[Magdalen] Rain.

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

The decision to play would probably be the owners'. In biz, it's a given
that if the customer gets mad at you, you generally lose the customer.
They can give everybody tickets to other games, but the bad feelings
remain, so barring a major frost alert in Gehenna, they will play.

I just think it's a dangerous game, and I've read how a lot of retired
players have CNS problems, secondary to serial head injuries.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 5:17 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm thinking this way: the owners have a considerable amount of money
> invested in these guys, whose salaries they have to pay even if they're
> hurt and not playing. How much are they losing if the guys are not playing,
> they have to hire (and pay) other guys (who might not be as good)? How much
> will they lose at the box office if the team is losing and people stop
> coming to the games because inferior players are playing instead of the
> good ones (as is happening right now to the Washington team? So what is
> gained by playing in dangerous conditions?
>
> On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 2:42 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Well, the game IS football, in which head injuries happen all the time,
> so,
> > yeah, they obviously don't give a hoot about players' safety. You could
> > have a game of flag f'ball, which involves just as much strategy as the
> > bloodsport, but without the potential for blood, not many will watch it.
> > People go to auto races for the potential that someone will wreck.  They
> > will say, "Oh no... I don't watch because someone might be a crash, where
> > you see the parts fly in all directions, the twisted wreck on fire, the
> > firemen trying to get the driver out ... Oh no...."
> >
> >
> > James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> > *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> > except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 12:54 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > That is truly ridiculous. It is unsafe for the players in those
> > conditions,
> > > much more so than in snow, and especially if they are playing on
> > artificial
> > > turf which becomes unbelievably slippery in very wet conditions. But of
> > > course the NFL has a history of not giving a damn about employee
> safety.
> > >
> > > On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 11:48 AM, Eleanor Braun <
> eleanor.braun at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > I think I've heard that the NFL rules provide that games are not
> > stopped
> > > > for any weather except lightning in area.  I also found it unpleasant
> > to
> > > > watch, and stopped at the half.  I see from the score that the Colts
> > came
> > > > back to tie, but Carolina won in OT.
> > > >
> > > > Eleanor
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 11:25 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > We watched a little bit of the Indianapolis-Carolina football game
> > last
> > > > > night. They were playing in a monsoon-type rain, and as I remarked
> to
> > > > S/O,
> > > > > it looked like a cross between bodysurfing and kids playing Capture
> > the
> > > > > Flag in a giant puddle. Both fumbles and injuries abounded. Seemed
> to
> > > me
> > > > > that anyone with any sense would have canceled the game, but I
> > suppose
> > > TV
> > > > > money trumps everything.
> > > > >
> > > > > On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 11:33 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <
> > houstonklr at gmail.com>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > 64 here, 20 miles NW of Houston and LOVELY cool after significant
> > > rain
> > > > > > over the weekend
> > > > > > bedroom slider door (no windows) open slightly tonight!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Lynn
> > > > > >
> > > > > > website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
> > > > > >
> > > > > > When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I
> > > have
> > > > > not
> > > > > > a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You
> > > gave
> > > > > me."
> > > > > > attributed to Erma Bombeck
> > > > > > "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all"
> from
> > a
> > > > talk
> > > > > > by Richard Rohr
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --------------------------------------------------
> > > > > > From: "M J _Mike_ Logsdon" <mjl at ix.netcom.com>
> > > > > > Sent: Monday, November 02, 2015 10:20 PM
> > > > > > To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> > > > > > Subject: [Magdalen] Rain.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Well, when it petered earlier, it was for good, even though the
> > late
> > > > > >> afternoon was dark and ominous.  Just to tease me, no doubt.
> But,
> > > the
> > > > > temp
> > > > > >> has been low, such that I actually turned on the heat in the car
> > > after
> > > > > >> coming out of the grocery store after work.  AND, I currently
> have
> > > the
> > > > > >> apartment heater on, and have had for some hours.  Rather
> strange.
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>