Texans may move 2017 training camp to the Greenbrier Resort (West Virginia)

[chuck]

Well, it's where one not-a-neck, one colombiana and one pana-gringuito live. There's quite a mix in the building, and quite a mix in the city, which I like a lot. It's not New York or London or even Houston as far as diversity goes, but for Latin America it is an unusually diverse place. So nobody takes much notice of whatever I might be up to.

I prefer to live in my house on the beach but my son is in a sort of school here in the city that's doing him a lot of good and that's obviously the priority. There are more and more schools popping up out there as the expat community grows so who knows, maybe we'll end up back out there at some point.

Where is your neighbor from?

[Arky]

Not sure where my neighbor is from. I assume Mexico. Wife, several kids. He had chickens for a while (smelly). Then he had a horse for a while (not as smelly). I liked the horse. Now, just a few dogs.

I've seen pictures of your town and it seems modern. Due to location, it's not surprising it would be somewhat international.

Not a fan of Kevin Eschenfelder calling the Astro broadcasts. He's got the Jim Rome/Suzy Kulber kinda belligerent sports-guy voice delivery. Todd Kalas much better, IMO. Blummer (Geoff Blum) is OK. You get all the US sports and TV where you are?

[chuck]

Originally Posted by Arky

Not sure where my neighbor is from. I assume Mexico. Wife, several kids. He had chickens for a while (smelly). Then he had a horse for a while (not as smelly). I liked the horse. Now, just a few dogs.

I've seen pictures of your town and it seems modern. Due to location, it's not surprising it would be somewhat international.

Not a fan of Kevin Eschenfelder calling the Astro broadcasts. He's got the Jim Rome/Suzy Kulber kinda belligerent sports-guy voice delivery. Todd Kalas much better, IMO. Blummer (Geoff Blum) is OK. You get all the US sports and TV where you are?

I buy the mlb.tv package and the NFL Game Pass package. I get all the games and I avoid the commercials. A bargain at twice the price.

No tandem will ever compare to Brown - Deshaies, but I'm perfectly happy listening to Kalas and Blum. Eschenfelder isn't any good, but he's better than Stanton. I'd rather listen to Ashby than Stanton.

And I'd rather listen to a car alarm than Ashby.

The MLB product sort of sucks but it usually works. The NFL product is excellent and is a perfectly good illustration of the difference between the two leagues. One is run by morons who feel like they have a monopoly; the other is run by people who want to make money and are happy to make the effort in order to ensure that it happens.

The only other sports I care about are the national futbol team which I can obviously watch on TV if I'm not at the game in person and my own team whose games I almost always see if I'm in the country. We have a warm-up game tomorrow at 8 AM that I think I might miss. I'm pretty sure they'll carry on just fine without me.