Random thoughts that are pointless and too dumb to say anywhere else thread: 2019

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

Is Desmond Howard a bust if he isn’t the Super Bowl XXXI MVP?

 

Howard holds the single season NFL record for punt return yardage with 875 yards in 1996. He was terrific that year ... truly electric. To put that number in perspective, the 2019 Packers currently have 1 (!!!) punt return yard.

[DHonks]

Is Desmond Howard a bust if he isn’t the Super Bowl XXXI MVP?

 

I'm sure Redskin fans would call him a bust being the 4th overall. Lots of Packer fans think AJ Hawk was a bust at #5, and he's the Packers all time leader in tackles for a career.

 

Howard was a bust as a star, but found a niche for a few seasons. Hawk was a bust in that he was a steady player, but never really good or great. In the top 10, teams want to get something more than a long-time contributor. He was never a top 5 middle linebacker, and maybe cracked the top 10 only once or twice.

[Samurai Bucky]

I'm still miffed Wisconsin doesn't have a baseball team.

[stalton]

If according to the Oscar Meyer song, that they wished to be a wiener, how would that work? If you are just a regular sausage, you won't know everybody is in love with you. If you are a hotdog with cognition, that has to be completely horrible, being stuck inside of a hot dog. Would you feel pain, being eaten?

 

This is what happens when I can't sleep

[Thurston Fluff]

Do they have some type of promo for a couple weeks like buy one get one free on their burgers? Kind of like a “celebration” of their opening? That might draw in more people than normal.

 

No, they didn't, and the service was terrible. I did stop in one time at like 8pm because I thought there would be no line. Line was like 4 cars with 2 drive through lanes. Took me 20 minutes.

 

Maybe that's why the lines were so long.

[stoutdude04]

Do they have some type of promo for a couple weeks like buy one get one free on their burgers? Kind of like a “celebration” of their opening? That might draw in more people than normal.

 

No, they didn't, and the service was terrible. I did stop in one time at like 8pm because I thought there would be no line. Line was like 4 cars with 2 drive through lanes. Took me 20 minutes.

 

Maybe that's why the lines were so long.

 

Ha. I imagine so!

[AKCheesehead]

penn state.

 

I’m a die hard long time Badger fan. If they’d had the sandusky scandal I would be done. The fact that it ran so deep, everyone knows it, and they still pack happy valley chock full pisses me off.

 

I’ve always have had chicago as #1 on my list of places I wouldn’t live even if you gave me a million dollars to live there. That’d be a second. What is the matter with people? And for you chicago Brewer fans here-good grief. You only live once. Why on earth would you spend ANY of your life there?

[Thurston Fluff]

I learned a home security trick I'd like to share. Nobody can enter your home if they can't find a way in. So put a fake beard and mustache on all your doors and windows so they can't be recognized.

[LouisEly]

On Another Note: Burger King is absolute trash. Eaten there 2-3 times in my life...cafeteria burgers are better. I thought that chain was rightfully on the decline, but I keep seeing them pop up..

A majority of their things, yeah. But for the category (cheap fast food), I have them with the best double cheeseburger (both full-size and the value menu), way better than McDonalds and edging out Wendy's and In-N-Out. And the Crossandwich - again, for the category - is way better than McDonalds' breakfast sandwiches.

[SeaBass]

On Another Note: Burger King is absolute trash. Eaten there 2-3 times in my life...cafeteria burgers are better. I thought that chain was rightfully on the decline, but I keep seeing them pop up..

A majority of their things, yeah. But for the category (cheap fast food), I have them with the best double cheeseburger (both full-size and the value menu), way better than McDonalds and edging out Wendy's and In-N-Out. And the Crossandwich - again, for the category - is way better than McDonalds' breakfast sandwiches.

Burger King is best if you go during typical meal times, i.e. when they're busy. That way they are forced to cook fresh food for you. If you go at an off peak hour you're rolling the dice on getting pre-cooked, microwaved food. What's disturbing about this is in many of their restaurants you can see the people in the back making the food and watch them do exactly that.

 

But they are cheap eats. If you were more concerned with getting a quality burger hopefully there's a Culver's nearby and you can pretty much bank on getting a great sandwich.

[wallus]

People that use "sorry" in their arguments/debates are almost always tools. You aren't ever sorry.

[MrTPlush]

People that use "sorry" in their arguments/debates are almost always tools. You aren't ever sorry.

 

If you are going to quote my three year old just say his name, don’t be a coward.

[wallus]

People that use "sorry" in their arguments/debates are almost always tools. You aren't ever sorry.

 

If you are going to quote my three year old just say his name, don’t be a coward.

 

Three year olds probably don't start use it in the context I was posting about.

[AKCheesehead]

Could somebody please provide a link to the website where one can get video of any mlb play?

[MrTPlush]

Could somebody please provide a link to the website where one can get video of any mlb play?

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/statcast_search

[LouisEly]

I’ve always have had chicago as #1 on my list of places I wouldn’t live even if you gave me a million dollars to live there. That’d be a second. What is the matter with people? And for you chicago Brewer fans here-good grief. You only live once. Why on earth would you spend ANY of your life there?

As someone who has lived in 13 different cities/towns in 9 different states, including all of the big three (NYC, LA, Chicago) I'd put Chicago in the upper half. Don't know if you've spent a lot of time in the northeast, but it is WAY ahead of NYC/Boston/Philadelphia.

 

The cost of housing in Chicago is dirt cheap for a city that size - a very welcome change from LA and NYC. The women are prettier than NYC/Boston/Philadelphia, that's for sure. The public transportation system makes it really easy to get around, second perhaps only to NYC. Yeah, it has it's fair share of douchebags, but there are douchebags everywhere (less douchebags in NYC, but that's because everybody is broke from the cost of living) and the douchebags are pretty much limited to the fratboys/sorority girls who grew up in the upper middle class suburbs of Chicago and never have lived anywhere else. There are plenty of people here who didn't grow up in the upper middle class suburbs of Chicago who aren't douchebags, you just have to avoid the general Wrigleyville area. And Chicago is driving distance from Wisconsin if you want to get away for the weekend.

 

It's not utopia by any stretch - I'd rather be in Austin or Denver, maybe Nashville or Seattle (Seattle is getting expensive too, and my field doesn't pay enough to live in coastal CA), but I work in a fairly specialized field and there aren't many opportunities in those cities.

[FVBrewerFan]

I’ve always have had chicago as #1 on my list of places I wouldn’t live even if you gave me a million dollars to live there. That’d be a second. What is the matter with people? And for you chicago Brewer fans here-good grief. You only live once. Why on earth would you spend ANY of your life there?

As someone who has lived in 13 different cities/towns in 9 different states, including all of the big three (NYC, LA, Chicago) I'd put Chicago in the upper half. Don't know if you've spent a lot of time in the northeast, but it is WAY ahead of NYC/Boston/Philadelphia.

 

The cost of housing in Chicago is dirt cheap for a city that size - a very welcome change from LA and NYC. The women are prettier than NYC/Boston/Philadelphia, that's for sure. The public transportation system makes it really easy to get around, second perhaps only to NYC. Yeah, it has it's fair share of douchebags, but there are douchebags everywhere (less douchebags in NYC, but that's because everybody is broke from the cost of living) and the douchebags are pretty much limited to the fratboys/sorority girls who grew up in the upper middle class suburbs of Chicago and never have lived anywhere else. There are plenty of people here who didn't grow up in the upper middle class suburbs of Chicago who aren't douchebags, you just have to avoid the general Wrigleyville area. And Chicago is driving distance from Wisconsin if you want to get away for the weekend.

 

It's not utopia by any stretch - I'd rather be in Austin or Denver, maybe Nashville or Seattle (Seattle is getting expensive too, and my field doesn't pay enough to live in coastal CA), but I work in a fairly specialized field and there aren't many opportunities in those cities.

 

I've never lived in the "Big 3" but have been to all 3 cities plenty of times. I hate Chicago. The people there are generally jerks. NYC gets that reputation, but it hasn't been my experience at all. But Chicago....doesn't matter if it's the city or burbs, upper, middle, lower class...most everyone is a jerk. Beyond that, I can't explain it, but I just don't like the whole "feel" of the area.

[nate82]

 

 

It's not utopia by any stretch - I'd rather be in Austin or Denver, maybe Nashville or Seattle (Seattle is getting expensive too, and my field doesn't pay enough to live in coastal CA), but I work in a fairly specialized field and there aren't many opportunities in those cities.

 

Nashville, Austin, San Antonio, Charlotte and Vancouver are on my list of possible next destinations if I ever move again.

 

Seattle is turning into San Francisco in terms of living expenses. I have no idea how anyone can live comfortably in San Francisco.

[nodakfan17]

My young son likes the Charlie Brown holiday specials on ABC. Last night, the Thanksgiving special was on at 7:00. I promised he could stay up past his bedtime to watch. After we finished dinner around 6:30, he starts asking to watch Charlie Brown. I explain it’s not on yet and that he has to wait until 7:00. He looks at me like I’m crazy. The concept of waiting for a TV show to be on is completely foreign to him because he’s grown up with streaming services, iTunes movies, and DVR. Happy Thanksgiving, BF.

[LouisEly]

Just went to Fangraphs and of the 10 most trending players that show up when you go to the search bar, seven of them are current or former Brewers.

[jerichoholicninja]

My young son likes the Charlie Brown holiday specials on ABC. Last night, the Thanksgiving special was on at 7:00. I promised he could stay up past his bedtime to watch. After we finished dinner around 6:30, he starts asking to watch Charlie Brown. I explain it’s not on yet and that he has to wait until 7:00. He looks at me like I’m crazy. The concept of waiting for a TV show to be on is completely foreign to him because he’s grown up with streaming services, iTunes movies, and DVR. Happy Thanksgiving, BF.

 

Same with my 3 year old. We were watching something on TV and he was mad at us because we couldn't skip past the commercials.

[DHonks]

My young son likes the Charlie Brown holiday specials on ABC. Last night, the Thanksgiving special was on at 7:00.,

 

The 7pm thing is amazing to me. I had a friend return my call last week at like 7:30 saying he missed my call getting the kids to bed. I had to ask what time they went to bed. I think I now understand why the school nurse and my first grade teacher were shocked that I stayed up until 9:30-10:30 as a kid. With brothers 10 and 11 years older, I never went to bed early, especially during summer when the sun was out.

[nodakfan17]

My young son likes the Charlie Brown holiday specials on ABC. Last night, the Thanksgiving special was on at 7:00.,

 

The 7pm thing is amazing to me. I had a friend return my call last week at like 7:30 saying he missed my call getting the kids to bed. I had to ask what time they went to bed. I think I now understand why the school nurse and my first grade teacher were shocked that I stayed up until 9:30-10:30 as a kid. With brothers 10 and 11 years older, I never went to bed early, especially during summer when the sun was out.

With my 3-year-old, we start the bedtime routine at 7:00 pm by brushing his teeth and getting into pajamas. I usually read to him for 20 minutes in his room, the my wife rocks him to sleep for another 20 minutes. I’d say it’s usually 8:00 before he’s actually sleeping, but if you want them asleep by 8:00, you’ve got to start around 7:00.

[homer]

penn state.

 

I’m a die hard long time Badger fan. If they’d had the sandusky scandal I would be done. The fact that it ran so deep, everyone knows it, and they still pack happy valley chock full pisses me off.

 

I’ve always have had chicago as #1 on my list of places I wouldn’t live even if you gave me a million dollars to live there. That’d be a second. What is the matter with people? And for you chicago Brewer fans here-good grief. You only live once. Why on earth would you spend ANY of your life there?

 

Oh where do I begin....

 

1) we don't need a car because we can walk, bike, or take the bus/train anywhere we need to go. So we don't deal with traffic.

2) speaking of walking, within a FIVE minute walk of our apartment we can get tacos/burritos, Mexican seafood, Italian, sushi, BBQ, burgers, ramen, cajun etc. And it's all really good. We can take a bus or train and get world class food in other neighborhoods.

3) Live theater is everywhere. We have two places within five minute walk of our apartment.

4) I'd wager I have one of the more beautiful commutes in the country - and I don't use lake Shore Drive which might be the most beautiful commute in country.

5) world class improv every night of the week. People I used to watch in tiny 50 person theaters are now on TV shows and commercials

6) I haven't had a connecting flight since I moved here.

7) Incredible museums

8) easy access to Chicago sports radio after the Bears lose

[MrTPlush]

Chicago, the city, probably not the worst to live in.

 

Definitely one of the worst places to live. Just terrible, nothing would make me live there.