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  • Orion OrionO Conversation Starter Dedicated Very Popular Posting Machine Collaborator First Post Reacting Well One Year In One Month Later Week One Done
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    4 ball boys in hazmat garb will run onto the field with hand sanitizer after each play.  =  Hurry Up offense banned.

    No physical contact after the whistle.  = No handshakes, no pats on the back, no helping a guy up, etc.

    -- I was allowed back to work recently.  Only 1 person allowed in an elevator, restroom or designated lunch area (20 minute blocks for lunch - vanish into oblivion for the other 40 minutes, then return to work).  It's a very strange world.  

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        I saw where Zeke Elliott has tested positive.

        No way this season is being played.

        If everybody had like minds, we would never learn.
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          I saw where Zeke Elliott has tested positive.

          No way this season is being played.

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          @ballpeen said:

          I saw where Zeke Elliott has tested positive.

          No way this season is being played.

          I've been watching the numbers daily.  Quite interested in Texas because relatives live there and there was a wedding that we were supposed to attend but did not.

          Texas (and Florida) have been exploding with cases.

          I heard today that several Texan & Cowboy players have tested positive.

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            Yep, and this is going to be wave after wave.

            We can open up some if people act right.

            Keep space, wear masks, wash hands.  It's the new norm.  Be a citizen.  But, unfortunately, we have a large portion of people who don't give a shit.  They don't care about you and I, thus, I'd like to poke their eyes out with my dick.

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              Not sure why this is new to anyone.

              Over the last 10 years, multiple high school football seasons at least in the North have seen every game start w both teams line up and have their face/arms/legs sprayed to prevent spread of EEE.

              Can't imagine zika/dengue and other occasional ones like mers/sars are much different in the south. 

              What's the difference w adding a mask? 

              All the "free" ones that you'll be required to wear if you forget your personal one should have the flag promoting the murder of US armed forces on it - the flag of the Confederacy.

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                @ballpeen said:

                I saw where Zeke Elliott has tested positive.

                No way this season is being played.

                I've been watching the numbers daily.  Quite interested in Texas because relatives live there and there was a wedding that we were supposed to attend but did not.

                Texas (and Florida) have been exploding with cases.

                I heard today that several Texan & Cowboy players have tested positive.

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                @orion said:

                I've been watching the numbers daily.  Quite interested in Texas because relatives live there and there was a wedding that we were supposed to attend but did not.

                Texas (and Florida) have been exploding with cases.

                I heard today that several Texan & Cowboy players have tested positive.

                I am leaving for Texas in just a bit over two weeks, for my daughters wedding.  So, yes, it is a major concern. 

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                  @orion said:

                  I've been watching the numbers daily.  Quite interested in Texas because relatives live there and there was a wedding that we were supposed to attend but did not.

                  Texas (and Florida) have been exploding with cases.

                  I heard today that several Texan & Cowboy players have tested positive.

                  I am leaving for Texas in just a bit over two weeks, for my daughters wedding.  So, yes, it is a major concern. 

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                  @the-gipper said:

                  I am leaving for Texas in just a bit over two weeks, for my daughters wedding.  So, yes, it is a major concern. 

                  Best of luck!

                  My daughter got back from there a couple of weeks ago (she was the only one of the twelve of us up here that went to the wedding)

                  -------  as of 8:pm Texas got another 2,094 new cases,  Calif 2,667,   Florida 1,758.  That encompasses almost half a conference worth of teams.   In Mass we're wearing masks and social distancing (only 87 new cases today).  Pictures and video from my daughter at the wedding in Texas showed nobody wearing masks, dancing the various wedding dances, etc.  I've seen pictures of Florida bar scenes of people wall to wall, right on top of one another.  They're destined to be sent back into their homes.

                  It doesn't seem like COVID is susceptible to the hot weather like the flu.  At least not in hot states like CA, TX & FL.  And actually we can throw Arizona in there too.  They've been getting whacked lately.  Another thousand today.  

                  IMO, we have to social distance until a vaccine is found.  And that could be quite a while from now.   

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                    The hell with worrying about a football season. Look around with what the rest of the world is doing. We are doing the worse of all the major countries in dealing with this thing by far. We are so concerned with masks equating to individual liberties, opening up the economy ASAP, ignoring social distancing, in short, not having legal consequences when people disregard the public safety, that we will drag this thing out until a vaccine is produced and distributed. Note the numbers on the left. Our baseline is currently about 4x the number of cases of the average high of the other countries'.

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                      @the-gipper said:

                      ...........that is wicked  good....

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                        That is why I don't see a season being played.  You can't play a season when a team or three can't play for 2 weeks.  Football has no mechanism to play make-up games.  You play a team once in a season.  They don't make 2-3 visits to a city each season where you can schedule a double header to make it up.

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                        That is why I don't see a season being played.  You can't play a season when a team or three can't play for 2 weeks.  Football has no mechanism to play make-up games.  You play a team once in a season.  They don't make 2-3 visits to a city each season where you can schedule a double header to make it up.

                        they need to shitcan this season.....until there is a vaccine, it's stupid....fauci and the other experts say there will be a second wave this fall into the winter....why start something when you will not be able to finish....unless they do a watered down version later on....then, who the fuck cares anyway....of course the fucking owners will be bitching about there moola.....fuck them....

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                          I also have serious doubts about a season this year & have since this started. More like no games & season ticket money will be applied to next year's STs (which I expect may damn near double). They're setting the table by letting us know how LOW our ticket prices are. Besides, if they don't raise prices for next year, parking will cost more than a ticket. In my section, we had games at $50.00 per & parking is now $50.00.

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                            I also have serious doubts about a season this year & have since this started. More like no games & season ticket money will be applied to next year's STs (which I expect may damn near double). They're setting the table by letting us know how LOW our ticket prices are. Besides, if they don't raise prices for next year, parking will cost more than a ticket. In my section, we had games at $50.00 per & parking is now $50.00.

                            Mike

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                            @canton-mike said:

                            I also have serious doubts about a season this year & have since this started. More like no games & season ticket money will be applied to next year's STs (which I expect may damn near double). They're setting the table by letting us know how LOW our ticket prices are. Besides, if they don't raise prices for next year, parking will cost more than a ticket. In my section, we had games at $50.00 per & parking is now $50.00.

                            Mike

                            You can find cheap parking.  Try the flats.  It was up to $15 last season from $10.  It's a bit of a walk, but you can also take the waterfront line to the footsteps of the stadium for $5.  

                            I  usually stay at a Marriott Courtyard out in Middleburgh Heights, near the airport. Last year, after I discovered lots in the warehouse district were charging $50 for parking, I started parking at the Brookpark Rapid station and taking the train downtown.  The lot is patrolled and secure, it costs $5 for a day pass, and eliminates a lot of driving after a day of drinking.

                            Walk to the Terminal Tower, ride out to Brookpark, then a 5-6 mile drive to the hotel.  That is what I am doing from now on.  Cheaper and safer, and really doesn't take much longer by the time you fight you way out of a crowded downtown to get to the interstate.

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                              @canton-mike said:

                              I also have serious doubts about a season this year & have since this started. More like no games & season ticket money will be applied to next year's STs (which I expect may damn near double). They're setting the table by letting us know how LOW our ticket prices are. Besides, if they don't raise prices for next year, parking will cost more than a ticket. In my section, we had games at $50.00 per & parking is now $50.00.

                              Mike

                              You can find cheap parking.  Try the flats.  It was up to $15 last season from $10.  It's a bit of a walk, but you can also take the waterfront line to the footsteps of the stadium for $5.  

                              I  usually stay at a Marriott Courtyard out in Middleburgh Heights, near the airport. Last year, after I discovered lots in the warehouse district were charging $50 for parking, I started parking at the Brookpark Rapid station and taking the train downtown.  The lot is patrolled and secure, it costs $5 for a day pass, and eliminates a lot of driving after a day of drinking.

                              Walk to the Terminal Tower, ride out to Brookpark, then a 5-6 mile drive to the hotel.  That is what I am doing from now on.  Cheaper and safer, and really doesn't take much longer by the time you fight you way out of a crowded downtown to get to the interstate.

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                              Canton MikeC Canton Mike wrote on last edited by
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                              @ballpeen said:

                              You can find cheap parking.  Try the flats.  It was up to $15 last season from $10.  It's a bit of a walk, but you can also take the waterfront line to the footsteps of the stadium for $5.  

                              I  usually stay at a Marriott Courtyard out in Middleburgh Heights, near the airport. Last year, after I discovered lots in the warehouse district were charging $50 for parking, I started parking at the Brookpark Rapid station and taking the train downtown.  The lot is patrolled and secure, it costs $5 for a day pass, and eliminates a lot of driving after a day of drinking.

                              Walk to the Terminal Tower, ride out to Brookpark, then a 5-6 mile drive to the hotel.  That is what I am doing from now on.  Cheaper and safer, and really doesn't take much longer by the time you fight you way out of a crowded downtown to get to the interstate.

                              Thanks for your suggestions. I DO use the rapid whenever we're not tailgating, but the days of crowded rapids may be done for quite some time & could possibly add significantly to the wait time for a train after the games. As far as a longer walk goes, 73 years & bum knees say NO (LOL). I think I'm probably transferring my season tics to my Son in Law. That way, I'll still be able to hit some games with him in Cleveland & enjoy my "at home" tailgates with fried fish, fried turkey, smoked brisket, pulled pork, grilled stuff, & some new recipes.

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                                I also have serious doubts about a season this year & have since this started. More like no games & season ticket money will be applied to next year's STs (which I expect may damn near double). They're setting the table by letting us know how LOW our ticket prices are. Besides, if they don't raise prices for next year, parking will cost more than a ticket. In my section, we had games at $50.00 per & parking is now $50.00.

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                                @canton-mike said:

                                & parking is now $50.00.

                                Is there an option to take a train in?   

                                If I was going with my son to Foxborough we'd catch the Patriots Train at a train stop along the route (which was next town over for us).  Got us there about a half hour before the game and left a half hour after.  Obviously there's no tailgating, but  no fighting traffic either.  -  it wasn't a train painted in Patriots graphics or anything but it drops off right at the bottom of the little hill that the stadium is on...about a 200 yard walk.

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                                  @ballpeen said:

                                  You can find cheap parking.  Try the flats.  It was up to $15 last season from $10.  It's a bit of a walk, but you can also take the waterfront line to the footsteps of the stadium for $5.  

                                  I  usually stay at a Marriott Courtyard out in Middleburgh Heights, near the airport. Last year, after I discovered lots in the warehouse district were charging $50 for parking, I started parking at the Brookpark Rapid station and taking the train downtown.  The lot is patrolled and secure, it costs $5 for a day pass, and eliminates a lot of driving after a day of drinking.

                                  Walk to the Terminal Tower, ride out to Brookpark, then a 5-6 mile drive to the hotel.  That is what I am doing from now on.  Cheaper and safer, and really doesn't take much longer by the time you fight you way out of a crowded downtown to get to the interstate.

                                  Thanks for your suggestions. I DO use the rapid whenever we're not tailgating, but the days of crowded rapids may be done for quite some time & could possibly add significantly to the wait time for a train after the games. As far as a longer walk goes, 73 years & bum knees say NO (LOL). I think I'm probably transferring my season tics to my Son in Law. That way, I'll still be able to hit some games with him in Cleveland & enjoy my "at home" tailgates with fried fish, fried turkey, smoked brisket, pulled pork, grilled stuff, & some new recipes.

                                  Mike

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                                  @canton-mike said:

                                  Thanks for your suggestions. I DO use the rapid whenever we're not tailgating, but the days of crowded rapids may be done for quite some time & could possibly add significantly to the wait time for a train after the games. As far as a longer walk goes, 73 years & bum knees say NO (LOL). I think I'm probably transferring my season tics to my Son in Law. That way, I'll still be able to hit some games with him in Cleveland & enjoy my "at home" tailgates with fried fish, fried turkey, smoked brisket, pulled pork, grilled stuff, & some new recipes.

                                  Mike

                                  Good point on the train and social distancing.  I am going on the assumption the coast is clear.  My feeling is if it isn't safe to get on the train, it isn't safe to pack 65,000 in to a stadium.

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                                    That is why I don't see a season being played.  You can't play a season when a team or three can't play for 2 weeks.  Football has no mechanism to play make-up games.  You play a team once in a season.  They don't make 2-3 visits to a city each season where you can schedule a double header to make it up.

                                    they need to shitcan this season.....until there is a vaccine, it's stupid....fauci and the other experts say there will be a second wave this fall into the winter....why start something when you will not be able to finish....unless they do a watered down version later on....then, who the fuck cares anyway....of course the fucking owners will be bitching about there moola.....fuck them....

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                                    @browns52 said:

                                    until there is a vaccine, it's stupid

                                    It's by no means a guarantee or something worth betting on.

                                    @ballpeen said:

                                    I am going on the assumption the coast is clear

                                    In the states that rushed to re-open, new case numbers this week are their highest ever.

                                    Aaaand.. Second wave shutdowns starting today in Florida!

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                                      That sucks.  Looks like the warm/hot weather is having no effect.

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                                        That sucks.  Looks like the warm/hot weather is having no effect.

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                                        @diehardbrownsfan said:

                                        That sucks.  Looks like the warm/hot weather is having no effect.

                                        But wait...didn't the expert on everything say it was just going to disappear with the summer heat? 

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                                          @browns52 said:

                                          until there is a vaccine, it's stupid

                                          It's by no means a guarantee or something worth betting on.

                                          @ballpeen said:

                                          I am going on the assumption the coast is clear

                                          In the states that rushed to re-open, new case numbers this week are their highest ever.

                                          Aaaand.. Second wave shutdowns starting today in Florida!

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                                          Aaaand.. Second wave shutdowns starting today in Florida!

                                          Those are voluntary closings.  But it won't surprise me if they're sent back into their houses.

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