Bucks 2024-25 Season Thread

[Pokerbrat2000]

Last night, Rivers had no choice but turn both Giannis and Brook Lopez loose. They both responded by getting an OT win against the Pistons. The moment he quit tinkering with Brook's game, he was ignited.

Meanwhile, in his first year back coaching, Mike Budenholzer has the Suns at 9-3.

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[Voyageur]

Another loss, this time in Charlotte. A game that could have been won. Taurean Prince was lighting it up, and they took the ball out of his hands down the stretch. That's not logical coaching in my opinion.

These guys are hustling, just not being put in a position to win. Doc is tinkering way too much with the assignments. He's a Dr. Frankenstein when it comes to his developing team chemistry.

 

[weeds]

Go Bucks.

 

[Half Empty]

Go Bucks.

Where?

 

[weeds]

Where?

Anywhere, as long as they take Lillard and Rivers with them

 

[weeds]

They've won 6 of the last 7. A win is a win is a win is a win, right? They're in second place in the Central, only 8 games behind the Cavs after ...uh... 18 games in this young season - 8-9 is good for the 5th best in the vaunted Eastern Conference - in the Western Confernce, that's good enough to be the 13th best record.... so... if the playoffs were to begin today ..... it'd be uh... March ... never mind. Lots of basketball to be played yet. It's not where you start, it's where you finish. Mmmmm .... the team that gets hot at the end usually wins... am I missing anything?

 

[Poppa San]

if the playoffs were to begin today ..... it'd be uh... March

Last game on the home schedule is April 13th so I'd take it being April already. That means winter is over and I'm 5 months closer to retirement.

 

[weeds]

Last game on the home schedule is April 13th so I'd take it being April already. That means winter is over and I'm 5 months closer to retirement.

3 months ago I'd have said that I'm not ready to retire. Now ... it's "pick 'em" whether or not I retire tomorrow at 2 p.m. - depending on who ticks me off first.

 

[DoURant]

3 months ago I'd have said that I'm not ready to retire. Now ... it's "pick 'em" whether or not I retire tomorrow at 2 p.m. - depending on who ticks me off first.

I retired from my previous job of 35 yrs in March, because financially I could walk away. I took 2 months off, got my body and mind right, and then found a part time job. 2 months later I knew that job wasn't for me, and now I'm on my 2nd part time job... which I like, 8:30-2, Mon-Fri. Retiring or thinking about it is scary, but after almost 9 months, I can say it was the best decision I made for "myself" in long time, the stress wasn't worth it anymore.

 

[weeds]

I retired from my previous job of 35 yrs in March, because financially I could walk away. I took 2 months off, got my body and mind right, and then found a part time job. 2 months later I knew that job wasn't for me, and now I'm on my 2nd part time job... which I like, 8:30-2, Mon-Fri. Retiring or thinking about it is scary, but after almost 9 months, I can say it was the best decision I made for "myself" in long time, the stress wasn't worth it anymore.

When I was 40, I was going to hang 'er up at 60. Financially, I could have. -- I guess. I didn't and don't regret it most days. I'm more concerned with NOT having difficult, mind stimulating stuff coming at me...or brain atrophy if you will.

Most days I don't mind coming in. I love working with the younger people and messing with their heads. Those who mess my head, earn my undying respect.

 

[Voyageur]

I was forced into retirement by my health. When I regained as much as possible, I took on a totally different type of job, and enjoyed doing it for 5 years. I started that one at 70, and hung it up permanently, when I was 75.

Since then, I've kept myself busy writing, and enjoying sites like we have here. The writing has made me a few bucks, and I've gotten the opportunity to travel to various locations throughout the US in the process. I've turned down opportunities to go overseas on gigs though, because I'm not as spry as a person needs to be to navigate everything.

I won't quit writing. The only thing that will stop me is when they turn the lights out on me permanently. I'm 84 now, and figure I have a few good years left in the tank. I'm going to enjoy them. But, if I suddenly disappear one day, know that it was the lights turning off, not because of anything else. I don't quit on things that easily.

 

[DoURant]

Since then, I've kept myself busy writing, and enjoying sites like we have here. The writing has made me a few bucks, and I've gotten the opportunity to travel to various locations throughout the US in the process. I've turned down opportunities to go overseas on gigs though, because I'm not as spry as a person needs to be to navigate everything.

I won't quit writing. The only thing that will stop me is when they turn the lights out on me permanently. I'm 84 now, and figure I have a few good years left in the tank. I'm going to enjoy them. But, if I suddenly disappear one day, know that it was the lights turning off, not because of anything else. I don't quit on things that eaeasily.jusr curious, what do you write

Just curious, what do you write?

 

[Voyageur]

Just curious, what do you write?

Most of what I've done has been working as a technical advisor for TVs and movies. My connections in both is through family and friends. Sometimes it means going on location with crews, and taking a little time to research the local nuances of how aspects of the job were handled during specific eras. You'd be amazed at how much it's the same everywhere, and different at the same time. Even the terminology is critical in recreation of actual events, and even fiction. It's mistakes that can destroy an entire story.

Even though most people don't see, or understand the mistake, there are those who see it, and lose interest. As an example, in Titanic, DeCaprio was talking about the Chippewa Flowage in Wisconsin. When he said the lines, I nearly choked.

The Titanic went down in 1912. The dam on the Chippewa river, which created the Chippewa Flowage wasn't even built until 1923.

One of the big problems that I see happening, and have worked to correct, is when writers put together a story that supposedly took place 40 to 50 years ago, and they somehow include technology in the story that didn't even come into existence for decades. I worked on one story, as an example, where a cop in 1961, radioed in to the station and asked for a SWAT team. Reality is, they didn't exist. The first SWAT team was developed in LA in 1966, in response to the Watts riots.

You'd be surprised at how many of these things need to be corrected to insure a show is as accurate as possible.

Rest assured, you don't get rich doing it, but it's fun, and you get to meet some interesting people. I'm about ready to end my days doing it, because I don't particularly like climbing on a plane and going somewhere that's kind of in the boonies for a few days. Especially when it's cold out.

 

[Poppa San]

As an example, in Titanic,

That movie had a lot of holes including the ones in Rose's head. She dumped a 1/4 $billion rock into the briny depths to commemorate a one night stand 70 years ago instead of gifting it to her middle-class children and grand children. Her dying thoughts were not of her husband or children. And subsequent real life testing has proven the door she was on would have floated with Jack on it also. And Jack would probably have survived if she'd had stayed on the life boat. Or was he handcuffed after that? But I knew about the Chippewa flowage bit some time ago.