TrueBlue4ever

Agreed on Bolo over McCrae. And I would certainly not object to Fox and Haba being added, but I suspect the coaches want to replace an offensive body with an offensive body on the roster, so McCrae is likely added (since Bolo was already on the game day roster in B.C.), unless we would roll with Augustine as the emergency back-up at receiver, which I doubt we would.

With Bolo going into the starting rotation as well, probably.

I heard from a guy who heard it from the horse’s mouth that “he fine”.

I am confident you can start planning.

You really think a win is going to relax some people around here?

Well, you see, a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away…… oh, never mind.

Being skilled will make you more responsible and respectful of your behaviour and alert to others on the road, which will make you safer and lead to courteous actions, I believe. Just understanding the rules won’t help where you need to react to another rule-breaker to avoid a bad outcome, and maneuver safely where the rules are out the window in an unexpected situation.

Having had kids go through driver training just a few years ago, I found that the education and testing was more rules based than skills based, and almost seems geared to “we will fail you a few times to collect fees” rather than “we will teach you how to drive well”. My daughter did 4 tests, got three automatic fails for technical violations, including two situations where she got different instructions for the same maneuver, and was told she was wrong both times for doing what they told her. Last test she was on Chief Peguis and told to take the exit lane. She paused and the instructor (who had failed her once before) said “if you don’t get over as soon as the lane opens up, I will automatically fail you”. She said “I have to wait” and the instructor was going to fail her when a car roared by them on the shoulder, passing illegally on the right. My daughter had checked her mirrors and seen it coming. so she waited to avoid getting rear-ended. She passed (barely, said the instructor to me). Mentioned the incident and I snapped back “if the driver’s actions prevent the instructor from causing an accident with an improper instruction and no shoulder check from the passenger’s seat, maybe that should qualify as an automatic pass. Now, if it was an MPI training vehicle rather than her personal car, I would gladly have told her to follow your dangerous instructions and wreck your car”. No more critiques from the instructor after that. When my son tested later, he had a similar experience of automatic fails for minor flaws, so we hired a private instructor to train him for his final test and they drove him around the area where the test was going to happen, near Bison Drive. Took him to a weird school zone stop sign where there was a crosswalk beyond the stop sign and you had to stop twice before proceeding through the intersection. The instructor said “The instructors love to take students here and then fail them because no one really knows what to do in this zone, it’s badly designed”. He passed the test and when he did the right maneuver at that tricky spot the instructor later said “I was waiting to see if you were going to fail in that place”. I would much prefer a training system that teaches you to be a good driver rather than an obedient driver - the former is more valuable in promoting safety.

Have I missed it or has there not been a successful lawsuit against Amazon for a stolen package? Surprising if not, delivery is not really successful if it doesn’t get into your hands. Purolater will leave it at a depot for pick-up if you are not home.

The MLB regular season used to be the only one that mattered of the big 4 in sports. Now it’s just another pointless slog to make money. The top 5 teams in the regular season all got bounced in the playoffs, with a combined record of 1-13. And 3 of the 4 teams who earned the first round bye lost out as well.

Window or aisle? Bus answer is fine, but I was thinking of a plane. And yes, only one song. It is meant to be that tough to answer.

What I would have thought to say: “Unless they are black and have taken a knee” What I would have actually said: nothing as well.

Thank you for the updates!

Sorry about that. Wasn’t trying to create a mutiny, just knew you were busy last week. All yours to do again.

Very few options. Can’t see them nominating a cut player, so no to ADS. Haba has some stats, but only 7 games played and is now on PR after the Hamilton loss, so questionable. Sheahan the punter is a likely “safe” choice. Jackson is the wild card, and would probably make some heads explode if he got it. Would the voters reward a lack of stats but consider his multiple plug-in roles and the effectiveness of the heavy package in our dominant run offence and solid Prukop short yardage schemes, and let the system carry him to a vote?

See threads following losses to BC, Ottawa, Saskatchewan, and Hamilton. Rinse and repeat. See most threads from Mike,WBBFan or Booch once game roster declared. Multiply by 10.

My answers: The best sandwich to me is not my personal favourite (the steak sandwich - is it really a sandwich?) nor os it my most memorable sandwich ever (a thick cut hot roast beef sandwich with pan gravy and home fries in a New York deli at 2:30 am in 1986) but rather is the most universally accessible sandwich to the masses - the PB and J (other than those with allergies, anyone from 5 to 75 will not turn down a PB and J) Although more people know the term for a fear of spiders more than the fear of any other animal, for me it is the shark. You are out of your element, cannot see them coming, and truly defenceless if they want to attack you compared to fighting off other beasts. I have always been a cat person, but now have a dog, and at their best dogs are better than cats (but at their worst they are also worse than cats). I kind of take a pass on this one. Window, always window. Water - clear Oranges - apples are good with an additive (peanut butter, caramel or in a pie with glaze) but oranges stand on their own. Mandarins are the best. The Bond films currently (Spy Who Loved Me and Skyfall at the top) but the Mission Impossible franchise is top shelf since the 4th instalment. Truly though, I am confident I have not yet seen what will be my favourite action movie - the bar keeps getting raised. A pine forest is pretty amazing, but have to opt for vanilla as my favourite smell Having a past in health care, I can say confidently that geriatric urine and excrement are truly awful, and eschemic bowel is the worst. But in a non-medical world, I go with “wet dog” I’m a huge U2 fan, so a live version of With or Without You or Bad tops my list. But I will say that the Beatles “A Day in the Life” has a lot going on in it.

Always somewhat dependent on how good the team is, but the usual suspects would be (not necessarily in this order): Edmonton (pre-McDavid they were right up there with Winnipeg for cold, small, boring undesirable Canadian market) Columbus Detroit (take away the dynasty years and it’s a real city in decay) Calgary maybe Montreal (big city but lousy team, very demanding fans and media, and a French culture than many Anglophones may feel resentment to and from) New Jersey Buffalo Arizona (temperature aside, all the franchise uncertainty and the potential to re-locate would turn a few off, as well as a perennial doormat) Ottawa Minnesota (Winnipeg south, although why hockey players are turned off by cold climates is kind of funny at first blush).

So you did, as did blue85gold. My bad, missed those picks. Apologies for the error, I corrected the post above. And regrettably no, as I understand it from past 2 point convert picks myself, it does not count (kind of wish it was worth a half strike, since a 2 point convert is a scoring play more akin to a TD than. FG or rouge). Maybe an appeal to Smooth Jimmy Apollo?

Final 4, who all picked Brady O and had to wait to OT to pay off: 2 strikes- MOBomberFan WinnipegGordo 3 strikes- bigg jay 4 strikes- Coach17 Buh bye- TrueBlue4ever (Ouellette came up one yard short twice) Noeller (Kenny Lawler could not break the plane despite a game high 9 catches) blue85gold (same bad luck as Noeller) No Bomber game this week, so a tougher challenge.

I agree with all of that. I find the tipping point is where the lack of changes will spell our doom and gloom for some, and how O’Shea must be an arrogant prick who has lucked his way to winning in spite of his obvious failings, that some are too blind to see. I don’t think we are close to that scenario of imminent failure, others do. OK, difference of opinion, but the insults, gaslighting of those who disagree, reminders that certain opinions seem to be the only ones that matter because they used to play the game, and turning a coach’s decision or player’s roster spot into a character assassination of that person is over the top. At least to me, just my personal opinion. And I can certainly respect a heightened knowledge of the game and will defer to that opinion at times, which is why I defer to O’Shea and the coaching staff’s approach for the most part. The results would say fairly compellingly that they are doing the right things. And yes, they can be fairly questioned for their moves, we are entitled, but then we are also entitled to question the others who criticize O’Shea and use their self-proclaimed expertise to justify their position as beyond dissent, without being labelled as blind or fanboys or too ignorant to see it. Hopefully we can ALL get past the mud-slinging and get back to a good healthy respectful debate. And enjoy a bye week after such a big win.

That’s an interesting, astute analysis. I had read it much the same way, that’s why his last comment caught me off guard a bit. I have been more than a little shocked about the disgruntlement around a 12-4 first place team this year. People lamenting the inevitable downfall and regression that will see us one and done in the playoffs. Kind of figured that after the previous 30 years of true misery, this heater we are on would leave nothing but joy and satisfaction in its wake, because they don’t come around often. Can’t figure the mindset of why some want to be glass half full (or worse) when there are no strong signs of regression given our record and overall performance this season. Every year is a crapshoot, there is always a chance we will lose, be it a player crapping the bed, a coaching error, another team catching fire at just the right time and plain beating you on any given Sunday, or just dumb luck going against you at the wrong time. Best you can realistically hope for is that your team is built to contend and get you in position to win it all, and then the other stuff will take care of itself. This regime has given us that team built to contend for the last 7 years or so. Not inclined to diss them now since we are still in the thick of it.

Are you actually admitting that you are a troll?