Does anyone ever listen WXYG (THE GOAT) in St. Cloud? It’s now 540 AM but I swear they used to have an FM signal. I stumbled on it on the way home from the cabin after the power loon faded out. WOW! Talk about a music lover’s radio station. They’re classic rock but they go DEEP and their DJs are really into it and give you the stories behind the albums and songs. It’s like going through your cool uncles vinyl collection from the 70s. They even do a weekly guest DJ spot where a listener spin their playlist for an hour. They also stream so you don’t have to listen to a tinny-sounding AM signal.

Hodag Hunter wrote:

I while back I saw on America’s Test Kitchen the flip every 2 minutes method. Works for me.

Exactly where I saw this. I had heard of it before, but after i saw them do it, I tried it for myself. I love that show. The Samsung free TV streaming service has an entire channel dedicated to ATK, I have it on all the time.

BigWerm wrote:

The real egg riddle is why in one sitting can I eat 2-3 fried eggs, but 4-6 if they are scrambled eggs, and unlimited amounts of deviled eggs? Like I honestly don’t know how many because they run out before I stop eating them.

HA! This is so true. I could plow through a whole tray of deviled eggs and ask for seconds. It’s also a good if you want to be left alone for a day.

Yikes! I’m just glad your kid wasn’t in-between his bumper and the door!

Had a similar experience a few years back, and my unit wouldn’t read the chip with the upgrade, so they had me send it in and I got it back two weeks later fixed and upgraded, no charge except shipping!

The creek I grew up on was too small for fishing, just a small drainage that ended up in the Minnesota river. But I must’ve trapped a million-and-a-half minnows of ALL kinds in that creek. all types of Chubs, fatheads, dace, shiners. The fun part was that you’d get a few species like small bluegills that you wonder how they ever got there. Not to mention all the other fun critters like salamanders and crawfish.

Let us not forget TOP SECRET! RIP Val Kilmer.

I’ve gone through a LOT of pancake recipes, and I have yet to find one that beats Alton Brown’s pancake recipe – just google it.

The recipe makes enough dry mix for 3-4 batches, so I make the dry mix and just keep it in my cupboard. Then he has instructions for a batch using 2 cups of the dry mix and the wet ingredients. They’re phenomenal!

Yeah – that list is more mainstream “pop” punk and emo. Linkin Park isn’t punk, I would put them in the Nu Metal category. They got big with all the other rap-rock bands in the late 90s.

Youbetcha wrote:

That was around the time i was born so youve got a little more life experience than me

HA! I want to know your definition of Punk Rock, then! :). Not that it doesn’t still exist, I’m genuinely curious who your go-to bands are.

Bearcat89 wrote:

Growing up, the casualties were my favorite band, i grew up loving and being highly involved in the punk scene. Lower class brats, the exploited, the unseen, gbh, monster squad, Rancid, Tim’s other band operation ivy but that’s more ska so to say., Lars fredrickson and the monkeybutts when he went that way, social distortion, nofx I’ve seen probably 50 plus times. I’ve been to every small time punk venue and see so many. My kids in a misfits kick right now he has picked up the love for music that I have.
My love for punk is forever and holds a deep spot in my heart. This day and age I am more a metal head but punk will always live on. The kids and I just made breakfast to Rancid ” and out come the wolves” album. Both kids love flogging molly and request it on long drives, it drives my lady nuts. She loves that crap on the modern country stations. Which makes me want to vomit.

AWESOME, BC! Same with my wife and Modern Country – JUST AWFUL.

Youbetcha wrote:

No Punk rock?? Come on man

I think you and me would get along good in the garage, Youbetcha! I was in what you’d call a punk band back in high school in the 90’s, Not the spiked hair, chains and piercings (IE Rancid) but more jeans and t-shirts, skater punk (IE All, Decedents, etc). But I listen to it all. It’s hard to get my buddies to bob their heads along when I have control of the tunes… But if I’m in the garage alone and I’m getting nostalgic, I’m blasting bands like, NOFX, No Use For a Name, Lagwagon, Bouncing Souls, Rancid, Screw 32, Decedents, All, Dillinger Four, Maybe even a little core-ska like old school BossTones or Suicide Machines. I have a HUGE spot in my heart for Minneapolis indie legends The Replacements. Saw some unbelievable shows in ridiculously small venues, even a few basements back in the day. Still have scars! Man, I miss those days.

Anyone else??? I’m guessing I’m in the minority here…

Not getting in on the political argument. But if you’re heading to Sunset Country/Lac Seul area, you’re probably going through Dryden. Dryden has a good grocery store, comparable to a Cub here. If not heading that far north, I gotta think Ft Francis has something like that as well, but I’ve never stopped there.

I’ve never fished the west coast but it looks really interesting. Aside from the kelp beds, there’s very deep water within a few miles from shore, unlike Florida where you may have to drive a while. A lot of rock fish and other pelagic species that are wonderful to eat. Have fun and report back!

Thanks 3Rivers,
This is the stuff I had to miss on account of my friends needing to leave early. Strap Lizzard is a neat idea, but not sure it’s worth it if you have 20+ straps like me. I just take some time to roll them up and they store OK.

Not sure what the price is on the Bunkhouse Boat? I’m sure it’s not cheap but might be a fun retirement thing or something.

Will have to look for Summer Lakes cocktail mix, too. That lady was a good saleswoman.

Went yesterday for a few hours with three buddies and we were mainly checking out resorts. Could only stay for a 2-3 hours because a couple of the guys needed to get home for stuff. I hadn’t been there since pre-covid and I too noticed it was smaller. There used to be only a row or two of RVs but it was a big part of the show this year.

An unbelievable free agency period, that just may be capped-off with the biggest downer in pro football history. A-rog wants to be here despite offers from two other teams, I hope KOC and KAM can think better of it. I’d rather have the Vikes go 0-16 with JJM, than have to route for that guy. And I bet a lot of fans feel the same way.

Have you ever heard of a situation in any lake (aside some prairie swamp lake where everything’s stocked by a sportsman’s club, etc) where the bass were really hurting and needed to be stocked? Both smallmouth and largemouth are very resilient and prolific species and very few are kept for the table. I say game on!

Denny O wrote:

I retrofitted a central vac in our home 7/8 years ago. That is the best thing we have ever had for vacuuming. I put a port on all 3 levels of the home.

Wasn’t sure if these were still a thing. My parents have a central vac (house built in mid 70s) and when something would break they would have to go to a specialty dealer to get a part or buy a new hose, etc. It vacuums good but you have to lug out the bulky hose every time you want to use it- dragging that hose around corners over the years has left its mark on the baseboards. And the beater-bar has to be plugged in separately, so you have the hose and the power cord dragging behind you. Maybe they’ve made improvements throughout the years? But my elderly parents still live in that house and I think they just bought a Shark or Dyson and stopped using the central unit.

If you’re going to re-establish a population, you need to put enough of them there with genetic diversity to breed which requires a lot more home range than one would think. Those kinds of “lonely areas” just aren’t common anymore. Aside from upsetting current predator/prey balances, you’d have a big political fight from any adjacent population centers if you wanted to put Grizzies in someone’s back yard. Any effort short of dressing them all up like big wolves would fall well short.
(I crack myself up)

My dishwashing methods are different than my wife’s, though. She doesn’t go in a specific order and I can’t stand that she’ll wash a glass in the same gross dishwater that she just scrubbed a couple of greasy pans or a cutting board we cut raw meat on a few dishes earlier. I was always taught to go in this order – Glasses, Silverware, Plates, Containers, Cutting Boards, Pots/Pans.

Other than good knives – if it touches raw meat, I put in the dishwasher for disinfecting.

I think the jury is still out on KAM’s drafting prowess. 2023 was a bust with Jordan Addison being the lone exception. Last year was somewhat better – Dallas Turner and Will Reichard are the only ones we really got to see play last year, but both are promising. We’ll never get to see Khyree Jackson which is really sad, and we won’t know about JJM until this year.

Bottom Line is that I have far more confidence in KAM as a free-agent deal maker than a drafting extraordinaire – so far, anyway.

gim wrote:

Harry the Hitman has just announced he will be returning next season.

Until now, he was 50-50 on whether to retire or return.

Love the guy, HOF, for sure, but his best years are obviously behind him. I’m hoping we have some incoming young talent that can learn from him this year. But you can’t teach his freakish athletic ability, which is inevitably fading.

BigWerm wrote:

Vikings Starting Front 7:
Jonathan Greenard
Blake Cashman
Ivan Pace Jr.
Andrew Van Ginkel
Javon Hargrave
Harrison Philips
Jonathan Allen

With Dallas Turner as well.

LFG!!!

1000%. Very excited about the defense – I was really good last year and we’re only getting better

We have an LG that is junk. Ive had several service calls, parts replaced and I now leave the bottom panel off because I’m constantly messing with the level adjustments. It usually take 2-3 tries to get it to start, then when it’s running it’s about a 50/50 chance it doesn’t get some kind of mis-cycle error. Whoever said the comment about “green” appliances earlier is SPOT ON – a LOT of appliances are in the landfill before 5 years of use these days. And they’re mostly plastic.

But with a couple of teenage boys in the house, it’s a losing battle keeping up with dishes. For now it’s a necessary evil but when we’re empty nesters, I see my wife and I doing the old wash/dry routine after meals.

AnotherFisherman wrote:

As for QB situation, I’d take Gardner Minshew or Joe Flacco as a veteran backup.

Minshew maybe, Flacco??? I think it’s time for him to hang up the cleats.

What’s the Pass-tronaut doing? Still with SF? (Mostly joking)

Ripjiggen wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Bearcat89 wrote:</div>
I had the opposite issues, mine wouldn’t stay on. They both started peeling within the first month.

Ditto on a glass boat.

Ditto on my fishing kayak – I had to have someone at a vinyl shop give me a scrap piece of a special type of vinyl that adheres to smooth fiberglass. I cut it to size and used that as a base to apply the registration stickers to.

But as far as removal I think 3M also makes a silicone wheel that you can put in your drill chuck. It removes tough labels by friction without wrecking clear coat, etc.

Well, it will be a very different QB room next season, that’s for sure. JJ is the only face returning to the halls of TCO Performance Center. We don’t really have the draft picks to waste on late round 100-to-1 QB prospect. Do we sign some Free agent, able-bodied backups for JJ? Or is he again the back-up for history to repeat itself? (gulp!)

Probably time to start the 2025 thread? or is that Draft day?

Going on 2 years now without a traditional gas or charcoal grill. It’s either Blackstone or OK Joes pellet grill for us.

We’re big on chicken thighs and chicken wings for the pellet grill – experiment with different rubs and sauces.

For the Blackstone, it’s fried rice, breakfasts, imitation chipotle chicken, steak sandwiches, smash burgers, smash tacos, and more!