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He spends most of his time in the basement. Only comes out for the first weekend of the NCAA tournament.

Tsunami?

Curious which style gloves you use? Thanks.

HAM! You blew such a great movie line opportunity! I can't believe it! An underhand wiffle ball lob - not even a swing? Called strike? You're so much better than that! "Well, the world needs ditch diggers too Danny." You've taken my mind completely off of Ned colors now.

Well, lately my golf swing kinda resembles ditch digging so.............

I know a lot of guys that constantly gripe about how expensive boats are but a lot of them don't ever seem to factor in the cost of electronics and motors - both outboard and trollers. Boats are really kinda like airplanes in that both are really pretty cheap until you start factoring in electronics and engines. I would guess that most new 20 foot and up bass boats also include at least 30K in that kind of stuff. Heck, I saw somewhere that the WHEELS my trailer go for a thousand bucks! Just think of all the guys that will have THREE of these new Lowrance units installed on their boats - over 15K right there alone. Almost makes me feel at least a little bit less stupid for having spent 70K on my Z521. Everything in life is just a matter of perspective I guess.

FORE!

OR you could just buy one of the new 16" Lowrance units that were just introduced at the Classic. Pretty sure they're only like 5K! Then you won't have anything to worry about for at least six months when the 20" or whatever comes out!

Oh sure - just keep piling on! I might just give up the whole dang fishing deal and take up ditch digging instead.

Exactly - just like what's going on in Lawrence! You're just buying in to too much fake news!

Well, now, that's just great. Watermelon red has been one of my all time best/favorite Table Rock colors in a variety of soft baits and you just went and shot my confidence level right out of the sky with that comment (insert "Crashed and burned, huh, Mav?" comments here). I mean, I'm supposed to maintain any semblance of optimism in a bait that has been disparaged by The Godfather himself? Past success be danged - now I know that it was all just some cruel fluke (no pun intended) and I'll now be reduced to throwing gold and purple Whopper Ploppers for the remainder of my doomed and worthless life. So thanks for that...........

I think that you're missing the point. This isn't about your age, it's about all of us old, self pitying fools trying to get the rest of the world to pay attention to us and HOPEFULLY feel really, really sorry for us. Old farts love attention and sympathy in large quantities. Cash donations are also welcome! Best of luck on your "restart" though - enjoy!

Ahh, you wouldn't be saying that if they played Lacrosse I bet!

I thought you maintained all of your inventory line items in minimums of gross and peck lots? Six? How would you even know you had them? I would have thought that six packs would be listed under, "spoilage, spillage and breakage"?

49. Hmmm. Sittin' here trying to remember 59 and not having a lot of luck. Enjoy I say! The world is your oyster! Well, for at least another 8 - 10 years. Should be plenty of "live" ones out there to choose from in that age group.

Lucas? Svi? Coleby? Big 12 All Academic. Tyler Self also but I'm sure most would say he doesn't really count.

Ahh, c'mon. From what I'm hearing you guys are now a LOCK for the Final Four next year. Probably will win it all. Quit living in the past!

Where I disagree is that so many of the calls are a combination of the ref being "right there" where it's impossible NOT to see and all of the calls where the guy is completely screened off from the play but blows the whistle anyway as if he has X-ray vision and then, the worst of all worsteds, when the guy comes running over from 40 feet away to "correct" the guy that had the play right in front of him. In my limited time as an official (and anyone who ever saw me call a game would agree that I was without error EVER) my philosophy was always that you can't call what you didn't see. However, these guys make calls based on player reactions which is mostly rehearsed in practice - the flop, the head flying back, the "ahhhhhhhhh", he killed me please someone call 911 bunch of crap. You'd think they'd be able to keep up with the coached shenanigans and either ignore them or penalize them.

Nah, sorry. I ain't "liking" that "narrative". Obviously another sore 2nd round loser. You'll never hear that kind of self promoting/pity out of a KU fan. Uh, wait a minute - what did I just say?

And thanks for saving my bracket!

Heck, I had Arkansas losing to Seton Hall and thought that SH got hosed on the intentional foul call at the end of that game so I'm not exactly biased toward Arkansas. I'm also not a Carolina or Duke hater but, like most "fans" enjoy the upsets - when it doesn't involve my team of course! The fact of the matter is in this stupid tournament superior talent doesn't mean a whole lot thanks to the ol', "On any given day" scenario but at least be a LITTLE bit consistent with how the games are called. Towards the end of both the UNC-ARK and DUKE-SC games even our wives were going bonkers about the officiating (and, I must point out, they know about as much about basketball as I do about bass fishing). I enjoy the tournament because I still love college basketball but I just wish they would call it what it is which is the NCAA Post Season Tournament and NOT the National Championship. If it's truly a national championship then there's no way that there should be 68 friggin' (one of Roy's favorite terms) involved. More like six or eight at the most would be how you identify the "best" team in the country not this crazy crap shoot. The way this deal is set up, the best team hardly ever wins and that ain't how you crown a national champ. UCLA would have won way fewer even in the Wooden years if they'd had to win SIX games to get it done and travel all over the country to do it. I get the "March Madness" and all that but it's still nothing more than sports reality TV and the biggest money grab in sports. If a team can't even win its conference how in the world is it the "National Champion"? Unfortunately, the same thing's happening in baseball and football and for the same reason - TV money. Who cares who's best when there's hundreds of millions at stake? GET OFF MY LAWN!

All praise Super Dave, a.k.a. "The Godfather".

Man, I wouldn't go to all that trouble to save my Leg Lamp!

I changed my last Tahoe/boat trailer tire about ten years ago. After about getting killed by the boat trailer, the ginormous Tahoe tire/wheel and oncoming traffic I decided to add tow insurance to my vehicle/boat policies. While it ain't happened since when/if it ever does again I'm using my cell phone to call the professionals and gonna let THEM do the heavy lifting.

You will relate well to the following inflammatory comment I'm sure. While I know fans of both North Carolina and Duke watched a different game entirely I thought that Arkansas got totally jobbed and that South Carolina won despite some of the most lopsided officiating I've ever seen. How Jefferson didn't get T'd up is mind boggling unless it was diminished somehow by all of the other constant whining that also went unnoticed. As for you guys, Ray Charles would've blown the whistle twice on that ridiculous carnage at the end which means he would have missed at least one foul or the travel. As for us, I'm just beyond grateful to still be alive and kicking for one more game cause we just ain't that good. Of course since we weren't the best team in either 88' or 08' that gives us reason to keep fingers and toes crossed I guess. That, plus the fact that we too always get all the calls!