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ORIGINAL: Daniel Lee Young
no, I have not found other work, yet.. I could, I have multiple companies that want to hire me.
I have other matters, more important to take care of first, though.
I know it is hard for most people to see how not having a job is not a high priority, but trust me.. sometimes there are things more important than work..
Mine is a family issue.
I will leave it at that..
I have a very important day in my life coming up on May 11th.
The good news is that I am ready and I know it is going to be a good day on some level, the bad news is that it is not the end of my journey and I'm sure I'll have many more dates on my calendar that will interfere with "normalcy"...
such is life...

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ORIGINAL: Lynn G.

I think I've missed a few birthdays recently because I've been kind of hit and miss on my peeks into here recently.

But I won't miss today's.

Happy birthday Dave Odle!

May every wish come true.

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ORIGINAL: Thomas O. Eliason

70s football was epic. Larger than life.

80s football was amazing. the best teams were a study in perfection.

90s football was a circus. Crazy, loony-bin fun.

After Y2K it became derivative; a remix. Watered down, too grey with the rules, de-emphasized the defense. A shadow of its former self IMHO.

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ORIGINAL: Daniel Lee Young

There are a legion of things wrong with this American social matrix we live in.

some adapt and blend in and lead the dream life they desire.

Others take, and use, and abuse, every system and trick there is, to get things that in a "just and equitable " social matrix, they do not deserve.

Still others get swept up in the petty machinations of zealots who's only purpose in life is to create misery and injustice in their pursuit of the demons that lurk within themselves.

I am one of the latter...

I could not and would not be one of the first type, docile, obsequious, servile, a cog grinding along in the machinations of bigger things.

After almost 60 years, I am currently fighting in a RAGE, against a machine that has one goal: to destroy my family and steal every last shred of joy and happiness left in my life.

My life is mandated and proscribed by those entities who feel they are "acting in the best interest ".

They are trying to force me into a category or peg hole that is not only inappropriate, misguided, and a complete travesty of true justice, but the "powers that be", who can not see past their own vainglorious machinations, are dragging my wife and child along for a hell ride.

I am forced, have been FORCED, to endure injustice and persecution and detailed examinations and figurative dissection of every minutiae of my very being in an attempt to slander, defame, and discredit my entire reason for existence.

"The Powers that Be" have taken two swings at me personally, and have ORDERED me to get a THIRD opinion on a matter that has been disproven by two separate and independent Ph.D's in the field of the subject of their obsession.

They can Keep trying... I am resolute and unimpeachable in my innocence, and eventually, justice will prevail on MY SIDE of the scale.

There will be a reckoning.

The things that My Family and I have endured and lost to this injustice will be redressed at a later date.

Right now, I am figuratively shacked by the machinations of a corrupt and misguided social system that refuses to admit that a mistake has been made and will NOT give me leave to live in peace.


Onward I grind.. impatiently patient, dragged through the muckrakers field, seeking justice.

I, somewhat skeptically, take solace in a passage of the Bible: The book of James, chapter 4, verse 11.

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ORIGINAL: Jeff Jesser

Cool story Kurt. The pinnacle for me was in 98. I was stationed at the Pentagon and snuck in to our Directors office to watch the draft. I wouldn't stay long. Just kept creeping down every 15 minutes trying to catch our pick. When it was Moss I about lost my mind.

Then, going that year to the sports bar in Crystal City and us kicking ass every week. Great time to be a Vikes fan. Being from MN didn't automatically get you any clout in the Service. It wasn't "cool"...until then.

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ORIGINAL: kurt bilben

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ORIGINAL: Thomas O. Eliason

70s football was epic. Larger than life.

80s football was amazing. the best teams were a study in perfection.

90s football was a circus. Crazy, loony-bin fun.

After Y2K it became derivative; a remix. Watered down, too grey with the rules, de-emphasized the defense. A shadow of its former self IMHO.

70's will be really hard to ever top for me unless I-

1. Win the power ball.
2. Vikings become an elite team again for a decade.

Nothing like waking up in 1973-77 knowing that the Vikings were on TV (Having already looked in the TV guide mid week) fixed the rabbit ears after turning to CBS with Musberger, Cross, George, Jimmy the Geek pregame.

Then watching an extremely competitive team without one financial work in the world... (Thanks Mom & Pops)

Only other improvements for me would bE Directv, and actually winning that final game..

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ORIGINAL: SoMnFan

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ORIGINAL: kurt bilben

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ORIGINAL: Thomas O. Eliason

70s football was epic. Larger than life.

80s football was amazing. the best teams were a study in perfection.

90s football was a circus. Crazy, loony-bin fun.

After Y2K it became derivative; a remix. Watered down, too grey with the rules, de-emphasized the defense. A shadow of its former self IMHO.

70's will be really hard to ever top for me unless I-

1. Win the power ball.
2. Vikings become an elite team again for a decade.

Nothing like waking up in 1973-77 knowing that the Vikings were on TV (Having already looked in the TV guide mid week) fixed the rabbit ears after turning to CBS with Musberger, Cross, George, Jimmy the Geek pregame.

Then watching an extremely competitive team without one financial work in the world... (Thanks Mom & Pops)

Only other improvements for me would bE Directv, and actually winning that final game..

Nailed it
Focused on Sunday afternoon, starting on the previous Sunday night.
It was glorious
As you say ... no worries in the world, except for the game next week.

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ORIGINAL: thebigo

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ORIGINAL: Jeff Jesser

Cool story Kurt. The pinnacle for me was in 98. I was stationed at the Pentagon and snuck in to our Directors office to watch the draft. I wouldn't stay long. Just kept creeping down every 15 minutes trying to catch our pick. When it was Moss I about lost my mind.

Then, going that year to the sports bar in Crystal City and us kicking ass every week. Great time to be a Vikes fan. Being from MN didn't automatically get you any clout in the Service. It wasn't "cool"...until then.

I had just moved back from DC to Minny early 98. Went back to visit some friends in DC that August. Told them that Moss was a man among boys. There was some skepticism.

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ORIGINAL: Jeff Jesser

Cool story Kurt. The pinnacle for me was in 98. I was stationed at the Pentagon and snuck in to our Directors office to watch the draft. I wouldn't stay long. Just kept creeping down every 15 minutes trying to catch our pick. When it was Moss I about lost my mind.

Then, going that year to the sports bar in Crystal City and us kicking ass every week. Great time to be a Vikes fan. Being from MN didn't automatically get you any clout in the Service. It wasn't "cool"...until then.

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ORIGINAL: Ricky J

Cool pic!

At Comerica Park with my son right now myself.

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ORIGINAL: Ricky J

At Yankee Stadium for the first time tonight ...