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Technically, *every* day can be a great day to be a Panthers fan. (it's the team/coaches/owner/circumstances/decisions/specific personnel/etc that occasionally makes this difficult)

Amazon is going to open at $122 on Monday (post-split price). Guesses on whether that'll jump because it's more affordable to the average investor, or not really any impact because folks can buy partial shares nowadays anyway? On the bright side? The recent days of $100 up/down price swings are temporarily over (to be replaced with $5-$10 price swings, I'm sure)

Join the various money threads in the Lounge most people don’t have nearly enough saved for retirement. If you do, then you’re way ahead of the curve vs the average American. https://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/010616/whats-average-401k-balance-age.asp

From https://awfulannouncing.com/fox/greg-olsen-deserved-better.html

I know the news is full of stories about outrageous medical bills. Is some of that more related to crazy malpractice insurance that the docs need to maintain? Or are you talking about how US drug prices are a bit higher vs other countries? Other countries' medical systems aren't necessarily better than the US. In many cases, you can get free care for whatever you need, but you may be on a waiting list for years

Hypothetical example somebody is against oil companies they make an effort not to own oil company stocks , instead deciding to invest only in companies they believe in they believe in Coca Cola (or Pepsi, or Nestle, or some other manufacturer) and buy those stocks those companies are reliant on plastics and transportation fuel, both of which require oil… the purchase of which directly supports the oil companies that the hypothetical person is against All depends,on the companies and businesses/products, but there are going to be an almost infinite list of cross-usage scenarios that will contradict any single-focused investor

Are we adding Drew to the Tepper-Wants-A-Veteran-QB discussion?

if it makes anyone feel better, the Falcon's schedule is being classified as "brutal" https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2022-nfl-schedule-winners-and-losers-vikings-eagles-benefit-while-falcons-raiders-get-tough-slate/

Rome didn't have a plan. A PLAN.

It's printed on the schedule release promotional t-shirts. Certainly doesn't sound like total abandonment.

HA - didn't see this comment:

Welp, there goes the neighborhood. https://deadline.com/2022/05/olivia-culpo-reality-series-discovery-plus-1235021487/ Hopefully it will be filmed during the season, so CMC won't be involved.* *Unless he gets hurt again, in which case...

Or, as was just shared above --- maybe it's being retired as part of the Game experience but is being kept as the Community/Outreach/Charity side. Would be similar, I suppose, to how McDonald's has basically retired Ronald McDonald and the McDonaldland characters to solely represent the Ronald McDonald House charities and not the restaurant, happy meals, generic marketing, and food offerings.

maybe it's not about getting rid of the mantra specifically, but that it's something that's not recognized for what it means outside of the team/fanbase. How often do we hear it have to be explained on broadcasts when it comes up? Nobody has to explain "go pack go" or "j e t s jets jets jets" as a crowd chant. Maybe its that the phrase doesn't sound menacing when heard en masse. Could be that "pounding" is one too many syllables to yell loudly. (counterpoint: "TAMPA" is two syllables, but the letter structure has harder sounds vs the softer ones in "POUNDING") Would be curious to hear a speech and language expert's opinion on this thought. All this is to say that it's possible that it's not trying to sweep Keep Pounding under the rug, but that from a crowd chant viewpoint, they may be looking for something more desirable that merely *sounds* better in the stadium.

Source: https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Tom-Brady-joining-Fox-Sports-17165440.php

TRUST THE BRAND

Final two or three games should be nfc south opponents

Still kinda liked Rodney. IIRC, he wasn't controversial. Got the job done, nobody overly hated his performance on the field. And didnt' we pretty much always win whenever Holly sung the national anthem?

Morning radio show out of Washington DC was talking about it, and they called out Charlotte specifically for some reason. (Technically, they called out The Villages in Florida as well - and then spent some time pondering why Salt Lake City was as high on the list as it was)

Olivia Culpo twirls on pole during 30th birthday with Christian McCaffrey https://nypost.com/2022/05/09/olivia-culpo-celebrates-30th-birthday-with-christian-mccaffrey/

somebody didn't get the memo? (seen today)

I'd be surprised if the 49ers week one game on the east coast got scheduled for 1p. too many 1p games that first sunday may bump it later. Could be wrong. Probably is wrong.

I just like how excited Ickey is to be in the building, playing for his childhood (teenagehood?) favorite team. Watching his post-draft videos and comments show so much pure joy and happiness. If he lives up to the promise of what he's supposed to bring to the table, I hope he sticks with us for a lonnnnnng time (and keeps that smile a'going.)

The Panthers have gone 6-21 at home over their past 27 games https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/scott-fowler/article261209532.html

https://www.studyfinds.org/new-orleans-genital-herpes/ U.S. Metropolitan Areas With The Highest Genital Herpes Rates: New Orleans-Metairie, La. (20.4%) Salt Lake City, Utah (19.2%) Cincinnati, Ohio (19.1%) Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, N.C. (19.0%) Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Fla. (19.0%) San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, Calif. (18.9%) Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, Nev. (18.7%) St. Louis, Mo. (18.3%) Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Ore. (18.1%) Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (18.0%)