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@bdplant posted:

Not me. My dad used to feed me quarters so I could play pool and leave him alone while he drank.

This needs context for the non-natives.  Up until maybe the 2000's, many bars and most rural bars were taverns run by a family who often lived upstairs or adjacent to the establishment.  They served as defacto community centers where you could get drinks, food, some groceries, hunting and fishing permits, gas, cash your check, etc.  They'd open late morning and parents would often bring their kids during the day if they had to stop in for any reason.

Where I grew up, sunday mornings after mass and before the noon game started were pretty busy with lots of kids running around the pool table or playing video games.   My aunt and uncle ran the bar and lived adjacent.  My uncle played concertina and there were fairly regular polka jams, often including the neighbor across the street who even in her 80's played a one man band contraption with a broom stick and string attached to a galvanized tub on the floor along with a tambourine, harmonica, and washboard on her chest.

I rolled my eyes as a teenager but it was an honest to god Coen Brothers film.  So many characters.

That’s pretty close to my experience. The tavern we frequented was limited to booze and some appetizers, but the owner lived on the premises.

He was a nice guy, bit I could tell that he was never terribly interested in making food so my dad discouraged it. I’d always end up with a bag of M&Ms instead of a burger or pizza….no worries though coz there was a Tasty Freeze on the way home.

The owner was also missing a finger which for some reason freaked me out as a seven year old.

This an awesome remembering the old taverns and watching Packers games.  I don't remember the name of the place my grand parents used to take me on Sundays but my biggest memory is they had these incredible pizza burgers.  Basically a sausage/hamburger type of patty with cheese in the middle.  Freaking awesome.  The other memory I have is playing bar dice against the owner and I got a swig of root beer and my grand pa a beer/shot if I won. 

I bet people would freak out these days if they saw a kid doing that at about 9 years old.

Has anyone sent a link of this thread to Devante? All of these great growing up in WI stories might get him to reconsider his horrible decision last year.

Maybe Carr will move to WI and open up a tavern to entice Devante to come back. His schedule is wide open now.

My FIL used to tell stories about hanging out at the bar his Dad frequented, including how he would make liquor deliveries to neighborhood customers.
Shocking by today's standards I suppose, but that was a way of life for many fathers/sons of that era.

@DH13 posted:

Where I grew up, sunday mornings after mass and before the noon game started were pretty busy with lots of kids running around the pool table or playing video games.   My aunt and uncle ran the bar and lived adjacent.  My uncle played concertina and there were fairly regular polka jams, often including the neighbor across the street who even in her 80's played a one man band contraption with a broom stick and string attached to a galvanized tub on the floor along with a tambourine, harmonica, and washboard on her chest.

that one man band contraption you speak of is known as a humstrum.  just discovered it's also known as a hurdy-gurdy which I never knew and explains a few things

the thing about time is that it marches on.  thanks for the stories of my fun youthful up-bringing.  a time when it sure seemed people just wanted to have fun.  enjoy the goodle days you're creating

@The Crusher posted:

LOL...what an upgrade.

I take it you’ve never been to Folly Beach.   Now, it’s not as beautiful as the snow blowing off Lake Michigan, but it’s alright.    Charleston doesn’t have the charm that MKE does, but if you enjoy history, culture, or cuisine outside of German food you will manage.

Great stories about growing up in rural WI.   My grand parents owned a tavern on Tuttle Lake.  I got a small taste of that when I would visit them.

My dad passed this week.   We got to spend NYE together on Saturday night and then me, my Brother, and him got to watch the Packers curb stomp the Vikings while we were in his hospital room.    He passed a couple days later but it was pretty awesome to have that weekend.  

So, I’ll see you fuckers in Park Falls this spring when we go to scatter his remains into his favorite brook trout creek.

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@BrainDed posted:

Great stories about growing up in rural WI.   My grand parents owned a tavern on Tuttle Lake.  I got a small taste of that when I would visit them.

My dad passed this week.   We got to spend NYE together on Saturday night and then me, my Brother, and him got to watch the Packers curb stomp the Vikings while we were in his hospital room.    He passed a couple days later but it was pretty awesome to have that weekend.  

So, I’ll see you fuckers in Park Falls this spring when we go to scatter his remains into his favorite brook trout creek.

Sorry for your loss...

@BrainDed posted:

I take it you’ve never been to Folly Beach.   Now, it’s not as beautiful as the snow blowing off Lake Michigan, but it’s alright.    Charleston doesn’t have the charm that MKE does, but if you enjoy history, culture, or cuisine outside of German food you will manage.

Sorry for your loss. 😢

we’ve spent some time in Folly Beach and loved it.  Laid back, easy-going beach town. Is that 24 hr grocery/beer/everything store still open 24 hours 365 days a year?  I believe it was called Bert’s.

Sorry for your loss. 😢

we’ve spent some time in Folly Beach and loved it.  Laid back, easy-going beach town. Is that 24 hr grocery/beer/everything store still open 24 hours 365 days a year?  I believe it was called Bert’s.

Bert’s.  Yes.  Still open and still awesome.

Thanks all, appreciate it!!

I think a fact that often gets lost among the media, pundits, fans, etc. is that the Packers don’t have a billionaire or deep-pockets ownership [group] with unlimited cash reserves. They have a finite amount of cash, and big signing bonuses take huge chunks out of it.

I think that is true.  The year they signed the Smith brothers, OT Billy Turner, and one other player, when the financial report came out, the Packer earnings were very low.  Even if they could get every thing to fit under the cap, the organization might not be able to afford it in the year the deal is made. 

Friends with benefits...Davante.

One thing Davante didn't mention was the Packers offered him MORE than the raiders did the year he got traded. Davante obviously felt slighted because the Pack made him wait until he completed 2021 plus the uncertainty with #12 made it an easy decision for DA.

The number "south of $20" (SOWF? Nevermind) before the '21 season sounds like the Packers so I believe it.

Business decision on both sides and I'm glad he's still cool with a lot of the guys including front office.

He'll be in the Packer HOF and I'm glad he was on the team all those years.

So the evidence now indisputably establishes that the Front Office knew Davante wanted out in early 2022 because he was not pleased that they "lowballed" him (in Davante's opinion) prior to 2021 season.

Trading Adams in March of 2022 given the circumstances was certainly understandable.

Not trading Rodgers in 2022 knowing Adams was long gone was far less understandable and among the reasons so many of us wanted Rodgers traded last offseason.

Giving Rodgers a huge new extension in March of 2022 knowing Adams was gone was (a) something Murph forced poor Gutey to do under threat of termination, (b) yet another brilliant move that only failed because who could have possibly foreseen that Rodgers might not mesh with a trio of rookie WRs, the corpse of Sammy Watkins, and perhaps the worst group of receiving TEs in the NFL, and/or (c) yet another brilliant move that has the Pack primed for another Super Bowl run in 2023?

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