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Brought to you by Mr. Cheer or Die and the Vikes Geek, welcome to theFor a recap of the Chiefs-Vikes preseason game, I encourage you to check out the Greet Machine who usedmy tickets to watch the game this past Friday. A very nice recap and some nice photos.
Injury Updates
Anyone else getting worried that Fred Smoot might not see action this year? First it was the strained neck and now a injured right knee described as having a soft tissue contusion. Sure, an MRI done yesterday showed just that and no further damage. But MRI's have been wrong before. It would be a major blow to the team if something prevents Smoot from playing significant time this season...or not at all.
And adding insult to injury on an already undermanned unit placed under the microscopic eye of Tice, the offensive line took another hit when starting right guard Chris Liwienski sprained a shoulder in the late Monday practice.
And Kelly Campbell won't be helping on kick or punt returns anytime soon as an MRI showed a strained right quadriceps and The Mouth will be out another couple of weeks.
L.A. Update
Now then, which team deserves to be moved to L.A.? The Vikings, whose QB was a machine this past Friday? Or this team, whose QB..well, um, what does one say?
Thanks to Pro Football Talk for posting that photo.
Gas Prices
I paid $2.49 a gallon this past weekend. Ugh! Bad, or is it? Take at look at these prices:
Top 10 Gas Prices per gallon
1) Netherlands, Amsterdam $6.48
2) Norway, Oslo $6.27
3) Italy, Milan $5.96
4) Denmark, Copenhagen $5.93
5) Belgium, Brussels $5.91
6) Sweden, Stockholm $5.80
7) United Kingdom, London $5.79
8) Germany, Frankfurt $5.57
9) France, Paris $5.54
10) Portugal, Lisbon $5.35
Top 10 Best Gas Prices
10) South Africa Johannesburg $2.62
9) Nicaragua, Managua $2.61
8) Panama, Panama City $2.19
7) Russia, Moscow $2.10
6) Puerto Rico, San Juan $1.74
5) Saudi Arabia, Riyadh $0.91
4) Kuwait, Kuwait City $0.78
3) Egypt, Cairo $0.65
2) Nigeria, Lagos $0.38
1) Venezuela, Caracas $0.12
Anyone heading to Caracas? Bring me back a few hundred gallons!
I'm taking the glass half full outlook on the rising gas prices issue. This is the motivation needed to invent the next Big Thing. It wasn't all that long ago that personal computers were a pipe dream and now they are on every desk in every office and in most homes. Bill Gates had the next Big Thing.
Whether it be Zero-point energy extraction from the quantum vacuum or some other fantastic find, American know-how will turn rising gas prices into a win-win for the world with something that will change the face of energy across the world.
But in the glass half-empty mode, there comes a story out of Minneapolis is that Minneapolis school districts this year will have free breakfast for all students, championed by Superintendent Thandiwe Peebles as a tool for better learning. Yes, I understand that the chain is only as strong as the weakest link and everyone needs a fair shake. But, if a parent can't get his or her butt out of bed, put some Cheerios in a bowl and add some milk for a kid then the game is already lost. This country might as well just shut it down.
Oh, and that breakfast ain't free. It's costing someone. It's costing you .the good parent that is already feeding a healthy breakfast to your kid. Now, if you will excuse me I have some Cheerios to lay out for The Boy®.
Posted by maasx003 at August 16, 2005 06:07 AM | TrackBackHey, COD.
When will I be able to check out your front row seats!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!
PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE!?!?
;)
This is swaps from vikingsmessageboard (the fan of your photography)
One thing you need to keep in mind about these foreign countries and their high prices, most of them, namely England, pump their own oil. They have no/limited dependence on OPEC's "generosity". Sure, it costs a LOT of money, the most of it stays in the UK. I'm not saying I'de be willing to pay $4.50 for a gallon of gas if it were all dug from US property, but I'm saying prices could be lower if we didn't let Opec rule the import.
Posted by: Christian Carlson at August 16, 2005 06:15 PMIn addition to your point, COD, this article notes that gas prices actually are not that high, when you account for inflation, and have risen more slowly than other commodities, such as milk.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/gasgauge/2002440179_gasmilk14.html
Posted by: Gassy at August 16, 2005 06:19 PMWhy would you begrudge a kid who doesn't have a parent as "good" as you a decent breakfast?
Geez.
Posted by: JS at August 18, 2005 09:27 AMJS: So, besides being a good parent and feeding my own kid, I now have to feed another? Jumping Jesus on a pogo stick! Because people are lazy does not equate ENTITLEMENT TO MY HARD EARNED MONEY! And if money to buy a carton of milk and a box of cereal is an issue, what ARE they using food stamps for?!?!
Posted by: Brian Maas at August 18, 2005 11:48 AMThe kids are always the ones who get stiffed in the deal. Unfortunately I deal with a mom like this every day because nashdude and I take care of a kid whose mom doesn't bother. Too rich to get foodstamps (by just a little). So there ya have it. I'm ticked that I have to buy other people breakfast too. But I do understand that the kid is lost in the shuffle. Ya oughta have to have a license to breed...many people should not be allowed to have kids, I swear.
Posted by: nashbabe at August 18, 2005 10:15 PMHey Gassy let me ask you this question. How does milk or other food prices affect gas prices? Not at all? Right.
Let me ask you another question. How does increased gas prices affect food prices? Now that's a much better question. The fact is increased energy prices drives increases in prices of other commodities.
Posted by: SBG at August 20, 2005 11:10 PM