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Bullpen holds up better tonight so Twinkies win 6-3.
Have you ever eaten cereal for supper? My wife has on occasion.
Yes.
yes. Not for a long time, but yes.
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We talked a little about Mark Twain today. One of my favorites quotes from him is:
“Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.”
Ever read Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant?
Grant was dying of throat cancer and struggled to finish the book so his wife/family would have money upon his death.
He finished it 5 days before he died. I always found that story fascinating.
Mark Twain was a close personal friend of U.S. Grant and helped to promote the book.
I have never read the book, but certainly heard of it. I do know Mark Twain enlisted in the Confederate Army for two weeks in 1861 under the pseudonym “Tom Sawyer.”
How did he manage to enlist for ‘two weeks’.
I am sure I was willing to bail on my enlistment at some point during the first two weeks of Basic Training.
Man, Fort Lost In The Woods sucked.
I think he actually deserted, and went to Nevada. He joined his brother there who was the secretary of the Nevada Territory or something. I guess working for his brother got him absolved of deserting, but I don’t really know.
That war was tougher than most. Families literally fighting against each other.
Brothers against Brothers indeed.
It was. One of the saddest moments in our history, yet unavoidable. A clash of core beliefs, economics, and political views that was reconciled with blood. Terrible times.
All the more reason that A. Lincoln is the best person to be President at the time.
Read a great deal about what he went thru personally including nightmares about blood on his hands.
His wifes family was pro confederate and had members under their arms.
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Already Thorsday over here. Good thing I don’t have to get up in the morning.
Laughing… love the gif
Actor Jon Lovitz Blasts Bernie Sanders, Says Trump Has ‘Done More For Israel’ Than Any Other U.S. President
WCCO pounding facebook to listen to Twins games. It’s free!!! LMAO.
Local radio wants BookFace to listen to Twins games???
Got somewhat close to 420. Let’s see if we make it.
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The Saints have waived QB Kellen Mond.
I’m Shocked,
Shocked I say!!
Just think… if only the Vikings had a QB like Kellen Mond…
lol, “leverage” for contract talks with Kirk
Yep… that would have worked like a champ!!!
One of the things I’ve completely agreed with you on about Kirk, complete joke to think Mond was any sort threat.
He just never got a chance.
Man, I miss the Webb/Ponder debates.
Those were fun, kinda. Just like the Teddy debates.
We see him every day in practice
Wow, there’s a blast from the past
There goes their chances of winning a Super Bowl.
What were they thinking???
Forgot to demand excellence, maybe.
See sniffer trying to change rules for asylum seekers. This POS will buy, do anything for a vote.
Very concerning. The immigration laws are fine, and will work if enforced. Liberals are really eroding the good order and discipline needed to Govern the country effectively, so they can remain in power.
One party system, reminds me of something………..
Every politician I have ever met, is pretty much useless and very selfish.
And the longer they are involved, the less value to society they provide.
The Mayor of Nampa, where we are moving, seemed very down to earth. She stopped in the hallway to talked to us, ask questions, explain stuff.
I have no doubt that some shenanigans go on but one whole she seemed the exception to the rule.
The Teacher agrees.
Mostly self serving sons of bitches that pretend to have your interest at heart. They don’t like work, like life long money from taxpayer to make them happy. How does a congress person after 2 yrs get any kind of pension and healthcare? They love a podium to pretend.
I’ll stop. Getting wound up. Free health care and food stamps to illegals. 4 MORE YEARS!
Housing for squatters too, forgot.
Don’t forget driver’s licenses and voting rights for illegals.
Oh, and they don’t want legal citizens to own guns but illegal aliens can because they haven’t done anything wrong.
All all the crime they want to commit free from consequences, just like real Americans.
just like
real Americansthe rest of the Democratswell those are the ‘real Americans’ the rest are just a Basket of Deplorables.
About 400 million guns in USA but i doubt i thug can get hands on one.
Guessing sniffer gets 300 million votes.
Maybe 500 million. And the courts won’t allow any suits of fraud to move forward due to BS procedural things like “lack of standing”.
‘Lack of Proof’.
Tons of Evidence but ‘no Proof’.
Can you imagine what the US will look like if he gets another 4 years? Look at the damage done in the last 4. Yikes.
He only has to make it like 6 months or a year and then Kumala can take over and it won’t count as a term for her. Only have to keep the ice cream stocked for another year and a half or so.
Yeah, she’s so dumb I’m not sure if that’s better or worse. I assume worse.
They’ll just hope she’s not so bad that she is un-electable in another 4 years. If they manage to rig it enough to get the sniffer re-elected, they can get her elected.
Sniffer and cackles the most brain dead pres/vp ever. The gaffes are endless. Harris claps to a song degrading the US. Her laugh is special, however.
Easily the dumbest ever. Sometimes I think that’s a blessing because they could do more nefarious things if they were intelligent, but then I remember they’re not really running the show and they’re doing enough bad stuff as is.
Can’t they just put HIM in an asylum?
I may watch the Knicks game tonight, supposedly they have a player that is better than Ant. I want to see if he is being double and triple teamed like Ant is.
Oilers at Canucks!
Bruins at Panthers!
Wild@……………………….
….the Bahamas
… couch.
the only new york knickerbocker i can think of that could even hold ant’s jock is jalen brunson, and ant is better
Brunson isn’t as good as ant, he is a great scorer though
hey disney dad
Ant is entire package. D,assists, scoring. And that dude can sky on a dunk.
He’s also the best leader I’ve seen in Timberwolves history
I thought he was really good as Danny in “The Great Escape”.
Something we can all agree on, ticks are evil MFers. I put some goop between my dog’s shoulderblades once a month that seems to take care of them (ticks are surprisingly hard to find on a chocolate lab’s fur, wasn’t that way with the vizslas), but at least three times a week after the afternoon walk and brushing I feel one crawling on my leg or neck. Ugh. I had one embedded in my medial thigh that I didn’t find until I was in the bath, had my wife hand me the tweezers for that bastard.
We need ze Flammenwerfer! Kill it with fire!
There’s a simple chemical that will repel ticks and also has the added benefit of supposedly repelling snakes (I’m iffy on that claim).
Fuckin guy makes us read the article, won’t just tell us.
Everything I’ve seen on snake repellants is that none of them work, but it will work for wood ticks.
Another common ingredient in snake repellants is naphtalene (moth balls) but even straight moth balls don’t actually stop a snake. I don’t like snakes so have looked into it some and haven’t found anything useful for them.
Isn’t there some rather serious disease you can get. from them and hard to cure?
Lyme, but it’s usually from deer ticks and is treatable. My sister had it when we were kids and I had a dog get it. If left untreated, then it can be pretty serious though.
yes that’s it. Had a work buddy been feeling badly for so some time, turns out he had Lyme (from a three year old bite) and it took a hell of a long time to heal it,
it’s curable, but not always.
had a friend who suffered from lymes affects for years, messed with her head, she kind of went crazy and ended up taking her own life.
All sorts of diseases, but what am I, a doctor?
PS
Lyme disease, Babesiosis, Ehrlichiosis, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Anaplasmosis, Southern Tick-Associated Rash Illness, Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever, Packer Fever, and tularemia.
Show off. I was just going with the common one most people know about. I’ve never known anybody that caught any of the others.
There’s a crazy one that makes you allergic to animal proteins. Like you don’t red meat and some other meats again or you die kind of allergic.
There are about 16 nasty ones that various ticks carry.
Tiniest creature the worst. No seeums. Bed bugs, everything. Creepy.
I’m not a fan of ticks. The range we go to has a couple walking archery courses my kids like to go on that cross a small ravine a few times and the ticks are horrible. I don’t get them attached to me (I don’t think I’ve had one attached in over 10 years) but I’ll find them in my pickup for days.
Not a fan of ticks? That’s a bold statement, almost as divisive as the cereal controversy.
Isn’t this a bit racist towards ticks? You hate leeches too?
Why would you try to hurt them and get rid of them? They are living creatures. Let them live their lives! 😉
Channeling your inner Hippie? 😉
My QOTD.
Is the sky blue?
Trying to wind people up.
Sometimes.
How big is that Idaho house? You and Teacher don’t need much, right?
norse right now to socal…
Back to work freeze! You’re a load on society!
3 bedrooms like what we have now.
Plus a ‘great room’ over the garage.
How would you describe the color blue to a blind person?
Like how raspberry Kool-Aid tastes.
No idea on that one. Ain’t that smart.
I’d tell them how think of how they feel when they are sad – that’s how the color blue feels…..
then I’d go buy lunch with the $20 I boosted from their wallet.
so you are getting an appetizer then?
You can still get lunch for under $20 in Lincoln.
This place is amazing. Would recommend.
Don’t see cereal on the menu…. So we should be good.
Ceral, man, we need football to bitch about.
Agree.
Won’t take long once season starts. Maybe up six points against the Packers and JJ comes in after Darnold gets a stinger…toss a pick six. Kickoff return brought back to the Packers 30, spend last timeout, out comes the kicker. We all know what happens next.
Yup
My kid wanted Subway the other day. We each ordered a footlong, a bag of chips, and a soda.
$31 freakin bucks!! I almost shipped my pants.
ship pants? Hmmm.
Volume down, but you’ll love it.
Say it isn’t so!
Minimum wage is coming up to doctor’s wage.
The gougers have become the gouged…
Soon, fast-food workers will be the members of country clubs and holding fancy balls while doctors and lawyers have only bowling league.
Who’s fancy and why do they want to hold his balls?
Fancy?
That’s insane. I don’t eat out very often anymore but when I do it’s usually mom & pop places like the one above where I can get a great meal at pretty solid value compared to the cost of typical fast food places.
How do Dems brag about economy? Stores closing left and right, no one eats out anymore but gouger.
i would tell them they obviously know what the color black is…
just….a lighter, softer, black
Haha that’s a good one. Deaf – music is like silence, only noisier.
Inanimate objects don’t have feelings.
Today it is pretty gray actually.
75 and sun in minny!
95 and Sunny here- and humid as hell.
Gotta be FL or GA.
Yep – central Fl. And it is unusually hot.
It’s still raining! I’m practically orgasmic.
Yeah, I’m hoping all the grass seed I spread a couple of weeks ago will finally start sprouting after all this.
OK, one more piece of trivia for you guys. Samuel Clemens used several pseudonyms during his long writing career. The first was simply “Josh,” and the second was “Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass.” However, everyone remembers him as “Mark Twain”.
Mark twain is actually a water depth measurement of two fathoms or 12 feet. Riverboats on the Mississippi used to regularly drop lines in the water to measure the depth for safety. Mark twain was the second mark on the line, which indicated a safe depth. Twain literally means two.
That’s cool…did not know that.
you didn’t?
you’re dumb
Obviously doesn’t eat enough doughnuts.
‘When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years….’
One of my favorite quotes about father/son relationships.
Yep… mine too.
You are quite the oasis of knowledge today. Learning much here today and thank God I don’t cereal – hear it’s bad for you.
I was talking to my wife and she brought up my copy of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” that I have in the living room as a conversation piece. She was reading it for the first time. That brought up the discussion on Mark Twain. The commentary on Catullus just sort of came out of nowhere.
Hope she’s not woke, the N word is in that book I believe, unless you have revised/rewritten verson.
She’s definitely not woke. The book is a 1958 edition… so yeah, all the rude language is in there.
work is slow.
so i’m watching every JJ touchdown in college.
so i’m a little excited, SUE ME
You’re obviously a child!!
*is that how this works?*
Got a half chub?
this has crept into a top 10 gif for me
This is one of my favorites. I love the insane storytelling aspect of it…
Heh heh I love freezey gif replies
How about a little History trivia?
Catullus an ancient Roman poet, wrote a poem criticizing those who considered his poems too racy. The poem began and ended with a line that translates to “I will sodomize you, and face fu*k you”. Pretty mild… not too racy at all.
They were prudes back then.
This was the original motto of the Boy Scouts until they changed it to ‘Be Prepared’
Laughing
I’m dying….. this is going to be in my head later today.
Me: ‘How much for this shovel?’
Lowe’s Clerk: ‘That’ll be $17.99’
Me: ‘I will sodomize you, and face fu*k you”
I’m headed into MPS tomorrow for Mother’s day weekend.
Anything new going on these days in the Cities?
Pack heat.
He should be OK, it’s supposed to be close to 70 degrees.
Need good situational awareness but that’s kind true with entire country.
True that. I never know when someone is going to come up to me at the grocery store or gas station and shake my hand and start up a conversation.
My head is on a swivel when i park my car at the grocery store. Sad to see a society like this.
I’m glad I’m out of the belly of the beast.
PS We got 3 inches of rain, thank goodness! Oh I hope my little saplings are going to live!
Not like living in Roch, I think we watered the lawn a dozen times in 5 years.
Drought seems under control in minny. Trees blooming. Pretty time of year.
I am wearing long sleeves.
If gets below 70 I freeze.
I won’t pack hand warmers. I’m tough.
Fishing opener. All the good people at the lake.
Good point.
Headed to my brothers place in WI.
I assume traffic will be terrible.
Fri,Sun worst. Avoid if can.
Yeah. Growing up we went north on 35 most weekends. Bumper to bumper.
Retirement is nice. Pick your times.
Used to work at Country Kitchen on the corner of East St Germaine and Hwy 10 in St Cloud. Busiest morning of the year. I washed dishes and sometimes fry cooked.
Probably won’t be on that side.
Mom’s in Edina and brothers place is near Rice Lake, WI
Cake eater
You should check out what is going on at 37th and Chicago, on second thought maybe you shouldn’t.
I assume one or the other. Or Both.
I wonder why food and eating habits are so emotionally charged? Some people get very invested and love to use it to prove how great they are or how horrible everyone else is. It’s as bad as politics or quarterbacks.
I hated talking food with my late sister-in-law. She was an “expert “ on the subject.
If only we had somebody around these parts that’s certifiable, I mean certified.
I’m sure said person would be too busy blowing up balloons at the air compressor factory.
You’re probably right
Funny how people can get wound up over breakfast cereal. Only here.
LOL yup, had the same thought.
Yeah, I don’t think it’s the topic… It’s more a particular person (or sometimes people) that feels the need to consistently make negative or inflammatory comments on something or attack people for their opinions, and then they don’t like it when they get called out on it. Any topic this can happen, really. I refrained from making any comments or offering any advice about the whole “I wanna date this person but she’s taken” thing the other day because I didn’t have any relevant or helpful advice to offer. But some people have to stick their noses into something that doesn’t apply to them and/or make derogatory comments no matter the subject.
Its on a public forum. You dont have to like my comments but you are free to comment back how ever you want, just be ready for a reply back. Just like I was ready for someone to throw a hissy fit being called a child for eating cereal. A thing literally designed and marketed to kids. If you wanted to make some hurtful remark on me talking openly about something personal in my life, go for it, but be prepared for the back lash. You are comparing apples to fuckin pizza my guy all because you dont like how I type on a keyboard. If you want to make things personal so be it, but you wont like it.
I’m not sure bran flakes are marketed to children. I could be wrong.
He’s on a real roll today, I’m chuckling.
Oh yeah, all cereals are for kids. Granola included. Even hot cereals. My kids are always asking for the Cream of Wheat they see on commercials. haha
What if the granola is in a bar form?
That’s the issue – I’m not going to try to make hurtful comments or go out of my way to be an a** unless or until you continue to do it to myself or others. Then it’s hard for me to sit by and take it because you don’t need to be that way and I’m not afraid to speak up about it. Be better.
That being said, some people offend others by accident or don’t consistently try to be jerks (and that’s okay – it happens in a generally cordial environment). You seem to excel at it and go out of your way to try to start stuff.
As Willy Wonka would say, “Good day!”.
In a text format it’s important to refrain from derogatory language. Seen it happen many times.
Yup, holier than thou, healthier than thou, throwier than thou? lol
That’s funny. Who would downvote that?
The funny part is I don’t know why they did it. It could be done in jest and kind of funny since I enjoy a good thumbs down, let’s me know I’m not just following the flock. But the real reason why I… I guess it’s the same thing as what you call a deer with no eyes… No eye deer!
I work with a Seventh Day Adventist. Food discussions with him are not only emotionally-charge but spiritually-charged.
Moral of the story: run from Seventh Day Adventism. They like to make you think they are regular Christians, but their system is loaded with conspiracy and paranoia.
They genuinely think all of their non-SDA friends are going to hunt them down and kill them someday for keeping the sabbath.
I missed the whole cereal conversation. I eat bran flakes every morning. Of course I put a thin layer of frosted flakes on top. That probably makes me an old child.
Haha yes, you are a joke of a human! How dare you!
Hey hey, Never said that, words in mouth. Keep going.
‘I eat nail shavings and motor oil for breakfast…’
i miss five
Go to the range more often and you won’t miss so much.
But ammo has gotten so expensive.
‘I did that”
Joe ‘Sniffer’ Biden
It’s ridiculous. Still can’t find primers and the one time in the last 4 years I have they are 5-6 times more expensive than they were. Limits on powder and those prices have doubled. Powder is limited because it’s all getting contracted to the government (probably going to Ukraine). Brass is still pretty limited.
Or so I’ve heard. I stopped reloading after my guns fell in the Yellowstone.
???
wants the government to think he has no guns anymore.
don’t tell anyone.
Ahhhh…
Hopefully it gets better when Trump gets back in office.
#nojinx
He is going to get writers cramp undoing all of Brandon’s Executive Orders.
I don’t know if it will. This started during covid and the companies have just never really caught up. On top of that, some major manufacturers have went out of business because of government over regulation. With the threat of wars, international and the perceived threat of domestic, I think ammo and supplies will continue to be gobbled up by people who don’t really need it and the government will be getting all they can stockpiled. For primers, the ammo companies realized they are better off to keep them and use em for factory loads instead of selling them and they aren’t caught up on factory loads. Shoot, I haven’t seen a box of the goose rounds I like since pre-covid. A couple companies seem to be getting better on supply like Hornady, but it is still limited.
I can see factory loads being the priority as they can make more money off of those.
Less regulation will help, hopefully that will mark the turnaround.
Pulled out a storage cabinet in my reloading room a few months back and found 2 bricks of CCI magnum large rifle. Had $19.99 price tag on them. Didnt know they were there. Those prices are pre Obama. Never used to count the cost of primers in calculating reloaded rds, now one has to.
The Dawson County Democrats (there’s 3 of them) put an ad in the paper thanking Joe Biden for making 155 mm shells at Brixtel here in town, and shipping them to Ukraine. Went over like a fart in church.
I saw some story that the famous Swiss Army Knife is now being made without the Knife in the UK.
That’s not surprising.
They will have to change the name seems like.
Heck even multitools like Gerbers and Leathermans have knifes.
Swiss army pliers?
Scissors?
Just don’t run with them The 1st grade Teacher reminds us all the time.
Swiss Army Woke Version.
Its just a multi tool now
What’s the reason for it? I’m lost.
You can use it in place of several tools. Most fit in your pocket.
The manufacturer said so many countries are outlawing knives in public places, they decided to remove the blade.
I have one i rarely use, if i had to pick 1 item i’d start with the blade.
I prefer a Leatherman
Handy items. I usually have hunting or fishing. Don’t like things in my pockets. Cash is ok.
My grandfather gave me my first pocket knife in the first grade. I think he said something like “every man needs a pocket knife” or something to that effect. I have half a dozen or more laying around, including a Swiss Army knife.
Same. I’ve always got a pocket knife of some sort on me or nearby.
LOL
‘ I eat concertina and piss napalm.’
— Clint Eastwood.
Champions are the breakfast of Chuck Norris.
I came to work full of vim and vigor.
Then we had a two-hour meeting.
Now I will spend the rest of the day trying to stay awake. All momentum killed.
Kirk on Tuesday.
Food on Wednesday.
Skoloholics !!!!!!!!!
The great cereal debate of 2024 will not be forgotten.
Latest medical research shows “blonds” like big breakfasts,
Because we are living 50 years ago when all cereals were Sugar Pops and Frosted Flakes.
Incidentally, ‘Sugar Pop’ was the name of the gay kid Joe Biden beat in a dance contest back in Scranton….
It’s CORN POP !!
The only Kirk’s that matter are Hammett and Windstein. I assume some of you know Hammett but very few if any know Windstein… he is a heavy groove riff wizard!
Exhibit A:
I love listening to the conversations wafting across to my open office door.
“Our MRI went down due to a power spike, we need to reschedule you for Friday…there’s no f-ing way I’m not getting my MRI done today, I’ve been waiting forever (scheduled on Monday) for that scan and one way or another you are doing my scan today.”
“Have you ever had a CT scan before? My daughter has…”
Oh, I’m sorry sir/ma’am, you are correct, right this way…
And walk them right out the exit door! lol
See Murray fined only. No suspension. I’m shocked.
He coulda killed someone!
He’s dinged up, fans will punish him.
Im not shocked, the NBA wants their stars playing in the play offs, even if they are pieces of shit. He will get a regular season suspension next season probably. Doesnt matter. WOLVES IN 4!
$100,000 but league is kissing Nuggets ass. Obvious.
Yeah thats loose change
They should start Garza and have him walk up to Murray to start the game and punch him in the nose.
Hope Wolves and fans give him special attention.
Good morning Skolschizos!
Nothing in life is as constant as change…..
I’ve taken a job with the University of Nebraska. It’s a supervisory role (I’ll have 2 full-time employees and a slew of student employees working underneath me) with the Parking & Transit office (it’s a glamorous life) I start next Monday.
It’s been almost 3 years since I’ve had a ‘brick & mortar’ job – last working in enrollment processing at Nelnet (which I hated – thankfully I got laid off during the pandemic loan freeze and it was a blessing) I’ll have an office and a parking space and all the prestige that comes with being a mid-tier supervisor.
It’s an 8-5 gig (not near the freedom I have now) so that’ll be an adjustment – not the hours, but staying in one place for 8/9 hours at one time. I’m used to moving around, usually with Goose at my side.
The benefits and retirement compensation are fantastic.
So I’ll likely be around here less and less for the next few weeks, especially during the day. Need to at least give the impression that I’m working hard before saying ‘f*** all’ and logging into Skoloholics for the entirety of my working day.
Skol!
People are meant to work. You can do 8 hours standing on your head.
Can see where you will miss Goose and he you.
and regardless of job, you can find a way to move around if you really want to.
Indeed – it’s on campus (my office is located under Memorial Stadium) so I intend on getting my steps in during my lunch breaks
congrats on the new job!
pretty stupid you won’t be around much, but understandable
Thanks freeze. I’ll be around – just won’t be like before, at least in the beginning.
i’m looking forward to saying how much you’ve changed
Do they drug test though?
No. No drug test.
My uncle had a GF who was interviewing to work on the floor of a casino as like a cocktail waitress. They told her that they drug test and she up front goes, “I smoke a lot of weed but that’s all.” They go, oh don’t worry, that’s not something we care about. HAHA!
That is more and more common. I became a full timer last year, and stayed away from my MN gummies for a couple months. Turned out they no longer test for that. Looking for more hardcore things.
I gotta ask, I’m guessing no pre-employment physical and drug testing?
You got it – I checked that extensively with a few friends that work on campus. The only pre-employment physical or drug testing required is for DOT regulated jobs within the University (Transport, Bus Drivers, UNLPD)
When I first asked our friend Nancy (works in HR @ UNL) about pre-employment drug testing she looked at me and goes ‘It’s a college campus dummy, they’re not gonna test you’
So your saying HR is already saying “Mjoinir dum dum”?
Pretty much. I’ve yet to test negative in any job – and I wouldn’t have considered this one if I thought there was a test. I had to test before taking the job at Nelnet (cleaned myself out, took 88 days to piss clean) and after testing I found out they don’t even test for THC it’s opioids and meth that was their primary concern, with good reason.
That doesn’t sound like a fun place to work.
One of my favorite MM roles ever.
I’m looking forward to it in many ways.
Also have my concerns about dealing with the Alphabet crowd – feels like that could be a bit of a minefield to navigate.
Just tell them they’re idiots.
I have no doubt that’ll be a thought in my head
Or make your email signature
Mjolnir
King/You Highness
Tell them you don’t use preferred pronouns for the same reason that you don’t talk to schizophrenics imaginary friends.
IT TOOK 88 DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HOLY FUCK! That’s insane.
Yup. I bought test strips and little water cups online. Started testing about two weeks after I stopped and then tested weekly until clean. I was worried about how accurate/valid the test was so at week 4 I took a few Percocet (had a tooth pulled) and it showed up on the opioid strip of the test – so I knew it was good.
The first time I smoked after I got that job I was in outer space – and it was easier to quit than I thought it would be, so every few months now I’ll give myself a break stop for 3/4 days, sometimes a week. Helps to reset my tolerance level.
Congrats on the new job mate. In one of my former jobs we were tested on a regular basis, good thing we always got the invitation for the test well in advance, like 8 to 10 weeks prior to testing.
Enough time to clean out the system, those test strips work really well and seem pretty accurate, never got busted while I worked there. Took about 4 to 6 weeks usually to get “clean” for me. New job doesn’t require drug testing, which is a blessing.
In the guards, we would get a “random” drug test, every 6 months. I just so happened to be randomly picked every time.
Great when one gets “randomly” picked every time, doh. It’s unfortunate that weed, which I don’t consider to be a “drug” at all, can be detected weeks after consumption, while traces of real drugs seem to be cleaned out of the system pretty quickly.
Similar situation with me. The Air Force would pick a digit and one of the characters of your social security number to determine who got tested each month. Like if the second character of your SSAN was “4” you got tested. The next month, a different character and number was selected. I was once tested 5 months in a row. The folks doing the testing laughed and said “you have the unluckiest SSAN in the history of the Air Force”.
Congrats.
Another one bites the dust……….
Awesome! And we can get parking passes if down there for games and such? lol.
Best of luck on the new job, Mjolnir!
Nice that you will get a pension. None of that for me…
Once I stop working….
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Don’t let the power go to your head.
For Edge and crow eating.
Since the last election I have waxed on about Fetterman and his being unfit for office, and even thrown shit at PA voters.
Last night was listening to him on an evening news show. He was articulate, sthioughtful and well reasoned. His positions on Israel, campus disruptions, the border and immigration were as solid as I have heard from anyone.
So, I eat crow but still able to see good regardless of where it comes from – either party.
Agreed.
On a couple of issues he is reasonable, surprisingly.
Not a lockstep voter like most Democurds.
Very weird to see the transformation.
PA guy here. I was very opposed to him too, but he is better than many Dems
‘better than many Dems’
Although that is not a very high bar.
Haha yeah, my garbage can is “better than many Dems”.
I was going to say ‘toilet’ but will allow ‘garbage can’.
Let’s hope we are able to beat those ‘ garbage cans’ and win some big elections coming up
The real question is how does he actually vote?
Bingo. They can say what they want, but their votes indicate their true selves.
True. But he is at least a voice in the wilderness from the Democrat side regarding this crap at the border, college campuses and the Middle East.
And the man had the guts to go on Fox News and talk. You’ll never see Shumur or Biden there.
Good point. But some (most?) politicians are two-faced about what they say and then do.
I believe there are reasonable people on both sides and plenty of idiots on both sides. The problem is that the idiots seem to have a louder voice these days.
I live in Calif, obviously, and I know that there are lots of really good people here who are idiots when it comes to politics. The two things are not mutually exclusive.
DUDE! That’s not crow eating. I hate that we do this to people and politicians etc… If in the face of new evidence or realizations etc… you change your mind or stance… that’s just being a rational person with an open mind.
^this. Situations and info changes therefore one’s assessment may change.
I’ve had the same thoughts about Fetterman, he is the most interesting Senator on the hill.
Rehab and convalescence post CVA must have gone well, he seemed to me to be Joe Biden’s son while campaigning. Couldn’t form a sentence, started speeches with “Good Night”.
The brain is an amazing thing.
GO OIL!
Cereal Discussion: I dont eat breakfast and im also not a child so I dont eat it. QOTD: I think our group is planning a trip to Nashville for the Titans game which sounds like a blast and im excited for it.
Oh mr I need sugar and corn to start my day.
technically i don’t eat it in the morning.
usually as a bad snack at night. so…in your face.
You got me, face indeed.
I do have Nashville in mind as well.
Giants is much closer for me.
I guess we will know for sure next week.
https://x.com/BenFischerSBJ/status/1787991833852760121
Wonder what the delay is, hang ups with games in other countries? Nashville would be a fun meet up.
Maybe.
Depends on the day and what the wife and family have going on.
Eating breakfast and getting your metabolism going is good for you. Now, I won’t say a sugary cereal is the best thing, but eating something in the morning, I believe, is a good thing for your body. But you do you. I’m sure all you eat is manly things like steak and potatoes. And obviously drinking alcohol is manly, so you’re peak man. Congrats.
Actually, I think he puts crap in a blender.
Who pissed in your Wheaties this morning Jro? And everyone’s body, metabolism and internal clocks are different, there is no one all be all “THIS IS GOOD FOR YOU YOU MUST DO IT” thats bs. The people that tell you thats good for you are the ones that sell you the shit you are eating. Secondly, my metabolism is fine, it doesnt need jump starting, mostly because I fast (not eating) from 7pmish at night until around noon the next day. Now THAT is actually good for you and has been tested quite a bit. If you would like some documentation and or videos I will gladly link you. And I eat a wide range of things, hell even some very manly salads. And some very manly fresh daiquiris to end my days. So so manly. Congrats on writing one of the dumber reactionary posts on here in a while lol.
Unrelated, but that song was/is catchy.
i bet i’m faster
Good that you found what works for you – that’s the key as you point out.
But I do believe the majority of medical research suggests for the majority of people eating ‘something’ in the morning is good.
Its not though, that “medical reserach” is funded and backed by the people that make and or sell breakfast foods. Same way the sugar industry backed false studies saying “fat ” is bad for your diet, and that you should eat more grains. If you want to go off 50 year old corporate funded studies, fine. Do you. I will do whats best for me. And eating a bowl full of sugar in the AM is not good, for anyone.
Are you denying the science?
Don’t misstate me.
I said agreeing with you everyone is different and they need to find what’s best for them personally.
And I said ‘most’ which is not ‘all.”
And I do believe in fat is good. Also most all things in moderation.
I have no idea what 50 year old studies say. do know this, there are many people that have blood sugar problems (not severe) and going lo ng periods of time is not real good. again, it’s an personal thing. People that are very active, like construction workers, will also not do real well with long fasting periods. Nor athletes.
Now, I like breakfast. Hard boiled eggs, wheat toast, cup of fruit, yogart. guess you wouldn’t go for fruit with all it’s sugar but it’s natural and I’m OK with it.
Now, I don’t eat much cereal, but don’t think something like shredded wheat (unsweatened) or bran flakes are going to hurt you at all.
You probably believe something something about the 9-11 attacks and twin towers too, you conspiracy theorist.
I just don’t think your comment of “I dont eat breakfast and im also not a child so I dont eat it” is not in any way helpful or contributes to the conversation about cereals at all, so it is unnecessary and also can be viewed as inflammatory calling people children, so I was calling you out on it. Again, some of your “goodwill” that you always seem to claim.
Also, if you check my comment, I said “eating something in the morning, I believe, is a good thing for your body”. As Jrob says, I think medical research says eating something, even small, is good. But fasting can be good as well in some ways.
You can claim you were joking, but when you constantly make inflammatory comments and attack people, you don’t get the benefit of the doubt.
I dont claim good will. And its not a joke, I firmly believe grown ass adults eating cereal is broadline childish and you would be better off not eating it at all. And actual fitness and dietitians back up that belief. (This is a really stupid argument by the way). I dont care if you eat breakfast or not, like I said, whats good for some, is not as good for others. But universally breakfast cereals have no dietary value and are a net negative to someone’s over all health. If you get that offended because I called you a child for eating children’s food, you need your blood pressure checked. None of this has anything to do with being “manly”. So that whole tirade was cute.
https://www.who.int/europe/news/item/04-01-2023-no-level-of-alcohol-consumption-is-safe-for-our-health
How’s that for health advice?
Secret to life is genes and seat belts.
Well said.
Kfey – you are living 50 years ago. I’m not a cereal guy. but there are some really healthy cereals available today – this isn’t 50 years ago when everything is full of sugar.
No dietary value – doctors tell older people to eat a high vitamin/ fiber cereal for good health reasons. For many people, it’s their best source of both.
It’s about the type of cereal, the time and quantity eaten. But apparently that doesn’t matter – they are for kids only and all bad for you. KFEY only speaks facts.
I mean they even said it in their commercials.
Touche. You got me! But that is technically only in reference to Trix. 🙂
Breakfast food is the best food. Any time of the day.
Especially bacon and eggs.
Thick cut bacon. Sometimes i sort thru 20 packages before i find the right meat/fat content. lol
JJs first TD pass at Michigan as a 18 year old freshman.
Breaks away from a sack, scrambles and throws just as he is hit by 3 defenders. Ball is thrown about 35 yards downfield from sideline to sideline to Daylen Baldwin, just cut, for a 70 yd TD. A thing of beauty.
But you see the thing about Case Keenum is that he has balls of steel.
Also, would like to revisit the cereal conversation from yesterday. I try to avoid artificial colors, so I tend to go with Cascadian Farms Fruitful O’s – very good. Also, their brownie crunch, even if “gluten free”, is very good. They also make a good honey-nut O’s, as does 365 (Whole Foods brand) which I order on Amazon and don’t have to shop at Whole Foods for.
We also like Cascadian Farms, for some reason we can’t get some of the varieties here anymore, especially the granola which we really liked.
Yeah, I get a lot on Amazon now since the stores don’t always have them. Pretty decent price too!
I was going to make Banana Pudding but forget the vanilla wafers. Was going to go back to the store the next day but figured i would check since I was Amazon anyway. Cheaper and to be delivered overnight, almost free with the price of gas I would have used.
Yep, surprises me sometimes for sure. Might have to wait a day or two, but the price usually beats the store.
That reminds me, I need to order Ling Hu Mui Gummy Worms from Hawaii off Amazon.
Supposedly, the Ling Hu Mui powder is next level.
$15 for a bag, though. But I have no other major vices, so might as well go for it.
What in God’s name is Ling Hu Mui?
I do not know, but it is supposedly good!
Oh MT….
I wouldn’t figure you to have no sense of Hu Mui…
I haven’t eaten cereal in a very long time. Back when I was young, I would eat Wheaties for breakfast. Is that stuff still around?
Haha yep, though I don’t think as popular.
Probably as popular as Cheerios! I actually liked Cheerios, with a bunch of sugar sprinkled over it though.
Funny story, at least to me, we had a family reunion on my mom’s side when I was much younger. My Grandma and her sister were sitting next to each other at a picnic table, my grandma was probably 85-90 at the time. My grandma made, what seemed to be an innocent comment, and her sister got up walked to her car and sat there the rest of the day. My grandma’s only comment was; who pissed in her Wheaties. All of us sitting there just died laughing.
Why is everyone worried about WR3? I personally think Powell can/will be a good one (has performed well in situations of need in the past). What do others think?
Not to mention that TJ is defacto WR3. The third WR is overrated in this offense until somebody gets hurt.
Maybe actually WR 2.
I’m more worried about TE1 being on the field… there’s your WR 3
@He is fine@
Monty Python Auto Rec.
ditto
Another Monty Python auto rec
I do think Powell is a competent WR and he’s played in KOC’s scheme now for a year. He’s been in the league four years, and played on four different teams up to this point. This will be his first year returning to the same team, and the same system. My take is he’s decent, and can fill the WR3 role competently.
Yep, that’s exactly how I feel. He had some clutch plays last year and seems to have a drive to work hard and do well.
Plus, his 175 lb frame is needed for the tush push play at the goal line.
Haha yes, what a smart idea! That play still makes me chuckle…. yes, perhaps they didn’t see it coming. No, it didn’t work. lol
Powell is going to break out this season.
Maybe move Cine to WR.
Official jersey numbers for the drafted rooks.
I thought Reichard wanted 99?????
https://x.com/vikesinsider/status/1787934392335159479
i wonder if the Vikings could swing a trade for Brandon Aiyuk…or would that be too expensive for a #3 WR?
Happy Hump Day!
I wonder if the Soda Machine Slut has cousins… I wonder if she is more Captain Kirk or Picard… Hmmm…. guess we’ll never know.
I’d like to know if she’s a Pepsi or a Coke girl… true, guess we’ll never find out.
Looks like a pepsi machine – and she is working it pretty hard.
You are right JR, on further evaluation it very much does look like a Pepsi machine. Question answered 😊
but, to further the argument…
one could argue that while it’s OBVIOUSLY a pepsi machine, anyone with taste buds would know that mountain dew is better than mellow yellow (coke product) but pepsi is absolute trash compared to coca cola, so perhaps she is banging for the mt dew but in fact hates pepsi
I do like Mountain Dew, had it a few times as it is available over here. No comment on mellow yellow… but I do have to say that I prefer Pepsi.
I’d like her to like Pepsi as well, and as she’s ferociously banging a Pepsi machine, I think it can be deducted, with reasonable certainty, that she is Pepsi girl. I think.
You. interested in some crow eating today?
Huh?
I think I’m still crabby today. I will try to refrain from telling some of you to shut up. No guarantees however.
Probably.
So what happens if Darnold comes in & has a huge year (I know the odds are slim, but humor me)?
Then we sit JJ until he is truly ready and we have a great QB for years to come.
Good seeing you around GF, hopefully the new business is settling down a little.
Thanks, and it is settling down. We’re getting ready to hire someone full-time. Once we do that, my life will be more normal again.
Hiring someone is getting harder to do. It’s more of a crap shoot than it has been.
I don’t know GF, but it would be a great problem to have!
If Sam ends up Super Bowl MVP, JJ will become trade bait and my Jersey Curse has continued(Ordered the JJ Jersey, Kirko and Teddy are the other two I have purchased).
I am fine with that as long as the team wins a championship.
You should buy a Jordan Love jersey
That’s funny. But no.
I am broken. It is true.
If Darnold has a huge year, some other team will come and poach him with a big pay day. NFL teams love to spend money on QBs.
4000 yards and 30 TD’s. Book it.
I’d take it
Well JR, Darnold has a career passer rating of 78.7 with 11,766 yards, 62 touchdowns and 55 interceptions in 56 games as a starter. Let’s hope you’re right. I wouldn’t book it though. Grin.
He’s our starting QB – so he’s the MAN!
And what do you suppose Brady’s stats would be like if he had played for Jets and Panthers just like Darnold had to do?
Just curious for your opinion – not poking.
Oh I know you’re not poking. I might answer that question though this way… Cousins played for the Washington Redskins and threw for over 4,000 yards, 25 or more TD’s, and a passer rating of at least 93.9 every year as a starter. I would say the Jets were no worse than the Redskins.
Maybe not quite as good then. Cousins threw for like 2350 and 18 TD’s in slightly less than 8 games – annualized 4700 and 36. Seems even if Darnold is lesser, he could hit 4000 and 30. Doesn’t seem to far fetched.
Darnold is not slightly lesser than Cousins JR. I’m looking at 3,500 yards or thereabouts, and around 20 TD’s out of Darnold. That’s based on his history as a starter. I HOPE he achieves 4,000 yards and 30 TD’s, but that would be wildly out of the norm for him.
Gonna be hard to achieve all that form the bench. JJ will have over 4000 though.
I’ll take that bet all day, every day Bow.
That would be awesome. We could go the route of the Packers and let our rookie sit and learn. It seems to work for them.
Does Lethal Weapon 2 kind of suck? I kind of think so…
https://lastmovieoutpost.com/unpopular-movie-opinion-lethal-weapon-2/
Maybe, but Leo Goetz has a great line that I still use.
That is one element of the Lethal Weapon banter that genuinely worked.
Lethal Weapon 2 ruined Joe Pesci for me. I have tried to watch Raging Bull, but I cannot see Pesci as a tough guy. Home Alone solidified the fact that Pesci is not a tough mob guy.
Try Goodfellas and Casino – he’s solid in those.
He’s also in a terrible (in a good way) buddy comedy with Danny Glover called ‘Gone Fishing’ – it’s trash, but in the best kind of way.
Goodfellas especially, excellent movie. Ray Liotta was very good too in that one, and Pesci nailed the psychotic though guy IMHO.
To answer the question, it’s likely that we’ll hit an away game.
Now that we don’t go to Murderapolis anymore, away games are all we have.
Minneapolis crime data: lies, damn lies, and statistics (americanexperiment.org)
Nothing to see here boys and girls….move along.
Heading downtown/dinkytown to see Battle Beast next week.
Hope I survive
RIP
Well, if you are not posting here, we will call the morgue.
GM
FTP
SKOL
Happy Hump Day
Morning Surly… on my second cup of coffee. Thanks for posting the Wednesday discussion. SKOL and FTP!
Mornin’ Surly!
I got tomorrow’s thread.
Now I do not get to have this as the media selection, dammit.
So, here it is now instead.
Speaking of the mythical music up top, I can remember when the video was the most requested video on MTV (Dial MTV-they would play the most requested video each day), it was number 1 for 14 weeks according to the interwebs. MTV had to change the rules to get it off.
Also, a billion thanks for helping do this.
Good morning, SKOL!
FTP!