Augie

Dad? Is that you??? 😋

Don’t worry, it’s OK. We won’t judge you or talk about you……….as far as you know. I’m sure it’s a lovely collection.

Tell the truth, that’s your man cave, isn’t it? 😋

Stuff like this makes me appreciate the Pegulas even more.

It just occurred to me, you could sneak out during your lunch period on a Tuesday, as well. Be honest……. 😂

Hey, as long as that wasn’t Jack Daniels in your thermos, I think you’re good.

Our wisdom would not allow that. 😋 I never had a fake ID, we just went places where people didn’t ask. Most of my friends were a year or even two older, so I just mixed in with them and I was good in a lot of bars when I was about 16. Yes, that may explain some things. Speaking of fake ID’s, a little PSA here: My son bought one for $25 when he was a freshman in college. It’s no joke these days, he was arrested for identity theft outside the store. I’m not sure what all the details are from a legal standpoint, but it was NOT a little thing. EDIT: But the paper licenses were a joke. Anybody roughly like you is such a silly thought now. .

Those are very difficult to catch up to! EDIT: As always, I’d like to remind that it might be a good idea to get the facts before passing judgment. .

My wife does our taxes, then I take it to the CPA who does our taxes. 🤷‍♂️ She was thrilled when I retired because all the self-employed stuff was a PITA for her. I’m not like my father wanting to hold onto the money as long as possible. “Why should I let them sit on my money?” Like it was going to amount to anything meaningful for an extra month or two. If we owe anything, we feel better knowing it’s been paid. The only exception is our mortgage fixed at 2.75%. We are quite fond of our mortgage. 😋

Yeah, that surprises me exactly zero.

They caused him to go to Cleveland and play for that owner??? It starts at the top. I have some friends who are Browns fans, and I feel bad for them.

You have a good plan in place! We always aim for a refund, but we were surprised to find that some behind the scenes stuff caused us to owe big this year. As much as I hate taxes, it’s a good problem to have I suppose. I’m in less of a hurry than usual.

“Jump one more time.” Jon Lovitz came to mind there. 😂 EDIT: Couple’s Retreat reference .

I hope he’s not too concerned that you are thinking about him in the shower.

Which makes me wonder…..did he help create 2 NFL DB’s, or did he look good because he had 2 studs to rely on. 🤷‍♂️ I kid, mostly, because it takes some of both, but that is encouraging news.

Don’t worry, they have Jerruh in the mix to bring it all together and……..up the entertainment value!

I’ve got my SB seat cushions from Minneapolis in the man cave, along with a bunch of those old program covers that have been framed. It had a pocket full of “stuff”. .

Once was great, but plenty for me.

I have a buddy who was a student at Tulane when one of the early SB’s happened there. He said they walked over as an afterthought and got in for like $5. My, how times have changed!

We won a trip to the Bills vs Redskins in Minneapolis. My wife’s friends were in a Zonta Club and had a fundraiser selling raffle tickets. My wife bought some tickets from them, and when they showed up before my Rotary Club meeting to sell tickets I was told “you already have all the tickets you need.” Not an ideal approach to fundraising, but it let me off the hook so I was good with it. So we forget all about this until the phone rings one night. The friends are at a bar where they just had the drawing, drunk as hell and laughing their asses off. I have to believe it was totally rigged. The wife wanted to sell the package (airfare, hotel, game tickets, parties and ground transportation, etc.) to buy a dining room set, but that faded quickly. She knows me. We all know how that ended, but I’m glad I got to do a Super Bowl, even in single digit temps. I checked that off the bucket list and have no burning desire to attend one in person again…..especially somewhere so cold. Minneapolis is a great city with weather that only works for me in the summer. .

I would just stay with the great uniforms we already have. You get no extra points for ugly.

I highly recommend soccer. No matter what other sports you get involved with, better feet will help. There are guys like Patrick Ewing and Hakeem Olajuwon to tell you that. Footwork is critical in most sports.

Come on! You know one of our favorite hobbies is: What If? We are so smart we almost always get it right the second time.

Exactly! We did piano lessons and The Great Violin Nightmare of 6th Grade, the pet therapy dog thing learning to groom, etc. You can’t just sit and play video games. Well rounded kids are the goal. Maybe my favorite story was my son and some of the football team would go and read to elementary kids in lower income areas (arranged, of course). Those are the lessons we wanted them to learn. I didn’t love that school, but I loved that football coach.

There was so much pressure to specialize it was uncomfortable, and irrational. If you don’t play baseball 12 months a year you will fall behind the other kids, they tell you. What a load of BS. The best athletes are the best athletes and they can play basketball, and football, and soccer (which is great for improving your feet for any sport) and then come back around for baseball if they feel like it. They will make room for you if you can help them win. I loved those years and missed them when they were gone, but there was a truck load of crap you had to put up with. Probably the best times were when the kids were all in the hotel pool, we’d order stacks of pizzas and the dads would drink beer and watch sports in the hotel bar. That’s where I saw the Brady Tuck Rule game. I don’t know who won the games that weekend, but that was a good time. Recognize it’s kids playing a game and chill.