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VIKINGS NEWS
Vikings sign Punter Seth Vernon, who is a also a large punter at 6’5 and 230, but not fat like Ryan Wright. Looks like the Vikings will have competition on some level at both kicking spots this offseason.
Judd Zulgad believes the Vikings Superb Owl run should start in 2025 based on KAM/KOC decisions
NFL NEWS
Broncos won’t exercise 5th year option on Zach “MilfSlayer” Wilson, Jags won’t exercise it on Mac Jones either.
It will $7 mil per 30 second commercial for the 2025 SB on Fox
Question of the Day
When does JJ start? When does Turner start?
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You can’t make this stuff up.
They take over a campus building then demand that they be provided food and water.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/columbia-student-mocked-viral-video-telling-reporters-occupiers-might-die-without-food-delivery
This country better grow a pair of balls and soon.
‘Weak men create bad times’.
And then, they appease to their demands and send them food.
Excuse me, thought breaking the law was a crime. I’ll send food/water., might be abit tainted.
‘if you want food and water go get some’.
No one is making you stay in that building but you.
Stories like this always make me chuckle.
So called “healthy organic” makes you sick.
My wife and I are going to the tiny village of Dorchester, Nebraska tonight to play in a 5pt pitch tournament.
We’re going with our friend Emily and several members of her family. It’s at a local bar (guessing the only bar) and I expect an older crowd. Farm people types wearing Bibby’s and Monsanto hats with creased bills. Basically, my wheelhouse.
I’ve only played 10 pt or 7 pt in my lifetime. So it’ll be a bit of an adjustment but I’m looking forward to it.
Hi Lo Jack Joker Game
I’m repeating this like a mantra until game time. I refuse to be embarrassed in front of Virgil & Gladys…..
so, I was reading the thread on tough coaches down a ways in the ass hole dad section…
I had a J.V. football coach who told me if I ever let anyone outside of me (I played D end) he would kick me in the ass. After a game where I let someone get outside he came into the shower and kicked me in the ass…the weird part was he wasn’t gay.
Question is then did you like it?
Yeah….not so much….but thanks for asking.
Just kiddin around. As discussed below, those were different times.
I had a coach in high school (different than the one below) that used several phrases over and over again:
’They will not call off the dogs!’
’Assholes and elbows until the whistle blows!’
’He’s already dumb! I want you knock him stupid!’
and my personal favorite:
’Run like you’re mad at the goddamn grass!’
I still repeat these phrases 30 years later.
‘you need to know the difference between go getem and sickem.’
That’s a good one.
She will never work in Hollywood again
It kinda feels like this is training for a movie, in which case, it’s perfectly fine because Hollywood is allowed.
Looks like she’s on an actual team and getting trained by John Wick.
It does look like him. Not sure if it is.
I have always like her.
Probably because she is hot and never gave me a reason to not like her.
She could probably just claim ‘training for a movie’ and they will leave her alone whether it is true or not.
norseman1
1 May 2024 2:18 pm
Twinks down 3-1 in 4th. Lost Bally. Could be a bad day.
Norse wrong again as the Twinkies win 10-5 for 10 in a row.
Thanks SC! Fuck Comcast, Bally and Pohlads! swept 2 series, sweet.
You know me, always here to help.
I lost the Twins as well, but I stumbled into a bar this afternoon and they still had it on…what luck!
10 in a row baby!!
Read trade speculation after this year cuz Falcons drafted Penix. LMAO. Hope it happens. I love drama. KC, talking about.
Man, who would take that contract?
Falcons would have to eat some. Prob just clickbait. The worst division in football and you draft a qb. Funny as hell.
Falcons would eat a shit tin just from the dead cap
we’ve been told Kirko plays for a discount so it’s not a problem.
His play transcends normal value and it’s not about the stats, it’s about what the stats represent.
I’d love it if Penix shined in preseason. Drama.
Kirk’s achilles isn’t ready by week 1 or he’s suspended for the tampering, Penix starts the season and plays so good they can’t bench him. 18 never sees the field. I just thought about it, there’s no chance of the Heineken revenge game now.
Can they suspend? Didn’t know.
Godell can do whatever he wants.
Doubt they would. It’s just a joke because it would be hilarious for Atlanta to waste all that money. Right up there with Denver’s idiocy.
Kirko can’t be suspended by the league.
The FO is the one who did the tampering.
Morris and the Falcons could bench him for conduct detrimental to the team for blabbing. But that’s not happening either.
What if he initiated the contact? He knows the rules as well as they do. And stop peeing in my Cheerios. I’m trying to have fun here.
I think it starts in training camp when, “Penix is wowing his teammates”, while Kirko is rehabbing.
God that would be juicy.
Iv also been told that we should be rooting for Atlanta to be good because Kwerk was so good for us, so we should also cheer for him elsewhere? Like, what? F that. I hope he gets snapped in half by a free safety.
🤣
Turner likes to hit QBs….
Week 2, Thursday night.
Just throwing this out there.
Randomly…
But I am totally all about high-quality and low-price things…
Enjoy the new world. Low quality/high price. BRING BACK BETTER. 4 MORE YEARS!!
I love it that everything costs 30 percent more! Where is Edge so he can tell me its equally the Republican’s fault?
Get ready to hear about about 6 months of paid propaganda saying it’s totally the Republicans fault.
So true. Sad to say but sniffer could buy the throne. One party system. Seems like socialism to me. I’m old and stupid, what do i know?
Canadian railway workers at CN, CPKC vote to strike, says union
Get ready for an increase in food and gas prices
CAN YOU MAKE THE FONT SIZE BIGGER I CAN’T READ IT
Refresh. For some reason if you put a link before other text it does that, but I swapped em and it looks normal.
Summary:
First post is JVike posting soda slut
Stu thinks NoDak is unprogressive because he thinks its gross that Freezey only has eyes for Kirk
hump day gifs
Norse doesn’t know what the hell is happening or when it is
Big Stu makes guarantees like Tommy Callahan
DE would be friends with soda slut but only if sober
NoDak can’t get twins on his package
DE wonders if twinks do a sausage thing
VPs co-workers don’t want him in the office, but at least they’re nice about it
Freezey loves stories about Stu getting goosebumps
Long music discussion
According to Wren Freezey is a pansy among weeds
Surly thought marijuana was tomato plants
Mjolnir uses music to drive out insects in his ears
Eggslusher has no issue with people shitting on things
SkolMT blows kisses at birds
Almost all of you degenerates break the law regularly
Wren can’t figure out how to make jokes from sexual references
Jvike wonders if kfey has ever been the catcher on a freeway
SoCal doesn’t think we have enough emotionally unstable people around here
Norse hasn’t performed fellatio in quite some time do to low quality and high prices
VPs got the point that his boss doesn’t want him around
We hit 420 at a little after 2 today
Ouch..
thank you, wren
So which is ‘the doozey’?
Norse Fellatio? Going to dive down thread and check that one out.
Yep, I can’t believe my twisted juvenile mind didn’t immediately recognize the sexual reference, maybe because its Norse, who doesn’t typically make a lot of comments that can easily be massaged into something sexual.
Well done! Thank you!
Well done, and thank you! For clarification I have never had “twins on my package” but I do have twin sisters….that just wouldn’t be right.
About done with the summary, man, there is a doozey in there today that I somehow missed when I read it earlier.
can’t wait to see
any xavien howard or tyler boyd signings yet?
jj re-signed?
WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR VIKINGSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
They’re still partying and getting over the hangover from getting JJ and Turner. Jets will be in a week or two.
Waiting to see what pocket change is left after a JJ (Jets) extension.
Dictator Walz was in Jackson today.
Keep him, please.
I was wondering what was going on. It looked like AGCO was having a party. There was a plane flying in circles over the place towing a sign even.
I’ve never seen a sky sign in real life, I don’t think.
I thought it said “TRUMP” at first and that maybe someone was trolling.
Turns out it was “Leaders drive FENDT” or something…
We had the CEO of Fendt visiting for our opening of the Fendt Lodge (welcoming center). The Jackson plant is now the Fendt headquarters for North America.
Are you also in the Jackson, MN area?
Wren is from Worthington, it’s a suburb of Jackson.
Hahahaha
Between Jackson and Worthington basically.
As in, Lakefield?
Nope, but my mom was from Lakefield!
Cool. I’m from thereabouts.
You’re in Jackson, MN? I am from that area. How old are you, if you don’t mind me asking?
50
That’s how old I feel.
Haha fair enough. I am from the Lakefield/Heron Lake area.
So, you’re either a Rossow or a Knutson.
Might be a Freking.
Forgot about the Frekings
This thread makes me think that Lakefield is a bunch of inbreds.
We prefer the term “chromosome-challenged.”
Thank you for understanding.
Haha those are definitely two common names around there.
Twinks down 3-1 in 4th. Lost Bally. Could be a bad day.
Now tied at 4 middle of the 6th.
420?
My kids would get a kick out of this because they understand nature. The city slickers that were probably there most likely need therapy, parents included.
Survival of the fittest lesson there, its science.
Don’t tell that Stu, he’d be like. Did any of them turn into a pig? So it’s no science! Or some shit.
LOL, trust the science!
I can’t stop laughing at that…..
Now you just need Daniel Boone to go after the bear.
At least the mom was laughing a bit – probably not too traumatized.
I heard that if Coach Finch cannot be court side for Saturday’s game against the Nuggies, Coach Micah Nori will have an earpiece in to communicate with Finch.
I got to work and my boss asked me why I was there. I got the point. I’m home now. However, I can’t play. I have too much work to do.
At least you have a caring group of people here that you can hang out with while work.
https://x.com/Skol_Squatch/status/1785333967954350117
https://twitter.com/Skol_Squatch/status/1785333967954350117
I hope he feels the same way about the FTP.
Correct.
Make the enemy pay…..
so sounds like bally sports just cancelled on another streaming service.
so is there any service at all that can even stream bally sports?
So your pron site is no longer working?
Not aware of any. Comcast/Xfinity say they offered Bally several options. I think Pohlads have something to do with it from a greed factor. Need to look closer. They can still negotiate a deal but a big if/when factor. As of now i think Fubo or Direct TV only option.
I think I just saw they agreed with DirectTV and possibly Comcast within the last hour.
Found it.
Thanks. I’m a Comcast guy, can only hope.
May i add, Xfinity/Comcast sucks ass. Worst customer service ever. They threatened to terminate my service (internet, everything) due to non payment. Made 2 trips into a satellite store with a bank statement showing a cashed check. Turns out they credited someone else’s account with my money.
Had three different providers in VA and now on second in Fl. and would say they all suck. They all have zero ability when it comes to customer service. Just pitiful!
so my dad has comcast i believe, maybe directtv, he just told me like 2 hours ago that he doesn’t get ballys anymore.
but does he now get it again?
Looks like it was Charter that I remembered, not Comcast.
I have a solution to your problem. Google superbox. You can even buy on Amazon. You get every game, not to mention every channel……. for free.
MT do not google
I have still never Googled a certain colored breakfast food…
Chicken
Just an FYI, its the Beatles at fault for certain bands sucking and making bad music, not mine, I have had no influence on the musical industry.
Son of a gun, those sorry assed Beatles sure had a hard time selling records and drawing fans.
This is kind of true. They did kind of spark the lightbulb of just what an insanely lucrative industry the music BUSINESS can be. Like they knew before that it could make money… but not to the level the attained.
False.
FYI Benflake, the Beatles broke the barrier to allow rock music into the mainstream.
At the time, the Beatles were considered the devil’s music.
The beatles were nothing more than a teenie bop pop band, lol, hardly the devil’s music.
Someone once asked George Burns the secret to his success?
His answer – ‘I became too big a superstar before I realized I had no talent.”
I thought it was George Harrison? Guess I’ve been wrong all along!
Harrison was a pretty good guitar guy. He wrote well also. Beatles brought a evolution in music. RIP George.
it was Burns that I was referring to.
beatles do suck
Stuflake and Ben dum dum weren’t even alive to know anything about that time. You don’t even think Tarkenton is an Hall of Famer. Sheesh.
By the sound of this guy (not sure how he knows unless speculating that vikes would have taken Maye at 1.3) JMac wasn’t the vikes first choice at QB. It sounded like it to me on draft night via KOC’s phone call to Jmac
Yeah, they all seem pretty excited about the pick to me.
LOL, WTF are they supposed to say? “yeah, you weren’t are first choice, but we need a QB so we drafted you.”
Prison would be too kind for this guy.
https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/1785686468243112256
https://twitter.com/CollinRugg/status/1785686468243112256
Guys like this should be ripped apart by dogs. Gross.
this is of course terrible and the guy should get what he deserves.
But wonder how many parents today don’t ‘push’ there kids hard enough?
I have learned that there are 4 ways to raise kids, one works well.
Ask much but give them little = abuse.
Ask little but give much = spoiled.
Ask little and give little = neglected.
Ask much and give them much = best chance for success.
Give means love, support, attention, tools, role model.
Ask means behavior, respect, expectations, effort.
I agree – ask much and give much is the way to go.
But I must admit when I saw this – which is extreme and terrible – it brought back memories. Less severe but along these lines.
In the times and place I grew up, fathers (WWll guys) were very tough and demanding.
I could tell some Little League stories that people just wouldn’t believe.
I started noticing this from the inside of the argument in HS, dealing in an alcoholic father.
Starting noticing schoolmates who were smart, well adjusted, good people. Started wondering what the difference was between them and me. Started to figure things out then.
I just know growing up we (the boys) really got pushed and I mean hard – especially in sports. Today it would be called abusive.
For example, I mention Little League, Grew in in a small midwestern city and our LL All Star team would play other small towns. This was a big deal and half the town would come to games and they expected a win.
a practice drill we ended with – a round the horn infield drill. Ground ball to third, throw to first and then first to home to tag a runner. Then all the way around the infield. Then do the whole thing over as a double play ball. Here’s the kicker, anytime someone misplayed a ball, you started all over and we couldn’t leave until we did it perfectly. Cars around the field would have to turn on car lights so we could see.
But those were the expectations. Bad bounce in the face, tough shit. And I can’t say anyone thought to much about this.
Interestingly, for a town of under 5000, six players went on to play college ball. one guy was an All American (Football) and one guy played pro ball.
Football practice was worse – oh yea.
‘Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.’
We are currently in the ‘weak men create hard times’ part of the cycle.
Amen, Brother!
Interestingly, I’d do it all over tomorrow if I could.
We are at step 4.
Do they even want to come here?
Bring Hamas, we can find a spot in Congress for them.
They’re already there.
Now this is going to get Edge pissed at me, but where were Obama’s interest in the Middle East
Beat me to it.
Sniffer will do anything to buy votes. Senile fuck.
When I was in high school they had a pvc pipe propped up on an old hotel cart with holes punched in it and a hose attached. Water would spray in all directions.
Coach would whistle and yell ‘Water!’ and the whole team would run to the cart to get to the water. After about 90 seconds he’d yell ‘Stop!’ and student manager would shut the water off.
More than once I was on the ground, scooping cold, dirty water into my mouth and onto my face as fast as possible. And then sprint back to where the drills were and immediately start barfing.
My first three years – no water just salt pills. Last year a small break like you suggest, but we had to “earn it’.
The good old days.
Indeed. I had an offensive line coach in HS – real gruff, no nonsense type of guy. When we’d hit the sled he’d stand next to you and if you came up to high out of your stance he’d punch you in the gut – and not a light jab. He once played scout team DLine wearing no pads and ended up in the middle of a scrum and came out with a bloody nose – we loved him for it. Still do.
Great stuff. Coaches would run you until you puked, push you shove you (hard) and yet we all loved them.
Picked up The Teacher from school yesterday. She tells me often how she has to fight kids, parents, admin every day to teach them to read.
I watch her release her class for the day and every one of them stopped to give her a hug on the way out.
Kids understand ‘tough love’ is still love.
God Bless Your Wife. We need about 5000 or so more teachers like her!!!!
She is getting burned out, counting down the days.
But she is fighting the good fight until she gets there.
She get health care or is that a regional thing?
Health care is part of the contract. It continues for 10 years after she retires.
It becomes the secondary when Medicare kicks in.
Good, you on her plan? Kudos to Teacher, she deserves a break.
I am because it costs her the same if for a single or a family.
It is my primary until she retires in June then it is a backup.
I already have Medicare and Tricare.
They’d also tutor you when you needed it. Teach you about sacrifice and commitment. Give you a lift home, make sure you had the necessary equipment, put a couple of dollars in your pocket for lunch when he knew you needed it and were too proud to ask.
A team means everyone helps everyone get there.
As a fairly mature man, I cried the day my HS football coach died.
He helped make you the man you are today.
Makes perfect sense.
Reminds me of Basic training. In the field we were required to shave. The only water available was ‘salted’ to replace sodium due to sweat.
In the morning we would have to break ice off of the spigots to get the water, cold shave in a helmet, in the dark, with salted water, using a truck mirror, and then wipe the blood off before formation.
Is it asking too much to have them do things like brush their teeth, get dressed, eat something decent, and do so in a timely manner so I can get to work? My oldest seems to think so.
Suspect that has to do with the ‘role model’ part.
#snicker
FYI…
They figure this stuff out when they move out and become parents.
It’s just the circle of life.
Set expectations early and it’s not a democracy.
Thought I did, then she turned 4 and gets distracted by literally anything and everything but getting ready
Kids will test you, test you and keep testing you. and after they buy in to this, there will be. something else, expectations set again, and testing starts again.
And i laugh, 4 – wait until the teenage years.
It is the ‘Nature of the Beast’.
I did it and had it done to me.
One of the best comments I’ve seen on this site.
‘Don’t worry I won’t let it go to my head’
Fessik
The Princess Bride
biting him in the head… what the fuck! That child has nothing but trust in what his father was trying to get him to do. Despicable.
Trust or absolute fear?
Right, could be either. Either way… just tragic.
remove his junk and make him choke to death on it
Yeah or remove his junk and make him run on a treadmill while getting tazed then repeat that at least twice a day every day until he’s no longer a waste of oxygen.
i really regret opening this video.
breaks my heart.
i can’t help but imagine my little kids when i see this..
cant’ wait to go home and hug them until they say dad what the heck
really need to bring back and more quickly enforce the death penalty. Could be the only to slow down the amount of deliberate assholes, shitty criminals, and happy gang members there are
Really, won’t get one for Hunter, dang… why not!?!?! I know some have pointed out there is no actual firm math to comp picks right?
Hunter’s loss is offset by Greenard’s signing
Let’s hope it is.
looks like one more pick to package and trade to get another 1st rounder…..
Speaking of skinflute, anyone know how he feels about the direction of the franchise and JJ?
i’m gonna email him right now and ask..
i emailed five and he liked seeing kirko gone
Tell 5 hi, I am sure he misses me!
what did skinflute say
Who was Skinflute again? Damn I forgot but remember the nickname.
PeterPlaysBass
That’s right, what happened? Why is he no longer here?
This guy could tell you
I never saw his exit, just heard about it. More about it down below.
Moral of the story: Kirk tears everyone apart!
Lol
Petah
Vikes’ most recent draft got me thinking. Would it be an effective draft strategy to always move up, target a player(s) that will be very good with low likelihood of not contributing at a high level, but, also realize most drafts you’ll draft only 2-3 players?
no, because even those 2-3 players could end up being busts…
it’s not an ideal way to do things. you’d have to FOR SURE hit on every draft pick if that’s the case….
where as if you have your normal 7-9 draft picks, you can afford to miss on a couple in hopes to hit on a couple. IMO
This message endorsed by Slick Rick.
if 7-9 is good then 12-14 is better.
pshhhh
you know what i mean
It is a Quality/Quantity argument.
We tried quantity and I am perfectly willing to try quality now.
i wouldn’t say 2-3 per draft is a great way to build a team though.
i don’t mind it happening once or twice, but it probably can’t be a sustainable thing
Not sure Vet Minimum FAs are that much different than late/middle round draft picks,
Other than you have idea what you are getting with the FAs.
Vet FAs cost more and they are what they are. Late round picks are cheaper, their salaries aren’t guaranteed and there is at least a chance you find a gem.
‘there is at least a chance you find a gem.’
Same can be said of UDFA and we just picked 17 of them on the cheap.
Still a better chance, even if slight on drafted players and there are no guarantees you get the UDFAs you want. After the draft, the players get to pick a team so if there is a guy you like you draft him late so he doesn’t have a choice and you own his rights for up to 4 years.
Yep.
You are ‘playing the odds’ no matter which way you go.
Are the odds better if you play it like this year with 2 studs and about 20 maybes? Seems like we got 4 possibles in the 6th and 7th and then a bunch of lottos tickets after that.
Heard that we maxed out the roster with with the UDFAs but then we picked up a punter.
Have no idea of the ‘real’ math but would think it’s a push. 2-3 high draft picks, with a higher chance of success, versus 5 or so lower with much lower chance of success.
And individual circumstances of a particular team would have a bearing.
I think you need a good mix. You have to have depth and you can’t fill all of that with FAs. You have to have cheap backups or you can’t afford the good ones like Jets (and in 4-5 years JJ’s 70 mill per year contract).
Um, the message endorsed by Rick is 7th Round > Than all other rounds!
The 7th round was the cheapest way to get more picks, aka lotto tickets.
Yeah and you need depth pieces. That’s where the mid round picks come in. You get guys that most likely won’t be All Pros but can hopefully step in for injuries and if one of them turns into a stud, all the better.
Right, there is a happy middle ground of quality over quantity because the perceived quality isn’t always the case so you need some quantity.
Plus you have the injury aspect to consider. A great pick can get injured at any point.
The ‘don’t put all your eggs in one basket’ argument?
Since I have a decade of Slick doing the quantity over quality thing, I like what KAM did.
In about 2 or 3 years from now, I will probably swing back to Slicks approach.
Or, just maybe, Kwesi will be smart enough to find a happy middle ground. In 2 years, they’re not going to have many open positions on the team and when they’re consistently picking 28-32 that’ll change the math a little too.
Makes sense.
From time to time you can do it, but you also have to offset that by having drafts a year or two before or after where you pick 10 players.
Think taste of music is mostly a generational thing but have at it boys.
Late 60’s, early 70’s. Then music died.
Correct
A classic,
So many great lyrics in that song, I remember it running thru my head while I was delivering on my paper route.
Wasn’t that supposed to somehow be about/for the plane crash that killed Ritchie Valens?
That was the genesis of it yes.
I think it speaks to the times quite a bit.
I had to double check that and I did not realize that Buddy Holly’s bassist was supposed to be on that flight but gave up his seat. According to the Wikipedia that was the one and only Waylon Jennings. How I did not know that is beyond me.
Yup. Crazy story. Haunted Waylon for the rest of his life.
Yes, the bus they were travelling on had no heat and the bassist had a cold. So Waylon gave up his seat on the plane. The bassist told Waylon I hope you freeze to death and Waylon replied I hope your plane crashes.
Waylon didn’t play music for a long time after that.
Hooooo
Leeee
Sheeeet
I have never heard this part of the story.
I believe they actually watched the plane crash from the bus.
And the Big Bopper. ‘The day the music died.’
Such a great song.
I play/played acoustic guitar and played that song a lot back in the day. My friends were amazed that I could play and sing the whole song off the top of my head.
Just when you thought it ended, there was another verse.
More than 8m long.
Don McLean re-released it for the 50th anniversary and he sang it with an acapella group I like.
Don still sounded great at 75.
Seems as if apply pie, reading the bible and chevys are no longer in vogue. Too bad!
Youngins are too busy on social media now day.
Read an article about teens issues with that and there was a quote from a teen that said “If you don’t have a life online then you don’t have a life”.
So incredibly sad.
Listen to classic 70’s everyday in the car. Some 60’s too.
Young bucks missed out.
I didn’t grow up in the 70s but I grew up listening to 70s music. About once a month we would sit up and play cards on a Saturday night and listen to 70s music all night.
FYI…
Those are now called the golden oldies.
WE are old.
“old” – just experienced maybe.
The Beatles are the IPA of music
I start to wonder about acquired taste. I hated beer until I started drinking coffee. Hated super hoppy beers until got into Sierra Nevada Pale Ale and Red Hook IPA… then it was a travel down trying more and more super hoppy… But it get people’s dislike for it. I too once disliked it haha.
‘Sierra Nevada Pale Ale’
Ate at their brewery/resturant in Chico Calif once.
Pretty nice spot
Nice! It’s good when places with quality beers have a quality spot to hang and enjoy their beers at the source!
Every generation felt that way. Your grandparents thought your music was just noise too. But the idea of music dying… Pretty good documentary on music dying and what is actually causing it.
It’s obviously because kids today are dumb and have no attention span.
Well, sort of. But this gets at the root of some of that. Clear Channel was one of the biggest culprits (this is all covered in the documentary). Car dealership that also gave small business loans. One of those businesses was a radio station, they defaulted. Dealership took over radio. Not know shit about radio but having a very successful business they started applying their business cents to the station. Looking at periods of time as a unit and how can they get the most money for that unit of time. They learned they needed to play music that isn’t good but something that gets you to tap your toe and not change the station so they could charge more for commercials. So the hook of songs needed to be immediate and short songs and songs without any depth.
Please explain – not ver musicall but don’t understand this. They played music that isn’t good, but gets you to tap your toe and not change…….
Don’t you think if it wasn’t good, toe tap or not, they would change the station?
Music isn’t about being deep and intellectual now. It’s more about a catchy beat and the lyrics really don’t matter.
Yeah, basically everything the Beatles ever did
I was trying to keep it short so terrible explanation.
A basic beat that is very simple and recognizable get to the hook quickly and don’t last very long. There’s no doubt pop music is catchy. These studios pay these song writers a lot of money to write catchy shit but there’s substance there. I don’t remember exactly where in that documentary they talk about Clear Channel but they go over it. Also Red McCombs got rich from Clear Channel, so that guy helped ruin music and the Vikings… fuck that guy.
Continuing my musical education. You seem to mention pop music like it’s sort of inferior.
I like art some. There are all kinds and I admit I look down on ‘modern’ type art. Now others love it.
I do have that tone to me, it’s true. Very biased that way because I feel pop music is killing actual art in music. It’s not all pop music, some music becomes pop music because it’s so good. Eminem for example. But when the music is created to be pop music then the music aspect doesn’t matter. The drive to make money and be popular is what they are shooting for, music be damned.
Lopsided Taylor again.
were they standing outside chucking pennies at it?
I was trying to make a pun on sense vs cents lol.
It is interesting how kids have access to all generations of music now and their fingertips.
They know about a lot more music than I did at that age.
And other odd things keep stuff alive in unexpected ways. Like the Fallout video games keep music from the 40s alive, etc.
Never thought about that piece of it with the video game music. Cool and good point.
Dock still open?
don’t know, probably.
went there last year, so expensive and very mediocre food, not going back
Bad food and high prices seem to be a trend. Ain’t ate out in some time.
I finally had an appetite on my way to my kids baseball game last night so ran through the Taco Hell drive thru and good lordy a double chalupa meal is 13 bucks. I will not be doing that again any time soon.
Should raise minimum wage to $50/hr. Should fix.
This blew me away yesterday.
The Teacher had an eye appointment so I needed to drive her. Then she needed to pick up doughnuts for some Union Event at school, so next stop Crispy Kreme.
So I was carrying the doughnuts out, multiple dozens, and I stopped by the door to wait on her while she finished paying. At the table next to the door was 4 7-8 year old girls (per The Teacher) and two moms.
While I was waiting I heard one of the girls say “If you can learn how to organize just imagine how much you can accomplish”. I glanced over and the speaker was stuffing some doughnut into her mouth while the rest were chewing and nodding.
The obvious conclusion is ‘Doughnuts make you Smart’. It made my afternoon.
There is a lot of truth to that statement.
‘Out of the mouths of babes’ comes to mind.
She obviously has a good mom or teacher she listens to.
pretty sure that’s Antifa’s motto
And it seems to be working for them.
I’M THE SMARTEST MAN IN THE WORLD!!!
and I’m not far behind you
I was just thinking about going to get a donut.
This is a sign. I will make it happen shortly.
‘Here’s your sign’!
I don’t really like donuts, must be why I’m so dumb
logical.
“I’ve got the cruise set at 35!”
what’s your guys’ average MPH on the freeway.
i feel like when i was first starting to drive into my early 20’s, going 70 was abnormal.
now…if someone is going 75 in the fast lane, they are driving slow. i wonder what changed. but i love how fast eveyrone seems to drive now
I’m 75-80 MPH
yep i would say i am very similar. even on the 65mph areas.
traffic, at least here, has just gotten so much faster
if you aint first, you’re last
Drive fast. Take chances.
The GF way.
depends – down here many of the interstates you better be in the 85 plus range to be in the left lane.
That is the truth!
Never pitched on the freeway, but I could touch 80mph from the mound back in the day
ok, gone fishin
That’s Brad, I’m Ben, get it right Freezey! Though it was nice to see him around here the last couple days
yes i was surprised to see him.
it’s always good when the OG’s make an appearance.
anyone know if skoldiers is happy about our draft?
Not sure about skoldiers, he doesn’t comment anywhere I know of
man, it’s crazy how some of these guys just DISAPPEAR
Yeah, haven’t heard from LFA in like a year and a half
Takes long breaks but this is longer. Hope he’s ok.
Yeah, he said he was moving out to cali for a while, its been quite some time
Kind of figured he’d be back at some point. Same for Lifer
I emailed lifer a while ago and he said he’d be back at some point
Oh boy.
Yeah cause we don’t have enough ’emotionally unstable’ around here.
I hope so. I never had an issue with Lifer. Never had an issue with anyone really, with the exception of PPB.
did you really have an issue with PPB??
skinflute was kind of an ass to Mjolnir
well stupid. no one should be that way to anyone IMO
Not in a general sense. After Kirko threw short of the sticks on 4th & 8 he was on here being pretty negative (upset as his father was in poor health and was the last chance for him to see the Vikes make a run) and I took exception to the negativity (as did others) and chose to pile on, in a pretty regrettable way that was also out of character for me. Dude was hurting (although I didn’t see the all the details regarding his dad – but still should’ve conducted myself better) and I kicked him in the ribs when I could’ve sensed (or read further) that he was upset in a real way about a real thing and should’ve let it go.
shame on both of you.
He did pop onto Sleeper the other day for a comment or two.
Forgot about that place, I’ll have to check
This post has multiple sexual references, yet I can’t quite put them together in a way to sufficiently make fun of it…
I wonder if Kfey has ever caught on a freeway?
LOL
Notice I am more comfortable lately a little slower, 72-78 mph, (turning into an old goat?) much better gas mileage also. Interstate speed limit here is 80 mph, so a a lot of drivers doing 85.
Turner plays much games 1-2, starts game 3. Sam gets dinged up week 8 and JMac never looks back.
4-5 above the posted limit haha. Honestly if the gas prices are well north of 3 bucks and I am not in a hurry I will go 72, because I’ve learned above that, my car’s mileage starts plummeting.
What a pansy.
79 in ND. 84 in SD. With Traffic in MN
Yup, this is my go to. I use to always do 5 over instead of 4 but I figured 1 MPH doesn’t make much of a difference and I could see an A hole cop pulling me over for 5 over.
I usually target 5 mph over the speed limit.
This is reasonable. The 10+ over people are a**holes IMO.
I set my cruise at 75. No more. No less. If I get into a pack of 3/4 vehicles traveling faster I will bump it up a bit. Otherwise I keep it at 75.
I’m never in a hurry and usually always riding dirty – so I don’t speed.
When I was young I ‘drove it like I stole it’ – routinely driving 75-80 mph on gravel (which I grew up driving on) I never wore my seatbelt and would (weekly) drive thru the front yard of my science teacher who lived on the edge of town.
Riding dirty?
I usually have some form of marijuana on me when interstate traveling…..
Gotcha, isn’t reefer pretty much legal most places?
Not in Nebraska. We’ve got delta 8 and THCA & P and a few other variations. And our illustrious AG here is picking a fight with the ‘legal’ dispensaries (again, delta 8 and THCA/P shops) and trying to get them run out. Tried to get a session thru the unicameral here and it failed. They’ll try again. So I err on the side of caution. I think most State Troopers would leave me be – it’s the county Mounties and one-bullet Bobs that concern me, the ones that believe ‘Reefer Madness’ to be true. And believe me, they exist in this state.
Right before you posted this ^ I was looking for a meme for “Reefer Madness”
Such a great movie. They did a parody episode on ‘That 70’s Show’ that I get a kick out of.
Speeding is a moving violation. Insurance companies note.
ok, flo from progressive….
5 over my max.
Why have a Ferrari then?
Speeders…
Speed limit on the interstate in town is 65 so I set the cruise at 65. Out of town it’s 80 so cruise is usually 78-80. I plan ahead enough to not have to be in a hurry. I have no problem going 10 under.
Same. I’m pretty bullish on this, especially in town. If I’m at a stop light and want to turn right, can turn right – I’ll wait until the light turns green to turn (unless there’s an arrow or it’s clear to my left) Why do I do this? Because I’m not in a hurry. Ever. I get out of bed in plenty of time to go places (I despise tardiness)
I’ve had this scenario many times: I’m at a red light, needing to turn right, turn signal on, car behind me also needing to turn right. There’s traffic coming from the left but not too much so I could aggressively navigate into it – I don’t. Why? NOT. IN. A. HURRY.
So what happens? Beep! Beep! Driver behind me hits the horn – they’re clearly in a hurry to get home and beat their kids or cheat on their spouses and my not turning right has shattered their idea that only they matter goddamnit so move out of the way!!!
Not only do I not turn, I wait a full second or two before turning after the light turns green. What happens next is always the same: Mad acceleration of the engine behind me, flash of metal coming on to my left, more horn honking – longer and more aggressive and then the birds 🖕🖕…. Oh those damn birds. I always just smile. Sometimes I blow a kiss.
LOL, I blow kisses at the birds also. Had a guy follow me into a parking lot once after blowing a kiss. Big badass truck. Saw me and must of figured it wasn’t worth it.
WH communication staff has rectified 148 errors by big Joe since 1st of year. LMFAO. Your President.
The guy is out in space somewhere.
Guy can’t even eat a salad and he’s in charge of nuclear codes.
I don’t think he’s in charge of anything at all. Which is even more proof that this admin is verging a tyrannical govt – we have unelected corrupt politicians running the show while profiting off the people’s struggles. If people don’t wake up fricken soon we will be a losing country.
US can survive for a time because it’s been built to, but it’s moving in a bad direction relatively quick, think of how much worse nearly everything is in just 3 short years. Them propping up Saint George was the starting point and it’s come completely off the rails socially.
Economically we edge towards being screwed, but can survive because Figures Lie and Liars Figure.
Well said stu, couldn’t agree more.
ok conspiracy theorist…..
Agree with your comments, but not enough coffee yet. Who’s ‘Saint George ?’
By the way, believe Obama and his folks are running things.
floyd. he’s basically been anointed as a saint
thanks, forgot about that model citizen.
I’ve been calling him Saint George for a few years now. Used to get some guys BIG MAD on the DN lol. may they RIP
Number of ‘errors’ seems low. If you go back over Joe’s nearly five decade Washington time, the number of “errors” would set a Guiness record by a very large amount.
Thread updated with new links and media selection, fat boy wright may have some competition.
i was going down memory lane this morning.
i love music. it’s one of my favorite things.
i specifically remember where i was and what i was doing when i first heard Coheed and Cambria blaring out the window of someone’s car outside of the dorms in college, and i literally walked out and asked the person, who is this!??!! they told me coheed and cambrian and i immediately hitched a ride with a girl who had a car to music go round and bought their album and i have been in love ever since. they are a top 6 band for me FOR SURE..
let’s hear some of your guys’ stories of a specific moment in time that you heard a band and instantly fell in love with them
Saw Led Zep in prime, about 1970 i think.
I saw Mudvayne open up for Slipknot in Sioux Falls in like 1999, I was in middle school. It was love at first sight! Haha! BTW, your boy from Coheed on this cover… just breathtakingly good!
mudvayne and slipknot were just a little too scary for me back in the day…..and still are haha.
i think i like one song each by them haha
They both make insufferable music
Yeah if you’re a wuss!
I don’t dislike metal or hard completely, I just don’t like bad music
You sound like someone who doesn’t understand music tbh. Like what you like, say something isn’t your cup of tea but to say Slipknot and Mudvayne are just bad is ignorance. To write off the genius and talent of a Joey Jordison, great song writing of both bands, amazing, Mudvayne’s bassist and drummer are PHENOMENAL musicians, period, end of story. Again, you don’t have to like but there’s no denying the abilities and talent of these musicians.
Its not ignorance, their music sucks, they could be the greatest musicians and song writers ever, but doesn’t make their music any good.
You don’t like their music, that doesn’t mean it’s bad music. How egocentric are you that just because you don’t like something means it’s inherently bad? Get over yourself. It’s either ignorance or a completely self-centered close mind that takes a stance like this.
wow ben, egocentric pansy
Sorry you are so easily offend that I think they make bad music
Pointing out you literally think the world revolves around your opinion of something is way different than being offended. You just assume your opinion of subjective topic makes something absolute is just very egocentric. You’re the one being defensive about this. You don’t like Slipknot or Mudvayne. Sweet, you do you man.
It’s just like I HATE pop music, weather that’s pop country, pop rock etc… If it’s created for the sole intent of being a formula to be as stale and disposable as possible, I have no interest… doesn’t make it bad music. The people who wrote it are very talented at what they do. I just don’t like it…
Are you new here or something? Stating my opinion as fact in a facetious manner is not something I have recently started, not even when it comes to music, I must have just touched on a nerve with your favorite genre because it sucks and is bad music
LOL…
Some people just get offended easily.
BTW, the Beatles also made bad music
I don’t have an issue with people shitting on anything I like. That didn’t touch a nerve. I think I touched a nerve pointing out that to say what you said either points to musical ignorance, or a high level of self grandeur going on.
That or your sarcasm of facetious manner just didn’t come through very well lol.
I don’t listen to a lot of Slipknot, but Taylor has quietly entered top-tier metal vocalist territory, in my opinion.
Ever watched him perform just his acoustic version of Snuff? SO damn good and moving.
No, I never really got into acoustic versions of songs for whatever reason.
I remember when that got popular in the 1990s and everyone bought Telsa’s Five Man Acoustical Jam.
I gave into peer pressure and did, too. I listened to it like…once.
I bought Damn Yankees debut album at the same time.
I really liked Damn Yankees. They are a good example of perfectly nailing radio rock.
I remember one metal head bashing them, but the heck with that. Damn Yankees knew their lane and they nailed it.
Gotcha, that’s fair. I never got into Live albums. Like never. I want the regular album, and love live music and live DVDs… but never really albums.
I think Dee Snider blames Extreme for wrecking rock by bringing about the acoustic phenomenon with their “More Than Words” song.
I do greatly dislike that song, but Nuno is a great guitarist.
Now I’m going to go listen to “Kid Ego” to get
“More Than Words” out of my head…
The only way for me to relieve an ear worm is to listen to whatever the song is in full – usually does the trick.
I’m not a huge fan of live albums with the exception of a few of the ‘Unplugged’ albums – not the same thing with the smaller crowd size. I did like the ‘Live Shit: Binge & Purge’ from Mexico City. One of my favorite songs is Jane’s Addiction’s ‘Jane Says’ – and the only version I’ve heard of that song is live.
Live albums suck.
Would agree.
Yeah, I do enjoy watching recorded live shows for some reason though, like Sessions At West 54th, or MTVs Unplugged back when they plated music.
Frampton Comes Alive…
Good album
Just out of curiosity, what defines “genius”?
Obviously Eggmuncher
Charles Darwin
Pretty smart guy, thanks to him we now know we evolved from previous humanoids
I guess in this case it’s just a superlative. He was so good, so, so good. Not just fast and and incredibly talented but he wrote to the integrity of the song. He even snuck into the studio and did drums on a song Corey didn’t want drums on but when he heard what Joey did, he broke down sobbing.
I am really over my skis talking about music. But have heard the term ‘genius’ used for people like many of classical composers – as their music stands the test of time. Believe ( just me) Sinatra and the Stones will make this test.
Not sure of these guys, but maybe they will
I never liked the Rolling Stones, yet I liked covers of Rolling Stones songs.
This led me to realize that it is not their music I don’t like. I just don’t like their sound for whatever reason.
‘Tis odd…
Sinatra is interesting in that he could sing the ingredients of yogurt and make it sound like it had soul.
In my time, everyone loved the Stones.
Another group that has weathered time very well is the Beach Boys.
Brian Wilson for the win
Ha! Here I was a 7th or 8th grader loving it. 20 years later they posted the entire concert video, had no idea it even existed. What an amazing show. It was pure madness, hot as shit summer day in the Sioux Falls Expo Building.
Over at a friends house about 14 year old, 1976.
Got stoned and we listened to Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon.
I love Pink Floyd.
took my dad on a day trip for work a few weeks ago, and he was playing all his favorite “records” for me, that was fun.
you saying pink floyd reminded me of that and him
Tell me I’m old without telling me I’m old.
yep thats exactly what i was doing hahhaa
I still had vinyls about 3 years ago, but I sold them all after about 45 years of owning them. Beatles, PF, Stones, etc….
did you get a pretty penny for them?
$500 for like 25-30 of them.
Not really big money.
I just didn’t see the value of trying to go auction on them.
The only one probably worth something was the Stones original Some Girls album. I had a copy of the original faces before they were sued and forced to blank them out. I saw some online at the time selling for about $800 or so.
$500, $800 is all about the same.
I was tired of keeping them in a box.
All in near perfect condition. I played them once or twice and recorded them on cassette.
MT would have just thrown them away like comic books
Parents had a grown up party and I was supposed to stay upstairs. I was 11 years old, and heard Sly and the Family Stone, Dance to the Music. Went downstairs to ask who that was. Asked them to play it again so I could learn the horn part on my Saxaphone.
fun times.
“Grown up party”
i can only imagine………….
He did grow his own weed. At the time I still thought they were tomato plants.
The radio stations around here didn’t play much but Top 40, so I never got exposed to actual rock music until way late. But a couple songs I heard here and there really stuck out to me…
He’s A Dream by Shandi Sinnamon (Flashdance Sountrack)
Slip Of The Lip by Ratt
Get It On by Kingdom Come
You Give Love A Bad Name by Bon Jovi
I’m The Man by Anthrax, which was particularly eye-opening.
Then I finally heard Metallica, and I knew I was getting on the right track. Yet, I never got super into Metallica because there comes a point in every Metallica person’s life when they cross paths with Megadeth, and they must pick a side. Megadeth did not click with me at first, but then all of a sudden I binge repeated This Was My Life, my biorhythms synched up and that was it. Megadeth it is as favorite band.
My wife said she read an article that said introverts prefer more aggressive music and extroverts like more laid back music. The theory was that extroverts vent all of their stress naturally and like to relax with music, whereas introverts need outlets like music to vent stress. They don’t do it naturally. There maybe some truth to that.
Like I have no problem with classical music. I will listen to it, but it stresses me out to listen to it for too long. It is just too slow. Whereas I can listen to Megadeth and be at total peace internally.
What is this “classical music” of which you speak? Are you talking Bach, Beethoven, etc?
I try ot listen to that stuff but I just can’t.
i am definitely an extrovert that loves harder/aggressive stuff…
but also can dabble in chill/indie type stuff..
so i must be one of a kind. i’m one of a kind aren’t i, wrenage
You are a special, certainly, a flower among weeds, definitely.
Perhaps, of the pansy variety…
Same, love just honest music. That’s hip hop, folk, country…
I have tickets to Chris Stapleton for my birthday in a month. Fuck that’s going to rule!
i have started to dabble into the indie/folk side of things.
mucho talent in those artists.
Trampled By Turtles, ever get into them? From Duluth. Use to see them play bar shows in college for 5 bucks. Saw them in 2019 headline Redrocks, pretty cool.
yeah i love them, i have seen them a few times.
I saw dead man winter at 1st ave, they were pretty good
oh never heard of them.
Dave Simonett, the lead singer of Trampled by Turtles also would work with some other musicians sometimes when they were all on breaks from main bands. Dead Man Winter was like the band version of a side chick for years, but then a few years ago he actually put TBT completely on hold to make a new album and tour with DMW, they have a different sound and apparently he thought the material he’d been working on during his divorce was a better fit with DMW. Here’s one of their songs.
ohhhhh i will have to check them out
There are 3 types of Metallica fans
I fit one of those molds. Metallica is weird to me. I like them. I have no issue with their success or consider them sellouts. Yet, I rarely actually listen to them.
When I do, I generally listen to Kill ‘Em All and Ride The Lightning.
Occasionally, I will check out some of their newer songs, like I listened to Spit Out The Bone for the first time recently.
I did listen to Lux AEternia. I thought James still sounds great, but I didn’t like the song much.
I will listen to all their releases and of course they were a gateway band into heavier stuff but I am no snob about it. I respect very much what they did for the genre and has accomplished just not really my thing anymore. If anything sometimes I go back and listen to Master of Puppets or …And Justice For All as they are my favorite records of theirs.
I did listen to Justice For All awhile back on YouTube. One of the remixes where they turn up the bass…
I still want to see Hetfield and Lars do something with Mustaine again. Mustaine said he and Hetfield were close to doing a project together about 10 years ago, but then things got stupid again with Lars about rights on No Life Til Leather.
Sometimes I use Justice for all to test speakers or headphones to see if they are too overly EQed… If the mix sounds full and has bass it angers me. Tells me the speakers are WAY incumbering on the original mix haha. If I listen to Justice I want shitty, treble mix damnit!
i feel like i’m part of 2 but also i did move on and have explore harder stuff BECAUSE of Metallica.
so what does that make me?
How could you be 2 and moved on and explored… 2 are the guys who Metallica are the end all and be all. Lots of those guys out there. You moved on from them to other stuff but still respect them. More of a 3. It’s not the greatest list, sorry.
well the 3 things i don’t fully fit in.
i misread #3, i guess that’s me, but i’m not a snob
I am a relatively new Metallica fan, at 60 years old.
I listened to Hair Nation a lot when I had to commute, and really liked some of their songs, used google to find more.
Now I like Metallica.
I listen to mostly classic rock, but do like a wide variety of music.
Hair Nation is a fun show!
When David Ellefson started talking with an English accent, I dropped Megadeath. Dude, you’re from Jackson MN. I have met him since and he seems to be a really nice guy, not sure about all of the assault accusations.
I met Ellefson briefly once, too.
What is funny is that I ended up liking Megadeth before I even knew the bassist was from my backyard.
Ellefson is lucky he came across Mustaine. Mustaine oozes rock star charisma. I was in the same room with Mustaine once, and vibe oozing off that guy was different, to say the least. Alpha material definitely.
Like Five
I see Ellefson’s nephews quite a bit around town. I knew his brother, their dad before he passed.
WTF is coheed and cambria?
yea I’ve never heard of that either
look them up. they are totally not your style i’m assuming
Pretty meh, at least the song I heard, looks like they want to be hard rock
brutal ben coming at Freezey and edgemuncher hard for their taste in music today.
i would disagree i don’t think they want to be “hard rock” at all.
i would call them a very progressive rock/post hardcore type
Sorry Freezey…
I just think they suck, maybe I listened to a bad song, it was called welcome home
they aren’t for everyone!
their whole story is right up my alley, they are very much scifi oriented…
Do you like Rush?
They’re ok, I don’t really love any of their songs overall, but I love certain instrumental parts of every song I’ve heard from them.
Today’s Tom Sawyer??
“progressive”????
Fancy countertops?
First time I heard the opening drums and guitar riff in Money for Nothing by Dire Straits. In a girls car because her aunt had just put a new speaker system in a car. What a day – still love that song and gives me goose bumps every time. A tailgate must when Big Stu rockin’ the speaker.
love that. i love stories like this
Also me to her after the guitar
haha love that scene.
we’re about to make out aren’t we….
this reminds me of that music video…
YESSSSSSSSSSSSS
Fall of 96, used to go drive around all night with friends drinking sodas, smoking cigs, and cruising for girls on “the loop” over in a neighboring town, a friend from over there had this CD of a band none of us had ever heard of, this was a little while before they got mainstream media coverage and blew up with multiple #1 songs from the album. My friend had been out in CA and heard them on the local radio there, then went out and bought their CD. First song I hear was called Santeria and I was like WTF is this musical voodoo magic that I have never heard!? My friend was very hesitant but eventually let me borrow the CD so I could take it home and rip a copy. Few months later What I Got and Santeria were constantly played on the local radio stations. Anytime I listen to Sublime I immediately think back to just being a HS student with no worries, big dreams, and good friends.
oh yeah sublime is a fun one to find like that..
i never knew of the whole idea of “driving the loop” until i was in college, on a weekend trip for baseball in beautiful Morris, MN….
me and some teammates were walking from our “hotel” to town and i kept seeing the same cars passing us over and over and over and i was like wtheck is going on. the other teammates were like “they are cruising the looop”
had ZERO clue what that meant.
Yeah, basically drive around in like 1 mile radius, stop at gas station when you see people you know there and hang out for like 15 minutes, go drive around, stop at other gas station and do same, repeat.
My hometown was in Hot Rod magazines top 100 cruising cities back in the early 80’s. At that time, the main street was 4 lanes for 2 miles. The last quarter mile was 2 lanes and the stopped at the A&W at the top of the hill on the west side of town. It was the old drive in style A&W where you ordered from a phone at the table. There was a drive in theater there at that time as well.
I was a senior in high school and remember this well.
That prior April was my Junior Prom – and a day I’ll never forget. Started off well enough. Looked good in my tux. Mom’s Bronco washed and waxed and looking good. My date was just a friend, but a good one and the night was promising. Everyone in a good mood, pictures, laughing, great meal. Then we hit the dance floor. A little MC Hammer to get the crowd going, some ‘Ice Ice Baby’, some Journey (Faithfully – which still makes me cry) and then someone requested Metallica and ‘Enter Sandman’ blared thru the speakers and the crowd went wild. We started moshing. Chest bumping and shoulder slamming….
🎶’Dreams of War, Dreams of Liars, Dreams of Dragons Fire….🎶
Then I heard the screams.
The music stops cold and I hear moaning and I look down and my buddy Kory is on the floor. He’s blue and shaking. Eyes rolled back. Saliva pouring out of his mouth….
The rest of the night is a blur. I remember pushing past my high-school principal to get outside after they took him away in an ambulance (earning a 3 day in-school suspension) I remember getting on the interstate and the 45 minute drive to Lincoln felt like hours. I remember hearing the sound of Kory’s life-flight helicopter overhead as it took him to Bryan Memorial Hospital at 48th & A street here in Lincoln.
I remember walking with my buddy Shane and our dates – still clad in tuxes and ball gowns when we rounded the corner and saw Kory’s parents. Ken was in shock. Kathy was sobbing. Kory was gone.
He had a massive heart attack after using Crystal Meth.
That following Monday at school was a zoo. Reporters and news trucks everywhere. Locker searches. Drug sniffing dogs. Kids getting pulled out of class and interrogated. ‘48 Hours’ featured the OD on one of their episodes.
You mentioned good friends and big dreams. He was one and we had them.
Oasis was just getting their start at the time and ‘(What’s the Story) Morning Glory? was super popular. For months and months after you could drive around my little town and hear:
‘Where were you while we were getting high?’
That’s terrible, sorry to hear about that. One of my best friends from high school that was in our group of loop cruising died the night of our graduation party after he got into a car with a drunk driver and the driver lost control out on some backroads going to fast, slammed into a tree, he wasn’t wearing a seatbelt and his chest slammed into the dash crushing his aorta.
When I was younger I ran around with a rough crowd. Not great members of society. Ruffians. Hoodlums. I was a loner. An outlaw lone-wolf looking for my pack. Walking down the street one day, practicing my scowl and muttering tuff-guy phrases to myself like ‘23 ski-doo’ and ‘put the loot in the bag or I socks ya in the breadbasket’, I hear the noise of my people. The war cry. The sound was undeniable. Bass shaking the concrete. They stopped the car they were riding in – Lincoln Continental, suicide doors. The back door swung open – an invitation to join the gang and meet my destiny – the music got louder as I got closer, pulling me in. I’m this now. A thug. A scoundrel. I threw my head back and laughed maniacally as the music washed over me and we sped away, leaving rubber on the pavement and this haunting sound bouncing off the town walls as we tore thru the city, menace on our minds…..
🎶’Baby shark doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo….’🎶
Made me Lol. never heard that song so I had to google it, now I have an earworm.
Well plaid
Amazing cover just awesome
stinkfist NOYST
Maybe Kfey could do this to pick up his latest girl.
Anyone evolved yet? More piggish?
QOTD – Turner starts day 1 or at minimum has a lot of playing time.
At QB – since I believe in the merit system, JJ can start when he gives us the best chance to win the game (versus the other three).
This cold I have is brutal. I started feeling better yesterday but I still am hacking up enough mucus that you would think I’m a hagfish. I’m going into the office today. I hope they send me home.
probably covid because you didn’t wear your mask filip
Someone at work asked me if I had Covid. I said that I have no idea. The only time I was tested for Covid was when we traveled to Germany. The Germans didn’t care, but to back into the US, I had to get tested.
If you don’t test positive you don’t have it. If you don’t test, you can’t test positive.
IMO a dry cough is even worser, I had an upper respiratory infection (I’m guessing those are fancy words for cold) a while back and it started with an intense dry cough that never went away, coughed so hard I got a hernia, later on the dry cough was replaced with hacking up mucus, which was less intense and painful.
covid probly please for the love of science enforce the masks again!!!!
i had a friend of a friend get tested for covid the other day. i legit didn’t know they still tested for it haha
The bigger question is WHY are they testing for covid?
(I assume big Pharma still getting paid by the government)
Can’t do anything medically about it other than to say I have covid and need to quarantine or whatever.
Totally stupid.
Of course it is. BP tells politicians to do something and they’ll “donate” to their campaigns. Politicians require it, people/companies pay immense amounts of money for it, BP takes 30% of billions of profits and “donates” it back.
It’s precisely how these politicians can become multi-millionaires within 5 years when they make less/year than I do.
it’s a cold.
that is all.
you don’t know you could literally be killing people right now don’t be selfish just listen
While everyone was nice about it, they all preferred that I go home. So I did. I am still going to work at home however, so no fun on here for me.
JJ starts next year.
Turner starts day 1.
JJ starts mid-season. Turner starts day 1.
Twinks have a matinee today. Lets get 10!
Are they still doing that sausage thing?
Not sure. Not privy to what that is even.
Apparently they have some summer sausage given to someone just before the winning streak. It is like in the clubhouse and they do something with it. Baseball players are weird.
https://theathletic.com/5459267/2024/04/29/minnesota-twins-summer-sausage-celebration-offense/
Who needs a batting coach?
First world problem, but as of today I know longer receive the twins games on my cable package.
Probably going to force me to cut the cord and go with the illegal streaming service where I get all of the sports.
I’m trying to figure out what it means to know longer, like you’ve known for a long time, or will know for a long time into the future?
It means not enough coffee.
Yeah, Bally Sports tits up. Not sure on streaming. Sick and tired of getting hosed to watch sports.
I will go off the reservation and say Turner starts week #3. He will play week #1, but a rookie needs some reps before you put him in cold.
JJ won’t and shouldn’t start until the Vikings have been eliminated from the playoffs, or Darnold is hurt, or the Vikings are 0-5, which pretty much means they have been eliminated from the playoffs.
Overall I’d say JJ starts around week#12
JJ McCarthy should start when he’s ready. Period. The End.
You are taking the pansy way out Ben.
When will he be ready?
I think he’ll be ready fairly early, he ran a pro style offense at Michigan that has tons of 12 and 11 personnel packages like KOC does. He played under center more than any of the other top 4 QBs. He won’t have to learn how to adjust to all that crap and KOC won’t have to adjust his schemes or formations like other teams with rookie QBs coming from spread offenses in shotgun 90% of the time who have never run play action from under center where you turn your back to the defense. My guess is 4-6 weeks into the season unless the offense under Darnold is somehow lighting it up and somehow not turning the ball over.
Happy Hump Day!
Depends.
If I’m drunk, she’s hot.
If I’m sober, she’s not hot but I would still be friends with her.
JJ – Week 1 2025. Any sooner than that means either he learns extremely quickly(Possible), or he is just better than Sam, and it becomes obvious.
Turner plays a lot right away, and probably starts week 1 this season.
Agree on Turner. He’ll be a day 1 starter, no doubt about it. Big Stu Guarantee stamped right on the box
They can start Turner day one.
JJ can sit a full year. That doesn’t bother me at all. I wouldn’t even particularly care if he sat a second year. 2026-2029 is the window.
2nd year no. Find out what you got now. I expect him to get some reps in camp. If it’s line failure i think i’ll know.
I said yesterday that JJ will probably start after the bye. I don’t think he will be ready to go day 1, but by the time the bye comes around Darnold should be struggling, like he usually does.
Turner starts day 1.
You got a 50/50 chance on your JJ prediction.
If the bye is week #5, no.
If the bye is week #12, yes.
When is the bye?
Late, week 13 looks like.
LOL.
Schedule has not even been released or leaked by the NFL.
Think schedule has, times TBD.
We know the Vikings opponents, but not when or what week are the byes.
Well, i don’t know what the hell is happening when. I just responded to ben on bye. I prefer a later bye cuz your more dinged up.
I don’t think it matters when the bye is, I believe within the first 5-10 weeks, Darnold falls apart, per usual and Jmac takes over. They will use the bye to help get him ready.
Turner? Day 1. JJ? we need a handle for new JJ. There is only 1 JJ.
How about just Mack?
I think someone referred to him as jmac, yesterday.
Old JJ says he is Jets, I prefer 3J.
I will just start referencing Jefferson as jets
This is the way since that is what Jefferson has said himself.
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Where is Freezey saying she is not hot??!!
that’s because Freezeybaby only has eyes for Kurt
That is just so gross.
lol
very unprogressive of you one of them could be a lady if they want they just have to say the words.
Gross but true…..!!