DWW11
-
Posts
687 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
2
Posts posted by DWW11
-
-
54 minutes ago, Terri Schehr said:
Lives nearby (((*))). Mine lived two blocks away. I was scared to death. I thought he would kill me because my mom went to the police. I blame some of my GI issues on that anxiety. My Dad “encouraged” him to move. He did.
You have true courage, Terri!
-
1 hour ago, TRacer said:
We don’t know and that is the plaintiff’s business. However, having stood in that person’s shoes when I was 12 years old outlining to detectives in awful detail what took place, then having the perp (a martial arts instructor) show up at my front door several months afterward unannounced and relive those “not at all charming memories” I can say there are occasions where you want the person or party responsible DEAD. It’s been almost 50 years, and I am totally okay with the fact that that person is DEAD. Eff forgiveness.
“Sometimes you don’t have enough rocks.” —- Forrest Gump
TRacer, i am sorry you have had to live with this. And I absolutely understand being ok with knowing your abuser is dead. Mine is not, and lives near by. I wouldn’t wish him dead, but would not mourn his passing.
when we all think about what this plaintiff wants from this action, obv none of us can know. What i DO know is that, in a civil action, she has final say in moving forward. She likely knew when she filed that there aren’t deep pockets here, but she filed anyway. When she was advised that this would necessitate shutting down the Cadets permanently, she could have said “no, don’t let that happen”. She did not. To me, that sounds like wanting justice above all else. Would i do that? Probably not. Do i begrudge HER for doing that? Absolutely not.
-
2
-
5
-
-
6 hours ago, ContraFart said:
So BD fatigue is not a thing? Jeff is right that you can call 15 and 19 toss ups (I would put 22 in there too) but when one corps wins ALL the toss ups, people get tired of it.
SOME people get tired of it… 💙😈
-
1
-
-
Interesting tho-no matter how much the crowds in Allentown tried to downplay or appear blase about BD, no one ever left their seats when they took the field.
-
1
-
-
3 hours ago, Chief Guns said:
Outside of finals this past summer, I have never attended a DCI show east of the Mississippi River. Was there any truth to crowds back east purposely not rooting for BD or corps from out west in general?
The ABBD/Cali corps animosity in Allentown was real, at least in the 70s-90s. The Crossmen and Cadets fans in the early days had a real chip on their shoulders because they felt BD and SCV would just come onto their turf and try to show them up.
-
2
-
-
4 hours ago, Jeff Ream said:
Allentown gave it a rousing ovation, at a time when the crowd there was continuously blasted as being ABBD
I took a friend that night. This was her intro to drum corps. Told her she shouldn’t count on ever seeing a better show.
-
1
-
-
13 hours ago, theonlyfizzle said:
I Think we're due for a Dark BD 😈
NNNOOOOOO!! 🤣
-
2
-
-
1 hour ago, theonlyfizzle said:
The 1st of the start of the second month, February. My Birth month.
Blue Devils calendar for Feb 2024 with their highlighted dates below.
#TheQuietBeforeTheStorm (The Quiet before the storm)
Happy birth-month!
-
1
-
-
13 hours ago, Galen said:
It's not bitterness or saying it's unearned or undeserved- more of an acknowledgement of the seemingly perpetual disparity between what BD rolls out with every year and what every other corps brings out, as well as the lack of overall competitive parity at the top that's been the environment of DCI for the last 10-15 years.
To have any other expectations for this season, or any given season for the foreseeable future, would be wishful thinking at best or being in denial at worst.
And yes there's a lot of time between now and August but realistically speaking, it would take something along the lines of multiple major staff departures or a sudden unforeseen and unexpected drop in finances or recruiting, and none of those are anything that should be expected to happen anytime soon.
Thanks for the clarification!
-
1 hour ago, Lance said:
For sure. I was agreeing with you. The first half of BD 2023 was the most I've gotten into any BD show in at least 5 years. But their design team and performers aren't just given championships. Any rational human understands that so I chalk Galen's comment to being pretty much pure intentional hyperbole.
I thought you were agreeing but sometimes i read people wrong!
-
22 minutes ago, Lance said:
It's bitter to imply that a corps and it's designers don't earn anything?
I think you know exactly what i meant but just inn case you don’t: it’s bitterness to imply that what the MMs, design team, and instructors do isn’t even necessary, as they would win by just showing up. People don’t have to like their shows, or whatever perceived advantages they feel the corp may have, but to discount their talent, their hard work, and their showmanship by saying it doesn’t matter smacks of plain old jealousy. I don’t care for several shows from year to year, but i always appreciate the effort and talent.
-
3
-
1
-
-
1 hour ago, Galen said:
Doesn't really matter, they're going to do whatever they want and win regardless of what they do.
Hell, they could do a full "4:33" show, no playing, no movement whatsoever and still get at least a 96.
I detect a note of bitterness. Funny, i thought tears tasted of salt?
-
2
-
-
-
21 minutes ago, HockeyDad said:
What number of years is too many? What is your number? State it. And as you ponder your number, recall that Christine Blakey Ford’s accusations against Brett Kavanaugh were from alleged events about 35 years earlier. Was that a sham?
I don’t think it’s the number of years that’s really the issue for you. I think it’s the existential threat to the Cadets that is your issue. How dare they let some sexual assaults derail this organization.
Well said. As a survivor of sexual assault at 15, i can assure you that it has impacted me for the 50 years since, and will probably impact me in some way, for the rest of my life. Most people don’t understand that surviving this type of trauma affects choices you make in your life, such as who to date, who to marry, when to leave, etc. It contributes to risk-taking and lack of impulse control. A major decision i made at 18 was influenced by that assault, and scripted my entire adult life, in a manner not at all consistent with my hopes and dreams. And i am an emotionally strong woman. If i were of a weaker emotional build, it could have destroyed me.
-
2
-
7
-
-
3 hours ago, olddrummer34 said:
Care to tell us what those rumors are? Some of you are just so eager to tear down these drum corps. It is exhausting. Go start your own forum where you can talk trash all day long. Just leave the negativity off of here. Seriously. It is getting so old to open a thread and see the same 3 people (Jeff Ream, ShherexadeGhost or whatever) being completely insufferable. You have ruined this place
Psst…. There is a feature called “ignore”. I think that’s what it’s there for.
-
44 minutes ago, denverjohn said:
dancing flowers
BoRhap is my very favorite song but that was just plain strange. (Fred probably would have loved it, tho!)
-
8 hours ago, denverjohn said:
I remember the year Cadets guard went to "comas" as a replacement to simulated rifles claiming that the rifles were too "militaristic".
I have no problem with “non-rifle rifles”, sabers, rings, hoops, balls, or any other kind of equipment. Flags, swing flags, split flags, ging gongs, banners, all good with me. Handling the equipment is what i enjoy. I also have NO problem with dancers and dancing. In fact, dancing in addition to, or in conjunction with, equipment handling is great. I am a BD honk. How could i say otherwise? I just don’t EVER want dancing to replace equipment work.
-
5
-
-
And that is when i will stop following drum corps. As a fan, i listen to, and love, the music, but i watch the colorguard almost exclusively. I absolutely believe dance and movement in the MM helps to tie it all together but watching a colorguard doing equipment work is my drug of choice.
-
4
-
-
1 hour ago, ironlips said:
I wouldn't think that very likely. Given the hour and a half commute between the two sites and the demographics of most Bingo players, it seems there would not be much incentive to make that trip. There are quite a few more games running much closer by.
It’s a naive response, for sure, but here in PA and NJ i know people who WILL drive an hour for bingo if the pots are good and the hall is nice. And the $2 mil increase does seem to be reflected in their gaming profits.
-
43 minutes ago, Richard Lesher said:
AND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BD is burden with having to pay for occupancy rental expense.
I'll let other folks poke around BD's balance sheet, but they are sitting an F-ton of money.
FY year end 2021 BD's
CASH HOLDINGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
is $5,901,113https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/942216542/202213049349301901/full
I have an idea what they did, and good for them. I think a lot has to do with using Gov Covid support smartly.
Revenue jumped TWO MILLION DOLLARS FROM PRE-COVID numbers.
I just assumed they reaped the Bingo revenues that SCV lost?
-
9 hours ago, cixelsyd said:
Sure. I would want justice... for the perpetrator.
Should I also sue the siblings of the perpetrator, the restaurant where it happened and all their employees personally, the manufacturer of the knife used or, if that company was subsequently merged, acquired or liquidated, all the successor businesses, and the ten John Does at neighboring tables who also had silverware handy and therefore presumably could have done something to stop it but presumably chose not to?
Whether i believe you should sue all of those peripheral people doesn’t matter. It is how it is done. Judges and mediators are very skilled at figuring out who really holds liability and who doesn’t. They will, often times, hold someone accountable but require them to pay a pittance.
i think the judge is working hard to get this person her day in court, so she can tell her truth and put it behind her. Solid proof will be hard to come by on all sides. In the end, there will be a judgment or settlement in her favor, but I don’t see it being large. Maybe large enough to shutter Cadets forever. But also maybe not. I think, as was mentioned earlier, her attorneys really wanted a settlement offer they could live with. No one wins going to trial against defendants who have little to no money or assets.
-
1
-
-
51 minutes ago, Old Guy said:
If Person #1 kill somebody 40 years ago (or last week), I wouldn’t want the son of that person to spend time in jail because they are related by blood.
But I’d send that person #1 to the death row.
Fair enough!
-
1
-
-
30 minutes ago, ykw said:
And was alleged to have happened over forty years ago.
Curious. I get your point, and there is a very small part of me that might even agree. But would you be put out and let a murderer walk free if their crime was solved after 40 years? Would you want some kind of justice, even just money, if this was a member of your family who just came forward? Maybe in all of the pages of this thread someone has already asked you this. If so, i will delete the post.
-
36 minutes ago, DFA1970 said:
Raiders Beat the Jets. Broncos Beat the Bills.
You’re right, of course! I just knew the Bills LOST!!!
-
1
-
DCI & Walmart Health Collaboration
in DCI World Class Corps Discussions
Posted
Walmart has (will have.) a new self check out policy. Only people who pay for their $99/annual membership wil be able to use self-checkout. Yes, you will have to PAY to do their work for them! All others will have to use a regular check out, of which there is usually only ONE open at any give time. I used to go to Walmart every week (fully clothed and normal looking!), now i am down to once a month, but going forward i will just bulk order and get it delivered for free.