Minnesota Vikings Discussion – SkolAsylum: 2 May 2024

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Who sits if Turner starts? Van Ginkel? Pace? Greenard? Cashman? The three FAs are paid 8-19 mil per year? Who you gonna pay 8 mil per year to sit on the bench?

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SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
2 May 2024 5:03 pm
norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
2 May 2024 5:08 pm

Great. Send them. Why stay in USA and be persecuted with loan forgiveness and free handouts?

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  norseman1
2 May 2024 5:45 pm

loan forgiveness and free handouts?’

Oh the humanity!

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
2 May 2024 5:53 pm

Country is beyond fucked up. Anyone who can’t see it has shit for brains.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  norseman1
2 May 2024 6:09 pm

Buying votes is a time honored tradition.
Brandon has just turbo charged it and taken it to a whole new level.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
2 May 2024 6:17 pm

As i alluded to, M Thatcher, eventually you run out of other peoples money. This is what sniffer is doing at expense of working class. Idiots can’t see the future, it’s what can i do for you today.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  norseman1
2 May 2024 6:40 pm

The people who vote for Brandon don’t care.
All they see is ‘Orange Man Bad’.
Because that is what they are told by the DNC Media Arm.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
2 May 2024 6:48 pm

Never imagined a sniffer/cackles clown show like this. Maybe i’m radical and stupid. I doubt it.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  norseman1
2 May 2024 6:51 pm

I expected a clown show.
Did think the Clowns would be ‘IT’ murdering the US.

JRobert
JRobert
2 May 2024 4:11 pm

Reading here today is actually good karma.
Wife said doesn’t feel like cooking tonight. Up to me to get carry out whatever I want. Usual favorites are Whoppers, pizza, or Big Macs
But Norse1 has inspired me.
About 30 minutes away the best BBQ joint in Orlando – ribs, pork, brisket, sausage chicken, got it all. With southern cooked green beans, baked beans, cole slaw, and real southern corn bread.
So, ribs with 2lbs of pulled pork, pound of green beans,baked beans,and slaw with four slices of corn bread.
Couple of beers, sit on the deck, and life is good.
Thanks for the inspiration.

NoDakRube
Reply to  JRobert
2 May 2024 4:19 pm

NICE!

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  JRobert
2 May 2024 4:25 pm

There was a great BBQ place outside Ft Hood in Copperas Cove Tx. They had ‘all you could eat lunch’ on Tuesdays. The whole office would go and we were all so stuffed when we got back we were about worthless.
Good thing the unit had a robust PT program.

Mjolnir
Reply to  JRobert
2 May 2024 4:26 pm

Hear! Hear!

Enjoy those ribs JRob – it’s goddamned deserved.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  benjammin
2 May 2024 4:54 pm

You want a good BBQ place? Or food in general.
Depends some on your transportation situation.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  benjammin
2 May 2024 5:17 pm

Best BBQ – Four Rivers, great. Will find closest one for you.
And as I recall there is a Palm on or near Universal. Pricey, but an excellent steak and seafood place.
Will check around some – I’m more familiar with the Disney side of town.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  benjammin
2 May 2024 4:55 pm

Why you make the big bucks ben. God, what’s this world coming to?

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  benjammin
2 May 2024 5:00 pm

Thought those things could be set up in advance?
Good thing we have Bowdude and GoneMostly to back you up.
Those two are so reliable.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
2 May 2024 5:02 pm

GoneMostly. LOL.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  norseman1
2 May 2024 5:04 pm

Umm just a typo.

Honest Brad.
Buddy!

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
2 May 2024 5:05 pm

Brad a good dude. He sounds busy.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  norseman1
2 May 2024 5:07 pm

Brad is the best of dudes.
Busier than a ‘one armed paper hanger’.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
2 May 2024 5:07 pm

Maybe if Ben’s in Orlando, I’ll go over early and wake him up – get him on task. I’m a very early riser.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  JRobert
2 May 2024 5:08 pm

Or you can just hang out with him overnight.
I am sure he would welcome you with open arms.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
2 May 2024 5:20 pm

12 beers and 4 or 5 shots and I’m done – just can’t hang with the young guys anymore.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  JRobert
2 May 2024 5:23 pm

just can’t hang with the young guys anymore.’

Thought we were talking about Ben?

Mjolnir
Reply to  benjammin
2 May 2024 5:06 pm

Can the thread be scheduled to be posted in advance? I know you can do a day ahead. Curious about multiple days.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  benjammin
2 May 2024 5:18 pm

Well it is not as if anyone reads the Mythical Words On Top anyway.
Unless there is a Summary up there of course.

Mjolnir
Reply to  benjammin
2 May 2024 5:24 pm

I get that. I think a boilerplate thread would do for the week – but that’s just me.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  Mjolnir
2 May 2024 5:31 pm

Just a consistent thread is all that’s needed. Don’t need to lean on ben. Some smart dudes here that can generate new news. (not me).

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  norseman1
2 May 2024 5:43 pm

Me either.

Unless you want to know about how doughnuts make you smart.

KFEY93
Reply to  JRobert
2 May 2024 7:33 pm

So low carb and healthy is no longer in your diet at this point?

Mjolnir
2 May 2024 3:53 pm

Woooohoooo!

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norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  Mjolnir
2 May 2024 3:54 pm

GO GOOSE!

VikingPhilip
2 May 2024 3:36 pm

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SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  VikingPhilip
2 May 2024 3:57 pm

I remember watching that show often growing up.

It was probably racist of me.

pirateflip
pirateflip
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
2 May 2024 4:04 pm

Yep. To both.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  pirateflip
2 May 2024 4:09 pm

That one and the Jeffersons, Different Strokes, Fresh Prince, etc.
Never considered how racist I was being at the time.
Which was probably very racist of me at the time.

SkolfromMT
SkolfromMT
2 May 2024 3:30 pm

CUBS BULLPEN IS ASS!

If they want to remain relevant they better make some moves. I have no idea why I follow these losers, i.e Vikes and Cubs. At least I have 2016.

SkolfromMT
SkolfromMT
Reply to  SkolfromMT
2 May 2024 3:35 pm

PS That was my reaction to giving up a 1 run lead in the B11 a moment ago.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  SkolfromMT
2 May 2024 3:51 pm

they broke my heart in 1969.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  benjammin
2 May 2024 4:55 pm

Yea it only took them over 80 years and they damn near blew it.

Mjolnir
2 May 2024 3:20 pm

Real question for you Skolbronis:

Was the countdown to 420 a thing before the Hammer joined your ranks?

Or is it something I’ve introduced to this world (along with spot-on football takes and hilarious tomfoolery)?

I like to think the effect of this butterfly flapping its wings has far reaching impact.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  Mjolnir
2 May 2024 3:22 pm

I blame you and goose.

Mjolnir
Reply to  norseman1
2 May 2024 3:25 pm

Looks stoned to me….

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norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  Mjolnir
2 May 2024 3:26 pm

Is that a dog? Stoned?

Mjolnir
Reply to  norseman1
2 May 2024 3:27 pm

Not stoned.

Just sleeping.

FOR THE RECORD: I would never get my dogs stoned. Its just mean.

but he does look high

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  Mjolnir
2 May 2024 4:24 pm

Sip of beer?

Mjolnir
Reply to  JRobert
2 May 2024 4:29 pm

Lol…. Several times he’s dipped into mommas wine glass. I’ve seen it coming and say nothing – not gonna sell him out.

He’s had beer before – can knocked over on the porch and he got a taste of it before we got to it. Seemed to like it, but he likes everything.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  Mjolnir
2 May 2024 4:32 pm

see the movie Uncle Buck?
Buck is sitting there smoking a cigar and drinking a beer. Every so often pours some beer into the dog’s bowl both seem content as hell.

Mjolnir
Reply to  JRobert
2 May 2024 4:37 pm

Absolutely!

It’s my father’s favorite comedy and his favorite comedic actor.

‘You should see the toast! I couldn’t get it thru the door!’

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  Mjolnir
2 May 2024 4:40 pm

Sad – left far too early. A great talent.

Mjolnir
Reply to  JRobert
2 May 2024 4:45 pm

Yup. It is sad. I’m 2 years older than he was when he died.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  Mjolnir
2 May 2024 3:27 pm

How old that mutt?

Mjolnir
Reply to  norseman1
2 May 2024 3:28 pm

He’ll be 5 in August.

NoDakRube
Reply to  Mjolnir
2 May 2024 3:23 pm

Nope, its all for you! But I like it….

Despite what the dodgeball dude said its good to have goals…..

NoDakRube
2 May 2024 3:12 pm

396……I think we can, I think we can, I think we can.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  NoDakRube
2 May 2024 3:13 pm
NoDakRube
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
2 May 2024 3:20 pm

That was one of my favorite books as a little kid…I mean it was so noble that the little engine was going to deliver TOYS to the boys and girls on the other side of the mountain.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  NoDakRube
2 May 2024 3:55 pm

noble that the little engine was going to deliver TOYS’

Vital to Democracy.

VikingPhilip
2 May 2024 1:58 pm

GOFUNDME
VP wants to retire.

VikingPhilip
Reply to  VikingPhilip
2 May 2024 3:36 pm

I hate all of you.

VikingPhilip
Reply to  VikingPhilip
2 May 2024 3:38 pm

I’m going to start a protest. I’m going to take over GF’s house and demand food.

VikingPhilip
Reply to  VikingPhilip
2 May 2024 3:40 pm

Actually, I want more than food. I also want ultra high bandwidth internet service. And a cell phone. A new car also.

VikingPhilip
Reply to  VikingPhilip
2 May 2024 3:41 pm

Once GF grows hair and then cuts it to my specific demands, then I might let him back in to his garage. As long as he swears allegiance to me.

NoDakRube
Reply to  VikingPhilip
2 May 2024 4:12 pm

You are channeling the protestors well.

VikingPhilip
Reply to  NoDakRube
2 May 2024 4:31 pm

I do my part. Now give me money.

Mjolnir
Reply to  VikingPhilip
2 May 2024 4:32 pm

freezeyface
2 May 2024 1:58 pm

i am REALLY bummed out

MT Viking
Reply to  freezeyface
2 May 2024 2:00 pm

???

freezeyface
Reply to  MT Viking
2 May 2024 2:07 pm

i actually do NOT remember writing this or sending this message….

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  freezeyface
2 May 2024 2:09 pm

???

freezeyface
Reply to  norseman1
2 May 2024 2:12 pm

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norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  freezeyface
2 May 2024 2:14 pm

You have a brain fart freeze?

DE Viking
Reply to  freezeyface
2 May 2024 2:21 pm

STROKE ALERT ! 🚨 🚨

freezeyface
Reply to  DE Viking
2 May 2024 2:28 pm

oh i remember now. i was going to write something very sarcastic, got called away from my desk and must have sent it before on accident.

it was gonna be a good post too

MT Viking
Reply to  freezeyface
2 May 2024 2:36 pm

I hate when that happens. Sometimes I have those socially awkward moments with a group of people where I say, “That reminds me of this incident that happened a couple of years back…well first let me set it up by saying I had not planned to go into that store but you know how that new store opened up on Grand that everyone boycotted because of the…yeah, you know that one? Well anyhow…what were we talking about?”

COMPLETELY unlike my online persona here.

freezeyface
Reply to  MT Viking
2 May 2024 2:42 pm

wow….like two completely different people

Surly Viking
Reply to  freezeyface
2 May 2024 2:37 pm

Mjolnir
Reply to  freezeyface
2 May 2024 3:13 pm

I’m guessing it was:

’something….something…. idiots….’

’something….something… pansies…’

Cue Michael Scott gif

NoDakRube
Reply to  benjammin
2 May 2024 4:13 pm

DE make sure you lotion your hands first.

norseman1
norseman1
2 May 2024 1:46 pm

GOFUNDME
Norse needs a smoker.

Mjolnir
Reply to  norseman1
2 May 2024 1:51 pm

Best I can do is smoke you up Norse….

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  Mjolnir
2 May 2024 1:54 pm

They sell bongs anymore? Never was a heavy user but i weaned off the stuff with. Just a one hitter.

MT Viking
Reply to  norseman1
2 May 2024 2:01 pm

They sell beautiful ones. GDV has big head shops. North Dakotans love their pot.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  MT Viking
2 May 2024 2:28 pm

How do you know what is in those shops?

MT Viking
Reply to  bowbunch
2 May 2024 2:38 pm

True story my wife bought me a beautiful bong for my birthday a year ago, after I mentioned how cool their ad was…she was concerned that I would be observed going into the place. True story I have not used it (or any THC) since then.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  MT Viking
2 May 2024 2:41 pm

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Mjolnir
Reply to  MT Viking
2 May 2024 3:24 pm

On my way to Glendive doc!

Lets break in that smoke cannon and get all geezied up on some hippie lettuce.

We can throw one of the choco’s collars around my neck and see how many clicks it takes for me to pass out….

freezeyface
Reply to  norseman1
2 May 2024 1:54 pm

will it be an antisemitic smoker? if so, i bet you will get enough money really quickly

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  freezeyface
2 May 2024 1:57 pm

Seems trendy. Why can’t people get along?

Mjolnir
Reply to  norseman1
2 May 2024 2:04 pm

No money in it.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  norseman1
2 May 2024 2:04 pm

Got a shovel and a back yard – pit makes a great smoker.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  JRobert
2 May 2024 2:06 pm

LOL, association may not approve.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  norseman1
2 May 2024 2:26 pm

OK, then get on a plane and fly to Memphis – best barbeque in the world and the weather is pretty nice right now.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  JRobert
2 May 2024 2:28 pm

Fly? That’s some spendy ribs.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  norseman1
2 May 2024 4:02 pm

Best in the country!

MT Viking
Reply to  norseman1
2 May 2024 2:37 pm

Just buy a nice spread with no neighbors to see. Association don’t GAF.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  MT Viking
2 May 2024 2:39 pm

Maybe i come to your place, i like my space in the “new world”.

MT Viking
Reply to  norseman1
2 May 2024 2:48 pm

Reminds me I have a couple of trash dumps on my spread that former owners used. I’ve gradually cleaned them up over the years. What a bunch of dickheads! Have they no shame!

I’m much more responsible, I haul a bag to town every so often and throw into one of the big dumpsters behind the grocery stores. What, I’m gonna go to the dump and PAY for disposal of trash?

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  MT Viking
2 May 2024 2:54 pm

That sucks. Assholes. I’m a environment guy. I believe in regulations. Some people don’t give a F. People that will throw fast food junk out window i find amazing.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  norseman1
2 May 2024 2:57 pm

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norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  bowbunch
2 May 2024 2:59 pm

Hide where your at bow, keep climbing higher if needed.

Mjolnir
Reply to  norseman1
2 May 2024 3:14 pm

I also hate littering.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  Mjolnir
2 May 2024 3:17 pm

Breaking news:
Lots of assholes in this world.

norseman1
norseman1
2 May 2024 1:28 pm

What’s the best way to do baby back ribs?
slow cooker
oven
grill?

bowbunch
bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  norseman1
2 May 2024 1:30 pm

Smoker at 225 for 6-7 hours. Even more fool proof is the 3-2-1 method on a smoker (you could use a grill too). 3 hours with dry rub and smoke, 2 hours wrapped in foil with apple cider, 1 hour unwrapped with bbq sauce and add bbq sauce every 20 minutes or so.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  bowbunch
2 May 2024 1:32 pm

Well damnit, don’t have a smoker.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  norseman1
2 May 2024 1:34 pm

Grill would work. You can get a little box to put wood chips in and turn your gas grill into a smoker. I know Ace sells a couple and pretty sure Scheels does.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  bowbunch
2 May 2024 1:36 pm

In a pinch I’ve stuck a bread pan under the grates so it was closer to the burner and put wood chips in it. Same thing as a propane smoker.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  bowbunch
2 May 2024 1:37 pm

I’m a charcoal guy, maybe indirect heat. I don’t have a family to feed so don’t want to invest.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  norseman1
2 May 2024 1:41 pm

Indirect heat and just put some wood chips on the charcoal or one of these boxes so your chips are less likely to catch fire.
https://www.acehardware.com/departments/outdoor-living/grills-and-smokers/smokers/8084133

Surly Viking
Reply to  bowbunch
2 May 2024 2:41 pm

I have used those, and the tubes. They help, but a smoker is still way better imo.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  Surly Viking
2 May 2024 2:42 pm

For sure, but better than nothing.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  bowbunch
2 May 2024 2:43 pm

Plus, it will be just enough to get him hooked on it and he’ll have a smoker by the 4th of July.

JacksonVike
Reply to  norseman1
3 May 2024 6:49 am

If you have a charcoal grill look up the snake method.

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  bowbunch
2 May 2024 1:42 pm

Or smoke tube! Again the real key is INDERECT heat

bowbunch
bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  Edgecrusher71
2 May 2024 1:45 pm

Yep, we’re talking the same language here.

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  norseman1
2 May 2024 1:42 pm

You can turn your grill into one. It works I’ve done it

Mjolnir
Reply to  benjammin
2 May 2024 1:49 pm

This reminds me:

If you get to Lincoln for the next Husker/Gopher game there’s a little BBQ joint just north of the stadium (on your way out of town) called Mulberry BBQ – fantastic place. It’s located in the Belmont district (literally across the street from where Charles Starkweather killed his girlfriend’s family) in a desolate little strip mall next to a check cashing joint. Don’t let the look deceive you – it’s worth navigating the bombed out parking lot.

Mjolnir
Reply to  benjammin
2 May 2024 2:00 pm

Figured you didn’t back up worth a shit. Me either.

Mjolnir
Reply to  Mjolnir
2 May 2024 2:03 pm

And it’s not bad. Folks around here think north Lincoln is the hood. It’s not. Demographics have changed and there are less and less families living in north Lincoln and more and more college kids.

I’d invite them to visit the south side of Chicago or East Saint Louis to get a comparison. Or even North Omaha.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  Mjolnir
2 May 2024 2:08 pm

east St Louis is. truly a hell hole.

onceb4idie
onceb4idie
Reply to  norseman1
2 May 2024 1:32 pm

Smoker. low and slow

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  norseman1
2 May 2024 1:35 pm
Gone fishin'
Admin
Reply to  norseman1
2 May 2024 1:42 pm

Smoker

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  norseman1
2 May 2024 1:42 pm

Smoker, nothing like that smoker, you can hack your grill to be a smoker. I did that before having a smoker. Smoke tube or tin foil and pellets. Turn on one burner on one side and rotate ribs to get as indirect heat as possible etc.

MT Viking
Reply to  norseman1
2 May 2024 1:42 pm

Store bought

freezeyface
Reply to  norseman1
2 May 2024 1:45 pm

DE Viking
Reply to  norseman1
2 May 2024 2:12 pm

Too bad our local expert isn’t here to help.

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norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  DE Viking
2 May 2024 2:16 pm

A slow cooker aint bad, gets meat tender. Then hit with BBQ sauce and glaze in oven.

DE Viking
Reply to  norseman1
2 May 2024 2:20 pm

Yep. Or finish on the grill to get the char.

Surly Viking
Reply to  DE Viking
2 May 2024 2:42 pm

This is still anger inducing.
At least he is Atlanta’s problem now.
He can fail when it matters for them

JRobert
JRobert
2 May 2024 1:05 pm

Since Williams has been deemed a bust, and they are already polishing of the statue of JJ in Canton. how are the Bears and the Vikings going to end up in the division?

freezeyface
Reply to  JRobert
2 May 2024 1:20 pm

Mjolnir
Reply to  freezeyface
2 May 2024 1:22 pm

You’re my frist choice freezey….

freezeyface
Reply to  Mjolnir
2 May 2024 1:23 pm

well what the heck stupid gif thing people idiots pansies dopes

Mjolnir
Reply to  freezeyface
2 May 2024 1:28 pm

Mjolnir
Reply to  benjammin
2 May 2024 1:39 pm

Yeah freezey…..

Why?!?

freezeyface
Reply to  Mjolnir
2 May 2024 1:47 pm

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Mjolnir
Reply to  freezeyface
2 May 2024 1:59 pm

I got my eye on you….

I will not be Gilooly-ed

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  JRobert
2 May 2024 1:26 pm

It could be a VERY strong division and TBH, I think you could make an argument for every team being first or last. The biggest surprise to me is the Bears being first obviously and are the obvious choice if you had to bet is Bears being last. But I wouldn’t be super surprised at any of them finishing anywhere. The funny part is the only argument you can really make for the Lions finishing last (besides injuries) is the fact they are in fact the Lions haha.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  Edgecrusher71
2 May 2024 1:36 pm

At least to me, how you do in. division is important. Easier to go in playoffs as division winner than wild card.
Now as I tell my kids, talking smack is neat, but it takes money to buy the groceries.
Every national rating of teams after the draft I have seen as the Packers and Lions in the top 8 teams. Besars are seen as one if not the most improved.
Besides here, most see Williams as a real talent. Now he could flop ,but so could JJ.
Now, not a game has been played, but that’s not a real good picture.

Wrenage
Reply to  JRobert
2 May 2024 1:44 pm

Tough to say. Bears and Vikes will battle it out for third and fourth, fo’ sho.

It is hard to imagine the Bears getting it together. Vikings should still probably edge them.

Packers will give the Lions more trouble for the division this year. I think Lions will still edge them out, though.

NoDakRube
Reply to  Wrenage
2 May 2024 2:43 pm

Vikings and Lions will be battling it out for 1st and 2nd…

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  NoDakRube
2 May 2024 2:47 pm

I’d say a 50-50 chance finishing last in NFCN. I will watch intently on qb and line play preseason. I will give you my prediction Dec 1.

NoDakRube
Reply to  norseman1
2 May 2024 3:10 pm

We don’t need any predictions based on thought, analytics, and observations…we just want predictions based on feelings….we are kind of feminine that way……

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  NoDakRube
2 May 2024 3:13 pm

Well, i have no clue what will happen, honestly. As i said, will watch qb and oline play preseason.

JacksonVike
2 May 2024 12:59 pm

Wren, I tried spaghetti carbonara last night. It was good and easier to make then I thought it would be.

Wrenage
Reply to  JacksonVike
2 May 2024 1:40 pm

Yep, it is super easy.

I wonder if you add chicken and broccoli instead of bacon, if you would end up with chicken alfredo…

JacksonVike
Reply to  Wrenage
3 May 2024 6:52 am

You would need some cream to make it alfredo, I think.

norseman1
norseman1
2 May 2024 12:55 pm

Is it possible for a president with a 38.7% approval rating to get re-elected?

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  norseman1
2 May 2024 12:56 pm

Yes, unfortunately yes.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  JRobert
2 May 2024 1:00 pm

I guess that speaks immensely on the voting process.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  norseman1
2 May 2024 1:03 pm

As of now, polls, approval ratings mean nothing. Over the next 7 months trump. will be painted as the biggest anti-Christ since Stalin or Hitler – a dictator who will destroy democracy.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  JRobert
2 May 2024 1:22 pm

They have been playing that schtick since he won in ’16.
It has worn on the majority of the country now.
They will have to come up with something better/newer by Nov.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
2 May 2024 1:26 pm

Hope your right – not sure though.
Abortion – women’s rights – will be huge

NoDakRube
Reply to  JRobert
2 May 2024 1:29 pm

Yes! Women’s Healthcare = Killing babies…

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  NoDakRube
2 May 2024 1:43 pm

My wife is a staunch republican, ‘accepts’ Trump, but we go round and round some of the abortion issues

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  JRobert
2 May 2024 1:51 pm

I struggle with the Vaticans ‘everything after conception is abortion’ but absolutely reject the Dems ‘it’s all good including the first few minutes after birth’.

Have two ‘crack baby’ nephews that my brother adopted out of foster care. Both productive members of society.

NoDakRube
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
2 May 2024 2:42 pm

Good for your nephews!! The libs would say those are the kind of kids that are better off never being born.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  NoDakRube
2 May 2024 2:57 pm

Actually the nurse in the neonatal ward told them about the youngest ‘don’t bother, if he lives he will be a vegetable.’

He now teaches HS physics.

Chokes me up thinking if they had listened to that nurse.

NoDakRube
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
2 May 2024 3:08 pm

wow.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  NoDakRube
2 May 2024 3:18 pm

Exactly.

Mjolnir
Reply to  JRobert
2 May 2024 2:08 pm

Sounds fun. My wife is a progressive.

Makes for some interesting conversations for sure.

That’s a good thing. I don’t want an echo chamber – for politics or otherwise – I want someone that challenges me, sparks healthy debate and routinely asks questions about things they don’t know.

I found her.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  Mjolnir
2 May 2024 2:17 pm

Whoever wrote the book “Men are from Mars Women are from Venus” certainly knew what they were talking about.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  JRobert
2 May 2024 2:20 pm

Women? I’d say Pluto more accurate.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  norseman1
2 May 2024 2:22 pm

Can’t say that – wife in other room.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  norseman1
2 May 2024 2:24 pm

Pluto’s girlfriend is Dinah, she even has her own Wiki page.

https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Dinah_the_Dachshund

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  JRobert
2 May 2024 1:32 pm

I think they will keep that old saw out there while trying to find some new mud that will stick to him.

Last poll had 51% of women supporting Trump, so that 1/4th of the population.
I think it will be more Biden Voters bailing on him due to old age, lawfare, crime, inflation, border, etc.

Will that be enough to counter the ‘extra ballots’ Brandon can conjure up? We will see.

DE Viking
Reply to  norseman1
2 May 2024 1:06 pm

Yes.
Whoever controls the ballots, controls the outcome.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  DE Viking
2 May 2024 1:07 pm

That train has left the station and is not returning.

DE Viking
Reply to  JRobert
2 May 2024 1:09 pm

Yeah. Sure.
I got no clue what you mean.
LOL

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  DE Viking
2 May 2024 1:17 pm

Are you serious here? can’t tell

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  JRobert
2 May 2024 1:18 pm

And if you are and need a clue I’ll give you one.

DE Viking
Reply to  JRobert
2 May 2024 2:16 pm

Yeah. I’m not sure what you mean.
Like trying to put the genie back into the bottle?

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  DE Viking
2 May 2024 2:22 pm

Yes.
Take Georgia – republican gov and sec of state and still all that mail in voting crap went on.
You hear some huffing and puffing from some of the states, but don’t think anyone is walking the dog back. Mail in voting, which is open to all avenues of fraud, is unfortunatly here to stay.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  DE Viking
2 May 2024 1:09 pm

Wouldn’t consider myself as a Trump lover but you can label me a sniffer hater. Well on the way to destroying this country unless WW111 does it first.

DE Viking
Reply to  norseman1
2 May 2024 1:13 pm

I’d argue it’s already been destroyed.
But yeah, it can get worser and worser for sure.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  DE Viking
2 May 2024 1:19 pm

Open borders, spending billions on illegals and rampant crime. Has a touch of Socialism.

JacksonVike
Reply to  norseman1
3 May 2024 6:54 am

Sounds similar to the fall of Rome.

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  norseman1
2 May 2024 1:22 pm

Holy shit, I missed over 100 world wars?

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  Edgecrusher71
2 May 2024 1:23 pm

3 work?

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  norseman1
2 May 2024 1:27 pm

I knew what you meant, just thought it was funny. WWIII

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  Edgecrusher71
2 May 2024 1:30 pm

It’s the way they phrased it, you know, WW11.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  benjammin
2 May 2024 1:34 pm

LOL, i give up, guys got me.

Mjolnir
Reply to  Edgecrusher71
2 May 2024 1:23 pm

Lol…. I saw that too.

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  norseman1
2 May 2024 1:21 pm

It sure shouldn’t be but when Trump is the best the Republican’s can come up with… then yes absolutely. (again I would vote for Trump over Biden but hot damn, they are both awful)

Wrenage
Reply to  norseman1
2 May 2024 1:40 pm

Biden is going for 90 million votes this time around.

SkolfromMT
SkolfromMT
2 May 2024 12:38 pm

Stink’n Fubo, or Marquee not sure which one. Cubs playing Mets now and its territorially blacked out. I’m frick’n 2500 miles from NYC.

Mjolnir
Reply to  SkolfromMT
2 May 2024 12:51 pm

I know it’s not the same thing but if you don’t mind listening to games you could use the MLB At Bat app – $15 annually and you get access to all radio call of every game. Options to listen to both home and away. I’ve been a subscriber for a few years and absolutely love it – really enjoy sitting outside at my dad’s around the fire pit and listening to games.

SkolfromMT
SkolfromMT
Reply to  Mjolnir
2 May 2024 1:02 pm

I have it, and love listening to Cubs with my wife on the deck, wine in her hand beer in mine. Watch the sun go behind the mountains. Unfortunately don’t want the sound of a baseball game broadcast coming out of my office while at work.

Mjolnir
Reply to  SkolfromMT
2 May 2024 1:05 pm

That’s fair – I don’t know your line of work of it’s feasible but you could go the ear bud route.

SkolfromMT
SkolfromMT
Reply to  Mjolnir
2 May 2024 2:28 pm

Didn’t think of ear buds. Kids got me some awesome ones for Christmas. Good plan, thanks.

VikingPhilip
2 May 2024 12:32 pm

I wonder if self-righteous people realize they are self-righteous?

DE Viking
Reply to  VikingPhilip
2 May 2024 12:35 pm

Deep thought.

What about self-leftest people?

bowbunch
bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  VikingPhilip
2 May 2024 12:36 pm

I don’t know, ask Edge.

….
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Mjolnir
Reply to  bowbunch
2 May 2024 12:37 pm

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  Mjolnir
2 May 2024 1:27 pm

Mjolnir
Reply to  Edgecrusher71
2 May 2024 1:32 pm

Best character on that show

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  VikingPhilip
2 May 2024 12:36 pm

Almost, they believe that they are ‘Self-Right’.

norseman1
norseman1
2 May 2024 12:26 pm

10 in a row baby! F Comcast/Xfinity/Bally. Buxton, i mean Brokeston, pulls up lame again. Nice run dude, made 30 games.

DE Viking
Reply to  norseman1
2 May 2024 12:32 pm

It is an amazing run.
To think they have won 10 straight and are still 3 games out of first.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  DE Viking
2 May 2024 12:34 pm

Those 7-13 starts bite you in the ass.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  norseman1
2 May 2024 12:36 pm

Good thing a baseball season is like 5 years long.

freezeyface
2 May 2024 12:21 pm

bowbunch
bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  freezeyface
2 May 2024 12:23 pm

Is that your new profile pic pansyface?

freezeyface
Reply to  bowbunch
2 May 2024 12:27 pm

Wrenage
2 May 2024 12:10 pm

I watched some McCarthy highlights and lowlights, so I am not basically an expert pundit on him at this point.

One thing I noticed is he will need to be careful with his running, IMO. His body type is not going to hold up to RB hits. Get your butt on the ground, young man.

Maybe it will be flag football by the time he plays, and he will be okay.

Surly Viking
Reply to  Wrenage
2 May 2024 12:15 pm

I agree with this.
At the same time, I am thrilled that the Vikings will have a QB that can improvise, and maybe not panic when the IOL fails to block.

Wrenage
Reply to  Surly Viking
2 May 2024 12:25 pm

He looks nimble and has pocket awareness, which is good.

From the limited video I watched, it looks like his default setting it to try to make something happen, which is also good.

He seems to have a willingness to make throws into coverage.

He looks “water-buggish” in his movements.

I can’t really think who to compare him to right now.

DE Viking
Reply to  Wrenage
2 May 2024 12:27 pm

I can’t really think who to compare him to right now.

He is Mahomes 2.0

bowbunch
bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  DE Viking
2 May 2024 12:34 pm

No, he is JJ 1.0. He is the one all QBs will be compared to in the future and teams will go into drafts looking for the next JJ.

Mjolnir
Reply to  bowbunch
2 May 2024 12:37 pm

NoDakRube
Reply to  bowbunch
2 May 2024 1:20 pm

“I am Ricky Rubio, I am not like anybody else”

Wrenage
Reply to  DE Viking
2 May 2024 12:41 pm

Mahomes does play “water-buggish” too, so it can work.

Whereas someone like Jordan Love is a “non-water-buggish” QB. He is like…take the drop, maybe bounce a bit, throw.

Mjolnir
Reply to  Wrenage
2 May 2024 12:48 pm

Agreed. I was surprised at Love’s arm strength. Had several impressive throws last year falling away and off his back foot – all arm strength – and he delivered the ball accurately as well too.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  Mjolnir
2 May 2024 12:54 pm

He actually seems to throw considerably better falling away.

Mjolnir
Reply to  JRobert
2 May 2024 1:03 pm

He does. Reminds me of Jeff George in that regard. Some of the throws that guy would make off his back foot were unreal. I remember Vikes/Dallas on MNF in ‘99 – 3 days after my 21st birthday – George takes a bobbled snap from the gun, rolls left and uncorks a throw from the 50 yard line that hit Moss in stride for a score.

I swear I could hear that ball as it flew through the air.

Wrenage
Reply to  Mjolnir
2 May 2024 1:51 pm

What bugs me the most about Love is the he seems to be super cerebral. Dude is cool, calm and calculating at all times. With a big arm, he is on his way to being a tough opponent for a long time.

JJ is going to have his work cut out for him.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  Wrenage
2 May 2024 1:54 pm

Fixed it for ya.

With JJ in town, the division is going to have his their work cut out for him them for the next 2 decades.

Mjolnir
Reply to  Wrenage
2 May 2024 2:14 pm

I agree.

I can only assume that the devil has a conveyor belt full of Packer fans waiting to be stabbed in the ass with a pitchfork.

Thats the only deal that makes sense for one franchise having 30 years of HoF QB play and seemingly another one on deck to torment the NFC North for years to come.

I think ‘Packer Stock’ is an all-access pass to Hades.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  Mjolnir
2 May 2024 2:33 pm

Love is going to Daniel Jones the Packers and his little bit of success last year was simply God making sure Kirk didn’t cross the border. Love had to be just good enough to get some money out of em and give the Vikings time to get JJ. Now, he falls off a cliff and they start the wallow in misery.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  bowbunch
2 May 2024 2:35 pm

Hope so, pukes deserve a qb conundrum for years.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  Wrenage
2 May 2024 12:28 pm

Saw only a snip of him. What i saw was his vision and pocket awareness. Could be wrong, was once long time ago. When i married.

Mjolnir
Reply to  Wrenage
2 May 2024 12:36 pm

He’s pretty quick.

Reportedly ran a sub 4.5 40 before the start of the 2023 season.

I’ve heard/seen several scouts/insiders/talent evaluators/rubes laud his toughness – both mental and physical.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  Mjolnir
2 May 2024 12:38 pm

I think he had one of the top 5 or 10 3 cone times too. Not of QBs. Of all players who participated at the combine.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  Wrenage
2 May 2024 12:28 pm

Not a huge concern for me.
He was almost 20 lbs above his ‘playing weight’ by the combine, 201 vs 219.
If he puts on some ‘good weight between now and ‘RB hits’ occurring he should ‘be fine’.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
2 May 2024 12:33 pm

He is the same height as and about 15 lbs heavier than Kirk for comparison. As long as he doesn’t take bad shots he’ll be fine.

NoDakRube
Reply to  bowbunch
2 May 2024 1:19 pm

Keep him away from the buffet….don’t want a fat QB.

Mjolnir
Reply to  NoDakRube
2 May 2024 1:26 pm

RIP Hefty Lefty

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NoDakRube
Reply to  Mjolnir
2 May 2024 1:29 pm

He was a big som’bitch.

Mjolnir
Reply to  NoDakRube
2 May 2024 1:36 pm

One of my favorite college players to watch ever. Kentucky/Arkansas in 2003 is one of the best games I’ve ever seen. 7 OT periods – before the pansy rule change where teams trade 2pt conversions.

Wrenage
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
2 May 2024 12:38 pm

Nice. I did not know that.

He is about the same size as Jordan Love now then.

Mjolnir
Reply to  benjammin
2 May 2024 11:49 am

NoDakRube
Reply to  benjammin
2 May 2024 1:22 pm

Climate killers.

freezeyface
2 May 2024 11:19 am

i’m glad we have a QBOTF who isn’t going to be stressed about what color he should paint his fingernails for game day

Mjolnir
Reply to  freezeyface
2 May 2024 11:29 am

freezeyface
Reply to  Mjolnir
2 May 2024 11:32 am

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freezeyface
Reply to  benjammin
2 May 2024 11:37 am

I’m glad we have a QBOTF that is smart enough to not engage in/make excuses with social media banter when a fan calls him out

DE Viking
Reply to  freezeyface
2 May 2024 11:40 am

I’m glad we have a QBOTF that works on Tuesday’s.

Mjolnir
Reply to  DE Viking
2 May 2024 11:47 am

I’m glad we have a QBOTF that doesn’t bang his teammates mothers

#nojinx

freezeyface
Reply to  benjammin
2 May 2024 11:51 am

he’s thinking of that hockey player than banged connor bedards mom

MT Viking
Reply to  freezeyface
2 May 2024 1:39 pm

The rumor was that was Corey Perry…Oilers picked him up for a song and he’s doing his usual agitation and big hits for us in the playoffs – thank you Ms. Bedard!

bowbunch
bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  benjammin
2 May 2024 11:51 am

Yes

Mjolnir
Reply to  benjammin
2 May 2024 11:52 am

There’s mom banging and a team involved somehow.

I blame the hedonism of BYU….

bowbunch
bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  benjammin
2 May 2024 11:52 am

To be fair, the coach said he brought that older player in to be a father figure to the youngun.

freezeyface
Reply to  bowbunch
2 May 2024 11:55 am

rec for you

Mjolnir
Reply to  benjammin
2 May 2024 11:53 am

And Future banged his second one….

freezeyface
Reply to  Mjolnir
2 May 2024 11:56 am

at some point russell has to realize if this keeps happening to his wives…..HE must be the problem, not them hahhaa

Mjolnir
Reply to  freezeyface
2 May 2024 12:04 pm

He doesn’t care – he’s a complete fraud. Only cares about image – which suffered pretty greatly after reports came out from ex teammates in Seattle about him not taking accountability and being held to a different standard. Pile that on top of reports of his ‘entourage’ in Denver and him being the only player to have an office on the coaches level of the facility – alienating teammates even more by telling them he had an ‘open-door policy’.

Ever see the video of this slapdick when he was still in Seattle running a ‘mock’ 2 minute drill before a SNF game he wasn’t even dressing for? It’s embarrassing to watch. Was a total show for the cameras, completed by him using different voices to mimic what his imaginary players were doing during the drill.

Slapdick

NoDakRube
Reply to  DE Viking
2 May 2024 1:26 pm

I’m glad we have a QBOTF that works on Tuesday’s.

He already has said he is taking Tuesdays off to meditate.

As opposed to our friend Mjolnir who takes Tuesdays off to medicate.

Mjolnir
Reply to  NoDakRube
2 May 2024 1:44 pm

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  freezeyface
2 May 2024 11:46 am

Being old school I’ll just hold my water until we see how Mr Fingernails does on the field next fall.

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  JRobert
2 May 2024 11:49 am

Exactly.

Mjolnir
Reply to  JRobert
2 May 2024 11:54 am

Personal quirks aside, I’m hoping he’s a bust.

My gut tells me he’s the real deal (on the field) and he’ll be a thorn in our sides for the foreseeable future.

Thankfully we drafted a guy that can run him (and other QB’s) down

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  Mjolnir
2 May 2024 12:04 pm

I’m with you on the thorn thing, so I’m going to keep my mouth shut.

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  freezeyface
2 May 2024 11:48 am

Who gives a shit? If the dude goes off and is a great QB he could wonder what color of tutu to wear on the weekends, I don’t care. What does that have any impact on football?

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  benjammin
2 May 2024 12:06 pm

So what? So many of these guys do immature shit all the time. If this was, “I don’t like he does this immature thing,” Fine but to bitch about his finger nails? So petty. I don’t even really like the guy tbh, and if you forced me to guess bust or great pick I’d bet bust but to bitch about his fingernails is so petty and has nothing to do with football. This reminds me of my head coach who had a REAL issue with me having long hair in HS. He cared more about my long hair than kids getting shit faced under ages and running wild on the weekend. My hair and his nails have nothing to do with the game so why do you care? I am sure I did immature shit, I had long hair, still a team captain, oh the humanity, what is this world coming to, OMG!!!! Dumb.

freezeyface
Reply to  Edgecrusher71
2 May 2024 12:27 pm

you’re so dumb, ben

VikingPhilip
Reply to  Edgecrusher71
2 May 2024 12:29 pm

And when these guys do immature things, people call them out. Be it nail painting or driving too fast or whatever.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  Edgecrusher71
2 May 2024 12:30 pm

I certainly not into half the crap the ‘modern’ athlete wears or how they project themselves. But I’m guessing if Williams. throws 35 TD’s nobody in Chicago is going to care about his nails or even painted crouch hair.
Remember when Joe Namath wore a women’s mink coat, everyone agast, and then he wins a SB and no body cared then.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  Edgecrusher71
2 May 2024 11:51 am

Because the one who paints his nails is the QB of our enemy so it is our duty to raz him.

freezeyface
Reply to  bowbunch
2 May 2024 11:52 am

EXACTLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  bowbunch
2 May 2024 11:54 am

Don’t create bad karma.
And besides crow tastes like crap no matter how it’s cooked.

freezeyface
Reply to  JRobert
2 May 2024 11:57 am

good thing karma isn’t real…

and it’s ok to talk trash about a rival’s players.

trust me, there will be plenty more where that came from

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  freezeyface
2 May 2024 12:02 pm

well, I just see it the other way around.
Demean an opponent and he puts 35 on you and your look like shit.
Praise him and he puts 35 on you not so bad, and if you then beat him, really good.
And I’m a baseball player and we’re the most superstious athletes in the world – karma is real.

Mjolnir
Reply to  JRobert
2 May 2024 12:09 pm

I get it. Do you also believe in the idea that ‘the ball always finds the new guy’?

I do. I’ve seen it over and over. Guy checks into a game at 2nd base – boom! Here comes a hot grounder right to him.

DB gets on the field as an injury replacement. Who do you think the opposing team’s QB is targeting on the next throw?

Ball always finds the new guy

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  Mjolnir
2 May 2024 12:19 pm

Yep – always happens.
This just happened to me last year and it’s football.
Was watching the first Packer game with my brother in law who is a big Packer fan. We are just destroying them up there.
He says you’ve got a shot at the division and I say yea, we seemed to have turned it around and Detroit has a lousy pass defense. We both agree Packers are done and Love is a bust. I’m feeling really good.
And then son of a gun 2 minutes later Cousins ruptures his leg and the whole trajectory of things changed – just like that.,
In baseball, I wouldn’t even walk on to the field unless I had the laces in my shoes tied ‘exactly’ right.

Mjolnir
Reply to  JRobert
2 May 2024 12:43 pm

I love the optimism of baseball.

In football we see a guy who plays QB – and not particularly well. Ho-hum in big games, decent stats but not seen as a real winner. Never been to the playoffs. Loses biggest when the lights are brightest.

In football we say ‘That guy is a loser and can’t get done’

In baseball they say ‘He’s due, now get in there and be a hitter….’

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  Mjolnir
2 May 2024 12:48 pm

at least in my day, best not to pop off too much about the other guys.
Baseball has the great equalizer. You have to stand in the batters box and there’s a guy about 60 feet away that is more than willing to put one right under your chin. Does make for respectfullness.

Surly Viking
Reply to  bowbunch
2 May 2024 12:05 pm

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  bowbunch
2 May 2024 12:06 pm

This I can fully get behind. Fuck that guy.

DE Viking
Reply to  bowbunch
2 May 2024 12:24 pm

Edge trying to play both sides again….

VikingPhilip
Reply to  DE Viking
2 May 2024 12:29 pm

Edge doesn’t like conflict.

MT Viking
2 May 2024 10:49 am

Just gotta win 12 more games…

Mjolnir
Reply to  MT Viking
2 May 2024 10:58 am

I’m rooting for you MT!

Not a hockey fanatic – I can take or leave the game. Enjoy live hockey when I get the chance.

But I’m excited that you’re excited!

Go Oilers!
🛢️🛢️🛢️

SkolfromMT
SkolfromMT
Reply to  MT Viking
2 May 2024 11:20 am

You have a preference between Vegas and Stars other than it going 7 games?

MT Viking
Reply to  SkolfromMT
2 May 2024 11:37 am

They are both good teams. I guess with Vegas being the returning champs they scare me more than Dallas, but the Oilers seemed to figure them out as the season went on. But Vegas can be a physical and suffocating force with some great skill players. The Stars I think we have played at least 8 times in the postseason, I think we match up better with them.

Assuming Vancouver wins their series, they scare me for the second round. They swept the Oilers in the regular season. That’s never a good sign. However, I think they have significant potential to melt down if Oil can steal a game on their ice in the opening two games.

Mjolnir
2 May 2024 10:38 am

Dorchester, Nebraska
Pop: 596

Home of Jefferson Coates – Medal of Honor recipient from the Battle of Gettysburg – where he was shot in the face and lost both of his eyes. Check him out on Wikipedia, his picture is awesome.

This is where my wife and I played cards last night with a friend for her birthday. 5 pt pitch tournament. 12 teams, 11 matches. Each match is 4 hands and total points are added up and posted to the board. Top overall score wins the pot. $10 per team.

The winners were Lester and Eugene. Lester is half-blind, Eugene half-deaf. They’ve both played accordion in the same Polka band for over 40 years. I don’t think I’ve ever laughed harder playing 4 hands of cards.

My favorite team was Ann & Marilynn – our friends mother and grandmother. They look sweet. They look nice. They’re stone cold killers with no mercy. Marilynn is a sweet old lady in her mid-80’s, swears like a sailor. Ann is a school teacher. It’s all a ruse. They gave us our worst beat down of the night. 4 hands, 16-0. Woof.

The bar is what you’d expect from small town Nebraska. Rough tables, wobbly stools. The place is festooned in circa-1970’s Husker gear. Greasy kitchen in the back and a good looking college girl wearing a t-shirt that reads ‘F*** Iowa’. Lots of Carhartt shirts and mesh ball caps. The types of people I’ve spent my whole life around.

Poured the wife into bed shortly after we got home. Took Goose for a quick walk and made it back in time before a pretty good size thunderstorm hit. Sat on the porch smoking a spliff and watching the lightning until after 3 and pondering life’s great mysteries:

’Why are we here?’

’Have I lived my life in a way that’ll be revered or reviled?’

’Did Kirk Cousins really throw short of the sticks on 4th & 8?’

’Are we out of ice cream sandwiches?’

Skol
⚒️🔨⚒️🔨

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  Mjolnir
2 May 2024 10:48 am

Just perma-post/pin this story to the top. Love it!

Mjolnir
Reply to  benjammin
2 May 2024 10:51 am

Lol. Died at 36 from pneumonia. But he’s buried there.

Mjolnir
Reply to  benjammin
2 May 2024 10:56 am

It is. He does have a school for the blind named after him in Missouri. But nobody can find it….

JacksonVike
Reply to  Mjolnir
2 May 2024 12:38 pm

I don’t see what you did there.

Mjolnir
Reply to  JacksonVike
2 May 2024 1:19 pm

You get me JV….

Mjolnir
2 May 2024 9:44 am

freezeyface
Reply to  Mjolnir
2 May 2024 9:49 am

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Mjolnir
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2 May 2024 9:51 am

freezeyface
Reply to  Mjolnir
2 May 2024 9:57 am

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Mjolnir
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2 May 2024 9:59 am

freezeyface
Reply to  Mjolnir
2 May 2024 10:11 am

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Edgecrusher71
Reply to  freezeyface
2 May 2024 10:13 am

SkolfromMT
SkolfromMT
2 May 2024 9:32 am

Quick story: At lunch time on work days I usually slip out the back door of the clinic and go to mass at noon. The church is < 100 ‘ from the clinic. Walking to the door a lady comes running out to ask me if I am from the hospital and there to pick HIM up? I respond yes from the hospital, but just here to go to mass. Walk into the atrium of the church and see the priest talking to a guy about 28-30 yo the guy is all tatted up totally naked except for what appeared to be a ankle gps device. Got the guy a blanket and waited in the back drop until the cops showed. Didn’t get a chance to talk to the priest to get the scoop.

NoDakRube
Reply to  SkolfromMT
2 May 2024 9:59 am

If ya got it, flaunt it. Don’t be such a prude.

MT Viking
Reply to  SkolfromMT
2 May 2024 10:48 am

Thank you for the blanket.

NoDakRube
Reply to  MT Viking
2 May 2024 10:54 am

LOL

Mjolnir
Reply to  MT Viking
2 May 2024 10:59 am

FloridaSKOL
FloridaSKOL
Reply to  MT Viking
2 May 2024 11:55 am

bowbunch
bowbunch
Admin
2 May 2024 9:31 am

https://x.com/TheBabylonBee/status/1786025391716438309

NoDakRube
Reply to  bowbunch
2 May 2024 9:32 am

Perfect!

SkolfromMT
SkolfromMT
Reply to  bowbunch
2 May 2024 9:34 am

Can’t deny that logic.

DE Viking
Reply to  bowbunch
2 May 2024 9:42 am

And the funny/sad part of this is somebody has likely said this outloud with a straight face.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  bowbunch
2 May 2024 9:43 am

Funny how Bernie Sanders is standing behind her.
Born into a working-class Jewish family and raised in the Brooklyn

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Sanders

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
2 May 2024 9:44 am

Bernie hates Bibi and his government because they are conservative.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
2 May 2024 9:44 am

It’s unbelievable. How do you support somebody who wants nothing more than to see you dead?

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  bowbunch
2 May 2024 9:51 am

this is probably in poor taste but recall something Rush Limbaugh once said – ‘if you’re Jewish and vote Democrat it’s like chickens voting for Colonel sanders.’

42
42
Reply to  bowbunch
2 May 2024 10:35 am

You do realize this was meant as satire to emphasize the extreme points of view percolating around this topic?

bowbunch
bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  42
2 May 2024 10:38 am

You don’t say?

42
42
Reply to  bowbunch
2 May 2024 10:42 am

8^)

Mjolnir
Reply to  42
2 May 2024 10:43 am

Hey 42…..

Why don’t you grab 378 of your friends and let’s party!

Mjolnir
Reply to  benjammin
2 May 2024 10:54 am

facts and logic have no place here….

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  benjammin
2 May 2024 8:56 am

Good point, with Flores, he’s gonna keep fresh legs out there and we will have some good talent moving those legs!

SkolfromMT
SkolfromMT
Reply to  Edgecrusher71
2 May 2024 9:16 am

Gonna be nice having quickness and speed at the LB/DE positions, Hunter was quick I guess.

Edgecrusher71
2 May 2024 8:00 am

QOTD: Whoever Flores goes with I support 100%! lol. That’s so nice, like I literally don’t care and trust who he selects. I feel the same way about whenever JJ gets put in, unless forced in due to injuries, I think KOC will have a great feel for when to get him on the field.

Side note PR’d my 5K time yesterday 31:50, so got under 32 minutes… next up under 31!

Wrenage
Reply to  Edgecrusher71
2 May 2024 8:04 am

Nice job on the 5K.

You are taking the bull by the horns, for sure. Keep it going!

Northwoods
Reply to  Wrenage
2 May 2024 8:42 am

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freezeyface
Reply to  Northwoods
2 May 2024 8:46 am

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Edgecrusher71
Reply to  freezeyface
2 May 2024 8:51 am

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  benjammin
2 May 2024 8:56 am

The same character and agreed.

freezeyface
Reply to  benjammin
2 May 2024 9:36 am

100%

this take is truth

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  Wrenage
2 May 2024 8:51 am

Appreciate it!

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  Edgecrusher71
2 May 2024 8:17 am

that’s nice improvement. You might try some shorter ‘speed’ runs once in a while.
On Flores, why do you have such a high opinion of him?

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  JRobert
2 May 2024 8:51 am

That’s exactly what I do. I either do a soft 5K or a hard 2 miles and then every once in a while I push the 5K for time too. I did my best 2 mile last week but my app had a hiccup and said one of my two miles was like a 4 minute mile haha, I mean I know I PRd but not by that much!

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  Edgecrusher71
2 May 2024 9:21 am

If 5k time is your goal, you need to sprinkle in some 4 (or longer) mile runs into your program. And slower is fine.

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  JRobert
2 May 2024 9:28 am

Oof, I’ll get there. For this entire process of build up what I have done is pick a distance, like my first actual distance goal (took time to build up to that even) was 0.8 miles because that was the distance down to the end of the street I live on going north until coming to a school parking lot. Once I hit that time, I picked a time I wouldn’t add distance to until I got under a certain time at that distance. Like when I got to a mile I wasn’t going to go further until I got a mile in under 9 or 10 minutes, can’t remember which. Then I added a quarter on to that. It wasn’t till like a month or so ago a running buddy talked about just running at 75% of your usual pace and you can go for damn near forever. What a help. So yeah doing some longer than 5Ks but slower will help. Just like doing a slow 5K a few times really helped my 2 mile time.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  Edgecrusher71
2 May 2024 9:38 am

Correct. Your body needs to adjust – but not get too comfortable. Push some, let it get comfortable, relax some, then push again.
Time is on your side. Good luck.

Wrenage
Reply to  JRobert
2 May 2024 9:57 am

I am getting more scientific this summer in my quest to beat a guy in a 5K in September.

Run 1: Intervals
12×400/60 second rest in between one week
6×800/120 second rest in between one week
3/1600/180 second rest in between one week

Run 2: Four-mile tempo

Run 3: 10K easy

I will pepper in some little recovery runs in between as the summer goes along. I may also throw in some longer runs and hard 5Ks to test myself occasionally.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  Wrenage
2 May 2024 10:00 am

That looks fantastic. Bet your time makes substantial improvement.

Wrenage
Reply to  JRobert
2 May 2024 10:06 am

I hope so. That guy has beaten me the last two years, and it sticks in my craw!

Not really. Mostly, it just gives me a goal to chase. The guy doesn’t even know me. I just watch him shuffle past me in mile two, and he looks so smug!

I’m sure he is a nice guy. I see him at the finish line with his kids. Yet, he must be defeated!

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  Wrenage
2 May 2024 10:14 am

Would offer one last thought. Training to run a race for time to reach a goal you set is slightly different than ‘beating’ another runner.

Wrenage
Reply to  JRobert
2 May 2024 10:18 am

I’m shooting for 27 minutes.

Last year my best was 28 minutes. That was my previous year’s best, as well, so I kind of stagnated. Made me realize I need to switch up my training if I want the time to go down.

On one hand, I don’t want to get to serious either, because that kind of ruins the stress-reduction of running.

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  Wrenage
2 May 2024 10:17 am

Bro the solution is simple!

Mjolnir
Reply to  Wrenage
2 May 2024 10:45 am

I see him at the finish line with his kids

and they’re mocking you….

Don’t let this stand Wrenage.

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  Wrenage
2 May 2024 10:15 am

Daaaaamn! I’ve read up on a running hack with kettle bells. You do 1 kettle bell swing, take 1 breath, 2 kettle bell swings, 2 breaths, 3 kettle bell swings, then three breaths. All the way up to 21 and back down. It’s a great hack!

Wrenage
Reply to  Edgecrusher71
2 May 2024 9:59 am

One trick I learned from a YouTube runner is after every run I do…

10 gentle jump squats
16 gentle jump lunges
10 calf raises each leg

It has really helped with my ankle pain. Its like the jumps shock my Anchilles into not stiffening up more so than stretching does.

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  Wrenage
2 May 2024 10:18 am

Nice! I am 4 weeks back into lifting again and would you go figure I felt stronger on my run yesterday! My leg day I do squats, lunges and calf raises. I also get gentle squats and lunges every morning with my DDPY.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  Edgecrusher71
2 May 2024 10:44 am

Don’t chase too many rabbits at the same time.

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  JRobert
2 May 2024 10:50 am

I do DDPY almost every morning. It has become less of a strenuous thing and more of a long stretch, for the day. Then after work I either do a run or lift. I try and get 3 lifts in and 3 runs in a week. Sometimes life gets in the way but that’s been the usual routine.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  Edgecrusher71
2 May 2024 11:02 am

Believe body weight is weight (muscle or fat) when it comes to distance running. The legs of distance runners look very different from football players.
As i remember you weigh like 270 and are trying to get lighter.
I love lifting, but given your weight and desire to run and lose weight, you don’t need. to do any type of lifting that will add muscle (at this time),
Light weights very high reps – good for both cardio and toning muscles.
So, even you lifting type days are helping with cardio (for running) and helping you to lose weight – and tone.

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  JRobert
2 May 2024 11:52 am

Yeah, I’m doing all high rep, lower weight. I got zero worry about the weight on the bar. It is helping me. Everyone can benefit from lifting, just how you are going about it matters. I was at 263 this morning, can’t get under that 260 mark yet… YET. I’ll never be a small person but still pounds to go for sure.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  Edgecrusher71
2 May 2024 11:57 am

Good stuff.

42
42
Reply to  JRobert
2 May 2024 10:39 am

Coach always said we needed LSD – long slow distance to build up the efficiency of the muscles and lungs. I always found there was a significant psychological boost. 5 K seems short after running 6-10 K.

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  42
2 May 2024 10:51 am

Yes absolutely. A mile seems like nothing. A year ago it was difficult.

Surly Viking
Reply to  Edgecrusher71
2 May 2024 8:18 am

I like this coaching staff, and hope we can keep Flores for awhile.
I suspect that once is lawsuit is done, he will get a head coaching gig again.

Gratz on the 5K time. I am working on improving my 10k rowing time. Running is for people with better knees.

Gone fishin'
Admin
Reply to  Edgecrusher71
2 May 2024 8:32 am

Good work on the 5K time!

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  Gone fishin'
2 May 2024 8:49 am

Thanks mang!

Gone fishin'
Admin
Reply to  Edgecrusher71
2 May 2024 8:34 am

I’m grateful that we get to keep Flores for another year. Hopefully he’s grooming his successor for when he leaves for his next head coaching gig.

freezeyface
Reply to  Gone fishin'
2 May 2024 8:39 am

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  Gone fishin'
2 May 2024 8:48 am

It’s VERY unfair to him but he might be black balled from his history which might be our benefit in that regard.

freezeyface
2 May 2024 7:44 am

so i really try not to read any politics, watch any politics, i’m so sick of it all. my mind is made up. i know who i like and who i hate. i have morals. and those won’t change…

that being said. can someone give me a rundown of what the heck is going on with this UCLA thing or Columbia University thing….

and please, as always….

DE Viking
Reply to  freezeyface
2 May 2024 7:57 am

Palestinians want Jews killed and Israel nuked off the planet.

freezeyface
Reply to  DE Viking
2 May 2024 7:58 am

so they are doing what and why on college campuses?

VikingPhilip
Reply to  freezeyface
2 May 2024 7:59 am

They are protesting that Israel is fighting back.

freezeyface
Reply to  VikingPhilip
2 May 2024 8:03 am

freaking Esau, am i right?!?!

DE Viking
Reply to  freezeyface
2 May 2024 8:00 am

Taking them over to demand Jews be killed and Israel nuked off the planet. Now, they wouldn’t say it as directly as I just did, but that is what they want.

SkolfromMT
SkolfromMT
Reply to  DE Viking
2 May 2024 9:18 am

Some do say it that directly.

DE Viking
Reply to  SkolfromMT
2 May 2024 9:36 am

Some do, yes.
It’s becoming in vogue to now just say it.

Kind of like back in the 1930’s when some dude rounded them all up.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  DE Viking
2 May 2024 8:00 am

Would just add not just the Palestinians but most of the Arab world.

DE Viking
Reply to  JRobert
2 May 2024 8:04 am

Correct.

Wrenage
Reply to  freezeyface
2 May 2024 7:59 am

Outside agitators are stirring up discontent college kids, who have nothing to believe in and are confused about where they fit in the world, that they can solve Middle East turmoil by trashing their college.

It might also be the first step in outlawing bagels.

It should all make everyone feel better about college loan forgiveness.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  Wrenage
2 May 2024 8:08 am

It is true that outside agitators are stirring things up. but at the same time, college professors have been feeding these kid this crap for years.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  JRobert
2 May 2024 9:06 am

And those professors are there as well. Every one of them involved should be fired, any student involved should be expelled and any student on a student visa involved should be deported.

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  freezeyface
2 May 2024 8:08 am

Anything young people side with, most on here will baulk at and will dwindle it down to some miniscule and oversimplified situation that is completely misrepresented. I’ll scroll down in a moment and see if that’s correct. Anyway, I am just happy sometimes that young folks still have a spark. Even if the spark is misguided at times. I don’t condone flat out violence but sometimes I get worried that apathy and laziness could completely consume a young generation sometime. But I do like seeing they have some fight in them. I think it’s easier to redirect a fire than to start a fire with no fuel. I mean look at the woke movement, these kids grew up with South Park and now they get upset about people being upset lol.

DE Viking
Reply to  Edgecrusher71
2 May 2024 8:13 am

But I do like seeing they have some fight in them. 

Does this apply to the J6 protesters?

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  DE Viking
2 May 2024 8:41 am

Yes, I very much condone protesting, but again I do not support getting to point of storming the capital. I support the people protesting him Minneapolis, I don’t condone the burning down of your own damn neighborhood…

NoDakRube
Reply to  Edgecrusher71
2 May 2024 9:37 am

So you don’t condone the kids talking over Columbia or UCLA, correct?

If they want to display their Marxist stupidity by walking up and down the sidewalk saying Stop the Oppression of Palestine…I guess I am o.k. with that.

DE Viking
Reply to  NoDakRube
2 May 2024 9:40 am

Correct.
They are bashing in windows, allegedly holding janitors hostage, and stopping students from going to classes.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  DE Viking
2 May 2024 9:42 am

And walking around with weapons hunting Jews. There are people actively hunting Jews to beat the shit out of. There is no middle ground here. You are either ok with people calling for actual genocide or you are not. This is one of those no middle ground, the devil owns the fence issues. To attempt to stay neutral is to condone what they are doing.

NoDakRube
Reply to  bowbunch
2 May 2024 9:56 am

I agree with this stance. I wish there were some pro-palestine Jew hating protests here in Minot. It would not go well for them….and the cops wouldn’t care.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  NoDakRube
2 May 2024 9:59 am

They have some scheduled in Missoula, which is basically California so I’m curious to see how that goes.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  NoDakRube
2 May 2024 10:20 am

You are saying at they ‘should try that in a small town’?

NoDakRube
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
2 May 2024 10:52 am

That is exactly what I am sayin.

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  NoDakRube
2 May 2024 9:45 am

Correct. But even with January 9th, the Minneapolis stuff, this stuff I am glad there is a fire burning to put out in people. Complete apathy is more destructive in the end than violence. But yeah, just using it as an excuse to violent isn’t the answer.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  Edgecrusher71
2 May 2024 8:14 am

Most situations are complicated but usually need to be distilled down so a decision can be made. The skill is in getting from complicated to simple.
That aside – war is war. Would you have had a problem with all the allied bombings on Germany in WWll given the number of civilian casualties.

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  JRobert
2 May 2024 9:23 am

Correct but in this case we were talking about protests not bombings. And my point in what I said is the old man curmudgeons come out in droves on here anytime the youth does anything. It was the same thing when you we were young the older folk disagreed with us. I try not to be like that because I think it comes from a place of superiority which I am better than no one.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  Edgecrusher71
2 May 2024 9:30 am

What is going on is not protesting. It is rioting and calling for the extermination of an entire race of people. It is nothing but disgusting, Nazi level, anti-semitism and should be roundly and unabashedly denounced. They have conviction, good for them. It’s time they learn they are idiots and if they truly believe what they are chanting, then it is time they learn about punishment for one’s actions.
https://x.com/growing_daniel/status/1785708098411434450

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  bowbunch
2 May 2024 9:52 am

I agree with your take on this. It just seems like every time young people take a stance on this, across the nation the old people waive their raise bran filled fists at them and say get off my lawn! Young people with some vigor and passion is a good thing. There use to be underground movements in the punk and metal scene that would take action against these things because skin head fucks tried using punk and metal as them being apart of that scene. So there was some push back. There will be movement pushbacks to this shit, I have no doubt. Crazy how this shit repeats, this song is from like the early 80s dealing with stupid Nazi shit.

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  Edgecrusher71
2 May 2024 10:52 am

How did this post saying fuck you to Nazi’s get a thumbs down? Who’s the Nazi sympathizer around here?

bowbunch
bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  Edgecrusher71
2 May 2024 10:54 am

It was probably just an auto reply to the poster of the video.

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  bowbunch
2 May 2024 11:53 am

But it was the only one that got a thumbs down. I am fine with being a dissenting opinion and getting thumbs down. But the only post about literally saying Fuck off to nazi’s is the only one that gets a thumbs down. Someone is a Hitler Hugger round these parts! lol

freezeyface
Reply to  Edgecrusher71
2 May 2024 11:54 am

congrats on the street cred

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  Edgecrusher71
2 May 2024 9:34 am

You are open minded and I would agree as I got older I’m more “conservative” in my thinking. But still try to think some. And some of my thinking is driven by younger mistakes and experience.
And I remember the Viet Nam marches quite well as well as having to take off my class A’s as people looked down on service people.
But on this issue, people seem to forget Israel is at war and there are forces ( a lot of them) that are trying to wipe them off the face of the earth.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  JRobert
2 May 2024 9:46 am

If You Are Not a Liberal When You Are YoungYou. Have No Heart, and If You Are Not a Conservative. When Old, You Have No Brain’

Guess we are seeing this play out in prime time TV.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
2 May 2024 9:48 am

there is actually quite a bit of wisdom in this thought.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  JRobert
2 May 2024 9:52 am

Originally attributed to Winston Churchill but does not appear anywhere in his writings/speeches.

SkolfromMT
SkolfromMT
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
2 May 2024 9:59 am

Ali ( of all people) said something similar.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  SkolfromMT
2 May 2024 10:09 am

Mohammed Ali?

He came after Churchill so maybe got if from there? Who knows at this point.

42
42
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
2 May 2024 10:52 am

Interestingly, I would ask “what happened to your heart as you aged?” Why should your passion decrease as you age because you have gotten smarter? I would think with more experience, we would be able to see more clearly the differences between right and wrong, thus making stronger our passions and willingness to fight for what is important to us.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  42
2 May 2024 10:59 am

I do not believe that quote said anything about losing your heart as you age.

It says (to me at least) that you gain knowledge and experience and that makes you more conservative as you are better to see long term consequences.

Young people are usually not interested or cannot see the consequences of acting on their ‘Feelings’.

Mjolnir
Reply to  JRobert
2 May 2024 9:50 am

trying to wipe them off the face of the earth.

Yup. Pretty much from the beginning.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  benjammin
2 May 2024 9:07 am

That is so awesome. That is going to be the biggest rager in the history of the world and I wish I could hire those kids.

NoDakRube
Reply to  bowbunch
2 May 2024 9:39 am

Exactly.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  NoDakRube
2 May 2024 10:19 am

https://x.com/DrunkRepub/status/1785806607261061487

bowbunch
bowbunch
Admin
2 May 2024 7:32 am

He’s doing it guys. Sleepy is uniting the country.
https://x.com/benshapiro/status/1785843026146771234?s=19

bowbunch
bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  bowbunch
2 May 2024 7:40 am

https://x.com/leekern13/status/1785781778155716664?s=19

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  bowbunch
2 May 2024 7:45 am

This ‘age group is so ‘f*d’ up!!!! Lock some up and not just over night.

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  bowbunch
2 May 2024 8:09 am

HAHAHAHA!!!!!

DE Viking
Reply to  bowbunch
2 May 2024 9:47 am

AKA….”Let’s go Brandon……”

MT Viking
Reply to  bowbunch
2 May 2024 10:46 am

No way the establishment will let the R candidate win.

DE Viking
Reply to  MT Viking
2 May 2024 11:15 am

Yep.
If Trump happens to win, there will be all kinds of shenanigans from Nov 6th to January 21st. I won’t believe it until he is actually sworn into office.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  DE Viking
2 May 2024 12:35 pm

You are not implying that the Dems will Deny The Elections Results are you?

JRobert
JRobert
2 May 2024 7:26 am

Great media selection!!!

Wrenage
2 May 2024 7:07 am

I think the only thing I dislike more than JMac’s Joker smile is his bushy hair.’

Get a haircut, hippy!

Surly Viking
Reply to  Wrenage
2 May 2024 8:15 am

Wrenage
Reply to  Surly Viking
2 May 2024 8:20 am

Guilty!

Wrenage
Reply to  benjammin
2 May 2024 8:29 am

There transformation into Ryan Phillppe is nearly complete.

Mjolnir
Reply to  benjammin
2 May 2024 11:11 am

SkolfromMT
SkolfromMT
Reply to  benjammin
2 May 2024 9:23 am

I miss the days when I sported a pony tail…sigh

MT Viking
Reply to  Wrenage
2 May 2024 10:45 am

I agree.

JacksonVike
2 May 2024 6:48 am

QotD: If you have one that is sitting due to Turner playing, you trade him at the deadline. and get a 3rd or 4th round pick.

DE Viking
2 May 2024 6:37 am

Who sits if Turner starts? Van Ginkel? Pace? Greenard? Cashman?

As long as whoever is playing is dominating, it does not matter to me.
I’d say Turner and Cashman sit to start the year.

freezeyface
Reply to  DE Viking
2 May 2024 7:51 am

forgive my ignorance, or lack of googling, but is cashman good? i figured we brought him in because he was a healthy body.

but does he actually produce?

DE Viking
Reply to  freezeyface
2 May 2024 7:58 am

Cashman is ok to good. He is from Minnesota.
Might work, might not. Which is why I think he is the odd man out at least to start the year.

freezeyface
Reply to  DE Viking
2 May 2024 8:04 am

i remember he was a stud (a stud at minnesota) in college, didn’t know how good he was in the pros

DE Viking
Reply to  freezeyface
2 May 2024 8:14 am

Ben has a high opinion of him.
I really don’t follow him.

If he were a stud player, we’d all know about it.

KFEY93
Reply to  Gone fishin'
2 May 2024 8:55 am

Not about how much you make its about how much you make and cost of living/ housing market of your area. $69,000 in Nodak is pretty damn good. $69,000 in a major metro is …not great.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  Gone fishin'
2 May 2024 9:22 am

Average annual teacher salary’ means some are higher and some lower.

I remember when I was stationed in Ft Carson I had a PFC in my platoon. He had been a teacher in ND and couldn’t afford to feed his family so he joined the Army. The Army pay as a Private was a raise to him. ND is not an expensive place to live but pay was (is?) terrible. This was in the late ’80s.

NoDakRube
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
2 May 2024 9:49 am

It has gotten better in ND…Currently ranked 37th with 57,000 average,
SD is ranked 49th with 52,000 average.

NoDakRube
Reply to  NoDakRube
2 May 2024 9:52 am

The problem with teachers salaries….

Good teachers who care and put in the time and effort to do a good job are underpaid.

Bad teachers who could give a shit less and do as little as possible are overpaid.

The problem is in the teaching profession you can’t just fire the bad ones. There are plenty of teachers I have encountered where I thought if that lazy piece of shit were working for me he/she would be cleaning out his/her desk.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  NoDakRube
2 May 2024 9:57 am

When you think of the roles teachers play in society – shaping the thinking of the next generation, they have always been under paid.
But also think, the bad ones aren’t. worth 2 cents, and you can’t pay enough for the good ones.

NoDakRube
Reply to  JRobert
2 May 2024 10:00 am

Exactly….

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  JRobert
2 May 2024 10:06 am

Talked to a an Educator from North Dakota about that same time, he was on a ‘tour’ of Ft Carson, fact finding.

He was asking everyone if they though teachers should be required to pass exams annually to maintain certification.

When he asked me I said ‘Sure, but first pay then what they are worth’. He stared at me for a minute and then said ‘That’s It!!’. Said he was running for State Sec of Education and needed policy answers and I just gave him one.

I don’t know if he was successful or if that helped with ND teachers salaries.

MT Viking
Reply to  Gone fishin'
2 May 2024 10:44 am

JacksonVike
2 May 2024 6:05 am

Surly Viking
2 May 2024 5:45 am

GM
FTP!
SKOL!

QotD
Whatever free agent ends up like the couch last season. You know one of them will get hurt right away. If they all are healthy, that is a nice problem to have.

Mjolnir
2 May 2024 12:39 am

Goooooood morning Skolbros! Haven’t been to bed yet. Just got home. Went and played some cards with the wife and a few friends. Good night. Likely sleep in – I’m gonna take Goose on a late night stroll around the block.

QotD: I think it’s possible that there isn’t an odd man out. BFlo is known for lots of pressure and lots of exotic looks – disguising blitzes and bringing guys from everywhere. I’ll think you’ll see looks that have all of those guys on the field at the same time. Greenard is a candidate to play with his hand in the ground in some situations imo.

Skol!

FIRST!!!

⚒️⚒️🔨🔨

Surly Viking
Reply to  Mjolnir
2 May 2024 5:43 am

Fi

rst auto-rec

DE Viking
Reply to  Surly Viking
2 May 2024 6:33 am

Fi
rst

Interesting way of presenting that.

Surly Viking
Reply to  DE Viking
2 May 2024 8:16 am

I blame the website.

Or lack of coffee.

DE Viking
Reply to  Surly Viking
2 May 2024 8:20 am

I agree. Not your fault. After 6 years, you have caught on to the routine.

FloridaSKOL
FloridaSKOL
Reply to  benjammin
2 May 2024 8:39 am

Fum

HUNViking
Reply to  Mjolnir
2 May 2024 7:19 am

First auto rec

FloridaSKOL
FloridaSKOL
Reply to  Mjolnir
2 May 2024 8:17 am

Good morning, SKOL!

FTP!

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