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  1. Just made Yaki Udon. And then realized right when I served it that I forgot to put in the mushrooms.
  2. There is a particularly well known story in Winnipeg about Keith Tkachuk at a restaurant and what he said to a waitress one evening.
  3. Agreed. Nicely articulated. Will correct that my example wasn’t my wife when she was 15. She was 25 at the time and now 38. Something was lost in translation, there. Good luck with your 3 year old!
  4. Thing is, bosses everywhere know their employees speak negatively about them.
  5. First to the bolded. If it weren’t for Lord of the Rings, I wouldn’t have read The Republic. Nice pull! That’s all fair. My question above wasn’t, “Should he receive a get out of jail free card?” My question is, should conversations you have with someone in private, that don’t cross legal lines, be made public?” If my wife says something back in 2007 that she now finds astonishing that she ever said (true event), should that be made public, and now she loses her job as a teacher over it? If not, what if she said that not 13 years ago when she was 25, but two months ago to a friend while a little tipsy? I respect your input. I did 2 things that were pretty bad back in 2002 (both while I was in university). Both times I didn’t wait for someone to come to me with it and just owned up to it immediately. In both instances, I said to them, “I accept whatever comes from this, as this is on me. Whether it is a severe punishment or whatever you choose, I have to learn from this.” So I absolutely agree with what you said. And with a 3 year old myself, also definitely agree with what you said there. Just concerned with private conversations and the extent that someone can be punished for private, legal conversations. Respect.
  6. If people are saying that what they said was, "perfectly acceptable", well that's both on them and their own growth as a human. However, the question isn't, "Is what they said perfectly acceptable?" Because I think it's been pretty universally accepted that what was said wasn't. The question is, "Should what you said in private, that was never meant to be gone public, be used against you when what you are saying isn't illegal?" And you're 100% correct, there is a difference between legality and morality. What they said, and in Leipsic's case, indicates that he's a young man who has a lot to learn. All young men and women go through severe growing pains mentally throughout their 20s while they navigate adulthood. Some more than others; and athletes historically have a higher percentage of screwing up more. This isn't me making excuses for his behavior. Again, what he said, as I've maintained the entire time, is bad. But the majority of young men and women who learn lessons throughout their 20s and turn themselves around, growing mentally in ways they now view as childish, that stuff will never be made public, because nobody cares about regular Joe Schmo enough to post our private messages publicly. I'm agreeing with you that what he said was disgusting. My question is, when our own private texts and messages to our family and friends aren't made public (or in other cases phone conversations that were privately recorded and made public in owners/athletes cases), how far should society go? I'm not saying I side one way or another on this, actually. More a general question. If someone texts something to their family members while they had too much to drink one evening, should that be used against them, to the point where they no longer have a job? And if so, and again I'm not on one side or the other on this, but if the answer is "yes", then what is the acceptable "cutoff line" of what is "ok" to say and what isn't?
  7. Only started playing a week ago, but surprised how much fun I'm having with my middle aged brothers playing it. We're all so terrible.
  8. I’ll pick some up this afternoon. Thanks!
  9. It’s nice to see it from restaurants here that would never have it as an option before, because they were never fast food. Such a great idea, especially considering everyone just wants to get out and have a nice date.
  10. Yesterday was supposed to be lunges and squats, so the fact that running and the damage afterwards cut that out, means that I have until next Thursday to see how bad the damage actually is.
  11. Calling it. He'll play for Bill Peters next year in the KHL.
  12. Thanks! After my run, I didn't do any weights (which is a first). Thankfully today I'm not working legs, so workout now should be "ok".
  13. If it's nothing illegal, then how much should someone be punished? If someone says something in a group text about me, that's their business. Whether it's true/untrue/flattering/unflattering, that's none of my concern. Doing things in privacy that are illegal (ie: illegal drugs, beating spouse, see other criminal activities), then absolutely they should get punished. But when my brother texts something to his now ex-wife that's neither flattering nor true about my wife, and it ended up getting back to us, her reaction was, "Well, that's Ben (not real name). What else is new?"
  14. Things looking really good here in Manitoba. Have had a total of 283 cases to date, with only 33 active cases right now. 7 confirmed deaths. Total tests: 28,810. Businesses slowly starting to reopen (ie: hair salons and green houses). Some restaurants that have the parking lot capacity are beginning to do car hops.
  15. Ran 6 miles outside yesterday and experiencing ITB syndrome. This is rough.
  16. @JimLahey Is Brendan Leipsic available?
  17. Episodes 5 & 6 were both really good. Think it was only episode 4 that was particularly below average. I don't want to say it's "watered down", as I know they had to get 100% buy in from Jordan before they could even start work on this back in 2017 and gather the footage and begin the current interviews, so they won't focus on the more controversial parts of him as a teammate/friend. However, the next two episodes will really show just how much was kept on the cutting room floor, or how much they decided to avoid, as it will go into the devestating time of Jordan's father being murdered, the controversery surrounding that (ie: ties to mafia and Jordan's gambling). In respect to the Jordan family, it won't be altogether surprising that they don't address the mafia and drill further into the very sketchy gambling that Jordan was apart of. That's not what this documentary is about, nor should it be. The next two episodes will be sad, though.
  18. @Sane33 Kubina and Smith still to be posted. Thanks!
  19. On a lighter note, although this is incredibly fun to see people losing their marbles over. Roasting hot dogs with my 3 year old daughter. She dropped one in the fire pit and got ash all over it. She looked me and said, “It’s ok, daddy, this one is yours.” Seems about right.
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