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Post by pippsheadache on Sept 11, 2018 8:07:19 GMT -5
Thanks for putting this thread up Noetsi. A touching remembrance. My office at that time was on the 25th floor of 7 WTC, across the street from the towers. It went down later that afternoon. While I was never in any physical danger myself, the memories of that morning are of course very vivid.
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Post by pippsheadache on Sept 11, 2018 8:08:45 GMT -5
Looked this up. As I thought it is Hear! hear!... the words are homophones. Not that there’s anything wrong with that... Very broad-minded of you, Inger. I'll bet you feel the same way about thespians. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2018 8:48:27 GMT -5
Yankees batting average with RISP- .248
Red Sox- .295
Astros- .286
A’s- .262
RIP Trane- 9/11/2001
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Post by pippsheadache on Sept 11, 2018 9:16:34 GMT -5
Yankees batting average with RISP- .248 Red Sox- .295 Astros- .286 A’s- .262 RIP Trane- 9/11/2001 Interesting stats, Chuck, and kind of in-line with what I suspected. The Yankees are hitting slightly below their overall team average (.250) with RISP (.248). The others are all hitting well above their team averages with RISP -- Red Sox (.269 overall, .295 RISP), Astros (.256, .286) and A's (.251, .262.) Not sure what the explanation is, but it's frustrating. I would love to know the average amount of runs the Yankees score when they have the bases loaded and nobody out. Maybe it's just my perception, but it seems to be far less than what it should be. |
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Post by inger on Sept 11, 2018 10:18:24 GMT -5
Looked this up. As I thought it is Hear! hear!... the words are homophones. Not that there’s anything wrong with that... Very broad-minded of you, Inger. I'll bet you feel the same way about thespians. Indeed. I've often thought how nice it would be if I had a couple of thespians to spent my time with in the cool of the evening. They would need to be ambidextrous or bi-lingual, of course for me to gain the greatest pleasure from their company. Oh, for the sake of...I may be turning in to Dome... (: Which reminds me, I met a couple of ladies that live together in my neighborhood. For the life of me I can't find the country they were from on my world map. Where IS Lesbia, anyway??? |
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Post by kaybli on Sept 11, 2018 11:37:09 GMT -5
Thanks for putting this thread up Noetsi. A touching remembrance. My office at that time was on the 25th floor of 7 WTC, across the street from the towers. It went down later that afternoon. While I was never in any physical danger myself, the memories of that morning are of course very vivid. Wow, that must have been scary, Pipps. At the time I was going to school in Hoboken, NJ. Saw the towers fall from across the Hudson River. Terrible times. |
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Post by domeplease on Sept 11, 2018 11:48:20 GMT -5
9/11 was the Second Worst day in my life. My Mother dying ranks as first. I still get pissed-off thinking about that awful day (9/11).
May all the Victims Rest In Peace and I will never forget.
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Post by pippsheadache on Sept 11, 2018 12:14:27 GMT -5
Thanks for putting this thread up Noetsi. A touching remembrance. My office at that time was on the 25th floor of 7 WTC, across the street from the towers. It went down later that afternoon. While I was never in any physical danger myself, the memories of that morning are of course very vivid. Wow, that must have been scary, Pipps. At the time I was going to school in Hoboken, NJ. Saw the towers fall from across the Hudson River. Terrible times. Kaybli -- I couldn't look at the lower Manhattan skyline again for over a year. Unlike you, I didn't actually see them fall, although there was glass and insulation showering us as I made my way up West Broadway to my normal train to go home (I think it was the E train if memory serves.) What was so odd was when I got on the train, nobody on there had any idea what was going on above ground. I remember a guy making a flower delivery, things like that. They went down while I was on the train or getting back to my apartment, which was on 57th between Eighth and Ninth. I actually got into my building after the first tower had been hit but before the second one. I saw where the impact had been and just assumed it was some kind of accident. A few minutes after I got to my office, the whole building shook and the windows blew out from the second plane's impact. Our boss gathered us up and we walked down the 25 flights and came out in the courtyard. Most people were actually very calm at that point. It wasn't until we got outside and saw what we at first thought was debris and then realized was people jumping from the upper floors that we began to realize the scope of what happened. Those first few weeks after the attack were eerie. Nobody laughing, people unnaturally polite, that awful burning smell. Everybody was in shock. Of course things got back to something resembling normalcy rather quickly, all things considered. |
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Post by kaybli on Sept 11, 2018 12:25:28 GMT -5
Wow, that must have been scary, Pipps. At the time I was going to school in Hoboken, NJ. Saw the towers fall from across the Hudson River. Terrible times. Kaybli -- I couldn't look at the lower Manhattan skyline again for over a year. Unlike you, I didn't actually see them fall, although there was glass and insulation showering us as I made my way up West Broadway to my normal train to go home (I think it was the E train if memory serves.) What was so odd was when I got on the train, nobody on there had any idea what was going on above ground. I remember a guy making a flower delivery, things like that. They went down while I was on the train or getting back to my apartment, which was on 57th between Eighth and Ninth. I actually got into my building after the first tower had been hit but before the second one. I saw where the impact had been and just assumed it was some kind of accident. A few minutes after I got to my office, the whole building shook and the windows blew out from the second plane's impact. Our boss gathered us up and we walked down the 25 flights and came out in the courtyard. Most people were actually very calm at that point. It wasn't until we got outside and saw what we at first thought was debris and then realized was people jumping from the upper floors that we began to realize the scope of what happened. Those first few weeks after the attack were eerie. Nobody laughing, people unnaturally polite, that awful burning smell. Everybody was in shock. Of course things got back to something resembling normalcy rather quickly, all things considered. Yea, unfortunately I had to walk across Stevens Tech campus every day for months after the attack and be reminded everyday as smoke billowed from the ruins from the skyline. Very strange to start my college years (I was only a freshman) on that note. God bless everyone that died that day. May we never forget. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Sept 11, 2018 13:25:46 GMT -5
I didn't know you went to Stevens. A friend of mine from many years ago went there and loved it. You do have the million-dollar view of Manhattan from there, don't you? Doesn't Eli Manning live in Hoboken these days?
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Post by utahyank on Sept 11, 2018 13:32:00 GMT -5
I have been surprised that there has not been a coordinated attack on the same scale in the intervening years...I'm sure we owe gratitude to those whose job it is to prevent another occurrence....may they continue to be successful......
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Post by kaybli on Sept 11, 2018 13:34:32 GMT -5
I didn't know you went to Stevens. A friend of mine from many years ago went there and loved it. You do have the million-dollar view of Manhattan from there, don't you? Doesn't Eli Manning live in Hoboken these days? Yup, proud Stevens alum! Got a free ride too because my dad is a professor there. Stevens, where the students are dorky but the view is great! LOL. And yes goofy Eli lives in Hoboken too. Are you a Giants fan? |
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Post by pippsheadache on Sept 11, 2018 13:45:38 GMT -5
I didn't know you went to Stevens. A friend of mine from many years ago went there and loved it. You do have the million-dollar view of Manhattan from there, don't you? Doesn't Eli Manning live in Hoboken these days? Yup, proud Stevens alum! Got a free ride too because my dad is a professor there. Stevens, where the students are dorky but the view is great! And yes goofy Eli lives in Hoboken too. Are you a Giants fan? Good for you! No, not a Giants fan -- it's worse than that -- and definitely not an Eagles fan although I grew up in the burbs of Philly, I have always hated the Eagles, more because of their loutish fans than the actual players. No, I am afraid that I have to come out as a Cleveland Browns fan, laughable as that may seem. Yeah, you can insert your rofl emoji at any time and get no pushback from me. I started following baseball, football and basketball seriously when I was seven years old, and I just latched on to the Yanks, Browns and Boston Celtics (they were all very good in those days) and have never changed. A few years later I tacked on the Bruins for hockey (only six teams at the time.) Although I will say I am intently rooting for Saquon Barkley because I went to Penn State and loved him there. He's a really good guy, and even though I think a new QB would have been a better choice for the Giants, Saquon is very talented and easy to pull for. So being a Yankee/Giant fan usually includes being a Knicks fan, and if you follow hockey, a Rangers fan. The traditional teams. Does that work for you? Seems like typically a Yankee fan is rarely a Jets or Nets or Islanders/Devils fan, although I know exceptions. I do know one guy who roots for both the Yankees and the Mets. Definitely schizophrenic. When they play each other, he doesn't care who wins so long as nobody gets hurt!! Like I say, not all there. |
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Post by kaybli on Sept 11, 2018 14:04:27 GMT -5
Yup, proud Stevens alum! Got a free ride too because my dad is a professor there. Stevens, where the students are dorky but the view is great! And yes goofy Eli lives in Hoboken too. Are you a Giants fan? Good for you! No, not a Giants fan -- it's worse than that -- and definitely not an Eagles fan although I grew up in the burbs of Philly, I have always hated the Eagles, more because of their loutish fans than the actual players. No, I am afraid that I have to come out as a Cleveland Browns fan, laughable as that may seem. Yeah, you can insert your rofl emoji at any time and get no pushback from me. I started following baseball, football and basketball seriously when I was seven years old, and I just latched on to the Yanks, Browns and Boston Celtics (they were all very good in those days) and have never changed. A few years later I tacked on the Bruins for hockey (only six teams at the time.) Although I will say I am intently rooting for Saquon Barkley because I went to Penn State and loved him there. He's a really good guy, and even though I think a new QB would have been a better choice for the Giants, Saquon is very talented and easy to pull for. So being a Yankee/Giant fan usually includes being a Knicks fan, and if you follow hockey, a Rangers fan. The traditional teams. Does that work for you? Seems like typically a Yankee fan is rarely a Jets or Nets or Islanders/Devils fan, although I know exceptions. I do know one guy who roots for both the Yankees and the Mets. Definitely schizophrenic. When they play each other, he doesn't care who wins so long as nobody gets hurt!! Like I say, not all there. Yes, I am a Knicks fan too. Don't really follow hockey. You're a Browns fan? Oh, you poor soul. From John Elways's winning drive to today's futility, that must be rough. I'll spare you the ROFL emoji this time, pipps, I'll save it for the next display of Browns ineptitude. Though they did tie CHIYANKEE's Steelers last Sunday! Maybe brighter days are coming! Did you see the HBO Hard Knocks Special on the Browns this year? Bless em!
You know a guy who roots for both the Yankees and Mets? That's pretty rare. He can't be a serious fan who watches all the games and knows all the players for both can he?
I started watching football first at age 7 the year the Giants won the Superbowl in 1990. I started watching the Knicks around 1993 and I started watching Yankees baseball last in 1995. Funny how its my favorite now. Oh sports, what would I do without ya?
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Post by pippsheadache on Sept 11, 2018 15:26:49 GMT -5
Yes, I am a Knicks fan too. Don't really follow hockey. You're a Browns fan? Oh, you poor soul. From John Elways's winning drive to today's futility, that must be rough. I'll spare you the ROFL emoji this time, pipps, I'll save it for the next display of Browns ineptitude. Though they did tie CHIYANKEE's Steelers last Sunday! Maybe brighter days are coming! Did you see the HBO Hard Knocks Special on the Browns this year? Bless em!
You know a guy who roots for both the Yankees and Mets? That's pretty rare. He can't be a serious fan who watches all the games and knows all the players for both can he?
I started watching football first at age 7 the year the Giants won the Superbowl in 1990. I started watching the Knicks around 1993 and I started watching Yankees baseball last in 1995. Funny how its my favorite now. Oh sports, what would I do without ya?
When you are a Browns fan, the brighter days are always many decades in the past. Remember, before Bill Belichick became a genius, he coached the Browns. I will always wonder what would have become of what is now the Ravens had they stayed in Cleveland. I don't want to stray too much further from this being a game thread, especially to discuss the Browns! Cheers up for Sonny Gray, allowed out of the crypt for a few hours. |
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