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[swede]

JR

Happy birthday and +karma.

[piperinsider]

Happy 44th Birthday JR!   

[criswyly]

Happy Birthday JR and many more!

[piperinsider]

From Shooter's column today:

Coach John Gagliardi, inducted Saturday into the College Football Hall of Fame, on pollsters ranking his St. John's team No. 3 in the nation in NCAA Division III: "I hope these guys know what they're talking about. I don't know if we're No. 3 in the conference.

[Johnnie Red]

Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes. Piperinsider, I so wish I was still 44. Those were the days!

Nice evening at the Carver County Fair. While in the entertainment center, i.e. beer garden, I saw a fellow with a t-shirt that had the following written on the front:

Big Willie's Taxidermy - Stuffing Beavers for over 30 years!

I should have asked this guy if he was related to Kilted Rat.

[voice]

Stuffing Beavers for over 30 years - those T-Shirts would be great for SJU fans if the Johnnies play Justin Beaver and UW-Whitewater in the playoffs this fall!

[DuffMan]

Well, the Johnnies open up practice today!  Here's an article from Frank "the former Tank" Rajkowski.  I knew the season was fast approaching, but this marks the final countdown

[piperinsider]

http://www.startribune.com/507/story/611155.html

Sid talks to Ryan Hoag.

Vikings wide receiver Ryan Hoag was a great all-around athlete at Washburn High School and a All-America track athlete and A student at Gustavus Adolphus.

Now, for the fourth time in four years, the wide receiver -- honored as "Mr. Irrelevant" as the last player drafted in 2003 -- is trying to earn a roster spot on the Vikings.

During the offseason, Hoag spent a lot of time working to improve his speed and conditioning at the Wide World of Sports in Orlando, where a guy named Tom Shaw, who was Deion Sanders' former track coach at Florida State, has trained athletes for more than 15 years....

Clearly Sid can't count. If he was drafted by Oakland in 2003, that would mean he could only have been in three Vikings camps, not four.

[Willy Wonka]

http://www.startribune.com/507/story/611155.html

Sid talks to Ryan Hoag.

Vikings wide receiver Ryan Hoag was a great all-around athlete at Washburn High School and a All-America track athlete and A student at Gustavus Adolphus.

Now, for the fourth time in four years, the wide receiver -- honored as "Mr. Irrelevant" as the last player drafted in 2003 -- is trying to earn a roster spot on the Vikings.

During the offseason, Hoag spent a lot of time working to improve his speed and conditioning at the Wide World of Sports in Orlando, where a guy named Tom Shaw, who was Deion Sanders' former track coach at Florida State, has trained athletes for more than 15 years....

Clearly Sid can't count. If he was drafted by Oakland in 2003, that would mean he could only have been in three Vikings camps, not four.

It's worded funny, but I think it's right. After the Raiders cut him, I believe he tried out for the Vikes before signing with the Giants in 2003. I think this is only his second training camp with the Vikes tho. Maybe little Coleman would have visual evidence? Hoag seems to sport the latest and greatest apparel on the Gustie sideline each Saturday to impress the freshies...

Anyway....Mongo and Wonka attended a wedding together last night, of which I'm just waking up from at 2:30pm. Mongo sang a heart-wrenching rendition of "Bad Company" at kareoke which prompted the following conversation:

Groom's father - "God, that was awful. Don't quit your day job."
Me - "He doesn't HAVE a day job."
Mongo - "But wasn't it awesomely bad enough that it was good? That's what I was going for."

I have a camera phone picture of it, but not sure I can get it on my comp. After the reception ended and the bars closed, Mongo tried to get us kicked out of the Red Wing Perkins with an F-Bomb laced tirade against power and authority. Instead, he went outside for 10 minutes to calm himself down before coming back to eat his bread bowl in silence.

Good times.

[MyYak]

Belated Happy BD JR. I went golfing this morning with one of my kids. Play was slow so I invited the two-some behind us to join us. It turns out one of the guys was on the Central College golf team. He had a "Dutch" golf bag. Really a nice guy and excellent golfer. I quickly turned the discussion to "Dutch Letters" which he was very familiar with. He was very complimentary of SJU football and golf. He was shocked when I told him my kids, so far, have all been going to SJU/CSB when my wife and I were both Tommies. His playing partner was a Tommie who also was surprised I would let my kids go there.

He told me to watch out for a guy named Max who promises golf outings, but doesn't deliver

Dropped my son off at SJU yesterday for football. Can't wait for the season to start.

Take care all!

MyYak

[finsleft]

'nuf said

[Kilted Rat]

Long time reader, recent vacationer, first time poster here;

Nice evening at the Carver County Fair. While in the entertainment center, i.e. beer garden, I saw a fellow with a t-shirt that had the following written on the front:

Big Willie's Taxidermy - Stuffing Beavers for over 30 years!

I should have asked this guy if he was related to Kilted Rat.

JR,
Happy Birthday!!!
You met my uncle Phil!! Funny guy, helluva drinker though.




Speaking of Taxidermies and all things redneck, I got back to Iowa from a houseboat vacation on Lake Dale Hallow with Mama and Papa KR as well as 22 year old sis and 12 yr old Bro on the Kentucky-Tennessee border, with MrsKR at home going to classes and taking tests.

The time on the water went well aside from 1 wind storm that swept the tent off the top of the houseboat. This was the tent KR and MrsKR got for our wedding last summer.

Mama and PapaKR bought a replacement that was actually larger and nicer than the old one.

Lots of skiing and such was enjoyed along with late runs into the marina to call MrsKR from the payphone.

Great times and many beers were had by all, Sis KR brought Leine's from Wisconsin, I brought Hamm's from Iowa and Papa KR brought gin, tequila and more beer from Ohio.

Then came the drive home


11:45AM 8/12/2006
I got about 70 miles from the lake while going up a hill, my engine revved up loud and I lost all power, when I went to shift into 4th gear, the clutch went all the way to the floor and stayed there, so I pulled over to the side of the road in Beaumont, Kentucky, which is approximately 3 miles east of the middle of nowhere and 4 miles north of BFE.

11:50AM 8/12/2006
I hadn't been stopped for more than 5 minutes when a little neon pulled up and the window came down and the girl inside offered me a ride to a phone (since Beaumont has no cell phone service regardless of company). She only had 2 piercings in her lip, 1 in each eyebrow, 5 in each ear and multiple tatoos. Ended up getting a hold of a Tow truck.

12:20 PM 8/12/2006
The tow truck arrived and upon smelling what was left of my clutch burning up, the driver confirmed my diagnosis of a done clutch. When I asked where I could get it fixed he replied

Any place to fix it 'round these parts shuts down at dinner on Saturday. You're probably gonna have to wait until Monday to get it fixed.

12:24 PM 8/12/2006
The Tow truck driver started calling every auto shop he could think of in the area along with every "Shady tree mechanic" he knew while we drove back towards the shop in Edmonton, KY,  and no one was around or willing to do it.

12:33 PM 8/12/2006
I asked the driver where the nearest place I could get it fixed would be, he said we could try Bowling Green, Kentucky which was a bit over an hour and a bit over $100 of a tow away and see if there was any place open, otherwise I would be stuck in Edmonton until "at least monday if they had the part, longer if they didn't.

1:40 PM 8/12/2006
We arrived in Bowling Green and headed toward a transmission shop he knew of, but of course they were closed because it was Saturday. He went to turn around in the parking lot of Ken's Bait and Tackle, Tires, Wheels, and Accessories. The truck driver asked if anyone there would be willing and able to fix my clutch. One rough looking redneck with a tattoo heart on his left shoulder with "Dad" scrawled on the inside said he could do it. He asked when I needed it done by and I told him I needed to get to Des Moines by 8AM Sunday morning to start working my new summer job at school.
I paid the tow truck driver $130 for the lift.

2:30 PM 8/12/2006
The owner of the shop informed me that his card reader was down and that I would have to pay cash, logically he wanted to avoid having to report the income and pay taxes. He gave me an estimate of "somewhere around $700" and had a guy in the shop give me a lift to the nearest ATM as I called Wells Fargo to clear the ATM withdrawal of over half of my savings account.


11:00 PM 8/12/2006
After 10 hours of head scratching, at least 3 cases of cigarettes, an uncountable number of bull**** with the other rednecks breaks, the dude managed to get the new clutch in and all the parts back on my car from the floor. Unfortunately he hooked some parts up wrong and the brake and clutch were now switched and the car was stuck in 1st gear.

11:20 PM 8/12/2006
The clutch and the brake were now back in order but reverse didn't work.

11:55 PM 8/12/2006
The car finally worked in forward and reverse and the shop owner informed me he was going to relieve me of $700 cash.
The clutch doesn't work as well as it did, I have to push it most of the way down to shift now, but it was running.

12:55 AM 8/13/2006
I pulled into the Glenview Budget Motel to get some sleep after hitting the Rumble Strip 3 times in a 2 mile strip. $38  for the classiest night sleep in a 100yard radius.

5:45 AM 8/13/2006
I woke up to two men in the room next to me arguing repeating the following phrases over and over with varying insertions of profanities:
Dude 1: "I don't give a sh*t about money, life is about more than just money"
Dude 2: "Then give me all the damn money in your wallet, I'll take the car and go to Pittsburgh and do the GD job and I'll keep all the money."

I got up and took a shower, apparently the wonderful Glenview Budget doesn't believe in shampoo so I had 2 bars of soap instead. By the time I got out of the shower, the argument next door was louder now I could hear items being thrown about the room, the f-bomb was every other word and I heard more than one glass bottle hit a wall and break. I took that opportunity to return my key to the front desk and checkout before I became a witness in a murder trial.

6:00AM 8/13/2006

Pulled out of the gas station across the street from the Glenview and hit the highway to drive home with Metallica's Black Album starting off the drive.


12:45 PM 8/13/2006
After driving 483 miles in 6hours and 40 minutes without a stop, I pulled into a gas station on the Illinois, Iowa border to pee, get some gas, and grab a pop, then hit the road for the rest of the drive to Des Moines.

3:00 PM 8/13/2006

Arrived back in Des Moines 27 hours after I started my, 734 miles of driving, and 80 miles of riding in a tow truck later, our bank account $868 lighter not including gas.


+k to all in hopes I'm done pooring money into my car for the month!

[coco]

Kilted Rat,

I'm so sorry! Had you known all that, you probably could have flown out there for less money. It really sucks when you're a student to have huge unexpected bills like that.

I'm glad you had a good vacation on the houseboat, in spite of the return trip.

Mrs. Coco

[Kilted Rat]

Yeah, I was planning on using the money from my summer job to justify multiple golfing and bar outings with buddies to MrsKR, now I get to put it all back in to the bank in hopes loan money plus my new small income will last us through the year!



This could definitely cut into the Hamm's funds

[johnnyadmit]

Beers are on this loaded teacher during the next trip to God's Country/MrsKR stomping grounds