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The Jests thought there was something fishy about that delivery. They immediately identified Bill as the culprit, since he is the Dean of the Fishy Department.

Oh, I was afraid to go to the ex. I fear what terrible things I might do wrong if I went down that road.

There are two names who would have immediately screamed Hall of Fame at you, if they only had the drive. I feel like it’s a sad waste of talent, but then it’s not my life.

I’m generally not cheap, but that feels like a stupidity tax I am not willing to pay.

I think my biggest concern with him is his weight. He dropped 17 lbs to get down to 330 LBS? That concerns me over time. Is he one of “those guys”? On the flip side, he doesn’t give up sacks and went all year without a penalty. That sounds like a disciplined guy, and that is encouraging. Let us hope this is a pick we are rejoicing over a decade from now.

It’s not about the signs. They weren’t all exactly $3.25, but not much more than $.05 different. EXCEPT the guy at $3.89, and people are still lining up to buy his gas. That was my point. I asked a friend what he thought of that, and he said he never looked or paid attention to the price. He just pulls in and fills up. But unless you are traveling, don’t you know how high that is?

That’s like finding a bunch of $20 bills in your pants pocket. HEY! I forgot all about that! A pleasant moment, indeed. 😋 .

Because I lived in Cincinnati when I did, and I never saw more than 30 seconds of his show, the personal check thing is my first thought. He also had a place on Bird Key in Sarasota, as a number of celebrities do. There would be sightings all over town. But writing those checks is the first thing I think of. Jerry being Jerry, I doubt he would mind.

I passed by gas stations around us with gas for $3.25 today. I get to the gas station outside our neighborhood and cars are lined up to buy gas for $3.89. I’m not cheap, but I’m not stupid, either. I want to pull in and question these people, which would result in absolutely nothing good.

I lived in Cincinnati around his time during college. Another interesting fact about him is that he thought it was a good idea to pay hookers with personal checks. That might give a little insight to the man and the show he created. It wasn’t for me, but it worked for him. I did NOT know about his birth, which is interesting. RIP

I had some lessons as a kid, but didn’t really start playing tennis seriously until after college. I moved to Hilton Head Island where life revolves around golf and tennis. Almost every day after work we’d all meet up at the courts for a couple sets, then off for pizza and a couple pitchers. Those were great times. When we moved to Florida I joined a club. They had a Monday night league with 14 courts of doubles under the lights. You would play one set with each guy, so if you won all three sets you’d have 18 points. The higher your point average, the higher the court you played on. It was a great format. If you were the best or worst player there, you got spread amongst the others. The players ranged from average club hacks (3.5ish players) to guys who played in college or even professionally. One Monday early in a league season I had a couple good weeks behind me and got assigned to court #1. I know two of the guys are. One guy got a full ride to play for Univ of Florida and a neighbor of mine who was the doubles partner with the UF guy when they played competitive tournaments. I had played with them before and it’s part intimidating, part exhilarating. A buddy taps me on the shoulder and says “I know you’re probably a bit anxious to be on the court with Tom and Chris, but you don’t need to worry about them tonight.” I’m a little confused and he nods to a tall guy who is our fourth. My buddy tells me that guy is named Mark Dickson, lives up the street from him, and he sat in his family room and watched a replay of him playing Connors and Lendl at the US Open. He made the quarterfinals in 1983. Rut roh! Quick summary of the highlight of my tennis career……. I got 9 games that night, so lost by an average of 6-3, and I held my serve every time. I was thrilled! Mr US Open was a gracious man who could hit a kick serve to my backhand I had to jump to just touch while standing at the baseline. It seemed to defy the laws of physics. Mr UF works with me to do the unthinkable, which is to charge that serve and take it on the rise. In recent years I’d go to a park Mon-Fri and see the same group of guys playing doubles, maybe 3-4 courts full. I’d go and mostly hit ground strokes for 2-3 hours. I’ve got a partially torn rotator cuff which makes serving or overheads a problem, and if you can’t serve, what’s the point? I haven’t hit a ball in over 2 years now but just returned from the park where I walked the dog and saw my buddies. I have some rotator cuff exercises from previous bouts causing me to take a year or more off. I think I’m going to give it a go again. Sorry, that was long but tennis was a big part of my life for decades. .

I was the author, but I’m not in the mood to argue right now. I am clearly credible. I’m on the internet! 😋 I am strangely hopeful about Von’s recovery. Watching Tre struggle was painful. We’ll never know how much was physical and how much was emotional, but I hope the young man finds his form this year. He’s just so easy to like.

I’m fully on board with going offense first. I loved the first couple rounds. But we need a solid presence in the middle of the zone, and that’s not Klein. He didn’t play enough to get too much film on what we were doing. He’s a stop gap, not the answer.

I’ll defer to anyone with better medical knowledge, but ACL surgery is ACL surgery. My son had it in HS. Von had a partial tear, but there’s no way to patch it back. It was going to tear, so they just went ahead and replaced it with a patella, hamstring or donor graft. ACL’s are not repaired, they are replaced. The biggest difference is associated damage, especially meniscus which may need additional surgery. The MCL just heals itself if that’s damaged. Von is a man of discipline, drive and competitiveness. I think he’ll be back when we need him, and he will be a difference maker. Super Bowl MVP part Deux??? 😋

One more reminder: Memories > Things

It does limit you, however. That is why they love versatility so much. If you have a weak spot they will scheme to take advantage of it, much like we schemed to cover him up. Eventually they will figure it out. I hope he doesn’t have to play for extended periods, but as we saw last season hoping and praying does not keep football players healthy and available. He can certainly play a role in a good defense at times.

Ohh, I remember my first 49th. HFBD!!! 🍺

It quickly became apparent that Klein couldn’t handle the coverage aspect of the job, so they kept him closer to the LOS and used him to blitz (somewhat effectively) as I recall. If we won, it certainly wasn’t because of Klein. But they did improve how they used him, again, as I recall. .

Can I ask you again this time next year? 😋 I have no idea about this guy, but I like that he started about 4 years, and he’s still “young” at 27. .

Could be. We all make mistakes. The Cardinals took wrong Josh, but they owned it and moved on. Every team has their misses.

I was probably there! We split season tickets with another family back then. Great memories. I loved the NBA back then I don’t even watch the Finals now. .

I definitely believe he expects that. The million dollar question is will he turn out to be correct? And the natural follow-up question is what is plan B? I generally trust Beane, so this is a leap of faith. Things got rocky when Tremaine was out with injury. I hope to be pleasantly surprised.

I seem to recall Sister Jeanne teaching us that one in CCD. That lady kinda scared me! Sister Jeanne or the porn star you ask? BOTH!

There you go with that LOGIC again! . Has one of those “proposed trades” ever actually happened? It might have once for something obvious but I don’t recall the details. I wish people would give that up.

Unless you lived in a ****tier brick house, I suppose. Some realtor will take that listing, regardless. I knew I should have put a sarcasm warning or a smiley face or something. That one’s on me.