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  • Originally posted by Bo Diddley View Post
    AI generated map?
    https://xkcd.com/ generated map. Go visit their site and click "random" a few times.

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    • Watching the game, it occurred to me that when I was an undergrad, and the Marriott Center was brand new, the Fieldhouse (where I watch Kresimir Cosic my freshman year) seemed ancient. It was 20 years old. The Marriott Center is 50.

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      • Originally posted by PaloAltoCougar View Post
        Watching the game, it occurred to me that when I was an undergrad, and the Marriott Center was brand new, the Fieldhouse (where I watch Kresimir Cosic my freshman year) seemed ancient. It was 20 years old. The Marriott Center is 50.
        Odd huh. My Dad was faculty - we had season tickets in the fieldhouse and then on row 13 in the Big Mac - and all of that was 50 years ago.



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        • We thought it was our ability to love that made us human; but it turns out that it's actually our ability to select each image containing a boat

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          • it's been awhile since I posted anything, and one of my new year resolutions is to drop in more often.

            I do peruse off and on, but with life...

            Any way, I hope everyone had a pleasant and joyful Christmas and New Year.

            I may be small, but I'm slow.

            A veteran - whether active duty, retired, or national guard or reserve is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to, "The United States of America ", for an amount of "up to and including my life - it's an honor."

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            • Originally posted by happyone View Post
              it's been awhile since I posted anything, and one of my new year resolutions is to drop in more often.

              I do peruse off and on, but with life...

              Any way, I hope everyone had a pleasant and joyful Christmas and New Year.
              Good to hear from you, my brother! Hope all is well.

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              • Originally posted by Bo Diddley View Post

                Good to hear from you, my brother! Hope all is well.
                Things are going pretty good. My health is probably as good as it is going to get - I'm still diabetic, but it is under control, I am waling about 150 miles or so a month and just enjoying myself.

                We'll finally get to do some traveling this spring and summer - A trip to Britian and Denmark this spring and probably Maryland later this summer. Being retired is nice

                I may be small, but I'm slow.

                A veteran - whether active duty, retired, or national guard or reserve is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to, "The United States of America ", for an amount of "up to and including my life - it's an honor."

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                • Originally posted by happyone View Post

                  Things are going pretty good. My health is probably as good as it is going to get - I'm still diabetic, but it is under control, I am waling about 150 miles or so a month and just enjoying myself.

                  We'll finally get to do some traveling this spring and summer - A trip to Britian and Denmark this spring and probably Maryland later this summer. Being retired is nice
                  Awesome! If you need any advice on Britain, let me know.

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                  • Originally posted by happyone View Post
                    it's been awhile since I posted anything, and one of my new year resolutions is to drop in more often.

                    I do peruse off and on, but with life...

                    Any way, I hope everyone had a pleasant and joyful Christmas and New Year.
                    Hey stranger. I was wondering how you were doing.
                    "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
                    "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
                    "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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                    • Tnx,

                      I may be small, but I'm slow.

                      A veteran - whether active duty, retired, or national guard or reserve is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to, "The United States of America ", for an amount of "up to and including my life - it's an honor."

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                      • I really like watching behind the scenes videos of Tom Cruise doing his own stunts in action movies. He's got some wild personal beliefs, but he's pretty incredible at what he does.

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                        • Originally posted by YOhio View Post
                          I really like watching behind the scenes videos of Tom Cruise doing his own stunts in action movies. He's got some wild personal beliefs, but he's pretty incredible at what he does.
                          Yeah, he is amazing.
                          "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
                          "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
                          "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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                          • There are no Burger King restaurants in Northern Utah County. I did a little digging and found that this is a very strange statistical abnormality. A few interesting things I've observed.

                            1- With 6,778 Burger King restaurants in the United States there is 1 Burger King per 49K residents
                            2- According to some online data aggregator I found, the state of Utah about fits national average with 2.2 BK per 100K residents.
                            3- The northernmost Burger King in Utah County is in Orem at the shopping plaza on Center Street.
                            4- The Utah County resident population north of this area is estimated to be in the 250K range

                            So going by national and state trends, there should be about 5 Burger King restaurants in the Pleasant Grove/Lindon/Lehi/American Fork/Saratoga Springs/Eagle Mountain/Alpine/Highland metropolitan area. But there are none. Previously there was one in Lehi and one in Saratoga Springs, but they've both shut down. I'm very curious as to why a fast food restaurant with the 5th most units in America can't succeed in what should be a prime location. This is such a mystery!!!!

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                            • Originally posted by YOhio View Post
                              There are no Burger King restaurants in Northern Utah County. I did a little digging and found that this is a very strange statistical abnormality. A few interesting things I've observed.

                              1- With 6,778 Burger King restaurants in the United States there is 1 Burger King per 49K residents
                              2- According to some online data aggregator I found, the state of Utah about fits national average with 2.2 BK per 100K residents.
                              3- The northernmost Burger King in Utah County is in Orem at the shopping plaza on Center Street.
                              4- The Utah County resident population north of this area is estimated to be in the 250K range

                              So going by national and state trends, there should be about 5 Burger King restaurants in the Pleasant Grove/Lindon/Lehi/American Fork/Saratoga Springs/Eagle Mountain/Alpine/Highland metropolitan area. But there are none. Previously there was one in Lehi and one in Saratoga Springs, but they've both shut down. I'm very curious as to why a fast food restaurant with the 5th most units in America can't succeed in what should be a prime location. This is such a mystery!!!!
                              the biggest hamburger on the board would know the above facts
                              "Be a philosopher. A man can compromise to gain a point. It has become apparent that a man can, within limits, follow his inclinations within the arms of the Church if he does so discreetly." - The Walking Drum

                              "And here’s what life comes down to—not how many years you live, but how many of those years are filled with bullshit that doesn’t amount to anything to satisfy the requirements of some dickhead you’ll never get the pleasure of punching in the face." – Adam Carolla

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                              • Originally posted by YOhio View Post
                                There are no Burger King restaurants in Northern Utah County. I did a little digging and found that this is a very strange statistical abnormality. A few interesting things I've observed.

                                1- With 6,778 Burger King restaurants in the United States there is 1 Burger King per 49K residents
                                2- According to some online data aggregator I found, the state of Utah about fits national average with 2.2 BK per 100K residents.
                                3- The northernmost Burger King in Utah County is in Orem at the shopping plaza on Center Street.
                                4- The Utah County resident population north of this area is estimated to be in the 250K range

                                So going by national and state trends, there should be about 5 Burger King restaurants in the Pleasant Grove/Lindon/Lehi/American Fork/Saratoga Springs/Eagle Mountain/Alpine/Highland metropolitan area. But there are none. Previously there was one in Lehi and one in Saratoga Springs, but they've both shut down. I'm very curious as to why a fast food restaurant with the 5th most units in America can't succeed in what should be a prime location. This is such a mystery!!!!
                                I’m guessing they will move back in, but the franchisee who own the two places went bankrupt, IIRC.

                                There used to be one in American fork on state street as well, but that left a while ago and is some non-fast food place now.

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