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Yeah, not sure when he is going to attempt to get it. I’m sure the towing company loves forgetful students. He is a sophomore and remembered all last year. He usually moves it to that east parking ramp by Forker. Said once time he forgot to move it back to the stadium but never got a ticket there. That is very surprising given ISU’s love of parking violations.
Both my brother and a buddy of mine drove tow trucks at one time or another in Ames.

My brother said his thighs had never been so big and strong as when he was driving. He had to jack up cars and swing them around by hand when they were parallel parked to get them hooked. It took a lot of strength to swing a car around with the jack under it.

My buddy said during snow emergencies they would be driving like crazy to get the snow routes cleared of parkers for the plows. They would regularly run red lights in the wee hours of the morning to get it done. One night he was flying down Lincoln Way about to run a red light when he noticed a cop nearby. He locked them up and slid on the snow clear through the intersection. The cop pulled up next to him, rolled down his window and said, "Next time - don't bother." and drove off.

Yes, I drank bunch of the devils drink on the drive back to Minny to stay awake while everyone else was snoring away. Now it is 0130 and I am wide awake.:( 0730 mass is going to be brutal.
 
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3:15, also drank coffee to stay awake. (Got home 20 minutes ago)

Dear body, lemme sleep until 11 or so.
 

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Think it's only fair to point out that the Cyclones are undefeated in football games that Boxster and Pants attend together in person.
 

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My biggest issue at ISU games is fans just have no idea when to cheer or how to cheer. Like, any time we’re on defense inside ours or the opponent’s 20 yard line, you make noise on every down, now just third down. There was one point we had them pinned deep inside the 10 and I swear to God I was the only person in the stadium making noise. I even said it to @BoxsterCy. And you don’t start making noise right before the offense snaps the ball. You should be doing it as soon as the end of the previous play ended. The whole point is to make it chaos for the offense. Make it hard for them to get the play, make it hard for them to adjust the play, make it hard for them to hear the snap count. If you start making noise right before the snap, it’s ******* pointless.

Also, if you don’t really understand football, that’s fine! No shame! You can just enjoy the game. But don’t sit there and say **** all game long that makes it blatantly obvious that you don’t know what you’re talking about.

Akron called a time out when they had a third down once. Everyone had been up and cheering prior to the TO. The teams start coming back out so I stand back up "It's still third down guys..."
 

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Akron called a time out when they had a third down once. Everyone had been up and cheering prior to the TO. The teams start coming back out so I stand back up "It's still third down guys..."

Exactly. You know when would be another good time to make noise? ON FOURTH DOWN WHEN THEY ARE KICKING A FIELD GOAL.

It’s like the crowd is like “yeah, we did our job on third down, so it’s done.”

No. They still have another down. They can still false start on 4th down. You can still make the kicker nervous on 4th down.

It would be like in basketball your team blocking the other teams last second shot out of bounds, but then not making noise anymore even though there’s .9 seconds left that they’ll still get the ball.

It’s just weird to me that, overall, we have pretty damn smart basketball fans (in terms of when to cheer and make noise) yet are football fans are so ******* stupid about it.
 

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Yes, I drank bunch of the devils drink on the drive back to Minny to stay awake while everyone else was snoring away. Now it is 0130 and I am wide awake.:( 0730 mass is going to be brutal.

3:15, also drank coffee to stay awake. (Got home 20 minutes ago)

Dear body, lemme sleep until 11 or so.

MOAR COFFEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Knew I was on overload when I hit the Twin Cities traffic and my first reaction to the brake lights was "Oh, purdy colors!"
 

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I had absolutely no traffic with me heading west on 34 early this morning between Mt Pleasant and Fairfield and beyond. (There was some headed east) Then, someone entered onto 34 from Batavia. Just found it interesting.

And for the love of Pete Bercich, what ARE you doing Vikings?
 

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I had absolutely no traffic with me heading west on 34 early this morning between Mt Pleasant and Fairfield and beyond. (There was some headed east) Then, someone entered onto 34 from Batavia. Just found it interesting.

And for the love of Pete Bercich, what ARE you doing Vikings?

Maybe they are spotting the Bills a few before coming back and crushing their hopes and dreams, or maybe they are going to have a really bad day and take the loss. 17 in the 1st qtr and a chance to score to start the 2nd.
 
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I had absolutely no traffic with me heading west on 34 early this morning between Mt Pleasant and Fairfield and beyond. (There was some headed east) Then, someone entered onto 34 from Batavia. Just found it interesting.

And for the love of Pete Bercich, what ARE you doing Vikings?
Both the Packers and Vikings are coming out flat. Packers down 14-0 to Washington
 

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If that Buffalo QB doesn't get himself killed he's pretty darn entertaining, hurdling players in the open field, diving over the line for TDs, making some pretty decent throws. I should be mowing my yard but that guy is entertaining.
 

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Think it's only fair to point out that the Cyclones are undefeated in football games that Boxster and Pants attend together in person.

I think that’s deserving of being featured on the big screen. Just tell me when and I’ll take a pic!
 

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The graphic for the iPhone X really makes me cringe. It reminds me of a mammogram image. No touching! Did they test that with middle-aged women? Never mind. Not the target audience.
 

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Good choice I made today skipped the 2nd half of the Vikes game got my yard done. Only 6 or 9 points scored in the 2nd half.
 

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I'm in Orlando for my company's biggest external conference. 50k plus. My session was canceled last week due to some **** so now I basically got a free vacation to Orlando.

With my session being canceled, I got the elusive green badge color which means you're a company expert but you're "above" presenting (which is usually orange or yellow) and you're just an expert that gets to roam as they please. :cool::D:p

I'm kind of a big deal guys
 
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