Non-football related stuff that really makes your day

[Panoptes]

I have a close cousin we helped out with a lot of baby furniture and stuff have her baby in July not August as expected and when I next saw her in mid August she had already delivered and was surprised by US not knowing about it because after all, her husband had announced it on Facebook.

BULLSHIT!

[Coop]

family is due at least the courtesy of a phone call...

[Tony G]

unless everyone just uses FB

[Marko69]

I like Facebook too. It is a good way to share pictures and news and keep up with the family and friends, especially when they are scatterd all over the country.

Once I learned how to block all of those stupid ass games it has been less cluttered with bullshit and I'm seeing fewer inane posts from people now, too. Not as many "I'm going to the bathroom, bed, eating dinner, etc etc etc

Yes, that last sentence right there is what put me off it. When FB was new eons ago, me and a couple mates were at another mates house and we were ready to head out. He was shutting down his pc and said, "hey pete had a chicken and bacon panini today at Starbucks"........, I asked what happened......., the cheeky git replied, "he ate it I suppose!" ......, I remember saying, "is that fucking it? Is that the complete message.... He didn't choke on it or something even more interesting?" But so true, people with no lives use it for running commentary of non events.

[DanO]

"and of course I cant comment on it because DanO wont accept my friend request. Typical."
-----------------------------------Hmmmmmmmmm. I don't see a friend request from you Islair. Are you sure you friended the right DanO?

GO LIONS "11" !

[Islair]

well I click on your link to your photo....then click to go to dans profile....and it tells me "friend request sent"

typical.....you must have ignored me.

[DanO]

Send me a PM. I honestly have no friend request from you. I just acknowledged one from Tony G. If you're not Jerryrussell Auto repair in Escanaba or Eng Nontakaew from a foreign country then I have nothing from you.

GO LIONS "11" !

[Islair]

So you did delete me.....ARGGGGGGGGHHHHH

[DanO]

Maybe I did. If I have no idea I delete. Usually I let it sit for awhile hoping someone says "Hey confirm me asshole" You never did that.

GO LIONS "11" !

[Islair]

LOL.....message sent on facebook

[The Cat]

With Iren bearing down on the east coast my two girls decided to listen to the old man for a change. They have given up two days of their vacation in Myrtle Beach and left this morning to drive home. They're used to hurrricanes, having lived in North Carolina, but are savvy enough to know the difference between a coastal hit and the strength it bears 100 miles inland. I think they've given themselves enough time to stay ahead of the torrential rains that often precede the storm.

[Panoptes]

Sounds like you raised em up smart El Gato.

<sign swinging in the wind over here>

Gone camping!

[Coop]

we flew down to Orlando right before Charlie shifted and hit it dead on as a category 4 storm in 2004. Never again will I do anything THAT foolish.

[Fairley Suhn]

Somewhat football related: http://espn.go.com/college-football/...arrants-issued

Mostly boring except this quote that really made me laugh: "On Wednesday, police executed a search warrant of Jefferson's apartment and took 49 pairs of shoes, along with a DNA swab."

This also brings up another question, how did a college student on scholarship afford all those shoes? Breaking NCAA rules I reckon.

[Tony G]

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/08/29/140036762/freedom-for-yvonne-germanys-runaway-cow-search-called-off

Freedom For Yvonne, Germany's Runaway Cow: Search Is Called Off

Categories: Foreign News, Fun

12:32 pm
August 29, 2011

by Bill Chappell


Josef Enzinger/dapd Yvonne, a cow that has lived in the wild since eluding a trip to the slaughterhouse in May, has foiled all attempts to capture her. Now officials say that she's not to be disturbed.

The search for Yvonne, the six-year-old cow that dashed to freedom just before she was to be transported to a slaughterhouse in southern Germany, has been called off. The cow has become a star, drawing international attention to Zangberg, the Bavarian commune where she made her escape.
Yvonne has been at large since May 24. But she made headlines in late July, when she ran across a highway and nearly collided with a police car. That led authorities to deem her a threat ? and they issued a call for hunters to shoot the cow on sight.
That order was later suspended, partly due to a public outpouring of support for Yvonne. But Monday, the local government made the suspension permanent ? and forbade anyone to hunt her with deadly force.
"The M?hldorf district office requests that the animal not be disturbed in its current habitat," according to an official statement relayed by Der Spiegel.


Here's a rundown of the tools used to track this savvy cow:

• Hunters on a shoot-to-kill mission (since called off);
• Search parties of volunteers trying to find the cow before the hunters did;
• Helicopters using thermal imaging cameras;
• A reward of 10,000 euros ($14,533), offered by Bild, a German tabloid;
• Entreaties delivered via animal psychic, who relayed that Yvonne "didn't feel ready" to return to the world of humans.
• Bovine lures, including an (allegedly) attractive bull ox, her "sister cow" Waltraud, and Yvonne's calf, Friesi.

But all to no avail. In the end, Yvonne was deemed to be "as nimble as a weasel" by animal sanctuary CEO Dieter Ehrengruber, according to Bild.
And after nearly 100 days of living in the forests of Bavaria, Yvonne evidently adapted to her new life in the wild. Der Spiegel reports:

A week ago, in the dead of night, one intrepid tracker crept into the woods to stalk her. She appeared out of the mist, and stared him straight in the eyes. She walked off before he could fire a dart at her. He reported that she now looks more like a buffalo than a cow, and has evidently turned into a wild animal in her months on the run.

Around the same time, employees of Gut Aiderbichl, a nearby animal sanctuary that paid for Yvonne in late July, took a photo of her at the edge of a corn field. But she wouldn't allow them to get close to her.
Authorities say the search for Yvonne will be suspended until at least October ? when the cornfields that have offered the cow both sustenance and refuge are due to be harvested, according to German media reports. Animal experts say they believe it will be easier to tempt Yvonne to leave the forest when winter comes.
Saying that Yvonne's "urge to be free is strong ? even for a cow," the blog at Gut Aiderbichl notes that "If we don't disturb her, she will continue to live in her paradise world ? a quick tour in the forest, and then over to the ripening cornfields. She also has enough water."
If she's ever captured, Yvonne will be taken to Gut Aiderbichl, where she has been invited to live out her days. The sanctuary has already purchased her sister and calf.
And by October, there may be a more reliable stream of news, from Germany and elsewhere, that could relegate the cow's saga to the back pages of newspapers (and the occasional blog) that have been desperate to find lighthearted stories this summer