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That's good to know. We have no intention of letting him roam outside unrestricted. In fact, he has no interest in going outside unless we are outside & he's always within eye sight. We will definitely keep his outside time limited. Can't wait to he sees snow for the first time.

First, condolences on your Mets loss. Wait until next year. Second, he did not, he spent most of the night sleeping. He has had a few exhausting days exploring the outside world. As he's been an indoor cat his whole life living in a 1 BR apartment, the closet to being outside was the 2nd floor balcony. Now he's got a 1/2 acre of yard to explore. First time, it took him 5 minutes to ssslllooowwwlly walk thru the sliding glass door. Very jumpy as his senses were overwhelmed. Lasted outside all of 2 minutes when a flock of crows started cawing, which sent him racing inside. Today, had him outside for an hour. Climbed his first tree. Don't let the scared expression fool you, he loved it.

My favorite Yogi-ism (regarding a popular restaurant): "Nobody goes there anymore, it's too crowded" Honorable mention (regarding his famed sayings) "I never said most of the things I said".

Sound logic. Can't disagree.

You might be right. He knows his stuff & can go into excruciating detail about some minor details. He'd probably be better off as a bench coach or some other assistant type job rather than manager.

It's the curse of @John&LaLa. 🤣🤣🤣 Joking, of course. I don't think it would matter in what order the Mets pitched. 1 hit in this game & only 1 run scored in the 2 loses combined. Not gonna get the job done.

It's hard for the Mets to score with zero hits & walks. Is a possible perfect game about to happen? EDIT: Of course, as soon as I hit the post button, the Mets finally get a hit.

That picture is worthy of a Thomas Kincaid painting.

My trip down to Houston started end of July or more specifically, post# 67,222 which can be found on page # 2689. I was there for almost 2 weeks and posted randomly. But I’m pretty sure you are interested on the Cat-trip back. It was post# 68,297 (page 2732) where I introduced Leonard the Cat to Dani’s thread. Post #68,314 (page 2733) is where I asked for advice on long distance travel and received some excellent feedback in the following pages. That would have been August 9th. The road trip back was over 3 days. I’ll let you take it from there.🙂 The first hour or three, he was not happy. Howled a lot. We kept him in the pet carrier in the back seat & my step daughter sat back there with him. After several hours, he settled in nicely. Stayed in the pet carrier the whole time even though it was wide open & he could've wandered all over the inside of the car. And good luck! How long of a drive?

Don't get me wrong, I very much enjoy the spirited debates. I was just throwing my unsolicited 2 cents in. 🙂

I feel like this debate has reached the "An unstoppable force has hit an unmovable object" stage of the argument. 😉

I think I posted this before but I always thought the wild-card rounds (or 1st rounds) of any sport are the most exciting based on their unpredictability and the occasional upset. Having said that, a 3 game series is a little too short. One lucky win and a team is a halfway to a sweep while the other is facing elimination. Should be at least a 5 game series and go back to a 154 game regular season so the playoffs don't stretch into November. Hoping your last prediction comes true,🙂

Braves took the season series 11-8 but only scored a total of 3 more runs over the 19 games. This might be a move evenly matched series than their records indicate with a few games going either way based on a lucky bounce of the ball.

Regarding wearing a scarf, I also don't like covering my nose even when it's bitter cold outside. Except when I'm skiing & it's cloudy, windy and single digit temperatures. Or if I'm clearing the driveway during a blizzard . But I haven't skied in 10 years and now I wait until the snow has stopped falling before snowplowing/shoveling so, yeah, I never cover my nose. 🙂

Congrats on the win by the Phillies. Next opponent is the Braves. This should be fun.

Bringing in the closer for a 9 out save? Interesting. Hope the Mets score a ton of runs in the next 3 innings!

I didn't watch the game but 15 innings, 16 different pitchers (8 for each team) and only 11 hits combined for 1 run? Sounds like a snorefest.

Your sarcasm detector has been off lately. 😉

Nah, I'm just really picky as to who I associate with 😉 And I was kinda kidding. See, sarcasm does not translate well into the written word.

@John&LaLa I didn't write it but it was kind of inferred that what I meant was: "But than I realized it was you I was replying to - and you understand sarcasm - so.....

Earlier, I credited Buck with instilling a wining & accountable culture with the Mets and I still stand by that statement. However, he does make some questionable postseason decisions. I think he overthinks things & ends up outsmarting himself. He was saving DeGrom for an elimination game, which may be tomorrow. In theory, he was hoping for a 2 game sweep & save DeGrom for the next series so he could start Games 1 & 5 (if necessary). Honestly, on paper, the combo of Scherzer & deGrom look good but Scherzer is 38 years old and DeGrom is coming off an injury-shorten season. Both pitchers seemed to be fading down the stretch, not sure it would have made a difference who started first. But the hitters have to start hitting or this will be a very short series.

Wild-card rounds are usually the most exciting rounds in any sport, since they can be so unpredictable.

I don't think I have 60 friends, military or otherwise, past or present. I do have a lot of acquaintances though. I think one of them visited San Diego once. 😉 I need to get out more. lol

Absolutely having nothing to say has never stopped people from talking a lot. 🤣🤣🤣 =====> Disclaimer: This post is not directed at an one person.

I was going to post a sarcastic reply but than thought better of it. Cause, you know, sometimes sarcasm doesn't translate well into the written word. But than I realized it was you I was replying to so.....