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well, I can't argue with facts, but is that a pimple on the ass or it significant in the larger scheme (in proportion to population/resources)? I don't know the answer to that.

we argued the same thing at the University of Rochester and if there was ever a school with an inferiority complex it was UR.

You are right - I don't. But, do you want everyone to pull punches, slap you on the back, and wish you luck or are you looking for people to give you an honest assessment? Needless to say, your posts about your disappointment in his prospective football future (even if it ends at college), when the kid is pulling D's in core courses is as backasswards as it comes. As it stands now, Brett isn't even learning what he's supposed to in high school, let alone what is going to be presented to him in college. You aren't going to be able to solve differential equations when you didn't bother to learn basic math. I would have expected the original post to come from Brett, because he is young and doesn't know any better. A kid's short term ambition often clouds his view of his long term future. However, it didn't come from Brett, it came from you. I'm not quite sure how you managed to type: in the same post and think nothing of it. If Andrew was pulling D's in core courses in high school I would be throwing up at night. You presented his falling grades to us as a mere obstacle to him getting signed by a D1 school. John, that is messed up. I'm not telling you how to raise your kid. That's your job. You need to figure that out for yourself. But if you're going to solicit comments about your situation, then my take is that I hope he gets his stojan together, learns what he needs to in high school, and manages to find a career that he loves and can support himself. I hope his knee gets better and can lead a happy, healthy lifestyle. Whether he plays college football or not is the least of his worries...

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I scratched my head on that one too...

You touched on what I was going to say... I don't know the details. I don't know his son. I do have a small inkling of how hard he was pushed over the years through John's posts. A kid who is a B student, who is told over and over again that his football future is going to vanish if his grades plummet, and STILL let's his grades tank so badly that schools won't touch him - is passive-aggressively telling you he doesn't want to play at that level. Getting average grades in HS is like asking someone to breathe. It's stupid easy unless you are actively trying not to get them. He may love football and enjoy playing it with his friends, but letting his grades go by the way side (and knowing the consequences of that) is a sign that doesn't share the dreams of his father. It just is. So, maybe instead of plotting how John-boy is going to get his GED to go to Jr. college, transfer and redshirt at Div III east-bumf*ck, send Easter hams to the coach at Div II Mt. Nowhere in hopes of another transfer, so that maybe he can leave college with $50k of debt, no worthwhile degree or skills, and no shot of even being camp fodder in any professional league you might want to take this opportunity to re-evaluate the path he is on. That's just my opinion though....

yeah, I have to agree here. John - you have been beating the football drum for years with this kid. What happens when he isn't good enough like everyone else and he's dumb as box of !@#$ing rocks? Are you going to pat him on the back when he gets his 1st pool digging job?

A couple points - it is easy for Canada to decide what the right treatments are after we invent them, test them, and certify them for the rest of the world. Seriously, the every day, routine sh-- that is performed in this country was once an expensive experimental treatment. Who is going to develop those new treatments? What break-throughs are we going to have after the great rationing takes place? Also, Bill Clinton in 1992 droned on and on about the 40 million uninsured in this country and how it was going to explode in just a few years time. Well, 17 years later the number is pretty much the same. What a coinkeydink....

actually, it was under one minute. Too bad we don't log the seconds around here...

or not.

absolutely the solution is for him to move. Kids playing in a cul de sac? No friggin' stojan Einstein - that's the scene of every cul de sac in America. Families buy houses on cul de sac's for exactly that reason. If you hate kids that much move away.

I'll be there, but I needs tickets!

those goosebumps could cut glass...

enjoy your new machine.

ok, what are you saying "no" to? or maybe you shouldn't answer that....

If I told you - you had a beautiful body would you hold it against me? that's the cheesiest I got.

I used to date the girl who ended up marrying that douchebag Two Bills Drive founder...

we could probably bring that back. of course we have articles links/summaries back to 1999 to help out... save for the lost year.

there are all kinds of football items to list, but that would be outside the spirit of this thread.

Here are the topics Google thinks we have something to offer and our rank.... #1: Apparel #1: Pharmacy #1: Food #2: Drinking #3: Bars #5: Medical #7: Golf

is this one of those "don't ask, don't tell" thingies?

well, I don't think that is true anymore (easy credit) - is it? But still, I suppose if you can't be trusted that is decent advice, but the best situation would be to get a low limit credit card ($500?) and charge all the monthly expenses and pay it off. You can't start too early establishing A1 credit. These days - you better have good credit or you ain't squat.

Eat your roommates food.

but think of the soft light you'll get when it diffuses off of the moon back onto the street.