Originally Posted by GBFanForLife:
You certainly ain't in Colorado.
I am.
I'm in Colorado also, gonna be 60 today. 48 hours from now I will be sitting in negative holy ****! Can't wait!
The Packers have announced all tickets are sold.
“Thankful to Packers fans, and our partners led by Associated Bank, for ensuring Sunday’s game will be sold out." #Packers CEO Mark Murphy.
@RichRymanPG
#Associated Bank, Fox television stations, Mills Fleet Farm and Bellin Health among those buying #Packers tickets.
#Packers: Other sponsors helped, "FOX TV affiliates WITI (Milwaukee), WLUK (Green Bay) and WFXS (Wausau); Mills Fleet Farm, Bellin Health."
http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/238630241.html
@jsitton71 C'mon pack fans. We need to sell all those tickets. We can't have a blackout! @TJLang70 will buy 3000 tix and give them out if necessary!
Asked about that Friday, Lang soft of stammered, “umm I guess. I don’t know,” he laughed.
That's hillarious, I would imagine Sitton better watch his back. It put Lang in a weird spot, but I would hope that everyone realized it was a joke.
http://www.greenbaypressgazett...free-Packers-tickets
34 individual tickets were donated by Associated Bank Rally organizers then divided the crowed into those with tickets to Sunday’s game and those without, before announcing that they had a limited number of free tickets for those without. Fans rushed the stage and held their hands out.
Originally Posted by SanDiegoPackFan:
Originally Posted by Sufferinginmn:
I know it is an anathema to die hard packer fans, but there will be a retractable roof over Lambeau within the next 20 years!
You know...I've been thinking about that ever since the AZ Cards put in a covered stadium but had real grass moved into it on tracks.
I'm not an engineer, but you'd think there would be some way to cover the stadium for just these type of games...the frigid cold games. It wouldn't have to be permanent or make the stadium look/feel like an indoor stadium (like Miller Field)...but some type of covering that would keep the bitter cold and wind out just for 8 hours on one day when needed...
How 'bout a bunch of this!
ha....but the fans would need air to breathe!
warm air rises...cold air settles....but if you could hold the warm air that the crowd would provide...and keep the outside cold air from settling in...the elements wouldn't be as bad...
I'm not an engineer...but it would seem something could be done for games like this in December and Playoffs in January...for the bitter cold games.
Sure it would cost $$$...but, heck, the NFL has lots of money like this to invest....
The Romans had a huge Tarp-like covering (sails form ships?) that would be laid out and then pulled up through a rope system that Sailors would then tie and hold to the upper beams of the Colesium. There were openings...but it did shade most of the people in the stands...as well as keep out the drizzle and icky weather....in the Packers case, it could help keep out the bitter cold at least for a day.
Hey, it's only money.
http://www.hillmanwonders.com/...m_of_rome_wonder.htm
The Coliseum's vast awning
The Coliseum of Rome could shelter spectators and participants with an immense awning on drizzling and sizzling sunny summer days.
The huge awning covered the top of the Coliseum. The task of mounting and removing it was challenging. No one knows for certain how it was done.
Some experts believe that the awning may have been a single massive piece. When needed, it was first spread out on the Coliseum of Rome's floor and lower seats. It was then slowly hoisted to the top and secured to the vertical flag poles that once circled the building's upper rim.
Other experts think that the awning may have consisted of individual sail-like triangular sheets. These canvas segments were supported by mast-like poles that jutted out teepee-style from the Coliseum of Rome's upper rim. Ropes extended and retracted the horizontal sails, boat-style.
Give the engineers at Frabill the assignment. They will come though.
Originally Posted by SanDiegoPackFan:
My thoughts and prayers to you and your family, Ghost. Absolutely it puts things in persepective...a lot of things we just take for granted all of sudden makes us all notice how precious life is and that we should live each day thankful for what we have and not what we dont' have.
Originally Posted by Boris:
Family is 1,000 times more important than the football game & I'm understating it.
Good on you Ghost.
Thank you for your good wishes, prayers, and understanding. They finally named the child Avery Grace. I think they thought they a lot more time to figure that out - which is why it took so long. Avery actually took some milk and digested it yesterday. Before that the milk would just go right thru. The digestive track was just not ready to handle it yet. She is still not breathing on her own yet, but is improving. The other issues will be with her for a lifetime. Mom is doing ok physically, emotionally I think they (dad too) have come to grips with the child, but wonder how things will go financially. My wife leaves for their place tomorrow morning - it is a 12 hour drive. Thanks again. I will have to get Avery and her little sister Packer cheer leading outfits - GO PACK GO!
Good thoughts and prayers your way Ghost. Tell her leave right now and go at least part way, don't wait until tomorrow when it will be colder with more wind.
Pray for hope. Pray for healing, Ghost. There have been so many improvements in infant health the past few years that you might be surprised how a diagnosis now could change drastically as the infant can hold down more nutrients and get stronger.
Also, financially, I am positive there are many organizations from which to seek advice and help with others in the same situation.
Godspeed. Agree with ammo, be careful on the roads and in the cold.
Ammo and SDPF - Thank you very much.
Where we live the snow will start at midnight, but gets heavier starting at 6:00 am or so. It also looks like we will be on the south-east edge of it. So my wife will go south and east - in other words, immediately away from the storm. She will be gone before 6 for sure.
Assuming Avery makes it to the point she can develop like a normal baby should, they will do tests to determine the degree of her condition. Those tests will take 6 weeks to complete. We know there is no cure for her brittle bone condition - it has to do with her chromosomes (spell?). There are drugs that can help - depending on some variables - but not eliminate the condition. As it is she has 2 bones that need to heal and one that is deformed. Once her condition stabilizes she has at least 2 surgeries in her future to correct those things.
We have been praying as well. Thank you for helping in that department.
Good luck there my friend.
Ghost, just an FYI...
I do know that public schools (at least out here) have classes that educate and work with all kinds disabilities. The class at my school has a range of students from severely handicapped in wheelchairs to others with cerebral palsey to those with slight Down's. Many students ask to be student-aids for this class, too. The students assimilate the best they can with the entire student body during lunch, assemblies, etc.