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Viking News:
Nothing here, except JJ spending time in the Bahamas prior to rookie camp starting up.
NFL NEWS:
FTP
Media Selection:
Wow. TWolves look dominant.
Twinkies win to go to 20 – 14.
https://apple.news/APlqOv4wHSXGQmwd9iIosuA
No idea what the link does, just like last time.
Not going to sign up for a woke news link.
3 7 footers against Jokic. Pound him hard.
Name of your sex tape
Think Rudy landed in Denver. Drama is killing me.
https://x.com/NFCNorthNewss/status/1787573061522207082?s=19
Laughing… nice fake news there.
Yup,
Just have to look for the extra ‘s’ in NFCNorthNewss.
Yeah, but it’s fun and not unbelievable.
Yup,
What I could see if the quote without clicking on the story sounded like a plausible quote from Jets.
‘when I say I want to retire somewhere I mean it.”
True for certain values of ‘I want’.
LOL….
It’s like a Babylon Bee site.
Some things stand the test of time.
Whether it be politics, religion, sports, or whatever, a good ‘”storyteller” sprinkles in enough facts to give credibility to the presentation.
AKA the best lies have an element of truth to them?
Shed hunter in Montana shot a killed a sow griz last week. It was charing him.
Burns?
‘It was charing him.’
It was trying to get that good char on him to making him tasty?
*charging – me dum dum
Typos are not dumb.
They are part of the human condition, we all make them.
AKA we are dumb that way.
Just curious, but, does she know that you posted her photo on a sports blog for us to “review”? Would that make her angry?
No she doesnt, and possibly, but the photo link expires in…12 hrs I think I set it to. So it wont be there forever.
Also its straight from my phone, not social media, so nothing to link. I wouldnt do that.
Kfey,
Your future ex-wife is cute!
Bahah thanks
Kirk is gone. RIP.
He is literally “gone but not forgotten”
Why is this the first I’ve heard of this?
OIL/CANUCKS. Who you got?
Oilers in six.
Too bad 2 Canadian teams are playing each other, this series is the last chance for one of them to bring the cup back to Canada eh?
Well between Toronto, Montreal, and Ottawa not much of a playoff presence any year in the Eastern side of things. Pretty much pre ordained that Vancouver and Edmonton would meet in the second round. I can only hope that Dallas and Colorado beat the piss out of each other and that the Oilers can steal one in Vancouver this week.
It will never end.
FYI……
Pretty slow day today so I will share my weekend fun.
First I put together my new table saw and stand and spent a couple of hours making sure everything was “trued up” and practicing using it. Been a long time since I have used a table saw (shop class in HS) and I value my fingers. I’m thinking I’m going to buy a proprietary product called Grabrr–rrrs or some such thing, table saws are mean if you fall asleep on them.
Second I truly had fun beginning the process of piecing together a drip irrigation system. I already have a shallow well (about 30 feet deep) that we put in last fall, put a 25 foot culvert pipe on end into the well. There are two options for hardware stores in GDV, one is the somewhat cheaper version with more stuff (Runnings) but they have shitty help, the other (Ace) is the more expensive version with an amazing dude (Harold) who at age 82 still works full time + and knows more shit about shit than I’ll ever know. but with limited inventory.
I decided to go to Runnings. I had a penciled out sketch and parts list written down, figured it would take me about three hours in the store to find everything I needed, would probably have to order 10% of the stuff on Amazon. Last second my wife said, I’ll come with you! Crap. We get to the store and she of many years experience with me sez WTF is that piece of paper you have? You had better ask for help. Ack.
So I get the half baked potato with the sweet aroma of alcohol on his breath (wife – he probably just drank a lot last night uh huh). What a debacle. I will admit I found what I was looking for significantly faster with his help but he struggled with translating what I was telling him.
Spent about three hours each day slowing piecing together the jigsaw puzzle. It will be way easier at the irrigation side than the supply side because of the decreasing pipe diameter.
TLDR version.
A drunk helped you and proved your wife was right?
This is how I imagine Ben would summarize this haha.
100% correct.
I really needed to get a jump start on all the stuff I needed to get water out of a shallow (25 foot) well and transfer it to 3 700 foot runs of drip irrigation located 200 feet from the well. Working with 3/4 inch drip irrigation black poly pipe is easy. It is the 2 inch and 1 1/2 inch proximal piping that is a bear and takes a lot of patience on my part, since I am a novice.
Just like a doctor, I connected the 1 1/2″ foot valve to the riser pipe, the riser to a priming tee, the priming tee to a cam lock, the cam lock to the pump, the pump to a cam lock, the cam lock to a tee with hose bib, the tee to an elbow, the elbow to a drop, the drop to an elbow, the elbow to 200 feet of 2″ pipe. Now I can move to the distal end of the 2″ and start the easier stuff…until my 340 trees and shrubs.
The helper guy just couldn’t envision my dream. Plus they were out of things I wanted (like a bumblebee accordion pipe) that would have made the plumbing a lot easier. Instead I had to measure, measure, measure, cut, curse, measure again, cut another 1/4 inch, etc…
Almost as complicated as the Escrow paperwork I had to sign Friday.
I had to look up words so that I could try to parse sentences to determine if they even pertained to me or not.
I finally just drove an hour 1 way so that the ‘experts’ could tell me which questions I could ignore and which I had to initial and sign off on.
Legal paperwork is not something a moran like me should be left with unsupervised.
Maybe I missed it , but what are you irrigating?
Since a gouger is growing it does that automatically make it ‘medical marijuana’?
Yup, just write a prescription for myself.
He’s irritating everyone with his novels, oh wait you said irrigating. My bad.
I wouldn’t call his novels ‘irritating’, more like entertaining.
LOL
Shelter belt.
700 feet long, 16 feet wide.
Outer belt caraganas and lilacs
Middle belt green ash
Inner belt eastern red cedar and rocky mountain juniper
340 in all.
wow, is it rocky there? auger or backhoe for holes?
You ever need those lilacs eliminated, just give me a call.
NOYST
Which table saw? I got the Bosch a couple years ago, I love it.
Just saw that Gobert might miss tonight’s game to be with his new-born maybe and his “partner” who gave birth this morning….
Not judging…just sharing.
He better damn play. Makes lots of money. If lady/baby safe then wait til travel break. There, i said it.
Kind of on your side on that…especially since he was there for the birth…get back to the team.
A report just said his teammates are “optimistic” he will make it back for tonight’s game.
can’t wait to see the “new dad” numbers he puts up…
20/20 out of him tonight
Per our tradition, as he left town, my son and I stopped at Taco Johns for a bite to eat. It was just the 2 of us and it cost $28.00. That’s craziness.
Bidenomics….(its working…….)
For certain values of ‘working’.
Is your son 6’4″ 240 #?
He just got a large taco meal, I got a Boss Bowl with a drink, potato oles and we both got nacho cheese to dip our potato oles. Apparently they must use gold to make everything, or they pay their 20 something workers way too much.
a long way from Taco Tuesdays in St Cloud, back in the day. Got 3 tacos for a buck. Taco Johns was a couple blocks from my HS went there on most Tuesdays.
also what town?
Osseo, WI. A small town along the I-94 corridor between the Twin Cities and Chicago.
how else do you expect companies to pay their employees their $24 an hour minimum wage?!?!
Taco Johns is SPENDY and at one point in time I felt it was worth the higher quality than Taco Bell… I don’t feel it’s much higher quality but price is WAY higher… the 10 dollar taco pizza is good though lol.
saying taco johns is higher quality than taco bell is like saying kirk cousins is better than dak prescott.
HA
hmmm…
So taco bell is the black taco johns?????
EXACTLY
When I was in high school and growing up, it really was decent quality for a fast food spot… but totally agreed with you.
GDV has a fantastic Mexican restaurant. Alas we don’t got no TJ’s or TB.
Holy crap
Work is kicking my buttocks today. This is a disappointing, as I had a great Kirk Cousins topic all chambered up.
Not possible. You are more likely to have a picture of a real life unicorn.
Keep your powder dry until tomorrow.
Good luck bro, seriously. Whatever decision you make just remember you boundaries of time and commitment matter too.
Thanks man. And agreed. I think its actually a good thing we dont really talk outside of work. Helps keep that distance there and I can sit back and let things play out. If something right or meant to work, it will, I truly feel that deep down.
For those interested in such things.
Many days there is fun poked at Biden for his mental lapses, punky walk, whatever. Mostly all true.
But last night on Mark Levin’s Show – the monologue – Levin goes through Biden’s many remarks, decisions and activities of last 40 plus years.
This was Biden before the old age mental problems. At his best so to speak.
His decisions and statements are simply breathtaking.
Don’t know how to post the show, but it is well worth a view. This is the real Biden unvarnished.
Eggslusher in… 3…2…1
Yep,
The R Biden is just as bad.
So therefore the D Biden is normal.
the man truly is totally incompetent and has always been. Hell, he didn’t want his children to go to school with black kids. And on foreign policy, it’s worse – the stuff he has said about Israel over the years is unreal.
This has nothing to do with sides, he’s terrible. You guys are so trained per usual. Instantly in defense. Earlier was perfect example of what is wrong in this country, it’s we the people allowing politicians to be corrupt by selecting and identifying with a side that is infallible and most people who agree they aren’t infallible but actually agree they are corrupt AF, can’t ever bring themselves to vote for anyone but the people from their political identity.
SHIT on Biden all you want for being a POS, I agree. Trump isn’t much better, but at least he’s not completely brain dead.
We don’t need to shit on Biden. He does it himself, literally.
True and even if you did to his face he wouldn’t know it was happening… pause
Actually the best summation of Biden came from none other than Barrack Obama – “never under estimate Joe Biden’s ability to fuck it up.”
But really it’s the Dems fucking it up not Joe right? Can’t have it both ways, either he’s an absent minded fool who can’t do anything for himself right? Because you watch, when he’s out of office they will say it wasn’t the Dems fault it was all Biden, not the Dems. Which is usually the case for things a president gets wrong their party will try and distance themselves at times but truly this time there is no excuse because Biden isn’t making any of the decisions.
That was not my point al all.
My overall point in starting this – it’s not that Biden is old and absent minded as most including you claim (true though).
Rather, Biden has been bad/poor his ENTIRE career. Just go back and look at his record and the things he has said.
And secondly, Biden has no original ideas – he’s a windsock. When the Dems are over here on an issue, so is Biden. When they turn 100 degrees, Biden follows right along. Contrast that with Obama, Reagan who actually led their parties.
And lastly, would suggest to you Dems can be fucking things up and Biden can be adding to it but simply not reigning things in.
I know and agree on most too except saying he has no original ideas. Again, I get what you are saying but if you say that then you can’t give him full credit for shit head ideas he’s had. Ya know?
And the turning 180 degrees and following. Both parties and followers are guilty of that big time. So if you are a Dem or a Repub and want to shit on the other side for turning around on stances this is where I say people in glass houses stuff. But pointing out the obvious truth on those topics always get’s both sides undies in a bunch.
Just this – Most of the things Biden has said where when he was a Senator, not a driver of policy, but they very much how he really thinks about people and the world. If you want go back and read some of these things and make your own mind up.
Agreed, every time someone wants to say TRUMP IS A RACIST… I go, does that bother you and you wouldn’t vote for a racist? They say, DAMN RIGHT… I go… “Crimes Bill” lol. But then there is the big line of excuses to excuse the people on their side, again just like Pubs do as well.
Well since according to the ‘experts’ all white people are automatically racist so that is not a very damming charge.
Biden is a POS and I have been very vocal about that the whole time. I have heard many Dumbacrats just say he has a speech impediment which… earlier on I mean, maybe, but I never bought it. But now there is no maybe, he’s a blithering old fool.
The more you know the worse he is.
Purple have 5th hardest schedule, influenced by NFCN i’m sure. Falcons easiest, maybe why Kirk went there.
It was about the money and only the money.
It was because KAM refused to give Cousins a long term deal. Stop misrepresenting the truth DE. I get it that you feel compelled to villainize Cousins at every turn. That said, KAM never wanted to keep Cousins long term, and strung him out as long as he could. Cousins simply moved on to a team that offered him a 4 year deal with a no trade clause. Period.
imo i think it’s a bit of both.
i think it’s obvious he went where the most money was BUT ALSO the most years.
i think it can be both.
the vikings, in their smartness, didn’t want to hitch him to a 4 year contract, or a 3 year contract, and cousins didn’t want to admit/see the writing on the wall that he would be around for this year and then possibly next year while we groomed the QBOTF with a 2 year contract here.
i have zero doubts the vikings offered him a contract. but i also have zero doubts if was for too little and too short for what he wanted.
He offered a much lower cost deal to KAM last year, that was rejected, because the Vikings didn’t want to guarantee anything to Cousins beyond 2024. That has been well documented. It wasn’t about the money then, it was about the years and the no trade clause.
Then, the Falcons swooped in and gave Cousins a deal he couldn’t refuse.
what was the “much lower cost deal” that he offered.
that’s a genuine question, i was unaware
He’s just stating his guesses and feelings as facts again with zero actual evidence to back up any of his claims.
No, I’m stating facts. You’re the one posting blather as facts.
There is zero evidence to back up any of your claims but what you think. What I have said has been reported by actually respected people in the NFL world or came directly from Kirk’s mouth. Deny it if you want, but
Where did you get stuff that came directly from ‘Kirk’s mouth?’
I think he means his interpretation of what came out of KCs mouth.
A lot of that goes on around here. Sometimes it might even be accurate.
He flat out said, I chose Atlanta because I felt they showed the most long term dedication to me. That’s not an interpretation, that’s a fact.
Yes and willing to give him more NTC years could be interpreted as ‘more long term dedication’. So could ‘not going to draft a QB early, or ‘offer more guaranteed money’.
Lots of possibilities for interpretation.
Best part of that is that ATL drafts the Kirko replacement weeks after throwing money at him.
Yeah, but would you spend the #8 pick on a guy who isn’t going to see the field for his entire rookie contract though?
Not unless you plan on starting him within 3 years. The GM most likely made a pick for his replacement and there is no way the owner can be happy about that pick.
Well, first he has to beat out the incumbent, and I don’t see that happening anytime soon.
Players get traded all the time. Kirk will either retire or get traded in 2026, earlier if Penix looks like the real deal, especially since Kirk is not 100% healthy yet.
Clearly you do not understand the term “no trade clause”.
To be fair, a No Trade Clause does not mean Kirk cannot be traded under any circumstance. It simply means he will need to approve the trade.
Second a No Trade Clause does not mean he cannot be cut.
Well cutting a player with guaranteed money on a contract is a tough sell, especially if he’s one of the best QB’s in the league. That wouldn’t make any sense, now would it?
But the owner was happy with the pick. ATL has been in QB hell for a few years and it was the owner t that laid it on GM not to get in that position again. thus, a QB for present and one for the future.
I didn’t know that JR. I mean I knew the Falcons have been in QB hell for awhile now, just didn’t know the owner was pushing for the QB pick.
I mean the Packers did it, and had Rodgers replacement waiting in the queue.
the owner has been pissed over the quality of their QB play.
As well he should have been. The Falcons QB’s have been underachievers for several years now.
Hope Penix has a great camp. I love drama. (other peoples)
The dude literally said in his press conference and/or a video after he agreed to sign with Atlanta that he chose the team he felt showed the most long term support of him, which coincidentally lines up with the reports that he didn’t like the Viking’s plan to draft a QB just to turn around and have the Falcons draft one before the Vikings did.
Yes there’s a little more context to this – he said many other things too.
He knew Vikings were going to draft another QB.
I once in a while get to talk to the man personally and some of his relatives – maybe not Albert Beer or whoever, but good sources.
Now NLV is off on some of his takes but so are the rest of you.
At this point who cares.
Yeah, but don’t call me a liar when I have direct quotes and reports from connected and respected people. You don’t get to just make claims and say they are facts. Bring some receipts some time.
You said Cousins is only about the money, and that is a lie. You also stated he wasn’t happy that the Vikings planned to draft a QB, which is ridiculous in the extreme, and only some pundit pushed this out. Cousins was the first player on the Falcons to call Penix after he was drafted, and congratulated him. Penix said they had a great conversation. Yet pundits are writing Cousins is upset about it. Laughable.
I did not say anything about the money and I said there are reports from actual NFL people that he was unhappy about the Vikings drafting a QB, which you denied and I provided. You claim that the reports I have provided don’t exist and that you speak nothing but facts but you have no evidence to back up anything other than your feelings. I made no claim or judgement of Kirk. I simply provided reports from other people and you gotta go all white knight Kirk Crusader and deny what’s in front of you.
Actual NFL people… laughing. They make shit up for clicks. Remember RGIII saying Cousins was nervous about Monde? Yeah, total lie. Stop posting opinions as facts.
Says the guy who does nothing but post opinions. Albert Breer is a respected insider. RGIII is a color commentator. Not even close to the same.
I post facts
I never called you a liar and I would suggest that some of the reports may not be ‘quite’ right regardless of the respected source.
You didn’t but somehow posting links from actual people and direct quotes is lying to a certain someone because it might crash his reality. I’ve never said Kirk is a bad guy, by all evidence he seems like a great guy. That has nothing to do with reports that he didn’t like the Vikings plan to draft a QB and that if that is true Atlanta drafting one is freaking hilarious.
I will simply tell you from talking with him personally he was quite aware that Vikings would be drafting a QB to replace him. That was not an issue.
But if Albert so and so say so, so be it.
Guarantee money and commitment beyond one year were the issues.
I state all facts. You do not.
37 mil for 3 yers and KAM was only willing to go 37 for two.
Kirko is the one who claimed it wasn’t about the money, when we all know it was about the money. Whether you choose to admit it or not.
He also didn’t like that the Vikings were planning on drafting a QB high so he went to a team that would commit to him.
Ummm he didn’t even know that. He made an offer at the end of 2022 that was rejected by KAM. Why must you lie?
Kirk literally said he chose the team that he thought was committed to him and there are multiple reports that he didn’t like that they were going to draft a QB high because that further entrenched the fact that he would not be around long term. So he ran to Atlanta and they drafted a QB before the Vikings.
And they drafted Penix. LOL !
At least Atlanta isn’t dumb enough to completely get sucked into Kirko’s BS.
Another fake news story. Cousins isn’t at all bothered by a rookie QB. No rookie is going to be the equal of a 12 year vet, with 8 years as a starter, who has amassed the most passing yards in the league and 3rd most passing TD’s in the league since 2015. Grow up.
There are no reports that Cousins “didn’t like that they were going to draft a QB high because that further entrenched the fact that he would not be around long term”. That’s pure BS. Your whole position here is all BS. You don’t like Cousins. We get it. Just don’t make shit up and tell lies to denigrate him.
Yep, zero reports of the such. Took a whopping 2 seconds.
https://x.com/NFL_DovKleiman/status/1787532143800807750
Total BS story. Cousins left the Vikings because they would not commit to him beyond 2024. This is just blather.
Yes, you are much more plugged into the NFL world than Albert Breer. I forgot. Which tv show are you on and which site do you write for again?
I don’t write bullshit for clicks
Yeah, you just do it for fun.
It’s not fun talking to you
Then stop making shit up and saying that people with actual facts and receipts are a bunch of liars because quoting your boyfriend is somehow denigrating him.
Out of curiosity what ‘actual facts’ are you talking about?>
The dude’s own comments and quotes. What is so hard to understand about this? Since Kirk’s own comments don’t line up with the pie in the sky altar worship of Kirk, then his own comments didn’t happen? Everything lines up and there are numerous reports to back up what I have said. He thought Atlanta was committed long term and the Vikings weren’t since they were going to draft a QB high and were nice enough to tell him. He went to Atlanta and they drafted a QB higher than the Vikings and there is no way he thought that would happen or is happy about it. He may have a 4 year contract, but he’s not going to see all 4 years of it.
Well you’ve got your reports and I talk to the guy face to face.
I can easily take a statement here and one there and create a narrative. And take another statement and another one and create a different narrative
but who cares at this point?
And what is all that pie in tghe sky bullshit?.
You have no facts, and I never make shit up. Everyone who reads my posts knows that. I post reality. You post BS.
I have actual reports and links from actually informed NFL people and direct quotes of Kirk. You have nothing but your worship and feelings.
Laughing… I state the actual events that occurred .
With absolutely nothing to back up your claims but your feelings. Never any corroboration or evidence, just feelings.
Nope… another lie by you Bow. I have no feelings, just facts.
You have to have actual evidence to back up your claims. Saying they are facts does not make them facts.
I’ve posted all the actual events and facts here many times.
Bow, stop using actual NFL reports.
That is not allowed in this discussion.
I know, just lies, lies and damned lies. How dare I have actual evidence. I didn’t even state any sort of opinion, just quotes and actual reports from actually connected people and I’m somehow a liar spouting false narratives. Makes no sense.
You gotta understand,
Kirk Defender Syndrome is a real disease.
You gotta understand this is a BS take.
DE we read thousands of ridiculous pundit takes every year. Thisn’t fact. It’s not gospel. It’s pundit blather.
Yes, Albert Breer has become a respected NFL insider by making shit up. That makes sense.
Breer is wrong more than he is right.
You can misstate reality, over and over all you want, but the facts don’t support your BS position DE.
I have a very hard time with these so early in the year. Has anyone ever done a study on pre-season rankings of these strength of schedule and then again after the season and see if they hold any validity?
Would bet big difference.
You got her a skoloholics necklace?
..sure, why not, lol
We got to see Zeph on Saturday as we did an early Mother’s Day get together with the kids. He was temporarily out of the hospital, so him and his mom joined us all for the day. That was fun. He was full of xxxx and vinegar. That was good to see. Mom was concerned he was over doing it.
Tomorrow morning he checks back into the hospital and then starts radiation twice a day for 3 days. Then he will do another round of chemo. My understanding is that they want to kill everything, including his immune system, so that it will be optimal for the bone marrow transplant to be successful. During parts of this he will be on a morphine drip, so that sounds like there is potential for a lot of pain. The next few weeks are going to be intense.
Dad finally showed up at our house at 3am Sunday. That was a long drive for him, plus he had to stop and do homework and take a test along the way. It was nice for him to get to spend the day with his daughter. He is heading down to Madison shortly.
We appreciate all of your thoughts and prayers.
Thanks for the update. Little Zeph still has a long road ahead. Praying for you all.
God Bless Zeph and all the family. Glad you all had a great Mother’s Day.
Enjoy the moments you can.
I know first hand this stuff sucks.
Glad you had some quality time!
Thinking of young master Zephyr.
Best wishes for you and the family.
I don’t know KFEY, tread carefully…She is plenty cute but she has a bit of crazy in those eyes.
Dont all women? lol
Good point.
Yes
So we sacrifice a home game in UK this year. Who decides this crap and is fair league wise?
Theres a group that makes the schedule. Were not the only team that has had to sacrifice a home game. I think all London games are dumb personally.
‘is fair league wise?’
Never has been and never will be.
Kind of like life that way.
Eventually all teams will play an international game every year.
Kind of wondering about the “host” part. Steal a home game from a stadium can be costly.
With the 17 game schedule, I could see every team having 8 home, 8 away and the 17th game would be neutral and international.
I think the league goes to an 18 game schedule in 2025.
Well I was gonna show yall my lady friend that Im working on but big Stu aint here so, it will have to wait I guess.
Believe you’re allowed to post something more than once.
Cute blonds are always worth more than one look.
True, ill post it with a link that expires after a day.
Great – hell, be proud of a pretty girl friend.
She aint mine unfortunately. Thats what prompted the whole discussion the other week haha. But id be damn proud.
Well if she’s what you want, good luck.
Thanks
No comment on the picture?
Cute. Bit of a “tat” lady?
Yes, nothing too wild. But I dig tats if they are done right, and hers are.
On the picture – looks cute, nice, beautiful.
But really, doesn’t matter much what I think, or anyone else. for that matter.
Only matters what you think and feel.
And. if you want to get here, then work your ass off to make it happen.
Iv never clicked with another woman like this in my entire life. Not my ex, not any other younger crushes. Just her. Thats what I think and feel.
Then go for it!
Incidentally she looks a lot like the gal my son just married.
Shes still seeing another guy currently so. Yeah. And congrats to your son! He’s a lucky guy.
Well that’s not to damn good. Does she know of your feelings and interest in her?
She does. And I drew the line with her talking about her shitty relationship with the guy. I talked to her as a friend about it once just so she had someone to vent to but thats all I was willing to listen to. She has to figure this out on her own and im going to keep doing me, keeping myself open for new people. If im still single when she wants to try and go with me, great. If not, her loss.
Healthy way to look at it. She has too many men in her life and the balls in her court.
Yup, and it sucks, because our chemistry is fantastic, we enjoy being around each other A LOT.
Then hopefully she will appreciate what she has in you and get motivated to get rid of the other guy so you two can really take off.
Good luck.
Stu is a lazy ass waiting for his parents to get him out of the basement.
But boy once he’s out of there…look out
If I can ask, what’s the custody arrangement vis-a-vis the kiddo? If I can’t ask, just ignore me.
As far as her child’s father I think its pretty 50/50. As far as she tells me he’s a good dad and theres really no drama there at all, which is nice. The guy shes seeing now however….yikes.
Part of you sharing is excitement and part is commiserating.
From a guy (n of 1) that met, dated and married a mother with two elementary age kids, and observing both my stepdaughter remarrying with her having a young daughter and my stepson divorcing and dating with kids I’ll just point out that dating a mother is a different experience than you may be used to…if she is flirting with you while dating another guy, let alone a guy that is (per your description) not a good guy…as previously mentioned that is a red flag as a mother and potentially your future wife should be very focused on the kid and their future and not getting involved with a (my words) POS nor flirting with someone else after dating boyfriend #1 for more than oh two weeks or so.
The other advice I would give you is that if your dream becomes a reality you will very quickly become a figure in the life of the child, in my case within a month I was dealing with generalized snarkiness, discipline and mild paternal care (ie helping with vomiting, scraped knees, etc), I assume you are prepared to be a “bonus dad”, and that the father of the child will always be a part of your life with your beloved.
Very sobering comment. And I mean, the flirting was light hearted. As iv stated before (you may have missed it) is I made a pass at her one night when she took me home because she was DD, we talked for hours and I tried to kiss her goodbye and she rejected it. That to me is a green flag in hind sight. At the end of the day I think she’s confused, and she needs time to get her shit figured out. She is very much focused on her child as far as being in her life but I agree I have some hesitation with her ability to choose good men to put around that child, I’ve straight up called her stupid for it, I hope the reality check she needs isn’t a major detriment. Iv known her since February she’s been seeing this guy since December. Obviously me meeting her kid is something thats not even a factor yet but I am well aware of how that changes things and my life, my sister married into a situation like that so iv grown up observing its stresses. Her kid looks awesome and has her moms personality and humor, I would be ready for that, or at least ready to start adapting. I have a lot of love to share. And if her Dad is a good man, thats all I need, I can get a long with damn near anyone.
Sounds good, man. I truly wish you the best of luck and hope you’re like me 30 years together and typing on some Vikings blog in the future about how you met and married this gal.
Not even going to have to type in 30 years. Everything will be run by computer chips implanted in our brains, or the robots will take over.
Well, I for one am hoping that in 30 years, KFEY93 and this young lady will be sporting several tattoos that honor the many Super Bowl victories of the Minnesota Vikings!
Dude you just made my pants shorter lol
LOL!
Kfey is going to have JJ’s face tattooed on his back.
Is there enough room? That Kirk tattoo on kfey’s back already takes up quite a bit of space
I would jump off the Bis – Man memorial bridge before I get anything Kirk related on my body.
what’s the latest news on hock?
Ahead of schedule.
Has any player ever been behind schedule in the offseason?
Was my thought as well.
I am sure he ‘is fine’.
The torn ACL has been downgraded to a tweak in the leg
Right?
sweet, thanks Surly
The Air Force is flying unmanned F-16s over my house.
Edwards AFB is just on the other side of the Hwy from me.
It is where the Commissary I go to get my groceries is.
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/us-air-force-secretary-kendall-flies-cockpit-plane-controlled-ai
Perhaps a DI pilot is better than a DEI one.
DEI anything is scary,
Glad that they are not flying Boeing Planes.
Neat!
I mean, on some levels, AI is scary. Yet, also…neat!
So wars will now be fought by killing the other sides AI technology while leaving the humans still mad at each other?
He who can afford the best toys wins.
Goose would approve of this.
Can confirm….
A face you wouldn’t want to pet unless you knew the dog.
Lmao….
I think AI flown planes would put Goose out of a job.
So unless he is getting too old and needed the keys to his jet taken away……
But, he would be alive.
So you believe it is better to be alive but unable to do what you love to do then to die doing that thing?
Practical me agrees with you.
Idealized me would want to argue.
I believe he loved being a dad, or at least appeared that way in the movie, so being a naval navigator in an F16 is one of the things he loved to do.
I would bet he would rather be alive and not flying in a jet than being dead. But this is merely my opinion.
Didn’t watch the movie so I am speaking in the abstract.
I can’t think of any Job/career I am willing to die for, unless you think being a father/uncle/family member is a Job.
And I say that as a former member of the military. I was there to defend the country and therefore the family.
Don’t they watch the movies?
Drones, missiles. We are getting creative at destroying the world.
If you think about it, why spend billions of dollars on an aircraft carrier when you could buy a billion dollars of partially AI controlled drones and accomplish the same missions without risking a human life?
Problem becomes when the AI decides that You are the problem.
Looks like I was right…. Senator Nicole Mitchell will be protected after committing a felony and nothing will happen. D’s voted (including her own vote!) to give her back her voting rights (or protect, rather) so they can maintain their 1-vote majority. Crooked government officials… God knows this would not be the case had it been an R.
“Mitchell’s presence is critical at the legislature because the Democrats have only a one-vote majority. As a temporary punishment, Mitchell has been removed from committee assignments and can’t attend caucus meetings. But she has been voting and says she won’t resign.”
Slap on the wrist for show.
Absolute bullshit, and it just keeps getting proven OVER AND OVER, that Dems care about the prosperity of their party, not the country or their constituents… Pubs, same thing. But anyone who calls themselves a Dem and votes only Dem or Pub and always votes Pub are complicit in this issue.
I’ll never underestimate your ability to blame an R on a D politician issue.
Well done.
What? I am saying what the Dems are showing their true colors brightly, I am saying the situation is bullshit. What matters literally more than anything is keeping that majority… Just pointed out that both sides are guilty of these types of things because it’s a true fact.
This D has zero to do with an a R.
Yet you make it about an R for some reason.
Because it’s an action both sides are very guilty of that allows this to happen. And it frustrates me to no end. And I can point out over and over to a Republican that shit like this happens with Dems and they are all like, YEAH THEY ARE SO CORRUPT! But then you point out that it happens on their side (which it does) and they are like BOOO, MY SIDE DOESN’T DO THAT! So any time I see someone post anything from either side doing corrupt shit that stems from corruption bread by party loyalty I point it out. It’s amazing how each side reacts exactly how you are reacting and refuses to see the underlying issue as the root issue. Party loyalty is why Dems have no hesitation in this situation.
I think the worst part in all these situation is you know there is an under the table hand shake or understanding of, “Hey we’ll still let you vote but you are now my lapdog and you do whatever I say.” Just disgusting.
It does happen with both sides. To be realistic, though, it seems like it’s about 30:1 in favor of D’s getting away with stuff to R’s.
Every Dem I know says the exact same thing but the other way around of course. They cite examples. I’ve come to the very obvious conclusion they are both terrible entities that don’t give a shit about you or me so why would I support either side?
Not sure why a Repub who only votes Repub is complicit in this issue?
Sorry I see where the confusion came in. The Dems in this situation probably feel real comfy with no worries this move will not hurt them politically. Because people who identify as Dem will vote for them no matter what… and they know that. So what I was getting across is this is what breeds and allows this kind of corruption to exist. And it’s rampant on both sides. I see how my wording made you guys think I was blaming shit on one side, that was not my intention.
Perhaps we are talking degrees here then.
When Nixon was in trouble, 25 Repub Senators went to Nixon and said resign or be impeached.
When Boehner was Speaker, he made a Repub resign over exposing himself in a bathroom.
As late as the 2020 election, when the Hunter laptop was a big election issue, despite the lies saying there was no truth to the story, AG Barr who knew the story was true, said nothing as a matter of principal.
I agree both sides do it to some degree, but not sure there is an equality here.
Agreed. VERY one-sided IMO.
BS to this. How many Pubs were vehemently disgusted with Trump when he first ran. Trump bashed them personally not just politically, said terrible things about their families etc… and then had to sit and stroke his ego once he was the candidate and be good little lap dogs. Watch, as you read this I know your immediate reaction is, BOTH SIDES do this every campaign! As if I don’t totally agree with your argument because you know I think both sides suck. But what matters in the end for both is what? The party’s prosperity.
What’s funny is I’ve had this conversation with Dems and they have the same exact stance as you guys in the end they are like, sure some corruption or cronyism exists but it’s worse on the other side. Hook, line and sinker… THEY GOT YA ALL! lol
that was not my reaction at all – BOTH Sides.
I was actually thinking when Trump got to Washington he actually had half the Republicans there against him. Some for sure about crap he said, but more for his intend to ‘drain the swamp’ – the swamp is both Repubs and Democrats.
I really don’t think you know how I feel.
I spent nearly 50 years living in Washington and it’s very political envirement. So I really don’t think like most folks. Bit shaped by actual experience and knowledge.
That’s probably fair sorry about that. Many don’t know how I feel either. Because this board is vastly brainwashed by the right they think I support the left. Sorry for getting you wrong. Look up top though, they shit on Biden for being Biden and figured I would interject or defend that human turd.
I just wish we could wake up and realize if we stood together even on one thing we could start chipping away at things that matter to us… they know this which is why they just keep the guns and abortion topic always front and center to keep us divided.
Okay, but what if I only vote repulican, but maybe write in a different candidate when the sitting official is a tool?
I believe she got to vote on the new gun law, stating you must have a lock on an unloaded gun or a gun kept in a safe.
Some interesting family drama. I have an uncle who’s 3 or more strokes in. He’s the oldest kid of my dad’s generation and living at my grandma’s house as she basically takes care of him. They live right up a gravel road from my parents. My family is very worried about what a threat he is on the road and he’s always driving. My mom (use to be a mechanic) took his keys and pulled something off his car so he couldn’t drive. Dude is not all there, will complain about the bird in the corner (there is no bird). He threated to call the cops about the car and keys, so my parents called and the sheriff was like, yup, I understand he’s a danger but legally if he calls us you’ll have to give his keys back. So they did. He packed his wagon (his vehicle, he’s truly about an 8 year old mentally right now), and left. Headed to Rapid/Sturgis as one of his brother’s lives in Sturgis. Just terrifying he is probably not the only one on the road like this. BUT working with his son, we got a doctor’s note into the state saying he shouldn’t drive. So once that is processed (who knows how long that will take), they send him a letter and he has 15 days to respond with proving documents he is suitable to drive and when he can’t his license is revoked and we can just give cops his vehicles plate and description and get him off the road… fuck I hope he doesn’t kill anyone in that meantime but what else do you do? He said he was only visiting his brother in Sturgis, so who knows where he heads form there.
sounds like he is just taking brad’s advice…..drive fast and take chances….
there are a lot, a lot, of old people driving that shouldn’t be.
My 90 year old mom put up a little fight.
She couldn’t pass the MN drivers exam after moving back from FL, so the state did it. She wanted to move back to FL or asked me to get her a DL in DE.
She hasn’t driven now for 4 years, thank God.
Both my Dad and Grandfather put up big fights. As I’m getting older, I probably will too.
I’m sure I will too.
It’s only natural you don’t want to give up some freedoms or admit you can’t do things you used to.
I told my kids if they put me in a home, I will be their own personal nightmare. I will try to escape all of the time.
It’s part of the circle of life. Trust me, I see plenty of people that belong in a nursing home.
I expect to reach an age where I will need help. I helped raise them, so the kids can treat me with some dignity and not dump me in a home or at least wait until I’m at a point where I have no idea where I am anyway before they do so.
How’s that for a run-on sentence.
My father went missing a couple times a few years ago. His wife was hiding his dementia diagnosis since she did not want to lose her taxi service, and she is too blind to drive. Crazy shit. Family drama sucks.
I remember when they took my grandmas keys away. For a woman that is only 4′ tall she put up one hell of a fight.
Also had a boss who told me his dad, they thought had dementia, had several minor strokes and would forget where he was and where he was going. One fall during harvest, he was taking a load of grain to the elevator, and when he didn’t return they notified authorities. The state patrol found him almost to Blue Earth, nearly 45 miles from his home, in a tractor going down I90.
My Mother In Law came home one time with her rear bumper dragging along the ground behind her. She could not explain/remember what happened to cause that.
The family started the process to take her keys but she fell and broke her hip soon afterwards and then spend years in facilities. She went downhill fast.
You would not believe the number of people I hear tell me “Yeah, I didn’t pass the vision test at the DMV, but they gave me my license anyway and said maybe I should get my eyes checked”. Hundreds of times, I’ve heard this. And a lot of these people have glasses but refuse to wear them.
Terrifying.
When my mom’s dementia started getting bad, we “sold” her car to a grandkid. She didn’t put up much of a fight. If we had tried that with my dad, I’m sure that he would have put up a fight.
It can be quite the ordeal to “take the keys” if the parent won’t agree. After my mom drove her Explorer through the side of the senior center, with no recollection of what happened, I said over my dead body would I let her drive again. About six month’s later she told me she wished she had the Ranger (my dad’s old pickup that I brought to the US a couple of years earlier with her blessing, and that I use as my daily driver) and I said oh no you can’t drive call a farking taxi. She told me her doctor said she could drive, I called the doctor and he said “there is no medical reason she can’t drive and I said yeah the medical reason is that since she still doesn’t know why she was going 40 into the side of a building I’m not planning on giving a deposition in the death of a young child where I tell them you felt she was competent to drive again when I felt quite the opposite, with several more years of advanced medical training than you have as my qualifier.” That put an end to that malarkey.
REALLY fun weekend! Got an old filling redone, that was my excuse to take a medical leave vs personal day lol. Went down to Omaha for some awesome metal. Caught an amazing pic of the singer from Viking Metal band Amon Amarth. My band has been on hiatus, drummer fractured his foot, haven’t played in 2 months, our first show is in 2 weeks. He made it through practice so still hopeful for the show. Have a great week everyone!
T’wolves have a big game tonight, should be a good one. Unfortunately, it doesn’t start until 9 PM, gonna be a late night.
Yup, late start but I’ll be staying up to watch. Fun times with minny sports right now.
Too late for me, I’ll have to read about it tomorrow morning.
i’ll be very tired tomorrow but….gotta do it.
Here’s to a late night.
CST always takes it in the shorts on national tv.
I love the bonus that YT TV has a “key plays” option for recorded games. When the Oilers are playing on the west coast, no way I’m staying up during the opening rounds of the playoffs until 11:30 or later if game goes into OT. I’ll watch the highlights of the first period, go to bed, and first thing when I wake up in the morning run the key plays. Ten minutes later I’ve seen the highlights. Later I can watch some of those moments in more detail.
Now if they make it all the way to the SCF, I’ll be watching live.
not gonna lie, i threw up a little in my mouth when i saw todays music selection
Tomorrow I will pick your favorite Taylor Swift song
Am I missing something? Do you have a history with the guy?
It probably has something to do with a weak gag reflex.
JJ is in the Bahamas?
JJ or Jets…..?
JJ. the huge upgrade at QB the Vikings just drafted.
Ok!
Lets hope he doesn’t do something Vikings like while down there.
Well JJ is cheaper… but not close to an upgrade.
He will be. Statues will be built. He’ll be SB MVP within 3 years.
Laughing… I’ll take that bet, all day, every day.
I will guarantee that in his first 6 seasons as a starter he ends up with more playoff wins than the 1 we got from kirko and his HOF agent.
Maybe… but playoff wins are a team stat.
Yep, and the Vikings will be relevant. They will make the NFC Championship game before JJ’s rookie deal expires.
Surly is getting good at posting the daily threads.
Thanks for the efforts, Surly!
Good Monday morning, Skolhols.
FTP
Skol
Good morning, SKOL!
FTP!
Happy Monday. I reviewed The Fall Guy. And Revenge of the Ninja.
https://lastmovieoutpost.com/review-the-fall-guy/
https://lastmovieoutpost.com/retro-review-revenge-of-the-ninja-1983/
I had completely forgotten about that TV show. Now I wanna watch it, and maybe the movie once it’s streaming.
Same here, it’s been a long time since I’ve seen that show.
Chris Carter approves.
Cris
How dare you besmirch Chuck’s great acting skills.
Virgil Frye’s mom was my 3rd grade teacher.
‘lacks the sort of stoicism displayed by someone like Chuck Norris’
He didn’t actually say Chucky lacked acting skills, he only implied it.
Or as I tell The Teacher all the time ‘You inferred from what I didn’t imply‘.
I am trying to remember if I have ever watched Revenge of the Ninja. There were so any ninja movies around this time.