*** VD 8 Commentary Thread ***

[Long John]

Reverse the colours and rename the infographic:

Most common periods for martial sex.

The difference between the first week of Sept and the rest is interesting. It's fairly well known that kids born in the summer have a considerable development head start on their class mates. The cut off in the UK used to be July 1st. I'd imagine some parents will target that, but that can't be the full explanation.

The first week of Sept is lighter because of Labor Day weekend. All the US holidays look to be a shade lighter.

[Controller Jacobs]

The first week of Sept is lighter because of Labor Day weekend. All the US holidays look to be a shade lighter.

Excellent point - with so many births in the U.S. now being C-section, convenience makes a significant impact.

[heyelander]

Reverse the colours and rename the infographic:

Most common periods for martial sex.

The difference between the first week of Sept and the rest is interesting. It's fairly well known that kids born in the summer have a considerable development head start on their class mates. The cut off in the UK used to be July 1st. I'd imagine some parents will target that, but that can't be the full explanation.

there's a bigger difference with the cut off in entry into youth athletic leagues. Soccer was written about in Freakonomics, here's an article about baseball.

http://www.slate.com/articles/sports/sports_nut/2008/04/the_boys_of_late_summer.html

Since 1950, a baby born in the United States in August has had a 50 percent to 60 percent better chance of making the big leagues than a baby born in July. The lesson: If you want your child to be a professional baseball player, you should start planning early. Very early. As in before conception.

For more than 55 years, July 31 has been the age-cutoff date used by virtually all nonschool-affiliated baseball leagues in the United States. Youth baseball organizations including Little League, Cal Ripken/Babe Ruth, PONY, Dixie Youth, Hap Dumont, Dizzy Dean, American Legion, and more have long used that date to determine which players are eligible for which levels of play. (There is no such commonly used cutoff date in Latin America.) The result: In almost every American youth league, the oldest players are the ones born in August, and the youngest are those with July birthdays.
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Twelve full months of development makes a huge difference for an 11- or 12-year-old. The player who is 12 months older will, on average, be bigger, stronger, and more coordinated than his younger counterpart, not to mention more experienced. And those bigger, better players are the ones given opportunities for further advancement

[Controller Jacobs]

Vintage VD:
Popular Science article - Civil War era map Of Syphilis

[heyelander]

not much else to do in Wisconsin I guess.

[Controller Jacobs]

We had a Halloween party and a bunch of Ohio U students came (volunteers at the Chinese school). One of them would have won the costume draft in the sports bar.

[heyelander]

Slutty Chinese volunteer student sounds hot

[heyelander]

Brody says L's authority is not recognized in Fort Kickass.

[Controller Jacobs]

Anybody seen this site before? My first impression is some of the best quality old-time photos I've seen
http://behindthebag.net/

The photo's I've checked so far have been from his own photobucket account: photobucket.com - user Tom Conmy


1925, Ray Schalk on the left:


1950, Willie Mays:

[heyelander]

if we never play again, I will forever be a better player than Johnny.

[johnnya24]

Maybe we'll get the band back together after the New Year?

[The Feral Slasher]

I haven't been on the site much lately, just wanted to say Happy New Year to all my VD buddies. Hope you are all well. I'll be busy for a month or so, but I might be able to do VD9 in a little bit if there is interest. Or maybe I'll display my lack of musical knowledge in one of those music drafts. And go Seahawks ! Hopefully Heye doesn't think he needs to be a Niner fan now that he is in California.

[The Feral Slasher]

Love the old baseball pics, those are awesome.

[heyelander]

Hopefully Heye doesn't think he needs to be a Niner fan now that he is in California.

I'm a contrarian... I think now that Vick will be gone and I am away from Philly fans I will be able to get back to being an Eagles fans. I was really angry with the team for signing him, but I've discovered I was just as angry with the fans for accepting it.

I use to root for the Niners as I thought they were a excellent, well run team, but being closer has only pushed me away.

Maybe I'm just a dick. (teed up for someone's sig...)

[heyelander]