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BWI: 37.9” DCA: 25.6” IAD: 32.3” RIC: 18.5” Tiebreaker (SBY): 12.1”

Hollywood Brown put on 20 pounds of muscle, and they target him 2 times. I'm sure he was probably cloaked today, but I see nothing going deep to him to exploit his speed. I know the pass protection isn't there, but would have expected at least one look to him downfield on play action.

Mine are doing really well too. THis is the first year I planted them and was extremenly happy with hoe they took. Are they perennial, or will they be gone once they die? I've lucked out with a few Gerber Daisies which have been reappearing for the past 3 years. ;-)

I don't disagree that Covid was the main factor in making a company like Zoom take off, or that IBM has lost some marketshare due to competetion. The point I was trying to make is that the markets are so overinflated that a very diversified, stable company which has been a staple of the Dow for decades can be worth less than a relatively new company which has a niche product offering and has been in existence for a fraction of the time. This started with the tech bubble back in the 90s and those major daily price swings are what started to drive the markets on this strong upward trend. I remember the day Netscape had their IPO. It was supposed to IPO at $28 dollar range. The IPO price actually started trading at $75. The price shortly after the IPO rose quickly to the $125 range, where I had a friend buy some. By the end of the day it closed at $56. He was devastated. This is when the tech stocks started to appear, came in highly overprices and then disappeared within a few years. There are a lot which are able to survive, but the initial hype for a lot of these which have a very narrow product offering usually drives the prices up way too fast, and when the they no longer show the promise of future growth, there is no need for them and they slowly fade away until the next shiny object comes around. I really am not a fan of all of the greed the markets drive. It's kind of hypocritical that I work in the finance industry where everything is about making the next buck, but I like working for a Retail Brokerage firm where I can advocate for main street investors like you and me. The markets are driven by those large institutional firms and once they decide that there is no use (can no longer profit off of them) for certain stocks, they are thrown aside and forgotten.

Trading has been wild in the past 9 months. I work for a large retail brokerage who was just purchased by one based in San Fran. It took about 36 years for our firm to hit 1 million trades a day. It took about 3 years to hit 2 million. Then 4 days later we hit 3 million. And 2 weeks later we eclipsed at 5 million. That was all pre-merger, and it has normalized back to between 2-3 million trades per day. I totally agree that we are waiting for it to eventually correct because it is so overinflated. When you have Zoom being worth more than IBM, there is something wrong with the markets.

Quick shower passed through here about an hour ago. Sun is out now and up to 57.

Flacco was a good QB, but the one thing I hated about his style of play was his lack of sense of urgency. I can remember many, many times when he would seem just outright lackadaisical.

You forgot mention "stickage" as well.

Really simple question here from someone who is not as smart as most of you are here....... Is it possible that the atmospheric memory theory is more likely caused by the overall conditions of the ground soil? Couldn't an area which hasn't received a lot of rain recently and has a very dry ground soil constitution (like the Manchester and Stephens City in the recent past) have issues with future precipitation unlike those which have currently, consistently hit the jackpot, like any area southeast of 95? Could those areas like Bowie, Prince Frederick and even Greensboro which have recently had higher rates of precip have an advantage because the ground is more saturated....thus allowing incoming fronts to draw from that moisture and continually/more easily develop rain? I've never taken any classes in meteorology, so feel free to poke fun if this is a dumb question. :-)

I remember walking in a zig zag to make sure I wasn't a target back then.....

i agree with you on this. Only stating secondhand information. All in all, it seems that intubating anyone way too soon is probably a high risk and should be avoided unless it is necessary.

My neighborhood is having Trick or Treat this year. If you don't want to participate, keep your front porch light off. I think most of the dads got together to see who could build the "coolest" socially distanced candy dispenser.

I heard some second hand info a few months back from someone who knew a nurse at Hopkins. She was a pediatric nurse, but was transferred to the covid unit to help out. She allegedly said that they were intubating patients in order to charge the insurance companies a higher rate for treatment. Since there were not enough respiratory specialists, physicians began to intubate, subsequently causing other issues which lead to infection outside of COVID. I'm only hearing that information secondhand and am not stating that it in fact true.... and it seemed to be the opinion of the nurse, but if it is true, then it ties back to the article.

think about the mixed signals here in Carroll County where school was scheduled to go back on Monday, but at the last minute the High Schools were pulled from that plan. Elementary and Middle schools are back with a hybrid plan, but High Schools are virtual through at least the end of the quarter. I'm so thankful that my two High Schoolers home are able to handle this and manage on their own. The tough part for my Senior is getting out for college visits. We have been doing self guided campus tours, but without access to the classrooms or dorms, it's hard to understand how your kid feels about a campus when looking.

It was really bad here too. Could barely see 30 feet in front of this morning when i made a quick trip to Ace Hardware.

I have the AC off and the family was complaining about how warm the house was yesterday and last night. THen they realized that they have ceiling fans and windows. :-)

Me too. I actually saw a meteor from the Orionid around 5:15 am.....

She's a tough cookie, but it is very stressful. She obviously doesn't do it for the $$$$, because we all know that teachers don't get paid much, and being in a catholic school, salaries are even less. Fortunately my two who are still at home are old enough to manage on their own. :-)

My wife has been teaching her second grade class in a hybrid solution for the whole school year. She has 12 in the classroom and 5 learning virtually. This is extremely difficult. It's hard to get the proper attention to both sets of students. In order to prepare for the school day, she leaves for the classroom by 6:30 am. While in the classroom, she doesn't get much free time for planning. There is no recess aid and until last week, there was no Art/Music teacher, which meant that she only had 12 minutes while students were at school for a break. She gets home by no earlier than 6:00 pm each night. After dinner, she has to prepare assignments for the next day, because they need to be sent to the virtual students so they are prepared. She uses the weekend to set up lesson plans for the upcoming week and to catch up on grading assignments. I'm not trying to paint a woe is me (or she) with this post, but wanted to just post an account of what it is like for teachers who are still in the classroom.

That wont matter anymore...now they can all learn virtually, so unless there is a major snowstorm, I see a lot of school systems cancelling more and having a virtual/remote class day if the weather forecast has any change of being risky.

Makes sense. I think ti goes back to the limited time for training camps because of Covid. I know these players are world class athletes, and most of them do keep in superior shape year round, but being in shape and being in game shape are two different things. Way too many non-contact injuries across the board for the league this year.

i also thought it was strange that Lamar only ran 2 or 3 times. Last year, he would take off when nobody was open downfield. He also seemed to step up in the pocket and run more last year as well. He now seems to be trying to force passes, when he could be getting 5 to 7 yards each time. Some of this is probably the coaching staff trying to keep him healthy, but he needs to bring a little of that style of play back to be more successful

This season has been pretty awful so far....keep in mind, without preseason and normal training camps, all players are not in their best playing shape and probably won't be for a few more weeks. It can probably also account for most of the injuries as well so far.

BWI: 10/26 RIC: 11/14 IAD: 10/26 DCA: 11/23 tie: 87

Good...I was getting ready to make a call for you :-)