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My daughter's team just finished 3 tournament weekends in a row. Two were out of town, and one was on the complete opposite side of the metro (I think I racked up almost 300 miles just driving back and forth during that one metro tourney). I'm exhausted, and I'm not even the one skating. I've never ...

Saw 1917 today. Very good movie, but doesn't quite make it into the great category. Very well made and acted, and visually stunning for sure.

eHo wrote: ↑
Tue Jan 21 7:04 pm
Derek Jeter and Larry Walker make up the Class of 2020 for the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Larry Walker shouldn't have had to wait 10 years to get in. Great player.

Anyone watch the Aaron Hernandez documentary series on Netflix? I'm about halfway through. It's very good, but it took a super weird turn that I didn't see coming (can't remember if it was late in the first episode, or in the second episode).

I'd like to see the Chefs win. Great stadium and passionate fans who have waited a long time. Also one of the most underrated unis/logo in sports.

This is a rare year where I'm interested in seeing almost every Oscar nominated Best Picture movie. The only one I've seen so far is The Irishman, which I really enjoyed. I started watching Marriage Story tonight, but only made it 35 minutes before tapping out. It just bored me, and I didn't care ab...

7. Pretty sure they are

Hidden Content...

Since someone brought up Chik-Fil-A... Culver's and Chik-Fil-A are the only fast food restaurants I've been to in the last 15 years that are well-staffed, clean, and have exceedingly polite and competent employees, no matter what location I go to (aforementioned airport locations excluded). The fast...

Saw something on Twitter today and thought it was a interesting little info nugget* Today, 1/8/2010, is the 175th anniversary of the last time the US had a national debt of $0.00 It might be kind of fun to have a thread dedicated to utterly random trivia items. I can think of at least one GPL membe...

Seems to me there have been a bunch of guys they've gone after or that were available that just plain didn't want to come here or had specific destinations already in mind...that's a bigger issue I think this is the biggest issue. At a certain point, these 8-9 figure contracts become Monopoly money...

There is a curve on my street that starts a few houses down. I've been entertaining myself all morning watching cars do 180 spinouts going around that curve. So far no mailboxes have been taken out, but its been close.

Being at work the day after Christmas is both a Simple Pleasure and Gear Grinder. A large percentage of our customers are closed this week, so there is almost nothing to do here. I like the down time, but it makes for a really long day.

Noelle (Disney+): Santa's daughter finds herself having to take over the family business when her father retires and her brother, who is supposed to inherit the role of Santa, gets cold feet. Wife, daughter and I started this movie yesterday afternoon. I can't give a review because all of us fell a...

The Rise of Skywalker. Liked it, but didn't love it. My opinion of it was probably higher immediately following the movie. Now that I've had a couple of days to process it, there were too many McGuffins and plot holes that are bothering me. Then again, that's pretty standard for Star Wars movies, so...

https://twitter.com/RussoHockey/status/1204469811675316224 Brennan is my neighbor. I don't know him well, but his mom still lives next door and I talk to her from time to time. He took an unconventional path to make it to the NHL, to say the least. I'm really happy for him and his family, and hope ...

Thank you everyone for the replies. If I lived closer to Halston I'd stop in, but I'm in the east metro. The TCL's have piqued my interest, so I may check those out.

Technology nerds... I need your help. I haven't bought a new TV in many years, and I'm super confused by all of the options out there. Last week I bought a Samsung 7 Series UHD during a Black Friday sale. I had it up for several days, but ended up taking it back because the color was so washed out. ...

The Irishman was very good, but like others here, I watched it over several days (about 45 minutes per sitting).

DeNiro, Pesci and Pacino were all great, but the actor who played Tony Pro was fantastic.

It took 30 years of life but today made me see clearly. Getting stressed about MN sports is not worth it. The curse of Loserville that I attribute to Gary Anderson's miss is tough to shake. We'll see if I can stick with it but let's try this for 2020: -Not watch any regular season Gopher football g...

Totino's Party Pizza is awesome. Don't try to deny it.

With the way they talked this one up, I was surprised at how little there was when I woke up this morning. I was expecting to wake up to 8-12", but I had maybe 4-5" on my driveway when I cleared it.

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The U needs to figure out how to create a better in game experience (and obviously improve what we see on the ice) if they're going to find new fans to replace the disgruntled ones who stopped caring (for the bevy of reasons we've talked about a million times over) I used to be a die-hard fan of bo...

My oldest kids seems to have quite a mix of screamers and nurturers between hockey and soccer. He definitely prefers encouragement more than discipline but I think he works harder to avoid getting yelled at than he does with only positive reenforcement. That's true, and I'm guessing her hockey skil...

My daughter moved up to 12U this year. It's been a difficult adjustment to say the least. She had the same coach for the last 4 years, but this year that coach couldn't (or didn't?) take her when they were drafting teams, so she ended up on a different team. The coaching staff on the new team has be...

Bertogliat wrote: ↑
Tue Oct 29 7:26 am
It’s not even November and the darkness is driving me nuts.

Same. Even more than the cold, what I hate most about fall/winter is the lack of daylight. Right now I go to work in the dark, and come home in the (almost) dark.

El Camino was good, but a little disappointing (if that makes sense). Maybe my expectations were just too high. I think it would have been better to have just ended the story with the last episode of BB.

I'm excited to watch El Camino, but I might not get a chance to watch it until Sunday. Trying to avoid spoilers in the meantime.

So the 2019 homer hankies are red due to MLB new rules Yeah, apparently it is hard for batters to see the white ball, so had to change them. I had to Google "SZN" to figure out what the words on the new Homer Hanky mean. Either I'm old and out of touch (quite likely), or the Star Tribune is trying ...

00xtremeninja wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 25 8:25 am
The Nextdoor App is fascinating.

At least in my neighborhood, the posts on Nextdoor are:

40% Lost animals
25% Daycare/babysitting
25% Plumber/electrician/tree remover recommendations
10% Other

7. They all have only 1 major professional sports team?

The Cars were a little before my time. Before this weekend the only song I could identify with The Cars was "Just What I Needed". After I read about Ric Ocasek yesterday, I went down a YouTube rabbit hole of their music. I was stunned at how many songs I knew that I never realized was them. Good son...

fightclub30 wrote: ↑
Thu Sep 12 9:25 pm
We are missing almost the entire starting lineup - Buxton, Gonzalez, Polanco, Sano, Kepler...

Even Cave and Adrianza are missing.

Good to see Rocco's rest and recovery philosophy did so much to keep the team healthy down the stretch.

I started watching Cheers on Netflix, from the beginning. I was only 7 when it premiered, so too young to get into it until later in the series. I caught occasional later episodes when I was in HS, and have seen some of the older episodes in reruns over the years, but have never seen them all. It ha...

I posted this on Facebook. 9/11 is one of two events in my 53 years that fall into the "where were you when..." category. The other is the Challenger explosion in 1986. Other major events obviously happened during this time but I can't tell you where I was or what I was doing like I can with 9/11 a...

I'm kind of amazed (not in a good way) at how much I've forgotten already in just 18 years. What I do remember is that it was my 2nd day at my current job. We were at our old building off of Maryland Ave in St. Paul at the time. I had just pulled into the parking lot and was getting out of my car wh...

I get that it was almost all injury related, but man... today's lineup ended up looking a lot like Gardenhire's usual Sunday afternoon B-squad lineups. Woof.

I would guess gunning someone out at the plate from the outfield is probably an even greater feeling than hitting a home run. Especially in a situation like that. Eddie was pumped.

7. Grew up in Chicago's housing projects.

Beauner wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 03 9:48 am
Define "more common"?

Do you just come on here to nitpick people? It seems like every time someone posts in this thread, you feel the need to chime in and tell everyone how wrong they are. We get it. You're a baseball expert.

frozen4champs wrote: ↑
Sun Sep 01 2:37 pm
Verlander with a no hitter vs Jays. 3rd career no hitter

Verlander's was an exciting, legit no-hitter. I'm sorry... but the "combined" no-hitters that are more common these days do nothing for me.

I had never seen that video before, so I Googled "Lenny Randle" last night. I guess he was quite the character. Turns out he's the same guy who tried to blow the ball foul on the 3rd base line. He also punched out his manager on the field and got arrested for assault.

Not only do we love our free back packs/fanny packs, etc., but we love ANYTHING that involves spinning a wheel for a free prize :D I took my 10 year-old to Woodbury Days last weekend, and even he wasn't interested in spinning wheels for crappy prizes. I can't imagine why it would appeal to an adult.

I know I'm late to the party but I'm 10 episodes in on season 1 of Mindhunters (Netflix) and am completely 100% absolutely hooked. So good. I enjoyed Season 1 of Mindhunter, but it's been about a year since I watched it. The problem with the new "binge watching" model (where they drop all of the ep...

Berrios is taking his lumps now, but he is our best starter and am confident he’ll get it together going forward. He’s an ace, hopefully this season he proves it. He's an "Ace" for the Twins... kind of like how Brad Radke was an "Ace". He'd be a 3rd starter for most of the other contending teams. B...

Due to a few circumstances, this will most likely be the first time in 20+ years that I won't go to the Fair. It's a little disappointing that the streak is coming to an and, but the only way I could make it this year is to go on a weekend, and that ain't happening. I can barely tolerate going on le...

Traditionalists don't like the daily home run derby. https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/mlb-baseballs-old-timers-decry-state-of-the-modern-game/ar-AAG134s?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=mailsignout#page=2 The strikeout record gets broken every year? That's nuts. I do miss the excitement of the stolen base. The ...

Maize wrote: ↑
Fri Aug 16 11:07 am
7. What distinction, in this order, is shared by these states: West Virginia, Hawaii, South Carolina, Massachusetts, Vermont, Utah, Arizona?

States with the longest serving U.S. Senators.

I made my first visit to Miller Park on Wednesday. My thoughts... 1. The roof was closed. Spotty showers were within 50 miles, but it never rained in Milwaukee during the game. By the 5th inning, the sun was out. They kept the roof closed for the entire game, and then opened it AFTER the game was ov...

Who the hell is the Twins 3rd base coach? Could have had winning run at 3rd with 1 out. Gunned down by 5 🤬 feet for 2nd time in 3 games! Really dumb to send the runner there. The game was already tied. Stop Adrianza, and you have runners at 2nd & 3rd with 1 out. With the double-play pretty much eli...

I still think they win the division, Cleve cannot sustain the run they've been on just to get back to even... they are 30 games over since June 3!!! We are 2 over in that span...they came and got us, we haven't collapsed I disagree. They're tied now, so all they need to do is play better than Minne...

Ron Burgundy.... I said it on Twitter... Will Ferrell needs to get away from this character if he actually wants to revive his career. The movie is 15 years old. The sequel was a flat out embarrassment (so I am told). The way that iHeart media shoves his podcast down our throats is embarrassing. An...

How easy/difficult/time consuming is it to stain a cedar fence? I have about 95 feet of grayed weathered out 6' cedar fence (actually, double that length because I'd have to stain both sides). Is this a project that an amateur like me could do in a day or two and have it look nice, or is it somethin...

Offense is fun, and never in all my years as a fan has the Twins hit like this. It's great to see the homers and the lopsided scores, but I am ever wary of what's coming. A fan can hope, but I don't like their chances against teams with deep pitching that might even include an ace or two (or three ...

I've seen about enough of Martin Perez.

My oldest daughter went in and took her DL test in July 2018, and due to complications matching up her "eye test" and forms that she completed all on the same day, she received her actual DL in March 2019. All of this after many trips in to correct the issues, she still never received it. Nothing l...

American Made. I'm guessing the "true story" was embellished quite a bit, but it was a pretty entertaining movie. Would recommend.

We're planning on going to Milwaukee in a few weeks for a Twins/Brewers game and want to stay 1 day at a hotel/waterpark in WI Dells on the way there so kids can have fun and burn some energy. I'm not super familiar with the Dells. We stayed at Great Wolf for a weekend about 8 years ago and Wilderne...

Indians are 12-4 since the break, and 2 of those losses were against the Twins. Cleveland has been playing terrible teams, but that's still impressive.

The Twins didn't help themselves by losing both games to the Mets in the last homestand.

I was watching one heck of a storm just NE of 694 and Central tonight. I'm assuming the eastern half of the metro got hammered pretty good. The storm cells were relatively tiny, and kept redeveloping over the same areas. We didn't get a single raindrop last night where I live in Woodbury. Meanwhile...

Collins doesn't have as much name recognition as the other two (among people who aren't space nerds anyway), but as the CM pilot he really played a vital role in that mission. To me, he is the most fascinating person of that crew.

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HockeyBum wrote: ↑
Tue Jul 16 1:56 pm
7. They all have characters with red hair?
Considering that, for instance, David Lean's Oliver Twist (1948), was in Black and White, how would you know?

I don't. It's a guess based on the 3 (color) movies on that list I've seen. Good point though.

7. They all have characters with red hair?

Cowgirl wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 03 10:20 pm
I’ve really come to dislike fireworks.

Same. Especially since I became a dog owner a few years ago. She spent most of last evening/night under a bed in the basement. Wouldn't come out.

Makes me wonder if they'll try poach one/some of the NCHC teams that are stuck at the bottom and seemingly don't have any rivals in the conference (Omaha or Miami?) Geographically (and for better rivalries), it would make the most sense for Miami/Western Michigan switch to this new league, and for ...

Toy Story 4 was really disappointing. By far my least favorite of the series. It wasn’t a bad movie... but nowhere close to the last one. The 3rd movie was wonderful and it would have been the perfect ending for the series. This one just seemed like an unnecessary cash grab.

I'm enjoying this season and hate to nitpick, but man... I don't know how much more I can take of Sano. I know... analytics... strikeouts don't matter... blah, blah, blah. I just personally can't stand the astronomical strikeout rate. Put the ball in play and at least make the other team earn it. Of...

That Vogelbach guy on the Mariners... Good lord, he makes Astudillo look like Mr. Universe.

Handyman wrote: ↑
Mon Jun 10 1:41 pm
But you can stand Reusse? The dude can barely talk.

I know it's an unpopular opinion on this board, but yes... I do enjoy listening to Reusse.

Judging by their ratings I would say there isnt much of an audience for it. Maybe if SKOR had the Vikings telecasts there would be but most people will just listen to PA for their Vikings talk since he is the voice of the Vikes. Hubbard has no clue how to do anything of value in the radio market an...

I really want SkorNorth 1500 to succeed as I don't like KFAN but 1500 is making it difficult for me to listen. Monday through Friday from 2 - 4 is a Viking talk show. To each their own (maybe I'm in the minority) but I can't imagine listening to that everyday especially during the off season. Same....

Beauner wrote: ↑
Mon Jun 10 8:17 am
The man who shot him.was captured and beaten by a crowd at the bar Ortiz was at. The shooter suffered "a cranium contusion and trauma to his thorax, left knee, and right leg" according to reports.

That's a shame.

Twins sold out today. Man is this team good right now. Really good. Everyone (including me) should be enjoying this while it's happening. Today must be a sellout too. This morning my son asked if we could go to the game today, so I looked around for tickets. The only ones left on the official site ...

I understand it's regarded as one of the greatest movies of all time, but other than finding a bunch of things that the Simpson's referenced over the years, I didn't really like Citizen Kane.

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