This domestic note: We've now had our High-Efficiency top-loader for a number of months. Whirpool Cabrio model.
I haven't studied our utility bills to guesstimate how much it is saving us in water and electricity over our old, conventional washer. The assessment from the Mrs is that it gets stuff clean, but it is harder on clothes, towels, etc. I'm somewhat skeptical of her view, but find it plausible.
Her main evidence is a citation to more rapid degradation (thinning, fraying) of our bath towels. The spin cycles are really quite fast, in order to extract a very large portion of the water relative to a conventional washer. I'm trying to comprehend the physics of how a faster spin cycle could really be that much harsher on clothes and not quite getting it, but our dryer lint screen certainly seems to pick up a lot more (and finer) lint than it did before. I suggested to the Mrs that perhaps that fine lint was going down the drain before, which would indicate that the washer was gentler than the conventional, and she acknowledged that possibility a couple of months ago, but her conclusion still stands. She thinks the new machine is harder on items than was the old. YMMV.
I would think with less h2o you're going to have more cloth-on-cloth action.
I do know that they're a pain in 2nd floor setups unless you have a solid footing or special dampening pads, or they vibrate like a drunk on a roller coaster.
everything I've read (other than ignorant screeds from dissatisfied buyers) suggests not. The top-loader HE machines work by spraying, then mixing with the impeller and spinning, repeat, repeat, repeat, with multiple rinses. The front-loader HE machines are said to be even gentler. Conversely, conventional machines clean by beating the crap out of clothes with the agitator.
But, I haven't seen anything other than opinion pieces and the occasional "how things work" type bits from uncertain sources, excepting online snippets from Consumer Reports. It would be nice to see some real, quantitative and qualitative analysis that focuses on these issues of how well the machines clean (when used properly or mostly-properly) and how hard they are on clothes and other textiles.
Deadspin notes that a guy who players for Minnesota is starting for the USMNT today. Cool!
I think I've talked before about my buddy who's an athletic trainer in the Twins system. We play on a broomball team together, and before our game on Friday I managed to aggravate a shoulder that has been bothering me for a while. He gave me a quick evaluation, which was the same series of tests that he would give a player if they had a shoulder injury during a game. It was kinda cool to experience that firsthand. It actually made me feel like a real athlete for a few minutes. The downside is that he said I have two strained rotator cuffs and now I can barely lift my arm over my head.
two strained rotator cuffs
Never heard of it. Rub some dirt on it!
How many games do you sit out before finally getting TJ surgery?
It's low hanging fruit, but I still laughed.
I remember him helping with my first physical therapy session on my ACL before he went to Florida for spring training back in the day.
I did remember someone saying they knew an athletic trainer in the Twins system when I was introduced to an athletic trainer in the Twins system (the husband of a friend of a friend - he's with Chattanooga). I immediately regretted trying to explain how someone on the internet knows a trainer in the Twins system. He and his wife were impressed that I knew the names of some of the current and former training staff (the rest of the table thought I was a huge dork).
The Timberwolves win again! 3 game win streak!
The last 3 gamer they had was Feb 25-Mar 3 of last year
I just checked the box score. Someone needs to tell the Pistons what the rules are.
Watching the Grammys, they randomly pull out Jeff Lynne and whatever is ELO nowadays. He looks the same now as he did in 1978.
Still put on a good show.
I dont know or like all of the music, but the Grammys are my favorite awards show. Just random acts thrown together and there is always at least one act that you might not have heard of and enjoy.
there is always at least one act that you might not have heard of and enjoy.
I don't think this statement applies to me.
It's on in the background. I was baffled by whomever pulled Annie Lennox on stage, and even further baffled by the SJH cover.
That was some artist named Hozier.
So many slow songs tonight. Kind of disappointing.
What's your beef with annie?
No beef (though I'm not a huge fan), it was just really random. Tack on the even more random cover, and it was a somewhat baffling performance.
Lennox recent album "Nostalgia" was a collection of songs from "the Great American Songbook" . 'I Put A Spell on You' was on that album.
Ahh. Okay.
Since you've got the answers, what the hell did I just see?
And what is Record of the Year? Is that a song? An album? I'm so confused!
Song of the Year is a writers award, Record of the Year is a production award, Album of the year is the whole collection.
So album of the year goes to the recording artist?
It goes to the main artist and guests artists (Norah Jones has 4 AotY awards, 3 of them being a guest artist), producer, and engineer
#MusicGrammy
Huh. Dylan and Lennox both with albums of GASB standards? We ARE getting old.
Just following the footsteps of Rod Stewart, who has pumped out about 6 GASB albums
I think I've mentioned this before, but after growing up with all the dreck* that has been the back half of Stewart's career (mom liked him), I was stunned to find out he was once a pretty awesome and enjoyable entertainer.
*YMMV
it helps to have an awesome backing band. I think this clip showcases both Stewart and The Faces.
httpv://youtu.be/UrOPJXrUWII
He was indeed awesome. Then disco happened.
Not a Matthew Dear cover: "I Put a Smell on You"?
I just want to comment on the header pic for this CoC. It's awesome.
If I didnt watch Breaking Bad all the way through (I lost interest with the show in its 1st season), would I like Better Call Saul?
Your problem was losing interest with the show in its first season. "Breaking Bad" was a freight train that started slowly and built to an uncontrollable climax in seasons 4 and 5. I assume "Better Call Saul" will build on what's going, though as a matter of character I assume there has to be more levity than there was in Breaking Bad.
Hmm. I see.
But it sure slowed down for traffic crossings a few times...
The first episode of Saul had at least three our four references to Breaking Bad (including a spoiler from the final episode). I doubt it will be dependent on knowing what happens in Breaking Bad, though. It takes place about six years prior.
Of course, it's the same creative team. Unless your only reason for disliking Breaking Bad was Bryan Cranston, I imagine whatever frustrations you had will carry over.
All that said, the pilot for Breaking Bad was way better than Saul, though I'll continue watching for a little while. Odenkirk is fun; I just hope there's a strong supporting cast, as I'm not sure he can carry an entire show.
The 1989 off season was crazy was big time contracts. Im surprised there has not been a 30 for 30 done about this. This is a list of the biggest contract in baseball (from wiki):
$2,970,000 November 17, 1989 Bret Saberhagen Kansas City Royals SP
$3,000,000 November 22, 1989 Kirby Puckett Minnesota Twins CF
$3,200,000 December 1, 1989 Mark Langston California Angels SP
$3,250,000 December 11, 1989 Mark Davis Kansas City Royals SP
$3,500,000 January 17, 1990 Dave Stewart Oakland Athletics SP
$3,750,000 January 22, 1990 Will Clark San Francisco Giants 1B
$3,860,000 April 9, 1990 Don Mattingly New York Yankees 1B
A decent article from Souhan on Corey Koskie? http://www.startribune.com/sports/twins/291166471.html
This domestic note: We've now had our High-Efficiency top-loader for a number of months. Whirpool Cabrio model.
I haven't studied our utility bills to guesstimate how much it is saving us in water and electricity over our old, conventional washer. The assessment from the Mrs is that it gets stuff clean, but it is harder on clothes, towels, etc. I'm somewhat skeptical of her view, but find it plausible.
Her main evidence is a citation to more rapid degradation (thinning, fraying) of our bath towels. The spin cycles are really quite fast, in order to extract a very large portion of the water relative to a conventional washer. I'm trying to comprehend the physics of how a faster spin cycle could really be that much harsher on clothes and not quite getting it, but our dryer lint screen certainly seems to pick up a lot more (and finer) lint than it did before. I suggested to the Mrs that perhaps that fine lint was going down the drain before, which would indicate that the washer was gentler than the conventional, and she acknowledged that possibility a couple of months ago, but her conclusion still stands. She thinks the new machine is harder on items than was the old. YMMV.
I would think with less h2o you're going to have more cloth-on-cloth action.
I do know that they're a pain in 2nd floor setups unless you have a solid footing or special dampening pads, or they vibrate like a drunk on a roller coaster.
everything I've read (other than ignorant screeds from dissatisfied buyers) suggests not. The top-loader HE machines work by spraying, then mixing with the impeller and spinning, repeat, repeat, repeat, with multiple rinses. The front-loader HE machines are said to be even gentler. Conversely, conventional machines clean by beating the crap out of clothes with the agitator.
But, I haven't seen anything other than opinion pieces and the occasional "how things work" type bits from uncertain sources, excepting online snippets from Consumer Reports. It would be nice to see some real, quantitative and qualitative analysis that focuses on these issues of how well the machines clean (when used properly or mostly-properly) and how hard they are on clothes and other textiles.
Deadspin notes that a guy who players for Minnesota is starting for the USMNT today. Cool!
I think I've talked before about my buddy who's an athletic trainer in the Twins system. We play on a broomball team together, and before our game on Friday I managed to aggravate a shoulder that has been bothering me for a while. He gave me a quick evaluation, which was the same series of tests that he would give a player if they had a shoulder injury during a game. It was kinda cool to experience that firsthand. It actually made me feel like a real athlete for a few minutes. The downside is that he said I have two strained rotator cuffs and now I can barely lift my arm over my head.
two strained rotator cuffs
Never heard of it. Rub some dirt on it!
How many games do you sit out before finally getting TJ surgery?
It's low hanging fruit, but I still laughed.
I remember him helping with my first physical therapy session on my ACL before he went to Florida for spring training back in the day.
I did remember someone saying they knew an athletic trainer in the Twins system when I was introduced to an athletic trainer in the Twins system (the husband of a friend of a friend - he's with Chattanooga). I immediately regretted trying to explain how someone on the internet knows a trainer in the Twins system. He and his wife were impressed that I knew the names of some of the current and former training staff (the rest of the table thought I was a huge dork).
The Timberwolves win again! 3 game win streak!
The last 3 gamer they had was Feb 25-Mar 3 of last year
I just checked the box score. Someone needs to tell the Pistons what the rules are.
Watching the Grammys, they randomly pull out Jeff Lynne and whatever is ELO nowadays. He looks the same now as he did in 1978.
Still put on a good show.
I dont know or like all of the music, but the Grammys are my favorite awards show. Just random acts thrown together and there is always at least one act that you might not have heard of and enjoy.
there is always at least one act that you might not have heard of and enjoy.
I don't think this statement applies to me.
It's on in the background. I was baffled by whomever pulled Annie Lennox on stage, and even further baffled by the SJH cover.
That was some artist named Hozier.
So many slow songs tonight. Kind of disappointing.
What's your beef with annie?
No beef (though I'm not a huge fan), it was just really random. Tack on the even more random cover, and it was a somewhat baffling performance.
Lennox recent album "Nostalgia" was a collection of songs from "the Great American Songbook" . 'I Put A Spell on You' was on that album.
Ahh. Okay.
Since you've got the answers, what the hell did I just see?
And what is Record of the Year? Is that a song? An album? I'm so confused!
Song of the Year is a writers award, Record of the Year is a production award, Album of the year is the whole collection.
So album of the year goes to the recording artist?
It goes to the main artist and guests artists (Norah Jones has 4 AotY awards, 3 of them being a guest artist), producer, and engineer
#MusicGrammy
Huh. Dylan and Lennox both with albums of GASB standards? We ARE getting old.
Just following the footsteps of Rod Stewart, who has pumped out about 6 GASB albums
I think I've mentioned this before, but after growing up with all the dreck* that has been the back half of Stewart's career (mom liked him), I was stunned to find out he was once a pretty awesome and enjoyable entertainer.
*YMMV
it helps to have an awesome backing band. I think this clip showcases both Stewart and The Faces.
httpv://youtu.be/UrOPJXrUWII
He was indeed awesome. Then disco happened.
Not a Matthew Dear cover: "I Put a Smell on You"?
I just want to comment on the header pic for this CoC. It's awesome.
If I didnt watch Breaking Bad all the way through (I lost interest with the show in its 1st season), would I like Better Call Saul?
Your problem was losing interest with the show in its first season. "Breaking Bad" was a freight train that started slowly and built to an uncontrollable climax in seasons 4 and 5. I assume "Better Call Saul" will build on what's going, though as a matter of character I assume there has to be more levity than there was in Breaking Bad.
Hmm. I see.
But it sure slowed down for traffic crossings a few times...
The first episode of Saul had at least three our four references to Breaking Bad (including a spoiler from the final episode). I doubt it will be dependent on knowing what happens in Breaking Bad, though. It takes place about six years prior.
Of course, it's the same creative team. Unless your only reason for disliking Breaking Bad was Bryan Cranston, I imagine whatever frustrations you had will carry over.
All that said, the pilot for Breaking Bad was way better than Saul, though I'll continue watching for a little while. Odenkirk is fun; I just hope there's a strong supporting cast, as I'm not sure he can carry an entire show.
The 1989 off season was crazy was big time contracts. Im surprised there has not been a 30 for 30 done about this. This is a list of the biggest contract in baseball (from wiki):
$2,970,000 November 17, 1989 Bret Saberhagen Kansas City Royals SP
$3,000,000 November 22, 1989 Kirby Puckett Minnesota Twins CF
$3,200,000 December 1, 1989 Mark Langston California Angels SP
$3,250,000 December 11, 1989 Mark Davis Kansas City Royals SP
$3,500,000 January 17, 1990 Dave Stewart Oakland Athletics SP
$3,750,000 January 22, 1990 Will Clark San Francisco Giants 1B
$3,860,000 April 9, 1990 Don Mattingly New York Yankees 1B