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Jimbabwe
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Do you live around NYC? If so, we should get a session in together when you're feeling up to it.
Smont
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Are you From NYC? I'm not that close, but I'm also not far away, It's about a two and a half hour ride, I live in New London Connecticut. I do go to the city every so often but it's completely random usually. What gym do you usually go to?
Jimbabwe
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Either Iron Punisher in the Bronx or Iron Oasis East in the LES are my regular gyms. One of these days I'll make a trip out to LI on a weekend and hit up Bev Francis Powerhouse, but haven't had the time yet.
Originally from Houston, but moved out to NYC back in 2023 for work.
Dustin07
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you know whats funny is I have been listening to some youtube podcasts and over and over they keep saying the reason most influencers are young people are because they have never had real jobs, started doing their influencer work while living at home and had the free time/ability to build their channels whereas most adults working a 9 to 5 simply don't have the time to build their account to Mr Beast levels.
so basically young people are at a financial advantage in the most confusing technology/economy ever ha.
Thats an amazing stadium! my boy and I will be watching the Redsox v Mariners at Seattle Sunday.
Jimbabwe
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I like Citi Field way more. The new Yankee stadium just feels really soulless and corporate to me.
Haven't had a chance to make it out to Seattle yet, but it's on my list of ballparks to go to.
Hyde
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Iron Punisher is an awesome gym name
Dustin07
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I was lucky enough to be at the inaugural game at Safeco field (no T-Mobile Park). it was like walking into a Roger Rabit clip, felt so animated and surreal. I'm used to it now, its nearly a 30 year old park, but it still has a level of magic when you're walking down to your seats. the grass, the smells, the sound of the wooden bat. Baseball is the most romantic sport to me by far.
Another one I really want to see for some reason other than wrigley and fenway is Giants Stadium/Oracle.
Smont
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I was thinking the same
Smont
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I know what you mean. I had a good time but it's not the same kind of feeling you got back in the day. Especially when it cost $27 for a McDonald's size McChicken and a Pepsi
. So many adds and banners all over. The advertising on the big screen was constant. It's like outside of while the inning is being played, nothing else about the stadium has anything to do with baseball. You feel like you're out of business, not at a baseball game. And I know it is a business but it just doesn't do it for me anymore
Dustin07
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its absolutely insane what this stuff costs now days. I likely wouldn't ever go to a game if it wasn't a corporate thing out in our region. parking alone can hit $100
during the playoffs last Oct we parked 30min south and took the monorail up for $6.
Smont
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Because I don't drink and I used to drink so much I don't have a problem paying a little extra for food because the way I look at it if I was drinking my bill would have been four times the cost. With that being said the price is at ballparks are insane and the food is trash lol. I wouldn't mind paying $16 for a chicken sandwich if it was a really good chicken sandwich not when it comes out looking like a McChicken
Hyde
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I just really wanna eat $27 of actual McDonald’s food sometime lol
Smont
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I do that sometimes too. The $20 cheeseburger bundle with the 20 piece nuggets is my Friday night dinner when my niece wants McDonald's lol
Dustin07
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yeah my wife and I talk about that all the time. when we go to our favorite bar and have iced tea or diet coke with a meal we can get pretty good meals with like a $38 tab. if you are drinking, you might end up with a $70+ tab. and at a nice restaurant same thing ends up being $100+. theres more than just your liver that benefits when you don't drink!
Segansational
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Reminds me of this post I saw on social media that went viral. Guy complained about the cost of ballpark food for him and his kids. LOL.
Dustin07
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Jimbabwe
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Yeah, think that's MLB setting that rule. Have never been to a ballpark that would sell more than 2 at a time per person.i'm ded
although fwiw, they won't even sell you more than 2 here
Smont
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I've had ppl in line ask me to get them a beer countless times because of the 2 rule
Smont
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@gphagan1 I'm thinking ragdoll! Now where the hell did it come from. It was on the street side of my house, another section of yard that has my house on one side a neighbor's driveway on the other and one of the busiest streets in town on the third side. There's no near by woods unless it came from across that road
gphagan1
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I think you’re right, she looks a lot like a Ragdoll. If so, that’s a pretty valuable little kitten. They normally have great temperaments, of course I guess unless you take them in stray. After a few feedings she should start to warm up to you and quit trying to rip you to shreds. The breeder we bought our first Maine Coon from had Ragdolls too. They are a large breed too, with a fluffy coat with beautiful markings and usually blue eyes. Most people don’t let those out of the house to run free. That’s great you rescued it.
Smont
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I'm thinking maybe someone had a rag doll female that used to escape and it had kittens outside? Maybe mama was dragging the kittens from one spot to another and left one in my yard? There was a black cat hanging around the day before and the day after it was just hanging out in the yard my mom actually pet it but it was nowhere near where the kitten. The day after I brought the kitten in the cat disappeared and I haven't seen it since.I think you’re right, she looks a lot like a Ragdoll. If so, that’s a pretty valuable little kitten. They normally have great temperaments, of course I guess unless you take them in stray. After a few feedings she should start to warm up to you and quit trying to rip you to shreds. The breeder we bought our first Maine Coon from had Ragdolls too. They are a large breed too, with a fluffy coat with beautiful markings and usually blue eyes. Most people don’t let those out of the house to run free. That’s great you rescued it.
And she's already warmed up to everybody she's actually super friendly and wants to play with the big cats but I'm trying to keep her quarantined from them for 2 weeks.
I was probably the first person she ever saw and the first thing I did was grab her by her scruff and rip her out of a bush so that's probably why she attacked me lol
Segansational
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Happy father's day and a happy birthday to your son! That could very well be the best father's day present - potentially not having to carry extra financial load from the kids!
Smont
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Thanks, but ...... Now I'm going to have two kids in college everything just got more expensive
. I actually got really lucky my son's tuition at UConn is completely paid it's only costing me like $2,000 miscellaneous things for his first semester to start. But his actual tuition will be paid for all four years so at least I don't have that on my back.
Smont
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Here's a little update, first off I just been eating whatever I feel like, no meal plan, no calorie count, I lost everything I gained in weight and then some, I'm sitting at 195-198 with pretty much no serious training. Just some rehab work and general exercises. But I look like I been busting ass in the gym on a cut lol.
Today I did some DB bent over rows with 40's for 3x20, chins 40, deadlift 225x5x5 very short rest.
3 rounds on the heavy bag. That's it.
Knee is getting tolerable. Plenty of times during the day I completely forget there's anything wrong with it, until I turn too fast. No pain on any exercises but it hurts when I'm hitting the bag. Basically anytime I throw a right hook or a right uppercut it hurts. I'm kinda learning how to whip that punch without turning that knee too much. Or sometimes not at all. We'll get there eventually. Pain at night is still as bad as ever tho. I wake up to what feels like a needle being jammed into my kneecap
Today I did some DB bent over rows with 40's for 3x20, chins 40, deadlift 225x5x5 very short rest.
3 rounds on the heavy bag. That's it.
Knee is getting tolerable. Plenty of times during the day I completely forget there's anything wrong with it, until I turn too fast. No pain on any exercises but it hurts when I'm hitting the bag. Basically anytime I throw a right hook or a right uppercut it hurts. I'm kinda learning how to whip that punch without turning that knee too much. Or sometimes not at all. We'll get there eventually. Pain at night is still as bad as ever tho. I wake up to what feels like a needle being jammed into my kneecap
gphagan1
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That food porn hit the spot…..those meals all look delicious. And so does the start of your garden.
Glad it sounds like the knee is improving. It does sound like you did something to your meniscus, but you seem to be working around it good, so thankfully it doesn’t look like you will need surgery since it’s continuing to improve. Truthfully that’s how I recovered from my meniscus tear….just worked around it and did what I could. The knees just seem to recover better when you have an active recovery if possible.
Glad it sounds like the knee is improving. It does sound like you did something to your meniscus, but you seem to be working around it good, so thankfully it doesn’t look like you will need surgery since it’s continuing to improve. Truthfully that’s how I recovered from my meniscus tear….just worked around it and did what I could. The knees just seem to recover better when you have an active recovery if possible.