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Worthy of a Mention - COVID-19 Edition

Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2020 1:21 pm
by mister d
Well, this is gross but feels like its going to be necessary. Pretty famous chef Floyd Cardoz, in NYC today.

https://ny.eater.com/2020/3/25/21193746 ... s-covid-19

Re: Worthy of a Mention - COVID-19 Edition

Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2020 2:51 pm
by DaveInSeattle

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Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2020 5:51 pm
by The Sybian
Fuck, I really hope this thread doesn't go too many pages...

Re: Worthy of a Mention - COVID-19 Edition

Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2020 5:53 pm
by rass
The really famous people will still get their own thread, so no worries buddy!

Re: Worthy of a Mention - COVID-19 Edition

Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2020 11:36 am
by DaveInSeattle

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Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2020 9:02 pm
by DaveInSeattle

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Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2020 5:23 am
by Johnnie
Best I can do is pretend to offer to care.



If anything, they could liquidate their board games for cheap, so I'll be on the lookout for that.

Re: Worthy of a Mention - COVID-19 Edition

Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2020 11:20 pm
by bfj

Re: Worthy of a Mention - COVID-19 Edition

Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2020 9:05 am
by DSafetyGuy
Bobby Hebert, Sr., father of the Saints quarterback, age 81.

He had already survived colon cancer, multiple strokes and a birth defect that required open-heart surgery.

Re: Worthy of a Mention - COVID-19 Edition

Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2020 3:21 pm
by bfj

Re: Worthy of a Mention - COVID-19 Edition

Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2020 4:40 pm
by brian
Fuuuuuuck.


Re: Worthy of a Mention - COVID-19 Edition

Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 9:35 am
by DaveInSeattle
bfj wrote: Sun Mar 29, 2020 3:21 pm Mediocre country singer Joe Diffie
Not that mediocre, apparently...


Re: Worthy of a Mention - COVID-19 Edition

Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 9:41 am
by Nonlinear FC
brian wrote: Sun Mar 29, 2020 4:40 pm Fuuuuuuck.

Naw, man. I'm not ok with that one.

Re: Worthy of a Mention - COVID-19 Edition

Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 9:52 am
by brian
Hopefully he pulls through.

Re: Worthy of a Mention - COVID-19 Edition

Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 9:53 am
by A_B
brian wrote: Mon Mar 30, 2020 9:52 am Hopefully he pulls through.
Agreed, but older and with a history of lung issues. Not the best combination to fight this.

Re: Worthy of a Mention - COVID-19 Edition

Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 11:16 am
by DaveInSeattle

Re: Worthy of a Mention - COVID-19 Edition

Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 2:16 pm
by brian

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Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2020 12:17 pm
by DaveInSeattle

Re: Worthy of a Mention - COVID-19 Edition

Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2020 12:27 pm
by DaveInSeattle

Re: Worthy of a Mention - COVID-19 Edition

Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2020 1:08 pm
by DaveInSeattle

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Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2020 9:45 am
by DaveInSeattle

Re: Worthy of a Mention - COVID-19 Edition

Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2020 10:41 am
by Steve of phpBB
Geez, I was afraid this was Papa Bouba Diop, who scored Senegal's goal in their 1-0 win over France to kick off the 2002 World Cup.

Still sad, of course.

Re: Worthy of a Mention - COVID-19 Edition

Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2020 5:30 pm
by DaveInSeattle

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Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2020 5:49 pm
by rass
Love Welcome Interstate Managers...

Re: Worthy of a Mention - COVID-19 Edition

Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2020 5:51 pm
by Steve of phpBB
Fuck me. And Rand Fucking Paul and Matt Fucking Gaetz are still alive?

Re: Worthy of a Mention - COVID-19 Edition

Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2020 8:33 pm
by govmentchedda
Dude was prolific

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Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2020 10:10 pm
by tennbengal

Re: Worthy of a Mention - COVID-19 Edition

Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2020 5:33 pm
by govmentchedda
DaveInSeattle wrote: Wed Apr 01, 2020 9:45 am
This week's On the Continent Football Ramble spent nearly 20 minutes on him. A really good listen.

Re: Worthy of a Mention - COVID-19 Edition

Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2020 3:30 pm
by brian
The AP's deputy technology editor. I've read his stuff before. Someone who runs a marathon and then hits a craft brewery right after hits close to home.

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Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2020 11:59 pm
by sancarlos

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Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2020 8:11 am
by Pruitt
It's incredible to look at Dempsey's stats and realize how awful straight on place kickers were compared to the soccer style kickers.

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/ ... mpTo20.htm

Re: Worthy of a Mention - COVID-19 Edition

Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2020 8:16 am
by Steve of phpBB
Pruitt wrote: Sun Apr 05, 2020 8:11 am It's incredible to look at Dempsey's stats and realize how awful straight on place kickers were compared to the soccer style kickers.

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/ ... mpTo20.htm
I wonder how long it took between the discovery that soccer-style kickers were better and the actual use of those kickers league wide. When I started following football in 1977 (thanks Walter), I think all kickers were soccer-style, but it seemed that straight-on kicking was recent enough to be discussed.

Re: Worthy of a Mention - COVID-19 Edition

Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2020 10:28 am
by brian
Steve of phpBB wrote: Sun Apr 05, 2020 8:16 am
Pruitt wrote: Sun Apr 05, 2020 8:11 am It's incredible to look at Dempsey's stats and realize how awful straight on place kickers were compared to the soccer style kickers.

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/ ... mpTo20.htm
I wonder how long it took between the discovery that soccer-style kickers were better and the actual use of those kickers league wide. When I started following football in 1977 (thanks Walter), I think all kickers were soccer-style, but it seemed that straight-on kicking was recent enough to be discussed.
Mark Moseley was the last one but he won the NFL MVP award (!!) in 1982.
With the retirement of the Minnesota Vikings' Rick Danmeier in 1982, Moseley became the sole full-time straight on placekicker in the National Football League; there has only been one other (Dirk Borgognone, who played two games in 1995) since then. In the 1960s, the "soccer style" of kicking (wherein the kicker approaches the ball at an angle and kicks it with the instep) was introduced by the Hungarian brothers Pete and Charlie Gogolak, and it became increasingly popular and is now universal in the NFL and other levels.

Re: Worthy of a Mention - COVID-19 Edition

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2020 9:34 am
by DaveInSeattle

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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2020 9:38 am
by rass

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Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2020 6:42 pm
by DaveInSeattle

Re: Worthy of a Mention - COVID-19 Edition

Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2020 8:20 pm
by DaveInSeattle
Fuck...


Re: Worthy of a Mention - COVID-19 Edition

Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2020 8:41 pm
by A_B
Ok so I get it because covid but Prine gets his own thread right?

Re: Worthy of a Mention - COVID-19 Edition

Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2020 3:51 pm
by mister d
Not sure the right place, so I'll put it here and know its not a fully formed thought at all right now: There's something, albeit unintentionally ... short-sighted/selfish ... about the messaging of "this is temporary" or "when this is over" that I fear is going to leave the people most affected behind later on. We lost a dad in my oldest's class yesterday, which is just emotionally shattering, and I find myself offended(?) by all the positive forward looking stuff I've read since. I didn't before. If the quarantine is over in two months, I have a strong suspicion everyone will consider themselves survivors but for many it'll be looked back on with new hobbies or posts about "what I'm grateful for the virus giving me" or whatever. It won't be viewed positively, but almost as a novelty? For his kids and his wife and his family and close friends (myself not included), there's no "when this is over" because now things are irreparably broken and the virus going away can't ever fix it. The community is rallying now and we won't ever forget him, but the overall coming out celebration is going to be really hard to watch given the personal level this has now touched. I don't know.

Re: Worthy of a Mention - COVID-19 Edition

Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2020 4:41 pm
by Steve of phpBB
mister d wrote: Thu Apr 09, 2020 3:51 pm Not sure the right place, so I'll put it here and know its not a fully formed thought at all right now: There's something, albeit unintentionally ... short-sighted/selfish ... about the messaging of "this is temporary" or "when this is over" that I fear is going to leave the people most affected behind later on. We lost a dad in my oldest's class yesterday, which is just emotionally shattering, and I find myself offended(?) by all the positive forward looking stuff I've read since. I didn't before. If the quarantine is over in two months, I have a strong suspicion everyone will consider themselves survivors but for many it'll be looked back on with new hobbies or posts about "what I'm grateful for the virus giving me" or whatever. It won't be viewed positively, but almost as a novelty? For his kids and his wife and his family and close friends (myself not included), there's no "when this is over" because now things are irreparably broken and the virus going away can't ever fix it. The community is rallying now and we won't ever forget him, but the overall coming out celebration is going to be really hard to watch given the personal level this has now touched. I don't know.
Fuck. I'm sorry.