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Vikings News
Kirk Cousins has allegedly named his contract demands at two years fully guaranteed and $90million total, at that price I’d be a hard pass.
From the Strib, 5 Quarterbacks Vikings Could Target in NFL Draft
From the Athletic, Vikings draft plans at the Senior Bowl rumors
With no HC jobs left, Brian Flores will remain Vikings’ DC, he didn’t even get a request for an interview, seems he’s getting blackballed after his lawsuit against the league
Our old friend Mike Zimmer is allegedly interested in the Dallas DC Job
The Vikings are reportedly infatuated with top 2024 draft prospect
NFL News
The Redskins hired Dan Quinn and with that the HC hiring cycle is over.
VIKINGS QUESTION OF THE DAY
Kirk at $90 mil for two years, yea or nay?
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Summary:
Eggslusher says fuck you all
VP suggests topics such as religion or politics as they’re less inflammatory than Kirk
Kfey missed GF
People are tired of surly according to him
Kathy says Teddy will spend the summer with a Hooker, also thinks Teddy looks like Shirly Temple
Kfey reports GF started his return with violence
SoCal telly Surly to keep his nuts to himself
Northwoods eats cookies right before dental procedures so it lasts longer
Wrenage ate 8 oreos for breakfast and it did not sit well, shocking
DE thinks its a good thing Kirk isn’t about the money and wants to retire a Viking
Norse didn’t know Juniors don’t go to the Senior Bowl
RIP Carl Weathers, aka Chubbs Peterson, Apollo Creed, and Al Dillon
VPs grandson got high as a kite, suggests it may have been from Mjolnir visit
Finally my mention in the Summary didn’t make me look like a fool.
Thanks for the assist Sir Ben.
Am I crazy for not hating this idea? If it’s a one year deal to let a rookie develop and get the roster really how KAM wants it?
“Heading toward a bitter divorce with the Denver Broncos, Russell Wilson will make his next team very happy off the rebound — and it could be the Minnesota Vikings.
According to Spotrac, Wilson, who is expected to be cut by the Broncos ahead of free agency on March 13, has offset language in his contract that would reduce the $39 million in guarantees he is owed when he is cut by however much he earns from a new team in 2024. Denver cutting its losses with Wilson means his next team (unlikely to sign him to a deal north of $39 million) is likely to get a massive discount for the veteran minimum of $1.21 million for next season.
That would benefit the Vikings’ favorably, who have a $28.50 million bill to pay to Cousins whether he is on the roster or not in 2024.”
https://heavy.com/sports/minnesota-vikings/russell-wilson-kirk-cousins-nfl-rumors/?fbclid=IwAR1PC7ev_b96kiaw86dXQmi5orHmiVvf57uAdcNfvAeI5FyapODIcXDoftE
Had this conversation with NLNVF a few weeks ago.
How is the cap effected by Wilson?
Is it $28.5 from KC plus $39 from Wilson = $67.5 that the Vikings have to deal with?
I understand Cap does not equal real money but we still have to react to the effects.
We both read several articles on the possibility and none of them explained the Cap implications of the move for the Vikings.
39 mil cap his for Wilson stays with Denver
Source?
We both looked and couldn’t find anything on it.
We found lots about the trade and implications for Denver, not so much about Cap Effect on Vikings. And much of what we did find contradicted other reports.
Anytime you cut a player you’re terminating their contract, so nothing would follow him to the Vikings in that regard
Let me summarise:
So if cut Wilson is able to sign wherever he would like.
He would still get paid $39 Large by Denver.
That means his signing would cost less for any new teams since his first $39M will be offset.
If he signs for say $50M, for example, then the new team would be on the hook for $11M for 2024 and any follow up years/guarantee/NTC he would want.
No report if Wilson is willing to sign a 1 year deal or pass on the guarantees or NTC (like he had in his last deal) for any additional years.
Conclusion:
If we could get him on the 1 year deal with a $39M discount I say sure. But that doesn’t seem likely that he would sign that since he is getting long in the tooth and probably had only one more big payday left.
And a trade (which Denver would much prefer) would be even more complicated. *See Brock Osweiler*
I believe that to be correct, I don’t think anyone is dumb enough to trade for him since Rick isn’t currently a gm
Oh in that case, no. I took it as if we can get him at vet minimum against our cap… then I don’t hate it.
We found that he would cost almost no dollars, but that does not address his Cap Hit.
no…No….NO…..NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
I honestly think Mullens > Wilson in the Vikings offense.
That was my response to Russ too but if you could get him at vet minimum? I don’t hate it.
I don’t see any way Wilson signs a one year vet min deal.
Depends on Structure I guess, 1st year cheap to deal with KCs Cap Hit and then additional years closer to market price.
But then it becomes a ‘long term deal’, and he had NTC and guaranteed money in Denver.
Yeah not worth it if it ends up being a longer contract.
Yeah, I could see something like a 3 year deal for 100 mil with a very small amount cap hit the first year
The entertainment value alone would make this almost worth it.
I do not want Wilson here.
He is terrible.
I forgot how much driving around you have to do with kids. My granddaughter is only six and she is new to the school district so I don’t have to take her to a job or any birthday parties yet, but it is starting. Last Saturday I had to take her to a play date. Tonight we are taking a 2.5 hour round trip to meet halfway with some of her mom’s family so they can have her for the weekend. On Sunday afternoon we have to make the same 2.5 round trip to pick her back up. Next Saturday one of her cousins on my side that is in her 20s wants to take her to the Children’s museum in Eau Claire, so I will be doing an hour round trip in the morning to drop her off and the same trip in the evening to pick her up. I think I’m going to have to get her a drivers license.
I can’t stand driving with my 4 y/o, she never shuts up, even when I play music she wants she still tries talking to me.
Thinking a burger at Milwaukee Burger company is in order with all that driving.
And a New Glarus beer, and tots….
Hang in there VP!! I don’t want your work in the salt mines to suffer…
How is little Zeph doing?
Hopefully I can keep up the salt mines. It would be terrible if there was a salt shortage.
Zeph is doing ok. When we talk to them about a week ago, they had some good news that some count went up. There are so many terms, counts and such that I can’t keep track of it all, but I do know that it was good news. Also we heard a couple of days ago that he had some new medicine and it made him higher than a kite. Mjolnir, were you visiting my grandson?
LOL!!! But good to hear there was some good news.
So glad to hear he’s doing ok. I’ve not visited with my magic herbs but if I thought it would help I certainly would. There isn’t a child on earth deserving of an ounce of pain. Not one.
All I can hope to do, in a show of solidarity, is to get super high myself and watch cartoons.
Zkol 4 Zeph!
Have you recently been told that you are an awesome grandpa? You should have been.
RIP
That. Sucks.
RIP Apollo
I has a sad.
76 is a decent run for a good man (seemingly).
My family has a good deal of longevity…I see 76 and think “Damn! thats way to short.”
RIP Dillon. Predator.
DILLION, YOU SON OF A BITCH!
RIP
Damn, he was good. Perfect guy for Rocky.
Think 76 and change is life of average male. Post pandemic. Not sure.
I am sorry, I can’t not do this… It’s teed up so well and so wrong… I have to.
That is sad
Also, are they going to change the upcoming Super Bowl ads with him and Gronk?
KJ replacement?
Pretty sure KJ gone, he’s a FA. Not as good a year as prior but someone will pay more. What’s kid size and 40?
Remember when Skolly and Lifer clamored over him and claimed he would be a WR2 on most teams lol. Dude was a good to OK WR3 and thats it.
Agree.
Yeah, he showed when Thielen was out that he’s not a WR2, he a good WR3, but when everyone’s healthy that’s like the 4th option with JJ, JA, and Hock.
May watch Senior Bowl, lots of opt outs though. QB’s Caleb, Maye and Daniels and i think JJ. What i heard on Nix and Penix not sold.
Senior Bowl QB Rankings Day 3: Michael Penix Jr., Spencer Rattler Set Themselves Apart (msn.com)
Penix bothers me with injury history, maybe another RG111. Would be so Purple like.
Same here
Yeah, he’ll potentially have a degenerative knee condition as he ages like Bradford did, both guys tore the same acl about two years apart. His shoulder injuries aren’t as much of a worry, both times it was his non throwing one.
I have the same concerns about his knee basically eroding the more he plays and a short-lived, injury riddled career.
I like the arm strength. Can make all second level throws with velocity – he’s not tossing rainbows.
Weirdly, I like that he’s a lefty. I don’t know why.
Still want them to draft JJ McCarthy.
Yeah, I don’t know of many southpaw QBs that have been successful, Mark Brunell was pretty good for a while, Tua is developing, Steve Young is probably the best ever, but most I think of sucked, like Leinart, Simms, Tebow, etc.
I wonder why that is? It can’t just be the throwing because in baseball there have been some good southpaws.
I have no clue.
This is why I, as a CEO, will never hire left handed people.
Of course I am kidding, but the stat is real.
Now you don’t have to wonder any longer why I’m so crazy.
It actually explains quite a bit….and your whole “talking to Jesus” thing…..clearly schizophrenia.
Oh, and VP, are you a tranny??
Yeah, I’ll watch, its competitive football unlike the pro bowl activities or whatever its called. JJ, Maye, and Caleb aren’t eligible since they’re not seniors but Daniels did opt out. Plenty of other potential Vikings to watch though. A few Gophers were invited by I think only TE Spann-Ford is playing, I know Safety Tyler Nubin opted out as he’s considered a late first early second round pick.
Oh yeah, “Senior Bowl”, went over my head.
Yeah, all three still would have opted out. I’ll be curious to see how the Texas DTs look, I haven’t seen much of them, as well as the QBs
Vikings QB Kirk Cousins reportedly names price: $90 million
@good thing he wants to retire a Viking and it’s not about the money@
Not sure on these sources. If true, Purple won’t pay i’m sure. Mostly curious about Atlanta.
I’d be shocked if some team pays him that much.
Just hope Kwesi doesn’t cave to him.
If it is $90m for 2 years + guarantee + NTC I doubt even KAM will fall for that.
When he says it’s not about the money but what the money represents… meaning respect and such… he might want to think about what a Superbowl ring will mean for the rest of his life in the getting respect and his due credit as a QB and NFL player…
90 mil coming off a achilles would aggressive.
Yeah. I don’t know what he means.
Could be a demand that allows him to claim that he took less if he signs for less than $90 million.
I’m off to get ready, gonna go get kiddo from school soon so we can hit the road. Maybe I’ll see Stu while I’m in Fargo.
Don’t be a stranger.
Good to know that all is well with you.
Now we can find something else to worry about.
GF, I got a couple of guys nibbling on your Fessenden house.
Have fun man, Fargo is a fun city!
It’s that time of the year. 39th annual pool tournament at my parents house. This even is always the weekend before the super bowl and has been happening longer than I have been alive. We kids and my mom weren’t allowed at the house in it’s hay day in the 90s, then when I was old enough to drive I was allowed to be there for a bit and drive into town to get more beer when the two kegs wasn’t enough for a 16 man tournament, to this year dad isn’t even buying a keg since they haven’t finished their kegs the last couple years. Now BYOB haha. In the last 5 years I have one it once and gotten 2nd twice. I always make my famous award winning cheese dip and am off my diet this weekend that’s for damn sure lol. Next year will be the last time I think they do this. I might have to take the reigns after that.
Just family? Some friends? Sounds like a crowd.
Family and friends. It’s a great time. They have mellowed in their age lol.
Good times. I grew up wanting a pool table. The week after I left home my parents bought one and put it in the basement. They were smart – got me to come back home virtually every weekend to play. Usually a pile of wood to split or some other chore my parents didn’t want to do before I could play. I’d happily do it and then spend hours playing pool. Getting even remotely good on a nice table can make you feel/look like a world class player on a bar table.
Back when I drank, I was a pretty good pool player. Played in league & all that, played in the state tournament, etc.
Weird thing with pool. You get better as you drink more, until you hit that certain point where you’ve drank too much, then you get really bad for a while, until you get REALLY drunk, then you get better again.
Same process with weed I’ve found…..
Same with darts. Playing league when I was stationed in Korea, we played against a team that was pretty good. To determine who throws first you “diddle for the middle” – 1 person from each team throws a single dart – whoever is closest to the center goes first.
We were hammered, but 3 games in a row the other team put one in the single bull, and I wobbled up and sunk the double bull.
Yup, I’ve seen that time and time again at the pool party. There’s a happy medium. I am paired up against an uncle first game who is like 3 or 4 strokes in and isn’t all there. Going to be embarrassing if I lose. He beat a guy last year, that guy promptly left haha.
Same with golf. Gotta get just enough booze in ya to not over think things but not so much that coordination is affected.
I grew up with a pool table in our basement…
Loved it. I was pretty decent but I haven’t played in years.
What’s funny is I was terrible at pool because I took it for granted. When you grow up with shit you just kind of assume it’s something everyone has. When I was on the Rez my next door neighbor had a pool table and we’d play like at least every other Friday. Good good times! His house rules were odd. Slop was 100% OK, didn’t have to call anything but the 8 ball.
Slop in our house was the same as a scratch – but you were ball in hand. Any other scratch was shot from the kitchen. Called all shots.
My dad’s rules were you don’t have to prove anything off the break. You make a solid you’re a solid. If you make one of each, table is open. We are pretty gentlemanly. You don’t have to call things but obviously banks and combos and shit you should but I have been in the tourney and made a shot that looked like it could have been my plan and wasn’t and said, nope that wasn’t my plan.
Just about the title or you got a little cash kitty?
For the tournament there is a traveling trophy and payout for the top 4 I believe.
My grandpa had a pool table growing up, I think he regretted it, all us grandkids were constantly misusing it.
Sounds like an awesome family tradition, have fun!
question of the day, heck no.
Neigh
No. Eff NO!
It’s all a PR set up so that when Kirk signs for less than $90 million, he can say it wasn’t about the money.
Hope things are well GF!
Good to hear from you.
Gooooose morning Skolos!
Glad to see the big dog is back!
QotD: $90 milly guaranteed for 2?
NOPE!
Happy Friday y’all!
Skol
Years of training have taught me that I have an Oreo limit of four. They just don’t sit right with me, but they are so tasty…
I ate about eight this morning. This is going to cause problems. I wonder if I can dilute the amount of Oreos in my system by eating a donut. I need to try something. It is worth the gamble…
The Teacher brought the first of the Girl Scout Cookies home last night.
I started with Tagalongs.
Her ‘main supplier’ hasn’t finished ‘setting up’ yet so she did a side buy.
I will try to keep track of how many she buys this year but I may not have enough fingers and toes for the job.
I used to go bonkers with girl scout cookies. Not sure which ones I can eat anymore, I have to look to see if any are gluten free.
Kiddo and I made gluten-free oatmeal cookies one night, then mixed up some soft frosting & sandwiched the frosting between two cookies, kinda like homemade oatmeal cream pies. They were friggin amazing.
Kiddo thinks we should open a GF bakery. LOL
Sounds delicious! Good to hear from you again, brother 🙂
Some mom recently posted on social media that if you don’t want to buy GS cookies not to mention anything about your diet, weight, or anything like that because it teaches the girl fate shaming.
Birthday Cake Oreos… I have no limit on those fuckers. SO GOOD!
I just realized I have never had a birthday cake Oreo. It’s going on my bucket list. Probably better not do it today, though…or should I?
Yes you should!
Those are the only-est ones The Teacher will eat.
Before those came out she would make gagging sounds at the mere mention of ‘Oreo Cookies’.
I like regular Oreos too but since the Birthday Cake ones came out they don’t hit the same lol.
I was in love/lust with a dental assistant back in the day. One time right before my appointment I ate a half dozen Oreos so she would have to spend more time on cleaning my teeth while I gazed into her devastating eyes.
She was not amused.
Smooth!
You need to eat them with milk, its a natural antacid.
I will try this.
One of our local butcher shops is having its annual pork and beef sale. I ordered our normal half hog and quarter beef. They source all of their meat from local farmer, which I like. However, about a month from now when I go to pick it up, I may need to borrow someone’s armored truck. I will feel very poor after paying for that.
I was going to ask how much you dropped for that because I would love to do the same, that being said I live in the heart land, I could easily get a hold of some farmers to do the same, just not sure what the going rate is these days. My parents got me and my two sisters a split on a hog for Christmas one year and it was an awesome gift, some of the best bacon and chops iv ever had.
Schweiters in Moffit has amazing beef. I think we paid maybe $1,500 for a half beef.
Yeah and dont nearly need a half, im a single guy, no way Id go through all that in a timely manner. I have heard of them before, keeping that noted.
I know a couple places here do different bundles. Here’s the one I was looking at. I’m sure there’s places there that do something similar and you could get more like a 1/4 hog or a mix of beef and pork.
https://meat-palace.com/custom-made-bundles
oo yeah that #2 bundle looks legit.
They’re really good.
Butcher Block in Mandan is solid too, and 3B in Bismarck.
Iv purchased from both. Dont you think they would charge more than the average farmer though?
I’m sure, but if you buy from a farmer, you’ll still have to take it somewhere to be processed.
I got a really good deal on a hog one time (a buddy of mine is a cattle buyer), but the processing was shit, I used a place that my buddy used, and they sucked.
Ahh damn, that sucks to hear. Did you let the buddy know his recommendation was shit? lol
One of the places in Billings is selling a half hog for about $275. Not sure if that is average, high or low.
Hog prices are about $.75 a pound right now on the hoof.
That’s not bad. I got a new grinder, stuffer and mixer this week from a friend. Plan on stopping by the butcher this weekend and seeing what I can get some trim for and make a bunch of brats and breakfast sausage.
Boom, that sounds like a good plan. And id pay $275 for half a hog.
Yum
Hog prices usually go up in the spring. Keep that in mind. Might be closer to a buck by June.
Yeah if nothing else Costco has pork butts for $1.99 / lb right now and that should be a pretty decent fat ratio for sausage. Thinking I’ll do about 15 lbs of breakfast sausage and 15 lbs of brats to be ready for the summer. Might try to make some sausage links to. Normally I just bag breakfast sausage for browning when I make biscuits and gravy. While I’m at it I’m contemplating trying to make some bacon. A ten lb pork belly is like 3 bucks a lb at Costco. Split it in half and make 5 lbs peppered bacon, 5 lbs maple and then probably an apple smoke.
I love the buttermilk links at the butcher shop in Mandan, but I can’t eat them anymore because of my celiac stuff, they must use gluten.
Absolutely. Getting fresh meat from local farmers is the best. Our local shop is charging $2.69 per lb for the pork and $4.29 per lb for the beef. Of course anything extra such as brats instead of sausage is more. I won’t have the total cost until they get it all done because it will depend on the weight of the pig or cow that they butcher. It is typically about $325 to $375 for a half hog with this sale and about $780 to $975 for a quarter beef. It is totally worth it. It is a 1,000 times better than Walmart “meat”.
My sister and her hubby raise a few beef cattle each year. We’ve bought a half from them the past 2 years – this year it was $1088 for the half a cow, and $400 for cutting/wrapping. (so right in line with what GF paid)
There is a large Butcher Shop near our new home.
Best I can tell they do locally sourced meat and process game animals during hunting season.
Looking forward to seeing what they have to offer once we complete the move.
M wife’s family hinted at Thanksgiving that they are buying like a hog and cow and giving us and her brothers family a shit load of meat… because we were gone over Christmas and her brother has a very busy job even on the weekends and then we had those weekends of extreme cold and crap weather we still haven’t had her side’s Christmas yet lol. 2 weeks.
If you get a whole cow, you better have a big freezer. We get a quarter and it last us a whole year. Of course we also get a half hog and we get venison during hunting season. I was a little concerned this year that we hadn’t cleaned out the freezer enough for our new purchase, however, when I checked the other day, I realized that some of the stuff in the freezer was just junk, like a big bag of ice that I can get rid of. Also we had a box of meat that our son brought that was supposed to go to grandma and grandpa. After that cleanup, it’s looking a bit sparse, so it is good timing for the new purchase.
Well they would be splitting it minimum 3 ways. I do have a deep freeze.
This may not be a popular opinion, but I really think Fisher peanuts are better than Planters.
BRAD!
How are things going? you are obviously working too much.
And, you are correct about Fisher peanuts.
I had the “NFL Collectible Mug” containers (came out in the 80s) of every team, except the Packers.
My mom would not let me buy those, because “The Packers Suck, that is not going in my house”
Everything is going awesome. Business is booming. My property management business really boosted our real estate business as well.
It has been crazy as shit. I took the day off, we’re pulling kiddo out of school at lunch and heading to Fargo, monster truck show tomorrow.
We’re in the process of looking for a full-time employee. It’s getting fun.
Someone to handle the paperwork and coordinate, or that a Mrs Gone Fishing function??
We’re going to outsource our back office stuff, too. The full-time employee will be for the property management business. I’m covering way too much territory right now, and I have almost 60 homes. Way too much for one person.
Makes sense. Too much time traveling between houses/projects seems like wasted time.
Of course you are probably muti-slacking and listening to Kirk podcasts on your satellite radio while traveling.
Man, a mortgage company paid me to go all the way up to Williston to look at a house and tell them if it was worth lending money on. That was a 500 mile round-trip.
I heard an office rumor that I’m going to be asked to take over Minot as well. If that happens, I’ll have about 75% of the state.
Like most large organizations ‘a job well done is rewarded by more work’.
Certainly true with the Army and Calif Dept of Corrections.
I hope so, I’d love to take on more work with them. I work solely with the state of ND (ND Housing & Finance Agency), so their checks don’t bounce and they pay quickly (usually under 2 weeks). It’s working out really nicely so far. They’re happy because shit’s getting done right, and I’m happy because I’m making as much as I was at my corporate gig & I’m 1,000 x happier.
I put on about 6,000 miles in January, LOTS of time to catch up on podcasts & other stuff. I’ve gotten more & more interested in engineering, I think I’m gonna take some courses & learn more about structural & mechanical engineering.
^^^
Why Not Minot.
Only the best go north!!
Exactly!!!!!
You know of anyone who wants to buy a place in Fessenden? I can get you a smokin’ deal on a property that’ll need some work. It has a detached 2-stall, really nice-sized garage. The roof on the house is shot, led to interior damage, mold in the basement. I’ll do the mold remdiation & remove any damage, but it’ll be sold as-is with no repairs done.
If it were closer to Bismarck, I’d buy it & either fix it & sell it, or keep it as a rental. I’m not sure what the rental demand is in Fessenden.
Just a second….I will get back to you…
‘just a second’
Times up.
The location is the hardest part of selling this one. Only way to find a buyer is talk to people from that area.
I probably don’t know anyone….
BUT give me some specs…
How old?
How big?
What kind of shape?
How Much?
Was this a default situation?
House was forelosed upon by the state. It’s currently owned by the state. It’s not listed yet, but it will be, and we’ll be the ones listing it.
It’s in shit shape. The roof is shot, and the sheeting underneath it will need to be replaced. This was leaking for a year or two, so there’s lots of damage.
That said, a guy could probably buy it for maybe $10k or $20k, I’m not sure on that, as the state has to give us the list price, but that’s where we’ll advise them to list it & they’ve listened to us every time so far.
https://p.rdcpix.com/v01/lf2988342-m0od-w480_h360_x2.webp?w=640&q=75
I’m just guessing, but I’d think there are maybe 1,300 sq. ft. on the main, with another 500 or so upstairs (2 bedrooms) and another 1,000 or so in the basement.
Just a pure guesstimate on repair costs would be $30k – $45k. After repairs, you may be sitting on a $75k or $100k property. There’s definitely a margin there.
If it were closer to Bismarck, I’d do it.
THANKS! I know I guy a lot like you (army vet, dad, good at fixing shit, dabbles in real estate)
I will share with him.
Is there a property management company in the area? My FIL owns rental properties all over the country but just uses pm companies to take care of actually being a landlord. Its his way of skirting the system that limits your income after you retire from the federal government.
I didn’t know careers like this existed, this is a lot of fun.
So like a ‘presale home inspection’?
Or were suppose to assess the property/area and decide it’s value vs mortgage due?
they’re reworking the loan, so they wanted me to do an inspection to make sure the home wasn’t damaged in anyway that would prevent the buyer from being able to sustain the loan.
The last inspector in Williston flooded a house, caused $15k-$20k in damages. That was the last straw, so they asked me to take over that territory.
Neither one of us like the paperwork. We’re much better at making money than we are doing the paperwork. I figure piss on it, we’ll hire someone else to do that part.
Is there a training one would have to do for this position to get acclimated?
Not really. We use QuickBooks for our accounting, and everything else is paperless. The home inspections aren’t very difficult, you just have to be thorough.
Hmmmm….my wheels are turning. I had essentially made up my mind that I would start looking for a higher paying job come this Summer. But I did get a larger pay raise than I was expecting at the job im at now, and the benefits are still good so..now im torn.
At least your boss would understand why you were in a bad mood on Mondays in September-December.
LOL
My boss is a Vikings fan so we share Monday sentiments during the NFL season ha
It’s a lot of driving. I used to drive semi, so the driving doesn’t bother me at all. More than 50% of the time, I’m driving on a fairly deserted road somewhere & it’s really peaceful. The rest of the driving is interstate, which also isn’t bad, and I get to GTFO of Bismarck every day, which is good for my mental health.
We support clients in every corner of the state, Fargo, Medora, Bowbells, Grafton, Lisbon, Ashley, been to em all for work, I love it. Id rather drive, jam to some tunes, listen to a podcast and see sun light then sit in my cube and answer a phone.
I genuinely dislike quickbooks, unfortunately my company uses it for about everything possible.
Finally done with that. Contractor for last 12 years, and that was the easiest solution for business taxes.
They kept changing subscription rates and pushed over and over to migrate to the cloud version that is shit.
This will be my last filing season with the corp and I just cancelled the Quickbooks subscriptions. It felt amazing.
I use Quickbooks for my bookstore since I want just a basic accounting software. They are really pushing the cloud version. I’m sure one reason is that they can charge you every year. In the past I have just bought the software and then upgrade when I absolutely have to, which last time was about 9 years.
they changed that on the desktop version as well, and you now need to update each year.
Maybe that is only if you have payroll assist (and I did).
Tried to convert to the cloud version, and about 1/4 of the way through realized that since the database schema’s are completely different, I would need to manually re enter everything.
Rolled back the conversion, and stuck with desktop for 6 more years.
Glad that all is going well.
We were starting to worry, only cuz we are Viking fans and expect bad things to happen.
Good to hear! Glad it is going well.
That’s awesome man! I seriously am giving thought to Real-estate. Have multiple friends who have made the switch from other paths.
I enjoy it. I’m really not very active in the day-to-day activity of real estate, I’m good at building business, my wife is much better at the day-to-day stuff. I give her most of the credit for our real estate biz, she does the leg work.
That’s awesome, congrats. Way too much driving for me, though.
This is just great. Very happy for you, mate!
I don’t know about better (don’t have sufficiently sophisticated tastebud to know the difference) but usually cheaper.
I know I’m not better, but I am cheaper.
Wow, that’s the line I used on my wife when I met her
Use whatever line works.
My favorite is “Hey, I have a 6 inch tongue and I breathe through my ears. Do you wanna go on a date?”
I will wait until you are ‘on clearance’ or free.
#ifitsfreethenitsforme
I like your mom
not gonna lie, surly, but your mom is AWESOME
Fisher>Planters.
Howdy stranger.
Aloha!
i can get behind this opinion….
now if you came here saying trash opinions like skippy or peter pan are better than JIF, then i would have to say you sir are an IDIOT
Old Home peanut butter is the best.
Peanuts and Salt, nothing else.
ok grandpa
you probably love candy corn and circus peanuts too
Keep your Salty Nuts to yourself.
Skippy extra crunchy is the best
crunchy peanut butter is terrible
Peanut butter is for children and dogs.
I put peanut butter on waffles
Aunt Jemima’s. I’m a racist.
Syrup is too sweet for me
Man, I’m not sure what brand we use. It’s the “natural” peanut butter, whatever brand that is.
When I was a kid my mom got some dirt cheap peanut butter in a gallon bucket with a circus theme on the outside, not sure of brand. Every time we tried use it you had to stir it because the oil would separate. It was the worst I have ever had.
We had that stuff growing up…where you had to stir it…it was cheap.
Peter Pan is better than the other two
Starting your return with violence I see.
It is the way
Actually in a very good mood today.
TGIFF
I got rid of my facebook account Jan 1, and have not watched any news, local or network.
It has been glorious.
You wont regret it. Im still hanging on to Facebook for event news and coordination but thats it. Thats all I got.
We advertise on Facebook, that’s literally all I use it for anymore. I never get on there. Every time I do, I remember why I quit getting on there, so now I don’t go back.
I removed or hidden a lot of the people that arent important to me any more and its basically just add scrolling at this point, its a joke of what the concept of Facebook was back in like 06-10 when I first got it and it was a cool thing to have and not just a revenue stream from rich ass holes.
Ted Cruz making Suckerburg stand up and apologize to families who lost kids to suicide from cyber bulling was pretty good the other day.
That piece of shit refuses to acknowledge that social media is affecting the mental health of children. What a dumbass. Reminds me of the cigarette companies saying that cigarettes don’t increase your risk of cancer.
This had been reported but is now confirmed, Teddy has retired to go back and coach HS football
It’s sad what the NFL did to him. He used to have such great hair…
it’s when he started hanging out with ricky williams…………
Yeah, but weed doesn’t cause you to get haircuts
Completely agree about the hair. I HATE the new look. Reminds me of Shirley Temple’s curls when she was little. Can’t get that out of my head.
Teddy Temple
Haha! Everyone here knows how much I love Teddy, but that hair style, UGH! I’m a grandmother who likes a clean cut on all guys. I don’t even like any facial hair. I know nothing about the latest fads of hair styles, and I’d bet Teddy is paying a fortune to his stylist, but that is beyond awful.
Good for him.
Happy for him. Seems like a great guy.
Good for him, such a great kid. Too bad we had a dumbass GM.
Good for him! Will always have those good 2015 memories and his first W against Atlanta. Rookies bring fresh energy to an organization, and this current one is starved for it. Wish him well.
Just saw that. It’s always what he said he wanted to do after retirement. He’s also still going to be mentoring young QB Hooker this summer.
Kirk at $90 mil for two years, yea or nay?
Meh. Seems like market value for him. My stance is the same, and most people are tired of me.
I hope the Vikings do something that improves the team long term, so in 2025-2027 they give us the hope of making a run at another super bowl loss.
How long has it been since the last SB loss? I wasn’t alive, I know that much.
1976 maybe? I have been alive for all of them, I remember 3 of them….painful.
1977
Raiders.
Vikings got out coached and tried to completely redo the offense in the time between games.
Kind of another epic fail
Yep, I am still pouting about that loss…
Same. Took me awhile to get over the Raider-hate.
They are fine now….
The Vikings got rolled, 32 to 14….
The Raiders had an excellent game plan…mostly run right at Alan Page.
Page was a dude, but his game was quickness and speed, but he was undersized….The Raiders figured the best way to neutralize him was to run right at him, which they did over and over and over again.
They averaged 5.1 yards per carry…it was never really a game.
Oh yeah, ‘77. It was the 1976 season.
1976
I was 2. I didn’t watch the Super Bowl, I was working my full-time job that day.
LOL
I was two as well, but my parents wouldn’t let me get a full time job until I was three, stupid hippies.
To be perfectly honest, while I really want the Vikings to win a Super Bowl, I’m afraid the 2 weeks that lead up to the game will be absolute misery because I will be just terrified that they will embarrass themselves for a 5th time.
90 million for 2 years does seem like market value…don’t think they want to pay that though…
If only I could get my market value up to 2 years 90 million. Unfortunately my market value is about 1 week, 50 cents. I am really going to have to work on that.
Kirk at market value doesn’t get the job done in MN. It may be Kirk, may be on the coaches, may be on some hamster on a piano… whatever it is… it hasn’t worked. 1 Playoff win. 1. Time to try something else. If that’s Kirk at team friendly deal then hell yeah.
Fuck. No.
God I missed you
Fuck to the no.
He did not see his shadow. An early spring coming?
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already feels like spring lately. Any snow we get now should melt quickly.
Most of the snow we had has already melted. I’m afraid we are going to get 2 feet of snow all at one time to make up for it.
You know it’ll happen. We’ll get some horrific deep freeze in March/April.
We should be on schedule to start mowing lawns mid-February, here in SW Minnesota.
Here in MPLS there hasn’t even been a winter yet.
was going to say the same thing…we had 2 weeks of winter, hardly counts.
Same. I was in Fessenden cleaning out a property in that miserable minus 50 crap.
The Vikings and Kirk are stuck in 2018.
The Vikings are no longer a team on the cusp, and Kirk is no longer the QB who just didn’t have the right situation.
It’s over. Bring out Grizabella to sing “Memory…”
For a Friday there seems to be a lot of crankiness going on, but I must say, your response made me laugh out loud. Good job Ben.
Not sure who is cranky, but that’s one of my favorite gifs, there’s another one with a caption that says your face is stupid, stupid face, I like to use that one for BSF sometimes, which speaking of cranky, I haven’t seen him around since he was all cranky a couple of weeks ago.
BSF does that sometimes. I mean get cranky and leave for awhile. Maybe I should do that since I’m really supposed to be working right now.
Everyday on the thread seems like Ground Hog day lately…..
The Vikings need to do something so we can fill our empty days with
high-level analysisbitching and complaining.
I suppose we could try to instigate some more topics that are less inflammatory than Kirk, such as religion, politics or race relations.
I saw Walgreens was closing a store in a Boston neighborhood due to rampant theft that no one will do anything about.
Instead of addressing the problem of crime, the Squad hells racism…dumbacrats are just soooo dumb – hence the name.
I pray for this child.
Obviously some serious issues in her family.
I will always have something to complain about, until the team wins a Super Bowl. Then there will be a three month period of no salty posts by me.
Wouldn’t that be glorious? I might go on a two day bender AFTER the Superbowl. I will be in a great mood.
I learned from a Bears friend of mine. The last time the Bears were in the super bowl he got so drunk he didn’t even remember watching the game…of course he recorded it and watched it later, but its not quite the same.
Yeah, I will be pacing like I was during the Aints game in 2017, waiting in disbelief as there are no flags at the end.
Then much drinking.
I was hoping for Sonny & Cher in the media selection, maybe next year…
hey pirate, that IT Guys clip you shared yesterday was so damn funny that now I will have to back and watch all of the episodes.
so worth it.
That is a funny show.
I forgot it was groundhog day, ninja edited now.
Good edit, thanks!
Ben. I don’t really know how to do this but perhaps you can – regarding the 2 year 45 million stuff from Pioneer Press you mention above.
There was a an article over at SI for last couple of days that debunks ascertations of the original article.
Perhaps you can post that so as to let everyone get a picture of what was actually said and the real truth.
Nobody outside of Kirk and the Vikings know the real truth, I’ve posted articles before with different numbers. That article doesn’t debunk anything, and nobody outside of Kirk, his agent, and the Vikings knows the absolute truth, that’s why I word is as allegedly. Based on Kirk’s history the article I posted today is much more likely to be closer to the truth than anything else out there.
You’re the boss – usually think it’ better to let people read both sides and make up their own minds.
don’t know much about the Pioneer Press – never read it – but the journalism there reminds me some of the editorials of the WashPost. “Buzz” has a familiar ring as ‘anonymous source.’
Well, you or NLNVF could just ask Kirk what he wants and let us know.
Either way, that seems like Market Value. Vikings will do what they do.
Find a way to mess it up again.
Believe NLV knows what Kwesi will do. As to me, there are folks here I would share things with, but on the other hand there are some – well I don’t quite know what the word to use – here wouldn’t care or believe if St Peter came here and passed something along.
So, screw it, let folks believe what fills their narrative.
I understand.
I complain a ton, but Kirk is a great guy by all accounts, and the best QB on the roster by far.
I still feel it is time to move on.
whatever they do, I am sure it will not end well in 2024.
Already looking past that.
No problem – you are objective and fair and I respect your perspective. Others, another matter…..
As I said above, I’ve already posted multiple articles stating a differing viewpoint than the one I posted today so I’m not going to waste my time posting them over and over again just to satisfy you. Not only that but there’s this thing called the internet where you people can go find the article themselves and those articles are just as much bullshit as the one today. The Pioneer Press is the same as the Star Tribune, one focuses more on Minneapolis, the other on St. Paul. Either way, I’m done conversing about this since its obviously just about you disliking the viewpoint of the article because it doesn’t paint your idol in a glorified manner.
Screw it Ben, you’re the Boss – would rather talk politics, golf or baseball.
My idol – you know what I like about this place. It’s like talking to a democrat about Trump – if they don’t like something you say, you’ll start getting personally attacked.
Do as you please Mr Admin.
Chattie bunch this morning, aren’t we??
Let’s start a fight.
I will argue anything you want on most any subject but not football as that seems to simply collapse into just one subject. Couldn’t believe what happened yesterday following up on Ben’s question on paying JJ 32.5 million. Got one answer- thank you NDV – and the rest was the usual shit show about one player.
Most of the guys (and Kathy) on here are good people, but even good people can have their triggers that turn them into a massive pile of bad smelling stuff. I’ve been down the dark path a time or two. This Kirk trigger however, is getting very old.
This is a great site with wonderful people to talk politics, religion, government, golf – a great many subjects – but not football.
Well, I think an extension for Darrisaw will soon be needed…
He is widely acknowledged as one of the top tackles in the league.
His appropriate salary number will be hard to calculate because…….
Did Kirk make Darrisaw or did Darrisaw make Kirk???
The Beatles made them both.
of course, how silly of me.
Vikings won’t do anything with Darrisaw until next offseason, teams don’t extend 1st rookie deals after only 3 season unless it is a QB or the team gets an extremely team friendly deal. If JJ didn’t get an extension after 3 years, Darrisaw won’t.
Yes, BenDumDum, I was mostly trying to start a fight and poke fun of the ridiculous argument yesterday about JJ making Kirk.
They will probably extend him next year, probably get a JJ extension done this offseason.
This thread made me happy… fuck you all and have a great weekend.
Groundhog Day
I actually got on my computer earlier this morning and was going to get a post up but you were already working on one. It did give me the option to kick you off the editor though so I thought about doing that when the post was ready and taking credit for your work.
Hey Bow, I manage two properties in Beach, not far from you.
Beach is a bit of a hike from here. You’re not far from the gouger shouse though and a pretty good brewery in Wibaux.
I wasn’t too far from your family’s cabin on Monday though chasing elk that were all on unhuntable private property.
Oh nice! We’ll be there in July.
I need to get my elk tag out there one year. Give me an excuse to buy a .300 Win Mag.
I’m looking at a few new areas to try for elk this year. I’ve kind of zeroed in on one but I’ve never even camped there so I have zero knowledge of the place. Kind of exciting and I’m looking forward to exploring some new country. Can’t get any worse than the last couple of years I’ve had hunting.
LOL, that would have made me laugh
First auto rec
Also, last post of the day (probably)