I love rainy days.
Garage doors are open enjoying the rain. Radio is on, and the boat is getting a good handwashing and then it’s on to getting steel on the girls’ chicken run.
Meanwhile my 4 year old has her 4 wheeler buried 20 yards into the freshly planted cornfield with her bucket of worms on back while running in asking what’s for lunch (at 8:35am).
The joys of dad life.
Save this post for early August.
This should be a good series.
Ant is good. He’s going to get his. I think he can score 40 in any game in this series. Jamal Murray can score too, but I don’t think he can defend Ant without a ton of help. Murray is also banged up. The Wolves have a distinct advantage in the backcourt.
At the wing, Jaden McDaniels is a long defender who can guard all 5 positions in the pick and roll. Porter Jr is a 6-10 wing himself, but he’s of the scoring mold and not the defender that McDaniels is. I’d say the matchups on the wing will be a wash.
KAT, Gobert, and Naz are 3 different bodies that can be thrown at Jokic. That’s huge, valuable depth. The problem is that nobody can really stop Jokic and he will beat you as a facilitator or scorer and is as unselfish and timely as they come. Aaron Gordon is a crazy strong, athletic guy. His physical abilities are perfect for shutting down KAT. He’s quicker and stronger than KAT and takes away the traditonal advantages KAT has as a stretch 4 in some lineups. I’d give the advantage of the big guys to Denver.
In the end, I think this goes 7 games and Denver pulls off a 5-6 point win at home to move on. The Timberwolves will no longer be an under the radar team though. Don’t be shocked if Edwards drops a 50 piece game, as I think Denver’s best recipe for success will be to turn Edwards into a volume shooter and really stiffle what KAT does while keeping Gobert off the glass.
^My college roommate works as a Special Ed teacher in a rural district. He makes probably ~$75k and then simultaenously owns a 4 man landscaping crew + plowing business with a nice collection of equipment. He burnt the candle at both ends getting things rolling, but now has a go-to guy he pays handsomly and the business for the most part sustains itself without him diving in more than an hour or two in the evenings.
He lives better than a LOT of people. Has every toy imagineable, makes his own hours for 3+ months of the year, and seems to never miss out on an extravagant vacation. He definitely earns it all. Some of the people in our circle that try to hammer him as an “overpaid teacher” shut up quickly when he invites them to come step in as a visitor for a day.
Education isn’t the nightmare it’s made out to be – BUT it is very relative to location, community, and aspirations. You have to be patient and willing to dive into someone else’s nightmarish life to help kids.
That map should be reset to get Wabasha County back to about normal I’d think by tomorrow.
My coworker found 108 morels last night in 2.5 hours on our hunting land working only about a 20 acre chunk. I told him I’d be out with him tomorrow even if it’s in the dark by flashlight after I get my stuff done.
There sure are a lot of experts here about how the situation was handled. I’m curious how many people in this thread have been involved in a school shooting? Heck, how many have been in charge of a school before, dealt with a crime scene, or even worked with kids on a daily basis, etc?
The district has an enrollment of over 2400 kids. Add to that 170 teachers, cooks, custodians, administrators, dozens of aides, visitors, volunteers, nurses, etc. and you could easily come up with close to 2600+ people that needed to be accounted for, students later signed out by guardians, some interviewed, and evaluated for various things (kids). There’s also the obvious possibility that this wasn’t planned “alone” or that other kids could be armed. That same staff that was traumatized had to manage media coming as well. Some of the kids don’t go home to good situations and likely have their own mental health struggles that the school is the best suitor for handling. Every single kid needs to be signed out by a guardian not just turned loose and I cannot imagine being accountable for that.
It sounds like the district had a plan that was implemented and they had done ALICE trainings that coordinated with local law enforcement. Despite how angry/scared parents were it seems like the kids were kept safe, fed, comforted with counselors, therapy dogs, etc. and organized in a time of absurd chaos and fear.
Kudos to everyone involved. Lives were saved. Kids were comforted. Could things have moved faster to get everyone reunited? Sure. Did people learn what went wrong? Probably. That’s pretty hard to practice or be skeptical about though in hindsight. I hope the people in the field who worked in this tragic situation disregard the questioning keyboard warriors all over social media. Many of them couldn’t teach a dog to bark.
I just spent time and money going through annual tuneup stuff: spark plugs, changing oil, coolant, and air filters on the JD X540 and a JD Z994R.
Battery powered isn’t even close to an option for us, but when it is I will gladly make the jump. Even with the upfront costs it won’t take long to save us money and TIME based on upkeep for 2 mowers and the burnt diesel/gasoline.
I gave up on it a while ago when it was above and beyond basic cable and we made the jump to streaming. At first I thought I’d miss being able to flip on the Twins (grew up a Twins and Brewers fan due to proximity in Western WI).
I finally realized that 95% of my baseball consumption is on the radio while working/fishing/or outside. There’s not enough action to hold my attention unless I am there in person. I can’t remember the last time I watched a baseball game from first pitch to the final out on television. My wife would think I’m having a medical emergency if she saw me on the couch that long.
Diamond Sports and Bally Sports should’ve been taken out behind the barn some time ago. The bankruptcy protections were enough. The product still is terrible.
^I guess I misspoke. If there were indeed paper copies of this specific survey, I had no idea of it nor would’ve known where to get one (and I was looking out for the survey and results). That probably tells you how many actually did complete a paper one.
Where could a person get one and fill it out or find information about every county holding a meeting?
Fun Fact:
Columbia University’s 2023-2024 SY tuition (not including any housing) is $66k per year. With housing most estimates put it around $80k minimum.
Imagine getting a $320-350k UNDERGRADUATE degree, then acting like this and jeopardizing it as well…
^One has to assume these kids’ parents could shut this down faster than anyone once they look into the economics
~52% of all people who shared their opinion supported the ban.
~52.3% of all WI Residents specifically who shared their opinion supported the ban.
Like you said, there are people who aren’t going to take their time filling out a survey but like FFS unregulated. The other side of the coin is that this is a decent sample size, AND an online survey…with no paper option…that is mainly shared on social media and likely skews the age of respondents younger than many people realize. There are plenty of local river rats here that fish 5 days a week in retirement who would never fill out this survey. I bet a majority don’t use FFS either as Joe mentioned.
As far as demographics go, it would be interesting to see the ages and frequent places the people fish. Different species and fisheries are impacted differently by this type of technology. I don’t see it significantly impacting fish populations say on the river here locally except maybe panfish through the ice. Smaller and medium sized lakes with minimal natural reproduction or ones that have solid populations of mature crappies could be negatively impacted in a hurry.
^What the heck kind of schools are you near?
Our school says the pledge daily, teaches about 9/11, has sports teams that often pray (by choice) before/after competition…
You either have to get out of suburbia or quit guzzling some of the BS media out there.
I have been thinking the same things for years. The technology will evolve to show every living creature in the body of water. Then what? Fair chase?
They ban radios dear hunting for a reason. And cell phones used for the same purpose. There need to be limits.
…by that point I will find a new hobby as I enjoy the challenge/chase as well as some of the mystery to what lurks beneath.
I feel like I am currently equipped for “the sweet spot” of what I enjoy fishing as (realizing that threshold is different for everyone). I utilize a reliable boat, spot lock, side imaging, gps mapping, and modern rods/tackle. Too much more “technology” to aid in the chase and fishing in general would lose its luster for me. I could win the lottery and you wouldn’t see me staring at multiple FFS units mounted at the bow casting once every 5 minutes when I see my target fish. Different strokes for different folks.
“Garden” update.
The first ~15 acres of sweet corn was poking through ever so slightly this morning. The goal is still to be eating and selling it by the 4th of July according to our leaser. Some rain is OK and helpful, but we don’t want the driving pounding stuff yet as sweet corn isn’t nearly as tough as field corn in infancy or as it’s getting ready to poke through
We could have all ~330 million American citizens of all ages protest this, and as Grouse alluded to these people will continue to fight over this barren land in the Middle East. Some college protests don’t move the needle one bit or make the slightest impact to changing the situation. Any politican that uses the word “sollution” immediately loses credibility. There’s no solution to people who are willing to die fighting for something that we are not connected to.
At this point I wish the United States would solely fund Israeli’s defense system (like the Iron Dome) and remind Israel every single day that although they are considered our ally, our money should buy us a say in what they do. If they disagree, then turn off the spigot. The cash from the U.S. should not be without specific contingencies. We are better off with a stable, respected Israel in the region for sure. That can be achieved without blindly sending cash for the rest of eternity however.
Awesome! Keep us posted on the progress. Looks like he’s holding a Rhode Island Red there. Those things are known to pump out the eggs. Thankfully your wife doesn’t know my wife, as it sounds like their similar thought processes would lead to more work for both of us.
My girls just moved theirs to the coop (8 weeks old). The only real issue we have is a fight between my now 4 year old and almost 2 year old over who gets to feed the chickens scraps after supper before their baths. One escaped on the transfer from the garage brooder down the hill to the coop, and my younger daughter staggered right up to it and gave it a near suffocating bearhug.
I’d imagine they will be over $2k a month for sure.
I just had a college roommate stop down to catch up and he and his wife built a house but kept their townhouse in Apple Valley as a rental. He said they get $2100 a month for it…which covers the mortgage, insurance, taxes, and lets them pocket a few hundred bucks a month (while gaining equity). He admitted it’s probably under priced but they have an awesome family in there now and he doesn’t want headaches.
I’d be interested to hear how prices have/haven’t changed since 2022? We have a concrete project at some point in the not too distant future.
It’s relative to job size and location for sure, but it’s only gone up like everything else.
My buddy is in the process of putting up a 60′ x 120′ shed with 14′ sidewalls. He’s at $6.70 a foot. That’s a lot of concrete though to bring the average down.
We have a quote laying around for our walkout side of the house on our new build and I think we are at $7.80 a foot with nothing to tear out, work around, easy in and out with me letting them use a skidsteer of ours…but it’s a smaller job and the same people we used for a 40′ wide garage apron. I think he said their other easy, plain flat work is being bidded at $8.20 a foot for the season. (For reference, when we did the garage apron we paid the same guys $5.80 in the summer of ’22)
Keep in mind these jobs are both along the river here not in the metro area or suburbia. I’d assume those rates are substantially higher.
If you listen closely, you can hear the morels popping with this weather
Speaking of creepy – Nicole Mitchell
Breaking into a house is a crime for 99.9% of the population. Let’s see if it sticks for a State Senator in Minnefornia. My guess is no
Tritoon.
They just eat waves, turn better, less prone to rocking, you don’t have to worry as much about weight distribution with a crowd, and your resale value will be far better.
“Large Lake” is a relative term though so it’s hard to know your specific application. We run ours mainly on Pool 4, sometimes lock through to 5, and a couple times a year haul it north to some of the big rec lakes around Hayward.
We are at 0.12” of the forecasted 2” for Friday and Saturday. Definitely a botched forecast dating back to Friday morning. It looks like some may arrive today, but not until the PM.
It’s been a perfect outside work weekend
I haven’t checked it out closely in a while at my parents but they haven’t complained.
I think the key was having the gravel base compacted thoroughly and that they’re on well draining soil to begin with.
Twins are coming. That division will end up a dog fight
The Vikings will be much improved, but so will the entire division
A creepy idiot who has no morals and gets way too much mention in the mainstream news
Another creepy idiot who is senile and corrupt
Hopefully most of the severe weather misses property/people and just throws dirt around in fields
Our leasers have everything planted. Bring on a slow, steady inch of rain or so (today was a bust here by Pool 4, and now tomorrow’s rain chances are gone)
Iowaboy is the man. Period.
BK is probably waxing that yacht up for the season, but hope all is well with him
Patrick Mahomes was selected 10th overall by the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2017 draft. Coincidence?
-J.
JJ McCarthy is going to make people forget who Patrick Mahomes is.
The Vikings did well. Low risk moves overall. Turner projects as at minimum an average starter (with likely a pro bowl caliber ceiling) at an impact position. JJ was there and cost them basically nothing more than anticipated.
The JJ pick not costing them that second first rounder creates less pressure to play the kid right away and less pressure on KOC and the front office. If he gets into camp and doesn’t look the part or is struggling, Darnold can be the bridge guy for up to an entire season. That really creates a layer of safety for those involved with the pick…substantially moreso than if they traded more assets and had to play the kid Day 1.
The Vikings now have a grand total of 3 draft picks in 2025.
The Packers took a tackle (fine with that move), but chose a guy who was most likely going to be eligible 15 picks later into the 2nd round. Position fit is fine, but value for the spot is rough.
My opinion hasn’t wavered even up to draft day…
IF I was a Vikings fan, I’d want them to stay put at #11. New England and AZ are going to want a King’s ransom to move up and will blow all the smoke they can to drive up the cost…and Maye really scares me with his accuracy. I think release, footwork, processing, etc can be dealth with, but teaching a guy to be NFL-caliber accurate is a whole different monster.
I also think McCarthy WILL be there still at #11.
I’d rather ride with Bo Nix or Penix with the later first round pick than move up. Nix is accurate and experienced, but doesn’t have the big arm that Penix, Maye, Williams, and Daniels have. Penix has a cannon AND is very accurate. His biggest flag are his medicals. The Vikings system does not ask for their QB to run, and the OL is much improved. Plus the NFL doesn’t really allow you to touch QBs whatsoever anymore.
IDO needs the popcorn eating emoji. I haven’t seen a back and forth over stands on public land in here, so it’s a refreshing new debate.
Thankfully I have no desire to hunt public land here. For those who do, this thread is a great reminder of all the potential issues that can/will arise over time.
DNR – I like the dynamite for style points. Keep it coming.
