Stupid News

[BigKen]

I have to admit, "Stupid News" can be eye opening and educational.

 

[Yankee Traveler]

So...while we are on the subject...

I moved to TN in '04. Shortly after I got here a friend of mine I had grown up with moved to TN a couple hours away. Up until that point, whenever I was in VT I took the time to visit him. We talked a number of times the first few years we were in TN, always when I called him. After a number years of reaching out every couple of months to talk for an hour and the conversation ending with him saying "hey, we need to get together, I'll give you a call" and him never giving me a call, I stopped.

This friend and I had spent many a day, afternoon, evening, weekend, summer...drinking as we grew up from an early age. As many of you know I gave that up more than 28 years ago. He quit 3 to 5 years before I did.

Fast forward to this past Friday, my wife got a facebook message forwarded to her from an old friend who said that an old friend in TN was in the hospital and may be dying. So I started to search my first old friend out, making a number of calls to disconnected numbers, dead end google searches, phones that just rang and rang. I finally got in touch with someone who got in touch with someone who had his sisters number.

Saturday, I was at my daughters soccer tournament and I got a call from his sister. Yes, he was dying and might not live a few days, I should come see him. He was only an hour away.

So I went. He had fallen off the wagon 10 or so years ago and had essentially drank himself to death. He saw me and recognized me and was glad to see me, which was basically 15 minutes out of my 2 1/2 hour visit then he was to exhausted to speak. It was really great to see his mother and two sisters though and I had a great visit with them. It seems their opinion is that he never reached out to me because his wife hated everything about their old life.

But the divergence of our lives after we quit drinking was poignant.

I am not rich, but I am successful. Good job, great wife with a good job, great middle of the road house with two great middle of the road vehicles and two great top of their class kids. I am truly blessed when I look at my wife and kids and their accomplishments.

I moved to TN to chase work and stability for my family.
It turns out, he moved to TN to run from his demons, that caught him anyway.



Thanks you.

 

[nefansince75]

So...while we are on the subject...

I moved to TN in '04. Shortly after I got here a friend of mine I had grown up with moved to TN a couple hours away. Up until that point, whenever I was in VT I took the time to visit him. We talked a number of times the first few years we were in TN, always when I called him. After a number years of reaching out every couple of months to talk for an hour and the conversation ending with him saying "hey, we need to get together, I'll give you a call" and him never giving me a call, I stopped.

This friend and I had spent many a day, afternoon, evening, weekend, summer...drinking as we grew up from an early age. As many of you know I gave that up more than 28 years ago. He quit 3 to 5 years before I did.

Fast forward to this past Friday, my wife got a facebook message forwarded to her from an old friend who said that an old friend in TN was in the hospital and may be dying. So I started to search my first old friend out, making a number of calls to disconnected numbers, dead end google searches, phones that just rang and rang. I finally got in touch with someone who got in touch with someone who had his sisters number.

Saturday, I was at my daughters soccer tournament and I got a call from his sister. Yes, he was dying and might not live a few days, I should come see him. He was only an hour away.

So I went. He had fallen off the wagon 10 or so years ago and had essentially drank himself to death. He saw me and recognized me and was glad to see me, which was basically 15 minutes out of my 2 1/2 hour visit then he was to exhausted to speak. It was really great to see his mother and two sisters though and I had a great visit with them. It seems their opinion is that he never reached out to me because his wife hated everything about their old life.

But the divergence of our lives after we quit drinking was poignant.

I am not rich, but I am successful. Good job, great wife with a good job, great middle of the road house with two great middle of the road vehicles and two great top of their class kids. I am truly blessed when I look at my wife and kids and their accomplishments.

I moved to TN to chase work and stability for my family.
It turns out, he moved to TN to run from his demons, that caught him anyway.



Thanks you.

Thanks YT - I read every word and it reads like a book or screen play. Great introduction which in only a few words painted a vivid picture. Great transition to current events and again "the search for your friend" paints a vivid picture of your inner conflict. Then your conclusion that really doesn't state a moral to the story, but sets up each of us to find our own moral.

Your path isn't unique, and I claim a similar path... however I think we are a minority. Unfortunately more of the world might follow your friends path....

I'm going to change the context of that last sentence. Much of the world was shown their path and followed it, probably the majority to success. Then there's those of us that started with little direction, and while aimless at time, used grit and perseverance to latch onto success whenever it appeared. Finally we have the aimless who just had a hard time latching to responsibility.

I'm a little jealous of those who were shown the way, but overall way more satisfied by the path I took and my result.

I'll tip a scotch for you. You can trust it'll be just the one, and the only one that week (while some moron laughs at me for be a light weight).

 

[Yankee Traveler]

Thanks YT - I read every word and it reads like a book or screen play. Great introduction which in only a few words painted a vivid picture. Great transition to current events and again "the search for your friend" paints a vivid picture of your inner conflict. Then your conclusion that really doesn't state a moral to the story, but sets up each of us to find our own moral.

Your path isn't unique, and I claim a similar path... however I think we are a minority. Unfortunately more of the world might follow your friends path....

I'm going to change the context of that last sentence. Much of the world was shown their path and followed it, probably the majority to success. Then there's those of us that started with little direction, and while aimless at time, used grit and perseverance to latch onto success whenever it appeared. Finally we have the aimless who just had a hard time latching to responsibility.

I'm a little jealous of those who were shown the way, but overall way more satisfied by the path I took and my result.

I'll tip a scotch for you. You can trust it'll be just the one, and the only one that week (while some moron laughs at me for be a light weight).

Thank you for reading, thank you for understanding, and thank you for the reply.
Also, thank you for the criticism. Maybe I'll join BK as a writer one day.

And enjoy the scotch, knowing that I can appreciate that there is a difference between enjoying a scotch and drinking scotch.

 

[nefansince75]

Tom Brady sits on a throne of lies

During a recent episode of “The Shop” on HBO, former Patriots QB and current Bucs star Tom Brady made some interesting, revealing comments about the fact that he’s generally less than truthful when it comes to speaking his mind.

www.audacy.com

Imagine that... It's news to people that Brady controls his own narrative. This is as stupid as anything ever posted here.

Among my favorites was the time Brady had the MAGA hat "accidently" in view...

 

[Southieinnc]

MSN

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[Carnzo]

Nah

 

[Yankee Traveler]

MSN

www.msn.com

Thanks...but no thanks.

 

[Yankee Traveler]

Not really "Stupid" news, but subjective, clickbait off season time killing kinda stuff...

Top 50 Patriots Under Bill Belichick: No. 41-50

A handful of old-school running backs, two elite corners and an underappreciated receiver round out Tom E. Curran's Top 50 Pats Under Belichick.

sports.yahoo.com

 

[Yankee Traveler]

Still looking for 1 - 40...

 

[nefansince75]

Not really "Stupid" news, but subjective, clickbait off season time killing kinda stuff...

Top 50 Patriots Under Bill Belichick: No. 41-50

A handful of old-school running backs, two elite corners and an underappreciated receiver round out Tom E. Curran's Top 50 Pats Under Belichick.

sports.yahoo.com

Still looking for 1 - 40...

You didn't look very hard. There are links in there to four other pages for 1-10, 11-20, 21-30 and 31-40...

 

[Yankee Traveler]

You didn't look very hard.

I didn't realize my wife was on the hoop with a strange pen name....

 

[nefansince75]

I didn't realize my wife was on the hoop with a strange pen name....

You are the one who said "Still looking...." and if that's acting like your wife then almost everybody here acts like your wife, or is everyone here actually your wife?

 

[Yankee Traveler]

You are the one who said "Still looking...." and if that's acting like your wife then almost everybody here acts like your wife, or is everyone here actually your wife?

Love you dear....

 

[BigKen]

I just created a second transaction thread. I did the first one this morning, drove the wife to Maine. Came back. turned on the computer and when I opened SportsHoopla it was still there not posted and said that it needed a title. So instead of checking the Pats board, I typed in a title and . Voila!! Two identical threads. Sorry guys and gals.

 

[nefansince75]

I just created a second transaction thread. I did the first one this morning, drove the wife to Maine. Came back. turned on the computer and when I opened SportsHoopla it was still there not posted and said that it needed a title. So instead of checking the Pats board, I typed in a title and . Voila!! Two identical threads. Sorry guys and gals.

The as long as no one posts in the second one it will drop out of relevancy. It does create a dilemma: You could put a post in the one you don't want and it will warn others to not use it, but it will also keep it relevant. You could also put a post in the correct one which would put it to the top and increase the likelihood that only it will be used.

 

[Yankee Traveler]

The as long as no one posts in the second one it will drop out of relevancy. It does create a dilemma: You could put a post in the one you don't want and it will warn others to not use it, but it will also keep it relevant. You could also put a post in the correct one which would put it to the top and increase the likelihood that only it will be used.

See, now if were truly my wife I would go bump them both...

 

[Southieinnc]

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[nefansince75]

Bill Belichick Officially Owes Tom Brady and Robert Kraft a Sincere Apology for a Franchise-Altering Mistake

Bill Belichick owes Robert Kraft and Tom Brady an apology for foolishly gambling on N'Keal Harry. Will the Patriots trade the third-year WR?

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Before BB considers apologizing for every decision he made "in the best interest of the team", answer this: How many coaches would have stuck with Brady when Bledsoe was healthy. What if he went with Bledsoe and Bledsoe played fantastically but lost a close game to the Raiders in the snow?

What if BB caved to Lawyer Malloy, then the next player and the player after that?

BB has made so many good calls that it ain't fair to ask for apologies for the ones that didn't work out.

 

[BigKen]

Who the fuck is Steven Sheehan?

Content Editor for @bpnutrition. Staff Writer for @SportsCasting19. Two-time @UF Grad. Former @UFRugby captain now with @okapiwanderers.

I love op-eds. Especially when an idiot who's never been outside of Florida is given a headline on Muck Rack.

He's been the front man in too many scrums.