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So anyway yeah, super proud of our kids!
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Rush2112 wrote: Wed Jun 06, 2018 9:39 am So another buddy said
Vanished Valley and Brick & Feather are the hot little guys. Medusa is pretty good, but not worth going out of your way for. Finnback and Singlecut are worth it if you can't get at home. Sip of Sunshine is around currently and usually is for a bit, worth it if you've never had, but not as great as in the past. Half Acre is showing up, so something new to try as well.
Finback and Singlecut are NYC, and Singlecut came to NJ a few months ago. Everything I've had from Singlecut has been great, Finback was good. Half Acre recently made it to NJ, too. Would have blow me away 5 years ago, but I still thought it was really good. I'm onsite with a client near the Financial District the whole time, so probably not getting a car. I'll seek out some bottle shops and craft bars, and load an extra suitcase of Trillium. Debating flying for Amtrak, and muling is pushing me towards the train. Stupid flying rules.
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If you've ever wanted to stop in every single town in CT, Amtrak is your best bet.
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"Next stop - Old East Naugaburyfordton"
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addition to beer list from sometime swamper and fulltime music maven RSL:
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mister d wrote: Wed Jun 06, 2018 12:11 pm If you've ever wanted to stop in every single town in CT, Amtrak is your best bet.
Acela Express is the only reasonable consideration.
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Too bad we don't have a beer thread.
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I basically hinted at the same thing but nobody screenshotted me. Ageism much?!?
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Waiting....
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Its too much work to post a pic here, but imagine a screenshot of Rass' slap slap slap guy getting off on the old simpsons guy complaining. Thanks.
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mister d wrote: Wed Jun 06, 2018 2:28 pm Its too much work to post a pic here, but imagine a screenshot of Rass' slap slap slap guy getting off on the old simpsons guy complaining. Thanks.
I was just expecting a post of Ryan's shrug avatar.
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mister d wrote: Wed Jun 06, 2018 12:11 pm If you've ever wanted to stop in every single town in CT, Amtrak is your best bet.
On the train now, and this is the way to go! Only a few stops in CT, and they are very short. My client was 1 block from South Station, and the train began boarding 20 minutes early. So much better than taking a cab to the airport, fucking with security, waiting for an hour, sitting on the tarmac... Trips is just under 4 hours, but close to the same amount of time when you include travel to airport, security, tarmac time...; and with my oversize suitcase full of Trillium, I would have had to check my luggage. Fuck, it's so heavy, there would have been additional fees for sure. These seats are big enough, I can get out of the inside seat without the woman next to me moving (she is tiny and kept her table up. It's like first class here.
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My kid and TennBengal’s kid are playing Fortnite together.
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Teach them well and let them lead the way
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Things that I couldn’t fathom 10 years ago on a whole lot of level.
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As I think I updated in the youth soccer thread, my daughter made the older A team for our town's travel club. This summer, the coach of the club two years older is running practices once a week for whoever wants to come on her new team, his team, and the team a year older. He has them all grouped together, so she is practicing with girls up to 3 years older than her. I'm amazed by her determination to keep up with them, and her fearlessness in attacking and going into tackles. I can see she is nervous at times, as they are running complicated drills she has never done, and most of the other girls have, and the coach doesn't explain the drills, he yells out the name of the drill, and they know what to do.

Last week, my wife took some pictures, because the size difference was hilarious at times. None of the pictures do it justice, but my daughter is 9, going into 4th grade, and the others are 12, going into 7th grade. Several of the girls are taller than my wife, who is 5'5", and my daughter is a full fott shorter. She is absolutely holding her own, and in the top half on most drills. There are even a couple girls 2 years older who play for PDA, which is part of the US Development Academy and the best girl's academy in the state, and one age group won the national championship last year.

She went against the chubby girl in red in a one-on-one drill. They had to race to a ball, head on, and got there at the same time. My daughter didn't hesitate, went into the 50/50 challenge, and they both went down. My daughter popped right up, took the ball, and dribbled it into the goal. The picture doesn't show it well, but the other girl is well over double my daughter's weight.

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The Sybian wrote: Fri Jul 27, 2018 9:42 am As I think I updated in the youth soccer thread, my daughter made the older A team for our town's travel club. This summer, the coach of the club two years older is running practices once a week for whoever wants to come on her new team, his team, and the team a year older. He has them all grouped together, so she is practicing with girls up to 3 years older than her. I'm amazed by her determination to keep up with them, and her fearlessness in attacking and going into tackles. I can see she is nervous at times, as they are running complicated drills she has never done, and most of the other girls have, and the coach doesn't explain the drills, he yells out the name of the drill, and they know what to do.

Last week, my wife took some pictures, because the size difference was hilarious at times. None of the pictures do it justice, but my daughter is 9, going into 4th grade, and the others are 12, going into 7th grade. Several of the girls are taller than my wife, who is 5'5", and my daughter is a full fott shorter. She is absolutely holding her own, and in the top half on most drills. There are even a couple girls 2 years older who play for PDA, which is part of the US Development Academy and the best girl's academy in the state, and one age group won the national championship last year.

She went against the chubby girl in red in a one-on-one drill. They had to race to a ball, head on, and got there at the same time. My daughter didn't hesitate, went into the 50/50 challenge, and they both went down. My daughter popped right up, took the ball, and dribbled it into the goal. The picture doesn't show it well, but the other girl is well over double my daughter's weight.

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That is fantastic...tell your daughter to double knot the shoes....can't win the race if you are running on flat tires(2nd picture).
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wlu_lax6 wrote: Fri Jul 27, 2018 9:47 am
That is fantastic...tell your daughter to double knot the shoes....can't win the race if you are running on flat tires(2nd picture).
You have no idea how many times we tell her to tie her damn shoes...
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Good stuff. Thanks for sharing.

I won't post a video of my younger son singing Black Eyed Peas at camp karaoke this week but it was two minutes of adorable (to me, you all would want to put something sharp in your ears).
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The way they stand in the pics says a lot. You could probably choose a team just watching kids run, walk, stand there without a ball. And I hate those cleats. My kid just had to have them because they said Messi. Feel overly slick to me. Got him some used adidas predators on eBay but he won't have it. Clean contact be damned... These say Messi. You might consider looping the laces under the soles. Makes it easier to tie tightly without finger strength or dexterity
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Today marks exactly 12.5 years since my wife I became parents, and we've marked the occasion with our first broken bone (occurred last evening, diagnosed today). Buckle fracture of the left wrist of the younger one, earned while making a save goofing around during her older sister's soccer practice.
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rass wrote: Wed Aug 01, 2018 2:12 pm Today marks exactly 12.5 years since my wife I became parents, and we've marked the occasion with our first broken bone (occurred last evening, diagnosed today). Buckle fracture of the left wrist of the younger one, earned while making a save goofing around during her older sister's soccer practice.
UNEXPECTED FRACTURE.
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BSF21 wrote: Wed Aug 01, 2018 2:40 pm
rass wrote: Wed Aug 01, 2018 2:12 pm Today marks exactly 12.5 years since my wife I became parents, and we've marked the occasion with our first broken bone (occurred last evening, diagnosed today). Buckle fracture of the left wrist of the younger one, earned while making a save goofing around during her older sister's soccer practice.
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Gonna change my avi again so you guys appear to be heartlessly making light of an injury to a 10 year old girl.
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rass wrote: Wed Aug 01, 2018 3:13 pm Gonna change my avi again so you guys appear to be heartlessly making light of an injury to a 10 year old girl.
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We don't have the opposite of this thread, so I'm putting it here. Walking into the kitchen seeing my youngest standing in a puddle of piss 5 minutes after she assured me she didn't need her pull-up on led to me literally taking scissors to her Anna dress and completely destroying it because I couldn't get the zipper to go down.

Between being overwhelmed at my job and worrying about my wife's, not a fun week.
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Giff wrote: Fri Aug 03, 2018 6:53 am We don't have the opposite of this thread, so I'm putting it here. Walking into the kitchen seeing my youngest standing in a puddle of piss 5 minutes after she assured me she didn't need her pull-up on led to me literally taking scissors to her Anna dress and completely destroying it because I couldn't get the zipper to go down.

Between being overwhelmed at my job and worrying about my wife's, not a fun week.
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BSF21 wrote: Fri Aug 03, 2018 7:41 am
Giff wrote: Fri Aug 03, 2018 6:53 am We don't have the opposite of this thread, so I'm putting it here. Walking into the kitchen seeing my youngest standing in a puddle of piss 5 minutes after she assured me she didn't need her pull-up on led to me literally taking scissors to her Anna dress and completely destroying it because I couldn't get the zipper to go down.

Between being overwhelmed at my job and worrying about my wife's, not a fun week.
Dude, let it go.
Ha!

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Sorry, Giff. But, I can tell you from experience that you'll probably look back and laugh when you remember that scene with your daughter twelve years from now. Especially when you remind her of it.
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They'll be laughing about it tonight, I'm sure.
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Giff wrote: Fri Aug 03, 2018 11:24 am They'll be laughing about it tonight, I'm sure.
Remember that time dad cut that dress off me with scissors.
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Is this where I brag about my wife leaving about 35 minutes late to pick up our kid from camp (she's been there since Sunday)?
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DSafetyGuy wrote: Fri Aug 03, 2018 2:07 pm Is this where I brag about my wife leaving about 35 minutes late to pick up our kid from camp (she's been there since Sunday)?
So did you realize and didn't tell her? Cause I've done that.
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Giff wrote: Fri Aug 03, 2018 2:28 pm
DSafetyGuy wrote: Fri Aug 03, 2018 2:07 pm Is this where I brag about my wife leaving about 35 minutes late to pick up our kid from camp (she's been there since Sunday)?
So did you realize and didn't tell her? Cause I've done that.
No, I mentioned it as soon as I realized she was still here.
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DSafetyGuy wrote: Fri Aug 03, 2018 2:52 pm
Giff wrote: Fri Aug 03, 2018 2:28 pm
DSafetyGuy wrote: Fri Aug 03, 2018 2:07 pm Is this where I brag about my wife leaving about 35 minutes late to pick up our kid from camp (she's been there since Sunday)?
So did you realize and didn't tell her? Cause I've done that.
No, I mentioned it as soon as I realized she was still here.
I've only done it when I knew the only result would be me having a quick snide little remark and doesn't affect kids at all.
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I shut off my camp pickup alarm when I was in DE for work (after it went off in a meeting one day (Its "Ghost Pressure" by Wolf Parade)) and then the first day back missed the bus by 3 minutes and she's still traumatized by this because she believes in perfect order.
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Proud avuncular crowing: nephew got last six outs to record save to send his team to championship bracket in cal Ripken World Series. Two strikeouts and a putout to close it.
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A_B wrote: Tue Aug 07, 2018 7:46 pm Proud avuncular crowing: nephew got last six outs to record save to send his team to championship bracket in cal Ripken World Series. Two strikeouts and a putout to close it.
Was wondering what the situation was there. Congrats!
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rass wrote: Wed Aug 08, 2018 6:38 am
A_B wrote: Tue Aug 07, 2018 7:46 pm Proud avuncular crowing: nephew got last six outs to record save to send his team to championship bracket in cal Ripken World Series. Two strikeouts and a putout to close it.
Was wondering what the situation was there. Congrats!
Also some really good friends have a son on same team. Sabo's met those friends, actually.
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