I’d like to once again thank everyone for helping me out with coverage during my absence. Don_T mentioned how last time he covered for me I ended up getting hurt. Well, this time I didn’t get hurt; I found out what I hurt last time.
I have a torn rotator cuff. 
The hassle now is that I have to navigate the Canadian health care system. My doctor has to book me some X-rays & ultrasounds to determine the level of injury. Once the severity of the tear is confirmed, then I have to go into the queue for a surgical time. Once that’s taken care of, I have to be referred to a physiotherapist for aftercare & conditioning. Only a certain number of physio appointments are subsidized by government health care, but since I make over the poverty line, they do not cover it at all. The health care I have through the school board will cover some, but not all of the required visits. Once the number covered by insurance runs out, I have to pay the full cost.
So – some dingbat on her phone steps off the curb & into my path, and I end up injured, in pain for a significant period of time until the system helps me & out of pocket for rehab. I’m not saying Canadian health care isn’t great; I am saying that the time & lineups involved help exacerbate certain conditions that could otherwise be resolved.
End rant.
Tonight’s sports:
- NHL:
- Boston Bruins vs. Tampa Bay Lightning – 8:00PM | NBC / Sportsnet
- Vancouver Canucks vs. Vegas Golden Knights – 10:30PM | NBCSN / Sportsnet / CBC
- NBA:
- Game 4: Toronto Raptors vs. Brooklyn Nets – 6:30PM | TNT / TSN
- Raptors up 3-0
- Game 4: Denver Nuggets vs. Utah Jazz – 9:00PM | TNT / Sportsnet1
- Jazz up 2-1
- Game 4: Toronto Raptors vs. Brooklyn Nets – 6:30PM | TNT / TSN
- MLB:
- Phillies at Braves – 7:00PM | ESPN / TSN5
- MLS Soccer:
- Portland Timbers vs. Seattle Sounders – 10:00PM | FS1 / TSN
- WWE:
- SummerSlam – 7:00PM | WWE Network
I’ll be pleasanter tomorrow, and have previews of the NHL’s second round.
Today I read an article in the NYT about a school district in GA that won’t tell parents or teachers how many people have tested positive for the ‘rona. They claim it’s for “privacy concerns.” These are the same mofos who expelled my kid when he was in a psychiatric hospital. I hope they all die choking for their last breath.
The assholes have strict dress codes, but can’t fucking enforce mask wearing. That is also some real motherfuckery.
Good evening lizard people. Hope everyone had a good weekend. I finally got to have 7-year old Senor nostalgia and play Spyro Reignited at Senorita Weaselo’s (since she has the PS4), so it was a good day.
Well, that was unintended.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dxd17pzHaA&feature=emb_logo
Seattle TV is showing the Beastquake game, and I’m reminded of the fact that Darren Sharper started raping just two months later.
Started? You mean the earliest one they found out about.
Likely a more accurate statement.
And that is my cheery thought for the day.
Well, just getting ready for work in the morning.
It’s possible Vancouver is outclassed here
The whole city?
It’s almost like Canada should just give up on this ice footy experiment.
Can we take work off the rest of the year?
Nice win!
It’s Puebla time!
I do enjoy that Cavalry employ the Horatio “Kick it long and high to waste time strategy”
Weak penalty.
Top of the table and guaranteed in the top 4.
Sweeeeet!
That’s a beauty goal!
Followed up by an interesting penalty
Holy shit that should have been a goal!
Very Canadian in that they wanted someone else to do it.
No, you take the goal.
No, I insist you take it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiD_lGRkSmU
Looks like Earl Thomas probably punched his ticket to Dallas.
Makes sense. Everyone else on their defense has a bad leg, so he’ll fit right in.
Plus, the owner actually enjoys it when he gets fingered.
Rejoinder to Mr. Ventura – I do gots time to bleed. But in general, I’d still prefer not.
Of course.
QUACK!
One soccer halftime blondie is very nice!
I think Hippo haz a crush on her
As well he should.
I think her name is Andi Petrillo?
Stupid Tompa Bay
Holy fucking shit Fernando Tatis Jr. Is amazing. That was one of the best defensive plays I’ve ever seen. If y’all ain’t watching the Padres you’re missing a really fun baseball team.
Is it Slam Diego again tonight?
Both are acceptable.
… and …
found a funny:
Bob the Builder: can we fix it?
Bob’s Wife’s Attorney: please just sign the papers, Robert.
My cousin, who was raised by my uncle, an alcoholic carpenter named Bob, always referred to that character as Bob the Boozer. She laughed when she said it, but I don’t think she really thought it was funny.
GOAL CAVALRY!!
CAVALRY FC IS ON FOX SPORTS 2!
Interesting lineup from Tommy tonight.
Niko the keeper is in a poker group I am in.
GOOOOL MAVILA! Totally misplayed by the Halifax keeper, you might say he was Wandering…
Try passing the shoulder injury as work related. E.g., I was late for a Zoom meeting and tripped putting on underwear.
Fuck Boston imo
Pretty sure they deserve worse.
On the plus side, Milbury has opted out.
Democratic and Republican Conventions – Children’s Edition:
Ah, I see you went with Republican Convention only.
They’d all be dead.
See? BGR has to go through a little bit of hassle for his shoulder issue.
OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IS THE BEST!!! WWG1WGAnal
Making Torn Rotator Cuffs Great Again!
Yes, we need to cure that intolerable disease of … Giving a fuck about everyone in your community.
Irony is that he wouldn’t have shit if Indian communists didn’t exist.
That is a fantastic picture.
I dare anyone to drink a Corona Selzer Lime flavour and a Corona Premier back to back and tell me there is much of a difference.
That, good sir, should be an exclamation point, not a question mark.
It’s your box, not mine.
The answer to so many KSK mailbag questions
That sucks about the torn rotator cuff! On the bright side, I think this gives you the freedom to say that it happened while you were throwing a fastball at the lady’s head that ran into you.
For just 19.99 I can send you my own personal patented guaranteed to work physical therapy regimen. You’ll get access to thousands of exclusive training videos to watch while completing lots of short (very short), repetitive stroking motions.
Careful with this. I signed up for the regimen and all the videos were exclusively of men.
It still worked, but I haven’t had much luck with resale.
This is slander sir please remove this review, I see here in my notes you did not elect for the straight package which would only have been a $149.99 upgrade fee plus $24.50 convenience charge.
Yeah, be well Beer Guy. I’ve been in physical therapy for my knees WAY too many times and the folks going through rehab after shoulder surgery look like they are not enjoying the PT.
I called my place The House of Pain.
When the therapist is doing the deep tissue massage all of the patients would look at each other with tears running down and shake our heads.
What I mean is you’ll be fine in no time.
Pip pip cheerio and all that!
Rehab seems fine until they make you get on all fours and tell you raise your hand forward with a 2 pound weight and it doesn’t move.
The wall climb looked like agony and all they do is start with the arm straight out and slowly climb the wall using their fingers. Shit this was supposed to be encouraging.
One they had me do that was torture was hold a band wrapped around both hands at shoulder distance, place my hands flat on a wall and walk my hands across it a foot at a time. It went from a joke to physically impossible after about 15 feet.
AleHomieRicky: asshole American question, but is the dingbat liable for any of your health care costs?
Maybe, if I’d tackled her, forced her to give me her ID, and avoided assault charges for doing same.
Hey, balls, now that I’ve seen the replay of last night’s match, I can ask my remedial AFL question:
When they talk about inclusions and drops, are those like cuts or active vs inactive lists? In other words, is Finalyson no longer with GWS or he’s on the equivalent of the practice squad or AAA?
So, they have a 22 man game-day list. That’s 18 field players that start the game on the field plus 4 interchange players that start the game on the bench. However, like in soccer, that’s not all the players they have on the team. They’ll have another set of players available to play.
Each week, teams go through a “selection” process and the 22 deemed to be the best to go up against the opposing team are “included” or “inclusions”.
Those that don’t make the gameday roster are “dropped” or “drops”.
In a typical season, the dropped players would be able to play for the team’s lower level team (usually in the VFL or a regional league, the “AAA” example you mentioned). However, this year all of the lower leagues cancelled their seasons, so there is nowhere for the players to go play. For a while, the teams that played each other in a given week, would also play “scratch” matches with the dropped players, but that only worked for a bit. I don’t think they’re doing that anymore.
In case you’re wondering, yes all players are in the bubble with the team whether or not they make the gameday roster. Geelong has been pretty good about rotating players and giving the veterans a chance to stay fresh and the new guys a chance to get some gametime in. Other teams haven’t done it as much.
Gotcha very helpful. But if you’re “dropped” another team can’t make a claim on you, right?
They’re not dropped in the sense that they’re no longer on the team. They’re just dropped from the gameday roster for that week. They are still part of the team and they can easily play the following week. Many do. That’s how starters are “rested”. The big difference between players being rested on Week 17 of the NFL and the players being rested in the AFL is that the AFL players are watching from the stands (luxury boxes or sometimes the coaches’ box) instead of standing on the sidelines freezing their asses off like in the NFL.
There’s no waiver wire in AFL. Players don’t change teams mid-season.
There’s also no injured reserve list. Injured players are still part of the team. They are usually just considered “drops” until they heal.
Incidentally, the full AFL team roster is called the “list”. There is a minimum of 38 players and a maximum of 40 for the “senior” list, which is the same thing as “veterans”. There is also a rookie list and a couple of other smaller subcategory lists. All of the players on those lists are eligible to play each week.
Obviously, only 22 get to be on the gameday roster, so that’s where you see the term “list management”.
The AFL equivalent of an NFL player being “cut” is to be “delisted”. However, in the AFL this does not happen during the season. There is a specific period of time where those types of moves take place and they are always at the end of the season prior to the Free Agency Period and the Draft.
As I’m sure you’ve figured out, the bulk of the lowel level teams are made up of the rookies and the senior list players that are “dropped” for selection each week.
I’ve had a partially torn labram in both shoulders for years from the old lumber days. I have to do rehab exercises routinely when I’m doing any sort of exercise or physical activity or my life becomes a sleepless hell. One of the better investments I’ve made is one of those Total Gym body resistance incline things Chuck Norris used to hawk around the turn of the century. Makes the shoulder exercises much less chorey than they were with resistance bands and built my shoulder muscles faster than any free weight exercises ever did.
Hey! I have one of those! and a family history of shoulder problems. I should set it up and look up some excercises
This is the shoulder routine I do 3-4 times a week all 3 sets of 10:
Front raise
Lateral raise
Fly
Low fly
Reverse fly
Straight arm pullover
These are all fairly low resistance since I’m doing them as a rehab/maintenance thing, but I found I made significantly better progress with the machine compared to using weights or bands.
All the best tequilahombreroberto.