Tien is fun but his let ups are a bit frustrating. Hope he gets a little more comfortable on the attack

Quote from: tower912 on January 22, 2026, 07:48:18 PMFailure to learn the lessons of a century ago. 

It's dental school, not history school

Quote from: BM1090 on January 22, 2026, 08:13:18 PMI don't know if Learner Tien can win a major at his size, but there's very few people that I watch that impress me more.

He's not all that short, no more than an inch shorter than Alcaraz, but the stats on players under 6' winning majors, even at 5'11 like Tien, is crazy over the last 25 years.  Though Ive seen numerous people say Nadal is barely 6'.  But how fast things changed...Borg, McEnroe, Connors, Agassi were all under 6'

The following chart, from Axios, shows what it looks like when measles cases hit a 30-year high.



It started with an outbreak in West Texas. Now infections are reported in nine states, and hundreds are in quarantine due to a major surge in South Carolina. More than nine in 10 cases were among unvaccinated people or those with unknown vaccination status, the CDC says.

I don't know if Learner Tien can win a major at his size, but there's very few people that I watch that impress me more.

Quote from: tower912 on January 22, 2026, 07:48:18 PMFailure to learn the lessons of a century ago. 

C'mon now. Hitler, there was a painter! He could paint an entire apartment in one afternoon ... two coats!"

Thirty years ago, there was little if any gap in the share of U.S. consumer spending between the richest 20% of Americans and the poorest 80%. But that gap has widening significantly over the decades, and that's not good for a consumer-based economy.

Failure to learn the lessons of a century ago. 

Hey, sometimes you need a dictator.

Quote from: #UnleashJosh on January 22, 2026, 04:13:14 PMBunch of old boomers in here thinking Crowder and kolek wouldn't cook some dudes from the 70s lol

This is a good question.  When would the decline of the player skill levels occur? 10 years ago? 20 years ago? 30 years ago?  40 years ago?   I would love to see a 1970s Butch Lee and Maurice Lucas versus Crowder and Kolek.