OT: The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.

[brian_griffin]

Thanks a lot.

don’t fret it. Play the long game. I’d take it as a good sign your GF’s mom and her minions want to spend time with you. You can put in the digs about it being par 3 and her novice level. I assume you’re obligated to the birthday lunch the next day. If they were not keen on you as a suitor for their daughter, they wouldn’t want to glom on to the par 3 game.

 

[Jim Bob]

So, the little guy's JV football game yesterday was a hot mess.

Questionable officiating led to players and parents losing their minds which led the head coach to pull the team off the field and head home with three minutes left in the first half.

Lots of parents were irate.

But, as a coach myself, I backed the decision.

Playing the game of football isn't a right. And sometimes hard lessons need to be taught about how playing a game is earned.

 

[TheMistyStranger]

So, the little guy's JV football game yesterday was a hot mess.

Questionable officiating led to players and parents losing their minds which led the head coach to pull the team off the field and head home with three minutes left in the first half.

Lots of parents were irate.

But, as a coach myself, I backed the decision.

Playing the game of football isn't a right. And sometimes hard lessons need to be taught about how playing a game is earned.

wow. example(s)?

 

[Jim Bob]

wow. example(s)?

Examples of what?

 

[TheMistyStranger]

Examples of what?

what was so questionable about the officiating that the team bailed less than halfway through?

 

[Jim Bob]

what was so questionable about the officiating that the team bailed less than halfway through?

It was a series of 5 or 6 questionable and/or nonsensical calls that just built the frustration up and up and up.

There was a questionable PF-Hitting a defenseless receiver call (defender didn't launch himself into the guy that had already caught the ball and just wrapped him up and caused him to drop the pass. He didn't even take the receiver to the ground or even really hit him that hard).

Then there was a play where the other team picked off a pass near the goal line, the DB ran it out to the 3 yard line where he was tackled. Then the refs called it a touchback.

Two face mask penalties on the other team were walked off for only 5 yards when every other facemask call this season has been 15 yards.

There was a phantom holding call on an end around play.

There was a sequence of plays where the defense jumped and the OLine reacted. When our defense jumped, they called it offside. When their defense jumped, they called it a false start on my son.

And the last one was a roughing the QB call for what the ref said was a forearm blow on the QB and it looked to our sideline like a clean two handed shove while the QB was in the process of throwing the ball.

After the TD on the play after the roughing the QB, a player was thrown out of the game, so the coach pulled the team so that nobody else got thrown out and possibly suspended for the last two games of the year.

 

[TheMistyStranger]

That's some serious bullpucky, @Jim Bob

 

[Jim Bob]

That's some serious bullpucky, @Jim Bob

The parents and kids need to react better even in the face of serious #homecooking.

 

[brian_griffin]

The parents and kids need to react better even in the face of serious #homecooking.

Should have just let the air out of the ref's tires.

 

[EichHart]

Just drafted in my $150 12 team fantasy hockey league. Thoughts? There had to be a Sabres fan in this league, they went so high.

 

[1972]

Anyone got a body weight only workout routine they do and wanna share?

 

[TheMistyStranger]

Just drafted in my $150 12 team fantasy hockey league. Thoughts? There had to be a Sabres fan in this league, they went so high.

The goaltending is my big concern. Those forwards are very solid.

 

[EichHart]

The goaltending is my big concern. Those forwards are very solid.

Yeah Goalies went so early and there was too much value at other spots so I waited to pick them. The difference in the top goalies and mediocre ones was not as big as the difference in the other positions. As long as you have 3 starters you're doing good.

 

[yahhockey]

You never how the season will play out but you should be happy post draft. One week playoffs? I feel a little cheated when I have a solid season then get matched up with someone who has a ridiculous first week of playoffs so my season is over and that's playing for free, lol Actually this is the first year of nearly sitting out fantasy sports. My cousin was desperate for a player in his fantasy football league so I caved. Used to have eight hockey, twelve football, nascar, golf and pick 'ems but the joy to time ratio was diminishing so it was time to move on. In the big picture it was clearly too much even if I was still enjoying it.

 

[Rowley Birkin]

Not sure this is the right place to ask - but are HF Sabres doing yahoo fantasy hockey this year? I haven't played for so long & while I can join a random league it would be more fun with some of you guys.

 

[Chainshot]

Anyone got a body weight only workout routine they do and wanna share?

Day one of the program I was doing is this:

Bicycle crunches x30
Jog in place for 15 seconds
Alternating side lunges with a rotation x 30
Jog in place for 15 seconds
Alternating squat kicks x30
Jog in place for 15 seconds
3-punch high knee kicks x30
Jog in place for 15 seconds
"Quiet" burpees x30 (no jump)
Jog in place for 15 seconds

 

[Gras]

Anyone got a body weight only workout routine they do and wanna share?

If you want to die

 

[1972]

Thanks guys, I ended up just joining the gym half a kilometre away from my house. I wanna try and add some strength so figured lifting would be my best option. I did some deadlifts tonight and I think I’m gonna be sore tomorrow

 

[Chainshot]

I went canoeing this weekend -- 20 miles, overnight stay on a camping platform. The first day was fun, dove off the boardwalk at Royal Springs (it's maybe 15' down to the water) and then my canoe partner decided to haul the front end of our craft out of the water at our takeout. Well... it did what any partially beached canoe does, it tipped me into the river. I'm sore as hell from getting twisted when I got dumped, but it was nice to get out of the house for the weekend.

 

[Digable5]

Just got a 9% raise last week. Called my wife to tell her and she said she just got a raise too. We waited for dinner that night to compare "new salaries" and I am back on top by $1,000.

We are making more money now then we did in Washington, DC. We always said, if we can make this kind of money in Buffalo we would be living the good life. What happened? ......Oh yeah, kids!

 

[Chainshot]

Just got a 9% raise last week. Called my wife to tell her and she said she just got a raise too. We waited for dinner that night to compare "new salaries" and I am back on top by $1,000.

We are making more money now then we did in Washington, DC. We always said, if we can make this kind of money in Buffalo we would be living the good life. What happened? ......Oh yeah, kids!

That's great!

 

[Chainshot]

Looking for feedback: favorite cellular/data provider?

 

[TheMistyStranger]

Looking for feedback: favorite cellular/data provider?

Tin can and string. Maybe not the most reliable, but never have to fight with customer service.

 

[Myllz]

Looking for feedback: favorite cellular/data provider?

Depends on how often you travel and to where. If you're in a major city and don't travel very much, any of the cheaper carriers are usually fine. If you travel a lot or are in remote or rural areas often, Verizon and AT&T are the only two with very good coverage across the map.

 

[Digable5]

Looking for feedback: favorite cellular/data provider?

I have AT&T for my personal phone and Verizon for my work phone. Coverage wise I have had no problems with either (except in DC, only Verizon is available on the Metro).

Customer Service wise there was one blip with AT&T that was mostly caused by Target when we upgraded phones. Otherwise they have been fairly helpful. I have a had some history of problems with Verizon but most recently they were completely useless when I called them to help pay a bill online for a new mobile hotspot for my office. Not only did the person not have a clue with what they were doing, when I figured it out for myself, the system still had to send me my pass code reset by mail (despite confirming my email on the account).