buckeyebri said:

Ain’t that America

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My neighborhood is mostly all empty nest Gen Xers and boomers. Very quiet, tidy and uneventful. When I first moved here in the 90's there were a lot of families, kids riding their bikes, playing in the park, little league, soccer and football practices. The families are mostly gone and the same class of people have moved farther out as the city is starting to shit up a bit. You never know who or what you'll see at the local Walmart. There's a Filiberto's taco shop on the corner and the QTs are no go zones.

Zurp said:

This might be unpopular:
Appetite for Destruction was not Guns N Roses’ best album. It was great but not their best.

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I prefer side 2 of Lies, the acoustic side. Other than that I never listed to a full Guns and Roses album.

Jagdaddy said:

Nice winning goal by Canada, eh.

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FIFY

4 incoming Ohio State hockey players were selected in the 2026 NHL Draft​

Despite being drafted, all four players are expected to play for Ohio State in the fall.

Ben Wilmott - 92nd overall pick - Las Vegas Golden Knights​

Evan Jardine - 121st overall pick - Columbus Blue Jackets​

Tobias Tvrznik - 126th overall pick - Colorado Avalanche​

This season we saw Jakub Dobeš take over as the starting goaltender in Montreal, helping the Canadiens reach the Eastern Conference Finals before they were eventually eliminated by the Carolina Hurricanes, who went on to win the Stanley Cup.
Tobias Tvrznik hopes to find success in the NHL in the future after he was drafted by the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday in the fourth round.

The Czechia product will have a few years before he reaches the NHL, as he won’t even turn 19 until the end of July. Before committing to Ohio State, Tvrznik appeared in 39 games for the Wenatchee Wild of the Western Hockey League, posting a 3.10 goals against average and .913 save percentage.

While the goals against average is a little high, Tvrznik’s save percentage is impressive. With a pretty crowded pipeline at goalie, Tvrznik can afford to spend some time in Columbus to develop.

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Will Tomko - 204th overall pick - Seattle Kraken​

Jagdaddy said:

Not an annoyance per se, but I found it odd that there was a free feminine hygiene products dispenser in a men’s room in the Seattle airport, and yes I am sure that it was a men’s room, not a gender neutral restroom, and that I also hadn’t accidentally walked into the women’s room.

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Those are for Mike Harbaugh…

This might be unpopular:
Appetite for Destruction was not Guns N Roses’ best album. It was great but not their best.

I miss Josh Mettelus. My wife just told me that it is 1am and we both have early things tomorrow.

When the lowest tip option is 25%, I get pretty annoyed.
The Mexican place I like has a highest tip option of 20%. You can tip another higher amount if you want. But that’s the highest preset number. And that’s what it should be. 12, 15, 18, 20, and other.

it’s getting to be that time where we will start to see what we have in Bowen regarding player development

DubCoffman62 said:

I'm surrounded by arrogant assholes but they're quiet and keep their yards up.

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Ain’t that America

DubCoffman62 said:

To be fair she's using her big cans to make money so I'd say it all evens out

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Those aren’t cans, they’re 55 gallon drums.

Nice winning goal by Canada.

Jaxbuck said:

Which is totally different than big, athletic DT’s from any other region.

That southern gene makes all the difference

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They grow on trees down there for whatever reason, could be the southern cooking as alluded to above.

It rains mud there you know?

Strip clubs are sad.

Just an interesting article:

Jets' Demario Davis spends nearly $1M annually on body recovery​

Demario Davis was ready to quit football in 2016. He was only 27, but every joint in his body ached. By midseason, the pain was unbearable.

It was his lone year with the Cleveland Browns, where they finished 1-15 -- which only added to the anguish. Desperate for relief, he couldn't wait for the season to end.

"My body was just -- I was done, and I was ready to hang it up," he said recently.

Davis, now back with the New York Jets, who drafted him in the third round in 2012, was sitting in an office at the team's facility, having just completed an offseason practice in preparation for his 15th season. He's 37 now, with strands of gray in his thick beard, but he exudes the energy of a rookie, with one of his personal trainers saying he has the body of a 24-year-old.

He almost opted for an early retirement, but instead, he now ranks eighth on the career list for most games played at his position (227), and he will rise to fourth if he plays every game this season -- a routine accomplishment for him. Incredibly, he has missed only one game because of injury -- a pulled hamstring with the New Orleans Saints in 2024.

Davis went from "Woe, me" to "OG."

He attributes the turnaround to his deeply rooted spiritual beliefs and a 24/7, 365-day-a-year commitment to his body. Basically, he has two full-time jobs -- playing football and preparing and recovering from football.

Davis has a six-person team that travels to him from places like California, Arizona and Texas, performing a variety of treatments and therapies that keep his body in peak condition. We're talking about everything from old-school acupuncture to cutting-edge Tecar Therapy, which uses radiofrequency energy to reduce pain, improve range of motion and facilitate tissue regeneration.

By his estimate, he spends $500,000 to $1 million per year on body training and recovery.

"My body is my company, and the brand that comes from playing the game is my company," Davis said. "If I don't reinvest in the engine of the company and the brand of the company, I just don't think that's wise. I just try to be a good steward of what's been given."
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"He's going to be great for the Jets," Saints coach Kellen Moore said in March. "His leadership in the locker room and on the field, the example that he sets every day in practice -- obviously, he performed at a really high level last year. And so I think it's going to be great for those guys up there to have him in that locker room. I think he's going to raise the level for all."

Remember, Davis wasn't supposed to make it this far. Late in that 2016 season, that nightmarish year in Cleveland, he went into his prayer closet -- an old-shoe closet in his apartment -- and asked God for guidance. He was "ready to wave the white flag," he said, reflecting on his turning point.

After prayer, his spirit was reborn. Soon, his body was, too. Now here he is, readying for Year 15, leapfrogging all-time greats on the games-played list.

"I haven't had time to sit with it and appreciate the mind-blowingness of it," he said, inventing a word. "But I do try to tell people, 'What you're witnessing, I'm witnessing, too.' I'm shocked by it just as much as the person looking."

Steve19 said:

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My happy place

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This collection should be accompanied by a tube of KY Jelly and a soft towel.

Jaxbuck said:

Which is totally different than big, athletic DT’s from any other region.

That southern gene makes all the difference

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It's the biscuits and gravy, man

buckeyebri said:

Ha ha yeah to an extent. They also could be arrogant assholes

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I'm surrounded by arrogant assholes but they're quiet and keep their yards up.