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Redmen62

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  1. Knock on wood, but financially speaking things are working out very well for us right now. 

    Saving:

    $1500/mo daycare

    $200/mo in going out for drinks/coffee

    $200/mo in parking

    $200/mo in gas (estimated)

    $250/mo for yoga for the wife/kids

    Plus cancelled travel in the summer/Fall worth a bunch- but I won't call that savings because we obviously wanted to go on the trips. 

    Meanwhile our incomes are safe, our mortgage rate has fallen to 1.45%, and the government (Canada) is talking about backing $12k lines of credit at zero interest over several years as a form of stimulus. 

     

  2. So I'm in a province in Canada that has about 1.1m people, and we're up to 134 confirmed cases. Nineteen of those cases can be traced to a single snowmobile rally that took place March 14th, and another 11 are doctors who picked it up at an out of province curling bonspiel March 11th to 14th.

    Not sure if any of the remaining cases are community transmission from these 30, but crazy how an event or two can kickstart things for a whole jurisdiction. 

  3. 56 minutes ago, ChiTownDoc said:

    Nope, not for us, we had to go through a source in the Dubai who uses the 3M plant in Austria.  But this is not atypical as the usual supply chains are completely broken down.  But NW and BSW both ordered more than a million total masks for a few million dollars. 

    I read an article yesterday saying that the US was going to need more than a billion (with a B) masks over the next few months...

  4. 1 hour ago, Foosters said:

    Welp, Los Angeles County superior court system (the nation's largest) is set to re-open its doors this coming Friday after being shuttered since yesterday.

    It's going to be an absolute shit-show and I'll be there in the middle of it. Glad I've been quarantining with my family this whole time.  

    Here in Canada, despite schools being closed etc court has been running essentially as usual up until now. While most people are working from home, while we're still working in courtrooms that are shoulder to shoulder in some cases. And courts do not tend to bring in healthy people in the first place. 

    They finally made some changes at the end of the day today, but probably too late to prevent some our staff from getting infected imo. 

  5. 9 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

    Yeah, there's some good stuff.

    But goddamn, this is going to be hard on people.  And we're dealing with the day-by-day fluctuations in my daughter's situation at college in Canada -- stay?  Come home (if so, how)?  How to pack up her dorm room and store her stuff till next year, if that's necessary?  I know it's a lot of stress on her, and it's all damned well a stress on me.

    I've wanted to break down quite a few times, but I really can't yet.  Gotta keep things going, and then may have to get things settled.  And I know so many others are having these problems in worse.  My heart breaks for humanity.  I'm sad for my daughter.  I'm sad for everyone who is going to take a financial hit because of this.  It's just so much.  Fuck.  I'll break at some point.  It's just a question of when and how.

    @Brisketexan I'm in Canada (kinda the middle part,  but I know people everywhere). Anything I can do? I don't think it would be trouble to find someone to help get her stuff stored if needed. 

  6. 17 hours ago, SydneyCarton said:

    Not a service or a star, but fwiw Bobby Burton I clearly remember touring Mahones as an elite NFL qb while he was still at tech. He was then only guy I remember going out on that limb, and doing it loudly. 

     

    Nahlin was talking him up as an NFL prospect while he was at Tech as well.

  7. 37 minutes ago, Newy25 said:

    The fact that we are not even 12 months from the last recruiting window and seeing this high attrition rate is alarming. I predict a future article about the correlation to this and the large amount of out of state recruiting. But if you look at our depth chart only linebacker is even concerning at all to me. Pretty much every other position is healthier than we have seen since 2009. 

    But 2020 cannot be like this or we will start to see the effects. 

    WR also gets dicey fast if an expected  contributor leaves. 

  8. 4 hours ago, Snacks said:
    5 hours ago, tjhooker said:
    I don't think we have to worry about him having a fast 40. Never seems fast in the field. 

    He can train for a fast 40. He's probably a 4.55ish type that can get down to 4.47 or so for the combine.

    Yeah, no. 

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  9. 35 minutes ago, Casual Encounter said:

    Also, I don’t subscribe to the groupthink on Ash being a terrible hire. If Herman hadn’t worked with him and we ignored his head coaching stint, like we would Muschamp, we’d probably celebrate his arrival. He was at fucking Rutgers for fucks sake.

    Yeah, the over-the-top hate for Ash is bizarre. He may or not work out but he's a pretty solid hire for the current situation. For those who are shitting all over him, who specifically should Herman have hired instead?

  10. 32 minutes ago, futureman said:

    he’s a size mismatch against any team.  it’s stupid not to have him on the field as much as possible. 

    By that logic, let's put Jared Wiley out wide. It'd be stupid not to have him on the field as much as possible. 

    36 minutes ago, Red Five said:

    Tom your QB is Sam Ehlinger. Thoughts?
    I had no idea that was the case until just this moment. Y’all think I’m kidding with this stuff but I’m not. It’s just not something I really care to pay attention to.

    He goes by Swoops. Jarrod Heard. What's my man's first name? I-- done went blank on me. 

  11. 6 hours ago, HtownHorn said:

    Sterns needs 4 years of college development to be ready for the NFL. He could leave next year, but he's not getting drafted before the 4th round.

    Sterns' issue at draft time is going to be speed, which isn't really going to change whether he leaves after next year or further down the road. No way he's a five-year player, so you play him this year if he can play. 

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  12. Just now, billfromlaketravis said:

    Per the Fud Man, McCllelan is J Gray's cousin. Well, we know which side of the family is the athletic one. 

    It's probably a bad sign that I can"t tell which one you're referring to, but I assume this is a shot at Gray?

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