NFL 2019-2020

[Bababooey]

A second and a third for a player who’s looking for a big contract next year is pretty good for the donkeys, even if both picks will be later in the round (assuming rams finish with a top 5 record). But youre right, even if the rams cant afford him next year it’ll be worth it if they win a title this year. Plus I think they have a bunch of lower round picks (a 3[SUP]rd[/SUP], a 4[SUP]th[/SUP], a 5[SUP]th[/SUP], four 6[SUP]th[/SUP], two 7[SUP]th[/SUP]) in next year’s draft, half of those were compensatory picks from losing players in free agency last year. I think the patriots always get a lot of compensatory picks when they lose players to free agency, not that they’re always good drafters though. Les Snead, the rams GM, is actually pretty good at finding good players in the 4[SUP]th[/SUP]-7[SUP]th[/SUP] round, kind of like the bears GM, ryan pace.

Haha, that’d be a sight to see, von miller chasing kyler murray around. Kyler is as fast as most Def backs and shifty as well but AD, leonard Floyd and miller are athletic enough to be able to catch him. Maybe. Although I think he’s nursing an ankle injury suffered vs the packers, it’s not serious but he might miss a game and/or affect his mobility longer than that.

Sounds like you got the Which wich hookup, it’s nice that it’s so convenient to your family member’s house. The nearest one is like 20 miles from me haha so it might be a while fore I can try it out.

Ive never seen the rocky horror picture all, maybe just bits and pieces, I think sometimes they play it at midnite theatres and people will dress up and play act along with the movie and get really into it.

I picked up All day in one of my leagues, spent $14 out of a $100 free agent budget (for the year) to get him. Still got like $40 to pick up other FA’s for the rest of the year; also you can make zero bids on FA’s and if no one else bids you’ll get them. We’ll see how the titans use him and how much. He ripped off a 90yd TD a couple years ago with the redskins so he can still outrun defenders who don’t have a good angle on him. Well, at least 2 years ago he could. With the lions last year he didn’t look all that great, averaged a little less than 4yds/carry, then again lions aren’t a good team and TN is pretty good at run blocking.

It’s Jets vs Colts tomorrow night. Jets aren’t a good team but theyre starting a new QB, Mike White, who’s been in the league 4 yrs but didn’t get any playing time till the last couple weeks. He balled out vs Cincy last week, threw for 400 yds, first jets QB in 20 yrs to do that. Colts D is pretty solid though, and carson wentz had been playing better this year, he had an 11-1 TD-Int ratio but last game I think he played poorly and threw 2 picks. Still, overall he’s looking more competent this year than last year with the eagles.

 

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i think 2nd and 3rd round picks are good places to hold
you dont get the flashy blue chippers but there are solid players in those slots
i think the rams have a hole in the middle of the defense and adding von miller kind of fills that space
/i still think of him as more a rushing lb than a cover man
but it says the rams are all in on this season and we will see where we end up
the which wich deal is DONE bro!
i went in last night and the sign was gone about the $5 wed deal
i asked at the counter and the owner haappened to be there; he told me they are not going to be offering that deal anymore
he let me redeem one last offer but said that was it and next week there is no $5 sandiwch
i had fun and their sandwiches are ok. but for the price i would go to the deli
so the rams play late this weekend and i think i might head out to the desert
there is this guy who makes therse kick ass metal statues and he lives in borego springs
i am going to stop by his studio and hopefully find a cool horse statue for my sisters christmas present
/if i find something else that is her i would buy that too
but i will be home in time for the rams sunday night game and i cant wait to see this action
the titans have lost the engine of thier offense but picked up ad. peterson
i think he still has some gas in his tank but those are going to be hard miles on the ground against the rams D
so is it too early to think about rurkey day?
im ready to feast my man! hope you are have a great day

 

[Bababooey]

If anything, the hit rate on 2nd rd picks isnt that much worse than 1st round picks. Maybe the very best players are usually 1st rounders, but there’s also a lot of busts in the 1st round.
I always thought miller was an Edge rusher, like Khalil mack, but ur right he’s stout against the run, unless he rushes wide and vacates a lane that an RB can run through. But live by the rush, die by the rush. You have Floyd and leonard at the edges and Donald collapsing the middle, that’s probably the best D-line in the game, better than SF, WFT, Cleveland.

Haha, seems like you closed the deal down you were taking advantage of it so much. Im kidding, they probably had to stop the deal because costs are going up (food, labor). Ah well, you got your money’s worth while it lasted.
A nice metal statue sounds like a unique gift. Does he make found or recycled art? Art made out of scrap metal and such?
Haha, I didn’t realize the titans play the rams on SNF, we’ll see how AP does against the rams’ new and improved D. Maybe he do good, maybe he do shit.
It’s definitely that thanksgiving time of year, in fact I made a beef roast with stuffing and mac n cheese earlier today. It wasn’t all that great, the cheese tasted off (some cheap block of American cheese that I kept in the fridge too long) and didn’t mix the stuffing well enough so some of the bread crumbs were a bit chewy, but overall not too bad.

 

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oh man1 now you are speaking my language; love he sound of roast beef and a mac and cheese
we are still in the holiday preseason so to speak so you ahve plenty of time to get in game shape for thanksgiving
this year will be weird ebcause the mrs dosent eat meat any more, but me and the boys still do
just got back from some wilderness camping in a pnace called fish creek, man this was some cowboy shit and i cant wait to head back
/fun 4x driving and camping in the wild
/pics will be posted soon
the guy who makes the statues is the one who has all these statues in the desert
/inserts link; https://www.google.com/search?q=anza...&bih=821&dpr=1
they get all rusted and turn this rich redish brown color and are awesome
a lot of them are of horses; my sister loves horses and has a fancy one she keeps so what better gift than a cool home decoration
what a crazy weekend of football and a lot of down and out teams came up
i was not too happy with the titans d'ing up on the rams but i still think they are better than they looked
/money stafford got robbed by a mean tenne'D and the rams fell way short
raider nation is in disarray and i think the gruden thing is just another brick in teh wall, this team is hanging by a thread
chargers barely missed falling victim to the weekend of upsets, but f'them they dont deserve nice things
so who do you like going foreward?
i stil think the rams are playoff bound, chargers are the best in the afc.w
bills and browns are my other pics for the afc
az!
hope you are enjoying your extra hour of life and making the most of each day
lets kick some ass

 

[Bababooey]

Yeah, I think a nice beef rib roast is often served for Christmas dinner instead of turkey. When did you mrs stop eating meat entirely, sounds like it was a gradual thing? Has it provided any health benefits?

Yeah, youre getting your money’s worth out of that 4WD truck. And to think your bro-in-law was going to junk it or sell it super cheap? I hear there’s car shortages cause of a chip supply problem and even used cars are going up in price a lot so even a better deal for you.

Man, when I heard you were getting a horse statue for your sister I thought it’d be some sorta ugly, twisted metal version of a horse, but those anza Borrego statues show real craftsmanship, almost like sculptures made of clay or stone instead of metal that’s been welded and bent together. That’s some real nice artwork and I don’t even like art, generally. Im sure the one you get her will be a lot smaller but still, stuff like that looks pricey. Im sure she’ll love it. And who knows, maybe it’ll be worth something down the road.

Yeah, it was a weird week of football. So many low scores and upsets. Jags beat up the bills, cowboys couldn’t do anything on offense till garbage time, browns look dominant after jettisoning Odell beckham jr, TN lost king henry and yet still dominated the rams, and justin fields passed for almost 300yds last night. Just a lot of totally unexpected outcomes.
Saw most of the 4[SUP]th[/SUP] qtr of SNF, didn’t expect the rams O to be so ineffective. I guess Darrell Henderson got hurt early? Sony michel took over but maybe without a legit run game they just couldn’t score, also Stafford was getting pressured a lot. That’s the thing with pocket passers, they can dice you up if you cant pressure them but if you can they don’t have the mobility to escape. But ur right, rams are still 7-2, they weren’t that competitive in losses to AZ and TN but theyre still a damn good team and we’ll see what von miller can do on that defense (he missed his debut game with an ankle sprain).

Yeah it’s been a wild roller coaster of a year for the raiders; the jon Gruden emails and him resigning, ruggs killing someone in a dui crash and now they released their other 2020 1[SUP]st[/SUP] rd pick, Cornerback damon arnette, who made threats and showed guns in a tiktok video. The hits just keep on coming for da raidahs.

Im not sure who I like going forward, it’s that old saying, any given Sunday. A team with a great record can lose to a team with a crap record. But I agree with you, rams cardinals bills should still be good. Cardinals especially didn’t miss a beat with colt mccoy at QB. Packers once anti-vax Rodgers gets cleared to play. Is that true, that the vaccines can have some unknown side effects down the road? Man, that would suck…

 

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hey hey brother! hope you are having a great week and enjoying the return to standard time
im still settling into the new time and go to wake up at weird hours, i guess one good thing about being retired is i can gt up when ever i want and nap at any time
the truck is awesome and she really earned her name this past weekend
she has a lot of ass with her long wheel base but she rolled over rocks and drop offs like the champ she is

i heard about the used car shortage and could probably get more than ive put into her if i wanted to sell, but she is now a cap wagon and worth her weight in gold to me
/a plush cruiser on the roads and she can get you out and back in the back country

/i would have flipped the placement of the pics, but the new system is kind of clunky so it is what it is... you get the idea thoe

the statues arent cheap and the guys does some great work
im assembling a coalition of the willing to help offset the cost of the statue and the pirce to drive it out
/i igured they would charge me a few hundy to ship it, the same amount i would spend on gas delivering it myself so it looks like i have another road trip coming up
mrsChicky hasnet really been eatting meat for the last year or more
she stopped when we had our troubles a while back and has been on this health kick ever since
you would not believe how fit she is now, she was already in good shape but now shes lost at least x'#'s and taken years off
people compliment her all the time and she looks great
/she always looked good to me

i think the bears got JOBBED!
ive been meaning to bring this up for the past couple weeks, but this whole penalty for taunting thing has gotten way out of hand
the refs have so much leway when to trow their flag and i think they are getting over the top with this taunting shit
i understand we are all precous snow flakes but this is football
the same rules that sociaet wants to impose on the world dont apply to a fist fight and football isnt a game for the weak
when the refs start deciding the outcome of games with silly rules it takes away from the game
biggly!

i liked what i saw form your new qb and i think he could be the real deal
he had a good set of wheels on him and knew when to hold on to the ball and when to pass
as an aside, i dont think the covid vaccine is the same as the other mandatory imunizations
when i get the polio vaccine, i will never get polio; with the covid vax its like a flu shot, you have to get boosters every year
you can still get the virus even if you are fully vaxed
its not a vaccine as i would define it, its just a panacea for people who are afraid of life
i understand if you have issuaes you need to do all you can to protect yourself, but some of these labour mandates are going too far
/ill get oof my soap box now
hope your week is rcking and rolling, are you enjoying the time change?
tomorrow we are going to the persian market
the mrs does a bit of shopping and they have a cafe with all sorts of good prepared foods
im going to get some keebabs
its going to be ginding and i cant wait!!
kick assmy man and have a great week!

 

[Bababooey]

Those are some sweet looking vistas in your camping pics, yeah that truck is letting you really get out there into the desert/canyon country. Looks like a lot of fun for sure.

A big horse statue would be pretty nice, something they can put in their yard and be a conversation piece. Plus you had a blast on your last trip to TX so a repeat is in order I think. The only problem is the drive, it’s like what a 20hr drive or something? From socal through AZ, NM and then half of TX? That’s like a third or halfway across the country? But yknow, road trips are fun if you have the right mindset. Would the mrs go with you? You need a traveling buddy on a long road trip.

Yeah I figured a plant based diet would definitely help with weight control, less calories, more fiber etc. Helps with cardiovascular health too so maybe more endurance for exercise/hiking. Id do it too but I’d miss meat too much, I think. Will she eat meat like a few times a year? I think back in the medieval times most people (peasants etc) would rarely eat meat unless they hunted and killed it themselves.

Yeah, I didn’t watch the whole game, mostly just the 4[SUP]th[/SUP] but I saw the taunting call on Marsh (led to a steelers FG), missed the illegal block on Daniels (negated a bears TD, had to settle for a FG) and also fields got hit late several times that should have been roughing the passer. Cost the bears 7pts in a game they lost by 2. I heard afterward that the nfl is signing gambling agreements with a lot of different companies and that maybe the refs are on the take with these awful calls. Not sure about that but it seems suspicious.

Yeah there’s millions of folks who don’t want the covid vaccine, it’s new technology so I wouldn’t be shocked if some years down the road there’s some negative health effects that are revealed, like slightly greater chances at certain types of cancers or diseases, etc. Then all the anti-vax people can point fingers and say “Ah-ha, I was right!”. Ah well, I guess time will tell.

 

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happening baba! hope your week is rolling along and you are set for a good weekend of fun
man, can you believe that thanksgiving is only two weeks away?
the mrs has had some meat but she avoids it for the most part
she made an exception when we were in tx, wehre everything is beef beef beef
she will also still eat sea food from time to time, but i cant remember the last time she had meat
she works out a lot too and is a beast hiking
as i get older i think about tuning up my diet, or at least eatting more sensibly, but i still eat all the meats
we are looking at options for the tx triplike i might drive out alone and then fly her out and we drive back, or we drive out together and then she flies back alone
???still putting pieces together
thats an interesting take on hot gambling could effect the refs calls? i would not go that far just yet but could see how a ref on the take could swing games in a major way
im seeing it in a lot of the games, but it seemed to cost the bears
i can get standing over a player and shouting taunts but to turn and look at the opposing teams sideline?!? and get called for it
/i dont think he even said anything or made any gestures i could see
lets hope this gets cleared up, its hurting the game and really put the N(o)F(un)L(eague) in a bad light for a lot of true fans
/really, who was crying about taunting fouls in the first place? if anything i want more power running, big hitting smash mouth football
we are heading out to the persian market tonight and i cant wait to grind!
while i dont want to covid vaccine, im not anti vax
i just dont think this is the cure all some people are selling it as and i cartainly dont see it mandatory for most lines of work
stay safe and enjoy nthe day my man!

 

[Bababooey]

My week is going alright, hopefully I’ll have a good weekend. No specific plans other than to relax and watch football and maybe some b-ball. Maybe some streaming movies.
For sure as you get older eating right and regular activity are crucial, not that you cant enjoy a good greasy cheeseburger once in a while. I do like fruits and vegetables, not as much as meat but if I can gradually increase my intake of the former and reduce the intake of the latter it’ll be a good thing.

It’s wild to think that a ref could be on the take but even though they make 200K/yr for a part time job if a gambler waves 1 or 2 Mill at them they might be tempted. But who knows, if a ref is smart about it they’ll only throw games rarely, a bad game by a ref once in a while isnt as suspicious.
Ur right, the taunting calls were previously only flagged when a player got into another’s face or stood over them. And yeah, I thought cassius march must have thrown his hands up and shouted at the steelers sideline, but it looked like he just strutted towards them a few steps (maybe there were bears fans seated behind them) and then walked away and the ref threw a flag, giving the steelers a 1[SUP]st[/SUP] down. I hope the league gives a poor performance review to that ref.
I agree with you, pro football with all the physicality and violence is a game where emotions run high, where youre doing things to other people that would result in criminal charges in normal life. To expect them to act like robots after laying the wood on someone is a bit much.

Yeah, a MN Vikings player who was vaccinated just got hospitalized for covid when he was having trouble breathing. It’s true that if you have co-morbidities (obesity, weakened immune system, old age) that the vaccine will greatly reduce your chances of death/hospitalization) but it’s not 100%, even for athletes or young healthy people. You can still get covid and give other people covid with a mask, especially with this new delta variant that is a lot more transmissible. But for people who are relatively healthy and/or with good immune systems (children) then vaccination probably wont make much of a difference. Although now theyre saying the Pfizer vaccine is approved for kids as young as 5? And now the companies are coming up with covid vaccine pills? Would you take a pill?

 

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... happening baba! hope you are ready for some football
ive been on this hillbilly music kick lately
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7iIiXJMESo
we get the ravens and fins tonight, tua is back but im not expecting much form miami against b'more
/some mediocre passing from tua but at least we will hopefully get to see a lot of shake and bake form l'jax
rams sign odb.jr, to replace the other aging star they just let go (d.jax) in a stacked reciever room
i hope the whole crew gets poor marks for that game we saw last week, they just seemed to be calling a lot of ticky tack calls
i hear that mostt of the nfl refs actually have "real" jobs; isnt ed hochule an attourney or soemthing like that?
it would be totally hard to buy off a ref and then you eally have to make your money work to make it worth while
/i dont think the nfl refs are on the take but you never know
i know some people who have had the covid shot but still got sick, i dont mind shots but i dont like the idea of a never ending cycle of vax and then boosters to remain socially acceptable
i understand if you are in poor health or one of the hig risk grounp getting the shot, but for most people its no more dangerous thana really bad flu bug
/did you hear measles are on the rise once again?
so whats on your watch list? we just watched young guns again the other night and it is stilla great flik
have you seen that korean show... (name escapes me at the moment) the one about the kiling game
it was ok and its something you can just zone out on, even if you dont get intot the story its foreign so it hold your interest in that regard
going to grill up some ribs an veggies tomorow and i cant wait of rthe weekend
its freakin hot in soCal and the heat is supposed to be on for the rest of the weekend
i am still nursing my blown out ankle and doing all i cant o get her right
ive started filling a bucket with ice and then soaking the thing till it changes color, feels so good and hopefully it helps
make the most of your day brother and have a great friday!

 

[Bababooey]

Huh, is hillbilly music a subset of country? I’m not too into music in general but top 40 hits are usually what I listen to if I do listen to music, that or jazz (good for background music while youre doing other things) but country is pretty good too, there’s a reason why it’s the most popular genre in the US.

Fins, after starting off 1-7 and looking like their rebuild went terribly wrong (they won 10 games last year) have now won 2 in a row. Tua didn’t start but finished the win when brisset got hurt. Tua gets a lot of crap for not being as consistently accurate as the truly good passers but you could do worse I guess. His bigger issue is he keeps getting hurt, but you knew that when he was in college.

Im somewhat surprised OBJ signed with the rams since he’s going to be their #3 WR, behind kupp and woods, and he left Cleveland cause he complained about targets. But he did say he wanted to go to a winner, and he seems like the LA/Hollywood type, plus I think he’s buddies with lebron so maybe they can hang out now. But yeah, rams are collecting star players like the lakers. I wonder if OBJ can approach his peak again, I think he’s got a sprained shoulder and sometimes he can’t raise that arm above his head all the way.

Yeah Ed Hochuli is a lawyer, and I think ur right most of them have other jobs, but I think with the whole nfl ref strike back in 2012 (the packers seahawks fail mary game with replacement refs, dang, has it been almost 10 years since that game?!?) one of the points was making refs full time and increasing their pay, so maybe more now don’t have day jobs. Still, none of these guys are millionaires (probably, unless they invested well their whole lives) and some mafia dude waving a bag with 3-400K in it to throw one game a year would be tempting. Tax fee money baby!

I think that squid games show is definitely on our watch list, also that Netflix movie with wonder woman, the rock and ryan Reynolds came out today that might be a good watch as well. We saw jungle cruise last week and that was pretty entertaining, the rock was pretty funny in that movie.

Must be nice to have 80’s in November, haha. I think one time I was in tampa florida during Nov and it was mid 80’s and back in Chicago it was 40s. No wonder so many people from the upper Midwest are snow birds, go south and west during the winter cause they want to be warm.

Sprained ankles can take a while to heal for sure, it’s good youre icing it regularly to reduce inflammation. Also you can buy a cheap brace at Walmart or walgreens/cvs that can stabilize it while you walk, help it heal faster cause youre still walking on it. I think i fractured a bone in my hand a couple years ago, it was swollen and it was painful to use and i kept trying to use it for small stuff but wearing a brace for a couple days helped a lot.

 

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im starting to thinki should keep my shitty pic to myself after watching the ravens v mia
there is no better way to jinx a team than to say they are going to lose to X; i hope the rams can shake the weird run of luck that has sub .500 teams winning
the fins' looked adept against a better raven team, but im not going to fall into the miami trap this year
they are a totaly rebuild and will take years to come up in my oppinion; fwiw, i am a fan of brisette and thought he could have been a good player for the colts
i was suprised obj signed with the rams too, he is jusping out of the frying pan and into the fire, he is not going to be $taffords first read, or his second unless its a play with his number called
but like you said, the rams are hot right now and i dont blame him wanting to move from a chilly lcimate to the california sun
yeah, that is, the squid games
the middle boy recomeneded it once and it was actually pretty decent
so you saw the jungle boat? i am a bog fan of the rock and like his movies
/baywatch is one of my fav summer movies
i havent heard of the series with gail gadott but she is easy to watch
i hear you when you talk about how anyone can be swayed by a big pile of cash and hope it would not be so easy to get an nfl game on the take
not only would they be exposed if people found out, but thye wuld go down in history as the crooked raf, al la balck sox in)fame(y
funny you mention fla, because most of mrs chickys east coast relatives have moved there
/its the promiused land for east coasters looking ot escape the cold
yeah man, im doing all i can to get this ankle right and its coming around slowly
what would have taken a few days to heal is now an ordeal, but no on ever said ageing was fun
ive been using ice, wraps and the tens machine to help heal and im feeling better ever day
hopefully we will be able to get out to the desert next weekend and i can pick up those statues and have a great camping trip with some fun hikes
/we found a dried out sea bed last time we wete there, plus other adventure await, just around the next rurn
you have a great weekend brother! i have some things going on this weeeknd but you know monday night will be all about the rams
the rams and bbq ribs

 

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Well, Bobby Trees tore his acl in practice on Friday, the same day OBJ joined the team, so maybe fate is deciding that O’dell is going to have a bigger role than we thought. Too bad for Woods though, but he should be alright in time for next season.
Yeah I didn’t think I’d like Jungle Cruise that much, it was a movie based on a Disneyland ride and seemed mostly for kids, but it was funnier than I expected it to be. Kind of dumb and fun like the Mummy movies were with Brendan fraser, although I think the Rock has more charisma than fraser.

Are you smoking the ribs on the weber? Ribs are pretty easy to cook a variety of ways. I should probably cook more ribs myself, it’s something I rarely if ever cook. Do you remove the skin/membrane on the back before cooking, make the resulting product more tender/less chewy? Do you do simple side dishes, rice or baked potatoes? Slice of bread and some fries?

The bears were off this past weekend so I’ll be looking forward the rams vs niners, hopefully it’s an entertaining game. We’ll see if Odell can do anything, and the niners aren’t doing so well now but theyre still a dangerous team.

 

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hey hey brother! hope you had a great weekend
yeah i just read about woods injury
i think they will run obj on a few plays ,but he dosent know the whole playbook just yet
looking at his stats, he has only has a few rec the past couple years (2020: 23; just 17 this year), so i dont see him being a major focal point
he can still run deep but i dont see him being a big part of the rams offense this game
ive been doing a lot of grilled veggies lately, grilled mushrooms, zuchinni and things like that
i have been off the carbs lately, i still likes me some good fries but for hte most part am eatting a lot of meat and greens
i dont pull the extra skin off the ribs, but whne i wrap them in foil i put the bones side out and the unwrap them to finish them off on the grill
im hoping to head back to the desert this weekend to pick up the statues and enjoy some time in the wild
the rams aret playing this weekend so i can probally milk an extra day out of this; i just haev the get the mrs home by 7a on monday so she can go to work
have you seen the prices of thanksgiving food this year, shits getting crazy!
we might get a small bird for thanksgiving but my mom also wants to get a hondey baked ham
those things are grinding adn they t=have some good sides
hope your week is off toa great start and you are setting your sights on a great thangsgiving weekend!
Clash, Spanish bombs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul0u...kULDCs&index=3

 

[Bababooey]

My weekend was all right, very relaxing, didn’t do crap except eat and drink and watch sports haha.
Well, rams laid another egg last night. They didn’t show up against Tennessee either but at least TN is the #1 seed in the AFC currently. But for some reason the 49ers have the Rams’ number the last few years, I think theyre on a 5 game winning streak vs LA.
OBJ didn’t do much but like u said, he just got to the team. Theyre on a bye next week so im sure mcvay will coach them up good before their next game. But im not sure whats going on with Stafford, he has been dealing with some sort of back pain/injury the last couple weeks that may have affected his ability to practice, and may be affecting his game play as well. Mcvay really should try to run the ball more if he cant ride stafford’s arm like he wants to.
Also of some concern is the defense, Raheem morris is normally a good coach but he hasn’t been able to work his magic like staley did last year with the rams. The D cant be giving up 30+ a game if the O is struggling to score 15.
Despite all that, they’re still 7-3 and have a bunch of talent. If they get right theyre as good as any team in the league.

Grilled veggies taste good and are very healthy. Do you eat them with some sauce, BBQ, ranch, some sort of Asian sauce etc? And reducing carb intake too helps keep your weight down too, sounds like you and mrs are going to look and feel 20 yrs younger if you keep it up for 6mths or more.

Another trip to the desert to pick up the statue and explore a bit sounds good, especially if you can stay longer, just try to take it easy with the ankle. I think hiking rough terrain puts a lot of stress on your ankles, bending and torquing it in ways youre not used to. I was doing some work in a crawlspace last week and squatting and crab walking around, towards the end my ankle bent a couple times under me painfully, nothing lasting thankfully.

Honey Baked Ham, the store, sells some awesome food but ur right, theyre hella expensive. I bought that stuff 10 yrs ago and it was almost $100 for a basic meal, im sure it’s like 150 or up now for dinner for 4-6 people. Almost rather go to the Chinese buffet for that price. You know Chinese restaurants are open on Thanksgiving and Christmas, right? You ever go to any good buffets?

 

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yuo know i used to love a good buffet but i haven been to one since the outbreak
we used to go to this one where on sundays they would have crab legs in addition to the usualy chineese fare and it was super good
there was a couple friends who would all get together to go and it was a blast!
i would get a whole plate of crab legs in addition to another plate of assorted noodles and things like that
we would wreck the place and on more than one occasion were kind of given the cold shoulder for staying too long
/this was the same place where a family of people came in; the father was at least 6'2 and had a couple big boys with him who were all big eatters
my mom is on the honey baked ham kick so its up to her, but she is pretty well off
the rams have totally shit the bed the last two outings
/the ass catch was a nice twist on things
going into the bye week coming off two big loses is tough and i hope mcvey can get the team back on track
we look like we are sitting pretty for the playoffs but i would hate to go one and done
the afc west is reverting back to the mean and it looks like the whole division is =/< than .500
chiefs are back in the drivers seat and the chargers are stalling out
rams and chargers need to establish more of a run game i think
the rams only ran the ball a handfull of times against the 9ers while sf ran the ball at will against la
we plan to go deeper in the canyon and do a lot more exploring this time
i left a bunch of wood out in the desert last time we were there so we will at least stop by where i stashed it, if not camp in the same spot this time around
then we will drive deeper into the wash
there is some great hiking and i plan on being there
the ankle is doing a lot better than it has in a few weeks
im trying to eat better and once i get my leg right i can resume my walking and doing more training
i hear you about getting inot positions you dont normally get into and pushing yourself at times
i just need to get a pair of hikinh boots that have a little more ankle support
i also got a new pair of hiking pants, the old ones were too big on me and restricted my movement
/the mrs thinks this is part of how i got hurt
i dropped two whole pant sizes and could probally go dorwn to a 34/ 35 waist
im going to grill up some salmon tonight plas a bunch of veggies
i on the grilled veggies kick and want to make some sauces or things like that with them
it definitely adds a lot of flavor and isnt that much extra work if you are already grilling
i will probably miss the early action this weekend but hopefully we will be home in time to catch the late games
man, im craving crunchy tacos and might make some for dinner tomorrow night
hope you are having a great week and enjoying the transition to the fall
kick ass and enjoy the day my man!

 

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I’ve had Chinese buffet crab legs before, usually they’re on the smaller side so it takes a lot of work for not much meat but ur right, it’s unlimited and all you’ve got is time at a buffet. I tend to stick to the basics, rice and noodles and various chicken and beef stir fry’s. There was this one somewhat expensive Japanese/Chinese buffet, like $30/person, that would serve lobster on certain days, youre only supposed to get 1 per stay and they only bring them out every 20mins or so and they go quickly but im sure some greedy mofo’s ate a lot more than 1 each. And they were small too but gave up a decent amount of meat with some work.

Brady and the bucs have had some bad losses this year as well, they lost to WFT last week who were not a good team. It’s true this year, any given Sunday a bad team can win and a good team can lose. But talent usually wins out in the end and im sure the rams will be fine, unless Stafford is more hurt than we thought. He’s the engine that makes that offense go.

Mahomes found his mojo vs the raiders but for some reason LV was only playing 1 high safety when mahomes was struggling against 2 high safety looks. And Herbert has not looked great 3 out of the last 4 games, he used to be such a great deep ball thrower and he’s hardly completed a 20+ yard pass lately. May have something to do with Mike Williams’ performance falling off, dude was tearing it up the first 6 weeks but has disappeared the last 4.

A nice dinner from HBH with all the sides is worth it, it tastes homemade and saves you from cooking all day haha. Sometimes when I got done cooking a big holiday meal I was so tired I didn’t appreciate the food as much, it was more of a relief to me than anything. I might just get some pre made foods at sams or Costco for thanksgiving, reheat-able turkey breast and sides, etc. Eazy peezy and still pretty tasty.

Does your weight tend to fluctuate a lot over time? Lose and gain 10-15lbs every year or so, depending on how much you eat out (usually more calories than cooking your own meals) and how much activity you get? As you get older people have to pay more attention to their diet and exercise if they don’t want their weight to balloon over time. Not that you cant enjoy what you want (fries, sweets, etc) sometimes but everything in moderation. Also even though cannabis gives you the munchies I think it helps regulate blood sugar so could have an aspect in weight loss, assuming youre not scarfing down JitB every night after a hash session.

 

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ive been losing weight pretty steadly for the past few years
before i retired, i would walk and work out like crazy
it was good for my weight and my stress levels, but now that im retired i can sit around the house a lot more
i would go on long walks but the ankle has kind of put a limit on how much i can go now
i took up weight lifting again as well but am not as consistent as i would like
/i get all amped up wtching football sometimes and hit the weights hard, then go a couple days w/o
overall the trend has been going down and im @200# or less right now
/last time i got on a scale i was 195#
the mrs picked a lock the other day! she wanted me to do it but i was kind of being timid and psy footing around with it
she said f'it and went ham on it and it was open in no time
i hear you about how the crab legs can be kind of small at some places but this one spot was pretty good
they charged a lot like you mentioned, but it was a fun time out and i ate my fill
/a funny th9ng is, i love crab but am not a big fan of lobsters
you are totally right about the ups and downs of some qb
i think mahommie is good to go and knows how to win, but a lot of these new guys still have a lot to prove
herbert was throwing some great balls like you said, but what about loonie tunes" keenan allen
he still has some decent hands around him
hopefully this week off will help $tafford get better and return to his previous form
woods going down isnt agoing to help, but we have some decent depth with van jefferson and a couple rookies who could step up any given week
in some ways im suprised that the defense is giving up so many points and think if the rams are going to really hit it big this season, that is the catalyst
i think i might remind mom of the honey baked ham! it sounds great and like you said, its easy pezzy
no one wants to be stuck in the kitchen toiling away for a whole day and i know the mrs has her own crazy ideas of what she wants on thanksgiving
your idea og=f getting a turkey breast sounds good too and i think i might stop into costco to see what looks good there
last time i got this pre made au'gratin potatoes thing that was mackin and an easy side
that, some green bean casserole and stuffing ( both super easy to make) and i would be all set
im working on some wood the rest of this week
i cut down a tree a year ago and now i have all this great free wood to burn while camping
i try doing most of the prep work before we head out and just put it all in a burn bag until we get to our camp site
we are having crunchy tacos tonight! and i cant wait man
have a great day brother and kick all the ass you need to

 

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Heh, if it was a more expensive buffet and they were giving out decent crab legs then I could see why the workers were giving you and other big eaters the evil eye. I like to watch YT videos of competitive eaters and they’ll go into a buffet and scarf down 10 lbs easy. I think most normal big eaters can do around 3 lbs. That might be a good idea, take a small kitchen scale to the buffet and weigh out how much food you eat (after zero-ing out the plate of course). Maybe I’ll try that myself if I ever get to a buffet again, although it might draw some strange looks.

I never thought there was a big difference between crab and lobster meat, is it the texture of lobster you don’t care for? Both are pretty sweet and flavorful imo when theyre good quality and cooked right. I guess I don’t eat either one often enough to really have a good idea of the differences lol.

Mcvay works like 18hr days so im sure he’s going to leave no stone unturned during the bye week in his quest to get the rams back on track. I read an article saying that their interior O-line are lighter dudes, none over 305lbs and so are more suited to that wide zone running attack that teams like the 49ers favor, but when they need to stand up in pass pro they get pushed back into Stafford, whose one major flaw is lack of mobility. Also, for the defense supposedly they ‘invite’ (light boxes?) the opposing offense to try to grind out yards on the ground, but teams like the niners love to do that so it was a bad scheme all around. And also, like you mentioned, seems there’s more parity in the league in general. I think in the nfc, except for the lions (one tie, no wins) every team is at most 1.5 games out of a playoff spot.

I know there are YT videos on how to pick locks but ive never tried it myself, the closest ive come was drilling out a lock at a storage unit and also on a fence door. The storage unit one was wild, it was so loud but it was after hours so no one came but of course it was my own unit but still I was a little nervous haha.

Ill have a little more free time over thanksgiving so I might actually go ahead and make an actual holiday dinner, but try to cut some corners: use Stovetop stuffing and Velveeta and elbow macaroni for mac n cheese instead of baked mac n cheese (less ingredients when you use Velveeta). I might still boil potatoes for mashed potatoes, little garlic, cream, butter and sour cream and that’s an easy dish too. Plus I have some instant mashed potatoes that I might make and mix in there too, been sitting around for a while I should use it up.
For the turkey ive been thinking of smoking a whole turkey, make it nice and juicy and tender. Ill let you guys know how that goes.

Firewood isnt cheap when you have to buy it a store, maybe if you buy it from a delivery company in bulk it’s not too bad but of course chopping your own tree is free, except for the work (and possible danger). But sounds like good exercise at least, and yeah, not much firewood in the desert, and during those cold nights a nice fire sounds ideal.

 

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happening baba! hope you are having a great week and ready for the weekend
so it looks like we might not make it out to the desert as planned
we went for a little hike the other night, only about 5k; when i got home i was noticably limping and the mrs said she could see i was in pain
a friend stopped by and offered up some pain medicine, i took some that night and again the next day
what a wild ride man, i ended up zonking out super early last night
had a bunch of kfc and pills and racked out close to 8p
so now we might wait a week or two for our trip
im not sure howmuch crab we would eat, but its pricey stuff so if you can go through a couple pates ( i would probably eat like 2-3) and the rest of the buffet you got your moneys worth
you are right about how crab and lobster are very simular, maybe lawbstahhh' (said in apropeh southie accent) is a little sweeter but the cost is a big difference
we can get snow crab legs (decent sized) at vond for $10/lb on sale
the funny thing is, im not the nig eatter of the group
so we ended up having to reopen the lock the other day
we left it unlocked and i guess the pstmn relocked the box
we opened the lock and removed it and took it to home dept, and we got a replacement
ezzy pezzy and now the lock is fixed, a lot cheaper than having a locksmith come out to replace it for sure
we are still going back and foth about thanksgiving, mom wants to get honey baked ham and the mrs is going to make her own spread
i would be happy with whatever is on my plate and just want to enjoy time with falmiy and loved ones
stove top sounds great and i also like the green bean casserole stuff
add in some taters and some kinc of white meat and im eatting happy
we might get one of those precooked turkey breasts to enjoy plus some fixins but we will see
pats stomped atl last night
this weekdn there might be a few good games and i would like to catch the dolts v pitt, but alot of good action going on with some decent match ups
hope you are all set for a great holiday week as well as the rest of the goons!
what ever happened to hawk'?
hope you have a great weekend and are in game shape for turkey day