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I've never coached any youth sports before but yesterday I offered to help my son's basketball coach
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That's a tough scene. My son is 8 and we had something like this happen in his basketball game yesterday. The other team was way more skilled than ours and 2 or 3 kids were unrelenting on defense. Our kids are just trying to figure out how to not double double and the other team had a full defensive press going
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That sucks James's. It's like a never-ending nightmare of sickness going on right now. We had the flu bug make the round in December and Rona hit the house the beginning of this month. It's a miserable time right now.I spoke too soon yesterday, now the boy is down and out.
completely understand! But we appreciate it more than we could ever let you know!
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This reporter just keeps going after getting hit by a pickup on live TV
hahaha wow.... CUT TO COMMERCIAL!!!!
I just don’t see why teams play down. What good does it do for an “A/B” team to play down in a “C” tourney? If a coach really wants their team to get better, play up or play the “A” tourney. How does winning 36-4 help with anything?I've never coached any youth sports before but yesterday I offered to help my son's basketball coach
That's a tough scene. My son is 8 and we had something like this happen in his basketball game yesterday. The other team was way more skilled than ours and 2 or 3 kids were unrelenting on defense. Our kids are just trying to figure out how to not double double and the other team had a full defensive press going
Here’s a kicker to this…. I grew up with one of the other coaches. He avoided me after the game.
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Ha, sounds like he knew they probably shouldn't have done that.
The rest of our season is going to be interesting. We only have one coach so I volunteered to help him with practice. I've been coached before so it will be interesting, especially when he's gone a couple of the weeks and I'll have to take it all on. It should be a fun experience with the kids though.
This commercial is amazing 
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My Granny lives in an Assisted living facility. She's 88 and the most kind woman you will ever meet. There are so many like her in this facility. Just precious older people. Anyway, they have hired some 17 year old techs and I've about lost my cool on one of them about 10 times. The elderly need empathy, kindness, conversation, and love. Young people need to be taught that again.
I am so sorry you are dealing with that. I would go full on nuclear on those kids. I have the biggest soft spot for the elderly. It absolutely crushes my soul to think that they used to be so young and vibrant, and now need help to do basic things. It’s too my for my brain and heart to handle, so if I saw someone disrespecting them in anyway, I would lose it on them.
Well, we did the next best thing and spoke to the owner. I didn't want her to come back and take it out on my Granny so I let her know calmly how to handle the situation next time then let her know I was watching her. The owner has already pulled her aside and she came to apologize to my Granny and the girl almost started crying (rightly so).
Truss what?!
David beat me to it. That thing must be fugly if it's worse than the truss
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this sounds terrifying.
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It’s indefensible.
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I assumed that too. They can't have made more...right?
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The Jeep Wagoneer starts at 61k. Grand Wagoneer starts at 89k. Let that sink in for a second. That commercial is hysterical.
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Oh yeah! And we actually still do them! Back in the fairly early days of the 'Rona, just after the golf courses here in Ohio had reopened, I was introduced to a young man who was the Grandson of one of the members of my buddy's Sisters group. He could hit the ball a country mile! Something else I remember from the days of persimmon woods, forged irons, and balata cover balls!
Anyway, when we were introduced, without thinking, I stepped forward and stuck out my hand. And we shook hands! I said immediately after, "OH MY GOD! WE'RE BOTH DOOMED!" We just laughed.
Alhough I agree with you, I would also say that it's not just teen agers. One night my Mom and Step-Dad were out, and on the way home she suggested stopping by the assisted living facility to see his Mom. They walk in and there's no one behind the counter! No one in the lobby at all! So, they start searching! Eventually they found a whole bunch of people crammed into one room! They were seated in something like school desks with the desktop attached to the seat. One poor old lady had slid down in her seat so that her chin was hitting the back edge of the desk, and she was choking! So, they got everyone squared away there.
Now, my Mom is mad as a hornet, and goes on a mission! She finds the attendant asleep on a couch in another room and lights her up big time! This woman tried to threaten my Mom by saying she'd call the cops on her! My Mom told her to go right ahead! That after she got through showing the cops what was going on, there was no doubt in her mind about the attendant going to jail! She also followed up with calls to the management of that assisted living facility as well as the Ohio Department of Aging, calling for more inspections of these facilities. When my Mom got her dander up, she was a force of nature! Believe me. I've been the subject of it a time or two!
Oh, I should mention that this lady was late 40's, early 50's by my Mom's estimation.
This commercial is amazing
That kid just looks so punchable.
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Yeah! Another snotty little smartass!
