Your “Losing Faith In Mankind” Saturday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - July 24, 2021July 23, 2021

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It's been a week and a half. The home renos are taking the usual forever, as I anticipated. The guys tearing up the floor nicked the radiant heat coils, so now they have to cap the copper tubing & pour new cement for the pad. So they can't tile the bathroom

Your “Everyone’s Still On Holiday” Tuesday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - July 6, 2021July 6, 2021

NFL Notes: it's a quiet day, full of Aaron Rodgers shitpieces ahead of the golf tonight. To wit: https://twitter.com/MattyHip/status/1412450754389020672 So here's what's available. Well, they've added the Shrine Bowl to Pro Bowl week (Feb. 1-6). It will now be played February 3rd in Las Vegas, in primetime & broadcast on the NFL Network.

Your “Everybody Thinks They’re An Expert Now” Monday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - June 21, 2021June 21, 2021

Sports Nuggets: Fun times for the NCAA today, as SCOTUS ruled 9-0 against them in enforcing certain rules limiting the education-related benefits. The Supreme Court upheld previous rulings on the "NCAA v. Alston" case, which states that the organization "can no longer bar colleges from providing athletes with education-related benefits

Your “What’s On?” Saturday Evening Open Thread

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Beerguyrob - June 12, 2021June 12, 2021

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It's that shitty part of June, where the weather has one last bad mood to get rid of before the summer can truly begin. Luckily, in BC our vaccination numbers are 75% at first dose, so we are well on the way to hopefully being able to leave the house

Beerguyrob - May 8, 2021May 8, 2021

Well, we made it through another week. In keeping with my gerenal weekend themes of gifs & videos in lieu of actual words, I raise a glass to one and all. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSyB-OIRtR0 As we crawl along towards both summer and the lifting of COVID restrictions, I'm reminded that there are a lot

Your “All Killer, No Filler” Sunday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - May 2, 2021May 2, 2021

I know from the afternoon thread, and the early part of the evening one, that some people were hyped for the Kentucky Derby. I was gardening at the time, so I missed all the fun & betting. HAIL GAMBLOR! But I saw the replay on the news, and a four-way run to

Your “Never Irrelevant; Always Irreverent” Saturday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - April 24, 2021April 23, 2021

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Next week is Day Three of the NFL Draft, and you all know what that means, who will be this year's Mr. Irrelevant? For those of you who forget until the last minute, the concept of Mr. Irrelevant dates back to 1976, when it was invented by former 49er/Colt/Stampeder/Rough Rider Paul Salata,

Beerguyrob - October 17, 2020October 17, 2020

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Why do four-day work weeks always seem longer than that? I had Monday off for turkey & football, and yet the four days I was at work felt like a month. It's not like any of us are new at this COVID thing, so it's not the social isolation. Indeed -

“The [DFO] Motto, and Other Sayings” Saturday Evening Open Thread

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Beerguyrob - August 29, 2020August 29, 2020

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I don't know about you, but it's been a bad week professionally. My shoulder is still killing me, I'm expected to return to work in ten days without the institution having a firm COVID plan in place, I found out a job application may have been 'round filed' & am

Your Monday Evening NHL Second Round Preview & Open Thread

Beerguyrob - August 24, 2020August 24, 2020

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NFL Nuggets: Earl Thomas & his winning personality punched his ticket out of Baltimore. It turns out that the Ravens valued a sixth-round pick over a 31 year-old malcontent. The team players' committee voted to approve of management releasing Thomas. Also, because it was "conduct detrimental to the team", they