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  • https://nypost.com/2020/08/15/former-nfl-star-chip-banks-in-serious-condition-following-shooting/#:~:text=Former Pro Bowl linebacker Chip,pronounced dead at the scene.

    "The 60-year-old Banks was one of three victims in the shooting, TMZ reported, with one man pronounced dead at the scene. Police said five or six masked men arrived at the residence, shot a man in the driveway and then went inside to shoot two more before leaving the scene." 

    @d-bone said:

    https://nypost.com/2020/08/15/former-nfl-star-chip-banks-in-serious-condition-following-shooting/#:~:text=Former Pro Bowl linebacker Chip,pronounced dead at the scene.

    "The 60-year-old Banks was one of three victims in the shooting, TMZ reported, with one man pronounced dead at the scene. Police said five or six masked men arrived at the residence, shot a man in the driveway and then went inside to shoot two more before leaving the scene." 

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  • Thanks.  It happened a few days ago, no?  Doesn't seem to be much info on it....like motive?   I mean, was it a friendly card game gone bad?   Who's shooting up 3 guys and why?

    @orion said:

    Thanks.  It happened a few days ago, no?  Doesn't seem to be much info on it....like motive?   I mean, was it a friendly card game gone bad?   Who's shooting up 3 guys and why?

    There seems to be little to no info on the situation surrounding this... but I doubt it was a friendly card game gone wrong. If anything, it sounds like a drug deal gone wrong. (Absolute speculation on my part, but it would make sense). Who knows, maybe a high stakes card game that someone knew about and there was an attempt to rob them, and shit went south? Hell, I remember a Sopranos episode similar to this. 

  • https://nypost.com/2020/08/15/former-nfl-star-chip-banks-in-serious-condition-following-shooting/#:~:text=Former Pro Bowl linebacker Chip,pronounced dead at the scene.

    "The 60-year-old Banks was one of three victims in the shooting, TMZ reported, with one man pronounced dead at the scene. Police said five or six masked men arrived at the residence, shot a man in the driveway and then went inside to shoot two more before leaving the scene." 

    @d-bone said:

    Police said five or six masked men arrived at the residence, shot a man in the driveway and then went inside to shoot two more before leaving the scene." 

    Certainly seems like a 'hit'.    

  • Why would anyone want to live in Atlanta.  I find the concept wholly unappealing.   Same with Dallas/Houston/Phoenix.   Now, the mountain area east of Atlanta.....Galveston...north of Phoenix around Prescott/Sedona...sure,  and maybe Waco, or Abilene in Texas.   But not in those cities. 

    Looks like time for a survey.

  • Why would anyone want to live in Atlanta.  I find the concept wholly unappealing.   Same with Dallas/Houston/Phoenix.   Now, the mountain area east of Atlanta.....Galveston...north of Phoenix around Prescott/Sedona...sure,  and maybe Waco, or Abilene in Texas.   But not in those cities. 

    Looks like time for a survey.

    @the-gipper said:

    Why would anyone want to live in Atlanta.  I find the concept wholly unappealing.   Same with Dallas/Houston/Phoenix.   Now, the mountain area east of Atlanta.....Galveston...north of Phoenix around Prescott/Sedona...sure,  and maybe Waco, or Abilene in Texas.   But not in those cities. 

    Looks like time for a survey.

    You couldn't pay me money to live anywhere south of the Mason-Dixon Line, so this is all a "moo point" to me. 

  • Why would anyone want to live in Atlanta.  I find the concept wholly unappealing.   Same with Dallas/Houston/Phoenix.   Now, the mountain area east of Atlanta.....Galveston...north of Phoenix around Prescott/Sedona...sure,  and maybe Waco, or Abilene in Texas.   But not in those cities. 

    Looks like time for a survey.

    @the-gipper said:

    Why would anyone want to live in Atlanta.  I find the concept wholly unappealing.   Same with Dallas/Houston/Phoenix.   Now, the mountain area east of Atlanta.....Galveston...north of Phoenix around Prescott/Sedona...sure,  and maybe Waco, or Abilene in Texas.   But not in those cities. 

    Looks like time for a survey.

    Too freaking hot for me we know people who sold everything in Ohio and moved to the gulf side of Florida only to put up with red tide, hurricanes, long 100+ degree heat and many new neighbors in the past 10 years.  Some are returning back to Ohio.

    Nice place to visit in the dead of winter.

  • Why would anyone want to live in Atlanta.  I find the concept wholly unappealing.   Same with Dallas/Houston/Phoenix.   Now, the mountain area east of Atlanta.....Galveston...north of Phoenix around Prescott/Sedona...sure,  and maybe Waco, or Abilene in Texas.   But not in those cities. 

    Looks like time for a survey.

    @the-gipper said:

    Why would anyone want to live in Atlanta.  I find the concept wholly unappealing.   Same with Dallas/Houston/Phoenix.   Now, the mountain area east of Atlanta.....Galveston...north of Phoenix around Prescott/Sedona...sure,  and maybe Waco, or Abilene in Texas.   But not in those cities. 

    Looks like time for a survey.

    Prescott and Sedona are the best places in the country to mountain bike. 

  • Why would anyone want to live in Atlanta.  I find the concept wholly unappealing.   Same with Dallas/Houston/Phoenix.   Now, the mountain area east of Atlanta.....Galveston...north of Phoenix around Prescott/Sedona...sure,  and maybe Waco, or Abilene in Texas.   But not in those cities. 

    Looks like time for a survey.

    @the-gipper said:

    Why would anyone want to live in Atlanta.  I find the concept wholly unappealing.  

    Atlanta is the Youngstown of the South? ?

  • Sunday AM - 56 minutes ago, Atlanta 11 news.   

    ATLANTA — Atlanta police say former four-time Cleveland Browns Pro Bowl linebacker Chip Banks is in serious condition following a shooting.

    Atlanta police spokeswoman Marla Rooker says officers found three men with apparent gunshot wounds when responding to a shooting in Atlanta on Wednesday afternoon. 

    One of the victims, Charles Pharms Jr., was declared dead at the scene, according to Rooker. The other two victims were alert and transported to a local hospital.....police are still investigating.

    @mjp28 said:

    Sunday AM - 56 minutes ago, Atlanta 11 news.   

    ATLANTA — Atlanta police say former four-time Cleveland Browns Pro Bowl linebacker Chip Banks is in serious condition following a shooting.

    Atlanta police spokeswoman Marla Rooker says officers found three men with apparent gunshot wounds when responding to a shooting in Atlanta on Wednesday afternoon. 

    One of the victims, Charles Pharms Jr., was declared dead at the scene, according to Rooker. The other two victims were alert and transported to a local hospital.....police are still investigating.

    Hmm, "Pharms"....might he be related to old Browns' draftee, LB Jeremiah Pharms (who had serious off field issues)??

    Mike

  • @the-gipper said:

    Why would anyone want to live in Atlanta.  I find the concept wholly unappealing.   Same with Dallas/Houston/Phoenix.   Now, the mountain area east of Atlanta.....Galveston...north of Phoenix around Prescott/Sedona...sure,  and maybe Waco, or Abilene in Texas.   But not in those cities. 

    Looks like time for a survey.

    Prescott and Sedona are the best places in the country to mountain bike. 

    @d-bone said:

    Prescott and Sedona are the best places in the country to mountain bike. 

    My brother lives there. ...Prescott.  Good friend from high school live in Sedona. 

  • @mjp28 said:

    Sunday AM - 56 minutes ago, Atlanta 11 news.   

    ATLANTA — Atlanta police say former four-time Cleveland Browns Pro Bowl linebacker Chip Banks is in serious condition following a shooting.

    Atlanta police spokeswoman Marla Rooker says officers found three men with apparent gunshot wounds when responding to a shooting in Atlanta on Wednesday afternoon. 

    One of the victims, Charles Pharms Jr., was declared dead at the scene, according to Rooker. The other two victims were alert and transported to a local hospital.....police are still investigating.

    Hmm, "Pharms"....might he be related to old Browns' draftee, LB Jeremiah Pharms (who had serious off field issues)??

    Mike

    @canton-mike said:

    Hmm, "Pharms"....might he be related to old Browns' draftee, LB Jeremiah Pharms (who had serious off field issues)??

    Mike

    Yea, isn't that the guy they drafted without doing any background check....and he was under indictment for like drug trafficking and attempted murder or the like.   Le't dig him up:

    https://web.archive.org/web/20090630033206/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004148820_rbpharms280.html

    So, he did a couple years in prison....came out,  spent a couple of years in the Arena League...but caught again doing a crime of some sort. 

    Have not seen any articles about him since like  2005....however, see this:

    https://www.nfldraftdiamonds.com/2019/05/jeremiah-pharms/

    Apparently Pharms has a kid who may be a long shot prospect. 

  • @the-gipper said:

    Why would anyone want to live in Atlanta.  I find the concept wholly unappealing.   Same with Dallas/Houston/Phoenix.   Now, the mountain area east of Atlanta.....Galveston...north of Phoenix around Prescott/Sedona...sure,  and maybe Waco, or Abilene in Texas.   But not in those cities. 

    Looks like time for a survey.

    You couldn't pay me money to live anywhere south of the Mason-Dixon Line, so this is all a "moo point" to me. 

    @dutch-oven said:

    You couldn't pay me money to live anywhere south of the Mason-Dixon Line, so this is all a "moo point" to me. 

    We got rattlesnakes, copperheads, water moccasins, coral snakes, cactus, and 108 degrees heat this past week. What more could you ask for in life dammit??

    EDIT: Oh yeah and no rain since the big hail storm at the end of June.

  • @dutch-oven said:

    You couldn't pay me money to live anywhere south of the Mason-Dixon Line, so this is all a "moo point" to me. 

    We got rattlesnakes, copperheads, water moccasins, coral snakes, cactus, and 108 degrees heat this past week. What more could you ask for in life dammit??

    EDIT: Oh yeah and no rain since the big hail storm at the end of June.

    @texasag1969 said:

    We got rattlesnakes, copperheads, water moccasins, coral snakes, cactus, and 108 degrees heat this past week. What more could you ask for in life dammit??

    EDIT: Oh yeah and no rain since the big hail storm at the end of June.

    Don't let anyone fool you: OH has rattlers and copperhead snakes. 

  • @dutch-oven said:

    You couldn't pay me money to live anywhere south of the Mason-Dixon Line, so this is all a "moo point" to me. 

    We got rattlesnakes, copperheads, water moccasins, coral snakes, cactus, and 108 degrees heat this past week. What more could you ask for in life dammit??

    EDIT: Oh yeah and no rain since the big hail storm at the end of June.

    @texasag1969 said:

    We got rattlesnakes, copperheads, water moccasins, coral snakes, cactus, and 108 degrees heat this past week. What more could you ask for in life dammit??

    EDIT: Oh yeah and no rain since the big hail storm at the end of June.

    Ohio's Three Venomous Snake Species

    The three venomous snakes in Ohio are the Northern Copperhead, the Eastern Massasauga rattlesnake, and the Timber Rattlesnake. (Despite what you may have heard or believed you have seen, to date no cottonmouths/water moccasins have been found in Ohio.)Apr 15, 2020

  • Although I imagine most are in rural counties south.  Doesn't Texas also have some gators (east Texas).

  • @texasag1969 said:

    We got rattlesnakes, copperheads, water moccasins, coral snakes, cactus, and 108 degrees heat this past week. What more could you ask for in life dammit??

    EDIT: Oh yeah and no rain since the big hail storm at the end of June.

    Ohio's Three Venomous Snake Species

    The three venomous snakes in Ohio are the Northern Copperhead, the Eastern Massasauga rattlesnake, and the Timber Rattlesnake. (Despite what you may have heard or believed you have seen, to date no cottonmouths/water moccasins have been found in Ohio.)Apr 15, 2020

    @diehardbrownsfan said:

    Ohio's Three Venomous Snake Species

    The three venomous snakes in Ohio are the Northern Copperhead, the Eastern Massasauga rattlesnake, and the Timber Rattlesnake. (Despite what you may have heard or believed you have seen, to date no cottonmouths/water moccasins have been found in Ohio.)Apr 15, 2020

    He wasn't talking about OH. It looks like he was talking about TX. Maybe AZ. 

  • @texasag1969 said:

    We got rattlesnakes, copperheads, water moccasins, coral snakes, cactus, and 108 degrees heat this past week. What more could you ask for in life dammit??

    EDIT: Oh yeah and no rain since the big hail storm at the end of June.

    Ohio's Three Venomous Snake Species

    The three venomous snakes in Ohio are the Northern Copperhead, the Eastern Massasauga rattlesnake, and the Timber Rattlesnake. (Despite what you may have heard or believed you have seen, to date no cottonmouths/water moccasins have been found in Ohio.)Apr 15, 2020

    @diehardbrownsfan said:

    Ohio's Three Venomous Snake Specieswhat it wasThe three venomous snakes in Ohio are the Northern Copperhead, the Eastern Massasauga rattlesnake, and the Timber Rattlesnake. (Despite what you may have heard or believed you have seen, to date no cottonmouths/water moccasins have been found in Ohio.)Apr 15, 2020

    Texas Ag was talking about Texas, but you are right about Ohio's "Toxic Trio". One of my fishing buddies is terrified of snakes & screamed "MOCCASIN!" one day while we were on a local pond a couple years ago. I went over & saw a damn big water snake laying by a bridge abutment, told him what it was, that there are no moccasins in Ohio, then I reached down & spooked it into the pond (never was able to lay a hand on it). He didn't go near that bridge the rest of the day & we never saw that snake again!

    In fact, the only venomous snake I ever came across was a small (8" or so) massasauga rattler.

    Mike

  • I know he was, I was just stating what is in Ohio.  But not nearly  the amount that is down south.  I don't think I ever saw a poisonous snake in ohio

  • While out on my 18 mile mountain bike rides during the spring, summer and fall months in the SoCal high desert, I play the game "Stick or Snake" for all 18 of them. 

  • While out on my 18 mile mountain bike rides during the spring, summer and fall months in the SoCal high desert, I play the game "Stick or Snake" for all 18 of them. 

    @d-bone said:

    While out on my 18 mile mountain bike rides during the spring, summer and fall months in the SoCal high desert, I play the game "Stick or Snake" for all 18 of them. 

    Saw plenty when I was stationed in San Diego.  Not in the city, but in the desert and outside the city.