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Twinkies managed to score in the 9th so that they ‘only’ lost 11-4.
I guess the Homer Sausage has truly passed it’s expiration date.
5th loss in a row.
Back to the MN sports way.
Dallas Turner the favorite to win DROTY…
Hopefully well earned by repeatedly taking down The Crybaby among others.
Honestly, I think getting him was a really good move. Of course I’m skeptical of any rookie coming coming into the league, but I have a feeling about Turner. Hopefully it’s not just gas.
Acid Reflux maybe?
I liked the move to do it.
As always…..we’ll see.
I thought it was Saturday.
Let me check,
Yup The Teacher is still sleeping that = weekend.
I got four over/under bets on wins placed.
Lions under 10.5 wins
NYJ under 9.5 wins
FTP under 9.5 wins
Vikings over 6.5 wins
Since I have zero expectations on the Vikings being good, I need other NFL entertainment to keep me focused.
After 4 SB losses I have learned never to bet on sports things that I wanted to happen.
I would bet the under on Minn so I would be happy to lose that bet, since history has taught me I will likely lose that bet.
I usually lose too.
Just trying to add some fun to the NFL season
Losing Bets that I really want to win is not ‘fun’ to me.
I’m not expecting to lose.
I chose the teams and line I think are winners.
Well it would be pretty silly of you to place bets that you thought were losers.
I have learned, thru lots of pain, that they more I want to win the bet the more likely it is that I will lose it.
I wish you luck, hope you win, but I am not going to Jinx them by placing any bets myself.
I don’t have the power to jinx them.
🤣
I don’t jinx them.
I jinx me.
They just happen to get caught in the crossfire.
I don’t make bets I don’t win and I have a very that the Vikings will make the playoffs this year and will make the sb next year
I’ll take that bet all day every day.
Jared Goff on his new contract with the Lions:
“It was mostly security. You can go back and forth on the numbers and whatnot, and that wasn’t really the thing that was ever something I was extremely concerned with,” Goff said. “It was the security and the no-trade clause and all of that stuff, knowing that all that was in there and feeling secure in knowing that I can finally put that behind me and be excited about what’s to come.”
Seems like a rather reasonable position to me.
Well, that’s BS.
Every job in America is about how much you get paid.
Don’t believe that – completely.
Once was promoted to an Ops Center manger level. Company had four – two in crappy areas. My employment contract said they could move me to any of the others in they needed to. I took the promotion but my wife and I hated it for the having to move aspect (needed the money though).
When my next contract came up and I was in a much stronger position, I had the “move” provision removed from the contract.
It can be more than the money.
In instances sure.
Would you have changed if the money was 20 or 30% less?
The point is there is a dollar amount you want to do a job. To claim it’s not about the money is not true.
I believe in the HR world they call it ‘hygiene.’ which means there is a sort of thresh hold for some characteristics. For example take money – a person’s minimum hygiene is X and if you don’t reach that nothing else. will fly. You reach that, and negotiation on other factors.
As such I would never claim it’s ‘solely’ about the money. But money is no doubt always a facotr.
How do you quantify hygiene?
Asking for a friend.
DE, you can keep saying to yourself and everyone else that it’s always about the money. That’s an untruth, and everyone knows it… except apparently you.
When Schwarzenegger was Gov he insisted on the ability to move all the Correctional Officers to where ever he needed to (daily even, no notice or compensation). The Union fought him tooth and nail for years. He did whatever he could to withhold pay and make life miserable for all of us. He dropped our Salaries to Minimum Wage while we started a recall effort.
It was ugly and lasted awhile, I was voting for the State Controller (D) for as long as he ran for office since he was fighting Arnold for us.
Work location/conditions were a bigger issue than pay.
That speaks VOLUMES. If you were willing to vote Democratic for other than money no other proof is needed.
I voted for a Democrat because he had they same values/beliefs on that issue that I did.
His job was controlling the $$, He refused the Gov orders to screw 200k workers by slashing their pay to $6.55 an hour. Our pay was reduced during the drama but it was reimbursed afterwards.
I hope I always vote for the best person for the job, and John Chiang was that despite the (D) next to his name.
I was kidding some as we were talking about the ‘ it isn’t always about the money.’
You’re a better man than I. I may ‘think’ I always vote for the best man, but it seems as if the best man always has an R behind his name.
Most of the time I agree.
After what the (R) Gov tried to pull I realized that was not always the case.
Funny in Texas when I voted there they have a ‘lever’ system. You can slide a lever to the (D) side or the (R) side and set all your votes that way. Didn’t have to think past party there.
I will say, Kam’s first two picks ever in a draft, Cine and Booth, appear to have been bad choices. Neither has done much of anything. Will the Vikings cut them in training camp this year?
Not sure about cutting them
On another front, given our discussion the other day, how you feeling about Tiger and his game for championship golf.
Tiger was not sharp this week. Did you see that hole where he piped his drive, had 75 yards left to the hole, missed the green, and took bogey? He hit some great drives, hit some great irons, and even made some really good putts. But boy, that stretch of 3 holes where he went triple, bogey, triple, just killed him.
So, do I think Tiger still has enough game? yes, I do. Will he ever round into form and actually play to his potential again? Dunno.
BTW, as sad as it is to say it… Rickie Fowler is in the same exact boat.
My thoughts centered on this.. Some time ago Trevino said – ” There’s two things that don’t last in the world, dogs chasing cars and pros putting for pars.”
Think some of the short game wizards like Seve and Watson ( and Tiger) defied this for a while, but it catches up to all of them. Especially if you’ve had injuries and can’t practice to the extent you need to.
Now, you mention those three holes that were brutal. But in the first round he was one over and the leader was nine under. The course was ripe for scoring and Tiger couldn’t do it.
So does Tiger have enough game? Sort of – but his injuries and age don’t allow him to practice and play enough to get his game to a championship level, Thus, I don’t believe he is a top level championship golkfer any more.
It will be a numbers game with Cine and Booth. Their salary is sunk cost at this point. If they hang on to a roster spot as an emergency back up or injury replacement that might be the most we can expect from them.
good points. I wonder if there is also just a little ‘ I drafted these guys’ so give them a little more time than most.
Good morning! Still a long way to go until we play some football. Hate this time of year.
at least there will be some news blips with OTA’s next week.
Yes, guess the OTA Offseason Workouts are May 20-21, May 23, May 28-29, May 31, and June 10-13
Mandatory Minicamp is June 4-6.
The media will make a circus out of it as usual… grin.
Their job is to get clicks.
Nothing else matters.
Salient point… say anything, hype everything.
Tiger just looking dull out there. Not sharp at all. Gonna miss the cut. I really thought he would play better, but he’s just “off”.
His golf career is over.
He hasn’t done much in years.
Father Time remains undefeated.
Correct.
He has to be pissed that he is second fiddle.
I figure he must be raking in the souls from those guys though.
True. Maybe he is just sitting back and enjoying his numbers.
He has a quota I hear, he ‘gets behind’ sometimes.
He hit the quota for the decade 2 years ago. He’s on vacation now. Maybe with him being on vacation, somebody will turn down the thermostat in hell and the Vikings will win the SB.
For SCVF and the rest of the golf enthusiast Scheffler shot a 66 today. That is remarkable considering the morning’s event’s and playing in a major championship with associated conditions.
For the non golfers, it suggest Trump can do it to no matter what they throw at him. even jail can’t keep a good man down.
It is. Dude is just in a zone.
Have you notice that the LIV golfers can’t even compete in a PGA event?
Not having the competition has hurt those guys.
For sure about LIV guys.
I just picked up all my shelterbelt trees from the County Conservation District. 350 trees and they all fit in three black garbage bags. It was pleasant to reflect that it took me a total of 20 minutes round trip (including retrieving and loading the trees in my pickup) to go from the hospital to the office and back. Try doing that in Yellowstone County (Billings). That’d be like a 90 minute round trip or more this time of day.
Guess what I’m doing next week when I’m off? It’s on – my wife has oft repeated that there is no way these trees will survive, “Grandma and Grandpa tried for years to get trees to grow, they had no luck, the only trees that grow are the ones that occur naturally.” Well, we shall see, I mean I’ve only invested 100 man hours and several thousand bucks in a shallow well, pump, trencher, pipe, manifolds, drip irrigators, more pipe, etc…
Don’t forget the fertilizer. Of course you can provide that yourself if you can pry it back out of your magic toilet.
If you haven’t realized it yet, I am extremely literal. As in, “the instructions say to put tab A in slot B, we can’t do C yet!” The instructions I read on the state conservation website said no fertilizer first year, it stimulates the trees too much and they might not get ready for winter in time.
I did amend the soil with as much manure as I could scoop up around the corrals.
I am quite literal as well.
But only when I can use it for bad jokes.
What kind of trees are you planting?
‘Soon to be dead ones’ it sounds like
Did I mention 27 years of wedded bliss, today? The last 26 were the hardest.
Congrats Doc
Congratulations or Condolences.
Whichever is more appropriate.
LOL
Outer belt – 25 caragana, 25 white lilac, 75 buffaloberry
Middle belt – 100 green ash, 25 American plum
Inner belt – 50 Rocky Mountain juniper, 50 eastern red cedar
They’re all native to this region except the cedar, and have been habituated to the SE part of the state.
After a couple of years, I might try putting some bur oak and Norway maples in the yard, although deer like to munch on those species.
‘deer like to munch on those species’
Trying to lure that Venison in?
Is that even legal? maybe fertilize them with salt blocks?
If he wants to lure in the venison he needs to plant some sainfoyne for the “cattle”. Baiting is not legal in Montana and food plots count as baiting, so anything planted needs to have a legitimate agricultural use. I’m not sure about the wording these days, but at one point, the way the baiting law was written in Montana even a bird feeder would be illegal.
Sad,
Guess he will just have to hunt them at night like my dad used to do.
We kids were the lookouts watching the road for headlights.
Nice. Hopefully we get a wetish spring to help em take hold.
If you are putting them in the yard and they are large trees, you will probably only be putting in a few. What I do when I plant only a few trees is cage them to protect them from the wildlife until they can get big enough.
Good luck with this project MT, sounds like a big one.
Hockey world championship has been fun so far for Team Austria, managed to get a point vs Canada by losing in overtime, and then they beat Finland, one of the world’s top teams.
Playing vs Czech Republic in a few minutes, will be a hockey night for us tonight. 🏒
Amateurs?
Pros not involved in NHL playoffs?
Pros not involved in NHL playoffs and our own pros. Hockey is pretty popular over here as well.
‘Hockey is pretty popular over here’
Even I knew that, surprisingly.
Norway, Sweden, Denmark, all those ‘cold winter’ areas.
Austria scared Canada, came back from down 6-1.
Yup, 5 goals during the last period, pretty good vs one of the world’s best teams. Guys are playing really we so far.
Or did he have a couple mimosas before heading to the course, see all the cops and then see Scottie getting hooked and say, nope, not today?
‘let’s go to Hoots’??
Is that like a localism for Hooters?
They are getting closer and more frequent.
I get alerts on police reports for my area, since they build 2 Section 8 (gov subsidized) apartment complexes near me. I have watch them creep closer and closer to my home and go from once every week or two to now almost daily.
Hope we are gone by the time it reaches us.
An Assault has been reported near 25XX ROSAMOND BLVD less than 0.7 mi from your home:
This is scary, stay safe until you guys can finally move to Idaho.
That is the plan.
Part of the reason we are not going to take 6 months to repair, remodel, modernize and then sell the place.
Let the buyer do all of that, take the risks and make a decent profit for themselves.
Sounds like an excellent plan, get your butts out of Commiefornia as soon as possible.
Yeah, if that place isn’t already a crazy s***hole, it will be even worse in the future. Good riddance.
Amen Brother.
Say something last night didn’t make sense.
Appears this KC player is getting some flak for his comments at a graduation. didn’t sound bad to me, but I’m not into all that stuff.
then the NFL puts out a statement like that’s him not the NFL’s positions.
But what struck me is the NFL has a Diversity and Inclusion SVP. For what, are they looking for more Mexican or Latin players?
It’s all about PR.
It is ok to beat up your wife/gf, race cars, be in illegal possesion of firearms, get DUIs, etc. It is not however ok to be a Catholic and give a speech at a Catholic University and tout traditional family values.
Obviously! Duh!
I will say I think it is much ado about nothing. I also admit bias with respect to the Catholic church (which I do not care for). But were I invited to give a commencement address at a U, Catholic or Baptist or what have you, I think it would be incredibly insensitive to address the 50+% of the graduates that are female and have worked hard for a degree, by telling them the majority of them are most looking forward to their future as mothers. There’s a time and a place, graduation is not the time and the place.
I grew up in a town that was heavily Catholic. My impression for years was that American Catholics were mostly Catholic by name because they pretty much disregarded most of what Rome taught and did whatever they wanted. That could have been influenced by my Catholics friends however. It seems now that there is a stronger influence in the American Catholic church to follow what Rome teaches more closely.
Might or could easily say the same for Baptists, Lutherans and several others.
Cafeteria Catholics are a Thing.
I consider myself Catholic, there are some things I don’t agree with. Church’s are run by humans so errors happen.
I expect I will be judged by what I believed to be right and not by what someone else believed to be right. Hope I am right about that.
well said
I mostly agree with this. Part of what he was saying and referencing is the importance of being a [good] mother and not forgetting about that, but also thanking his wife for all she’s done and help him become. So like you said, blown out of proportion, but he could have done with way less in making those statements.
OK. But why does the NFL have a Diversity and Inclusion Officer? Maybe trying to get more ‘white’ WR’s and RB’s.
Gotta get more minorities in coaching and management. That street only goes one way.
They pay the salary of a SVP position for that – what a friggin waste of money.
When I was growing up, there were no white wide receivers and no white running backs, or at least any that I was aware of. And when a white person came along to play one of those positions, they were a back up and played sparingly.
It was ‘Old School Christian’ so not ‘Politically Correct’.
It was at a private bible college and he got a standing ovation once the speech was over.
Of course the Woke were triggered so that is what was in the news.
BTW I have never been to a graduation where the commencement speaker did not get a standing ovation. Is it common for that not to happen?
Didn’t some people walk out on Jerry Seinfeld a few weeks ago when he was doing a commencement address?
Yeah, because he a Jew and has spoken out against the Hamas terrorists.
Does seem the ‘inclusion’ part is conveniently not observed in certain situations.;
It is interesting how at least in the past the Democratic party has embraced Jews and women, however, let one of them buck the party line and they are castigated.
Right after he was introduced, he hadn’t said a word before they walked out.
I have been to graduations when the speaker got ‘polite applause’ but then I have not been to a lot of graduations.
I’ve been to a few. @It’s a great place to pick up chicks that are looking for their MRS@
It’s a great place for a nap.
In those uncomfortable metal chairs/bleachers??
Bring two pillows. One to sit on, one to put on the shoulder of the person next to you.
I have been to some just to show support for a family member.
Boring, uncomfortable things that had to be endured.
When someone publicly says that being a homemaker/mom and being a father in the home is an important goal, it’s going to rouse up the ungodly.
His jersey is now the number selling NFL jersey.
Read that about the jersey – terrific!
And all this time I have thought being a good father/husband was a damn important thing.
@you are an evil man. you are not important.@
It is Job 1 IMHO.
You shall now be cancelled
a little story.
Many years back my wife gave me some advise as I was working too much and not home enough.
What she said – ” You know when you get to heaven St Peter probably won’t ask you if you worked hard enough. But he probably will ask have you been a good father and husband.”
Never forgot that.
Just being technical here. Not trying to offend anybody.
But St. Peter will not be the one asking.
It will be Jesus.
I know and she probably did to but she was talking fast and more concerned driving home the bigger point.
Yeah. We all state something not completely accurate, but we know what is meant.
Watched some of this last night.
Taylor Greene triggered the woke by her comment about False Eye Lashes.
Funny watching/listening to them bicker.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/aoc-baby-girl-marjorie-taylor-greene-trade-barbs-fiery-garland-hearing-your-feelings-hurt
It was funny and the men sitting around shocked… shocked by such behavior.
Just saw a meme that made me LOL
What the NFL needs is all women referees
Bad idea, they’d bring up penalties from 2 years ago
I am blessed that The Teacher only does that playfully.
We all tease each other about old stuff that happened but it always in fun.
I remember the Ex using it as a weapon, so glad those days are over.
Trying to schedule a water heater installation in the next few weeks. All venting/piping is up to code, and it is a Rheem 50-gallon power vent that needs to be installed (after unhooking the old one). I have been told it is an “easy job that shouldn’t take more than about 2 hours” based on my setup which is up to code, but have been quoted $700+ (with water heater included the price is $3,000 to over $5,400, which is laughable since the water heater itself is a natural gas power vent that costs $1,200).
I am looking for something more reasonable than that – maybe around $300-$400. Anybody know anybody?
Ask Freezy, he is good at mechanical stuff like that. And he can get it done in a week or two once he gets started.
I know some local guys, don’t imagine that will help you much though.
I thought about making a joke about Freezey. 🙂
I have no problem taking a swing at ‘low hanging fruit’.
You. You can do it.
Considered it, but apparently there are some specific tools needed for some of the hookups that cost $100 or so dollars, and moving the thing is part of what I need help with as well (wife can’t help). And the time and risks involved make it worth considering having professional help.
I get that. I really don’t mean to come across as a know it all, I grew up in a traditional household where my dad (and of course my mom) had zero DIY skills. For example, my sister and I were rough housing once and I stepped back against the wall, putting a hole in the drywall. My dad’s solution was to put a dog doll/stuffy in front of the hole. Fifteen years later when my future wife first stayed in the home, she asked me why that dog was sitting there, was it to hide the obvious hole?
With the advent of YT videos, it is amazing how accessible most projects have become. More than once I have had to fix slip shod work done by the previous homeowner or some nincompoop that was subbed out by the contractor.
You probably need a PEX tool…I have one, handy to have for plumbing projects as PEX is like Lego compared to sweating copper pipe. I can see where it wouldn’t be worth it to buy one for a one time deal. Also moving help is my major limiting factor with many projects.
Grands were playing in the house and broke a lamp shade. As a temp fix I used Duck Tape temporarily while family was here.
4 years later it is still in the same shape. The Teacher ‘the crafty one’ just shrugs when I tease her about ‘her lamp’.
The PEX tool is the thing I couldn’t remember. I have planned to do it myself and was essentially committed to it (already done the YouTube research), but the wife wants me to hire someone for less hassle and less likely to hurt myself haha. She knows there’s always that one problem that comes up during something like this that makes it a headache.
Don’t know where you live but that is a rip off. Maybe call a reputable plumbing company and see what they charge.
Around here you can get ‘good reliable work done’ or ‘affordable work done’, seldom both.
Nice thing about Idaho is that you can get both, kind of ‘reverse sticker shock’ for us.
I have gotten 8 quotes. Ranging in those areas. The $5400 was an outlier for sure though.
My point of reference. Left VA four years ago. Home inspector said we needed new hot water heater. Called a lumber to come look – he affirmed and quoted us 1800 for a new 75 gallon AO Smith. Complete package including take old one away.
Yeah, double that now for a 50-gal.
There is no inflation.
Haha yeah. But it was 9% when B started, now only 2% – he’s the savior of the world!
Obviously kidding. The people that claim it’s “only” 19% since 2021 are living in an alternate reality, because it’s about 40% IMO.
Your in Lakefield MN area, correct?
No, western twin cities
I guess I can’t help than.
Thanks for the consideration though!
As far as getting it out of the basement, you could just say it is a giant catalytic converter.
Haha yeah. No, we have a walk-out patio so no stairs, and the utility closet isn’t particularly cramped, so that’s not the issue. I just think places are charging outrageous amounts because they can, or they’d rather be doing something else where they make more money. Likely just greed.
Yeah, nobody wants to do the small jobs, and there are very few plumbers anymore so everyone is backed up with work.
At least the Vikings are just rumored to be wearing white again for a game and won’t be wearing anything like this.
Does he play for the Montreal Canadians?
Looks like a Pansy.
He looks like Jim Carrey playing superman, as a football player.
don’t look directly into his eyes!!!!!!
I wonder if Giants fans are still mad at Donnatell for the playoff game and convincing the Giants to give ole crazy eyes an extension?
Seems like a pretty sneaky good play by the Vikings.
Lose a 1st playoff game that eventually lead to our QBOTF.
@KAM/KOC smarter than I gave them credit for@.
They’re playing 5D chess.
One more than ol’ Rick!
5D?
I played 3D once, struggled.
Heard of 4D before, head exploded.
5D? Inconceivable!!
Might be 6D or 7D if you add Kwesi and KOC together!
We blame Dannatell quite a bit – and deserved.
But Hunter, Smith, Kendricks, and Peterson all played liked absolute shit in that game.
‘My mom gave me $5 and dropped me off at the park-and-ride….’
Daniel Jones, probably.
rapeeyes
Bone marrow transplant starts at 11 am and could last 6 to 8 hours. This part is actually more boring than traumatic. The stem cells are introduced via tube into the blood stream, like a blood transfusion. It is taking so long because as my son said to us, “It’s a large volume, sounds like, and it’s titrated to tolerance.” He’s a nurse, so I assume he knows what he is talking about and yes, I had to look up the word titrated.
Just exchanged the word weeks in the info below with probably the word minutes or hours.
In titration, the medication is started at a low dose. Every couple of weeks, the dose is raised (“up-titrated”) until the maximum effective dose (“target dose”) has been achieved or side effects occur. Not everyone can tolerate a full dose. It’s safer to ease your way up.
Alpha male,
Thank you,
Beta Cuck
5 y/o or fivefingers?
Yes.
Samesies.
A tough little kid. Prayers for successful surgery!
Praying for Zeph and the family…
Thinking of you VP
God Bless
Thinking of you guys over here, hope everything will go as well as possible!
Good luck. It’s a long journey but it sounds like you have a strong family and that will make all the difference. It’ll be a great day when he rings that bell.
Ok, so apparently I’m stupid and someone downvoted my comment yesterday asking about this, is the bone marrow transplant a one time thing or does it happen more than once, like chemo? Sorry for not being an expert on the subject.
I’m no expert, and I have forgotten the past details of this case, but I believe this is an autologous HCT. This (I believe) is a one time thing, maybe they could do another cycle but that would depend on engraftment of the transplant.
Per UpToDate:
Hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) is an important method for treating certain malignant and nonmalignant disorders. HCT offers potential long-term survival for patients with cancers that have a high risk for relapse, relapsed or refractory malignancies that cannot be cured using other approaches, and bone marrow failure states, including for inherited/germline conditions that affect hematopoiesis.
HCT is used to replace malignant (or defective) hematopoietic tissue using a healthy donor’s hematopoietic cells. Conditioning therapy (chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy) is given to reduce the burden of disease and to prevent rejection of the donor hematopoietic cells. Hematopoiesis is then restored by infusion of a graft of healthy hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) from either another individual (allogeneic HCT) or the patient’s own cells (autologous HCT).
What he said.
My understanding is that this is a one time thing.
Thank you for clarifying, I just wasn’t sure.
I was confused by the down vote. That would be a weird place for street cred.
Yeah, being concerned about someone with cancer is an odd thing to downvote.
It’s got Freezy written all over it.
ok this is funny
It’s the prevailing thing to do – if you can’t beat someone fair and square, you try to lock them up.
It seems like there is something going on just like that..
I would have thought Vander Schauffele, since he is winning.
classic minnesota sports….
i have zero faith that we will win game 7, would love for them to prove me wrong. but alas. i would be shocked if we do.
I would not be shocked either way, I know they haven’t set a time for the game yet. I assume it will start around midnight.
Or even later.
You gotta give those fans in Hawaii and Guam a primetime viewing slot.
Haha yeah, so they can have as big of audience as possible (which late starts are always stupid, especially if you’re trying to grow the sport with young kids watching). Anyway, less eyes to watch when they rig the game one foul or non-call at a time.
That is, of course, if the T-wolves don’t shoot themselves in the foot first.
If the Pacers win, the TPups will play at 7pm, if the Pacers lose they will play at 2:30.
Go pacers! I want the 7 start. Got an auction to attend in the afternoon. Being the fan I am though, wolves will trump auction.
I think it is supposed to be like 2:30 or 7 depending on how another game goes. I’m guessing that was eastern time.
I believe its central time….
That would make sense. It was probably some Minnesotan on the X that I saw that from. So in God’s time it is either 1:30 or 6.
I saw it in the Star Tribune so I am assuming central time.
God’s time is actually infinite so….
God lives outside of time. We are the ones that are shackled by the limitations of time.
True…deep, but true.
OK, the time in God’s country then.
Classic Edmonton sports…Oilers laid a big fat unenthusiastic egg in Vancouver.
Canucks in six!
Is that some weird Canadian fetish?
Perhaps…
So MT, have you decided the approach you are going to take for the beatdown of your nephew?
Inquiring Minds and all that.
Thumb war
Go top rope….
I second this.
Curious if the Bruins can force game 7, let’s go!
That was the most dominant playoff game I’ve ever seen. This series has been nuts, outside of game 1, the games have been blowouts. I have no idea what to expect for game 7, but all things considered, taking the champs to game 7 is not bad.
How about them TPups!!!
Shocking really.
I figured they had folded.
One more to go.
Two of three of their losses they were missing NAW for game 4 and Connelly for game 5. I find it interesting how the media seemingly forgot to mention that. Yet when T’wolves win, it’s don’t forget Jamal Murray has a strained calf.
NAW played game 4.
Maybe it was game 3, I know he had a shoulder strain.
I expect them to fold on Sunday
Thats because you are Vikings fan.
Game 7 coming up, can they do it again?
Likely not, but damn that was a beat down.
It was fun to watch.
I heard some radio DJ compare Jokic to a “YMCA – dad basketball game” and thought that was accurate af.
I’m so pumped about a new direction !!
It is a new era and I can’t wait. I haven’t had this much hope and excitement since August 2016.
How did that turn out for you?
I personally enjoyed the Cousins years – football is easier to watch when your team has a competent QB… Hopefully young JJ can develop quickly.
Football, for me, is easier to watch when your team has a QB that gives you hope of something better than absolute panic when playing vs great defense.
Thought the San Fran defense was pretty good. Seems like Cousins played pretty well in that game.
Of course he laid his share of eggs as well, but to say he couldn’t play well against good defenses would be inaccurate.
I downvoted both Surly and DE because its fun to down vote and they needed street cred.
Injuries on the SF defense hurt them that game.
But he did play well, even in prime time, on that day.
Outliers both directions happen. I go on the career average.
I prefer the fresh start with hope vs more of the same.
I am full of hope as well, but I was hopeful that Ponder would be a franchise QB…I really hope JJ can be a Hebert level QB..
He will be more. In a few years, the talk at draft time will be “which of these QBs could be the next JJ?”.
Ha! That would be awesome!
things have a way of working out and all the BS gets washed away. Like Cousins or not, he was a competent NFL starting QB. We’re about to find out – one way or the other – how hard/easy that is to replace.
Interesting which metric will be used to determine that.
Personally, playoffs every other year doesn’t cut it for me. I expect crap this year. But if they don’t get to the playoffs in 2025, I will be the first one to complain.
And if it is clearly because of the QB, I will say so.
seems everyone thinks differently and that’s OK.
Now, JJ can turn out just fine but if Lions and Packers keep playing well, and young Williams is for real, we can be in a bad spot
Lots of factors.
It would be kind of interesting for our division to be like the NFC East of days before when every team in the division was formidable. Fear the North!
You mean Redskins – Gibbs, Dallas – Landry, Eagles – Ryan, and Giants – Parcells.
Lot of HOF coaches and players.
Would be big time exciting.
I believe Williams may be good, but he will more than likely be hurt at the end of the season like Lamar Jackson.
I think it’s easier to watch football if the team is winning consistently.
Playoffs every other year, regardless of the QB, is terrible and hard to watch.
I had fun through the Keenum trip, but I have not had hope for long term and real success since Teddy’s knee exploded. I was riding high and that day scarred me. That was one of those I could tell you exactly where I was and what I was doing moments. JJ is the hope we need and hopefully the QB to take us to the promised land.
We deserve a championship, damn it its our turn.
Playoffs this year, SB run in 2025 when the dead weight deadcap hits are gone.
Hitting the gummies a bit early in the morning aren’t we?
Never had one. Just high on life. It’s a beautiful day in God’s country. The sun is shining. The birds are chirping.
Except we’ll be paying JJ $50 million a year and anyone else good on our team will get their bag, so the cap situation won’t be any better. Sorry, I’m a realist (with a little sarcasm included).
Jets will get 35 and they’ll still have plenty of cap space. Come 2028, JJ will get 65 or 70.
First year the cap will be minimally effected, heck it could even go down.
After that KC/Hunters cap hits will be off the books. Those should be enough by themselves to cover Jets extension/new contracts cap hit.
But then you have Darrisaw and other emerging stars, so instead of paying Cousins, you are paying others exorbitant amounts. Same situation, different players, in my opinion. But we won’t have to deal with KC complaints! haha
It is always a juggling act. Contracts have to be written like a jigsaw puzzle to get them all to fit together.
Never said it would be easy, just that it can be worked out. Jets is a big piece of the puzzle but not the whole picture.
Having JJ/Turner on rookie deals gives us more latitude, every year tough choices have to be made.
Yep, I just think the whole “our team sucks because of Cousins’ contract” thing was overblown. If it wasn’t him (which he was worth market value for his numbers and skill IMO), it would have been someone else likely (and will be in the future).
“Deserve” – and I thought the guys around here believed in merit.
Nope, the Socialists won me over…now its all about deserving…we deserve a championship
We deserve “free” healthcare
We deserve “free” college”
We deserve “a living wage”
We deserve the rich people’s money
We deserve to live safely in a gun-free society
Well said Comrad !
I see the VP was advocating a $25K grant to low income first time home buyers. Awesome. I’m sure the price of homes won’t increase by a similar amount in response.
It already has.
That’s just to cover the increase already created by Biden and Cackles.
But yeah, add on ANOTHER $25,000 grand as well.
Wait, so I should have raised the price of my Calif home by $25k?
Now you tell me.
Just so all you current homeowners get to pay for my new home purchase. That’s only fair. Just like my college loans that I was given as a low income student…it was awesome, I was able to buy an Apple Vision Pro with part of my $250,000 in loans I took out for my Medieval English degree.
‘Medieval English’
Cool, did you study under JRR Tolkien??
*safe to google MT*
Sleepy said inflation was already high when he took office though. I’m confused. I thought it was all the orange man’s fault.
It is. But don’t forgot about evil junk fees and shrinkflation on snacks.
…climate change anxiety…
that too.
and what about the trannies???
Should send em all to Peru.
Send them all to Peru.
Ha, beat ya to it.
Racist!!
We deserve Soda Slut!
I don’t think Teddy was going to be a better-than-average QB regardless, almost certainly not better than Cousins IMO.
He was looking ready to take a big step and they had one hell of a team around him. That started the cascade of panic moves like bringing in Bradford.
I was looking forward to the season and seeing what the Vikings could do with Teddy at QB.
Damn that terrorist attack on his knee, probably a sniper. grrrrr!
We’ll never know I guess. Same things were said about Irv Smith (big step, breakout, dominate). Hard to say until it actually happens. But from what he showed before that, he was never better than average or a game-manager IMO. Not dominant in any facet of the game, and quite frankly, floated a lot of deep passes (seemed to have a weak arm to me).
Obviously we’ll never know and that wasn’t the point. My hope for this team died that day. I’ve cheered em on and thought maybe Case could do it, but never anything close to that until now. JJ may be a total bust, but until that happens, I have hope that Kwesi and KOC can build a team to truly compete and not just hope to make the playoffs and get the Daniel Jones’s of the world extensions.
Same, never got the Teddy hype.
GM
FTP
SKOL
TGIF!
Friday morning drama – going to be interesting to see how the PGA handles the Scottie Scheffler event.
I sense a lawsuit incoming.
That cop is going to be looking for a new job soon.
I think the PGA probably says/does nothing other than the usual blah blah blah….we’re looking into it.
Like Surly said, I would guess the officer’s are likely going to take the heat.
Sheffler probably shouldn’t have just kept going and stopped, but I’m sure pro golfers have gone through tight security in the past without questions or stopping.
I have no question Sheffler was not obeying traffic rules. Running late because of traffic is not excusing his driving around cones or whatever.
I have seen the adrenaline-junky overreaction from officers and it is scary.
Since the guy jumped on his car, and went hard af after him, this could be a case of that.
Sounds like other players had done the same thing, he was in a marked PGA vehicle and the cops had no idea who he was. Charges will be dropped and the cop will be reprimanded. This is not a good look on the city of Louisville.
Yep.
Cops overreact at times.
He was clearly in a PGA vehicle.
They do overreact occasionally, they are also in complicated situations with lots of training on how to react to certain situations.
Sometimes they are reacting to something that they were trained and briefed on and people who didn’t get the training/briefing attribute to something else.
And sometimes they are just being Jerks being triggered by perceived lack of respect. Don’t know/care about enough this situation to understand, but I still manage to find it funny in a ‘1st world problem’ kind of way.
Yeah. Being a cop is a tough job.
Trying to keep the “I have the power” in check when SHTF can be difficult I’m sure. Given all the crime in our cities that goes unprosecuted, I’m surprised this situation was even an issue though.
Those crazy golfers are more of a threat to the safety of the community than the gang bangers in the ghetto.
Thank goodness they are cracking down on these damn golfers and not just the poor undocumented migrants.
Are you saying that ‘poor undocumented migrants’ can’t be golfers?
That is just racist.
No because they are meant to be lifeguards and olympic swimmers. Duh.
I though they were suppose to be farmworkers and gardeners.
Golf courses need gardeners right?
I guess, but the gardeners don’t get to golf.
I thought they could after the course closed.
I might have slept/dreamed that part of Happy Gilmore.
They do the jobs the privileged white people refuse to do.
Over here we were told that most of them would become doctors and engineers and rocket scientists, or skilled workers, at least 😂
Sometimes I feel like we are in the prologue to a Hunger Games future.
We bought the books for the Nephews back when they were all the rage.
Read one recently, the book is much darker than the movies were.
I think Hunger Games is too kind of a world. This one will get much worse than that.
I’ve often said Divergent will be a factual documentary eventually.
I’m afraid this could be a possible scenario.
Apparently.
I remember some politicians got upset about some shooting incident and the police invited them to go thru some ‘training scenarios’.
The Politicians failed miserably and said that they couldn’t imagine how tough that job was.
I would never want to be a cop. Thankless job with way too much stress.
I have seen people turn violent with very little provocation, and cops are just people. Some people should not be allowed to carry a weapon.
I have been to BBQs, been introduced to someone and have then start to confess things once they learned I had a badge.
I was like ‘whoa whoa, I don’t need to know about any of that’. Guess they felt it was a ‘safe place to get it off their chest’.
A friend of mine is a judge (actually, several times my wife has mentioned that, since I do poorly alone, this friend would be a good pick for a new wife. It is true, she has very similar personality and work ethic as my wife. Of course, there would be the problem of her husband, oh well). As you say, I sometimes feel like I need to watch myself oversharing things, it is almost like confessional – “man this combine was driving too slow so I passed on a double yellow line and hit 80 doing so”.
Went to my Sons wedding alone, The Teacher and I were just starting and I didn’t want to subject to my ex, plus she had work.
The Judge who performed the wedding was a friend/professor to both my kids.
We were assigned seats next to each other at the reception and we had a great time/conversation . She dropped a few hints but I had The Teacher waiting back in Calif so I just played Friendly and Personable with her.
Often wondered how it would have worked out with The Judge.
You weren’t sitting next to each other by accident.
Possibly, there were others assigned to the table as well.
I figured they were keeping me away from the ex which I appreciated.
Doubt my son would have set that up but my daughter? Maybe.
Is he the guy that drives the beverage cart?
I’ve golfed one time in my whole life. It was at an event for work, way back in the day. One of the owners of the company apparently didn’t like golf either, so all he did was drive the beverage cart all day long.
They are trying to make ‘Golf Interesting
AgainFinally’.Sure beats all the gas station guy jokes.
Good morning, SKOL!
FTP!
Aren’t we doing FIRST anymore?
Nevertheless, good morning!
FTP & FT*!
SKOL!
HA! You got me, I forgot to say first. LOL
FTP is way more importanter than First, IMHO.
Well it is indeed, but FIRST is also somewhat important… to some, at least 😉
That’s because…