Merry Tuesday, everyone!
I hope everyone is enjoying their work week. We attended the Bismarck Larks game last night, and I KNOW you’re all on the edge of your seat awaiting a report. The Larks fell behind early, clawed back late, but it wasn’t quite enough as they fell to Duluth 10-6. At the game, they asked me to take part in some between innings tomfoolery, which I obviously accepted. Then they told me I had to tell a dad joke, which was perfect. Now, they took a BIG chance handing me a live mic in a public place, I’m not sure they were aware of the dangers, but I behaved. My joke was: “Today, my son asked “Can I have a book mark”, and I burst into tears. Seven years old and he doesn’t know my name is Brad”.
Get it?
Recent News
Will Ragatz at SI.com looks at the updated cap space and moves the Vikings may make.
From twincities.com, the Vikings are loaded at running back from top to bottom.
At Vikings.com, Lunchbreak highlights Justin Jefferson making CBS Sports’ top 25 under 25 list, & listen as Kirk Cousins is mic’d up at OTAs.
That’s all there is for news, folks. Have at it in the comments, and most of all, be cool to one another.
I’m playing this selection tomorrow:
not gonna look and go with a guess: B52’s?
woo hoo, twins letting me win my bets
Same. Had that once taillion was announced. Had over and Yankees win. Big win
Gotta hit the hay… up early tomorrow. Stay safe.
Rodgers said he’ll “definitely finish career with packers” today.
Makes sense given the contract he just got but likely his last contract
I think he wanted to surpass Brady in the record books but Brady is bound and determined to keep playing till Rodgers quits.
Brady had a far better year than Rodgers last year, but the dweebs gave the MVP to Rodgers. Makes no sense. 5316 yards to 4115, 43 TD’s to 37.
Not a chance in Hades that Rodgers will catch most of Brady’s records.
Brady threw the ball over 700 times last year. Don’t tell me he wasn’t trying to prove he was better than Rodgers and piling up stats. Only one other QB has thrown the ball over 700 times in a season in NFL history. Matthew Stafford; and he did it twice,
@AT is old and washed. Not worth the money@ – 5 and Mick
Well he’s operating against the worst defense in the league, so…. grin.
Thielen’s catch was good, but there are fewer things I hate more than a short out route designed to go 2-4 yards and then out of bounds.
On 3rd and 3 you want that route… especially in the last two minutes of the half or the game.
You want a 5 yard route, minimum, in case you get some good coverage and have to backpedal.
I’ve enjoyed watching Brady throw almost none of those, because he prefers to throw a short fly or crossing, even if it’s only for the 3 yards, so that the receiver at least has a chance to put some fear into the defenders by possibly busting one loose.
Only time he throws that is to stop the clock.
Yes
In a two minute drill, the CB’s are usually playing off coverage a bit. This is a standard route to get a first down and stop the clock. Yes, the 7 yard out is a standard NFL route and the norm, but this is a situational route.
AT has a solid 2 years left.
Agree. Been telling 5 and Mick he’s not going anywhere. Was right this year and I’ll be right next year too
no you won’t , you want a 20M cap hit? lmao
Yes. Caps a myth. Look at the saints and rams lol
Now watch this guy and tell me who had better hands.
He is old.
I’ve never said he’s washed.
I said he won’t he worth 19m next year.
He’s worth it. And he’ll be on roster next season too.
I’d out cash on that if you’re interested
Well “old” is relative. Thielen will be 32 in August. In the NFL that is definitely past his prime athletically BUT Thielen can catch the damn ball. He has some sticky hands. Also he has the ability to get open because he has quickness. So, he can get open and he can make contested catches. Finally, even though he’s had some injuries, he’s still producing points for the team. Lots of TD’s every year. He has a knack as they say. I think while he’s old by NFL WR standards he still can be highly effective and productive.
he only had 700 yards last year, only one 100 yard game. for 19m. that is among the worst jokes ever
How many TDs he have buddy? Think it’s top 3 or 5 in nfl for WR
whoppdee doo, I can make that catch
Long day… dog tired. Too tired to read the comments today. 96 days till the season starts. Any “reports” on how the team looks are bogus. The practices are just walk-throughs. It will be 8 weeks into the season before we have a decent idea of what the team has.
Glad you made it through the gauntlet… Yup, no amount of GM yakking and coach directing and pumping and player happiness is a replacement for performance on the field.
Indeed. All rainbows and unicorns, and that will be the messaging for the most part for the foreseeable future. The press continue to hound players to say negative things about the previous regime especially from a “how did you feel” perspective. They are dying for players to say Zim mistreated them, was unfair to them, or didn’t listen to them.
I’d be happy if I got virtually anything positive, even rainbows and unicorns, although I’ll wait until next month for the rainbows.
I read the other 31 NFL teams mini camp reports. Their reporters all say their teams look awesome and will win the Owl.
JJ and AT shining per best writers. Offense in 2 min drill was good too
lifer at the Dr
Lol
troof
Wow, Kapernick finally gets hired, by the Carolina Panthers!
https://babylonbee.com/news/colin-kaepernick-transitions-in-order-to-make-carolina-panthers-cheer-squad
He can take a knee and kiss my royal ass.
Bad move, watch how this works
Follow the link… it’s priceless!
lol
He’s in good company!
Bronx Bombers in town. We’ll showem.
Twins gonna get that sweet ass waxed. We have 0 pitching and our “stars” are all hurt or the dumb COVID protocols are forcing them out.
Prob men against boys. Lucky to get 2 of 3 in Toronto.
If the Twins go .500 in the next 6 games I would be ecstatic. I dont see that happening. 1 win maybe 2 at most. But…never know. Baseball is dumb like that.
Get 1 of 3 from Yanks anyways. Not sure who’s pitching tonight. TBD last i saw. Think Archer tom and Al Bundy Thursday.
cole sands, is he good?
Ain’t seen him, prob spot start. Yanks will hammer him. i’m sure.
likely going to increase my bet. 3 career appearances, 7.22 era
Judge should be good for 2 round trippers.
twins players likely asking for autographs
it doesn’t help that we get to face their 3 best pitchers haha
I bet the yankees, lol
Might be watching hockey after the 1st.
don’t worry everyone, fact checkers have deemed there is no evidence that the monkeypox “outbreak” was planned.
so that’s good….thank you fact checkers
Funny how we funded a study on it and Voila!
welcome to a world where we are supposed to rely on “fact checkers”
more like “fact wreckers“, right?
don’t you dare speak of our overlords in such a manner!
Well…
Dang Tiger out of Open next week
Saving himself for “the” Open.
Makes sense
Daly is a piece of work.
You ain’t kidding.
Plays in a tournament, and goes to Hooters and drinks and smokes after the round.
He hates drinking water, apparently. He has like a 12 pack of diet Coke’s in his bag for the round.
LOL
He ain’t going to get cheated the time he has on earth.
Part of me thinks he has to conserve his energy to selectively play through pain.
But the other part of thinks he flat out has to just learn to play in pain if he wants to contend. I don’t know if he will ever be pain free again playing a round of golf.
I hope he doesn’t retire and instead plays the 50+ tour. And hopefully he rolls through DSM for the principal charity classic.
I saw Daly this past weekend
You saw him play golf or you saw him at Hooters?
Dsm doesn’t have hooters anymore which is a bummer. Watched him tee off for the pro am. They scheduled him at 7:00 am and 7:20 am respectively
Nice
Doctor said I’m too strong and too smart to be so attractive. She then lamented that life’s not fair. I offered to take her to lunch and she brightened right up.
Why didn’t they cast Ryan Gosling to be Goose’s son in Maverick?
3rd Dad joke of the day, but who’s keeping count?
Petine onto something?
I think they will move everyone around faster than a hurl-a-whirl at the county fair! Different people coming from different places and angles constantly. Offense and defense…
Sounds like a good plan to me. One of the things that hurt us was being so predictable over the past few years.
no talent = losses
fart noise
get your wallet ready
Jesse Davis was RG1 today, Reed RG2. Wyatt Davis looks like a bust. Bisi taking WR3 reps with ISM and Osborn out
Hopefully we hear that Ingram signs this week, or he won’t be able to do much at minicamp.
Anyone find out what his issue is? Maybe get someone who knows someone to ask Dantzler?
i’m on it
I think the only realistic issue is how much guaranteed money.
He won’t start anyways
Anyone else suffer from ADCHOOS like I do?
ok i will bite, what are adchoos
Sneezing?
Correct. Autosomal dominant compulsive helio-ophthalmic outbursts of sneezing.
Simplified – sneezing when you look up at the sun. I’m 54, have done it all my life – walk out of a building, look up, and sneeze. Just once, then it’s over until I spend time in a darker area again.
I should contact Guinness………or drink a Guinness…….whatever.
I just never knew they had an actual name for it.
Another term is “photic sneeze reflex” but not nearly as fitting.
Should be Sun Quirky Immediate Non-Recurring Traumatizer, or SQUINT
lucky.
i love sneezing. it’s like a mini nose/eyes orgasm.
I also get a strange satisfaction from sneezes.
I have a seasonal allergy now. It’s like the 3rd or 4th one in a row where i tend to get bored with them.
That initialism would sound like a sneeze if you tried to pronounce it.
a good friend of mine is servicing Cam Dantzler’s AC Unit right now
Hope his DC Unit doesn’t go out, too.
told him to ask him what happened on that last play against the lions….
LOL…..your buddy need a few days off of work???? He’s gonna get them if he does ask.
haha he would never, plus Dantzler better be at OTA’s right now haha
I went into one of our banks for work today and saw a sign that “the CDC is recommending wearing a mask. Please wear a mask.”
WTF?
I completely ignored it.
I wanted to flip someone off.
Just like we got a bank here who didn’t want to do business with the pillow guy and cut him off pretty much overnight after decades of business.
Wokecommies
Yeah, listen to those scientists who bred Covid in a remote lab in China.
I see that the Byedumb administration is now pimping masks for monkey pox now, too.
LOL.
There is like 31 cases in the U.S.
I don’t think it is even life threatening.
You give them power, they keep grabbing for more.
I thought they said Monkeypox was being spread by butt sex…..
I still see people pulling in the truckstop here in little ol’ Glendive wearing a mask…in their car…and continuing to wear the mask…while they pump gas…outside.
My gentler side reflects that they might have a combination of AIDS and immune compromise due to lung transplant.
i have seen more people outside with them on lately…
but i’m guessing the terrible pollen could also be a reason?
Pollen has been bad this year. I’m feeling it even though it’s never bothered me much before.
Quit bringing in yer man-eating, pollen-producing exotic plants from deep in the Amazon.
i’m sure a majority of people would actually believe that that could be the cause of a higher pollen count
You seen my neighbors? They could each start their own nursery chain… can’t go anywhere outside without snorting not just grass and tree pollen but a thousand kinds of flowers…
Over 50% of people here still wear masks even though no enforement.
IDC if people wear masks just dont make it mandatory
Mayor should wear a mask but that’s for other reasons.
the duct tape kind.
Double bagger
Up for re-election next year. Hopefully the people of Chicago wake up
Our gov up for relection this year. Hopefully we vote him out but he’s corrupt. He Delayed GOP primaries so haven’t even established who he’ll run against…. Blamed it on Covid. Loser cheater
I can see that people want to wear one that’s fine.
I think they have been tricked into fear.
I fully expect the mask/shutdown pandemonium to start back up in the fall.
But to require a mask now?
Man. Power and fear is a helluva drug.
Unless they’re wearing it for other reasons like allergies or whatever.
Im never going to question someone’s reasons for doing something as long as it doesn’t impact me or my personal thoughts on it.
Agreed.
That was my first sentence.
Your second, fourth, and sixth sentences were what led to my comment.
Anybody besides lifer ever try Hydroxy Cut?
you can file this under things i never thought i would hear out of the mouth of five, but am actually not surprised to be hearing at the same time.
I’m not sure why anyone would put that stuff in their body.
I kid. That stuff is terrible and I basically made Freezey quit taking it
You still smoking cancer sticks?
Nope, never did. Only fine cigars
Also known for causing cancer. U smart.
Lol bears lose OTA practice bc they violated rules. Hitting in practice hahaha
Pole and co off to a great start
Bears get Poled again!
Bears and Vikings will have the same play off wins as long as Kirk is still on the roster. 0
Kirk has 1, tho
alrighty, it’s garage time. then lunch. then doctor.
maybe I’ll be back in the afternoon. maybe not till thursday. who knows.
see ya!
See ya. Good luck at the derrrr.
I assume you mean for his wallet?
Based on my notable bias and observations, I would say the cost of going to the derr has increased significantly less than inflation and might be one of the best deals going. I know that what I get paid per study has not changed one penny since I started in 2010. Now the number of studies may have increased but that’s an entirely different story.
You know, on another tangent (I could cut and paste the article but I’m sure you all could GAF) there was an article in the local paper about a local gal graduating with a DPT. Overall inspiring article, nice story, but the choice of words struck me. Several times referred to her experiences in medical school as a medical student and then said she was waiting to work until she passed her boards as having board certification “set a physician apart from their peers”. I have always used physician as a very certain set of individuals and refer to myself as one, rather than a derr….but I guess the technical definition is much much broader.
Those DPTs are pretty hoity-toity…….Good thing OT is still a Masters
Just thought it wasn’t a good choice of words. I would have zero problems going to a DPT for a musculoskeletal issue, addressing them as doctor, letting them prescribe an anti-inflammatory, order x-ray, etc…but wouldn’t think of asking them about their experiences in “medical school” or for advice about postmenopausal bleeding.
never knew
Who are you? Kirk Cousins?
Boat trailer question : Pay extra for Bearing Buddies, or save some $$ and get a competitor?
Football question : (and sorry if you beat it to death already) What’s Ingram holding out for?
How much will you pull it?
Typically, 10-20 miles. Occasionally 130.
how often? (for both distances)
1-2x/week for the short trips……1-2x/month for the longer one (until about the beginning of July when fishing drops off, then maybe 1x/month.
If it were me and I expected the boat to last more than a few years, I’d spring for the nicer trailer (assuming it’s in the budget).
That’s a bit of a naive position though. I’ve only owned a boat for a couple of years and the trailer isn’t anything special.
Oh, sorry, I wasn’t exactly clear on my question. My trailer is fine, but I blew out a bearing this weekend. I’ve got new bearings, and need the bearing protectors to keep the grease inside.
Bearing Buddy is a well-known brand, but they run a bit more $$. There are several knock-offs in the $15-20 range. I’m looking at around $400 for towing the boat/trailer back home, $60 in bearings/grease, so I don’t want to spend much more if I don’t have to.
I dunno, I’ve never had one lose grease badly, but that’s because I know that heat will cause grease to liquify so I check and usually repack every year, with or without a good keeper cap.
I may have overfilled it with grease and popped the inner seal, and it was all downhill from there.
I can’t believe I made it to the side of the road without the tire falling off. Got it up on the jack and pulled the tire right off without having to undo the castle nut.
Yikes… coulda road killed the road kill.
I’d go with them. Spent that much already, spend a bit more to protect your investment, IMO.
Weight distribution too, see lots of guys load the crap into the boat then tarp it.
Bearing Buddy are protective bearing covers
I just pack new grease every year
I probably have Aldi brand protective covers
My main shopping is at Aldi’s. If they don’t have it, probably don’t need it.
That seems like a very personal question and this is a family site
Lol, a friend of mine had a pole stuck up his butt yesterday to get a snippet of his prostate since his psa or whatever it is was off the chart.
He said he’d get the results back soon.
I asked, “How long”
And another friend chimed in that it was a pretty personal and inappropriate question to ask a pastor.
LOL, but did he answer? Also, hopefully he’s alright.
Lol, no, he didn’t, but we’ll know on the other around June 20th
Think they would fine, running Canada a different story. Just get in the habit of hand touching them at stops for heat. Gas, food, etc……
Hadn’t heard of them before. Just read about them. Intriguing! Has anyone DIY’d?
Can’t imagine your average Joe would be able to make these. They fit tightly into the outer hub of the wheel. Most models have a tension spring that provides constant pressure to push grease into the bearings (about 3psi).
Oh no I meant installed them themselves, versus a shop. I just watched a YT video and realize it is a stupid question. I thought perhaps you had to remove the bearings and race and replace them with the buddies.
No stupid questions, just inexperienced people. LOL
Yeah, watch a video to see how it’s done. If your hubs already have a cap on them that will have to be removed, and then the bearing buddy takes its place.
You can literally find a ewetoob on how to do anything with vehicles.
I had a code on my rig, watched a video, and decided it was not worth crawling up under my vehicle to get at a sensor box located on top of the rear axle in a box that’s a pain to pull out and will pay a guy with a hoist gladly.
Hello friends! I made it. New place looks nice, love the counter tops.
Hey there! What’s new with you?
I love this place. Feels a lot like the old place before the gestapo took over.
Should call it the Daily Fartspackle.
LOL…
Oh man thats hard to say, I dont remember the last time we spoke! 2020? End of 2019? If so, a lot since then haha. Yeah, I much prefer we be our own Gestapo
glad to have you here. 🙂
Thank you sir! Nice to see yuh around. Hope things are well
Things are well indeed. Family is healthy, house is solid, yard is green.
Glad to hear! I didnt think my yard would be green again after the mega drought of the past two years but sure enough, crazy what some steady moisture can do.
Excellent! Always nice when things come back. I lost a couple of tree saplings last year, but everything else weathered the drought.
I planted a couple of grapes at Canoe Girl’s this spring, and the lawnmower guy ran over the flag, ran into the cage and smashed it, ran over the grape, and left it ded.
It was like it took a trip to Minneapolis.
ha ha ha ha
I’m taking a trip to Minneapolis on Friday
I hope I fare better than the grape
Yeah, I’m force to go into Minneapolis on Sunday. I’ll pick you up if I see you’re still lying in a curb.
Don’t forget protective armor.
We lost a dogwood, a japanese lilac, and a 30 year old birch between this year & last.
You have sprinklers? How much has your water bill been? Ours was over $400 a couple times last year. Steve (mayor) is trying to get something done on that, but it’s been a fight.
Crap who invited this guy?
Actually, I should have. He and I emailed after I left DN and I told him a place like this was in the works. I forgot about that until just now.
I saw that email and I remembered it was bout 3 weeks so I waited. Also im currently locked out of my hotmail account because Microsoft sucks hot ass.
<3 you too bb
Heh heh. How’s things with the lady?
Oh that? Yeah..thats done. I called that off at the end of March already. Kind of a lot to get in to but, just know it was the right thing to do for the both of us. Im moving on to the future. I actually picked up a 2nd job Bartending, starting training after my day job today.
bartenders meet all kinds of interesting people.
some of them might be attractive eligible ladies.
Oh yes. And the place Im at has two different bars that offer different things and they are the more popular places down town, lots of good looking gals go through there on the weekend.
Second that. I picked up everything except an STD when I bartended in Baltimore.
I used to tend bar in the winter when we’d get laid off from construction, had a blast.
how’d you see the bar top?
See-through bar.
Where at?
In my home town of New Salem, place called De Udder Bar. Rented an apartment above the bar, the after hours parties were the best.
Bartending is a legit skill and pays dividends.
For sure. I mean, I make fancy cocktails on my own at home, iv just never been under the gun before or waited on someone so that will be what I have to learn the most. Im looking forward to it. Still nervous though.
Welcome! I have a few support tickets in.
IM WORKING ON THEM! 😀
I submitted a ticket to get the z key back, hope you got it.
I did.
kefee! how’s the dating world treating you? Banging a lot of chicks?
Just one so far. With summer comes new opportunities.
‘Bout time.
“Give your father a hug Scott.”
In about ten days I will be traveling to Canada for the first time since the beginning of July in 2019. A lot has changed since then for my mother and for all I know this may be the last time I see her. Then again she could happily percolate along in her current state for ten years or more. Such is life.
I’m confused with this ArriveCan app…I put in the information on my passport and enter the information from the vax card. Take pictures of same. Yet I have to be prepared to present my passport and vax card at the border crossing. Hmm…so odd.
Surprised they’re letting you in
Well there are no guarantees
Turdeau will be waiting to declare you an illegal one-vehicle convoy…
same, I’ll be entering the 15th and have to do trudy’s bullshit
Best part of working from home… 70 degree days w/ a nice breeze to open the windows
Worst part abt working from home….all my neighbors deciding to mow while I’m trying to work…
i’ve been dabbling with the idea of getting an electric lawn mower. not because i want to be “green” but just the loudness aspect of it. they are so quiet.
My yard is too big for one, at least one in my budget. A buddy of mine has one and he has to charge it twice for his yard, abt half the size of mine
sounds like a pain unless he cuts half on wednesday and the other half on the weekend
I’ve got 2 acres but just under half is mowable (most of the rest is mature woods). I’ve got an old rider that I’ll continue to limp along until the cost and/or effort of repairs exceeds my tolerance
Pretty much. front yard every time. Then front charge back every other.
i have been looking at the “ego” ones at Ace Hardware here. they are around $499. not ideal, but probably last forever.
The DeWalts look great, but ouchie on the price. Menards also has house brand that seems good.
are they light enough for a women of 130lbs to use easily?
you would allow a woman to mow your lawn!?!?!
Ass gas or grass, no one stays at fives for free
You could always get some goats! Ho ho haha my stepson’s GF got two baby goats for the grandkids. I will admit they are cute and at this age follow you around like a puppy but I know that baby goats become adult goats and they are a PITA. I guess the plan is when the kids go back to their mother’s for the school year the goats will move to the ranch in Jordan where they can live the life of a goat until they become goat meat.
Sister has sheep. She usually names them. Names like “Lunch”, “Dinner”, “Chops” etc.
My wife gets mad whenever I refer to the piglets at petting zoos and the like as “mini bacon”
My stepson’s ranch would be essentially the complete biological cycle of recycling organic matter if they added pigs to the mix. But that will never happen. Hogs are gross. Chickens do a pretty good job of cleaning up table scraps. Even chicken!
how’s ol’ lemon-bars doing?
Doing well. Got out of retail and abt ready to take over the world. She’s gonna be my sugar mama when I decide I would rather write than work. (Aka make money doing it)
Lamb is a terribly underrated meat, so good. Mutton on the otherhand is garbage and only slightly less horrible than that hellmeat lutefisk.
I’m going to need to get some lamb gyros from Arbys this week. 2 for $6!
lol, not exactly what I’d consider good lamb but enjoy!
don’t believe a word they say!
Did she name them Lawrence and Mahomes?
your neighbors mow on Tuesday mornings?
Two of them. One directly across the street and one to the south.
are they retired? or do they work from home and have “flexible” schedules?
I’ll be doing some work in the garage today with my flexible schedule. heh.
I let my wife do it on the weekends, its good for her, especially during pregnancy.
Pregnant woman sweating in the hot sun while wearing a diaphanous top…oh boy…
I appreciate that at least once per month I have to look up the meaning of a word after reading one of your posts, helps expand my vocabulary.
LOL
You would be punctilious in assuming that
manual push mower, right?
My first mowing job was at age 6 with a manual push mower. I still have those muskles.
No kidding? I mowed our lawn in Rochester once with a reel mower when my gas mower quit. I was bushed at the end of that ordeal, and I was a “fit” adult.
My dad was smart enough to lube it up so it turned better than most rusted piles of pushers, so that helped.
google “mowing the lawn”
I used one for three years when I lived in Colorado and had a tiny yard that didn’t grow very fast.
2 for me, lucky bastard
They must be “working” from home as well.
Kinda… guy across from me is retired and the neighbors to the south use a lawn service
Canoe Girl’s next door neighbor works for Optum from home, but he is literally outside all day all summer doing a new backyard project. This summer he’s putting in a swimming pool.
“I’m more efficient working from home” they sez
He must work from midnight until 1 am, since he’s outside making noise the rest of the time.
Clearly they are… if it takes them 4 hrs to do their work instead of 8, that tells me they are twice as efficient as in the office (assuming their standard of work didn’t suffer)
As for me, I got two promotions and a yuge bonus working from home so I’ll stick w/ it (at least 2-3 days a week… definite perks to being in office too)
wowza, congrats
I’ve been stuck on the same contract since Sept 2018 and only saw one undersized raise during that time (my pay can’t pass a certain percent of the hourly rate my company charges the client, and the client wasn’t willing to up the rate).
fortunately, my last day on this contract is Friday, and I’m looking forward to a raise that’s meant to make up for lost time before the next contract begins.
Inflation will probably top out over 25% this year, regardless of how much the Labor bureau cooks the books, so get at least a 25 percenter.
Sounds like Ragnar
Oh, man, forgot about him. I wonder what hole he’s crawled in to…
Demanded an 800+% increase in pay, the results are as expected.
Clearly they aren’t. Just like the old saw that kids didn’t suffer learning from home. Yeah right.
I would argue a child learning from home and an adult doing a job from home aren’t equal in the slightest, but that’s just me.
Agree. I got more done at home, tbh.
I’ve worked at home for a lotta years. I get as much done as I want to.
I’m pretty useless either way
Same here Ben.
Oh I know you would. You have great faith in humanity and I may be alone in experiencing poor service and long waits at various businesses. Trust me adults are as capable of FTD as children. Plus the teachers said the children wouldn’t fall behind and remember they are way smarter than we are when it comes to knowing how children should be educated.
I’m not comparing any child’s experience with an adult.
I firmly believe an adult should be able to make their own choice in how they want to work and it shouldn’t be up to the company to dictate where they spend their time working, unless there is a specific business need or the persons job performance suffers and/or service level agreements aren’t met.
I’ve experienced too many issues both in and out of the office ever to make blanket statements on what is and isn’t the proper way to work.
I also literally measure time service and process efficiency for my job, so I see down to the employee level of both in person and remote employees for a fortune 500 company so I have a pretty good dataset to compare
I tend to agree with you on the employee having influence on worksite, I hate remote, can’t stand not seeing people in person. On the flip side I know people that are the opposite and dread any interaction more intimate than an email. My job doesn’t dictate I work from the office but prefer to do so and as an employer I wouldn’t force someone to work from the office if their job didn’t require it and they preferred remote.
Pre-covid, I had a friend who was single and the only guy in his office. He never wanted to miss a day of work…
There are benefits to both and disadvantages to both. And both arguments are valid.
With gas at 5 dollars a gallon, I think it is pretty shitty of companies to require in person work for no reason other than preference and control of employees’ time. (Obv simplifying for point)
did you get a new truck?
Since the one I bought in Nov 19? No.
Glad I bought it when I did….prices now…no thanks…
I was (unjustly) banned maybe so don’t know what’s up. What did you get?
19 ram 1500 classic warlock edition.
Got it with 22 miles on it. Paid 5k under book then.
If I were to sell it today I’d make money on it.
Sweet! Yeah, perfect timing. You like it? Kind of nice to be all fancy sometimes.
absolutely love it. It doesn’t have all the bells and whistles the new rams have (heated seats/steering wheel, leather etc.) but I dont spend enough time in the truck to need any of that anyway so I saved myself 20k
Begs the question though, when is the polite time to mow the lawn? I would actually prefer to get up at like 6am on a weekend and do it but I feel that is kinda rude.
Any time after 8 am is free game no matter what day of the week.
At least in my opinion.
Yeah, after 8 you’re good neighbor-wise, but I like cutting dry grass so it doesn’t cake the undercarriage, so I’m a ‘right after work’ guy.
Agree, I hate mowing damp grass.
I mowed a lot of damp grass
In the spring I’m an afternoon mower for that reason. After abt July 1 I’m a morning mower just bc it’s so brutal hot in the afternoon I don’t wanna do it
They mow the school next door at 6 am. Doesn’t bother me, can’t really hear it in the house & I’m already usually awake.
Third neighbor mowing today.
Both of mine mowed today. Actually the hum of a mower doesn’t bother me, but weirdly the sound of an atv annoys me, especially when the go back and forth out of the driveway that is kiddie-corner to mine.
Fav Vikings season of all-time?
Mine 100% was 09. When Favre hit Greg Lewis for the game winner against Niners early in season I knew it was gonna be fun. Stupid cheater saints.
Hard to beat that one. 1998 was fantastic. 1988 is an under-appreciated year, phenomenal defense. 2015 was also fun.
’98, ’17, ’09. All a ton of fun, IMO.
’12 was great (Peterson’s 2k year)
’15 has a place in my heart as Teddy’s best year in purple.
Watching the Williams Wall stop every RB until the Patriots simply used the short passing game as a substitute for a running game was fun. I think that Vikings – Patriots game was a big part of ushering in the current passer-friendly era. Vikings had the #1 run defense, Patriots had the #32 rushing offense, and nearly every analyst still believed a team had to “establish the run” to find success.
It was a Monday night game and the whole country watched the Patriots spank the Vikings.
That must’ve been what, ’06 or so?
2015 underated for sure. Defense was elite. Still think we were better than the panthers that year for the SB. Might have had a shot against old manning against denver too.
Freaking Walsh. I’m pretty sure I blew a few brain cells in rage that day
Walsh opened a wormhole to Anderson’s miss in ’99 in my mind. It was freaky. I can vividly remember the room I was in when I watched the Anderson kick.
12 pry was my favorite. Watched them go 7-1 live.
17 and 09 were blasts as well.
13 was fun purely due to the “how they gonna eff it up this year” type of fun.
2010 was ridiculous for those of us who love chaos.
19 was fun for me purely bc i watched every game at a Nordic viking bar.
Some of my favorite Vikings memories are from watching them at a bar – especially when out of state.
I watched a MN-NO MNF game at a bar in Colorado Springs in ’08 and was smart enough to bike there. I had a swimmy bike ride home. I didn’t know then that the cops can bust you for biking under the influence.
Watching the mm at the crooked pint is a top 3 viking moment for me. Cane and supa can fill you in on my antics that day… I don’t remember much before the 2nd half.
LOL, sounds like a blast. I really ought to scoot down there for a game this fall. I could take my boys.
We drove down to Missouri a couple of weeks ago for a Smashing Pumpkins concert (outdoor amphitheater on the Lake of the Ozarks, awesome atmosphere) and it went surprisingly well. They got along great and the older helped with the driving.
2017 was fun but annoying at the same time. Was at the Bank for Minneapolis Miracle game.
Was annoying cause Zim should’ve put Teddy in for a game. Keenum wasn’t the answer and showed.
Agreed. I was clamoring for them to put Teddy in when he got healthy.
yeah, I wanted Bradford back in, and when they tried it looked like he was having the drug trip of a lifetime. I wanted Teddy back in too, but at a certain point it got to be too late.
I was worried Keenum was going to get Diggs and/or Thielen hurt (he lead them into dangerous catches and they never shied away from those), but instead he turned into a pumpkin at halftime of the divisional game and that would’ve been that if not for the one miracle play.
1998 for me. it’s what got me into the vikings. my dad was a fan but not a huge fan, i was 13 so just really starting to kind of get into sports and that was the team that did me in.
98 got me into vikings too
one of my favorite memories from that season and shows how absolutely inept my dad was at electronics and such.
the one game we lost, vs the bucs, he didn’t let me watch because it was such a nice day out, he said “We’ll record the game on vhs and watch it later” but he was worried if he recorded but turned the tv off it wouldn’t record (and maybe that was the case back then, i don’t remember” so he covered the tv with a big black plastic bag so i wouldn’t sneak in to watch the game. so we were outside most the afternoon, i went in for a drink and poked a hole in the bag and saw we were losing, ran outside and said WE ARE LOSING and we all ran in and watch the rest of the game, heartbroken hahahahah
LOL, freeze-dad bagging the TV is pretty funny.
You’re supposed to run the antenna into the VCR, then out from there to the TV. Then the VCR is your channel changer. You can record with the TV off that way.
I’m guessing your family didn’t have a newer TV in ’98, so it probably didn’t have any video outputs.
nooooo it was an oldddd box tv. i’m actually surprised we were even able to get regular channels.
we had to stomp the floor when the screen started to get blurry.
bless my parents.
there’s something sweetly and sadly nostalgic about the memories of our parents’ generation struggling with old electronics
our main tv now is a plasma 50inch flat screen i bought when i was just out of college.
it’s over15 years old and it still works great…
i’m sure that’s the equivalent of what parent’s old tv….to what there are available for tv’s today
I held on to a 42 inch plasma that I bought right when the OTA broadcast changed to digital for a very long time. Gave it to a buddy who could use it when we upgraded to our current TV.
Flat panel TVs are so cheap and ubiquitous these days that we left two 65″ ones at the house we sold and crossed our fingers the new owners wouldn’t ask us to take them cuz the hassle would have been more than they were worth.
If such a thing even existed then a 65″ TV in 1975 would have probably been equivalent in price to a Saturn rocket.
It’s crazy, but very true these days. We bought a 65″ TV for the basement on a whim (well, more whimsical than usual for me) and it’s paid good dividends because the kids have sleepovers at our house. I’m wary of letting my kids sleep at their friends’ houses if I don’t know the parents well, but I’m not nearly as wary of those same friends spending the night at my place, where I have much more control over things.
All the Viking’s seasons suck, but my fav first game is Bradford in 2017 when he threw for 346, 3 TD’s, to start the season off. Had a glimmer of hope for one game. We did all right under Keenuts but he didn’t have the horsepower of Bradford.
That was against the *aints, right?
I think Bradford had the best throw of his career in that game, which is a better throw than 98% of NFL QBs will ever make.
Yup, it was great for a week, living the Viking high life after beating the aints on Monday Night Football.
Bradford went 27 of 32, QBR of 143, and zinged a 21-yard pass to J. Wright in a tiny window and was named offensive player of week.
Diggs had 7/93 and would go on to the Minneapolis Miracle at the end of the season.
Bradford’s disappearance that year was very mysterious. I went back and looked for a play that showed any kind of injury and couldn’t find one.
It was even more mysterious than Bridgewater’s IMO. With that one there was a decent theory about Teddy getting his foot stepped on while he was trying to elude the pass rush in a preseason game. I think fil was the first one to mention it.
Yup, that was the preseason game against SEA
Chargers game. He got “sacked” bc his foot was stepped on and crumpled. He finished the drive and didn’t take another snap til his leg fell off.
Yeah, seems like the culprit. Ligaments must’ve stiffened up after that drive.
MT, is that a thing?
Was it the Chargers? Man my memory is failing me.
I’ve been chasing the high of 1998 since it happened. 2009 was good while it was happening but ended up being too bitter. In 1998, there was hope that we could do it again and again. 2009 was a one-off.
2017 was fun in a no-pressure kind of way.
But 1998 was peak fun. I don’t think we’ll ever see the likes of it again.
good point. we all knew in ’09 that it was now-or-never with Favre.
My favorite season is ’87, a plucky team that barely scraped into the playoffs after the players strike interruption. They roll into NO for the WC and strait boatrace the Saints, then the Anthony Carter destruction of SF in candlestick to set up an NFCCG with the Redskins, then the Darrin Nelson drop in the last minute seals the win for Was. It was my first real memory of playoff football for the purple. My dad was all pissed off but me being like 7 I said “don’t worry, they’ll be back”, he just laughed and said I didn’t know anything. Of course he was right, I didn’t know anything and every NFCCG they’ve made since then ends in dramatic failure or utter embarrassment.
Yeah, I was spoiled because I got into Viking’s football the year before we went to the Super Bowl for the first time, and aside from a couple bad years, just steamrolled most teams on defense and had fun on offense with a lotta future HOF’ers for 10 years.
Never again will we have such a streak.
Not anytime soon.
I was 6 for that season. I remember watching the playoffs, but mostly because I got to eat popcorn in the living room and because my dad hollered at the TV (and he NEVER hollered)
My dad yelled a lot, especially during Vikings games, he once threw his cowboy boot at the TV during a game.
I agree.
1987 was the year the Vikings “backed into the playoffs”.
Burnsie got pissed at the media for that. Fuckers….
Then curbstomped the Saints.
“Who dat going to beat dem Saints?. Vikings. Dats Who !”
That was the Star & Trib headline the next day.
I re-watched both of those games a couple of years ago on Youtube.
Brought back the memories.
Yeah its probably been 10 years but I went back and watched those games and I immediately remembered what it was like to have optimism that the Vikings could win the owl, also being a kid was fun.
team game, nothing to do with the qb that we would have been in the Owl if not for a moran coach
hey brad-
i just wanted you to know i’m praying for you and your family today.
i know June 7th is a significant day for you and your family.
So know i am praying and that the Lord’s lovingkindness never ceases and His compassions never fail
Thanks man, much appreciated.
Funny how the Vikings-Texans game from 2012 came up in conversation today.
You’ve got an awesome family, man.
I remember watching that game on that tiny hospital tv screen, couldn’t cheer because we had to be quiet, it was still a fun game to watch.
Couldn’t say it better myself. Your family is in my thoughts Brad.
Thanks, amigo.
can he lower gas and food prices please? and take a manchurian candidate ruining our country out of office. thanks
Where’s freeze?
probably rubbing armor-all on the dashboard of his new minivan
Or getting the gum out of the back seat…
the kids aren’t allowed in the new vehicle
Did you seriously buy a brand new minivan?
not brand new. 17k miles. that’s a decent sweet spot for value/ROI (at least it was years ago when I was researching such things).
You’re right, depreciation slows from years 2-5 or so. First two years is a nosedive.
The best is owning five cars and putting 250 miles apiece on three or four of them. A sooper smart guy I know does that.
Oh that sounds better. Now that Freeze has a sweet set of wheels I’m waiting for his visit to Dawson County. Buzzard Days is this weekend, ya know. In fact, freezey should be packing up and moving out here.
we are heading to Door County for a week, this saturday.
But I think a visit out to the ol ‘dive will be happening sooner than later
Got 2″ of rain last two days. Cows are happy and it is greening up nicely. Life is good…so glad I made the move.
We have what I call a boom lift but Cat calls a telehandler parked in our yard…a TL642. The erection crew (as they call themselves) will use it to put up my metal shop. I borrowed it to safely get up on my roof..put a pallet on the forks and rode up…I put in sewer skewers in the sewer vents and their rattling in the wind drove my wife mad so I fixed them in place with wire. Happy wife happy life. I envy you and GF getting to play with all that heavy equipment, I just putt around on my little SCUT.
like pete said, not brand new. 2017. 17k miles. has 7 year 117k mile warranty on it for EVERYTHING (electronics to powertrain), the price was actually “decent” in comparison to a brand new van and others with higher miles at other dealers. but now my wife has a vehicle she won’t have to worry about for MANY years
NICE!
my wife doesn’t like how much i want to drive the van now. “you have your own car, leave my van alone”
slap any bumper stickers on it yet?
I keep giving grief to Canoe Girl about bumper stickers, who had a momentary lapse of judgement and bought a Soobaroo.
https://babylonbee.com/news/pathetic-excuse-for-a-subaru-owner-only-has-48-stickers-on-back-of-car
no, i don’t do the whole bumper sticker thing.
in fact, i got the license plate that allows us to get into state parks for free (i think it’s $30 a year) so i don’t have to put stickers on the front window haha
I got a Lifetime National Parks pass last year. Nothing better than whizzing through the ranger stations flashing the supreme badge.
In Montana you automatically are enrolled in State Parks entry unless you opt out. The only vehicle I opted out on was the sedan. Helps that we live on the doorstep of Montana’s largest state park.
We also got the Lifetime pass (for my wife) last year. Sweet deal!
I’m sad about the Canuckistan thing, though. With son having summers off I thought it would be a good thing to do annual trips up to Alaska with the grandkid fishing on the way.
I don’t think they’ll let us in for the foreseeable future.
Not if you don’t have the jab. I’m curious what it’s going to be like…masks on plane? masks in stores? masks in restaurants?
I also look forward to the border crossing questions. Transporting any firearms? Oh gee is that not allowed?
I had to wear a mask yesterday (dentist) and I’ll be wearing it again today (doctor). I hope this is the last time I wear one two days in a row.
It’s so painful because I roll into work sporting my “Biden Harris” cap (in the winter I’m even more bundled up) and have to take off the cap to put the mask on. Then when I get to my office I whip the mask off and usually hook one of my hearing aids at that time. Then after I change into scrubs I walk down to the department fridge with my lunch so have to put the mask back on. Rinse and repeat when I go walk the dog with my wife at noon. Rinse and repeat when I leave work at the end of the day. Sometimes I think the mask wearing will never end in the hospital.
No one was wearing a mask in my dentist’s office. I also know OrthoMontana (competing private group and the largest group of ortho docs in the state) does not require masks. I take those as positive signs.
I decided to get the twice-jab of Moderna last year in April before I flew to Commiefornia to visit son and new Grandson, as at the time it looked like a high possibility I’d get stuck there without a way to get home due to Newsome banning non-vaxxed at airports.
Got the plague anyway in January this year, but Canada doesn’t care if you’ve got natural immunity, only that you have the boosters up to date, although there’s a bit of mumbo-jumbo about quarantine possibilities.
I’m not taking the clot shots again, ever, so probably not going to Canada again.
For a 50+ year old to be considered up to date, he/she should have four shots (I have had three). At this point I am waiting until the fall to get the fourth jab unless I am threatened with expulsion. Gotta figure the chances of exposure increase in the winter so I will treat it like the flu shot.
Yeah, Canoe Girl thinks the plague will return in the winter, most likely right before November 4th.
RIP MT
We do the annual state park passes, good places for family time.
here i am
i was sick the last few days and wasn’t at work (where i add all of my inspirational thoughts and messages to skoloholics)
Nice glad to see your back. 5 going off on the Kirk deep end again. Said Tannehil is better than Kirk lol
What were you sick with?
not sure, covid? influenza? i don’t get tested so can’t be certain. but my body did it’s thing.
although, i told myself if i ever get pretty sick again (haven’t for quite a while), that i wanted to try getting a vitamin/immunity IV infusion to see if it helps any. So i got one on saturday morning (Twin Cities IV) and by Monday i felt A TON better. so i am thinking that’s the way to go from here on out. I suggest you all do it as well…who would of thought….getting an IV filled with immunity boosting vitamins would help?!?!?!!?!
Uhhh…yeah no. You do you and I’ll do me.
We were at a fundraiser for the hospital on Friday and I was giving high fives out to anyone in the “never been tested” club. It is a very exclusive club. Even rarer is the “haven’t missed a day of work” club. I feel very hoity toity in my club, like I am just a superior human being all around.
you are against getting an IV full of vitamins??
he loses business that way
Yes. Does that surprise you?
i’m just curious as to why that would be.
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haha so you believe vitamins only help because people THINK they help?
I believe that if you have a healthy diet you get all the vitamins you need and more. I think taking vitamin C or zinc when you think you are coming down with a cold only results in your pissing the money you spent on those pills down the drain. Then you throw in the price of getting an IV set and start.
I would never never never prescribe such a thing.
I’ve always been forthright about this. My stepkids are both too in tune with their bodies and are coming down with hantavirus or the plague every couple of weeks and I just say give it two weeks and if you’re still suffering give me a call.
Broke my tailbone sledding with the grandkids in December. The pain was significant for six weeks but despite the technologists offering to scan my sacrum and my wife saying you need to take at least some ibuprofen I was determined to tough it out. I did finally take a couple of ibuprofen a day for a couple of days after I slipped on the ice and landed on my tailbone AGAIN two weeks after breaking it.
interesting…
i’m glad you’re not my doctor.
i love you, but i think that’s a very foolish thing to say and to not encourage people to take.
but hey, to each their own.
Well that’s why I said to each their own.
I’m curious and would award 500 quatloos to the person that comes within 2 percentage points. Of the 100 or so head CT’s I read a week for various complaints such as headache or fell and hit head how many have significant findings defined as acute bleed, fracture, stroke, hydrocephalus, mass?
if i hit my head, i will gladly have you diagnose my concussion.
I will guess 8%
Pretty close. Over the 12 years I’ve worked it averages out to about 4%.
Ouch! I bet that was an Uff Da moment
I get my vitamin C from onion rings.
that’s how I feel for 6 weeks after getting my Dr. bill
I’ve only been tested once and that was to get out of Germany back to the crazy ole’ US of A.
I boost my immunity by touching door handles in public and not washing my hands
Solid plan. I still say the cowpoop fights from my youth did a lot to contribute to my current stellar immunity.
you were the kid at the mall that would lick the escalator handles weren’t you
no, but I’ll confess to licking bus windows in elementary school when there was frost on the inside
i may have done that a time or two.
i do remember licking the metal railing of slides at different parks. the metal tasted good!
Hey, five
lol, what an insult to Tark,farve, randall, etc
You don’t agree with that, do you? That KC is the best Vikings QB ever?
I don’t.
Tark was in 11 Minnesota playoff games and won most of them.
I read that article, and it’s not much better than the headline. The author lists the three criteria for the top 5 list (talent, longevity, meaningful games) and proceeds to list Favre as #2 while leaving Randall Cunningham off of the list.
He gives credit to Culpepper for making the cover of Madden and for having “the only playoff victory against the Packers in Vikings history” (MIN vs GB has only happened twice in the post season, and the other game had Joe Webb at QB).
Wade Wilson made his top 5 all time list. Wade Wilson.
Then he ranks Cousins as #1, and here’s part of his reasoning:
no Kramer, no Moon. Heck, even Jeff George is worth consideration.
The guy is on perple crack
What about McNabb?
Ha! What about that former Giant that Arif liked who threw fifty-some passes on a Monday night game that embarassed everyone?
Josh something.
Josh Freeman ahhahahaha
Ben has the gif of him throwing the football into space. Classic
Top 3 sports gif of a time behind randy and the bird and the athletic high jump lady
ha ha ha ha ha
do you still have a gif library?
https://i.chzbgr.com/full/7874164480/h41610AFF/josh-freeman-the-king-of-the-overthrow
The webb year against GB, was that the year that Ponder won a week 17 clutch game against GB. Then mysteriously he was hurt and Webb started the playoff game?
Yep
yeah. Ponder’s arm nearly fell off. Sugarman saved it.
Vikings started 6-6 then 4-0 down the stretch starting with a huge win against a very good Texans team.
Peterson went 2k that year, and Percy Harvin was on MVP pace the first half of the season. What a waste. Terrible ending to a great season.
note the “i am second” bracelet 🙂
I wouldn’t have bruised and even if I did rub some dirt on it
I remember that year vividly, AD was amazing to watch. Never seen a player dominate like he did after week 5. People forget that he started off fairly slow that year, then he just went ballistic.
GOAT
Agreed
he started off slowly…
…after his first carry
“Alright, here’s the return of Peterson. He said it was his goal to be ready for week 1 of the regular season, but such a quick turnaround from an ACL tear has never happened before. It’s first and 10 from the Vikings 18 yard line…
…here’s the handoff to Peterson!…”
(82 yards later, Vikings are up 6-zip)
His game log https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/football/players/game-log/2012/517568/adrian-peterson/
Game 7 is where he went nuts.
he probably would not have gotten to 2k if Harvin had stayed healthy.
and he probably would have the single season rushing record if Harvin had gotten hurt a week (or two?) earlier.
Yeah, it’s horrible. I just knew it would trigger five. Was hoping for a more volatile reaction. Oh well, you miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.
Here’s a good clickbait title for that guy’s next article
WHY CHRISTIAN PONDER IS BETTER THAN KIRK COUSINS
lol, Wade Wilson sucked and whoever wrote that article is not well informed.
Congratulations to the Colorado Avalanche on a well deserved series sweep over the Edmonton Oilers in the Western Final. They are a deep team, played very well, and deserved to win. Best of luck in the SC finals!
Thanks MT. Oil gonna be around for a while
Gf, any updates on Z key coming or something similar?
Nothing yet, it’ll take time.
Real tempted to take Chiefs to finish last in division at +1400.
Chiefs suck outside Mahomes. Mahomes goes down for any period of time they’re donzo and may even be donzo with him.
Broncos finish first, chargers, raiders, then chiefs.
Definitely an interesting division. I’d be shocked if the Chiefs finish last though.
Think it’s raiders or chiefs that finish last. If mahomes starts out like he did last season they’re sunk.
Like broncos to finish first. Won 7 games with teddy/locke and big upgrade with Wilson
Carr getting a top WR in league is interesting to me too
So you think the team will win more games because of a different QB?
That cause teddy and locke suck. Plus I think a new scheme and Hackett will do well. Alot of solid talent broncos have
Wut? This is a team game? The qb isn’t responsible for anything, remember? lmao
love watching shane sell the stunner
LOL
boom!
is that Sid Justice?
no
Young Rhodes?
not sure
no, he’s never been in shape. maybe muraco
This is like a game of chess…
one’s playing chess
the other is playing candy land
want to bet $1000 chefs don’t finish last?
Give me +1400 and I will. 10 bucks for me. I win you give me 140, i lose you get 10
I’ll bet you 10k they don’t finish last
Not saying i’m 100% on it, but not out of the question. I think broncos and chargers have better all around teams and easier schedule.
Raiders and chiefs battle for 3rd place
Interesting.
I don’t trust the Broncos, but the Chargers and the Raiders are both scary enough within the division. It’ll be a fun division to watch.
They won seven games last season and better coach and scheme. Plus Wilson.
We’ll see
I don’t trust Wilson. He looked awfully mediocre last year.
Bad OL will do that even for the best. Broncos have pretty good OL. We’ll see but yeah Wilson’s better days are behind him but massive upgrade over Locke/teddy still
it’ll be a fun experiment to watch
let’s see what the denver walmarts do this year
They’ll have the lowest prices for games?
Doubt it, they’ll start jacking prices for NHL, NBA, and NFL games now that they own all those franchises
Chiefs still have the best oline/dline combo in the division and the best QB. I don’t see them finishing last.
lol, see my post below. I’ll add 10K here too
Not picking on you here but I’m always raising my eyebrows at these statements. I just sold a house and can tell you that there ain’t a chance in hell that I would wager $10,000 on a bet such as where a football team might place in the division. It’s one thing to say “I’ll bet that doesn’t happen” but $10 large? Then again with inflation that might buy you a month’s worth of gas.
Could be a new show… “The Battle-Bets of the House-sellers”. Now all you need is NVF to join in…
^ that’s the mindset it takes to build wealth the right way ^
(little by little)
Life’s too short to bet the under
🙂
Client in cali told me $180 to fill his suburban yesterday
My little Ford Ranger cost $60 to fill on Sunday. $60 for a Ranger!?!
I’m ridin’ with Biden…
better to ride with Biden than Ted Kennedy
One kills the wallet, the other…
people self flagellating themselves voting for these morans, they will never get it
astute observation, IMO
I’ve come to the conclusion that many vote out of a sense of guilt
My last vehicle had a 42 gallon tank, at least this one is only 28. Anyone need a job? I’ll have one coming up as a lookout driver down at 1st National…
I’ve been keeping track of all of my fuel purchases in 2022. Anything over the average price during the previous administration I’m going to deduct from my taxable income.
you mean kelce sucks?
Deebo showing up to Niners camp
Lol and people think Lamar Dak and Murray are better than Kirk
Years played and playoff records for these QBs…
Lamar Jackson: 1-3 (4 years played)
Dak Prescott: 1-3 (6 years played)
Deshuan Watson: 1-2 (4 years played)
Kirk Cousins: 1-2 (10 years played)
Kyler Murray: 0-1 (3 years played)
Do you actually see how low you will go in your defense of Cousins?
The guy has been in the league for 10 years and only has 2 playoff appearances. 2.
Yet you act like he is some dominating NFL QB or something.
Team game brah. Skins were atrocious when Cousins was there. Then he goes to a team where the HC didn’t like or want him.
@Recipe for SB success IMO@
If it’s a team game, then why are you posting playoff winning percentages of selected QB’s to brag about how good Cousins is with a “team game” stat?
LOL.
Says the guy posting team stats that aren’t supposed to be used for the QB.
lol, ok NVF. they made the playoffs in DC
I don’t blame Zim one bit. I think he liked Teddy and Keenum, maybe even Bradford.
Cousins played better than Murray (close) and Jackson (not close) last year, but Dak Prescott was the best (in 2021) of the 4 you named.
Joke of a division. They get like 4 free wins in their division alone.
lately, sure, that division stinks. but I’m not looking at win/loss records. I’m looking at Dak’s play within the schedule his team was given.
That’s the debate… is it wins or stats that judge the QB?
Dak is the black Kirk Cousins according to his teammates.
We’ll he does have a worse playoff percentage than Kirky
Nope, sad.
Top 15? Easily.
Easy top 15. I put him at top 10.
Top 10 could be debated, but there’s no question he’s top 15
It all depends on what analytics you want to use.
I can see him being around 10th in the league.
The greats Josh Allen, Mahomes, Brady, erin, russell, stafford, dak, watson, lamar, burrow. 10 there plus Murray, Young Goat, Tanehill, Ryan. beaker about 18th
Tannehill LOLOLOL you still drunk?
I agree with 5 on Tannehill. He had the misfortune of being drafted by the Dolphins, but he’s a good QB and has shown it with Tennessee.
Tannehil better than Kirk???? NO freaking way. Anybody that says that loses all credibility.
Tannehil top 20 but below 15
2020
2020 or 2021
LOL
I literally typed “2020” in the comment
Okay I wanted to confirm. That’s 2020, what about last season lol?
last season was not a good one for ol’ Tannehill – I won’t pretend otherwise.
but I think 2020 shows that you’re overstating your case when you say things like “loses all credibility” and when you use four question marks
ha!
where’s Justin Herbert?
and who’s “young goat” ?
partial list, he’s top 5 for sure and Carr is better than beaker too
TVA is a joke. The dude hates Kirk more than you. Super biased. Like reading MSNDC articles.
Not my favorite stat, but ESPN’s big one (drives a lot of opinion articles)
QBR has Cousins ranked:
15th in 2021
19th in 2020
13th in 2019
16th in 2018
I prefer DVOA (defense-adjusted value over average)
and DYAR (defense-adjusted yards above replacement)
which have him respectively ranked:
8th & 7th in 2021
10th & 9th in 2020
10th & 7th in 2019
20th & 13th in 2018
What this shows me is that he’s gotten more efficient as a Viking as time has passed, and that his reputation of throwing more yards than adding more value was more justified earlier in his time here, but less so in recent years.
It also tells me that ESPN plays a bit of popularity game with their rankings, or, less maliciously, that their analysis is naively lopsided in its priorities.
Justin Herbert played better than Cousins last year.
Somewhat humorously, Bridgewater played just better than Russel Wilson last year.
Cousins is going to go off this year watch. KOC gonna let him rip it.
I hope you’re right, but I wouldn’t bet a dollar on it.
I wouldn’t even bet my pocket lint on it.
I wouldn’t even be so bold to make the claim on a blog.
We have 7 years of evidence on Cousins.
Until he proves it, I assume nothing.
the smaller diapers have allowed a tad more mobility so not a statue but a huge rock now
How bout those Avs!
lol fail
That’s a lovely accent you have. New Jersey?
might be alabama
I thought it was Kamala employing her brain cell on another stream of consciousness babble.
she’s worse than Virginia Woolf.
and that’s saying something.
only pukes like lifer can actually support her and make our national security a serious issue
Trump lost loser.
Lol, what a joke. Several members of the Tampa Rays didn’t wear the rainbow gear and now they’re getting eaten alive by the media. Sad…
“Do not be surprised, brothers, that the world hates you.”
“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.”
Nice 1 John
Strive for the approval of others, become their slave.
well said
My fave Bible verse is still the “even though I walk through the valley of death….”.
Psalm 23. Probably the most well known in entire bible
John 3:16 gotta be up there as well
100%
yup, Ecclesiastes
“a time for war, a time for peace” etc
My fave, Romans 12:2
Mine is Joshua 1:7 “Above all, be strong and courageous”…
i just taught my daughter the next couple verses, emphasized 1:9, have i not commanded you, be strong and courageous, do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord your God is with you always”
She gets nervous when she has to do something in front of a crowd (piano recital, church things) so this verse helps calm her soul. very sweet.
I learned a song at camp that helps me remember these verses
be bold! (be bold)
be strong! (be strong)
for the Lord thy God is with thee
do no be afraid (no no no)
do not be dismayed (no no)
(come on and) walk in faith and victory
for the Lord thy God He is with thee
Now my kids attend that camp. It does my old bitter Vikings fan heart a lot of good.
my favorite is
my favorite is Proverbs 3:5-6
trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understandings, in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight.
Verse 7 is a doozy too, do not be wise in your own eyes, but fear the Lord and turn away from Evil…..
excellent choice. Prov 3 always makes me think of “seek first the kingdom and all these things will be added unto you”
And also “an eye for an eye”
Mine’s Ephesians 6. Full armor of God
Romans 8:28 All things work together for good to those who love God
oftentimes people hate verses like Romans 8:28 and Jeremiah 29:11 when they’re over-quoted by well meaning people who don’t know how to mourn with those who mourn
excellent choice
Sorry, I can’t join in. There are just too many good verses. So I am going to just go with Gen 1:1. In the beginning God…
going with this theme…
i think i could also add in any verse that begins with…
“but God….”
So, fuck these pathetic groups. Make a stand like George Washington
Mandatory minicamp starts today
https://ca.style.yahoo.com/style/pizzazz-plus-rotating-oven-193410823.html
I’m 20 years ahead of Canada… not surprising…
My co-worker makes homemade pizza on her grill, says it’s the best stuff ever. I need to get the recipe.
I’ll shoot you a text w/ the recipe I use. I cook mine in a cast iron skillet. I usually just use the oven but pry could do it on a grill too
Perfect, thanks!
I just got a cast iron pan big enough to fit a pizza a year or so ago. It’s seasoning nicely. I should give pizza a try.
I hope if you get out of line your wife hits you on the head with it
the thing is heavy.
can’t hold a candle to a carbones
Dominos is the bomb
Naw to greasy
Homemade pizza is best on our pellet smoker pizza oven. Hands down.
To toughen myself up I place my hand palm down on the pizza stone when it is at full temp.
Who doesn’t?
MT is feeling goofy today
Yeah, but you still wear a thriller jacket
So
no judging
Lol….you should change your name to Judy you judge so much.
Time to go launch the pontoon
Where you launching at?
Same spot the Edmund Fitzgerald put in
I went to college in Duhloot soon after it went down.
If only they’d made Whitefish Bay
I still don’t know why none of the crew had survival suits, like we made sure we had on board in Alaska.
I watched a YT video of the Scandies Rose sinking. Poor bastards. The two that survived in their survival suits came darn near to dying as well.
Yeah, lots of variables with survival suits in bad weather and not sealing up tight while bouncing around in massive waves, but certain death without.
Spoilers, dude! WTF
Lucky dog
How far is your parents house from you?
Kirk seems more loose and some more swagger this year. Isn’t walking on eggshells around Zim.
Practice and mini camp means nothing.
Why don’t we wait and actually see if things change in games that count?
lol, 40 xanac pills couldn’t stop the pooping of the pants
this has to be an informercial for some innovative product that holds all of your car cleaning items in a miraculously convenient way. only 8 easy payments!
“there’s got to be a better way!”
drive through while I sip my latte
The infomercial over-dramatizations are the best.
lol
Also, did GF ever figure out tweet embeeding?
Still messing with the settings. I can’t figure out why the hell it won’t work. Driving me nuckin’ futs.
Anyway to stay logged in like DN? Sucks logging in everytime from every device
If you check the “keep me logged in” box, it should keep you logged in.
Where’s that? When you log in? All it said was “remember me” but that just remembers password but not auto log in
Oh, odd. Mine stays logged in. Do you have your settings so that it clears your browsing history when you log out? If so, that’s what’s doing it.
Mine says “remember me” when I log in on my computer.
It doesn’t want to stay logged in on his Commodore 64
I think you can have your browser remember you even if the site doesn’t
“1st world problems millennial”
Another beautiful pic up top! Thanks!
Thanks, was from this past weekend.
Hahahahahaa at the Dad joke! Way to represent, Mark!
You like that? Another one came to mind.
Did you hear about the superhero with a lisp who worked out a lot? He’s Thor.
Time to head down to the Pentagon. Back to back meetings almost all day. Bother.
Have a great time and stay safe.
Have a good one. Don’t forget to tell Austin and Milley you hope they get STD’s.
Meanwhile the traitor in chief still isn’t paying his bills. Never has, never will. You should vote for him while complaining about Biden:
Memphis Politicians Object To Police Escort At Trump Rally, Citing Unpaid Bills
“He’s notorious for not paying,” said City Councilmember Martavius Jones, who doesn’t want Memphis eating the costs of an upcoming Trump rally.
The Center for Public Integrity reported in 2020 that Trump owed nearly $2 million at that time to 14 different police agencies and local governments for the services they provided at his rallies.
You mean like when I went to his Minneapolis rally and tens of thousands of democrat/marxist soy boys and green-haired women and anarchists showed up to screech at peaceful rally-goers and were trying to instigate a riot?
Trust me, the farm boys and ex-military at the rally weren’t threatened by any of those idiots. Trump doesn’t bear any responsibility for your che wannabees.
That literally has nothing to do with Trump not paying his bills like he never has and his rally goers being slobs leaving behind a sea of trash like in NJ and Orlando and the list of cities goes on and on. You know what the best part is…..the piece of shit is just milking his dumbass followers for donations and they actually give their pittance to him lol….idiots.
Lol, Democrats have a 50 year history of not paying their bills and leaving behind large amounts of trash, needles, meth pipes, bongs, baggies of unidentifiable pills, etc. Plus they just crap on the ground where they’re at, like an Amber in a bed.
maybe the dnc can pay for it like they did the dossier?
Yep, that’s lifer, 135lbs in black skinny jeans wearing a sickle, dumb commie
Five when I smack the taste out of his mouth…
you
You
It astonishes me that those two have not resigned in total disgrace. Pathetic!
Coming from a retired military officer with almost 34 years of service.
I know a guy who worked extensively with both Austin and Milley and he says when they were lower/mid ranking officers they had integrity, but then somewhere during the period of 2008 and 2016 they had to pick between honor and politics and politics won.
Yep, I saw that happen (with many other senior leaders) during that same time period. Very sad.
most who pick honor over politics don’t make it to high rank, I’d bet
Death before Dishonor (name the actor in the movie?)
Had to look it up. Fred Dryer, former defensive end. I see he’s the only guy ever to tally two safeties in one game.
I knew him as Hunter and the sports reporter guy from Cheers.
fuck you obama, you pos grifter commie asshole!
Thanks for your service pal! They want those pensions and cushy grifting jobs at Raytheon. Who is gonna do it? Corrupt DOJ, etc. sussman walking is a joke
We like to call those type of days, the “AMRAAM”: Another Meeting Right After Another Meeting.
One time I bought in to run a failing small-mid company, and I told the employees that they weren’t to bother me for a day, so I could analyze stuff, and then I’d set meetings with the heads of the departments in order of priority one at a time to discuss.
One of the department heads knocked on my door and insisted she had crap that had to be looked at. I looked at it, it wasn’t emergency-level, and I told her that I didn’t take kindly to a bit of deceit that she had something important, and wasn’t going to tolerate a distraction from me doing my job again.
An hour later I get intercommed from my AdminAssist that she was back. Apparently her badgering the previous guy was SOP…
See if we have a single weapon left for the impending chinese invasion and if not if we can get 80B back form ghan and 500B back from hunter’s grifting house?