) 8,631,393
13. Washington (2023 est.) 7,812,880 (2020) 7,705,281
16. Massachusetts (2023 est.) 7,001,399 (2020) 7,029,917
17. Indiana (2023 est.) 6,862,199 (2020) 6,785,528 (ND)
23. South Carolina (2023 est.) 5,373,555 (2020) 5,118,425
26. Kentucky (2023 est.) 4,526,154 (2020) 4,505,836
27. Oregon (2023 est.) 4,233,358 (2020) 4,237,256
Conference Realignment Board
2 y ago
Conference Realignment Board
2 y ago
P3 Home....here we go...a person can dream
Texas A&M
Baylor (sleazy but makes basketball people happy)
SMU
Florida St
Miami
Clemson
VT
UVA
UNC
NC State
WVU
GT
12 teams....I tried to put together a texas pod for A&M...they pick who they want if am wrong on Baylor or SMU. Or leave them off and have 10 teams.
Conference Realignment Board
2 y ago
Disagree....the BIG can add everyone not in the SEC and they will still be
behind the SEC.
Michigan can thank god every day that Georgia had a bad day against Alabama or the SEC would have won the title again.
Southern kids to do not want to go North to play....you go to a game a Michigan it is a morgue. Yeah, 100k plus but no life.
More atmosphere at a Miss St Bulldogs game...
And the best athletes are still in the SEC...and will remain so...so the best will always want to play against the best.
Conference Realignment Board
2 y ago
I think you need 10, sell 9 conference games to the networks plus ...
hopefully ND comes along for the same deal as ACC.
My preference:
VT
UVA
UNC
NC State
FSU
Miami
Clemson
WVU
Pitt
GT (Market) or Cuse (Basketball)
Louisville - I remember their actions in the metro
WF - too small
Duke - cannot see having 3 NC schools
BC - I like the Boston trip...but they bring nothing
Conference Realignment Board
2 y ago
One thing that Saban brought up was that these athletes would be like MLB,
NFL, etc players who pay local taxes when playing.
Welp, looks like that Florida, Texas, and Tennessee are getting ready to become a lot more popular then for athletes to pick.
The Lounge
2 y ago
Listened to this the other night....great story...and if you love History..
I recommend getting the History Hit package. Great videos on there as well.
The Lounge
2 y ago
Founders Breakfast (normal, not the bourbon aged barrel ones), Wigsplitter
by 3 Floyds and Bell's Oatmeal... those 3 you can usually find at any Total Wine or store in VA and why I picked those..
The Lounge
2 y ago
Left at 10:15 this morning from Salem and 2 accidents and one tractor...
trailer broke down in the left lane. What a disaster today...
The Lounge
2 y ago
The wise Snoop Dogg tried to tell us...you never know she could be earnin
her man, and learnen her man and at the same time burnin her man...
The Lounge
2 y ago
The Lounge
2 y ago
3 RWC in a row....will be hard to top the Japanese in 2019...
I am an Irish fan...member of a club in Cork for years that gets me my 6n tickets.
If not Ireland, I hope France wins this....the French fans have always been great. Still one of my saddest games was 1st game at Croke between France and Ireland....ROG takes the lead with a just a minute to go...the whole park was going crazy assuming we won.
and France kicked off back to Ireland and the ball dropped...and bounced...then Clerc picked it up...and then he scores...stunned
Rolled into the airport next morning to fly back to DC..and was going through security at same time as the French team...it id not help my hangover :) when the french were singing to them...
The Lounge
2 y ago
We actually beat Romania in the warmups by 14 in early August...last time
we played Ireland in 2021 we lost 71-10...
There is a reason why Ireland is one of the top countries in the world for rugby.
The US if rightly coached would be in the 12 range which would make us about Japan/Tonga/Italy equivalents..
The players for the US are pretty good...arguably have one of the best fly halfs and a few other players that would play on many teams. But coaching has sucked forever. They never play to our strengths, but they coach a NZ or Aus or UK game...while that might work there, never here.
We failed to make the world cup as we choked to Uruguay then Chile then Portugal in succession...one kick here or there and we win.....sigh...
Anyways leaving tomorrow for the RWC...
Conference Realignment Board
2 y ago
Boring teams, boring fans, boring play....SEC...rabid fans, top plays, and
more teams that you care about...
Being Nice
Alabama = Ohio St
LSU = Michigan
Georgia > Penn State
Florida > Nebraska
Auburn > Michigan St
etc etc...
Conference Realignment Board
2 y ago
The Lounge
2 y ago
When in February...Chamonix has WC ski event for men Feb1-4 and womens
events in Crans Montana Feb14-18..they are fun weekends and you get to ski also.
If you a quick check box, Leichenstein is an hour train ride from Zurich
Conference Realignment Board
2 y ago
Conference Realignment Board
2 y ago
VT voting yes for this nonsense is sad...and shows where we are in the ..
pecking order for the P2.
Adding teams like Stanford, Cal, and SMU is why we are in this situation.
Dont get me wrong, Stanford and Cal are creme de le creme of schools but this does not help our sports.
Even if all three gave up their 30 million, it is not worth the extra monies we would get. And heck based off this, I would assume FSU and Clemson would get the bulk of it.
Conference Realignment Board
3 y ago
Do you take this and run? Athletic article...
I will not post the full article or all the hypotheticals...but I quickly say yes...
Major conferencesâ television rights are pooled
The Supreme Courtâs 1984 decision allowing schools and conferences to negotiate their own TV rights sounded great in theory. But in practice, itâs the single decision thatâs had the most negative impact on college football. In the decades since, thereâs been a gold rush toward television money. If a programâs conference isnât getting enough, itâs going elsewhere, curse the geography.
The NCAA absolutely should not be in charge of negotiating the television rights. I wouldnât trust the NCAA to negotiate a better price for an oil change on my car. But pooling TV rights and negotiating with all the conferences as a whole makes sense and protects rivalries and the geography that helped build college football into Americaâs second-favorite sport.
Sorting out rights with multiple networks across multiple conferences is more complex than it is now, but the NFL manages it. College football would be fine working with ESPN, Fox, NBC and CBS to reach a conclusion that makes sense.
ACC
TEAM
Clemson
Duke
Louisville
Maryland
North Carolina
North Carolina State
Rutgers
South Carolina
Virginia
Wake Forest
Southwest
TEAM
Arkansas
Baylor
Houston
SMU
TCU
Texas
Texas Tech
Texas A&M
Big East
TEAM
Boston College
Florida
Florida State
Miami
Penn State
Pitt
Syracuse
West Virginia
Virginia Tech
UCF
SEC
TEAM
Alabama
Auburn
Georgia
Georgia Tech
Kentucky
LSU
Mississippi State
Ole Miss
Tennessee
Vanderbilt
https://theathletic.com/4691922/2023/07/17/college-footba...
The Lounge
3 y ago
The Lounge
3 y ago
Last week was not great but at least had 4 days to sit by the pool...
Played golf twice at Currituck and Monday was really nice...Wed was a little too windy
Conference Realignment Board
3 y ago
To be fair...we would have finished a little better in the Sun Belt ...
than the ACC last year...considering we lost to the last place team in one division
Conference Realignment Board
3 y ago
Conference Realignment Board
3 y ago
Per McMurphy, he is heavy speculating that UW and Oregon already accepted
into the BIG. Says what we have heard before they do not want to make the move that will officially kill the PAC.
** Edited by tcc_dc at 5/11/2023, 3:46:25 PM
The Lounge
3 y ago
The Lounge
3 y ago
A few more things...
Twice I have done the CONNOISSEUR EXPERIENCE at the Guinness Factory and it was great...get a couple pints and some great stories. Also get to learn how to pour a Guinness.
Also, the Jameson Distillery tour is pretty fun...remember at the beginning they will ask for some volunteers...raise your hand as at the end they have you do a taste test between bourbon, scotch and whiskey...
St. Mychans has a great crypt with "mummies" that were Crusaders...
Also, Temple Bar is overrated and very expensive, but its like going to New Orleans and not going to Bourbon St...
Near the stadium if you are closer to Merrion/Ball's Bridge...Paddy Cullens and the Bridge 1859 are great pubs
The Lounge
3 y ago
This is going to be a long post....
My favorite places to stay, Schoolhouse Hotel (was there last weekend) and the Shelbourne Hotel (expensive but worth it...the pub in is terrific).
Favorite places for pints...Lower Baggot St...Toners (personal favorite), Doheny and Nesbitt...close to the stadium, I love Slatterys .... Searsons also for a great pint...Gravediggers near Glasnevin Cemetery.
Things to see...Kilmainham Gaol, St Patricks, Christchurch for the crypt, Little Dublin Museum if you like U2, Glasnevin Cemetery if you are into history...
Places to eat...agree with Leo Burdocks for fish and chips, Matt the Threshers and Mister S for higher end....Mad Egg for some good cheap food...
The Lounge
3 y ago
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3 y ago
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The Lounge
3 y ago
Rumor...former football player targeting athletes..5 casualties...not sure
if dead.
Prayers to all...no one should have to deal with this..
Conference Realignment Board
3 y ago
The Lounge
3 y ago
The Lounge
3 y ago
Truly a great one....if you ever get a chance, listen to the podcast
Cocaine and Rhinestones about her song the Pill....she was a bad@ass
Too many hits to mention
The Lounge
3 y ago
I have been there for work....very very poor...makes India seem rich ...
compared to what I experienced in Dhaka. Infrastructure is not great.
That being said, the people were great but very strict muslims....the biryani was just as good if not better than India (though you did have to put in orders the day before) and their sweets were great
The Lounge
3 y ago
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