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1 hour ago, Artesian_86 said:

I’m really surprised that we haven’t heard anything on McNeil or Dennis visits the last few days. We usually see pics of the being escorted around campus. Let’s just face it, I’m bored ….I’m sitting in on my deck, drinking a “Neon Bear Hug” IPA, throwing a tiny ball to my Dachshund….The weather is Delicious!😆
 

Throw it! Come on! Throw iiiiit! Throw it! Throw….ohboyohboyohboyohboy….*runnnnnnn* 

FWIW, I’m sitting on my covered patio drinking a Yeti tumbler full of vodka/diet tonic while instructing my 10 year old on how to disassemble a concrete form.

Life is good. 🍻

6 minutes ago, SawatchHoosier said:

This guy small businesses

That’s those IU KSOB accounting classes from 17 years ago. 🤣

Actually, I’ve done my own taxes every year of my adult life including when I had 1099 contractor income/expenses and when I’ve had significant short term investment transactions. 
 

I also used to pre-prep financials for my dad’s S-corp before they went to the actual accountants. 
 

Not bad for a guy that struggles with 4th grade arithmetic at times. 🤣

1 hour ago, rico said:

Well my lawn got it's first cut today.  And while I was at it I tilled the garden.  83 degrees as I type.  Supposed to be back down to freezing by mid week.

Same here. Also gave the landscaping a shot of weed killer and fungicide,  started tilling some bare spots in the grass and reinforced the corner of a retention wall that a contractor left. Had dirt washing around the corner. 
 

On the bright side, discovered that my 10 year old is both strong enough and pretty good at mixing a 5 gallon bucket of quick set cement. Bout time I got some return on that investment. He’s getting drafted next time I’ve got drywall mud to mix. 

2 hours ago, FKIM01 said:

I'm not sure why people are going the charity route.  A marketing writeoff is not subject to limits like charity is?

Charity on a personal level is a direct reduction against taxes owed. Marketing would be a business expense that gets added in with all other profits and losses. 

Just now, Lurker said:

Dude (Ruiz) is worth $20 billion. $800k isn't even a drop in the bucket.

Actually, if done right, it’s a nice charity write off. 

2 minutes ago, Madison22 said:

No idea who this group is, or how good they are.  But they get an A+ for clarity.

Here's their S&P 500 forecast for the next 2 years, month by month.

They predict flat to sluggish for the next 12 months, then moving to a 24% gain two years from now, in 2024.

I'm interested to see what others here think of this, and why.  Obviously, anyone who predicts the stock market monthly for the next 2 years is guaranteed to be wrong in details.  The question is will they be close to correct overall, especially the end point?

https://longforecast.com/sp-500-index-forecast-2017-2018-2019

S&P 500 Forecast By Month.

Year	Mo	Min	Max	Close	Total%
2022	Apr	3905	4593	4154	-8.62%
2022	May	3797	4281	4039	-11.15%
2022	Jun	3987	4495	4241	-6.71%
2022	Jul	3787	4271	4029	-11.37%
2022	Aug	3612	4074	3843	-15.46%
2022	Sep	3793	4277	4035	-11.24%
2022	Oct	3710	4184	3947	-13.18%
2022	Nov	3895	4393	4144	-8.84%
2022	Dec	3752	4230	3991	-12.21%
2023	Jan	3862	4354	4108	-9.63%
2023	Feb	3929	4431	4180	-8.05%
2023	Mar	4039	4555	4297	-5.48%
2023	Apr	4059	4577	4318	-5.02%
2023	May	4222	4760	4491	-1.21%
2023	Jun	4349	4905	4627	1.78%
2023	Jul	4497	5071	4784	5.24%
2023	Aug	4519	5095	4807	5.74%
2023	Sep	4634	5226	4930	8.45%
2023	Oct	4866	5488	5177	13.88%
2023	Nov	4707	5307	5007	10.14%
2023	Dec	4512	5088	4800	5.59%
2024	Jan	4738	5342	5040	10.87%
2024	Feb	4974	5608	5291	16.39%
2024	Mar	5071	5719	5395	18.68%
2024	Apr	5325	6005	5665	24.62%

 

It’d be interesting if someone would make SPY plays based on this and monitored their returns. 

18 minutes ago, IU Scott said:

Since this is pro sports let's implement trades as well.

Can we retroactively trade Priller for future considerations and a few spare nets?  

1 hour ago, IU Scott said:

No, every local guy on that station

I’d say at least one of them said the Colts should have drafted RG3 instead of Luck too.  

30 minutes ago, TheWatShot said:

Stutsman County, North Dakota, currently has a tornado warning. Kidder County, right next-door, has a winter weather advisory. 

Is it locusts or frogs next? 

3 hours ago, HoosierFaithful said:

Ain’t no party like a Villas little 5 party. I lived in the way back corner of the villas, it was like it’s own world. 

Had friends that lived towards the front of the Villas, but can semi-remember drinking a brew or 27 along the back row a time or two. 

1 hour ago, SawatchHoosier said:

Didn't the NCAA pull his eligibility because he played in too many high school all star games? 

He was draft bound regardless

On 4/22/2022 at 10:31 AM, WRSMick55 said:

He picked up the piano when was 14.

Oh…he plays the piano. I thought it meant he was doing deadlifts with a piano or something. 🤣

10 minutes ago, Madison22 said:

Crean, on the other hand, seemed to run around everywhere like a guy who just chugged 10 cans of Red Bull.  

Red Bull? Oh we’re way past that. Crean had the energy of a guy that mainlined pure adrenaline after a 6 pack of Diet Coke and a healthy sniff of the devil’s dandruff. I’ve got an 8 year old with the textbook definition of ADHD and Crean could run laps around him. 

2 hours ago, IUFLA said:

Both my grill and smoker covers (black) are a yellowish green. 

The pollen around here is so thick, it gave me a severe upper respiratory infection last week. I got tested for COVID (negative) but work said since I had "symptoms" I had to stay home and telework for 10 days...

Throw me in that briar patch 🙂

I’d keep a couple of potted ragweed plants around, just for that!

2 hours ago, jefftheref said:

Pacer's are dumb enough to trade the pick to Boston for Larry Bird.

Oh don’t be preposterous. That would be as dumb as trading Kawhi Leonard on draft ni….oh….#thathappened 

4 minutes ago, Madison22 said:

A famous Bob Knight recruiting story with Sammy Drummer, a highly rated recruit.  Had him on campus.  Made the pitch.  At the end, Drummer essentially said "what else do I get?"  Meaning money.  That was the end of the visit.

With NIL, "what else?" is part of the pitch now, and it's the university bringing up the topic.

Drummer averaged 20 ppg in college, and was drafted by the NBA, 4th round.

 

As a freshman in 1975-76 at Austin Peay, Drummer averaged 16 points a game. He wasn’t going to do that here, not in 75-76. At minimum, he’s behind May, Abernathy and Radford on the depth chart at forward. 
 

He sat out a season transferring to Georgia Tech where he averaged 21 and 23 points, leading a couple of mediocre GT seasons.  
 

He probably does see some minutes as a sophomore, as we were thin in the front court behind Benson and Radford, with Grunwald’s injuries. As an upperclassman, I’d say he contributes, but his numbers wouldn’t have looked as good. Some kid named Woodson was lighting up the scoresheet….wonder if he ever made anything of himself.  

Regardless, yes he was drafted but never played a game in the NBA. 
 

All that said, may the man Rest In Peace.  He was fatally shot in 1995 in what is still an unsolved murder. 

1 hour ago, NotIThatLives said:

Id venture to say that Race is the better option at the 4 and the 5 over a young Reneau for this season.  Im thrilled with the depth but with the 3 horses of this quality in the stable, sadly we won't see much 4 out this year unless its Race continuing to shoot 40% from deep like he did the back third of the season.  Going to have at least 72 minutes a game tied up with a combo of Race 25+, Trayce28+, and Malik20.  You would think.  I think JG and Kopp get some mins at the 4 from time to time.  We saw that more and more towards the end of the year down the stretch in a few games at least.  Minutes are going to be a war on this team.  

But yeah, we are legit 10 deep.  

If Race can add a little consistency to his outside shot, it’s more like 3.5 out/1.5 in, because he’s decent as a traditional 4 also. Been a LONG time since we’ve had three legitimate big guys on the roster. 

20 minutes ago, rico said:

If Chet is available when the Pacers pick...ya take him.

Agree. Take the most desirable player left on the board, if only for trade value. 

1 minute ago, Seeking6 said:

Shooting at a club called Kalao last night. Sports was closed to protect students I'm assuming. I think they have the suspect in custody....but might be looking for others. 

Scary stuff. Have a great time kids but please be safe.

Back in my day, the most dangerous thing you encountered during L5 was having a toilet thrown out of a 2nd story window. 
 

And no, I’m not kidding. I was walking back to my apartment and as I was somewhere around 14th-15th and Dunn (memory is a bit fuzzy…lol), out of one of the houses there, an entire toilet came flying out a 2nd story window. All I did was think “Yep….” and kept walking. 🤣

Something I haven’t seen mentioned….I know Woody prefers the 4 out-1 in style, but could we see a variation of this past year’s lineup if TJD is back, only with Race coming off the bench and Reneau starting? TJD-Reneau-JHS-XJ and whoever.

Intriguing at the very least, and would make for a very potent bench. Race and whoever wouldn’t be starting out of Tamar, JG, Galloway and Kopp (and possibly DD)….legit 10 deep. 

Vodka/club soda or vodka/diet tonic are the best calorie/carb options for cocktails. 

8 hours ago, Coach Robby said:

Easy now Razor Ramon (rip)

Watch it, mang. *flicks toothpick*

I remember Little 5…..wait, no I don’t. 

6 hours ago, Steubenhoosier said:

Why do announcers from Great Britain use the wrong verb tense? 

Canada ARE in first place

Great Britain HAVE controlled the pace of play.

They're using the plural because they're referring to all members of the team collectively, rather than the team as a single entity.  One of those things that could go either way and has been adopted differently on different sides of the ocean.

22 minutes ago, JW75 said:

Yes we keep our show 30 minutes max with the grand finale all fused together for a solid 2 minutes. Our goal is a wall of fire and the loudest we can go spread out over about 100' .  We usually have 40 cakes, 500g and 200g mixed in with some mortars, all gone in 2 minutes.. hahahahah that's just the finale. 🤣

Enough artillery to receive a commendation from General Westmoreland....and he's been dead for 17 years and is buried 1000+ miles away.