DIS Dads DDC XXXI: Nice to have Friends Around the Globe, Even Tim! Happy Holidays!

[USAFdad]

Morning everyone. So I watched the Pro-Bowl.... not nearly as bad as I had been expecting. Any predictions on the super bowl?

 

[afwdwfan]

Good morning guys.

 

[declansdad]

Morning Guys,

School cancelled today but I still got DW and DS up to go to our chiropractor appointments at 7:30.

Today we have snow, turning to rain and then a flash freeze, should be fun.

MORNING MEN!

Another cold weekend ending in a Monday morning. I keep telling myself 3 more weeks and I'll be headed to the Dominican.

No school for the kids today, teacher education day.

DD's hoops team beat another team playing zone (don't get me started again) on Saturday 25-7. Good offensive output against a zone at this age. DD had 6 points and a bunch of rebounds. Was 2/3 from the foul line. Pretty proud of her improvement from the line, she has become our best foul shooter. DS ad 17 on Saturday evening in a 20 point victory. Played point guard due to our PG being away and also had 4 rebounds and 11 assists. A pretty good day. On Sunday, he scored 10, 8 assists and 5 rebounds in a 30 point beating we took. The other team was really big and fast and we didn't play well as a team. We do get another shot at them this Saturday so we'll prepare during the week.

FIL came home from the hospital. His fever seems to be down and feeling better. Now my uncle could use some prayers. He has sclerosis (??) of the liver and had to be hospitalized to remove fluid rom his abdomen and lungs. Unfortunately, he also has prostate cancer so no chance t get on donor list for a new liver. Has to just keep treating the symptoms as they arrive and hope for the best.

That is all, carry on and have a good week.

Congrats on the big wins and I hope you FIL shows some improvement.

 

[mm1971]

That does sound like bad news.

Morning guys. In case anyone was wondering, the penguins left Indians because it's too damn cold!

We have snowy owls around town. They have been a little aggressive. They usually head to Canada and even further north at this time. I guess with the cold weather they figured it was OK to stop here for a while.

Howdy dads. Been away for a bit gonna try and go back and catch up. But first I need a bit of help.
DD13 has decided she is going to be a vegetarian now. UGH.
CJ what kind of food did yall make when yours decided not to eat meat anymore. I have tried to talk her out of it but its not helping, I am just gonna try to keep her healthy till she grows out of it.

Good luck. Have her try the tofu turkey. She'll change her mind.

My SIL went through a stage where she only ate vegetarian. She always had a good mix of fruits, veggies and nuts around to balance things out. That's the best I can tell you. I'm eating meat.

The bubble burst on my unblemished coaching record, went 1 and 1 today to finish second in the tournament. The kids played great but I cause the loss in the game that we lost. It was a tight game and we had one of the terrible officials that we had yesterday. Today he even told me that he made a couple of calls against us and smiled as he told me. Unfortunately after another bad call with about a minute left, I voiced my displeasure to him and only him so he decided to give me a technical and we were only down 2 points at the time. Stupid move on my part and I told the boys after the game and told them how proud I was that they continued to fight right to the end.

Oh well, the head coach returns and I can sit down again.

In 23 years of coaching, I have exactly 1 technical foul. Welcome to the club! If it makes you feel any better, DS was on offense and driving to the hoop this weekend. He was pushed from behind and fell forward into another defender. The referee called an intentional foul on DS and gave the other team 2 shots and the ball. I asked how that was possible and he yelled at me that DS was playing like a football player. I told him "then we are using the wrong shaped ball". He warned me and I went and sat down. The kids thought my joke was funny. He did not.

 

[declansdad]

We have snowy owls around town. They have been a little aggressive. They usually head to Canada and even further north at this time. I guess with the cold weather they figured it was OK to stop here for a while.



Good luck. Have her try the tofu turkey. She'll change her mind.

My SIL went through a stage where she only ate vegetarian. She always had a good mix of fruits, veggies and nuts around to balance things out. That's the best I can tell you. I'm eating meat.



In 23 years of coaching, I have exactly 1 technical foul. Welcome to the club! If it makes you feel any better, DS was on offense and driving to the hoop this weekend. He was pushed from behind and fell forward into another defender. The referee called an intentional foul on DS and gave the other team 2 shots and the ball. I asked how that was possible and he yelled at me that DS was playing like a football player. I told him "then we are using the wrong shaped ball". He warned me and I went and sat down. The kids thought my joke was funny. He did not.

Oh I knew I was taking the technical. I made a comment to him and he said that was enough so I said it again, he said that's enough, so I said it again.

I have very little time as a basketball coach but I have coached volleyball at all levels for about 30 years. I have never taken a card that I wasn't trying to take. There have even been a couple I was trying to take but the ref wouldn't cooperate.

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

Mark, praying your little bundle of joy comes soon!

Thanks! But we're still waiting. Hospital has no beds open so we can't go in for induction, and DW still hasn't gone into labor. So...

 

[GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes]

‘Morning all…
Warm today. Won’t last very long, but I’ll take it.

Happens quite a bit when you have to rely on warm temperature for snow removal like they do over here. Main road was clear but the side roads dont get much attention. Our city's plow is an F-250 with a blade on the front. Also many of the folks in Appalachia don't own good winter clothes, and many churches don't want to turn on the heat for two hours.

That’s how it works ‘round here. Removal gear costs money the towns don’t want to spend, so on the occasions we get snow or more likely sleet, we just shut everything down and wait it out. Normally that wait is rather short. This season has been odd though. We haven’t shut down schools in county even once thus far. Plenty of cold; no appreciable frozen precipitation. Given the trend, I also suspect that the spring will arrive a bit early. We’ll see.

FIL came home from the hospital. His fever seems to be down and feeling better. Now my uncle could use some prayers. He has sclerosis (??) of the liver and had to be hospitalized to remove fluid rom his abdomen and lungs. Unfortunately, he also has prostate cancer so no chance t get on donor list for a new liver. Has to just keep treating the symptoms as they arrive and hope for the best.

Both good and very unfortunate news. Continued prayers for both.

Any predictions on the super bowl?

I predict much hype across the week…
Way too many commercials during the game…
And a piss-poor excuse for a half time extravaganza.

Rumor has it that there might also be a ball game played during that same time frame, but the media won’t be dwelling much on that aspect of the show.

 

[budamacdvcr]

Good morning guys and remember each Monday morning we are 1 week closer to the next DIS trip. Tame weekend just hanging with the family including the inlaws. Hawks are not looking so good right now and are about to go on a 6 game western road trip.

The bubble burst on my unblemished coaching record, went 1 and 1 today to finish second in the tournament. The kids played great but I cause the loss in the game that we lost. It was a tight game and we had one of the terrible officials that we had yesterday. Today he even told me that he made a couple of calls against us and smiled as he told me. Unfortunately after another bad call with about a minute left, I voiced my displeasure to him and only him so he decided to give me a technical and we were only down 2 points at the time. Stupid move on my part and I told the boys after the game and told them how proud I was that they continued to fight right to the end.

Oh well, the head coach returns and I can sit down again.

Nice story and for all the years of coaching and just being a parent / administrator it drove me nuts having to deal with refs that thought it was about them and / or the ones that really seem to get their jollies out of being a knot head.

First time in two years I've had to call into work. The roads were too treacherous. It was not worth going in to stand around, have crappy tips and get sent home extra early.

The highways were bad here this afternoon as well. I was very glad to get home and off the roads.

Be safe guys

MORNING MEN!
DD's hoops team beat another team playing zone (don't get me started again) on Saturday 25-7. Good offensive output against a zone at this age. DD had 6 points and a bunch of rebounds. Was 2/3 from the foul line. Pretty proud of her improvement from the line, she has become our best foul shooter. DS ad 17 on Saturday evening in a 20 point victory. Played point guard due to our PG being away and also had 4 rebounds and 11 assists. A pretty good day. On Sunday, he scored 10, 8 assists and 5 rebounds in a 30 point beating we took. The other team was really big and fast and we didn't play well as a team. We do get another shot at them this Saturday so we'll prepare during the week.

FIL came home from the hospital. His fever seems to be down and feeling better. Now my uncle could use some prayers. He has sclerosis (??) of the liver and had to be hospitalized to remove fluid rom his abdomen and lungs. Unfortunately, he also has prostate cancer so no chance t get on donor list for a new liver. Has to just keep treating the symptoms as they arrive and hope for the best.

That is all, carry on and have a good week.

Nice results by the kids Sorry to hear about additional family health challenges - prayers

 

[FreezinRafiki]

Any predictions on the super bowl?

It's gonna be cold. But I'll be warm, watching the game from the heated comfort of my living room.

 

[afwdwfan]

Morning everyone. So I watched the Pro-Bowl.... not nearly as bad as I had been expecting. Any predictions on the super bowl?

It would have been better if Deion Sanders and Jerry Rice actually got into the game...

I'll take the Broncos. 31 - 27

Thanks! But we're still waiting. Hospital has no beds open so we can't go in for induction, and DW still hasn't gone into labor. So...

It'll happen when it happens.

This season has been odd though. We haven’t shut down schools in county even once thus far. Plenty of cold; no appreciable frozen precipitation. Given the trend, I also suspect that the spring will arrive a bit early. We’ll see.

I can tell you for certain, that people in this part of the country are questioning whether there will even be a spring...

I predict much hype across the week…

Mostly about whether they can actually play the game on Sunday night if the weather isn't perfect.

Because, you know, there was absolutely no concern about weather possibly being bad in New Jersey, in February when they scheduled the game.

Seriously though, I'm excited to se a Super Bowl played in cold weather and less than ideal conditions. They play the rest of the playoffs in those elements. Why not the Super Bowl? I'd have to think if they were to change the day the game is played on, some of these high dollar advertisers might not be too happy...

And a piss-poor excuse for a half time extravaganza.

Well, that is a given. They've got this down to an art form.

 

[FreezinRafiki]

Speaking of cold - school has been canceled for today and tomorrow already. The kicker is the school district initially followed their own policy and posted to their Facebook page that school was open Monday. (Policy is that they will close when the National Weather Service issues a Wind Chill Warning. There is only a Wind Chill Advisory in effect for this morning) Well, 200 some people started spewing typically Facebook/Internet vile hatred in the comments on that post, and a few hours later that post was deleted and a new one went up - school is now CLOSED on Monday. I can't fault them closing tomorrow - an actual Wind Chill Warning has been issued, but I have a feeling that today was all about bowing to the pressure of a vocal minority.

Update from DW: people are now all up in arms about having to extend the school year to make up for these days. I wonder how many of these are the same ones that threw the stink about keeping schools open today.

 

[Bo Duke]

Speaking of cold - school has been canceled for today and tomorrow already. The kicker is the school district initially followed their own policy and posted to their Facebook page that school was open Monday. (Policy is that they will close when the National Weather Service issues a Wind Chill Warning. There is only a Wind Chill Advisory in effect for this morning) Well, 200 some people started spewing typically Facebook/Internet vile hatred in the comments on that post, and a few hours later that post was deleted and a new one went up - school is now CLOSED on Monday. I can't fault them closing tomorrow - an actual Wind Chill Warning has been issued, but I have a feeling that today was all about bowing to the pressure of a vocal minority.

Update from DW: people are now all up in arms about having to extend the school year to make up for these days. I wonder how many of these are the same ones that threw the stink about keeping schools open today.

Yeah, i don't know. the wind has died down a lot from last night. It wasn't too bad coming in this morning, But we apparently already hit our high for today of -5. It is slowly moving down. It is now -8. Should be interesting. I can see tomorrow being closed as the overnight temps are to drop to the -20's and that is before factoring the wind. School is closed today. Haven't heard if we are cancelled yet for tomorrow. Assuming we are, my boys will only have one day of school this week. Go to school wed and leave for florida on Thursday.

 

[Bo Duke]

As far as making up the extra days, Is there really much point to it. I know there is the rule about having to have so many days of school but we all know that no actual learning will go on with the added days. they are basically just games and movies.

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

Well, 200 some people started spewing typically Facebook/Internet vile hatred in the comments on that post, and a few hours later that post was deleted and a new one went up - school is now CLOSED on Monday. I can't fault them closing tomorrow - an actual Wind Chill Warning has been issued, but I have a feeling that today was all about bowing to the pressure of a vocal minority.

Update from DW: people are now all up in arms about having to extend the school year to make up for these days. I wonder how many of these are the same ones that threw the stink about keeping schools open today.

I think the chances of these two groups of people being one and the same is running...oh, about 99.999999%.

 

[afwdwfan]

Speaking of cold - school has been canceled for today and tomorrow already. The kicker is the school district initially followed their own policy and posted to their Facebook page that school was open Monday. (Policy is that they will close when the National Weather Service issues a Wind Chill Warning. There is only a Wind Chill Advisory in effect for this morning) Well, 200 some people started spewing typically Facebook/Internet vile hatred in the comments on that post, and a few hours later that post was deleted and a new one went up - school is now CLOSED on Monday. I can't fault them closing tomorrow - an actual Wind Chill Warning has been issued, but I have a feeling that today was all about bowing to the pressure of a vocal minority.

Update from DW: people are now all up in arms about having to extend the school year to make up for these days. I wonder how many of these are the same ones that threw the stink about keeping schools open today.

Same stuff going on around here. It seems ridiculous how much school is being missed due to weather. I mean, I know we went to school in worse conditions than this when I was in school. It seems that the school boards have to be extra cautious these days just to keep from getting sued by that vocal minority if anything at all were to happen.

As far as making up the extra days, Is there really much point to it. I know there is the rule about having to have so many days of school but we all know that no actual learning will go on with the added days. they are basically just games and movies.

Exactly. I mean those make up days will take place after the standardized testing, and we all know that once the specific items that will be on that test are covered, nothing else matters anyway...

I think the chances of these two groups of people being one and the same is running...oh, about 99.999999%.

 

[Bo Duke]

Well, boys are now officially off for tomorrow giving them one day of school before our trip. nothing like a vacation before the vacation.

Where's mine?

 

[FreezinRafiki]

Well, boys are now officially off for tomorrow giving them one day of school before our trip. nothing like a vacation before the vacation.

Where's mine?

Our plan was to send the kids back to school for the two days between Christmas break and our Florida Vacation. Those two days got canceled because of cold, so they ended up with a 3 1/2 week Christmas break. They came back for 2 days, had a half day that Friday, then off Monday for MLK Day. Life is rough when you're a kid.

 

[mm1971]

Thanks! But we're still waiting. Hospital has no beds open so we can't go in for induction, and DW still hasn't gone into labor. So...

Have you tried scaring her at every opportunity? It works with the hiccups.

Seriously, hoping for a bed to open or the natural way for you soon. I remember waiting, it was very stressful. Everything on hold just in case. Maybe the little one is doing it on purpose just to prove he/she has total control.

It's gonna be cold. But I'll be warm, watching the game from the heated comfort of my living room.

Supposed to be a low of 31 and high of 38 degrees on Superbowl Sunday from what I saw last night. Not too bad considering the location and time of year. A 40% chance of some precipitation. I'm still hoping for 2 degrees and blinding snow/ice to teach whomever made the decision a lesson.

Speaking of cold - school has been canceled for today and tomorrow already. The kicker is the school district initially followed their own policy and posted to their Facebook page that school was open Monday. (Policy is that they will close when the National Weather Service issues a Wind Chill Warning. There is only a Wind Chill Advisory in effect for this morning) Well, 200 some people started spewing typically Facebook/Internet vile hatred in the comments on that post, and a few hours later that post was deleted and a new one went up - school is now CLOSED on Monday. I can't fault them closing tomorrow - an actual Wind Chill Warning has been issued, but I have a feeling that today was all about bowing to the pressure of a vocal minority.

Update from DW: people are now all up in arms about having to extend the school year to make up for these days. I wonder how many of these are the same ones that threw the stink about keeping schools open today.

It's a pretty good bet most of them are the same people. We have missed 3 days so far. They normally build 5 into the schedule so no late release yet, but we still have a good 5 weeks where we could miss more days.

Stay warm.

As far as making up the extra days, Is there really much point to it. I know there is the rule about having to have so many days of school but we all know that no actual learning will go on with the added days. they are basically just games and movies.

It's all about the Benjamin's! The funding provided by state and federal government is determined using actual school days. If they were to not make them up, they would get less $$. That is also why most public schools don't want you pulling your kids for vacation. Each day missed by any student is one day closer to that lower funding threshold.

I am one that would vote for an annual curriculum. Complete it early with the kids knowing the material and being proficient, finish early. Not completed, then go late. That is what the private schools do here. They work a lot harder when in session and spend less time for a better education. Imagine that in a public setting. Let's teach children instead of just going to work for 180 days. OK, sorry it's really frustrating and I get carried away.

 

[DisneyDaddy-O]

Thanks! But we're still waiting. Hospital has no beds open so we can't go in for induction, and DW still hasn't gone into labor. So...

Congrats on the impending addition! My Mom would tell every pregnant woman to wash the bath tub if they wanted to induce labor....I don't have any stats on success rates but the worst that can happen is that you will have a clean bathtub.

Seems like a win/win to me.

 

[that's nice]

Thanks! But we're still waiting. Hospital has no beds open so we can't go in for induction, and DW still hasn't gone into labor. So...

Bring her ice cream….

I can tell you for certain, that people in this part of the country are questioning whether there will even be a spring...

We haven't had one the last few years. Went right from winter to summer.

Because, you know, there was absolutely no concern about weather possibly being bad in New Jersey, in February when they scheduled the game.

They will play on Sunday night. Unless there is a freak blizzard or an ice storm.

Speaking of cold - school has been canceled for today and tomorrow already. The kicker is the school district initially followed their own policy and posted to their Facebook page that school was open Monday. (Policy is that they will close when the National Weather Service issues a Wind Chill Warning. There is only a Wind Chill Advisory in effect for this morning) Well, 200 some people started spewing typically Facebook/Internet vile hatred in the comments on that post, and a few hours later that post was deleted and a new one went up - school is now CLOSED on Monday. I can't fault them closing tomorrow - an actual Wind Chill Warning has been issued, but I have a feeling that today was all about bowing to the pressure of a vocal minority.

Update from DW: people are now all up in arms about having to extend the school year to make up for these days. I wonder how many of these are the same ones that threw the stink about keeping schools open today.

I thought you lived in Wisconsin? Who knew there were so many pansies.

I think the chances of these two groups of people being one and the same is running...oh, about 99.999999%.

Congrats on the impending addition! My Mom would tell every pregnant woman to wash the bath tub if they wanted to induce labor....I don't have any stats on success rates but the worst that can happen is that you will have a clean bathtub.

Seems like a win/win to me.

Add the rest of the bathroom on to that list.