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Yeah, it was nice pretty dry most of the summer but fall is coming in wet. I love the green. My backyard as seen from the edge of the woods:

Long and wide. Has a section leading up to the house front door to back in to turn around. View from outside the front door House is set back from the street, pretty quiet. View from the sidewalk.

Yeah... she was the owner after all. He was THE superstar that she was paying for the seats to be filled. So that is kinda symbiotic relationship. He is of the human species and she is from another. To be fair though, she was born in Cincinnati and Im guessing she was a lifelong fan so for her becoming the owner and inviting back one the the pieces of the Big Red Machine was a dream come true for her. It is a highlight. Everybody denies and lies when gets caught. But funny that even Clinton (Bill) was pardoned from the public. Both victims (wife and seductress) were and continue to be villified for various reasons. However, we all still fall for Slick Willy's charming ways. I guess that is the thing, Pete Rose never charmed the moralists of the MLB.

Moved the Mustang and Cadillac outside yesterday. Had an electrical issue yesterday in the garage that spooked me. Better safe than sorry. Electrician coming tomorrow.

I get the permanent thing. I really do. But... The HOF is full of cheaters, liars, thiefs and scoundrels. And I understand that is not the issue. Its just that back in 1919, there was a little scandal with the World Series and the White Sox. But...there was also the steroid thing and the Houston Astros. But...the World Series was still given to the owners whose players were cheating. And especially rewarding the Houston Astros with the World Series when the owners themselves were cheating... And speaking about the owners, when the league locked out the players because the players decided to strike, because the players were paid peanuts up until 1994 but the owners made their millions, criminally I might, colluding with each other NOT to pay their players and WORSE than whatever Pete Rose might have done, the strike took away the fans almost for good AND the MLB owners ALLOWED the steroid use so the fans could come back but then decided to punish the steroid users when the owners and MLB damn well knew that steroid use was out of control but ONLY after the fans came back... Oh...also...steroid use was not exactly illegal either as MLB wasnt so clear about performance enhancement drugs and testing during this time... So...we allow sports betting, but then we had another sports betting on baseball scandal involving Shohei Ohtani's "translator", but somehow Pete Rose is still the one to be punished to the fullest limit of the incredibly righteous that is the MLB. We also keep out the steroid users ignoring its those guys that brought back MLB from the dead. The MLB is worse than Alan Eagleson's NHL of the 1970s. And that is saying a lot. We LOVE to make fun of the NHL and how its still a garage league but MLB is lower than that. In my honest opinion.

Some things never change. But MLB should NOT be involved in sports betting given their Rule 21D.

Its a Canadian Pontiac so he wouldnt really approve of it. Its got a Chevy 409 and Chevy chassis so it may seem like its a cool car, but I bet he'd tell you it aint a 2+2 Catalina 421...

Cool, rare Pontiac... I like the N and W and NYC streamline passenger locomotives better, but these are super cool

Photos of him with the illustrious Marge Schott can be found all over the interwebs. That's where he spent the bulk of his career. It's that he lied/denied ... sort of how Clinton started out when the Lewinsky thing was hot off the press.

The knee-jerk understanding seems to be that these events affect the coastal areas where they make landfall. Here, we see that that's far from true. I can't believe how badly interior areas of Southeastern states have been damaged. When I lived in Atlanta, I remember how big weather events would work their way inland and drop a lot of rain onto that red Georgia clay that just laid there like a layer that wasn't absorbed, but my friends, coworkers, and I were not impacted, while select areas were. This has gone way deeper inland. I'm holding good thoughts after seeing and listening to so many distraught people describe how much they've lost.

I could relate. About different things but undoubtebly human related and most importantly family oriented. Im with you with feels. I always adored Pete Rose. Didnt realize the Ohio connection until you mentioned it. Im pissed the commish didnt ease up on his ban. Especially now that gambling aint soooooo much a taboo anymore but just another money making scheme for the MLB...

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