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Busguy2010

Another nice day , should be about 50 today. Pretty good for mid-December in Omaha. Starting to wonder how long this mild stretch is going to last and will we pay for it in January and Feb. It seems to always work that way doesn't it? FWIW, this past Sunday's 14 day forecast showed practically no c...

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I think it would be cool to reincorporate fire escapes into our designs. I think they look nice. But I think there's several reasons why we don't see them anymore. In winter they'd get covered in ice and I think modern Americans are too fat and clumsy and afraid of heights to navigate them effective...

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I remember seeing a picture of West Lanes before Crossroads was built. 72nd street was a dirt road and none of the land to the west was developed. Hard to imagine today.

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The NFC is very interesting. A lot of good teams right now. Cowboys, Eagles, 9ers, Lions. You bring up a good point about the best teams. It'll be pretty unfortunate to see a lame NFC south team make the playoffs over perhaps Minnesota, Green Bay, Seattle or LA. How do you think it could be worked o...

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That does sound too complicated to me. If you live and work east of 72nd and north of Center, I'd say, roughly, you can do everything you need to without a vehicle. It's not gonna be convenient, not gonna be fashionable, its gonna be annoying, but its doable. The bus system is fairly decent in that ...

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Admittedly I didn't know exactly where to post my actual points, but with the playoff picture heating up, I feel they can be embedded within playoff discussion. First, anybody else love Dak Prescott's cadence? He says "Yeah, here we go". It's unique and I love that he says it in such a low...

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I... Uh... Well... That didn't sound too inspiring.

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I do think it's feasible for McCord to start next year and hold Raiola without him bolting. I don't think Raiola expects to start year one in any situation.

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If they pull this off, the Huskers will have officially landed on the scene bought their way in. FTFY Lol Hey, I don't mind if that's the case. Its not the school paying them in any case. However, I heard McCord's father has ties with Rhule and Satterfield, and obviously Raiola has his uncle coachi...

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Wow, I did a little more digging into this rumor and it looks like multiple outlets have Nebraska as the favorite to land Kyle McCord. AND they all say there's smoke with Dylan Raiola flipping his commitment from Georgia to Nebraska. That would be HUGE for the Huskers, not only in actual play on the...

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The main thing I hate about college football is the production/length of game, and some of the rules. College games sometimes reach 4 hours. They stop play way too often, too many reviews, clock stops automatically on a first down, halftime is like 30 minutes long. Then there's the rules. I hate the...

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That really supports the idea that it's the SEC vs the Big10. Eventually the Big10 will add more and more teams while the SEC at some point said something along the lines of "were not expanding, we want to keep our teams quality". Eventually being outnumbered will outweigh "quality&qu...

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Well upset. Any kind of moisture looks highly unlikely before Christmas. Also pretty mild temperatures. I'm not really opposed to the mild temps, just not what I expect. What we really need is moisture. I truly can't believe how far we are behind. I gave up keeping track like a year ago because ther...

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The thing with social media, is you need to consume it with a filter.. I honestly don’t take it seriously. It’s fun sometimes, informative sometimes and silly MOST times.. It’s a pity though, what FB has devolved into these days. It was much more “fun” when you posted on someone’s “wall” 15 years a...

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Streetcar cut short, doesn't make it to UNMC NExT/Health project. I wouldn't be so disappointed about that. I believe the reason they stopped it short is because UNMC is very fluid at the moment. A lot will be different in 5 years down there so I think they just want to buy time until they eventual...

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Cold weather for the next few days and a gradual warmup next week with temps working back into the upper 40’s. Looks like winters finally here. I would say so too. Seeing my first very light flurries and slight accumulation on cars so far. Apparently it's supposed to pick up, as the NWS is calling ...

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I took a 5 day break from social media this week and I tell ya, it felt like when I quit smoking. I kept getting pangs to "see what was going on" even though I knew most of it had nothing to do with people I actually interact with. I broke today, however it was worthwhile as I learned to n...

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There's a few names in the portal I'd be impressed with the Skers landing. It'll be interesting to see if they can land a top 3 transfer. Cam ward, Kyle McCord, and Will Howard seem to be the targets any school will welcome. I don't have a read on any of them, but it sounds like they're the ones to ...

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I sure hope we get snow for Christmas. I dont think I'm just being nostalgic, but I seem to remember much better odds of a white Christmas growing up compared to now.

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I've wondered about that area too. I knew someone who had access to one of those houses and it had a basement, so I'd assume they all do. Also plenty of houses in other flood plains with basements, so I doubt it had to do with flooding.

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Anybody else torn on the playoff teams? I knew Michigan was gonna be #1 and Washington was gonna be #2. But I'm pretty surprised Georgia getting beat by 3 points by the #8 was enough to remove them altogether, and likewise, a 3 point victory by #8 Alabama over #1 Georgia was enough to move them up t...

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Round Robin, except all teams don't play each other. So I see it being unfair in some ways. Although every team will have its "lucky year" where they play mostly weaker teams. Nows a good time to post the schedule Vs UTEP Vs Colorado Vs UNI Vs Illinois @ Purdue Vs Rutgers @ Indiana @ Ohio ...

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That's about the best news we could hope for. I thought I heard vaguely he was attracting some head coaching interests, so I was a little worried. That defense alone gives reason for hope. Only with better ball security we might actually see 9 wins again soon.

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There’s a very large Oak Tree on the south side of Hawthorne Ave which is a block north of Bemis park. It even has a sign on it showing the approx years old. Worth checking out if you’re in the area. Speaking of Bemis Park, I love how that street is lined with sycamores right up against the street....

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Aldi at 30th & Sorensen is at the heart of North Omaha. Just a few minutes walk from the North Omaha Transit Center, and North Omaha has the densest public transit service in the city. Walmart at 50th & Ames is also quite accessible. Bakers and Family Fare also up in Florence. I don't see an...

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Wow. I would think most places in Eastern Nebraska are too populated to do that safely. I hope everyone would at least identify a good backstop. Certainly not shooting into standing corn where it's not known what or who is downrange. Glad I'm not the only one who thought this. Oh I'm certain they a...

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Reading notes from the November meeting, Metro will add 20 new shelters with a target date of next summer. Not sure if these are going to be additional, replacement, or both. But assuming since all the shelters I know of are fairly new, I'd guess they'll be additional, which is great.

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I had a dream last night that I was in a grove of very large cottonwood trees. In real life I've been to sequoia national park and have seen the biggest trees in the world. In the dream I thought wow, I never knew Nebraska had such large trees! When I woke up, a quick search yielded this site https:...

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I wish they would have figured Purdy out sooner. He's definitely the best QB. Not saying he wouldn't have made the same mistakes, but having him play earlier on would have given him more reps, and maybe those mistakes later on aren't made. Unless some clearly better transfer comes in, he'll be the s...

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It snowed pretty heavily up north last night. I wanna say 1.2" over night in addition to what we got earlier in the day. So close to 2" total for me. Fairly decent first snow.

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I hate the current name. IMO, the jerk Dan Snyder said "Oh, you don't like the current name? See how you like this" and gave the name finding campaign the lamest attempt he could. I think the name was more a casualty of the woke movement than it was a real problem. Now the team is struggli...

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It's staying pretty steady up north here. The flakes are getting pretty big too, I love it!

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So, watching the Michigan - Ohio State game and seeing a future conundrum ready to play out. This game has a strong tradition of being the final game of the year, it is for sure next year. With the Big 10 switching the championship next year to "the two best teams", I could see them playin...

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Cold weather for the next few days and a gradual warmup next week with temps working back into the upper 40’s. Looks like winters finally here. I would say so too. Seeing my first very light flurries and slight accumulation on cars so far. Apparently it's supposed to pick up, as the NWS is calling ...

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Let's see. Nebraska finished the season 5-7. Their 7th straight losing season and no bowl game. It's hard for me to put a positive spin on the season. I think about it this way. We saw a competitive team this season. They were in every game they should have been, minus Colorado. I'd now venture to ...

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I like where it's going. I love the defense and the run game. Offensive play calling is a little iffy, and we need a decent QB. Purdy shows some hope for improvement, and if not him, hopefully Rhule can land a good QB in the off-season.

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I see they threw an interception on their own side of the field to seal to seal the deal for Iowa... in what world is throwing in that situation worth the risk? What did they think they were gonna do, score? 2nd down, 23 seconds, already in hail Mary range if that's what they had to do, or pin Iowa ...

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How does it compare as far as land mass? Nebraska is a pretty big state. We have Omaha, Lincoln, and a few other bigger cities, and the rest of the state. Like we're all gathering in one corner of a huge pool.

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I get it, but if it were to end up in North Downtown, that would be two soccer stadiums, a baseball stadium, and a football stadium, all in a small area where I thought the priority is to get people living.

I'm all for them having their own place, but I don't think Downtown is the best place for it.

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You get a stadium that sits empty 95% of the year, You get a stadium that sits empty 95% of the year, You get a stadium that sits empty 95% of the year!

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