That is SO last week.
I follow this site, though it is tabular rather than graphical:
https://wcc.sc.egov.usda.gov/reports...ateReport.html
That one gets updated daily.
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That is SO last week.
I follow this site, though it is tabular rather than graphical:
https://wcc.sc.egov.usda.gov/reports...ateReport.html
That one gets updated daily.
Man this last system has been real cold. I know CA needs all the rain and snow it can get but I'm ready for a little warmth and sunshine. It's true, us old people don't like the cold. lol
It's 79 with a feels like of 86 here.
I cut the grass during my lunch break and barely broke a sweat. It feels amazing!
I saw some grass during my lunch break...it looked dead.
Spring will arrive, eventually.
I can wait.
I just got the phone call that my grandfather passed. It's a weird feeling because I'm certainly sad that I won't see him anymore but I'm also relieved that he's not hurting like he was. I'm not sure how to explain it.
My condolences.
My paternal grandfather had dementia for the last several years of his life. He could recognize many people, but would forget you had been there as soon as you stepped out. Of course, that meant you could visit him MANY times in a single day.
Still, when he passed, it was something of a relief. He wasn't suffering, exactly, as he had no idea and seemed always happy, but he wasn't him, either.
I've lost a lot of family and friends and it always leaving me filling strange. It's so permanent. What I wont do is go look at the person at the funeral or viewing. I don't want that to be my last memory of them. So I just hang in the back, if I go at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by dday9
All my family members who have died, were cremated, so that wasn't an issue. I've always wondered whether the ashes were really remains, or not.
Spent a couple days cross country skiing. Now where the hell am I????
It's not official but it looks like the Saints signed Derek Carr to a 4yr $150m deal. $100m fully guaranteed. I like Carr but this trend of very large amounts of fully guaranteed money worries me. I think Cleveland's deal with Watson was terrible and it seem to have added to the momentum of players demanding fully guaranteed money.
I don't blame the players, if they can get guaranteed money good for them. But with a sport like football, injuries are going to happen. Possibly career ending injuries. Guaranteed money seems likely to end with teams at their cap limit and unable to replace injured players. I admit, I don't know exactly how the cap limit is implemented so maybe this wont happen. But fully guaranteed money in a violent sport like football seems risky.
They may be able to spread that out over a very long length of time.
Perhaps it can be spread over an unreasonable length of time. That would be funny.
Being a Saints fan all my life, I can tell you that the current GM thinks of the salary cap as a suggestion. Just look at how they've structured some of their deal before, it's ridiculous.Quote:
Originally Posted by wes4dbt
Personally I'm neither happy nor upset with the Derek Carr deal, probably leaning a bit more to the upset.
When I compare him to Andy Dalton and Jameis Winston, he is definitely a step up, but for the amount of money we are going to spend? Come on.
Really $150m for 4yrs isn't out of line. Most top qb's are asking for $40million a year or more. It's a great time to be a qb in the nfl.
The one that seems crazy to me is Lamar Jackson. He basically wants all guaranteed money, even though he has been injured the last to seasons. Seems like a bad bet. The shelf life of a running qb is usually pretty short. Plus I think teams are getting better at handling running qb's.
I know this is going to sound controversial because of who it is, but look at Colin Kaepernick. He killed it his first year or two at San Francisco, then teams figured him out, and he couldn't adjust to looking at his 2nd/3rd option. The same exact thing with Tim Tebow and RG3.
Sorry for your loss dday, I felt something similar when my Grandfather passed away, glad he was no longer in pain and mental decline, but sad I would no longer see him.Quote:
I just got the phone call that my grandfather passed. It's a weird feeling because I'm certainly sad that I won't see him anymore but I'm also relieved that he's not hurting like he was. I'm not sure how to explain it.
$37.5m a year does feel a bit high but then the Seahawks just paid Geno Smith $35m a year (dont know Geno's guaranteed money yet to compare), so it does look like thats the going rate.Quote:
Personally I'm neither happy nor upset with the Derek Carr deal, probably leaning a bit more to the upset.
When I compare him to Andy Dalton and Jameis Winston, he is definitely a step up, but for the amount of money we are going to spend? Come on.
It really depends which Derek Carr you get, if you get last years version then this is a bad deal, but if that was a blip and you get the Carr from the season before its probably an OK deal.