Your “What’s Old Is New Again, Again” Wednesday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - June 17, 2020June 17, 2020

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NFL Noise: Well, it looks like the Chargers will pick up Roger's mantle & at least possibly maybe consider Colin Kaepernick for their bench. "I haven't spoken with Colin, not sure where he's at as far in his career, what he wants to do, but Colin definitely fits the style

Your “Happy Bill & Ted Day” Tuesday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - June 9, 2020June 9, 2020

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NFL News: Apparently, Todd Gurley passed his physical with the Falcons. He signed with them a couple of months back, but had to wait until this week to take his tests due to Corona restrictions. It is a one-year contract that includes a $2 million signing bonus, $3.5 million fully

Your “Super Tuesday!” Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - March 3, 2020March 3, 2020

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NFL Notes: The Chargers are cutting Travis Benjamin. In order to stay with the team last year, he agreed to a pay cut & a team void option for 2020. He responded by playing in only five games and caught only six passes for 30 yards. Two Monday Night Football rumours

The Friday Evening Pre-Christmas Open Thread Post

Beerguyrob - December 20, 2019December 19, 2019

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Welcome to my last post of the year. I asked Seamus if he wouldn't mind switching with me, and he readily agreed since it's taking longer than he expected to get the squirrel piss out of the carpet. #thoughtsandprayers I will be away from the #content mines for a couple of weeks.

Your “Sequels Are Never As Good” Tuesday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - December 10, 2019December 10, 2019

NFL Nuggets: https://twitter.com/Patriots/status/1204227854898208769 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L397TWLwrUU What Florio is already calling "Spygate 2" (Electric Boogaloo) involves the Patriots "Not the football operation" film crew filming the Bengals sideline for eight solid minutes from the press box. Belichick claims no involvement in the affair: "I'm really focused on getting ready for the Bengals here." "We're

Your “In All Thy Sons Command” Thursday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - June 27, 2019June 27, 2019

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NFL News: The only major NFL news of the day is about the Tyreek Hill hearing with the NFL's investigation team. This is in response to police being called to Hill's home twice in March when Hill's 3-year-old son suffered a broken arm. The meeting took about eight hours. And Mike

[DFO] History Corner Presents: The Grand Canyon

Beerguyrob - February 26, 2019February 25, 2019

February 26, 1919 - The Grand Canyon Becomes A National Park First afforded Federal protection in 1893 as a Forest Reserve and later as a National Monument in 1908, Grand Canyon did not achieve National Park status until 1919, three years after the creation of the National Park Service in 1916,

[DFO] History Corner Presents: A Prohibition Centenary Post

Beerguyrob - January 16, 2019January 16, 2019

The positive reaction to my World War One Centenary posts has encouraged me to expound upon other topics. But rather than tie all of them in with the Open Threads - because the length of some made scrolling a chore for others - I will make them their own stand-alone

The Saturday Afternoon World War One Centenary Post

Beerguyrob - November 10, 2018November 9, 2018

During the course of the year, I have taken to various Open Threads to teach about pivotal or interesting moments during the course of 1918, the final year of the war. The mutual goals were to keep you interested and provide reading entertainment on evenings when the sports calendar was

Your Decidedly Unsexy But Historically Accurate Friday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - November 9, 2018November 9, 2018

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O HAI! It's your old pal Beerguyrob, and I've asked Seamus if I could host tonight's Friday soiree, since I have a particular interest in the date. He was a surprisingly tough negotiator, because Fridays are near & dear to his heart. But after sweetening the offer once or twice, I was able to