The Tennessee Titans are coming to town, and luckily for the Miami Dolphins, we’re catching a little break. Titans QB Marcus Mariota suffered a hamstring strain last week in their blowout loss to the Texans. In Mariota’s place will be veteran QB Matt Cassel. I think it’s going to take more than a break for us to beat the Titans. It’s not that the Titans are unbeatable, because they got drubbed 57-14 last week. The problem is, the guy on left in the picture above, has to figure out how to get the guy on the right to perform better, and start putting points on the board. Would you believe Cutler is completing 66.7% of his passes? OK, would you believe his average yards per attempt is is a paltry 5.8YPA? The majority of Cutler’s career, that number is 7 or better, with a couple of seasons where he had 6.6 and 6.8. Under 6 yards per attempt is pathetic. We have been unable to move the ball downfield through our passing game, and as of late, the running game too. Gase has a lot of work to do.
Why is this guy still starting? The only answer I can come up with is it’s only our 4th game. That’s it. He was so wide open last week against the Saints, not a player anywhere near him when Julius Thomas made his play of the year, a 23 yard reception where he was, lack of a better description, completely ignored by the Saints defense. I don’t have game film, but this guy can’t block. He’s not helping Jay Ajayi or Jay Cutler lining up as a TE. I recall MarQueis Gray being a pretty impressive blocker, and not too shabby catching the ball either. We all know Fasano can block, so how about jump starting this offense with a tandem of Gray and Fasano in a 2 TE set? It’s been painful to watch Ajayi get the handoff, and always having to try to beat a defender just to get to the damn line of scrimmage. Far too often this has been the case, and of course that’s not all on Julius Thomas, or any one OL, it’s all of them. This O-line needs to find their nasty fast before the season slips too far away.
With Matt Cassel starting at QB, DeMarco Murray and Derrick Henry will be shouldering the load against us this Sunday for our 1st true Home game at The Rock. Last week Cordrea Tankersely gave us a glimmer of a pretty solid YOUNG CB tandem, with he and Xavien Howard. I’m a fan of Byron Maxwell, despite being much maligned by our fanbase, and I’ll be honest, he didn’t play well so far this season. He started slow last year too, but ended up playing very well for us down the stretch. His services may still be needed, so don’t hate on him too much. Nate Allen is exactly what I expected him to be, underwhelming. He’s done, but he’s our guy until week 9, when newly signed S T.J. McDonald comes off his 8 game suspension, which incidentally got pushed up a week thanks to our friend Hurricane Irma.
I think it’s going to be a physical game, the Titans have fashioned themselves as a physical team, with an aggressive run blocking O-line, and the 2 horses in Murray and Henry to carry the rock. The Titans targeted their man in the 2016 draft, and with Tunsil still available at #8, the Titans nabbed OT Jack Conklin. Conklin is not the physical specimen Laremy Tunsil is, but that guy is all heart and desire. He’s a very physical player who never lets up. The Titans O-line, especially their run blocking is their strength on offense. LT Taylor Lewan and RT Jack Conklin are the bookends, with Quinton Spain at LG, Ben Jones at C and Josh Kline at RG. This is an old school team, coached by and old school HC, Mike Mularkey, along with some old school assistants, like Terry Robiskie and Dick LeBeau.
Speaking of Dick LeBeau, he’s been around longer than NFL films has. Not really, but he’s been a defensive coach in the NFL for 29 years. The Titans have a pretty good front 7, base 3-4 defense. DaQuan and Jurrel Casey are the ends, with Sylvester Williams at the nose. Big, physical LB’s are the thing here, with Derrick Morgan, Wesley Woodyard, Avery Williamson and of course, Brian Orakpo. Logan Ryan (from NE) and LeShaun Sims are the corners, along with Jonathan Cyprien (SS) and Kevin Byard (FS). This season so far, even before last weeks blowout at the hands of the Texans, this defense has not been getting it done. They have allowed 126 points in 4 games, which puts them at 30th in the NFL. Of course, this week, we face them after a blowout loss, so LeBeau will have these guys angry and riled up.
What we need is Ajayi running in space. He’s got to have some creases to run through, and lately, they haven’t been there. I think we all know Ajayi is the key to getting this offense going, and of course, opposing defenses do as well, which is why they have been focused on shutting him down at all costs, and it’s working. It seems we can’t rely on Jay Cutler to throw the rock all over the yard, hitting bombs to Parker, Stills and Grant. Maybe someday, but it hasn’t materialized yet. Get Ajayi going, and work it from there.
GO DOLPHINS! Zero in! Please . . .
Finsmob Unleashed 
Lol Mike E
ER, I like bananas but my wife bought a bunch before she and her brother went to Florida to deal with the condo down there. My daughter wasn’t around a lot and though I like bananas I’m not going to eat 7 of them just to get rid of them. But that wasn’t the point of my post. We always offered neighbors tomatoes that we grew as well. It was just sad that I had to stop in my tracks because of the PC culture we live in.
Lol. I know man.
I personally hate them so good thing I don’t live next to you as it would have been insulting. 🙂
LOL
dont tell me I’m the only one who digs the bananas a grave and has a small ceremony when I have too many
LOL
Tim you rotten banana tossing fuck! Stop offering your bad fruits to the neighborhood. Last month Tim tried to unload a truck of sour kumquats to the gay couple across the street – and we all know what that means!
Not rotten you swine, ripe and sweet. Kids like sweet and they’re healthy fruits. I guess if I offered bananas or cucumbers to a gay male couple that would be wrong too. LOL
What about teenage girls, or their mother? “Can I interest you or your daughters in my cucumber?”
“Hey guys, I have this whole crate of eggplants I can’t finish. They’re yours! No reciprocation necessary.”
On a serious note, it really made me feel how screwed up we’re getting as a society. When food means something bad. That’s why I’ve made points in the past that food and drink are stereotypes, not racism.
My S-I-L is black and when we go to their house for Thanksgiving they make collard greens and homemade mac and cheese. That’s not racist either, that’s what they enjoy as do the rest of us. WTF are we doing to ourselves?
Wouldn’t worry about it that much. Understand staying away from charged words, but not in offering bananas as if it is a message…..unless you are offering them to Kong. 🙂
The reason it came up is assholes have thrown bananas at players of color at soccer and MLB games in recent times. The red alert went off in my head and made me sad.
Didn’t know about that part, but maybe neither did they. But then again was the one a few days ago warning my wife that the Vegas shooters GF was Filipina so she would get what comments might come to her on facebook.
Sometimes people can get along….even if one of them stole the other’s truck.
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“Iraq veteran Taylor Winston sprang into action to save lives Sunday night during the Las Vegas shooting, stealing a pick-up truck that had keys in it and then transporting victims to the hospital….He drove the truck back to the event during the attack and began looking for people in critical condition to take to the hospital. Winston estimated he transported roughly 20 to 30 people to the hospital that evening.”
Owner’s Q after tracking him down 3 days later: “Hey Taylor told you might have the keys to my truck? All I want is the key. Other then that its all water under the bridge to me and hows the people you hauled doing?”
I AINT FALLIN FO NO BANANA IN THE TAILPIPE !!
LOL — you might get a shrimp salad sandwich out of it though…….great quote.
I would like to run more double TE.The reason is this is such a base formation, yet so versatile that you can run a bunch of plays out of it.
My vision is a double TE formation, one WR out on either side, One RB and the QB.
From this formation i can run power run, i can run counter run, i can run a sweep, to either side without tipping off what side im sweeping to. I can put a WR in motion to get them in the slot on either side, i can jets sweep, i can play action pass releasing one TE or both. It one simple formation and you have 0 clue what im going to do. Im not saying that would be the only formation i showed but it would be my base formation where most my plays ran out of.
My game plan would be to hammer home the power and counter runs, throw in some zone blocking run plays as well, and work my passing game out of the same formation with play action passing and an occasional sweep, jets sweet and reverse.
After my run game was working well, if i felt like this formation was limiting me in the passing game and i was playing from behind, obviously i move to more 3 WR sets, lose a TE, etc,
Not much power with Julius Thomas blocking
Agreed.
Mike, Thomas is still better than 4 out in the routes from a spread, the OL, QB and RB. “It’s getting to look a lot like Lazor.” Let’s not all sing along. LOL
There is a lot of things that most OL have never dealt with in college, and it goes past just technique. Its pretty difficult these days to be able to spot a guaranteed stud from the OL coming out of college, partially because part of it is an intangible. You can have all the gifts and training you need to play that position, but ya also have to be a guy who plays like an animal. You have to be a nasty person to really be great. A lot of the better players just dont have that switch where when they are on the field they are almost night and day compared to the person off it. I think Asiata will be fine once he settles in because i saw that kind of play on his game film, he needs to dig down and find it, and then get the strength and technique capable of letting him really turn that into a great player.
Food likes is regional, i love collard greens, watermelon, fried chicken and about any other stereotype food you can think of, most southerners do, white or black.
Me too. Tacos and burritos of all kinds are my favorite food – beef, chicken, pork (sorry Piggy lol) and fish/seafood. I love the ingredients in most of it.
I ate 8 tacos last night
They were 1.75 each so…
🐖
Southern food is awesome
So is soul food which is virtually the same
There are very few foods I don’t like
🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷
Mike E. says:
October 5, 2017 at 4:56 pm
Not much power with Julius Thomas blocking
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Mike i probably would have him out there despite his blocking ability, but i would probably run opposite his side most the time. You cant sell out what your doing by not having a guy out there unless its his strength your playing to or you are telling everyone what you are doing. Easiest way would to be rotating all three pretty evenly and working them a little, but not a lot, disproportionately to their strength. So you would play Thomas, and he might block more consistently, then maybe every third snap, he slips out for a pass. Maybe Fasano is more a rare release on a pass play and Gray is kinda in between the two, but that just means the “suspect” Thomas is going out, but its too late when they guess wrong and Ajyai just broke it outside his even feeble attempt at a block lol. It could also be where Fasano has blocked nearly every snap he has had and then you sleep on him and he busts a really nice reception. Predictability is killing us, we gotta find as many ways not to be as we can.
Love it. Also running the ball is a mentality and Ajayi is a downhill 1-2 cut runner but always north and south as they say. He doesn’t play around if there is some push and a gap. Do that and he gets 5-10 or more regularly. He’s not going to be effective most times with the exception of a great effort when he’s being hit behind or at the LOS. That stuff is for Barry Sanders types. That’s not Ajayi.
We’re having him run with only 5 blocking at times. We end up dealing with 7 defenders. You can’t throw short stuff in spread and then look to Ajayi and expect defenses to play deep. Until you beat them at whatever it is you’re trying to do, they will crowd the box and that’s what has happened to us two weeks in a row.
If I’m Gase, I take a page out of what Dan Campbell did when he took over as interim HC. Let’s get physical in all phases. The Titans were the same opponent. LOL
D
I would love to run a double TE set from time to time to
but our tight ends suck Tim’s rotten bananas
We would end up having our best personnel on the sideline if we did that
Lol
2 TE – rotate Thomas, Fasano and Gray
2 WR – rotate Landry, Parker and Stills
RB Ajayi and I’d like to see more Drake
We need some help blocking man on man and in pass pro, even if Thomas just helps with a double team and then slips out late. There are still options to move the ball. I feel like we’re hampering the power on the ground and the vertical passing game we have due to scheme. Gase has to go with his bread and butter. It gets good times and dinner going. 🙂
I hear you Tim
but the reality is the talent at TE that we have is shit
at the end of the day – why take your best players off the field
Tim…what’s the problem? You have too many ripe bananas? Peel them, put them in a zip loc freezer bag. When you get enough, the recipe I have uses 6, you thaw them and make banana bread or muffins. They are actually better this way for making bread.
My wife would do that. She’s home now, I need to ask her what happened to them. LOL
Don’t ask your wife for help…make the best guy banana meal ever for yourself.
great idea herd,
Btw Tim it’s not racist to give food away that is going bad, it’s just stupid, lol
I mean, damn, if the food isn’t good enough for You, what message does it send to someone that Your trash should be their treasure? Make the damn banana bread, and for an added treat use cannabutter
Herd
My wife always used to make banana bread with our overripe bananas. It’s delicious. I don’t think we have chocolate powder though, no one drinks it anymore.
Make it with Ovaltine, it’s good for you. LOL
That’s exactly what we used to use, and it’s delicious! lol
LOL, I love it.
Where did the chocolate powder come into this discussion?
Assuming it is just a way to sweeten up and add flavor. My Mom used brown sugar.
Younghoe Koo was cut by the Chargers today. Much as liked the win, hard not to feel sorry for him.
Much as i liked the win its not hard to love that name….or at least to make fun of it. I mean Younghoe….really that’s too much to give to a guy like me, i had a laugh at like 30 different jokes i made up just for myself.
the nfl is hard on younghoes
lol….Still fun at the time before the injuries come up later in life.
NFL players’ union teamed up with George Soros to fund leftist advocacy groups http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/oct/5/nfl-players-union-teamed-george-soros-fund-leftist/ … @washtimes
Jobs with Justice (one of the 2 organizations named) is a pro-union organization – the NFLPA is a union…so it kind of makes sense
The other organization Center for Community Change – is also workers rights group
I wish these things were not discussed in a derogatory manner
The language of this article cracks me up. They didn’t team up with Soros, they happen to donate to the same organization. And its not bankrolled by Soros – he just donates to a lot of organizations likes this. He’s a liberal guy and its his money – he can do whatever he likes with it
Soros is like the altright boogieman, coming to get ya, lol
Let’s hall pass the presidents fuckups and blame soros, yea!
Impeach soros now!
It Cracks me up all the paranoia and fear over nothing, but it’s also sad the real problems are overlooked when whining about fantasy ones.
Just my .02
MIKE E.;TO ANSWER a question you posed earlier today—–
YES, YOUNG STANGER AND I WILL BE AT HARD HEAD STADIUM THIS SUNDAY to see if our beloved Dolphins can SCORE MORE POINTS against the Titans than they did against the Jets and Saints combined!!! (We’d need to score 7, count ’em, 7 points on Sunday to top our total of 6 in our previous two games!!)
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IS NOW a good time to ask Coach Gase,”WHY has your team started off so slow in the 2 seasons you’ve been head coach???” –A loss to the favored Titans and a loss next Sunday to the HEAVILY FAVORED FALCONS in Atlanta will mean back-to-back 1-4 starts under Garse, er, I mean, GASE!!
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I BELIEVE ONE of the reasons for slow starts under Gase is CONDITIONING, CONDITIONING,CONDITIONING (yes, I know that’s THREE reasons!). Another reason is the simple fact these guys DON’T KNOW THE PLAYBOOK WELL ENOUGH TO EXECUTE GASE’S PLAYS!!!—–Confused and outta shape might be OK for “ANIMAL HOUSE” but they won’t work in the NFL!! —And speaking of “CONFUSED,” WHAT in the hell is the play caller extraordinaire doing calling a 4-yard pas route WHEN IT’S 3rd and 13?????????? IF GASE is going to put blame on some of his players (as in 8 do the right thing and 3 don’t) he also needs to blame that guy he sees in the mirror for being the shittiest play caller we’ve seen since Philbin!!!
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I UNDERSTAND GASE is stuck with perhaps the worst personnel department in the NFL. And the fault for that particular mess lies with ownership. For as long as most of you can remember, from Parcells to T-Baum, our scouting department has STUNK. But ownership refuses to clean house of the dead wood that inhabits our personnel group. The same guys who provided inaccurate judgments a decade ago for Ireland are STILL making the same mistakes under T-Baum. –UNBELIEVABLE!!!
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SO, COACH GASE, you still have my sympathies. And, with a better personnel department, I think you can turn this franchise around into a winner. But THAT won’t be enough to get us to the promised land. To do that, we’ve got to have a solid performance from the owner’s box, the personnel department, and the coaches on the field. We are not close to being a legitimate contender for the Super Bowl, and THAT’S THE TRUTH!!!
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GO BUCS! — PUNISH THE PATS!!!
I hope they far exceed your expectations OD, and you have a great time watching the Dolphins beat the Titans
Yeah OD — we all have a game to root on tonight. Have the feeling the best way for us to make the playoffs is now by winning the div…..who would have thunk?
Herd
You didn’t use Ovaltine?
Not in banana bread. And my family was more nestle quick as far as milk additives were concerned.
I used Nestlé’s Quik all through my childhood. I bought Ovaltine for my kids because they liked it better. Eventually, I did too. Plus, they changed it to Nesquik, which thoroughly pissed me off. That sounds like crap! lol
So do you put it in banana bread? I don’t think that sounds so great. I’m so confused. Lol
Herd
Yes, my wife puts Ovaltine in the mix for the banana bread. It was really good, I promise. I’m sure my wife has a recipe.
Never heard of that. My life might have turned our differently if only….😏
Hey Tim – Do you think it would be inappropriate to bring over banana bread to your black neighbors? lol
Why do you guys complicate things so much?
I put all chocolate products directly in my mouth
To me, the most important trait for an OL is balance. Balance when you’re in your set…when you move…when you are being leaned on. You can compensate for not being very strong…or quick, but if you don’t have good balance, you’re screwed…because your balance impacts everything. You also want to be the aggressor, but you can’t be overly aggressive because even decent players will take advantage of it….at the pro level…forget it. And, this isn’t the same as having “good feet”.
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Asiata struggles in both areas. He plays like he’s the only lineman out there, and you just can’t do that. But, if they can harness this kid and get to the point they trust him to do what he’s supposed to do, he can be a good player. He’s worth a mid round pick to see what he can be.
What’s really disturbing to me is my kids preferred the Strawberry Quik over chocolate.
Yeah, that’s odd.
Did you guys used to take a spoonful of chocolate powder….dip it into the milk just enough to submerge the spoon…hold it there for a few seconds…and then take it out and eat the pile of semi-mooshy powder? No? Just me? It’s delicious.
Cant say I did. But I do admit to putting more spoonfuls of the powder in the milk than what the directions said. When I was really young I remember the milkman brought the milk every few days. My mom would get chocolate milk from him sometimes as a treat. THAT was awesome!
When I was stoned, I would eat it right off the spoon, no milk, but my favorite was really cold chocolate milk, one spoonful at a time.
You ate milk with a spoon?
Its only a matter of time before some one admits to shooting up chocolate
Literally laughing at this.
What I will end up doing if I continue to read this blog topic tonight
Lmao. It doesn’t take much to stray off topic these days but surely chocolate milk is something we can all agree on.
Just for the sake of being a contrarian
That’s what my kids like. The liquid kind too. Not even the strawberry powder version.
I actually drink chocolate, strawberry, vanilla and all kinds of quick all the time
It’s high in protein
Herd,
Oh I almost always put in twice the amount called for. The guys who wrote those directions were nuts. The worst part for me though is we actually only had powdered milk sometimes….that stuff was nasty.
MikeE,
I tried that a couple times, but I usually ended up choking on it before I could get it down. Lol
Yeah, it was extremely dry
Herd
Yes, ate it with a spoon. It was like heaven each spoonful 😀
That’s hilarious. But you were stoned, so anything goes then.
The Flying Pig says:
October 5, 2017 at 8:00 pm
Jobs with Justice (one of the 2 organizations named) is a pro-union organization – the NFLPA is a union…so it kind of makes sense
The other organization Center for Community Change – is also workers rights group
I wish these things were not discussed in a derogatory manner
The language of this article cracks me up. They didn’t team up with Soros, they happen to donate to the same organization. And its not bankrolled by Soros – he just donates to a lot of organizations likes this. He’s a liberal guy and its his money – he can do whatever he likes with it
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You say all of this as though there is nothing wrong with the NFLPA donating to radical leftist agendas, whatsoever.
I wonder what half of the players think about this… guys like Ali Villanueva. I wonder what half the country thinks about this… average Joe’s who watch the NFL as a past-time who don’t want the game to represent politics or have an agenda shoved down their throat on Sunday’s. I wonder what remaining NFL sponsors think about this… especially those who are already on the precipice of jumping after all of the “kneeling” protests.
You can’t just call this a ‘fair catch’ — like a punt-returner can — as though this is nothing, Brother: political actions have political consequences. You can argue the semantics of the Washington Times article, but when the NFLPA is contributing to the same causes as George Soros… we’ve got a bloody problem here in America.
Many of you don’t know the real George Soros. But if ya do and approve of him… one is fundamentally rooting for the destruction of America… and EMBRACE PC (Political Correctness). Many have been indoctrinated and don’t even know it, sadly.
I say this bc a players union donating to workers rights organizations should not surprise anyone
And I don’t for a second think these are radical leftist groups or anything that deserves such criticism
It just more ” lookout for the boogeyman under your bed” bs from right wing pundits who profit from fear-mongering
Sorry, but decent wages and basic human rights to anyone should never be treated like pariahs
I used to proudly volunteer in an organization like this when I was in law school. Nothing nefarious about wanting people to be treated decently when they are working. I would do it again if I had time tomorrow
And look I don’t say this to insult you
But you don’t know George Soros either
You just know what you read and hear about him like everyone else
I donated to the Red Cross last year and hurricane Irma relief this year
Are those evil charities if Soros donates to them too?
All good, and I don’t mind the disagreement, Pig.
But I don’t think you know who George Soros is, buddy.
M13 the point is:
What does it matter if Soros and the NFLPA donate to the same charity
THis is blatant mudslinging of the NFLPA. Washington Times readers already hate Soros so this article imagines the NFLPA and Soros in some devious plot – it’s utter bullshit
The Flying Pig says:
October 5, 2017 at 9:13 pm
M13 the point is:
What does it matter if Soros and the NFLPA donate to the same charity
THis is blatant mudslinging of the NFLPA. Washington Times readers already hate Soros so this article imagines the NFLPA and Soros in some devious plot – it’s utter bullshit
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NY Times readers already hate President Trump, so their articles must be some devious plot to link Russia with Trump — it’s utter bullshit.
See how that works?
One is REAL NEWS, the other is #FakeNews/agenda based.
Yes many NYtimes article are bullshit too
I know it works both ways
I scrutinize everything
Call it out for being bullshit and say why. I’m all for calling out bullshit. I do it all the time. No one is safe from pork wrath
I like this response, Pig; I’m with ya. There’s a LOT of BS being pushed around by the media of today. So-called ‘journalism’ is now dead, as Walter Cronkite and Edward R. Murrow roll in their graves, buddy.
PIGGY, I WISH you’d been around and active during the Nixon years. You’d have called out so much shit you’d have had a sore throat!! (NOT to be confused with “Deep Throat!”)
Well M13 take a look at this article about Harvey Weinstein in the NY Times
https://www.google.com/amp/s/mobile.nytimes.com/2017/10/05/us/harvey-weinstein-harassment-allegations.amp.html
His is a nonpartisan story IMO
I think it’s well written
So there’s good out there
It just have to weed through he bs
I hear ya! But it’s unfortunate that we must weed through the BS. Real journalism is now DEAD.
Tim,
So long as you are REAL with you neighbors (I think you’re one of the realist and coolest mofoz on this board, Brother), I don’t think you’ll have ANY problem with your neighbors regarding your overstock of bananas.
Do NOT allow Political Correctness to rule your life, man. If you were truly racist, you and I could never be friends, man! Lead by example, Tim! And that you’re thinking about your neighbor’s kids is a testament to your good soul.
https://twitter.com/McCefali/status/916121501891522560
Lmao
I hope he gets suspended for throwing a punch at his own guy
OD
Do you think the Nixon years are worse than what’s going on now?
YES, by ten thousand miles. In the end, only 9 republican senators would have voted NOT to impeach Nixon. The vote to convict would have been 91-9, so Nixon abruptly resigned while he still had the option to do so.
https://twitter.com/hilariousedited/status/914203745839325184
PIGGY; Sometime I’d like you to do a little research on Senator Sam Ervin, chairman of the Watergate Committee. One time he responded to the seemingly contradictory statement of one of Nixon’s henchmen by pointing out, “I’m just a plain old country lawyer, so I’d appreciate it if you’d explain again, in simpler terms, what seemed to me to be contradictory statements.” But before the witness could respond, Senator Howard Baker of Tennessee interjected, “Mr. Chairman, before this man responds, I’d like it to be put on the record that you graduated first in your class from Harvard Law School and, for many years, you served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina!” Duly informed about the chairman’s background, the witness corrected his previous comments with a statement that, SURPRISE, was totally truthful and understandable, much to the chagrin of the Nixon camp.
Thanks for this post OD
Wow this shit is just getting stupid.
How America has silently accepted the rage of white men | via @CNNopinion https://t.co/PwNM9rDKpf https://t.co/sQPa3tYTqE
Franks will be a Buc next week
This country is about to be in a really bad place. There is so much racial hatred right now it’s insane and completely sad. The media is fueling it, politicians on both sides are fueling it, people are stupidly falling for it. It’s fucking sick. I just fell like not watching news, walling off and leaving society behind until everyone has destroyed themselves and if somehow I survive I’ll come back for the rebuild.
The hate you see on tv isn’t real or at least not what it appears to be. Look around you most people you see and run into on a day to day basis are good people just trying to deal like the rest of us.
Agreed, it feels like a white supremacist snuck in the back door, and now our countries race relations went back 50 years
Fuck you thats bullshit
Wow
Tampa Should have won this game but for their kicker
https://twitter.com/rodriguezdagod/status/916096098577666048
Lol
It got a little harey there for a second . . . Then the tortoise just ran away with it. Steady and strong was the tortoise
We have to win to stay tie in the loss column with them.
Quit fucking around Dolphins with your big heads. Walking around “we’re a playoff team, we’re good”. You ain’t shit til you do it on the field. Every year.
The sad truth!
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Nick Folk has missed more FGs than the @MiamiDolphins have scored TDs.
How about this one. Nick Folk has missed as many FGs and extra points combined in the last 2 games he has played as Miami has scored in total points in their last 2 games. …5 FG missed, 1 missed extra point versus 6 points for Miami.
When i made my Quick it would be gritty and delicious. Especially at the end of the cup you’d get the chocolate sludge. Yummmm
Quik……
It would be a good time for Rey Rey to get it going. TN is sure to keep pounding, especially with Mariota out or gimpy.
Also would be a good time for the offense to get going!
We are going to get this thing figured out this week.
BRIAN: I HOPE you saw my comments a couple of days ago RE: the cost of your ticket and your son’s ticket to the Jets game (FEST) using my tickets. The cost of your ticket is ($152) is the face value. The cost of your boy’s ticket is $0,–the same amount I PAID as a very young boy to see my FIRST NFL GAME in the historic Orange Bowl in, I believe 1964 or 1965. It pitted The Browns (led by Jim Brown) vs. the Packers in the old “NFL RUNNER-UP BOWL,” which matched the #2 team in the NFL East vs. the #2 team in the NFL West. It was discontinued when the expansion Dolphins team entered the AFL. The ticket I used was purchased FOR ME by a dear friend.
Oh you can’t
drink it slow
if it’s Quik
don’t you know
Giving old food to neighbors shows that You think Your neighbors are less than You.
What to tell them?
This food is old, and it needs to be thrown out, but to be nice, I wanted to ask if You want to eat my garbage before I toss it in the can?
It’s Not racist, but it’s just wrong, lol
He’s not giving old food
He’s giving food he had too much of
There’s nothing wrong with it
Tim explained it pretty clearly, he said they were bananas that were basically ripe, or a little past that, and he doesn’t like it when they get sweet, they weren’t garbage.
I hear You, but what’s garbage or not is a fine line, and overripe bananas are right in the middle of that gray area IMO.
Besides, bananas are inexpensive, gotta live next to the neighbors, lol
I would err on the side of maybe not offending them with old food gifts, but to each his own.
What you are explaining is exactly what Tim was frustrated with
people being overly sensitive and easily offended
its just bananas
This is my new insult to people
Go 🍌 Yourself
Lol
Lmao Piggy!
I couldn’t think of the name of it last night but there was another chocolate milk product my mom used to get us. It wasn’t a powder, more the consistency of instant coffee. Granular. Finally remembered it. PDQ. These are the things that keep me up at night.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDQ_Chocolate
When I was little kid, I remember my mom bought this chocolate syrup that came in an aerosol type spray can, called Mr. Big Shot
There was also Fox’s U-Bet chocolate syrup as well
thats a rather suggestive container
At least the syrup came out of the top of the can, and not the back end. lol
Terrorism, in its broadest sense, describes the use of intentionally indiscriminate violence as a means to create terror, or fear, to achieve a political, religious or ideological aim.[1] It is used in this regard primarily to refer to violence against peacetime targets or in war against non-combatants.[2] The terms “terrorist” and “terrorism” originated during the French Revolution of the late 18th century[3] but gained mainstream popularity during the U.S. Presidency of Ronald Reagan (1981–89) after the 1983 Beirut barracks bombings[4] and again after the attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C. in September 2001[5][4][6] and on Bali in October 2002.[4]
There is no commonly accepted definition of “terrorism”.[7][8] Being a charged term, with connotation of something “morally wrong,” it is often used, both by governments and non-state groups, to abuse or denounce opposing groups.
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Herd
So PDQ was made by Ovaltine. I used to like the Ovaltine with Malt, but my kids hated it.
Racism is sometimes tough to quantify.
But It seems reasonable that what’s decided as racist , should be decided by the victim , and not the offender
Example, He might think it’s ok to lynch black people, while the victims may think otherwise.
What is decided to be racist or not, is a decision best left to the targets IMO.
Just as everything is offensive nowadays…..
True, offended and divided are what the country has turned into over the last 9 months. SMH
IMO There is no way to fix it unless the faulty leadership problem is fixed
This has been a trend in this country (Society in general), waaaaaaay before Trump got into office. The PC crowd is totally out of control. You can’t say anything anymore. It’s not for the better, not at all.
Hear ya Mike, but What’s the solution ? What we are doing now is failing big time.
Bosco was a favorite as well
For some reason, my family never got into Bosco, but it was pretty popular
I loved the Ovaltine with malt. I also remember my mom would buy Hershy’s chocolate syrup in a can (Just wrong no matter how you try to word it)for us as a treat for ice cream. Normally we just put pancake syrup on our vanilla ice cream because it was way cheaper.
Yes…. good ol canned syrup. You’d have to sticky, messy puntures in it and always lose that lid! Lol
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Real time photo of Phindog right now^^^
Many years back, I started a new job with a large corporation in south FL.
There was an important decision to make on a large project, and I had no trouble deciding what way I wanted to spend the bosses money, but thought the boss should make that call, since it’s his money, not mine.
I called him and started discussing the situation, and was going to ask what way he wanted to go.
But he cut me off quickly, and said to me.
David, I hired a problem solver, not a problem maker, which one are You!
I answered, this problem is solved, have a great day, goodbye!
And I made the call and went with it.
What kind of leadership do we have now, problem maker, or problem solver?
The Evidence suggests problems haven’t gone away, lol go figure
David
The solution is to get rid of social media. It’s a breeding ground…..
I agree Social media sucks, twitter and Facebook are garbage.
Get rid of them? I’m not sure RT , I see pros and cons either way.
But the ability for trolls to control and manipulate people on twitter and Facebook is out of control IMO.
Good subject to address though, maybe a fair warning before cutting off if that’s the call.
Going out for lunch, if Tims garbage can is on the way I’ll save a few bucks, lol. Jk
ER
Excellent point – Social media is one of current society’s downfalls. Kind of ironic, because I use Facebook, but it’s loaded with opinionated garbage all day and night, almost as bad as this blog! 🙂
I think what’s happened is through social media, people in general have lost respect for one another. When you talk to someone face to face, people wouldn’t say half the crap they feel comfortable saying on social media, and therein lies the rub.
That and people act as if everything they read online is true. I use social media for entertainment, keeping up with friends who live away from where I am. I don’t use it as a way to determine my political leanings or to get ‘news’.
Agreed Mike E
It also makes everyone the most important person in the world. Their opinions are now facts and you’re a horrible person if you disagree.
And exactly right that some of the things I have seen people say to one another, they would never in a million years have the balls to say it in the real world…….
To add on…
I also think it makes people (especially the young ones) anxiously having to “keep up” with what everyone else is doing. Instead of just being themselves and worrying about themselves…
Thats it for my deep thoughts….
Back to regular scheduled programming. Lol
Another excellent point ER
Add on to that cyber-bullying, which really ties in to your keeping up comment, because people pile on the poor kid in order to not be the victim themselves. It’s terrible what kids do to each other via social media.
Yep — used to be before if you wanted to get into a place where you were never wrong you’d have to join a cult, the KKK, the Black Panthers or something and travel to meetings. Now if you don’t like what you hear from others you just say “you A-hole…I’m right” and head off to whatever website where folks like you from all over will agree with you on that that you are right while they applaud you for putting out your anger.
Last nite was the first Pats game had watched in full. They’ll still win the div, but their fans shouldn’t be buying superbowl tickets either. Looked quite average. Not like the Bucs were doing themselves any favors. And long as have been waiting for Tommy Boy to show signs of age….that wasn’t on display. He was getting whacked around plenty. Looked about as concerned as getting hurt as Gisele is…..and for real good reason.
If their kicker hit 2 of 3, they win
If their kicker hits that 31 yd FG earlier in the 4th, they might have been kicking a 36 yd FG to win at the end instead of pass to the end zone.
Can’t believe I am going to say this…..but kickers are easier to fix than what their O-Line was showing. Bucs were brutalizing them without blitzing.
Herd
No question, that’s another thing. The real media does it too, they rush to get news out faster than anyone they don’t even care to verify whether it’s correct these days, Tom Petty being the most recent one I can think of. Does anyone really remember who broke what first? I know I don’t know or care. How did that become a thing?
Gotta get the scoop and post it… don’t worry about editing or fact checking, we’ll do that later. Just get the scoop. There used to be integrity in journalism. Very rare now.
used to be my favorite..
David, the bananas were fine. My wife likes to eat them when they’re still a bit green. Others like them when they start to ripen and get sweet. I had one and it was good, but I’m not going to eat 7 of them just to get rid of them. It was either let someone else enjoy them, or throw them away. It was over the weekend and I saw the kids on their deck from my deck. I explained why I didn’t give it to them. We don’t know the family well on a social level other than to say hi and have some casual conversation. I don’t know what kind of BS they’ve been through. Last thing I wanted to do was make them think I was being racist in any way, they’re my neighbors.
It’s clearly Trumps fault that you feel that way 🙂
Go 🍌 Yourself Tim!!!
Truthfully it was good You considered their feelings, good neighbor
Thanks
M13, thanks for the kind words. It wasn’t so much me being PC as much as I didn’t want them to think in any way that I was making some kind of racial statement. They had nothing to do with it, but I don’t know what kind of BS they’ve gone through.
Honestly it’s not worth it if there is a chance you might offend some one no matter where your heart is
Also you should stop driving around the neihgborhood in a black van trying to push rotten fruit on the local kids you creepo!
“Hey kids, I got some moldy nectarines for you. You never had fruit like this before…just a taste?”
I know your game Tim – I’m on to you
LOL
Lmao, @ the moldy fruit peddler!
I’ll be here tomorrow.. Wish me luck.
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Good luck! Lol
David’s views on what I said shows how stories can get twisted into something they’re not. You’re part of the problem, David. 😉 JK/BB
He’s probably ate too much of your rotten fruit…lol
I joined FB to connect with family and friends I don’t see all the time. But it’s a breeding ground for fake news, stupidity and BS.
I’ about to quit facebook
I’m right on the edge with them
For the record, anything I say to anyone here I would absolutely say to your face. Just in case there’s any doubt about that. Lol
We do not doubt that for a second.
The Pats are there for the taking and right now we can’t get out of our own way on offense. 😦
Yep! At least there is still time to get it together before they play them. Just gotta keep pace
Oh yeah win this Sunday and we’re 2-2 and they’re 3-2. They could easily be 1-4 just like I guess we could be 0-3.
News headlines are hilarious today,,,
Betsy Devos ” would a Moron hire Me? ”
Lmao @ the rhetorical question 😎
Tim, why am I part of the problem? Understand I can’t see the bananas unless you post them here.
so if it’s a grey area, I wouldn’t do it.
This isn’t a problem, we do have some though
You made the problem by purchasing too many damn bananas, lol. My banana inventory is just right 😎
It figures the guy that can’t buy bananas correctly also can’t identify the problem without help from a football blog? , lol
Better luck next time! 😃
You turned ripe into garbage. There was no grey area. They were sweet but in a few days they would be bad. They needed to be eaten within a day or two.
Anyway, the main point was how sad I thought it was that it could be looked at as an insult. My neighbors may not have taken it that way at all, the fact that it popped into my head made me think of how sensitive our society is.
I understand Your point, but You can see the bananas and I can’t, so to me, I’m not sure what I would do with them.
Also people could have varying opinions on what is overripe or not, but like I said earlier, You considered their feeelings, so this is the important part of this story IMO
If more people were considerate, their would be fewer problems, good neighbor Tim!
Their-there
Only David could argue about bananas. Lol. JK
Lmao Tim is just envious of my banana ordering and delivery system 😎Jk
Mike, the LAPD apologized, blame the LAPD for making a mistake,
The media did their job, report what happened with a credible source. LAPD is considered a credible source, but humans make mistakes sometimes, they apologized, why jump so fast to blame media for a LAPD mistake?
It’s not just one incident, they climb all over one another to “break” news faster than the others. Responsibility and integrity goes out the window in favor of getting it out before everyone else. If you don’t see that as a problem, no need to discuss it.
I do see a proble with news sometimes being inaccurate. Just not in the Petty death, cause LAPD said they were sorry.
Me personally, just let the Petty fuckuped report roll because it appears police made an honest mistake
Problem*
I just became facebook friends with a bunch of people from a Disney World group and instantly regretted it. 80% are trying to sell me something right off the bat. The other 20% talk about how bad straight white males are. I’m like, you know I’m all three of those things right?
Lol
ONO You shouldn’t have sent those pics,,,,,,SMH. Lol jk
LOL at “The other 20% talk about how bad straight white males”….but you sure it wasn’t all four? 🙂
I’m still figuring this out too, only the gay ones weren’t selling anything?
Let this be a lesson, never join Disney world Facebook groups! Lol
Daivd….wasn’t going there at all…..my point was in addition to straight white and male is that SB7 is also “bad”……but which of isn’t? 🙂
I know You weren’t going there Stanger, I just took a sarcastic crack at the not so obvious side of the statement 🙂
SB
I’m shocked your straight. WOW
You are shocked?
I thought she was Star Jones alias!
Are people so ignorant to think all white males are the same? Isn’t that in itself the problem with stereotyping any group because of the actions of a few? Some people don’t even realize they’re bigots and/or racists. The worst are white people who criticize other white people as being this and that as they portray themselves as not like that at all, but others definitely are with a nice broad brush. SMH
It’s the us vs them mentality. Creates a world of hypocrites. A great quote I like to say is , ” The only time we see our own biggest flaws are when we’re pointing them out in others”. The reason it’s great is because I came up with it.
Lmao no, Trump is 71 and knew it well before You!
People are that ignorant Tim .
That’s why people have to look out for each other instead of generalizing groups and that is also why, albeit PC culture is annoying, people need to be confronted when they do or say something demeaning to a group of people.
Our president called people crossing the border rapists and murderers
His leadership isn’t helping.
Agreed, he’s been divisive and racist ever since being charged with not renting apartments to blacks in 73, and again not complying in 1978 too.
He obviously had no problem denying black Americans their civil rights .
He lacks social graces, even many of his supporters feel that way. One thing to remember though, when it comes to politics, people who are hardcore political will defend their candidates and party regardless of what they do. That’s also been going on a long time.
People say divisive like it’s always a bad thing.
Lol, it IS if Your name is the UNITED States
I guess it depends how you define it
I can take divisive…have a problem with those who are divisive and then throw a hissy fit when the same comes back at them in response. And no not you at all, but maybe….never mind…..politics is the death of Phins talk.
I understand how people feel about Trump. But this idea all this social unrest started with him is completely false. It’s been going on a long time. Remember BLM started under Obama. Many horrific shootings happened under his watch. Do I blame him, nope! I blame the people who commit the crimes. Presidents aren’t super hero’s.
Go on social meeting and you’ll see people saying it’s because of Trump’s 2017 America. Wow… head in the sand much?
It’s true We have always had problems, but the current president wrote campaign checks that later bounced.
We don’t need to be figuring out if president is worst one ever or not, it’s far better to find a candidate where the argument is best ever or not IMO
Obviously this is a job that requires experience, the ones thinking president was an entry level job are being proved wrong by trump
I don’t disagree. But what were Obama’s qualifications? Being a Senator for 3 years. Senators don’t deal in crisis or govern daily issues, they deal in legislation.
Tim
Of course he didn’t start it. But he certainly embraces it. That’s who he is. No question he drives wedges between groups of people IMO.
i don’t blame him for what SB just described but I certainly blame him and should for his comments – and way too many give him a pass.
If comments about groups of people mean nothing, it’s only a matter of time before it comes back to you and a group you belong too. If it means nothing to say anything about a group of people it becomes a social norm.
I’m just saying if being attacked for being a white, straight male offends you (and it should, it bothers me too) then don’t look the other way when some one prominent (like the president) attacks another group of people. We all have to look out for one another.
I don’t belong to a group. 🙂
Many people felt Obama drove wedges between people. Specifically police and the black community and alienating many people with legit concerns about Muslim radicals. He has a pacifist nature and that’s fine, but that also has its limitations.
I use Obama in my examples because he was the prior president and many people act like he was loved by everyone. He was not. We’ve been talking about this divide since red and blue states were created in 2000. If that’s not a way to start a civil war amongst ourselves I don’t know what is. I still blame “We the People” for most of our issues but most people don’t like hearing that. It’s easier to blame others.
I think it’s a false equivalency
Do you really think Obama called any group of people rapists and nurderers?
I’m btw not suggesting that Obama was great. I didn’t even vote for him in ’12
But Trump is a different animal and just dangerous to a culture which needs tolerance to thrive
Just my opinion
https://twitter.com/vinnycrack/status/915951627110162435
“what r u going to gain from it” lmao
I laughed at that too
Look how edgy Omar is. He’s the only guy who thought the OL play would be important…lol
Yeah only a hand full of people had concerns about this and it was rarely discussed. LOL
Who knew OL is important…lol
We were divisive with the Nazis. We were divisive with the British. At some point people will be divided over large issues and people will be in the wrong.
I would probably call that confrontational rather than divisive but I’m too lazy to look up the definition
“We” seems a real loose term there. Before Pearl Harbor….US public opinion was against troops on the ground in Europe. And even in 1776, 1/3rd were rebels, 1/3rd were Torries and the other third was like WTF? Wasn’t alive in those times…..so can’t claim where would have stood at the time.
‘we’ meaning decent human beings stanger lol
Explains why got confused….only my Mom ever had hopes that might some time qualify for that group. 🙂
Piggy, I feel actions are more important than words and I’m really not comparing Obama and Trump. What I’m doing is pointing out hypocrisies. My political stance these days is to be a “hypocrisy watch dog” because our national debate is so filled with BS and lies. We can’t even be honest with each other in the name of our political affiliations.
Think about how in primaries candidates destroy each other, than support each other in the name of their party. Think about how Democratic candidates have said and had the same stance on illegal immigration, yet when the other party does it’s racist and anti-immigration.
Most of it is about winning elections and not the good of the people, and once again I blame “We the People” for continuing to vote for the same BS over and over. Our country is not and has never been all about who the president is. There are so many elected officials who are extremely important to our way of life.
Trump is president because many people felt Hillary is dishonest and a crook, and Trump was an outsider. Well that should be a lesson on what can happen when the establishment goes too far. You can get a rogue candidate which in some ways is good, but it might be bad too. So here we are.
I hear you Tim. I’m a little politically pooped out today, so some other time we can continue
in the meantime stop selling your shitty fruit to the neighborhood…
😀
The bananas were free. 🙂
One way or another…you always pay for the banana…
Politics are messy Tim….and I had no problem with a break-it-all candidate, my only one was which one showed up. Was hoping for Bloomberg to throw his hat in….and next time around this guy very well could get my vote:
You think he’d run?
He has said he is thinking about it. And he is one big goofball too….but seems to have what he thinks is right for the country rather than what is right for his ego involved. Lot richer than Trump too.
We did have a period of time when the country and states were very divided, and that worked out horrible as fuck. Anyone thinking the civil war was a fine idea?
Nope!
Talked to a guy in Orlando driving uber. He said PR are pouring in the airport.
I looked and There are sources saying hundreds of thousands of Puerto Rican’s are moving to FL, TX, NY, NJ, PA, and a few other places. Some say could be over a million because roughly that many have lost homes or heavily damaged ones, and are looking for a safer place
I don’t blame them, at least for awhile, after all they are U.S. Citizens. That said, they also need to help rebuild their land. I would get as many children out of there are possible.
I saw Elon Musk of Tesla offered them Solar, and the governor of PR said let’s talk 😎
Stanger, I like the way Mark Cuban thinks.
http://www.businessinsider.com/mark-cuban-politics-philosophy-2015-8
Yeah — he’s a pragmatist. Not that I am always with him, but he talks sense on whatever issue based on what he thinks rather than how it will play with the crowd.
This shows you the levels of hypocrisy in the world right now. Id say thought, the reverse could be said too. you have a bunch of republicans who would have been applauding him for the first set of statements and then telling him to get the fuck out of ‘meruka after the last one.
Good one.
The Flying Pig says:
October 6, 2017 at 2:35 pm
I think it’s a false equivalency
Do you really think Obama called any group of people rapists and nurderers?
I’m btw not suggesting that Obama was great. I didn’t even vote for him in ’12
But Trump is a different animal and just dangerous to a culture which needs tolerance to thrive
Just my opinion
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Piggy i believe Obama started this ball rolling. He could have ushered in a whole new world of unity, but he divided us further apart. Trump has just taken it to a whole other level though, so i dont really see that there is much difference in what they did for unity, one if just exacerbating it.
I dont think he did
I think reactions to a black president did. I think it really exposed people. Obama never attacked whites – sorry I don’t buy that dialogue bc it’s not true
And I hate the tit for tat argument. Even if you found Obama racist it has nothing to do with Trump
Trump taking it to a whole new level is probably understatement IMO. He is approaching race relations like no one else before him and what he is doing is horrible for our future as a country and an embarrassment to what so many people worked for.
David C (@DolphinsSB52) says:
October 6, 2017 at 3:09 pm
We did have a period of time when the country and states were very divided, and that worked out horrible as fuck. Anyone thinking the civil war was a fine idea?
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Some apparently think it was, and they are trying their damnedest to start another one.
I have pointed out the we vs them mentality a lot. Glad SB at least gets what i have been talking about.
Keeps adding as replies even though im canceling the reply lol…its the admins fault and its only happening to storm troopers….fucking racists.
I’ve been talking about it as well.
So we should have kept slavery David?
I don’t think he meant that, but it was an awful time.
sb7mvp says:
October 6, 2017 at 3:58 pm
So we should have kept slavery David?
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I get your point for sure. There are points people become divided on because its necessary to be divided. I think though in some ways he is right, because his point is we let that division go to extreme before resolving the differences. IMO it a learn from your mistakes thing. People start getting to the point where its us vs them and the only way we are going to get close is if we kill off all the ones that would be willing to fight and die to remain separated, we should start trying to find a better way to get things resolved. We need a voice of reason to drown out the voices of destruction, hate and agenda.
Piggy why are you accusing Tim of forcing his mushy bananas on his neighbors or children for that matter. Everyone knows you cant do anything with a mushy banana. A lot of people worked very hard (yes i intended that pun) to make sure that men of Tims age don’t have to have mushy bananas, so as long as his banana is mushy, just let it slide, he isnt going to harm anyone with that thing.
I saw above several of you were telling him to give it to his wife so she could take care of it,….. women have no use for mushy bananas.
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Tim, why didnt you leave the banana outside for the squirrels….oh yeah right…..i forgot…you killed them.
LOL, last time I left too much food out for them I attracted big raccoons.
The Flying Pig says:
October 6, 2017 at 3:24 pm
One way or another…you always pay for the banana…
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Wait it sounded like to me Piggy you probably wouldn’t from some of your past stories…. Hell it sounded a lot like you’d get all the bananas you want and a free white water rafting trip to boot….
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OD,
You are too kind my friend. Thank you very much.
I know that it was posted a few weeks ago, but can some of you shoot out the names of some hotels? I’m going to stay on the beach, not sure where to stay (Lauderdale or Hollywood).
You cant say shoot anymore as a white man…. you need to choose your words carefully, these united states a hip to your white privileged rage rhetoric!
See my reply on the page turn
Tim Knight says:
October 6, 2017 at 4:20 pm
LOL, last time I left too much food out for them I attracted big raccoons.
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I have some outside cats, that i feed on my deck. We have names for them, they are pets, but they mostly stay outside. They also apparently like a lot of outside cats in they literalyl hang out on the deck all day lol, they roam the yard a little, but almost never have i seen them outside our yard, and majority of the time never see them off the deck.
Either way, so we have this raccoon as well which has decided its a cat, it eats the cat food, ive seen it sunbathing on the side rails, etc. To start off it would haul ass if i came to the door and knocked on the window to scare it off. Its a big fucker now, and last few times i have gone out there to get it to leave it almost gave me a vibe that it was going to come over to be petted lol. Didn’t run off, just kinda moseyed away, and would turn around every so often and just stand up on its back feet like it wanted to play or something. That creeps me out more than when it would bolt out of there to get away, i mean sure he could have charged me when he was running away, the quick movement was a little startling, but it acting like that feels way more sinister lol.
LOL