tandfman
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I believe they're lining up some good distance field at Boston U. on Saturday.

Here's a story that's based on the NYT story, but is not behind a paywall. ...

Wiki sez it will be in Shenzhen, with the stadium to be determined. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Diamond_League No idea where that info...

I've been to Hong Kong twice, and I'm sure I was aware of Shenzhen when I was there, but I confess that when I saw the name in xw's post, I did not...

Back to the food side, I've had Baked Alaska you know where.

Canberra's altitude should help.

I was not aware of the Apostrophe Protection Society, but I certainly would have supported its goals. I didn't know quite what to make of that...

So was I, and you're right. It was a Monday. Pardon the brain fart.

Are you sure this athlete won Olympic gold on a Monday? I think not.

The Oxford Dictionaries 2019 Word of the Year: climate emergency https://languages.oup.com/word-of-the-year/word-of-the-year-2019

The headline on that piece was: >>Alex Honnold and Brad Gobright Get the Second Ascent of El Cap's Pineapple Express (VI 5.13c)<< ...

If it's Pauli, I guess it would be Nevala, the Jav winner in Tokyo.

At dinner this evening, Mrs. tandfman reminded me that we've had a Moscow Mule in Moscow. And now that I look at this thread again, I realize I...

From the NY Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/27/nyregion/hull-o-farm-catskills.html Headline: After 240 Years and 7 Generations, Forced...

NY Times editorial: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/26/opinion/russia-olympics-ban-doping.html

Are you anti-Semantic? That's not nice. :-)

Key excerpt from that page:

I had an uncle who moved to California (LA) in the early 1930s. He was in his early 20s at the time. He lived another 50+ years in the LA area and...

In many places, Uber cars are licensed as such.

NY Times and Detroit Free Press obits say he was 73. Of course, they could have been wrong, too. ...

Are you sure he died at the age of 72, not 73?

This year's Conference USA outdoor 800m champion, Tre'von Sanders of Middle Tennessee State, has been charged with murder. ...

A stadium in Nepal is preparing to host the South Asian Games. According to a report in a local newspaper, Discuss throw and staple chess! ...

I think you might get some kind of prize for doing that. :-)

According to this site, in New England, the difference between a frappe and a milk shake is that the latter never contains ice cream: ...

From the Washington Post: ...

I think I've had Russian dressing in Russia, but I don't think they call it that there. I know i've had Thousand Island dressing (pretty much the...

Not true. He competed in 6 outdoor meets last season, including the Pac-12 Championships.

Yes, he was. He ran a few meets, and was their last finisher at the Pac-12 Championships.

Not good enough to make the traveling squad for either the NCAA Regional or National XC Championships.