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.

 

[Voyageur]

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.

Exactly. I pointed out just one, but there were so many. Most movies, and TV shows suffer from this problem. A lot of it has to do with the fact that the writers are putting together a script, and don't have the time to do a deep dive into research.

No matter how good you are at spotting, and rectifying these problems, they often end up being in the script anyway, because directors often decide it sounds better with the false narrative, than it does with the truth. It's all about taking liberty with reality.

One of the greatest decisions I ever saw in a movie was when they used the accents for so many actors in the movie Fargo. It was right out of the backwoods. I wanted to do that in a TV episode, where a character was from the UP, and I wanted to get the guy to use the "Yooper accent." When the director heard it, he said it was nonsense, because nobody talked that way. Since they are the god of the show, it was never used. But, to this day, I think he was wrong. It would have made the scene the guy was in an awesome trip into the backwoods where the character was supposed to come from.

Anyhow, enough shop.

 

[DoURant]

I wanted to do that in a TV episode, where a character was from the UP, and I wanted to get the guy to use the "Yooper accent." When the director heard it, he said it was nonsense, because nobody talked that way. Since they are the god of the show, it was never used. But, to this day, I think he was wrong. It would have made the scene the guy was in an awesome trip into the backwoods.

I know a few guys that coulda helped with dat, oh you betcha, Eh? The traditional Yooper accent is disappearing as the older generation whose vocabulary was pretty thick with that sound, is forever leaving us.

 

[Voyageur]

I know a few guys that coulda helped with dat, oh you betcha, Eh? The traditional Yooper accent is disappearing as the older generation whose vocabulary was pretty thick with that sound, is forever leaving us.

I love the accent. The last time I heard it was an interview on a TV station out of Green Bay. I was immersed in it when my wife and I went on vacation into the UP. We were up around Michigamme. We would go to this one place, now named Mt. Shasta Restaurant. I don't remember if it had a different name back then. This was in the 60s when we were there. They filmed Anatomy of A Murder in the area, and used the restaurant for part of it.

We ate most of our meals there, enjoying the ambiance, and talking to people. So many of them had that accent. It was surprisingly empty most of the time. Since we were up there for two weeks, we decided to go there on the Saturday night in tme middle of our vacation. When we got there, the entire area was full of cars. I mean overflow, out on grassy areas.... everywhere. We went inside, and there was a wedding party. We figured we should leave, but the groom's father told us to join the party, and enjoy ourselves. They even had us sit with everyone to eat with them, as part of the wedding party. Such hospitality.

That was around 1966 or '67 if I remember right. We got an envelope from the bartender, and put a $100 check in it as a wedding present. We didn't know that they were going to open the presents later, and when they opened ours, and saw the check, they were shocked at how much it was. It was embarrassing to be honest. We didn't do it to be show offs, but when we realized that family was giving them $50, it kind of took us back.

They had a band that was out of this world playing that night. They were really good. I can't remember their name, but they did put out a couple of songs that made the charts later on. Not big time, but made it into the top 40.

We've taken a lot of vacations. Europe for a month at a time, Japan for 3 weeks, the Caribbean, Hawaii, Alaska, and several others, but I've never met friendlier people in my life. These were real down to earth people that was a slice of Americana.

Sorry about the ramble. So many memories.

 

[DoURant]

I love the accent. The last time I heard it was an interview on a TV station out of Green Bay. I was immersed in it when my wife and I went on vacation into the UP. We were up around Michigamme. We would go to this one place, now named Mt. Shasta Restaurant. I don't remember if it had a different name back then. This was in the 60s when we were there. They filmed Anatomy of A Murder in the area, and used the restaurant for part of it.

We ate most of our meals there, enjoying the ambiance, and talking to people. So many of them had that accent. It was surprisingly empty most of the time. Since we were up there for two weeks, we decided to go there on the Saturday night in tme middle of our vacation. When we got there, the entire area was full of cars. I mean overflow, out on grassy areas.... everywhere. We went inside, and there was a wedding party. We figured we should leave, but the groom's father told us to join the party, and enjoy ourselves. They even had us sit with everyone to eat with them, as part of the wedding party. Such hospitality.

That was around 1966 or '67 if I remember right. We got an envelope from the bartender, and put a $100 check in it as a wedding present. We didn't know that they were going to open the presents later, and when they opened ours, and saw the check, they were shocked at how much it was. It was embarrassing to be honest. We didn't do it to be show offs, but when we realized that family was giving them $50, it kind of took us back.

They had a band that was out of this world playing that night. They were really good. I can't remember their name, but they did put out a couple of songs that made the charts later on. Not big time, but made it into the top 40.

We've taken a lot of vacations. Europe for a month at a time, Japan for 3 weeks, the Caribbean, Hawaii, Alaska, and several others, but I've never met friendlier people in my life. These were real down to earth people that was a slice of Americana.

Sorry about the ramble. So many memories.

Mt Shasta was closed for the summer and fall, but this morning on the local news they had a segment that they have reopened. It has struggled to stay open over the past few years, as the Covid shutdown along with staffing, supply issues etc., didn't do them any favors, like so many other small businesses.

 

[Voyageur]

Mt Shasta was closed for the summer and fall, but this morning on the local news they had a segment that they have reopened. It has struggled to stay open over the past few years, as the Covid shutdown along with staffing, supply issues etc., didn't do them any favors, like so many other small businesses.

That's sad. That's a special landmark in the UP. I hate when things that are so special end up not being able to survive because of today's changing conditions.

I remember driving through Michigamme itself, the ghost town, with all the white houses, on hills. It was, during the mining era, a really thriving community. With the mines closing, and no industry anywhere even close, the town ended up being abandoned. The memories that died with it are what's worst.

We've become a throw-away society, and I don't like that.

 

[Poppa San]

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That's sad. That's a special landmark in the UP. I hate when things that are so special end up not being able to survive because of today's changing conditions.

I remember driving through Michigamme itself, the ghost town, with all the white houses, on hills. It was, during the mining era, a really thriving community. With the mines closing, and no industry anywhere even close, the town ended up being abandoned. The memories that died with it are what's worst.

We've become a throw-away society, and I don't like that.

One of my hunting crew bought a house in one of these towns that has a snowmobile trail running through it. He hires a local company for the yard work and gets up there several times a winter. His extended family also has use of it. Got it cheap because of the economy about 5-7 years back. Nobody wants to live there year round and all the visitors want out in the woods or on one of the lakes. Small old houses in town are or were a deal.

 

[Voyageur]

That's the right approach. Even being in a small town area is pretty much out in the country.

My wife and I looked at the idea of buying a place up in the Michigamme area, but decided against it, because it was too far away from some of the conveniences we still wanted to have. It would have been a summer retreat only, so the cost of opening and shutting down every year, and the upkeep on a place when it's locked down for 6 months at a time is pretty high. We know first hand, having had a place by Lake Koshkonong for over 20 years, and one in Northwestern Wisconsin for 20 before that.

Then there's the driving. Lord have mercy that holiday traffic out there is horrible. I cam remember running bumper to bumper all the way from Rice Lake South on old 53, and then on the freeway all the way down to Southern Wisconsin, and Illinois. Definitely not something that I looked forward to as the driver.

Now, if I was loaded, and owned a small plane, I'd be doing it in a heartbeat, because I'd be able to afford a caretaker to keep things working at the house all winter, and I could store a vehicle up there for our usage when we flew in. It's just under 40 miles to Marquette, and they have a relatively decent airport. I believe American Airlines also offers service, so that's an option too, if you don't fly yourself.

But, like everything else, it's more money than I can afford by a long shot. LOL

This would be perfect. I'd just want to add an addition off the back, including a breakfast room enclosed in glass, a 2nd full bath with walk in tub, master bedroom with walk in closet, and a sitting/TV room that would be off the kitchen area, so the living room doesn't get that particular traffic.

https://www.homes.com/property/327-w-lake-st-michigamme-mi/zv37ld35w2vmy/

 

[Pokerbrat2000]

That's the right approach. Even being in a small town area is pretty much out in the country.

My wife and I looked at the idea of buying a place up in the Michigamme area, but decided against it, because it was too far away from some of the conveniences we still wanted to have. It would have been a summer retreat only, so the cost of opening and shutting down every year, and the upkeep on a place when it's locked down for 6 months at a time is pretty high. We know first hand, having had a place by Lake Koshkonong for over 20 years, and one in Northwestern Wisconsin for 20 before that.

Then there's the driving. Lord have mercy that holiday traffic out there is horrible. I cam remember running bumper to bumper all the way from Rice Lake South on old 53, and then on the freeway all the way down to Southern Wisconsin, and Illinois. Definitely not something that I looked forward to as the driver.

Now, if I was loaded, and owned a small plane, I'd be doing it in a heartbeat, because I'd be able to afford a caretaker to keep things working at the house all winter, and I could store a vehicle up there for our usage when we flew in. It's just under 40 miles to Marquette, and they have a relatively decent airport. I believe American Airlines also offers service, so that's an option too, if you don't fly yourself.

But, like everything else, it's more money than I can afford by a long shot. LOL

This would be perfect. I'd just want to add an addition off the back, including a breakfast room enclosed in glass, a 2nd full bath with walk in tub, master bedroom with walk in closet, and a sitting/TV room that would be off the kitchen area, so the living room doesn't get that particular traffic.

https://www.homes.com/property/327-w-lake-st-michigamme-mi/zv37ld35w2vmy/

Nice!

Does Elvis come with it?

The Wood burner in the basement is a real bonus!

Why are there so many "Lake St.'s" and none of the houses are actually on a Lake?