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Anyone watch "Away" on Netflix? The first episide was kind of meh. Wondering if it's worth investing 9 more hours to finish it.

My house is 10 years old. We had to replace the refrigerator shortly after we moved in 4 years ago. That refrigerator just died. It was a $3-4K refrigerator. Two fridges in 10 years. F me. Please share the brand(s) so I can be sure to avoid it next time I have to shop for a fridge. That's ridiculou...

The Rube wrote: ↑
Sun Sep 13 9:55 pm
I just can't do it. I can't.

I feel the same way about any films or footage about 9/11. Can't watch. Seeing it unfold live was enough for me.

Apparently Brennan Menell (one of the Wild's top D prospects) signed a 1 year contract with Dinamo Minsk of the KHL a few weeks ago. Not sure if it's because of the uncertainty of the AHL season this year? Or Money? Whatever the case, he has 5 points in 3 KHL games so far. He's had 2 great seasons f...

I watched Whiplash over the weekend (Tubi). Fantastic movie. I haven't seen a guy that scary and abusive since Gunnery Sgt. Hartman in Full Metal Jacket.

What amazes me is how many restaurants there are in Maple Grove, and with maybe a couple of exceptions how they are all managing to survive the pandemic...at least so far. Same with where I live (Woodbury). The only closing I know of was an Italian place that, while highly regarded, never seemed to...

This may be an unpopular opinion but I liked Bert Blyleven as a broadcaster and will miss him. I liked when he was part of the rotation of color analysts. I'm not a huge fan of Dick Bremer though. Same. I actually like all of the color guys (Bert, Morneau, Smalley). Not a fan of Bremer though.

I like GPL because politics aren't allowed. I watch sports for the same reasons... to forget about life for a while and get away from news/politics. If this is going to be the new normal, I'll have to find other ways to spend my time.

gopher6 wrote: ↑
Wed Aug 26 3:45 pm
Marlins player Jon Berti stole second,third and home plate in 6th inning yesterday vs the Mets

I only follow the Twins. What is this "stolen base" thing of which you speak?

Drive 30 minutes east one day to Cass Lake. Sail Star Marina. Darryl will rent you a fishing boat or a pontoon and you can motor around the islands; Star, Cedar and the Potatoes. Go ashore on Star (north portage) and it’s a 20 ft walk to the lake inside an island in a lake! It’s cool. Tell Darryl t...

The volume of the piped in crowd noise in Cleveland is really obnoxious. I think they have it set at World Series Game 7 Level.

Not Gopher related (yet), but Iowa is cutting Men's Gymnastics and Tennis, and Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving.

Probably the tip of the iceberg. I'm sure just about every college will be cutting multiple non-revenue sports before this is over.

You know the Twins are conceding the game when they put Thorpe in.

I never listened to AM1500 or Skor North very much.... But I just went over to check it out and realized that they are down to 1 hour of local programming a day now. The rest appears to be all national. Is this right? One hour a day? YIKES!!! Yep. They laid off everyone except Judd and Mackey back ...

Man... those Padres uniforms are awesome. I went to San Diego a few years ago and took a tour of Petco Park. I remember thinking at the time it was a shame that such a fine ballpark was wasted on such a crappy franchise. I'd love to see the Padres find some success. Hopefully Tatis can help turn thi...

Not sure what's going on with Rogers, but he's been awful the past few weeks.

Glad they ended up salvaging a win last night. I was so pissed after Milwaukee tied the game that I shut the TV off and went to bed.

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Bladepuller wrote: ↑
Sat Aug 08 9:08 pm
If on Monday either Edmonton or Pittsburgh gets the #1 pick I'll just call it the National Hokey League.
If either of those teams ends up with the top pick I will stop watching the NHL.

The NHL has a tough decision to make about who wins the top pick. The Rangers or the Penguins?

Bloomington. One of the scariest storms I can remember in my life right now. Weird storm. Usually they track east, so I was preparing to get hit in Woodbury, but it never really made it here. It just kind of stalled out over Bloomington/Richfield/Edina. I only got about a half inch of rain last nig...

I'm officially bored with the cardboard cutouts. Watching the Twins game at PNC Park the other day with no distracting cutouts behind the plate was a nice change.

Da 5 Bloods (Netflix streaming): Four African American vets battle the forces of man and nature when they return to Vietnam seeking the remains of their fallen squad leader and the gold fortune he helped them hide. Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesusssssssssssssss Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu**. Heavy movie. This one ...

Not really a simple pleasure but could not think of anywhere else to put this. Company that owns 7-11 is buying Speedway stores (formerly SuperAmerica). Hoping they bring slurpees back to MN and get Speedway back in shape. IMO Speedway is by far the worst chain of convenience stores in metro area. ...

Movie theater seems way too risky. You know people are removing the masks when it gets dark. There were only 10 people in the theater. Reserved seating only (properly distanced). My son and I wore masks for the entire movie and it felt perfectly safe. Without getting political, my personal opinion ...

The movie theater near my house has been showing classic movies since opening up a few weeks ago. I went to see "Back To The Future" last night with my 11 year old son. It was the first time I've been in a theater since seeing "1917" last December. "Back To The Future" is one of my favorite movies o...

I turned the game on in the 7th inning last night. Super weird with no fans. Wrigley Field looked almost unrecognizable with the huge advertisements in the outfield bleachers. The piped in cheering after strikeouts was lame. I dunno about this. I thought the shortened season was a sham anyway, but i...

I love Fair food while walking around at the Fair, but I have zero interest in getting it as drive-thru. Side note... has the Turkey To Go sandwich always been that expensive? I haven't been to the Fair in a few years, but I seem to remember it being around $6-ish. As good as it is, $9.00 seems a li...

Problem Child is the only one on that list that I've seen.

Worst movies I've seen in a theater (that I can recall) are Tomcats and Dead Man On Campus. Apparently I had a lot of time on my hands in the late 90's/early 00's to sit through bad movies.

I saw that photo and my first thought was "Wow... Grant Potulny hasn't aged well".

I am just hoping we can get through my kid's hockey tournament this weekend without catching it, then we may head back into the bunker for a while. I played pick up hockey on Saturday for the first time in 5 months. It was a little weird. Being on the ice didn't feel risky for some reason. The benc...

Someone posted about Ennio Morricone's passing in the music thread. One of the all time greats. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly is on Netflix. His music was like another character in that movie. Also did memorable scores for The Mission, Once Upon A Time In America, etc...

My nurse wife rolls her eyes when I say this, but I'm convinced I had the virus in late Feb/early March, before it was really on our radar here in Minnesota. Whatever it was, it lasted for almost 3 weeks, and I've never had something so deep in my lungs before.

First World Problem ahead: There is apparently an aluminum shortage so soft drink manufacturers have had to cut back on the flavors they make available in 12 packs. According to a Coke rep I met, they are only making 5 flavors right now in 12 packs. My wife really misses her Cherry Coke Zero Sugar....

I got hooked on the "Grant" miniseries on the History channel last night. It was fantastic.

The trashy people 5 houses down are having a giant 4th of July party. There must be over 100 people there (on a standard 65 x 120 suburban lot). Loud fireworks. No social distancing at all. No respect for the neighborhood.

I get it's a holiday, but the size of this party is out of hand.

7. Locations in the Mission Impossible movie franchise.

davescharf wrote: ↑
Mon Jun 29 8:57 am
1. Nadal, Federer, Djokovic and Wawrinka (pretty sure he's the 4th because it was a Swiss man not named Federer who won it if I recall)

I'm not even a big tennis fan, but it's incredible how many times Nadal has won the French Open. For whatever reason, the guy just owns it.

3.6” of rain at my house in Woodbury. Not sure about the rest of the Twin Cities, but it poured for hours in the SE metro last night. Constant lighting/thunder.

Who are some of your favorite non-superstar athletes in any sport, past or present. More of a role player type. Greg Gagne. Played stellar defense at Shortstop. Never a great hitter, but he came through in the clutch with a lot of big hits in the playoffs. Ulf Dahlen. Ok... he's probably better tha...

For us hockey fans, there are interesting documentaries about Bob Probert ("Tough Guy") and Grant Fuhr ("Making Coco") on Tubi.

4. The Mad Hatter

I probably won't get much sympathy posting this on a hockey board. :) I'm coaching an 11U baseball team this summer. We started practice in January. Practices were suspended in mid-March because of Covid, and now we started up again a few weeks ago. When we were practicing in Jan/Feb, we made it cle...

Labor Day this year will be my 19th Anniv. Maybe more astounding, is I've only had 2 full time jobs since I was 19. :shock: You and I must have started our jobs around the same time, because I'll also hit the 19 year mark this September. Rather than seeing it as an accomplishment, I sometimes get a...

At the rate things are going, we might want to bump up that family vacation to Mt. Rushmore we keep putting off. It may not exist next summer.

Zwak wrote: ↑
Fri Jun 19 11:08 am
Question for someone who wants to ponder this. Oregon and Oregon State are only 36 miles (as the crow flies) apart. Are these the two closest state universities?

Could be. I don't know about mileage, but Colorado's aren't too far apart either. I would guess it's more than 36 miles though.

Zwak wrote: ↑
Tue Jun 16 4:57 am
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these bands? Cheap Trick, Crosby Stills & Nash, Crowded House, Earth Wind and Fire, the Greg Kihn Band, Nazareth, Tangerine Dream, Van Halen, Yes.

Their first albums are all self-titled? I think there would be hundreds of bands on that list though.

A Craw-Sticker from this past weekend... dog owners who use those 20 foot "retractable" leashes. I use a 6 foot leash (non-retractable) when walking my dog. If I'm passing by someone on the trail, I'll wrap it around my arm a few times to shorten the leash to about 3 feet, and give the person walkin...

I'm sure mine is a common one. "Blinded By The Light... wrapped up like a douche...". I've Googled the actual lyrics, and I still sounds like "wrapped up like a douche" to me. Also, not a song, but I was an adult before I discovered that Rush's lead singer was a dude. I always assumed it was a woman.

The silver maple in my yard is the bane of my existence. It finally finished dropping its helicopter seeds, so last weekend I did my yearly climb up to the roof with the leaf blower to clean out the gutters. The 2 weekends before that I swept up about 10 snow shovels full of seeds. Every year I have...

Composer wrote: ↑
Tue Jun 09 7:29 am
Looks like the second week in a row my golf league will be cancelled...

My son is supposed to have his first baseball practice since March tonight. My phone says 80% chance of rain at 6pm. 2020 just doesn't give up.

Never trust people with 2 first names.

7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these animals, and no others? Bears, bison, cattle, chickadees, eagles, geese, herons, horses, kingbirds, and pelicans. They are all on license plates (Dork Alert... I know this because I collect them). Bears (Alaska) Bison (North Dakoka) Cattle (Montana...

How embarrassing is it for baseball that both the NBA and NHL will most likely play games this summer before MLB? Two sports that involve a lot of physical contact and are played indoors on a much smaller playing surface can figure it out, yet baseball can't? I know it's a money thing, but come on. :x

Viking wrote: ↑
Fri Jun 05 8:33 am
5. Today is not June 6th

I haven't known what day it is since about March.

2. Salt & pepper

We watched "The Wrong Missy" on Netflix last night. Not appropriate for kids or highbrow entertainment by any means, but I thought it was pretty funny.

I just drove by the Target near my house. It's all boarded up like a hurricane is coming. Surreal.

With so many bad things happening all at once, 2020 feels very 1968-ish.

I wish I had a rain gauge to measure this when it's over, because it's been raining absolute buckets in Woodbury this evening. Just checked radar and it doesn't look like it will be ending anytime soon.

I know this is a super weird time to be thinking about this, but has anyone traveled or taken a vacation recently? I've been getting a ton of super cheap airfare promotions in my inbox lately and I'm really tempted to go somewhere. However, with the patchwork of restrictions across the country and s...

Something is definitely going on. I take a lot of pride in my lawn, and in the 11 years I've lived here it's never looked worse. I fertilized this Spring like I always do, and have done spot spraying with Round Up twice. Nothing seems to be working.

Has anybody seen The Way Back? It’s the basketball movie with Ben Afflleck. Think of Checking it out tonight. Haven't seen "The Way Back", but I've seen "The Way Way Back" (with Steve Carell and Sam Rockwell), which I really liked. :) , I watched "Road Hard" on Tubi the other night. I'd recommend i...

It will be interesting. Who knows when normal returns? It could be well after next winter. And by that I mean normal for restaurants where you can pack a place no restrictions, ect. Usually when protocols are put in place many stay for good regardless of what happens next. I think your small eateri...

Just got a nice haircut from my wife. She went to a beautician school after HS. Coming in handy now. She only worked in the business for a year. Too much complaining. Old ladies would come in and say "Make me look like Farrah Fawcett." My brother-in-law is cutting my hair on Sunday. He cut my son's...

Doesn’t look good for kids playing ball this summer. These people are afraid of their own shadow. I listened to the press conference this afternoon and was thinking the same thing. They didn't rule it out, but I think the baseball season is going to run out of time waiting for an answer. :ddown:

I check that twitter site almost every day. He finds some real gems. I love his Twitter site too but my one complaint is that he too often retweets comments or reactions to his posts. Yep. I had to Unfollow. The initial stuff is good, but the retweeted reactions were too much clutter for me. He als...

4. George Lucas? Although I can only think of the Star Wars movies.

MYAS, MBL and a girls softball governing org (can't remember the name) are teaming up and have a proposal with the Gov. to allow for baseball and softball this summer, so there is still some hope. Some associations have already cancelled In-house baseball (Prior Lake and Woodbury) and Eden Prairie ...

I came into work today, only to discover that I wasn't supposed to be here today. Back in February, I had put in vacation requests for 4 Fridays this summer for my son's baseball tournaments. The first tournament was supposed to be this weekend. I feel bad for my kids and all of the things they will...

The Rube wrote: ↑
Fri May 08 10:53 pm
Music, movies, books, or TV shows. Choose one. That's it, for the rest of your life. Go.

Probably music.

Zwak wrote: ↑
Thu May 07 9:40 am
Here's another trivia question I just got emailed to me:

What’s the only US state with a four-syllable name that doesn’t border another US state with a four-syllable name?

Indiana?

Pizza tastes better to me when its cut into squares.

Laxref wrote: ↑
Fri May 01 2:59 pm
Looks like Skor North is done.

I really liked Skor North, so I'm sad about this news. Unfortunately, with no sports on the horizon and the economy in the tank (presumably advertising revenue way down), this is probably just the beginning of job cuts for the whole industry.

7.

Hidden Content...

Best: Kit Kat (or possibly Pearson's Nut Rolls)
Most underrated: Take 5
Most overrated: Twix

Hot Rod. Dumb as hell, but I haven't laughed that hard in a long time.

What was your first job? First cash job: Lawn mowing from ages 13-15. 4 customers a week, $10 a mow. First real job: Busboy/Dishwasher at Bonanza when I was 16. $4.25/hour. To say I hated it would be an understatement, but it gave me great incentive to find a different job. Got hired at a local hos...

My tastes are always evolving so it's difficult to choose a favorite song, but one that has stood the test of time for me is God Only Knows by The Beach Boys. Not my favorite anymore, but WAY back when I was 12 I bought my first ever 45 (for 99 cents, which is probably like $10 today!): Surfin' Saf...

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