B.B. Hemingway

42 minutes ago, Guy Chamberlin said:

I rarely wear my steel-toed boots, but one day I pulled out our my Timberlands to do some heavy yard work. I also cuffed my work jeans, because that's what I do with my work boots.

 

My kids couldn't believe it. Accused me of trying to be hip. I didn't know about Timberlands status in hip-hip culture, they were just my steel toed boots.

 

They did think I looked like an idiot for insisting on tying the laces. 

I was in the mall with my family a year or so back, and I had a college aged kid stop me on front of American Eagle and ask where I bought my boots. I told him Justin Boots, and he said he didn't realize they sold "distressed" boots like that. I chuckled, and let him know that I distressed my own boots. He got the joke/irony, we both lauhed, and I clutched my blue collar pearls as I walked away. 

3 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said:

I guess I just don't understand why a democrat wearing carhartt is funny/ironic.  But....that's just me.  No problems.

I'm sure somewhere there are women that could make Carhartt sexy....but, I haven't seem many

 

I'm sure the fella in women's boots, holding a camera is a long time wearer of Carhartt work bibs.

2 minutes ago, funhusker said:

The last 2 years have been rough.  What's strange is that this year seams to have been the worst!  Everyone is just tired, grumpy and on fumes. 

 

The best part has been staff meetings though.  The short tempers lead to honest, and very entertaining, feedback with our administrators 

Be careful there! The superintendent in our district offed himself in 2020. 

Edit: Obviously I'm not blaming the teachers for that.

4 minutes ago, funhusker said:

I teach "shop" and have 18 years left.

 

There are days I want to start a countdown clock...

We have four kids in our school district, so we're around the schools a lot for various things. You can see in on the teachers' faces. My Dad really has at least 4 years left, should probably go 7 more. He's talked about retiring early and just working for me (in landscaping). 

Just now, funhusker said:

Hot little housewives in my part of town have been wearing their husbands Carhartt jackets for the past couple of years.  Voting in my district strongly implies they are Republican.

Posers.

Just now, GSG said:

 

OK my fault. I apologize. With all the s#!t going on at her individual school and education in general I get defensive very easily. That' my bad 

Teachers are in a tough spot, for sure. My Dad is inching towards retirement, and looking more forward to it by the day, I think.

9 minutes ago, GSG said:

 

WTF are you even talking about? Must've left you behind cuz "u can't reed guud." 

I thought it was clearly a joking/tongue-in-cheek post. The joke being, leaving more kids "behind" would lighten your wife's workload as a teacher. 

8 minutes ago, GSG said:

 

What kills me is that there's been this huge push over the past decade or so to cater to each child's individual learning capabilities/needs, but now they want a teacher to have all the lesson plans done before the year even starts. I can't tell you how many times each week my wife has to adjust her plans due to kids needing extra help with something or kids missing school and being behind, etc. etc. Not to mention adjustments for new students that come in throughout the year. Great job Indiana! 

GSG, here for "Leaving More Children Behind"! 

8 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said:

 

That's interesting and I'm sure Carhart doesn't probably care as long as people are buying lots of their clothing.

 

But, what does this have to do with Democrats?

Oh, I highly doubt they do, and don't blame them for not caring. Now, I'm profiling here, but I'm fairly confident the folks in those pictures are Democrats.... And it's a funny/ironic circumstance as to why they're wearing Carhartt. Maybe I've misunderstood the theme of the two Utopia threads in the forum.

Worn just how Carhartt intended their product to be worn, I'm sure. 

Carhartt makes a great hat, stocking hat, and comfortable/warm hoodies, so I won't be throwing out any of my Carhartt apparel. Their work pants, however, are more of a fit for this kind of "work". Dickies flex work pants are the way to go if you actually plan to work in them.

And that concludes your blue collar wardrobe advice for the day....

Just now, ZRod said:

I'm not surprised that you would like him that much. He seems like he'd be right up your in alley based on what you post about here. I do agree with quite a few of things he says but he's still a moron, an honest moron, but a moron none the less.

He and I agree on almost nothing politically, so I don't know how you'd come to that conclusion.  I enjoy the variety of topics he covers, and he's a fantastic long form interviewer. 

1 minute ago, funhusker said:

Well that’s just ridiculous!

 

And the people responding to the obvious parody account don’t seem to realize it’s parody at all.  At least the Lesby Tweeter is just pretending to be an idiot.

Are they pointing out her ironic last name?!

3 minutes ago, funhusker said:

Depends, do you think “Spaceballs” was a documentary about NASA?

Never seen it.

4 minutes ago, funhusker said:

Conservatives obviously posing as crazy liberals say some pretty crazy s#!t!

 

And it’s funny how many conservatives don’t realize it…

Is it parody?

4 minutes ago, ZRod said:

Joe Rogan is a moron. His podcast is sometimes interesting to listen to, but he's just another out of touch rich guy at this point. I don't understand how he became some bastion of the disaffected working class white male.

 

That said, Spotify shouldn't have just removed all those episodes, a simple disclaimer that it's an opinion type show would have been fine. But nothing at all would have been better.

Meh. He's not a moron. Far from it. And he's better at the podcast thing than anyone else. Also, the rich guy/working class comment is hilariously predictable at this point. I'd imagine the demographics of his listening audience is as, or more diverse than almost any other podcast. Personally, I find him to be a breath of fresh air, and pretty damn genuine. That's where he draws people.

2 minutes ago, commando said:

gofundme raised over !0,000,000 and distributed 1,000,000.  much of the donations are anonymous.   i don't know where that money will end up but even 1.000.000 distributed among 2,000 isn't bad if it's going to any of them.  most likely it is going to the organizers who are profiting from  getting people to protest 

Probably so.

36 minutes ago, commando said:

i've read that those protesters are getting millions from donations and supporters.    there are approximately 2,000 of them is the number i've seen.    does that make them some very well paid crisis actors?

Did they go there thinking they'd get millions in donations? Are you talking about the money GoFundMe refused to pay?

 Perfect.

1 hour ago, nic said:

The guy is right. This is a very bad look for a politician and they continue to do it in an election year. 

 

 

 

You've got athletes sweating all over each other on the court/field, and then putting a mask on when they're on the bench. Heck, Lebron's son and teammates wear masks under their chins the entire time they're playing. We've seen all the maskless politician photos.... It's grandstanding. Nothing more.

25 minutes ago, admo said:

It's a funny.... But it's all the left really wants out of him. 

2 hours ago, ColoradoHusk said:

That outrage has moved on to the NU mens and womens basketball teams wearing uniforms to honor Black History Month. 

I equate this to people being fatigued by the overly patriotic. Personally, I get tired of hearing about both (how patriotic you are, and the race). Having said that, I don't care what jerseys the team wear.

2 hours ago, Enhance said:

I've been seeing a lot of people describe this situation as "it's a he said he said, but why would Flores lie?" I think the insinuation there is that we should believe Flores is telling the truth given the nature of the accusations. That's a bit of a dangerous assertion to make no matter what your perspective is.

 

I can't say whether Flores or any of the people he accused in his lawsuit are telling the truth or lying. There's certainly quite a bit of evidence to suggest foul play, but there are also several things outlined in the lawsuit that he just flat out won't be able to prove... like John Elway being "hungover" and disheveled when they interviewed. Elway has denied it, giving some passing excuse that he was running on little sleep after traveling all night, but was still prepared and engaged for the 3 1/2 hours they spent together... something you probably don't do if you're not seriously considering hiring someone. But again, how does one prove any of that?

 

I don't think Flores is lying about how he feels - that much I feel confident about. But, it's equally possible he is seeing some things he wants to see in order to try and understand why certain things happened to him. A court may end up finding out that yes... it was because of racism that he was treated that way. A court might also decide that there isn't enough evidence to prove race had anything to do with anything. That's why I often try to withhold and judgement one way or the other in these types of things.

 

I will say that I'm still very surprised he was fired this past season based purely on team performance. I think one thing this lawsuit does shed some light on is that ownership clearly must've had some ulterior motives for his firing because the record didn't really warrant it.

He was 24-25 in three seasons, with zero playoff appearances. I suppose you could make a case for him keeping his job, but it also shouldn't be that surprising that he was fired. Nagy went 34-32 with the Bears, and I don't see anyone rushing to his defense. Zimmer was 72-56 with the Vikings. It's fairly clear why people are upset that he was fired. My biggest issue with Flores is the way he's going about throwing people under the bus.... He did Belichick and Elway pretty dirty. The same with the Giants. If you don't want people to give token interviews to minority candidates, don't require them to give those interviews. If an organization has their guy lined up, it's a waste of everyone's time.

Also, it looks like Hue Jackson is wanting to join the lawsuit? That's hilarious.