A2K NFL Pick 'Um for Season V (Roman Numeral for 5)

The 3 domes, RH, are, in our slang during our discussions here in Cville, the 3 tits on the roof. They will not be anywhere as visible from the ground as they appear.
We believe we can collect ("harvest" is the word we use) some 252,000 gallons of rainwater a year from the footprint of the building. That is water that, were it to hit the pavement, would be contaminated by oil from cars and would go into the sewer system. Instead, the water will be contained in the water towers you see and will be used to flush the toilets, nourish the landscaping and be used in the fire sprinkler system.

rj, I assume the tree well sizes are per city specs, and tree well grate specs. If you folks need more info re benefits of increased absorption and benefits from increased tree well space, I can search it. I used to call four foot wells out myself, so I don't mean to be mean.

Go right ahead, osso, re football. I am just killing time until Sunday.

Ok. Last time I read at length on all this might have been around 2000, when I got to do a planting and irrigation design around a primo building. I saw then a lot of changes in thinking about what urban trees, always stressed, need.

I don't meant to preempt anyone you have at work on this, but to push you to have someone... working on it.

Shuts up now, slaps self.

Osso, I argued against the need for three street trees. Maples, of some kind, planted under grates on the sunny (hot) side of the street. Subject to cigarette butts, dog poop and god knows what else. I wanted interior landscaping from the businesses facing West Main. Bill and I lost that skirmish big time with the Board of Architecture Review. We knew we were going to lose and rolled over pretty quickly.

The name we are heading towards is 10.5 Midtown. UVA and its shopping district is four blocks west. Can you say drunken UVA students? Downtown Cville is 6 blocks east. Can you say yuppies tapping out their credit cards at expensive restaurants? Mid-town is working class hospital workers and other UVA employees.

That's interesting, Rj, I might agree with you. Certainly over some dog pooped dots. I still think the routine grates are dumbo.

I'll depart this floricultural flume by saying when I first worked at ucla, I got a lab, good grief, by myself, on the southwest side of a building. I was just getting used to it when I saw, out the south window, a vision ... an immense tree being moved in and being planted in a pit. It was a ficus of some sort, probably from someplace else on campus, and tucked right in. I was amazed, it was huge. I think it still thrives, not sure.

To the west was the cemetary, VA. I heard a lot of taps in that lab.. often at 10 a.m. I had the lab from something like '65 to late '67, working from '68 on in another lab. And my father is buried in that cemetery. I heard his taps closer by.

So, what? So, nothing. Something about trees.
Not a knock on you and trees, John. Towns need trees, get some good ones planted.. (But maybe your town already has good trees..)

Enough, already. Osso and I are just killing time twixt Thursday and Sunday,.

OK...it's too hard to go against my homeboys -- I agonized over this mightily since I picked it:

Please change my pick to New England over Pittsburgh.

I see Steelers Big Ben dinged up enough where the offense might not be able to score enough points to overcome Pats offense, which is clicking on all cylinders and is also at home.

I'll be quiet but I meant what I said.

As we prepare to leave Casa Grande, my Sunday picks are:

Miami
Buffalo
Green Bay
Tampa Bay
New York Giants
Indianapolis
Baltimore
Atlanta
New England
Kansas City
New York Jets
Chicago
Houston 24, Jacksonville 20

Hopefully, the Miz will post hers before she goes skydiving today - otherwise, there might not be any postings to do.

MizCowDoc

While he is gone to the shower I will make my picks.

Miami
Buffalo
Green Bay
Tampa Bay
Giants
INDY
Balt

SD
Pit
KC
JETS
Minn
Jackson 24 20

Think I got them all.

very nice design, rjb.

my workplace started going green last year -- less overhead lighting, no-flush urinals, larger emphasis on recycling...

Did anyone notice that that nice young man, Plaxico Burress of the NYG, accidentally shot himself in the thigh last night in a NY bar?
Mr Burress, over on the Fantasy football thread, lives at Jespah's house.

Well, we have occasional wild parties. But the boys always clean up after themselves and hardly ever leave any DNA evidence.

My employee, Andy, a huge Steelers fan, is back from a month long tour with his band, mostly in the NE and the Midwest. His comment re QB Ben was that he tends to want to still play while being hurt. Great QB's do. But in his case, he can do a lot of damage to his team's chances of winning.
Your change is noted.

plax is 31 now, but he's still making those rookie mistakes...

Miz CowDoc here... HA HA HAHAHAHHAHAHAH Cow doc I lived to bug youan other day. Ski diving is GREAT!!!!!!!!

Just my luck - her chute opened just fine. Some things never change.

late as usual

MIA
BUF
CAR
TB
NYG
IND
BAL
SD
NE
OAK
NYJ
MIN

JAX 31-27