FB: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[BDB]

I know you would enjoy the wild game feed. Little pricey - $40.00 a person. Hopefully your newspaper could pick up the tab.

JR, $40.00 per head for a wild game feed? 

Those guys might lose their Miller High Life privaledges! 

[DuffMan]

What kind of wild game is this?  $40?  Why do I get the feeling that most of this "wild game" will be roadkill?

[57Johnnie]

Now why would I ever want to indict a ham sandwich? Someone in the pork industry would come after me and start slamming the Stiftungsfest burgers. I could never allow that to happen.

Piperinsider, you are actually going to be in Waconia on February 3? Let me know and we could hook up. I could make an appearance at the dance team sections on behalf of the MSHSL. I know you would enjoy the wild game feed. Little pricey - $40.00 a person. Hopefully your newspaper could pick up the tab.

I forgot you didn't want to alienate the SPAM vote. 

[Johnnie Red]

When I went to the wild game feed last year, they did have a sign by a roaster that said "Highway 5 roadkill raccoon." For the $40.00 (advance tickets are $35.00) you get elk, buffalo, pheasant, and many other culinary delights. It is a great event and a good warmup for the BockFest or the EelPout Festival the weekend of February 16th.

[piperinsider]

Feb. 3 Waconia High School - 12 p.m. You could hand out the consolation medals to Hutchinson for finishing fourth and not making it to state. I sure hope the coaches don't read this board. Go Showstoppers!

[MongolianWarrior]

Yes Rico I am familiar with the Hooters on Ft Myers Beach.  Very nice scenery.  It is still standing Duffman.  I hear that they have one in Block E across from Target Center now.  Anyone been?  If so, how does the scenery compare to say the Original in Clearwater or other nationwide locales?

I have been.  The scenery is quite nice, possibly the best I've seen--with the exception of the Hooters in Vegas.  Pretty good view of the Target Center area from their outdoor seating...you could probably catch a MN Viking having sex somewhere around there if you keep your eyes open.
Oh, the wings and beer are good as well.

[finsleft]

As I peer through the Vicodin laced fog of my world today, imagine my surprise to see my karma down 5 points in early trading. I can only surmise that:
a) there are many fact-deprived posters who think that the McDonald Corporation was entitled to act negligently (serving coffee that was so hot as to be "not fit for consumption)and not have to (partially) compensate poor Mrs. Liebeck for her severe injuries; or
b) the Wisconsin posters didn't take kindly to my telling superfan to shove his karma and his continual blessings; or
c) the hoopster posters think that smiting me is the equivalent of beating the Johnnies on their home court; or
d) the doctor who performed my "septoplasty and bilateral endoscopic sinus surgery" yesterday didn't like my health insurance coverage. After all, he is a Bethel grad.  (Nice work Doc. Thanks for not dancing in the operating room )

[janesvilleflash]

Wouldn't be B, except superfan doles out neg. karma himself relentlessly.

[janesvilleflash]

New Gophers coordinators hired.
http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2007/01/24/sportsextra/doc45b7e0178a7be828461494.txt

[sfury]

This was strange. I've been in Cape Town, South Africa, the past five weeks with my wife (who's from here). Yesterday at the waterfront, I was killing time and saw a girl walking toward me with a "College of St. Benedict Track and Field" T-shirt on. I stopped her without frightening her too much, and she said she currently attends St. Ben's, but is attending school in SA this semester. She was stunned as well when I told her I was a St. John's grad. Didn't have time to ask her if she posts on d3football.com.

[Kilted Rat]

Very quiet on this board so must report the news from western Colorado: 

A woman is suing the local school board because they won't let her 5th grade son wear his pajamas to school. No report on whether said jammies had bunny footsies or not (pink or otherwise).

Believe it or not, the board is considering revising the existing dress code.

57Johnnie,

A man in a neighboring town is suing his local school district because his high school son committed suicide -- not at school, but at home. Of course we are aware that the schools are responsible for bringing up everyone's children these days, but this takes it to a new level. I can understand that the father is grieving and wants to place blame somewhere, but geez. We have become such a litigious society and the schools are too often the victims of that.
My two cents only.

The day the woman sued McDonald's because she spilled hot coffee on her lap while driving and won may very well have been the end of common sense in the coutrroom as we know it.

KR- If you knew all the facts of this unfortunate case, I know you would think differently. I won't bore this board with it all, but I'd be happy to enlighten you. I speak to HS classes frequently and we discuss this case. Before we begin, most in the class have a reaction similar to yours. Once they know what really happened and the actual facts of the case, almost all feel differently.
Beware the propoganda boogie-man.

I'll just take your word for it, plus it gives me another reason to hate the evil fattening empire that is McDonald's!


I did a google search and read a site purporting to have the real facts of the case, if they are accurate while I feel sorry for the woman for her injuries, if McDonald's were to sell coffee at a temperature where burns were not possible, no one would buy their coffee because it would be considered too cold. IMHO if you put coffee which you know to be warm between your legs while in a car that is moving and you suffer injuries from this it is your own fault. Yes, the coffee is sold too hot for human consumption but it has to be to some degree to keep all the people who buy it, drive to work and then take it in to work with them. Should they be forced to have 32 temps of coffee available to suit the needs of every person?

Third degree burns are extremely severe and require a long time to heal, and I feel sorry that the woman had to do this, however I feel that the burns were not the fault of McDonald's. I disagree with two statements made on this site:
1. That she suffered 3rd degree burns to 16% of her body. The body is divided up for terms of measuring burns by the rule of 9's. 9% per arm, 18% per leg. 9% for the head and neck, 9% for the upper chest. 9% for upper back, 9% for lower back, 9% for abdomen, and 1% for the groin. This would mean that she suffered 3rd degree burns over the equivalent amount of skin surface as both entire legs. While I believe she could have suffered burns of some degree to 16% of her body, I doubt she would have suffered 3rd degree burns to much more than 8-9% of her body at most.
2. 3rd degree burns do not in actuality result in much pain at all since the sensory nerve fibers are usually destroyed in burns of this depth and severity. 3rd degree burns are through all layers of the skin which includes the layers containing the pain sensing fibers.


In the cases mentioned in the article where people were burned due to a spill or dropped coffee caused by a McDonald's employee, I feel McDonalds should be held entirely responsible.

Holding McDonald's responsible in this case due to not properly notifying the customers of the risks of burns sets up a very slippery slope which led to the fat people suind Fast Food Restaurants for making them fat. If carried to an extreme, restaurants would have to have customers sign a 17 page document with all the potential risks of eating fatty food or drinking hot beverages.



Speaking of indictments and crooked prosecutors, great to see the ethics charges against that toolbag Nifong grow by the day. He deserves everything karma has to throw at him and much more for destroying the lives of 3 young men who never had the benefit of being innocent until proven guilty! That case has been a sham and a joke ever since he first trumped up the charges and did the line-up of nothing but Lacrosse players.


Sfury,
I spent a summer in SA and fondly remember by 5 day drinking binge...er trip to Cape Town. Beautiful city with great scenery! First time I ever got hit on by a woman older than my mom in a bar too!

[footballfan413]

As I peer through the Vicodin laced fog of my world today, imagine my surprise to see my karma down 5 points in early trading. I can only surmise that:
a) there are many fact-deprived posters who think that the McDonald Corporation was entitled to act negligently (serving coffee that was so hot as to be "not fit for consumption)and not have to (partially) compensate poor Mrs. Liebeck for her severe injuries; or
b) the Wisconsin posters didn't take kindly to my telling superfan to shove his karma and his continual blessings; or
c) the hoopster posters think that smiting me is the equivalent of beating the Johnnies on their home court; or
d) the doctor who performed my "septoplasty and bilateral endoscopic sinus surgery" yesterday didn't like my health insurance coverage. After all, he is a Bethel grad.  (Nice work Doc. Thanks for not dancing in the operating room )

Not this WIAC poster!  I gave you positive karma for that!! Many of us have pointed out the hypocrisy of his trash talking and finishing with a "Blessings to all," comment.  He just ignores us and blesses some more!! 

[footballfan413]

Very quiet on this board so must report the news from western Colorado: 

A woman is suing the local school board because they won't let her 5th grade son wear his pajamas to school. No report on whether said jammies had bunny footsies or not (pink or otherwise).

Believe it or not, the board is considering revising the existing dress code.

57Johnnie,

A man in a neighboring town is suing his local school district because his high school son committed suicide -- not at school, but at home. Of course we are aware that the schools are responsible for bringing up everyone's children these days, but this takes it to a new level. I can understand that the father is grieving and wants to place blame somewhere, but geez. We have become such a litigious society and the schools are too often the victims of that.
My two cents only.

The day the woman sued McDonald's because she spilled hot coffee on her lap while driving and won may very well have been the end of common sense in the coutrroom as we know it.

KR- If you knew all the facts of this unfortunate case, I know you would think differently. I won't bore this board with it all, but I'd be happy to enlighten you. I speak to HS classes frequently and we discuss this case. Before we begin, most in the class have a reaction similar to yours. Once they know what really happened and the actual facts of the case, almost all feel differently.
Beware the propoganda boogie-man.

I'll just take your word for it, plus it gives me another reason to hate the evil fattening empire that is McDonald's!


I did a google search and read a site purporting to have the real facts of the case, if they are accurate while I feel sorry for the woman for her injuries, if McDonald's were to sell coffee at a temperature where burns were not possible, no one would buy their coffee because it would be considered too cold. IMHO if you put coffee which you know to be warm between your legs while in a car that is moving and you suffer injuries from this it is your own fault. Yes, the coffee is sold too hot for human consumption but it has to be to some degree to keep all the people who buy it, drive to work and then take it in to work with them. Should they be forced to have 32 temps of coffee available to suit the needs of every person?

Third degree burns are extremely severe and require a long time to heal, and I feel sorry that the woman had to do this, however I feel that the burns were not the fault of McDonald's. I disagree with two statements made on this site:
1. That she suffered 3rd degree burns to 16% of her body. The body is divided up for terms of measuring burns by the rule of 9's. 9% per arm, 18% per leg. 9% for the head and neck, 9% for the upper chest. 9% for upper back, 9% for lower back, 9% for abdomen, and 1% for the groin. This would mean that she suffered 3rd degree burns over the equivalent amount of skin surface as both entire legs. While I believe she could have suffered burns of some degree to 16% of her body, I doubt she would have suffered 3rd degree burns to much more than 8-9% of her body at most.
2. 3rd degree burns do not in actuality result in much pain at all since the sensory nerve fibers are usually destroyed in burns of this depth and severity. 3rd degree burns are through all layers of the skin which includes the layers containing the pain sensing fibers.


In the cases mentioned in the article where people were burned due to a spill or dropped coffee caused by a McDonald's employee, I feel McDonalds should be held entirely responsible.

Holding McDonald's responsible in this case due to not properly notifying the customers of the risks of burns sets up a very slippery slope which led to the fat people suind Fast Food Restaurants for making them fat. If carried to an extreme, restaurants would have to have customers sign a 17 page document with all the potential risks of eating fatty food or drinking hot beverages.



Speaking of indictments and crooked prosecutors, great to see the ethics charges against that toolbag Nifong grow by the day. He deserves everything karma has to throw at him and much more for destroying the lives of 3 young men who never had the benefit of being innocent until proven guilty! That case has been a sham and a joke ever since he first trumped up the charges and did the line-up of nothing but Lacrosse players.


Sfury,
I spent a summer in SA and fondly remember by 5 day drinking binge...er trip to Cape Town. Beautiful city with great scenery! First time I ever got hit on by a woman older than my mom in a bar too!

Tmerton is right!   You absolutely should have been a lawyer, KR!   Nice job!   

[sju56321]

KR- people like you are jurors-why then the big awards? Do people feel sorry for the plaintiff? It is true that a judge could dismiss a case in which he determines no set of facts could give rise to a cause of action, but otherwise, we trust jurors to see the "truth." Remeber that these same jurors could be sitting on a malpractice case-are you worried yet?

[footballfan413]

KR- people like you are jurors-why then the big awards? Do people feel sorry for the plaintiff? It is true that a judge could dismiss a case in which he determines no set of facts could give rise to a cause of action, but otherwise, we trust jurors to see the "truth." Remeber that these same jurors could be sitting on a malpractice case-are you worried yet?

We do ,"trust jurors to see the truth," but is doesn't always happen.  Take the jury that acquited O.J., for example.  Some times they do get too swept up in the emotions of the case and can get carried away with the awards.    Juror's verdicts are far from flawless but having said that, it is the best system in the world.