Random Thoughts VIII: The Ocho
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While on the treadmill this morning I noticed that my pace was perfectly in rhythm with License to Ill. My right foot would come down exactly on the hard drum beats.
It's weird that people who are almost 4,000 miles apart are "together".
Says the guy who lived in a different state from his new wife for 3 years...
Sorry, Lawman. We will send a few up for you and the fam. Hope it all works out for the best.
No sock or banana taxes in Minnesota but downtown Mpls drops special tax hammers on every bite of food or drink you take.
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As long as Boxster shared his beef about the new bike I thought I would do a little ******** about my last 18 hours. Stop reading here if you don't want to read a half page rant.
As anyone up here in the Twin Cities knows we had a heck of a storm system come through last evening. Pretty much every sports complex closed down because of it - except of course the one about 45 minutes away where my daughter's team was supposed to play. We had to encourage all of the parents to bring their players in the event we actually had to play and none of them were happy about it. It was pouring when we got there and there was a lightning strike about every 15 minutes. League rules say that you have to be lightning free for 30 minutes before starting or resuming play. We sat around waiting for our ref to show up so they could call the game and we could all go home. Most of the parents we sitting there fuming blaming it on us coaches. In the end the ref never showed (s/he better not get paid!) and we worked out a reschedule date but not before 10 minutes after we were scheduled to start the game.
Why the hell didn't they close the damned fields like virtually every other facility in the region?! Even though they have a shelter it isn't safe because people are still going back and forth to their cars with umbrellas and we all had a heck of a time keeping antsy girls from running back out into the rain to mess around. Keep in mind that we had continuous rain with frequent - almost continuous thunderstorms and were under a tornado watch.
I wish I knew who to call to express my displeasure.
To add to my fun I had Mrs. Velo's car in for service yesterday. I was already displeased with this service department for reasons which I won't bore you (further). They called me about something else they found and I told them to fix it. I asked them if it would be done today (Tuesday) and he said absolutely. I said I had a soccer game I had to get to and he offered that I could keep the loaner and pick the car up Wednesday. I responded that okay I would pick it up at 0700 Wednesday. This morning I drove 25 miles away, not towards work, in rush hour traffic and got there about 0730 only to have them tell me that they just got the part this morning and it wasn't ready.
WTF, don't you guys have a phone?
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As anyone up here in the Twin Cities knows we had a heck of a storm system come through last evening. Pretty much every sports complex closed down because of it - except of course the one about 45 minutes away where my daughter's team was supposed to play. We had to encourage all of the parents to bring their players in the event we actually had to play and none of them were happy about it. It was pouring when we got there and there was a lightning strike about every 15 minutes. League rules say that you have to be lightning free for 30 minutes before starting or resuming play. We sat around waiting for our ref to show up so they could call the game and we could all go home. Most of the parents we sitting there fuming blaming it on us coaches. In the end the ref never showed (s/he better not get paid!) and we worked out a reschedule date but not before 10 minutes after we were scheduled to start the game.
Why the hell didn't they close the damned fields like virtually every other facility in the region?! Even though they have a shelter it isn't safe because people are still going back and forth to their cars with umbrellas and we all had a heck of a time keeping antsy girls from running back out into the rain to mess around. Keep in mind that we had continuous rain with frequent - almost continuous thunderstorms and were under a tornado watch.
I wish I knew who to call to express my displeasure.
To add to my fun I had Mrs. Velo's car in for service yesterday. I was already displeased with this service department for reasons which I won't bore you (further). They called me about something else they found and I told them to fix it. I asked them if it would be done today (Tuesday) and he said absolutely. I said I had a soccer game I had to get to and he offered that I could keep the loaner and pick the car up Wednesday. I responded that okay I would pick it up at 0700 Wednesday. This morning I drove 25 miles away, not towards work, in rush hour traffic and got there about 0730 only to have them tell me that they just got the part this morning and it wasn't ready.
WTF, don't you guys have a phone?
/end rant
Maybe a Corgi surfing school.
I'd probably be willing to move to Hawaii, for that.
Rant on! You deserve it. Our softball and baseball games in Brooklyn Park and Blaine were both called pretty early. I also know that the stuff in our community was called off.
We had the joy of taking the 45-60 minute trip (depending upon traffic/construction) to and from Stillwater on Friday, Saturday and Sunday last weekend and we didn't even have the time to visit the Freight House.
I ended up getting free tickets to the Royals game last night. For the life of me, I can't figure out how some people can afford to drop $45-$50 for 4 crappy beers every game. I love sporting events (and beer), but my practical mind can't justify doing that.
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