Now they we all for SF in this game.
Last time the Bengals went to the Super Bowl, their opponents were SF. That would be a rematch that's long overdue.
This is so nice. Having everyone together for my birthday. Of course, you could smash in all my toes with a hammer and it will still be the bestest Buffy Birthday Bash in a big long while.
Buffy ,'Potential'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Steph L. - Jan 30, 2022 4:29:09 pm PST #12595 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
javachik - Jan 30, 2022 4:35:01 pm PST #12596 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
It’s very exciting for Cincinnati!
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 30, 2022 4:55:51 pm PST #12597 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
My next door neighbor is elated; he's been a Bengals fan since he was a kid. So yay! Bengals, I guess? I don't really care so long as Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers lose.
Beverly - Jan 30, 2022 6:27:57 pm PST #12598 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Returning for a moment to the employer rewards thing, my dad spent 42 years at R.J. Reynolds Tobacco company. He retired before the gov't vendetta against tobacco--which still makes me twitch, since alcohol killed, widowed, orphaned, and maimed way more people than tobacco ever did--but the alcohol lobbies were just far more powerful than tobacco. Don't misunderstand--I think both are ultimately detrimental to human health, I just believe alcohol is moreso. And yes, I enjoy single malt and Guinness every now and then. I am a confessed hypocrite.
Anyhoo, RJR was a very paternal company, very "family". They had an employment rewards thing that escalated in value the longer (and better) you worked there. I think it was 35 years my dad got a pecanwood chest with eight place settings of silverplate flatware, plus serving pieces--Reed and Barton's Dresden Rose. Which we wound up with as a wedding present. Very nice. Even nicer was the stock Dad got for later anniversaries. Yay for paternalism!
javachik - Jan 30, 2022 6:48:11 pm PST #12599 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Wow!! I’d love to see photos of those, Beverly!
Beverly - Jan 30, 2022 7:37:54 pm PST #12600 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
They're here, Javachik.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 30, 2022 9:29:18 pm PST #12601 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
javachik - Jan 30, 2022 10:03:40 pm PST #12602 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Very nice, thank you Beverly!
Laura - Jan 31, 2022 4:38:12 am PST #12603 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Both Beverly's memory and picture, and Matt's video made me smile this morning.
Ah, Monday. Why you here already? I turned on my heat this weekend! I could have survived, but I figure it ought to be run once a year just to make sure it works. It does. I put the settings on 68 and 78. If under 68 heat runs, if over 78 AC runs. So AC 250 days a year and heat 2, and the rest the windows open?
I hope all the snowbound did okay this past weekend. Dang, that was some football. I was cheering for the 49ers, but they didn't deserve to win despite my encouragement.
JenP - Jan 31, 2022 4:50:20 am PST #12604 of 30000
Wow, I've never thought of guinea pigs in herds! That is a lot of cute, that is.
I guess I was with Bank of America, nee NationsBank, nee, MNC Financial, nee, American Security Bank the longest. Seven years. I think there was a five year gift, but I don't remeber it.
My office the whole time was in a building you can see on the back of a ten dollar bill, though! Claim to fame. I take what I can get. (I have a cute little tin "piggy" bank that is a rendition of that building. It's cute.)
Welp, hello, Monday.