Pilgrim Shadow

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Old man. . .

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Snoring. . .

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Is it raining?
Is it pouring?

He was trying to go in the birth canal, but missed. The wrong hole he found instead turned out to be a lot tighter than he thought.

I'm not going to steer my son away from the game because I think the culture has changed enough from when these guys got their concussions. Yeah, it's still a violent sport with risk of serious injury. I just think the risks are more manageable now that we have a better understanding of what we are dealing with.

When I was playing, hits that would be targeting today were celebrated. You rang someone's bell, and you knew you would get high fives and prime time spot in the film room even if the hit was in practice. Now, it's, "Nice going dumbass. You just cost us 15 yards and got yourself thrown out of the game." That should cut down on the number of hits likely to cause concussions.

With all of the media attention it's received, you're also a lot less likely to have an ignorant coach put a kid back in the game before he's recovered. I met our qb on the sideline during a game once, and he had a dazed look in his eyes. I asked if he was alright. He said, "I can't remember anything." I made sure he got to the trainer, but he didn't miss a snap in that game or all season. Apparently, he still remembered how to hand off to the tailback, and that was what really mattered.

I don't think that was uncommon at the time, but any coach today should know that if he's caught doing that, then he could end the kid's career and lose his job.

Mine is 19 mos, and it's already getting bad. Everyday I think, "That has got to be the cutest thing in the WTF!! I'M GONNA KILL HIM!"

Can't say that out loud, though. I had to slam on the brakes last week and let out an s-bomb. As soon as it was out of my lips I hear a little voice in the back seat saying, "Sheet? She-it? shite? shite?" Great, my son knows about 100 words, and one of them is shite. That'll go over well.

eta. :cheers: to howdy ag!

:lol: Force of habit. I'm training to be a lawyer. Don't ask me what to do about the terrible twos, though.

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he's going to be in the room with you.

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This didn't last long in our house. My wife is a light sleeper, so he went from in our room to just outside the open door after 2 nights and down the hall in his own room within 2 weeks. That's about how long it takes to go from, "We can't just leave him alone," to, "Someone will die if I don't get some sleep!"

WTF guys. I thought the official languages of tArk were English, Spanish, and Rantonese. No one understands this gibberish.

:lol: Countless hours shining shoes and brass, arranging them perfectly on a uniform, folding towels and sheets after an upperclassman tornado, etc was boring as hell to me. ymmv

Well, it's a football thread, and we all know football season ended last month.

Michigan State played at Kentucky in the '40s. LINK