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[U-Ute]

Welcome U-Ute! GarthUte here.

I didn't see you Thursday - did you get different seats this year?

Same seats. I was on the aisle though. My wife is 9 months pregnant (having another boy) so she didn't feel like taking the hike from the parking lot to the stadium. As it was, I was doing the Mr Mom thing with 2 of my other kids. You know how it is when you have more than 1 kid with you: they can't eat or go to the bathroom together. They need to each take their turn 10 minutes apart.

U-Ute

[wuapinmon]

I feel that they have their place in this world, much like acronyms that are followed by a word represented in the acronym. For example, saying "ATM machine" is the same as saying "automatic teller machine machine".

The problem is that the English language is designed such that people expect a certain structure to sentences. So, while saying "I'm going to the ATM" is technically the correct sentence, it makes the ATM sound like a proper noun. "I'm hanging out at the ATM" has a much different, and much creepier, connotation if it is a nondescript money dispensing machine rather than if it were a popular nighttime hangout.

So, in order for proper sentence structure to be achieved, as well as clarification, sometimes duplication is required.

ObFactOfTheDay: The marker for the 4 corners monument is off by 2.5 miles.

U-Ute

I love you so much right now. We shall be very great friends.

(Who brought this guy here? He's quality people!)

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Welcome aboard! Anyone that has been paling around with SU for that long is a friend to me.