The Swamp

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.

RSL wrote:Aeronaut, Down The Road, Mystic and Greater Good, exclusively in local stores, all imperial, all amazing

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.

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.

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.

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.








I love this; same shoe different size

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).

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.

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.

UNEXPECTED FRACTURE.

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.

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.

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.

Giff wrote: ↑Fri Aug 03, 2018 11:24 am They'll be laughing about it tonight, I'm sure.

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)?

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.

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.

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.

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!