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Being a former Rouger everyone I know from Riverview, Lord Roberts & River Osborne talked about Ellett's Restaurant on Osborne Street. It's been gone for decades but everyone I know used to rave about it. Too bad I missed out. BTW, if any of you went to Churchill High or grew up in Fort Rouge, there is a facebook group called Rougers. If anyone's interested.

I miss Chi Chi's.

Sure do remember Shakey's.

Trump at his scaled back new conferences.

Comic book characters should social distance. Who do they think they are, super heroes?

These players that run the CFLPA have had too many hits to the head. I'm not an Ambrosie fan but what the Hell can he do if there are public health orders in place denying groups over a certain number or the US border is closed? All the players seem to want to do is get out of their contracts & play in the NFL where maybe 1% of them can actually hold down a playing position on a roster. I used to be pro players when it comes to negotiations. Now, I've gone the other way because of the constant whining & bitching by them about everything. I'm now pro owners. I'd get rid of the one year contracts. Two new leagues have failed as will others that follow so there isn't a lot of leverage for the players anymore by threatening to jump leagues so 1 year deals are now redundant. They want to play in the CFL then sign them to 2 & 3 year deals. Bring in restricted free agency where they just can't walk away anymore. Lock these idiots down like it used to be if the whining & threats don't stop in the next collective agreement. If they don't like it then most of them can go drive a forklift at the nearest factory in the US. If they can afford to turn down $54,000 a year in this economy as Canadian players then more power to 'em. I'd have been so grateful to make that kind of money as a 22 year old when my working career hadn't even started yet.

I used to really like Garbonzo's. When we lived in Thompson back in the late 80's they had a sit down restaurant up there. They had take out & delivery only stores in Winnipeg. One close to our apartment on Rouge Road by the Domo gas station in Westwood where we'd order from all the time. We left for Calgary in 1990. I don't think they're in business anymore. Too bad as their pizzas were really good.

Pizza Hut is disgustingly greasy.

The NFL Network has the B & C Team working the draft. I guess the profile of this year's Draft isn't big enough for Deion Sanders & Rich Eisen.

One boss I had in the mid 80's 1985 & 86, was a piece of work. I was working in claims at hell, he was such an ass that I'll name the company... Portage La Prairie Mutual. This guy, wow. Talk about managing under terror & with a hammer & sickle. We had cubicles at work so we couldn't see who would be approaching our desks. This guy would walk around the office sneaking up on employees & admonishing them for all to hear if he thought they were slacking by yelling. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?? WHY AREN'T YOU WORKING?? I DON'T PAY YOU TO STARE OFF INTO SPACE. GET BACK TO WORK!!!!" Employees were deathly afraid of him. My supervisor would sometimes go into meetings & come out shaking. He was a bully. A narcissist as well as a total & complete *******. I got fired after about 6 months of pure hell going to work in that toxic work environment. I remember my firing. Calls me in & says that I'm done but to stick around the rest of the day & finish off what I was doing. He didn't give me a reason for my firing but he seemed to be having a good time doing it. I remember looking him in the eye fromacross his desk & saying. "You're enjoying this, aren't you? He leaned back, put his feet on his desk & his hands behind his head & said, "Yes!" On thye way back to my desk, my super called me into his office & said, "I'm sorry this happened. It's not your fault". I asked him if he was happy with my work & he said yes which was the only thing that mattered to me. I told him I was never given a reason for my firing. He said, you were an Autopac adjuster & he hates Autopac. I started my career out of the U of M with them. I asked why did he hire me? He just shrugged his shoulders. I hope the guy had a paralyzing stroke or died of cancer. I never hated a boss as much as that loser. True story. But I never worked in an office like that before or after so it was an anomaly. I've been working since high school so after all these years I guess I was bound to work for some great bosses (which I did) & some very bad ones (like the guy above).

This incident happened recently at 24 Sussex Drive under renovations. Exclusive video obtained by anonymous sources.

It has been officially cancelled & I'm glad for that considering what we saw happening with no social distancing at the Brooks meat packing plant. If the Stampede had got an exemption, it would have been a disaster. As well as political suicide if a huge outbreak occurred. I feel for the vendors that will be negatively affected but I also feel for the owners of all small businesses who are already closed.. An example, is my barber who owns a hair styling salon. He employs five stylists. He's built a successful business over the years. Now he's lost 100% of his customers & income with no idea of when or even if, he reopens. I worry about him, his family & his employees. He may lose everything. I feel sad for everyone. The vendors at the Ex & Stampede will have to get in line like every other business suffering. They may not survive & there's nothing that can be done.

The insurance company I worked for in Calgary back in the early 2000's knew if we were on the internet even on our breaks. They did not want us surfing the net even on our coffee breaks or at lunch. Pretty serious consequences if you did like a verbal & written warning first & then being fired if you kept on doing it.

Old guard? Funny how age is always brought into the conversation in situations like this. How about saying it's all about what a person is used to doing. If someone like myself prefers an actual working environment away from home it's just what I'm used to as I've always had a workplace to go to. I've always enjoyed personal interaction with my co workers & I'd miss that working from home. Doesn't mean I can't work at home or won't adapt. There are tens of millions of bad & lazy employees out there worldwide that will take advantage of everything they can to get out of doing as much work as possible but still demand to get paid. No matter what their age is. Employers have a right not to trust them & be concerned about their output.

#wereinthistogether and... #thechampishere...

McMahon has become like a hermit the past few years. He used to be a workaholic & from all the stories I've read about him was he never slept. Recently, he had stopped running the show & attending Smackdown leaving it up to Paul Levesque (Triple H) to run the show. In his 70's now & obviously slowing down I wonder how hard this massive failure is going to hit McMahon health wise. It had to have taken a toll. TUP might have some insight into that.

My brother & Nygaard using to hang out together back in high school at Churchill High. That was then. Like anything else, once they graduated they went their separate ways. Nygaard was just another Rouger in those days. While I've never asked my brother what Nygaard was like back then, I'm sure he's shocked with what is going on.

Just too much overconfidence, wbbfan. Thinking the Stamps would just roll over for the Bombers in 2001. The problem was the core of the Stamps 1998 GC winning team was still intact & they were motivated because they felt disrespected. Nothing like locker room headlines to fire another team up. Football is such an emotional sport, I knew Wally would use everything being said & done that week to fire up his players. If a team chooses to disrespect veterans like Alondra Johnson, Joe Fleming, Kelvin Anderson, Vince Danielsen, Jamie Crysdale, Anwar Stewart, Fred Childress & others that is what happens. I was so upset that week wondering WTH Ritchie was doing as a HC not controlling his players. I've always blamed Ritchie for what happened in what was his worst week ever as a head coach. Still bothers me to this day.

Great season to be sure.

That's what I meant about the difference between #5 & below being huge. Vaughan was a great receiver to be sure. So was Darren Flutie, James Murphy, Brian Kelly & on & on...

Well, kind of pointless to discuss this during a pandemic when we are freaking out having to go to the grocery store. You really can't have a logical discussion.

I'd have no problem slotting Simon at #3 behind Pitts #2 & Stegall #1. And what is wrong with being #3 all time in the CFL as a receiver? That's still one helluva career & something to be proud of.

Later in his career the TSN Hype Machine really tried to make him a legend. He was a Top 5 for sure all time but not the greatest all time. And there's a big difference between #5 & #1.

I'll use a Bob Irving analogy, "One MOP award does not an all-time great receiver make".

Man, that was a great team. If only Dave Ritchie could have contained some of those huge egos & big mouths during Grey Cup week they'd have been champions. Bolden ran his mouth all week. Real shame.