Simple Pleasures...

The towns are great but the parks are incredible. Last year was a down year because the rivers were dry. But Cascade River is a wonderful hike.

If you like golfing. Superior National is awesome. It's been many years since I golfed it but having river rapids flow through a hole is pretty awesome. And the view of the lake are great form the hill. :dup:

The MN portion of the NS is spectacular. Going around the lake is beyond spectacular.

One of the best motorcycle tours we have taken. I recommend doing it clockwise.

The North Shore has a northwest Montana/ Glacier Nat’l Park feel, just without the mountains.

A little over a decade ago was one of a few moments where I just stood in absolute awe of something. It was a windy and clear day, and those winds out of the west has been blowing for two or three days leading up to it. Absolutely MASSIVE waves breaking and crashing on the eastern shore near Wawa as the sun set. I wanted the world to stop spinning and stand there forever.

We stayed about 2 miles south of Wawa in a motel on the inland side of the Queens Hyw and walked to a European restaurant right across the road. Rode back to Wawa to Tim Hortons for breakfast & to gas up.

We were in Door County (Lake Michigan) 6-7 years ago and as I turned the corner into Ephraim I saw enormous waves crashing the shore. I had to park the car and get out to watch in awe.

It was a “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” moment for me.

Has anyone been to the pond hockey championship? Is it with it to go - how much of a pain is it to get there and do we have to pay as spectators just to watch?

Anyone here in it?!

Use to go all the time. It’s a good time and if you get cold, just go into the warming house. The warming house smells like used hockey equipment, but it’s all apart of the atmosphere.

I love that we raised about $250 more than what [mention]Jupiter[/mention] was looking for GPL donations.

Doing the math with the boss today, so I can figure out what I have for PTO this year. Had yesterday off, and my total AFTER that was 32.5 days. Take away my 2 weeks for MI (even though I don't leave until Wed, have to take full weeks for guaranteed approval), I have no clue what to do with the other 22+ days. Good problem to have.

I was not aware that this really happened…

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1mQCXX25GWw

What’s more distracting? The fake throw? Or that sailor top and hot pants combo on the dugout girl?

That’s probably not a very PC comment…dugout girl.

She’s a girl in the dugout….so you’re not wrong. I could come up with a few more colorful and definitely not PC titles however. ??

I watched it just to see the girl in the dugout you mentioned. Is that PC?

No, but I figured the mention might drive a few of you to view

I watched because of the "not aware this really happened comment" but having seen yours, I have to admit, I kept an eye out wondering what dugout girl you were talking about.

I hadn’t seen it the first time either (although not something I’d look for) so I had to watch it again too.

Same pickup play that was featured in Little Big League. Wonderful execution.

The reason for my comment was that this pickoff play was recreated in the movie Little Big League. The movie version looks exactly like the real version.

When I played Babe Ruth ball, we successfully executed this play twice when I was playing, once when I was pitching and another when I was playing first. The first when I was 13 was a night game in extra innings and I remember the mosquitos being so bad that you could hardly see due to that so when I “threw it away” it was an easy sell. The second time when I was 15, day game and our only player on the bench that game sat on the edge of the dugout next to the fence the entire game to set it up so in one of the last innings no one thought anything of him sitting there and he slapped the fence to make it seem like the ball hit it.

Boy the circumstances have to be perfect though to execute (close game, very loud chatter, late innings, etc. Good times.

They didn't have enough steaks and someone cut in line

[media] https://twitter.com/CBSPhilly/status/1488290135871561734 [/media]

[media] https://twitter.com/i/status/1490521447516758019 [/media]

We pulled this off once in a high school game when I was pitching. The next inning I got a base hit and when standing on first base, the other team's first baseman said to me, "You picked the one guy on our team who would fall for it".

Wooger... Back in the good old days when they actually had pregame and postgame shows for Gopher games. Miss those. Also, Russo's slacks is a master at finding these.

[media] https://twitter.com/RussosSlacks/status/1491219244339843072 [/media]

I love it when people steal my photos...

The fact after you called him out for it he really didn't care either. :ddown:

I also feel bad for giving him credit. I just thought it was from a screen shot from TV.

Kevin Gorg… :rotflmao:

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Kevin Gorg… :rotflmao:

Gorgasm! I liked the guy at times, thought he had some good insights but liked to hear himself talk. Those 30 minute pre/postgame bits though were awesome for Gopher hockey.

As promised—I received my Real ID today. About 2 1/2 months…

I suspect they quoted me the regular license turnaround.

Couldn't think of anywhere else to put it, so

Happy 2's Day!!! (2/22/22)

It'll also be a palindrome for the rest of the month!!!

I can't think of any date that will top 01/01/01 in my lifetime

06/06/06

Women were purposely being induced early so there kid wasn't born on that date... lol!!!

[media] https://twitter.com/1980MiracleTeam/status/1496107515905548296 [/media]

I've got that game lined up to watch tonight, then the game against the Finns for Thursday night. :dup:

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Find the dbl fisted Hak salute. I was shown this in the photo close to 20 years ago…

Clue: Far left side of the photo.

I watched that game on a 12 inch black and white TV as an 8 year old kid. One of my absolute favorite memories of childhood.

Did you already know the outcome or were you unaware of it while watching?

I can't recall if we were watching the initial TV broadcast (yes, I know it was tape delay) or a replay. I just remember we won and that it was a huge deal for the entire country.

Edit: I know I'm risking a permanent ban by saying this but when I played hockey by myself in the yard in the days following the game, I was always Mike Eruzione instead of a Gophers player. I don't think I comprehended that half the team were Minnesotans .

I vote for a ban.

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Edit: I know I'm risking a permanent ban by saying this but when I played hockey by myself in the yard in the days following the game, I was always Mike Eruzione instead of a Gophers player. I don't think I comprehended that half the team were Minnesotans .

For me, when a player wears the red, white and blue... I can careless who he played for in college.

That's just impossible for me. If I watch team USA and a whioux or badger gets more points than a Gopher, it bothers me as much as I try to ignore it.

For crying out loud, Bert, I was 8 years old!!

I remember AM1500 (IIRC) broadcasting the game live but not a TV broadcast until ABC played the game.

You gotta love Rizzo, he parlayed that one goal into never actually having to work the rest of his life. I wanna be like Mike!!

I blame your parents.

I watched it this afternoon. Always see new things. There were two good slew-foots by the USA that I noticed.

He's quoted as saying that his buddies tell him all the time if he misses the net on that shot he's out painting bridges for the rest of his life.

How times have changed. The game was tape delayed even though they were playing in NY

What time was the game live and what time was it shown?

I want to say 3 or 4 in the afternoon and ABC showed it during their prime time slot that evening.