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|2 hours 6 min ago
|Easy - Fire The Client
life is short and a new street car comes along all the time.
|3 hours 24 sec ago
|Kiffin Because, Kim Jong IL
wasn't interested.
|1 day 2 hours ago
|Isn't This Like Asking Mrs. Abraham Lincoln
if the play turned out a bit different than she thought?
|1 day 17 hours ago
|Buck Is Dead Posbang?
beloved oldest daughter just shot a 6 point. her first. time to hang it in the barn and field dress it. now that is worth a posbang to take your/our minds off of this crap start to a season.
|2 days 23 min ago
|Cool Story Bro'
for real. and take that photo and post it all over c-bus! buckeyes will look at it like the RCA dog looks at the phonograph. they look like that at SAT scores over 200 too, but that is another thread for another day.
|1 week 1 hour ago
|Literal Cows
and trips are extraordinarily rare. same with sheep. not so with goats.
|1 week 15 hours ago
|No Wal-Mart in 1894
the year that great grandmother was the first woman to graduate from michigan. so important was she that i named our present bird-dog after her (maude). as an aside, we hunted the grouse opener this morning before work. i was 4th gen, one of my brothers has 2 daughters who are the 5th gen. don't know if any of my children will attend, but they will all undoubtedly be life-long fans. who could call them wal-mart fans?
bottom line: if you come by it honestly and aren't just a fair-weather fan, bless your maize and blue heart for pulling for michigan!
|1 week 15 hours ago
|I Only Ask People Where They Graduated
from when they are acting like colostomy bags for a given school. i would also tease all my yooper buddies who were G.B. packer fans if they rooted for red china, too. meaning, they didn't live in wisconsin but rooted for the pack, they might as well root for the commies when they played the USA in anything too.
|1 week 1 day ago
|Will You Guarantee A Lemon
chow down if NW gets to 6 wins? i realize that's about as likely one of our cows having triplets, but at least it would be something to aim for.
|1 week 2 days ago
|Hey Thad
when you have a 4 hour drive home and barn chores and clean up for all the kids on sunday to do when you do get home, you come back and tell us all about staying to the bitter end of a blowout.
|1 week 4 days ago
|Fall Is The Best
1. sons' football teams. coaching one, watching the other. next year 4 boys playing.
2. michigan football - you all know why on that one
3. grouse opener on monday.
4. bow season only 3 weeks away.
fridays in the fall are the best. go blue, go tigers.
|1 week 4 days ago
|Suggestion: Buy A Stand-by Generator
i installed ours within weeks of buying our home. hooked up to two 500 gallon pigs of propane. has come in handy more times than i can count out here in the boonies.
congrats on working through the tough week. lots of people probably very glad you were slugging it out getting them power.
|1 week 4 days ago
|In San Diego?
you might try down by the harbor. good luck mgobrewmom.
|1 week 4 days ago
|Call CPS on that Ex
unspeakable evil inflicted on the child.
|1 week 4 days ago
|Took Our Oldest Son
to that same game, his first ever. unexpected nail-biter too.
|1 week 4 days ago
|MGoWife Was in A Movie
with him. said he was a very cool guy. i remember watching her in that movie and another one on the same night while we were dating.
(sorry for the cool story bro moment)
|2 weeks 15 hours ago
|Practice Jerseys
when i was playing at mich back in the 80's, our practice jerseys were single color, no numbers or logos of any kind. we had 4 colors (if i remember correctly) that were used, and each of us was assigned one color - it'd be hanging in our locker at yost. kids these days.....
|2 weeks 1 day ago
|Press We Ran
was contact at the line of scrimmage and the entire route until/unless the ball was in the air. to use an old saying, 'i want to know what flavor gum their receivers are chewing'. the decision that needs to be made is whether you cover 'outside in' and let the receiver have the slant, or if you press from 'inside out', meaning you force the receiver to take a outside route toward the sideline.
difficulty comes with slot receivers, but if your LB's are dropping back they are hopefully taking away the slant/underneath throws to the slot guys.
|2 weeks 1 day ago
|History Lesson
the NE patriots, with our beloved tom brady as their quaterback, lost their opener in 2003 by the score of 31-0.
anyone remember who won the super bowl that year (2/1/2004)? brady and the patriots beat carolina 32-29.
so while last night was dismal, and i disagree with OP that turnovers were the story (they certainly didn't help though), let a team grow, learn, hopefully beat some medicore competition and they just might get respectable this year. maybe.
|2 weeks 1 day ago
|Counting the Folks From Ypsi-tucky
i think we'll be right about 43. maybe 44. throw the ushers and concession folks in there and we go way over 200.
|2 weeks 3 days ago
|Children Are A Blessing
and debt is a curse, yet our culture today applies for debt and seeks to avoid children at all costs. when you have your own kids, this will make more sense. good luck.
|2 weeks 3 days ago
|Congrats - Sports Never Too Early
make it fun. make it a big deal when michigan is playing. sing the fight song while feeding her. have more children (c.f. - my mgoname) and get them involved. it works great. all of our kids love michigan. i remember one of the boys when he was 2 1/2 yrs old and had put his two big teeth out by walking into a piano with a parachute over his head. he was singing the victors in the dentist chair while the dentist was taking out what was left of those two teeth.
and this is a way better than my twins born last night....you know, in the barn, with the other cows, sheep, goats, chickens, etc.
|2 weeks 4 days ago
|Goose Bumps
watching some of those. great highlights.
crush the fighting chickens!
|2 weeks 4 days ago
|We Had Twins Last Night
but not those type of twins, livestock type of twins instead. all hands in the barn helping with the birth, clean up, and getting both on to the mama's teets to nurse. late season birth but a blessing to a farmer nevertheless. added bonus: we never have to give the kids the 'birds and the bees' talk - they get it, they live it, they are junior veterinarians almost. anyway, mama and twins doing great and moved to their own private stall.
footbal tonight and tomorrow for the oldest sons.
michigan game after that. here on the farm we slaughter chickens. by the hundreds. here's to michigan farming some chickens (metaphorically) tomorrow. go blue!
|2 weeks 4 days ago
|LSA - If You LIved Up North
you'd be working on power outages. lots of lightning the last 2 days. had my team have to run off the field with the clouds that came at the end of last nights practice. white streaks raining down from the sky everywhere.
|2 weeks 4 days ago
|Great Video - Fun Wife
like others, like seeing the 'behind the avatar' stuff.
however, i still wonder if you and that poseidon guy are the same since your avatars are nearly identical.
happy friday everyone and go blue, beat the irish!
|2 weeks 5 days ago
by any other name.
|2 weeks 5 days ago
|Your Pharmacist
must be a wizard!
(light-hearted snark)
|2 weeks 5 days ago
|Is True
the other two of note that would hang out once in a while were larry hagman (dallas) and gary busey before he went completely 5150.
|2 weeks 6 days ago
|Vegas Couldn't Care Less
about wanting the betting man to think anything other than to bet the game. their sole goal is to have an equal amount of money bet on each proposition, to wit: the same amount of money bet for oregon and for msu. vegas gets 10% vig on each bet. then they simply hand the one stash of losers' cash to the folks that won, and keep their vig. no risk, just held the money for 6 days and kept the 'commission'.
as to the line, i agree it seems out of whack, but that is probably due to the fact that there are a lot more oregon fans going to bet $ in vegas than sparty fans. thus, to draw an equal amount of $ bet they had to tilt the line somewhat. i too think i'd bet the mortgage on sparty if it was purely a business deal. i will still kind of pull for them to win, but that's hard.
|2 weeks 6 days ago
|Poseidon = MgrowOld?
nearly same avatar. you never ever see them together. you be the judge....
|2 weeks 6 days ago
|We Used to Drink With Mick
back in grad school out west. he was a regular at the 'malibu inn' and not a bad guy to have a beer with.
|2 weeks 6 days ago
|Kudos For the Lemon Chaw
the manner of your eating of the second 1/2 of the lemon is called 'montana red dog', and comes from the habit we had in college of taking our dip (chewing tobacco) without using hands. simply opening up the tin and, in effect, biting the tobacco and packing it neatly in one fell swoop. took some practice, especially if you had 4 of anything to drink. fortuntately it's been 30 years since i dipped - a habit left in college.
fyi, the montana red dog comes courtesy of and in honor of one of our college buddies from montana. so crazy was bakes that he once came face to face with a treed mountain lion on a hunt, on purpose. but that's a story over a few beers. we'll plan that mgobbq for november.
|3 weeks 22 hours ago
end of story.
lemons are in aisle 5. you can get 3 for 1.50 this week, just bring in the coupon.
|3 weeks 1 day ago
|Brian - If I Catch You In Our Barn
trying to punch the cows, you aren't going to like it. and make sure you don't try to punch the bull or the steer - named bullwinkle and rocky - as they are pretty fiesty.
absolutely awesome photo of tom harmon and d. gardner. wonderful.
and you really do need to take in a lemon. maybe you can swap it in place of a lime and drink a bottle of to-kill-ya while you're at it.
|3 weeks 1 day ago
|Marry Girlfriend
repeat weekend next year.
go blue.
|3 weeks 1 day ago
|Like That Old SNL Skit
what didn't the good dr. get, the 'buh' or the 'bye'?
|3 weeks 1 day ago
|Check That , Now -91
and counting...
|3 weeks 1 day ago
|Vegas Takes No Risk
in any game. they put the spread in the place where they get an even amount bet on each side of a proposition. they get a 10% vig on every bet that stays with them, and they simply take whatever is bet in the right hand and put it in the left hand as a payout.
|3 weeks 1 day ago
|Thank You For This Breakdown
that took some time and effort. i was at the game saw didn't get all the repeat replays that would let me get a more specific read on the O-line. my far less informed and far more general conclusions are consistent with what you put up.
|3 weeks 2 days ago
|Just Back to Internet
after traveling, and not wanting to blow anyone off. son had a 7 jersey on, i had a maize 'michigan' shirt. and i'm not too differently sized than you. oh well, next time we're down there. somebody here has got to have a parking space we can tailgate at - an mgoblog tailgate.
|3 weeks 2 days ago
1. better music, no old 'favorites' that are past their prime. also way less of the ultra-loud music to make you think you are at a pistons/wings game and the sound guy is on meth.
2. cell coverage was fine. i use my old clam-shell phone as a watch and noted i had bars all game long. fyi, we are up in row 76 so maybe that helps.
3. scoreboard run better since we got replays almost all the time and right away. last year that was inexplicably but frequently missing. and as noted, they kept scrolling the relevant out of town games all during the game instead of one lame update at half-time. they even had a few highlights from those other games.
|3 weeks 2 days ago
|Smith - Better Vision
i was there, like many of you, and watched green run to his assigned hole and crash into guys when he could've bounced out (or in) and made some headway. thankfully that got better as we all know, but much of that was the O-line showing up later on. smith had the same issues to deal with early on that green did, but made yards before the O-line was working right with better vision leading to better cuts.
|3 weeks 4 days ago
|Section 35, Row 76
with oldest son on a father-son weekend which starts in T-minus 1 hour. right by the exit/entrance, so come visit!
go blue.
|3 weeks 5 days ago
|Split, Pro-set I, 690 X-ray
king stem. on two.
ready, break!
|3 weeks 5 days ago
|I'll Take Pounce And Give the Points
the boxing gloves will turn the tide in the second half. willie's empty hands eventually are a liability. plus the chaps get in the way when they go to the ground.
|3 weeks 5 days ago
|Meets Or Exceeds Minimum Standards
and with the right attitude, is a dime all day long.
|3 weeks 5 days ago
|I Like The White Ones
just fine. the other two are dog meat.
back in the day (1980-84), we only had two jerseys to wear at michigan, and none of this new-fangled fad-chasing nonsense.
and yes, please get off my lawn...
|3 weeks 6 days ago
|Would Not Take 1 Yr Old
to game, especially if you actually wanted to see the game. if you don't mind missing most of it and just getting junior's feet wet at the big house, you'll be fine. the suggestions on this thread are excellent re: your time in the stadium with junior. i am blessed with well-behaved children (and more than the average number, as my name implies), but i would hold off for a few years. we have a tradition that when it's time to leave, we run back to the truck which is about 1 1/2 miles away. if they can make the run, then they are good-to-go to the game.
|3 weeks 6 days ago
|On The TV
not being a smart-aleck, but today i will call the satellite company and have our TV activated for the next 3 months of college football season as we have for years. on actual game days we always have some of our sons playing football and i coach, so we miss some michigan games. we will watch as a family if/as time allows. if the game is not good, we just go on to the many other activities that fill the day and will check the score here and there.
for lloyd's last game against florida i went out back and bow hunted during the second half. i knew i wouldn't enjoy the game since it was a nail-biter with hart fumbling for the first time in his career. when i got out of the tree stand i got the great news of the win. go blue.
|4 weeks 1 hour ago
|One Did One Frog Say to the Other
as they sat upon the lillipads?
'time's fun when you're havin flies'
|4 weeks 6 hours ago
|So Let's Have Another Verse Thats
worse than the other verse,
and waltz me around by my willie!
there once was a man named makeever (makeever!)
who once made love to a beaver! (a beaver!)
that result of that muck
was a canvas back duck,
two canoes and a golden retriever!
oh, aye, aye, ya, ya,
your mother swims after troop ships,
so lets have another verse.....
|4 weeks 8 hours ago
|How 'Bout This One:
(said in an austrian accent)
what is good in life?!
to crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women!
|4 weeks 15 hours ago
|Did You Hear About the Seamstress
who couldn't mend straight?
(say it fast, you'll get it....)
|4 weeks 23 hours ago
|Father/Son With Oldest
before he and next oldest son start to have their own games until november. see you all there.
|4 weeks 1 day ago
|Dude, You Scalp Your Girlfriend
and you can get in big, big trouble.
don't say we didn't warn you....
|4 weeks 1 day ago
|Who Is Going To The App St. Game?
time for football.
|4 weeks 1 day ago
|Favorite Hockey + Football
places i got to play - yost #1 (of course), the old olympia, both of NMU's ice rinks, lake view and the new olympic sheet they put in, and lastly munn, which had great ice.
for football, my favorite place was qualcomm, giants stadium which had the nicest piece of artificial turf i ever played on, followed by the LA coliseum which itself was in a gangster infested crud hole for which i was with my armed body guard/investigators who had my back, but the stadium itself is pretty cool.
|4 weeks 1 day ago
|The Old Windsor Arena
was the darkest place i ever remember playing hockey. the spitfire fans were no joy either. go (jr.) wings. we got in lots of fights there too, but with the players, not the fans.
|4 weeks 1 day ago
|Roger That
was there in '89, worst ever.
|4 weeks 1 day ago
|I Loved Playing at Qualcomm
perhaps my only disagreement with mgobrewmom ever. the actual grass field was decent, the locker rooms were fine, and i was always fond of the area around the stadium as opposed to most places where you find large stadiums.
|4 weeks 1 day ago
|Correct re: Yooper Dome
when we lived there we would go see the wildcats play there. kind of cool, all things considered. i always thought northern should have a solid football team given it's resources and how nice marquette is, but alas, not usually the case.
willy the wildcat walks around the stadium. he creeped oldest child out (she was quite young at the time). they host the homebuilders show there too in february, and that was very good for business in the middle of winter.
|4 weeks 1 day ago
|Thanks TIMMMAY
and to bluereign and goblue, but when you say, 'google chrome + ghostery', i only have the vaguest clue about you're talking about and i have no clue about how to implement it. i know, my bad, but there you have it. i will show this to some of my children though, and they may be able to make it work.
|4 weeks 1 day ago
|I Never Get Past the Pop-ups
on firstrow, but it doesn't help that i'm fred flintstone as it relates to computers.
|4 weeks 1 day ago
|Besides That, The Band Goes To
the stadium, heading south off of hoover goes to the west side and right under the Section 1 entrance. as they go, they play and chant. this was something totally foreign to me as a student, but i have come to enjoy it tremendously with the kids. calling bando c., and other band types on this thread, they will certainly have more insight.
as for meals, one that might fill you up until monday, to quote LSA2000, is to go to pizza bob's and get a sister ann (a folded over pizza, but it's way more than that), and a chocolate chip/coffee milk shake. your heart surgeon can thank me later....
good for you on your weekend gig with your buddy. that should be a blowout. and very, very wise to have GF as a DD. i echo others who say that a detailed interview is in order, then a pledge to marry!
|4 weeks 3 days ago
|Farm Charm Today = Shoveling Scat
and unloading feed, but thank you for the nod. i am actually looking at our bull over the top of this screen, and wondering when i'm going to 'harvest' him. it will occur sometime during football season....please, none of you let him know what i have planned for him, it's a secret.
|4 weeks 3 days ago
|If It Is, He is On His Meds
now. good for him.
|4 weeks 3 days ago
|Hat Tip To You MGoBrewMom
thanks and you would be on the list, no doubt. and my other favs are similar to yours (and a # of others), include LSA2000, s.coyote, and magnus b/c he shares a lot of info that is both interesting, and was painstakingly gathered in most instances. fav mod would be justin, who apparently took the summer off but with football on our doorstep has reacquainted himself with his computer. i know i'm forgetting more than one though, and i'll remember in the next week or two and say, 'oh yeah, that dude/dudette' and wish i could tack them on and give them a prop.
incidentally, with all this cyber-community kum-by-ya going on, can someone tell me why there isn't something like an annual (or even every home game) mgotailgate gig or bbq scheduled. anyone who would show up would have to have a pic of their avatar stuck to their forehead and all, but putting actual real faces to names would be a kick.
have a great weekend you all and go blue. T-minus 7 days and counting!
|4 weeks 3 days ago
|Get Sent To Bolivia!
they won't enforce the support order. or send them your avatar and the bit about being a 'street walking cheetah with a heart full of napalm' . i bet you get an apology and a big check...
|4 weeks 3 days ago
|Tight End
for all but one year (linebacker) right after high school. i was blessed in that i got to play for some very forward thinking OC's, and i got the ball alot. we even ran a tight end trap on occasion. i moved to H-back in some sets too.
|4 weeks 4 days ago
|Late Again, But Happy Friday
to you all.
football and out-of-town family this weekend. what about you guys?
|4 weeks 4 days ago
|There Is So Much Truth
to that statement. all the heebie-jeebies and worries of the day go right out of you with a good full pads clash, even in a practice.
|4 weeks 4 days ago
|No Thimbleberries
and no bog, but the back 40 has an area that gets pretty mucky/swampy when we have signif rain, and that is where my favorite tree stand is for bow hunting. for those who bow hunt, we are down to.....39 days until the opener. almost as good as college football season and if successful, you can eat your 'victory'!
below is a pic of blackberries, the kind you can eat, not the computer kind...
|4 weeks 4 days ago
|Nice Of You To Say
mgoviking, thank you. it is berry harvest season now. after coaching football for the 2 oldest boys tonight, i took 3 of the other children to harvest blackberries and raspberries before barn chores.
and thad, if michigan b-ball is on b-4 the end of college football we'd watch a little bit. also, though we live so far out in the boonies there is no cable, we are able to pull in one channel on the t.v. and a couple of years ago that was the one that showed michigan's run to the finals, so we did watch that game. this year we found the ncaa's on the computer, which is a lot harder than you think b/c most services will provide a download after you log in with your pre-existing cable company....something we don't have.
as a generalization we are too busy to watch t.v. anyway. we read and sing at the dinner table, oldest daughter will play piano too, very , very pleasant.
|4 weeks 4 days ago
|TV - What is Thing You Call TV?
thinking it's almost time for that 3 months of TV. None during most of the year, but with college football season pending i'm guessing next week i'll call the satellite company and tell them to turn it on for 3 months. only for football, but it's just about that time of year...
|4 weeks 5 days ago
|Michigan As The #3 Stadium?
on what planet would that be true?
|4 weeks 5 days ago
|Jeff - More Rhetorical
as opposed to a serious 'warning', like for the alien invasion that we need to prepare for.
|4 weeks 5 days ago
|At Least You'll Be
with someone you love
|4 weeks 5 days ago
|He Who Finds a Wife
finds a good thing and finds favor with the Lord.
marriage is great. choose wisely (hopefully she says 'yes'!), and go from there. i used the element of surprise when i asked. i totally faked out mgofiance (now 18+ years mgowife) by popping the question at Christmas dinner in front of the whole family. good thing she said 'yes' on that one.
|4 weeks 5 days ago
|Don't Laugh
you are all forgetting the volcano of april 2010 that diverted air travel all over the world for a few weeks. i had to find a last minute revised route to africa because europe was basically closed to air traffic.
|4 weeks 5 days ago
|How Incredibly Stupid Is That?
miss four games and give away how many hundreds of thousands of dollars each because dumb and dumber can't pass on sparking some herb, during the season no less. go green, go phatty blunt.
as the 3 stooges used to say, 'we got morons on our team'. i thought the lions had the market cornered in that regard. guess not.
|4 weeks 5 days ago
|East Side
of detroit.
|4 weeks 5 days ago
|I'll Be Coaching Youth Football
this weekend. then to see siblings at the cottage, one of whom lost is wife 2 months ago. will be a nice time to hang out and not have too many distractions as all of us are leaving our respective spouses and children home.
|4 weeks 6 days ago
|NSFW means
what exactly?
i'm so not hip....
|4 weeks 6 days ago
|Playing Hockey at Michigan
my favorite weight gain meal was a sister ann from pizza bobs, and i'd get a combo, chocolate chip/coffee milk shake.
playing football in socal, it would have been getting two 'double doubles' from in-n-out burger, with fries and a chocolate shake, or if i was at a diner i'd order like a dozen eggs over easy, 3 orders of wheat toast, and a roast beef sandwich. as they say, you've got to eat big to get big.
p.s. when we were growing up downstate my father and gordie were good buddies and the families were friendly. when my dad passed away 3 years ago he left me/us the jersey gordie gave him when i was born, his white red wings (at the time the away jersey) captain's jersey. us siblings donated it to the red wings and they have it up somewhere at the joe i believe.
|4 weeks 6 days ago
|Thank You for Posting Those
i remember watching that 1986 game at the malibu inn, out in socal. go blue!
|4 weeks 6 days ago
|So Justin, Answer the Questions
enquiring minds want to know. what was your first job, etc.?
|4 weeks 6 days ago
|What is Up With New Avatar?
old one wear out?
|4 weeks 6 days ago
|Beuhler? Beuhler?! BisB?
yes nicole? my brother's best friend's neighbor's mechanic overheard someone saying that BisB answered a question in history class and nearly died. and then he went to michigan.
|5 weeks 51 min ago
|Beat Ohio
but miller recover, so we can beat you again!
|5 weeks 6 hours ago
|And You Can See Him
saying , 'aw fu....' stay classy, cleveland.
|5 weeks 6 hours ago
|I Hope I Never Measure
right and wrong by observing how a buckeye behaves and using that as a baseline. i mean, i get what you both are saying, but it's football, it's exciting and great fun, it's not life or death (it's more important than that, right?)
|5 weeks 8 hours ago
|Not nt?
(old dog, new trick)
|5 weeks 16 hours ago
|All Cursed
every last one of them.
black cleats, preferrably high tops, a little white stripe somewhere, that's about it.
|5 weeks 16 hours ago
|I Remember Watching Miller
his freshman year when he was playing us and running around the big house. i knew he was a wild card with throws, but man you could see the talent, big time. would much prefer to play them at full strength in columbus, no excuses, may he best team win. if he's not had a red shirt, assumedly he can come to A2 next year and play his final game at the big house. now that would be a fine resolution to this unfortunate injury.
|5 weeks 16 hours ago
|The Dirty Dozen
with lee marvin, jim brown, charles bronson, and others. and if you post it 3 times, they'd be especially dirty and 3 dozen total.
|5 weeks 16 hours ago
|Thank You
but would not want this sound coming out of anything i own, and if one of our cows made that sound we'd put it down!
|5 weeks 17 hours ago
|Reminiscent of Animal House
where belushi comes up with a plan and otter, while dabbing at his wounds says something to the effect of, 'no, bluto's right. crazy, but right. we could use conventional weapons and cost thousands of lives and millionsof dollars, or, we could...'
but mr. kass could just be on to something. what does mrs. k say?
|5 weeks 18 hours ago
|Sandperson Cheer?
que es?
|5 weeks 18 hours ago
|Gangster Thug Punch
had the dismissal coming from the word 'go'. Mich did the right thing observing the process so they don't have to eat his scholly. and while i don't wish the lad ill, i do wish him justice and for him that should harsher than the misdemeanors he is charged with. it would be great to think his character would change, but i wouldn't bet the farm on it.
|5 weeks 18 hours ago
|I Disagree re: Nothing Good after 0200 hrs
you see, there was this one theta that.....
|5 weeks 1 day ago
|Team Photo?
either that, or we have really, really stacked that backfield and are now working with a new 'Nuss' secret weapon, the double-double tight end formation.
|5 weeks 2 days ago
|Where in Heavens
did you get a secret photo of the turtle O-line? see the top photo, a pro-set, strong right, paint turtle flex. on two. ready, break!
bottom photo? i dunno, maybe those are state turtles i n the green and we're just piling on?
|5 weeks 3 days ago
|What is "BPL"?
bo's pool league?
|5 weeks 3 days ago
|Thank You
(oh, i just couldn't help myself!)
|5 weeks 3 days ago
|Pinot Noir
beringer. nice. oldest daughter made her super-duper home-made mac cheese for us for dinner. i coached the 2 oldest sons in their first football practice of the year. the lions are actually winning right now, 13-0. harvest time is here, including fruit. it is such a great time of the year.
|5 weeks 3 days ago
|What Does 'nt' Mean?
seen it a few times now....
|5 weeks 3 days ago
|Got A Monkey
on your back, just one more slug will drown you!
(see lynyrd skynrd, circa 1977)
|5 weeks 4 days ago
|Kids Football Season Started
this week too, both high school and pop warner. coaching time is here and although it will be a couple more weeks before games, as far as i'm concerned, football season is here right now.
|5 weeks 4 days ago
|Remember, Big Brother
will be downloading your generated data too. as our youngest says, while he points alternately at his own eyes and then at you, 'i'm watching you....'
|5 weeks 4 days ago
|Definitely Improved
ads were no big deal. and i read dave brandon's explanation of improving cell coverage in the stadium, and i didn't feel like he was trying to sell me a pizza. it was....believable.
|5 weeks 6 days ago
|Cautious Optimism
about the year. the fact that devin is such a class act and that he withstood so much last year (see: playing ohio with a busted foot) is part of the reason.
go blue!
|5 weeks 6 days ago
|Vicious and Gutless
been in lots of scrapes and that is bone-chilling cowardice on display. he planned that, he set it up, he waited for his shot, he clearly had others 'in' on the plan, and he is lucky it's not a homicide. piece of depraved scat.
|6 weeks 6 hours ago
|I Played Until Our 3rd Child
was born. in fact, because mgowife was expecting and that particular child ended up being 12 days, late i missed games vs. miami and houston b/c i wouldn't travel until he was born. we've been blessed with more kids in the intervening years and i don't play anymore because of those concerns, but i'd say it can be done with 3 kids. all of mine encourage me to play now on a local semi-pro team, but i tell them 'it's not my time, it's yours. daddy had his fun'.
|6 weeks 1 day ago
my friend and i are/were a different era by a couple of decades from the lad walking on at Northwestern. my oldest brother played for the cats though, and i always pull for them except when they of course play michigan.
|6 weeks 1 day ago
|Used to Train With SEALS
when we lived out west. my closest friend/neighbor was the commander of team 1. i always told him that i admired him for his exceptional combination of ability and humility - two things i pray for more of. i bet fitz keeps him on the team no matter what, as other mgobloggers have opined as well.
|6 weeks 1 day ago
on every single one of those. in fact, double-over, including the first team to win 35 games in a single college football season. really. 35. you watch....
|6 weeks 3 days ago
|Apparently My Sarc Meter
is off. i'm sure it has to do with me being in nebraska right now....
|6 weeks 3 days ago
|Lighten Up Francis
i think most of us rightly are empathetic with the injured lads.
|6 weeks 3 days ago
|I Am In Nebraska
working behind enemy lines. my work here is done!
kidding aside, i hope those guys come back 100%. those are life-changing events.
|6 weeks 4 days ago
|I'm Out Of State
in enemy big10 territory. can i still get in on this?
incidentally, nebraska is hot, and fast, since the freeway speed is 75 mph. we better watch their ground game this year.
|7 weeks 1 day ago
|Cerrtainly Less Intense
than other tri's, but fun. and magnus, i so wish i could get you that one driver's photo. your TTB write-up on her would be a classic.
|7 weeks 1 day ago
|Thank You For That Idea
a definite possibility on the way home. other than the cluster muck drive through indiana and the start of illinois, the drive has been quite pleasant. we farm, so there was a lot to see from the road and i must confess to having some serious 'tractor envy' more than once as we plugged along. not enough to save illinois or iowa's season, but tractor envy nevertheless.
|7 weeks 1 day ago
|Family Camp;
fly-fishing, rock climbing, water-skiing, even a triathlon to compete in. it took a lot of planning with our livestock getting cared for while we're away and we had to harvest crops and a whole bunch of animals before we left, but we got 'er done.
|7 weeks 1 day ago
|A Wonderful Invite
and if i get business down there i'll try to reach out and join you. in fact, i think we should have a few get-togethers with mgobloggers especially since football season is almost upon us. some good folks on the blog and would be fun to meet the humans behind the black and white flashy lights.
|7 weeks 1 day ago
|It Means They're Getting the Band
back together! but since i have never seen urbz and craig james together, it is my opinion that 5 female band members are in grave danger! remember, you heard it here first in the pigskin preview.
|7 weeks 1 day ago
|Statistics Can Be Fun
especially when i decided that lots of those teams can go 0-12. i'm not going to let nebraska go 36-0 though, nope. maybe....9-3. sun is rising in a few minutes. i will watch those red bastards closely and see what i come up with. i might not have internet in the mountains though, so i'll have to take notes and get back to the mgogang.
|7 weeks 2 days ago
|Idea For A Big Event:
win some football games!
go blue and have a great sunday.
|7 weeks 2 days ago
|You Ring The Fire Bell
over an apple app? man, i thought you were a nigerian prince who was about to be ransomed for 7 goats and $57 million (US) dollars. talk about overreaction.
|7 weeks 2 days ago
|Well Do Tell,
why is it that we won't ever win another football game?
|7 weeks 2 days ago
|Soccer? Stadium Full of 'Red'?
bo is rolling over in his grave! what's next, coaches singing at senior dinner....oh. we did that. the RR guy. never mind.
|7 weeks 3 days ago
|$0 - We Live in the Boonies!
so there isn't cable service out here. we do have a TV, but it's not hooked up to anything. typically at labor day i will get a month-to-month satellite deal with direct TV and that will run us about $59-69/mo. we pull the plug after the nat'l championship game and no more TV until it's time for Michigan to play football again. used dish for this a couple of years but their customer service was apparently run by buckeyes.
|7 weeks 3 days ago
|Holy Wah!
'ba dum bump' is the onomatopeia for the drum beat that accompanies the delivery of a punch line by those cheesey comedians. think henny youngman, 'take my wife, please!'
not down south tonight, though we are headed to colorado sunday for camping, rock climbing, waterskiing, fly-fishing and i even get to do a (short) triathlon. so it's all good even if we're not in da UP.
|7 weeks 3 days ago
|Yo, Thad, I told You
the mgoworld wouldn't like it. fwiw, i didn't neg bang you man. better luck next time and go blue!
|7 weeks 4 days ago
go wings will be here all week folks. don't forget to tip the waitstaff or else they'll stop feeding him drinks. and remember, friday night is fish fry night so bring the whole family...
|7 weeks 4 days ago
|Suns Out, Friday is Here
we are blue,
and so are you!
|7 weeks 4 days ago
you better deliver the goods man, or you are in big trouble with the mgoworld. and it's friday too, so you don't want to start a posbang with a negbang. we're waiting....
|7 weeks 4 days ago
|In the Bowels Of The Store
is where they keep the 'crappers'. book her, and get a stool sample!
|7 weeks 4 days ago
|Good Insight
both as to the cows (an everyday occurrence) and the article. maybe the big east revenue is from 2012?
|7 weeks 6 days ago
|Ever Notice You Don't See
urbz and craig james at the same time? are there 5 missing ladies of the night in orlando? enquiring minds want to know!
|7 weeks 6 days ago
|Gotta Pull For A Kid
like that. just have to. lets hope he continues to mature as a person and a football player.
|7 weeks 6 days ago
|Gut Shot
no wonder you are a -59 pts at this writing. it is trolling season though. fish on!
|7 weeks 6 days ago
|Word: He Lives Inside a Bong
otherwise it's real tough to get that much into your system. in michigan the michigan state police crime lab claims to be able to measure down to 1 ng (they flatter themselves), but unless someone has a MMMA card (michigan medical mj act) there is a 'zero tolerance' for TCH in a driver's system and measuring to 13-16 ng is not tough. the feds are working on standards in the 5-7 ng range for being 'under the influence'.
|8 weeks 8 hours ago
|Only A Hot Seat At the Fringe
meaning, only in the highly unlikely state of affairs of, say, another season like last and where we lose all of the 'big 3' in some pretty ugly fashion. in other words, hoke would have to go down like rich rod did in his last season and quite frankly that is extremely unlikely.
so, no more 'hot seat' b.s., football cometh, and that right soon. go blue!
|8 weeks 1 day ago
|Post Photos
or it didn't happen!
glad you made it though - and with some dicey weather if i read correctly about it being up by little traverse bay.
|8 weeks 2 days ago
|Handwriting Is Important Learning
for the little ones. lots of thoughtfulness in real letters, like the 'thank you' letters we have our kids send at various times, 'get well' cards, things like that. i think it's something of a lost art and we have found people appreciate getting things like that in the snail mail.
|8 weeks 2 days ago
|Up North
and it is now beautiful outside. about to light the BBQ and get to that glass of red wine.
|8 weeks 2 days ago
|Providence Exists
and so does/do flaming cars at OSU games. beautiful!
|8 weeks 2 days ago
|Well Gosh BrewMom
thanks. consider yourself e-hugged (in a completely platonic, non-threatening and non-suggestive manner). i think we all would agree you are the favorite mgogirl-posters.
|8 weeks 3 days ago
|Literally Every Murder
i ever prosecuted started with the phrase, 'where you from?', meaning, 'what gang are you from since you aren't from mine and i want to know who i'm about to kill'. kind of like asking a woman if she's pregnant, but in that instance usually only one person dies...
|8 weeks 3 days ago
1987 - Ice T.
the movie it was written for used to describe an important part of life for me and my task force, back in the day.
|8 weeks 3 days ago
|Two Part Answer
1. have contemplated grape growing on some of the south facing slopes as we are in a reasonably good climate to give that a shot. some mgovino would be very nice.
2. beloved bride (and i) is quite busy with our children, their schooling, sports, the farm, etc. so i wouldn't want to add that to her plate. if we grow grapes, i'll do the added labor.
|8 weeks 3 days ago
|6 Permanent Stands
around the farm, a couple of mobile ones that don't move much. I have done some clearing with the brush hog in what we call fields 1 and 2. will probably put in some rye in field 2 in the next month.
and you, JT, bow hunter?
|8 weeks 4 days ago
|You're Funny Mgobrewmom
- not sarcastic. my mgowife walks on water as far as i am concerned. and while i don't post pics like mgrowold does (tastefully) we were watching our old wedding video last week for our anniversary with all the kids, and i couldn't help but repeatedly mention her beauty is/was phenomenol. now couched with 'for our age', but still a blessing. and of course as we get older we all realize character is far more important than beauty, but beauty is certainly a bonus.
|8 weeks 4 days ago
|Good Friday To You All
it's great to be in michigan in the summer.
|8 weeks 4 days ago
|Justin - It's Your Duty
to talk your best friend out of marrying that ohio girl! what kind of best friend would let that happen? what's next, letting him marry a taliban girl?
|8 weeks 4 days ago
|Love Keith Jackson
doing michigan football. don't have time to watch all of this, but thanks for posting. old time memories.
|8 weeks 4 days ago
|I Married a USC Grad
and it was easily the best decision of my life. she loves michigan now, but we had to work that out when we were courtin'!
|8 weeks 5 days ago
|Great Shots
who is in the photo in the middle, besides of course Bo on the far right?
and can you imagine if we had a modern day 'biff' mascot? oh man, let's go find those stupid sparty and buckeye mascots - game on!
|8 weeks 5 days ago
|I'm Fired?
not again?! what did i do this time?
|8 weeks 5 days ago
|To Say Nothing About
'there's something about shooting the bear and catching the salmon, and eating them both'. living off the land and sea up there will help anyone reorient on what is important and necessary in life. and you are right, the intensity of some of the encounters is really part of the fun/thrill.
|8 weeks 5 days ago
hands down the most beautiful place on the planet. phenomenol hunting, fishing (fly and deep sea), skiing, hiking, boating, rafting, climbing. alaskans are fun too, generally very helpful. remember one thing about visiting though. locals say 'anchorage, only 1/2 hour away from alaska' in reference to the seedy urban element that lives in anchorage and is so out of place in the beauty and wilderness that is the rest of the state.
|8 weeks 5 days ago
|First Post?
welcome. what does you fax/avatar say? too small and murky to read...
|8 weeks 5 days ago
|My Kids Loved It
they get the fact that winning is tough and wins aren't handed out like candy canes at a Christmas party. excellent video.
|8 weeks 6 days ago
|Been to ND Twice
once in the '70's to see my oldest brother play them, once in the '80's to see all our friends play them, and watch AC run a punt back and hand us the ball. the ND fans were fine then, but things change.
saw mich pound IU down in bloomington in the '80's too. nice fans, no problems. it was the first time i heard a fan base yell 'I-U-D' when we had the ball. i giggled like a school kid.
been to evanston to see NW play, but not against michigan. low-key, decent small stadium, and i always root for the cats as long as they aren't playing our wolverines.
now if you want to talk hockey venues, that is a different matter. i will say playing in columbus wasn't that big of a deal, and i will confirm a prior post that i always thought munn (MSU"s arena) had the best ice besides ours.
|8 weeks 6 days ago
|Plus You Must Wait To
set up the counter, a great play if (big 'if') your running is making some progress.
|8 weeks 6 days ago
|So If You Don't Mind Sharing
how'd that mid-year review go...?
back to the video - i played tight end for nearly 20 years so it was very enjoyable to watch a high-level coach at work with a position i am quite familiar with.
|8 weeks 6 days ago
|God Bless That Young Man
and our beloved university of michigan. i just let most of the kids watch that and they loved it, as of course did i. great story.
|9 weeks 18 hours ago
|55-56 Degrees Is the Lowest
water temp i'll swim in. otherwise the headache lasts too long. i am, shall we say, ahead on my eating so my body adapts pretty quick even at those lower temps. i have avoided getting a wet suit all these years as somehow that would ruin the reason for being out there.
found a rather large anchor and chain today at about the 1/2 mile mark - drug it up to shore and kept swimming. it was big enough for mgrowold's boat, surprised the drunken owner didn't try to retrieve it.
|9 weeks 19 hours ago
|Not A Scowl Photo
look where he is. i think it might be a 'what is that smell' photo. (i kid, i kid)
|9 weeks 21 hours ago
|Great Pic and Trip Debrief
thanks for sharing and it's very cool that you apparently had super calm water. as for time, you realize that if you ran 150 miles over 3.5 hrs your speed was over 40 mph. maybe your boat is a little faster than you thought, (or our navigator needs a tune up on chart reading.)
fun to get some insight into folks you see posting. and it's true, you are way young to be 'mgrowold'. maybe you should switch to: 'mgettingtomiddleagewithveryprettywife'.
|9 weeks 21 hours ago
|I Swim A Mile
most every work day of the summer up here in GT bay. the water finally got over 60 last week. it is very pleasant right now, albeit about 4-6 weeks later than normal. swimming as late into october as i can tolerate it, but with all the global warming we had this winter, i'm not thinking i'll make october swimming this year.
|9 weeks 2 days ago
|Like a Scene Out of The Excorcist
the power of michigan compels you!
|9 weeks 3 days ago
|As My Dad Used to Say
about his trainer plane (BT-13) when he was getting ready for the P-51's they would end up flying, 'wheels down and welded!'
fly safely.
|9 weeks 3 days ago
|Up North
we are going to be dry until probably tuesday, so even if i don't get to baling it tomorrow, i still have a couple of days that i can get 'er done and not worry about soggy hay becoming a mold problem.
|9 weeks 3 days ago
|What's Not to Like?
with phil's line score: 17 pitches, only 7 strikes, a hit and 2 walks. it's all good man!
|9 weeks 3 days ago
|A Dry Thread?
heavens no! rosemount shiraz.
and what the heck just happened to the tigers? i take the kids out to do barn chores, feed cattle, etc., and i come back to a 7 run pasting by the indians. which one of you is going to admit it's your fault?
dinner is some of the cows that have gone before, you know, that we processed and made into various cuts. tonight they are burgers. very enjoyable when you can do-it-yourself with food. hay is cut, will bale tomorrow after kids' b-ball tournament.
|9 weeks 4 days ago
|Stud Runner
hopefully makes for an equally great coach. he is definitely a 'michigan man'. go blue!
|9 weeks 5 days ago
|We Raise Hundreds
of fighing chickens just like these little guys, but out in our fields this time of year. we even use the same watering devices (the red bells hanging from above). it's just that after this september, i guess we'll have to go somewhere besides south bend to find our chickens!
|9 weeks 5 days ago
|Anatomy Of A Murder
(filmed in the UP), patton, rocky. those are some classics you could honor the big house with.
please no chick flick.
|9 weeks 6 days ago
|Family Taken to Ohio?!
good gracious man, call the cops! somebody save them!
|10 weeks 15 hours ago
|Standard First Sentence
handed out about 2000 time a day throughout our state. neither better nor worse, zero favoritism or extra punishment.
|10 weeks 15 hours ago
|You Received an Illegal Sentence
MIP has no provision for probation and it's illegal for the court to require such. neither is the court allowed to use it's contempt powers to boot strap an MIP into a jail sentence. the court must offer a deferred sentence for an MIP first, and may not incarcerate under any circumstances for that offense.
case that holds this is People v. John Williams, and it comes from Oakland county.
|10 weeks 20 hours ago
|Used to Crew Out of Keane's
on the detroit river back in the day. you are a solid 8 hours away at a true cruising speed of about 20 mph. add an hour for the gas stop since you'll be waiting for others and your sons will want to buy stuff at the marina store, and you should have enough cushion with a 9 hr estimate. mgowife will not like lake st. clair if it's windy or busy since it is so shallow. suggest you start at first light out of PIB so you can get to lake st. clair before mid-day. if it's really crappy and wife is bilging overboard you could suck up behind a freighter and that should help - but be careful.
customs is the other issue, but it's been a while since i've gone. suggest you contact canadian customs now, and don't forget passports just in case.
|10 weeks 2 days ago
|I Was Kidding
about the free grill, but it must be one heck of a grill that gets a $500 gift certificate.
lived south of you for a number of years, back in the '80's, in the topanga state forest. i'm guessing valencia has changed a lot since then.
|10 weeks 2 days ago
|Only 7
but none of drinking age. they are of fun ages though, and all of them participated in a busy farm day which included an informal (and split up by hours) triathlon interspersed with other chores, plantings, some bull wrangling, etc.
|10 weeks 2 days ago
|What Do You Soak
the cherries in, and for how long?
|10 weeks 2 days ago
|Cool - That Had to Be Fun
thanks for sharing. i heard a rumor that they're free for U of M alum, can you verfiy that?
what city was the commercial filmed in?
|10 weeks 2 days ago
|Cupcake - Velvet Red
home-grown steaks about to go on the grill. barn chores done just in front of a signif rain coming our way. we left the cows out though. they are waterproof and there's too many to clean up after.
|10 weeks 3 days ago
|What Does Your Avatar Say?
assumedly all those hiroglyphics mean something. enquiring minds want to know....
|10 weeks 3 days ago
|Lagunitas at 0538 Hours?
b-brown, you might want to old off on that til, say, noon?
|10 weeks 3 days ago
|Joe Nathan
is about to kill his own team (again). a single. a walk. cover your eyes.
and nice quad post. judge's score = 10. the most i've ever done is a double. feeling inadequate...
|10 weeks 3 days ago
|Hold It Just A Minute - Stop Right There
let me see some I.D. no, not your student card or that mgoblog license you carry, your drivers' licenses. that's right, all of you and i mean right now!
yep, just what I thought. you are underage. every last one of you. looks like you stole some of that booze too. well, i'm in a good mood tonight. no ticket, but i'll be confiscating all that fancy booze you guys are fond of. give it over right here. the wine too, don't try to walk away. okay, now get out of here and next time, i might not be so nice.
|10 weeks 4 days ago
|Has Phil Coke Turned the Corner?
i'm not enough of a fan to have studied his latest games and box scores, but the last few weeks i've seen his line scores they all seem to be pretty good. no more 22 pitches, 14 hits, 7 earned run lines. change for good or just a good patch before the wheels come off again?
|10 weeks 4 days ago
|Angel Dust + Whiskey?
now that would be one strong drink. hide the women and children.
|10 weeks 4 days ago
|And Tell Him Don
said 'get off my damn lawn, stone hands!'
|10 weeks 5 days ago
|Welcome Home
we'll leave the light on. take a right just after you smell cleveland and you will be home.
|10 weeks 5 days ago
|Rosemount Shiraz
barn chores done. mama making dinner for the family.
|10 weeks 5 days ago
|Happy Birthday LSA
don't fear 36. lots of great living in your 30's. and wait until you get my age: they have to call the fire department to put the candles out.
|11 weeks 8 hours ago
|Mastadons to The Left!
mastadons to the right!
stand up, sit down,
fight, fight, fight!


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Build Without Promises1 Reviews
I'm repairing myself slowly.
I'm slowly building myself back up,
Replacing the puzzle pieces,
I'm repairing myself slowly,
So that I can normally breathe again.
I thought I was destroyed,
Broken beyond repair,
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I remind myself that I shouldn't,
I shouldn't slip back into my old ways,
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TEAMtalk columnist Danny Mills discusses Chelsea, Manchester City and 'wounded animal' United in his first Mills & Boom of the 2012-13 season.
Welcome to my first Mills & Boom column of the 2012-13 season.
It's all change this season as the TEAMtalk lads are putting up an audio link of our interviews for you listen to - then comment on.
As usual I'll be discussing all the major talking points from the Premier League and beyond, and this week I'm debating the title race, Manchester City's new signing Jack Rodwell and the wounded animal that is Manchester United.
I quite fancy Chelsea to be challenging for title glory - but Roberto Di Matteo will need to start delivering decent displays from the off if he is to keep Roman Abramovich happy following the Blues' spending spree, which has still left them looking a bit light in attack.
City have only added Rodwell to their ranks so far - but they desperately need a new centre-back in my opinion, as I'm not so sure Joleon Lescott is the real deal at Champions League level.
Roberto Mancini's men will be right up there again this season, but winning back-to-back titles is so hard, especially when you factor in the wounded animal that is Sir Alex Ferguson's United troops, who will be fired up to bring the trophy back to Old Trafford.
Click here to listen to my full interview with Dave Reed.
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Travel on a budget: The all-inclusive vacation
Published on - July 2nd, 2013 (by Holly Johnson)
This post is from staff writer Holly Johnson.
Last year, I was talking with a friend right after she had returned from a relaxing week in the Caribbean. "We did an all-inclusive," she said to me with a glimmer in her eyes. "A what?" I had no idea what she was talking about. After chatting about it for a quite a while, she clued me in on how an all-inclusive vacation works and what some of the perks were. To say I was intrigued would be an epic understatement. According to my friend, she could travel to any all-inclusive vacation spot in the Caribbean or Mexico and have almost everything included in one low price. I couldn't believe what I was hearing; my friend and her husband had paid only $700 per person for an entire week at an all-inclusive resort in Cancun. Not only were their flights and lodging included in her cost, but all of their food and drinks (even alcohol) were included as well. She seemed downright enthusiastic about their experience and went on and on about how amazing the whole thing was. I had to find out more.
To satisfy my curiosity, I started playing around with dates and locations on travel sites like Expedia and Travelocity. What I found out was a complete jolt to my system: all-inclusive vacations were cheap. Dirt cheap. Since I love to travel and hate to spend money, I started to wonder if I should go on an all-inclusive vacation myself. My husband and I had been putting off a honeymoon for nearly seven years at that point, mostly due to being stingy with our cash. Could an all-inclusive vacation provide the answer?
Our first all-inclusive
Once I showed my husband my research, he quickly got on board. Of course. Why wouldn't he want to travel to a tropical beach and enjoy unlimited food and drinks all day and night? We bounced back and forth between several locations. I initially had my heart set on going to Aruba. However, my enthusiasm waned as the price crept slowly upward with each passing week. Then it was Club Med in Turks and Caicos. Then Jamaica. Then Mexico. We ultimately chose to do our first all-inclusive vacation in the Dominican Republic. When all was said and done, we paid less than $1000 per person including airfare to spend 7 days and 6 nights at an all-inclusive resort in Punta Cana.
The hotel's website made it look too good to be true — with tropical beaches and lush landscaping, live entertainment, and six restaurants and seven bars at our disposal. As our vacation date approached, I started to wonder if the resort could possibly deliver what it promised for the price we paid. Regardless, I decided to go with an open mind and low expectations. Even if it was awful, I would still get a kid-free week with my husband and the honeymoon that we never had. "I'm going to have a good time no matter what," I told my husband as we boarded the plane.
All worries were completely dashed from my mind when we arrived at the resort. It definitely delivered what it promised –and then some. I nearly cried when I saw the pristine beaches and absolute beauty of the area where we would be staying. It was then and there that I totally understood why my friend had promised that "once you go all-inclusive, you never go back." It finally made sense.
The pros of an all-inclusive vacation
Most all-inclusive resorts are located on beaches in Mexico and in the various islands scattered throughout the Caribbean. However, some all-inclusive resort chains like Club Med offer all-inclusive vacations in varying landscapes all over the world. Regardless, the general premise for all-inclusive resorts is the same: they offer lodging, entertainment, and all food and drinks for one low price. It is also possible to book a package including airfare which can trigger an additional discount.
The benefits of choosing an all-inclusive vacation are too numerous to count. First, they take the guessing game out of the cost of your vacation by letting you pay for all of your meals up front. Second, aside from the cost of transportation to your resort and some money to tip the staff, you may not need to fork over any cash during your trip at all. Every all-inclusive resort is different, but some offer live entertainment, live music, and high-quality shows on the premises. Others include some activities in the cost of your trip, such as zumba classes, water aerobics, kayaking, boogie boarding, and board games.
All-inclusive trips are also incredibly easy to plan. Aside from selecting a resort, choosing flights, and arranging for transportation, very little else needs to be done. Once you arrive at the resort, you also don't have to worry about how to get from one place to another or where you're going to eat. Everything has already been thought of and is ready and waiting upon your arrival.
The cons of an all-inclusive vacation
Although an all-inclusive vacation can get you a lot of bang for your buck, it doesn't really allow you to immerse yourself in the local culture and customs of the country you're visiting. If all you do is plop yourself down on a tropical beach with a drink in hand, you may not get to experience much of what the country has to offer. However, staying at an all-inclusive resort shouldn't hold you back from experiencing some local culture. Most resorts offer excursions by trained guides who will take you off of the resort to visit some of the local attractions. If you're staying in a particularly safe area, you can even take a taxi into town to explore on your own.
If you read vacation reviews, the number one complaint about all-inclusive resorts is the food. Although some all-inclusive resorts have restaurants where you can order off of the menu, almost all of them offer the main portion of their meals buffet style. I personally don't mind eating at a buffet as long as there is something that I can eat. However, not everyone is a fan of buffet-style dining. If you can generally find something to eat wherever you go, the food selection would probably be fine. However, those looking for a culinary experience should probably choose a vacation where the dining options are more varied.
Tips for selecting an all-inclusive resort
I've written about the value of vacation before, and I truly believe that all-inclusive resorts offer a lot of value for your money. If you're looking for a relaxing trip on a budget, an all-inclusive vacation may be right up your alley. Here are some tips for those looking for the perfect all-inclusive resort:
- Shop around. Make sure to check travel sites like Expedia, Travelocity, and Priceline for the best deal. You can also use these sites to include airfare in your total cost.
- Be flexible with dates. Consider arriving and departing mid-week or vacationing off-peak to get the best deal.
- Be flexible with your location. If you have your heart set on a particular resort, you may end up paying more. Instead, be flexible when it comes to where you stay. Consider a resort that is having a sale or even staying in an alternate location.
Have you ever been on an all-inclusive vacation? If so, what did you think?
DH went to one once, as his sister decided to do a destination wedding at an all-inclusive somewhere in Mexico.
As you said, his main complaint was that the food was awful. We don't have any problem with buffets, but we do have a problem with bad food.
I have found that cruises offer MUCH better food than all inclusives. But for us the all inclusive is not only peace of mind (no searching for the local "good" restaurant) but a better price. We can often travel AI cheaper than airfare alone!
Also check out Groupon Getaways. They have some ridiculous deals on there, including some all-inclusive resorts.
As I started reading the article I was mildly surprised that everyone didn't know about all-inclusives. I live in NS Canada and so many people go on these trips to break up the winter. I've been too cheap thus far but Punta Cana, Jamaica, Cuba, the Dominican are all very popular and regularly posted by colleagues / friends on FB. I've never heard anyone regret going (even a secretary in my dept said a week of non-stop rain in Cuba was fun due to the treatment of staff).
One of the most awesome trips we ever took was the Melia Bavaro resort on Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic. A true taste of tropical paradise. Good choice!
Getting there was a rough drive through the "cana" Sugar Cane fields, but when we arrived it was this beautiful oasis.
The only all inclusive we ever tried outside of that trip was Jamaica which was practically wiped out by a hurricane before out trip. So we cancelled that trip and went to Costa Rica instead, where we decided to live for three years after having made several visits there. Wouldn't trade that experience for the world.
We've done the all inclusive thing in Jamaica, Virgin Islands, and Cancun with different levels of "inclusiveness".
For those places that offer various "inclusiveness" packages, you will almost always find it to be cheaper to NOT include drinks unless each person is planning to drink 10+ drinks a day. Make sure to check it out, unless you're a heavy drinker, just go with the meal option.
Also, a cruise is probably the most expensive "all inclusive" you can get. Please don't do this option unless you have a lot of money to throw around!
Cruises can be quite cheap! We took a $400/week cruise from New Orleans to three Caribbean destinations. With tips, it was just over $500 for each adult, and our son was maybe $200. It was a steal, especially considering free child care.
We were just considering some from Seattle or Vancouver to Alaska in the $350/7 days range.
We must have done something wrong then, because we don't drink or gamble and it cost us a ton!
We did a 7-day cruise out of San Juan Puerto Rico…
We've done cruises and here's what we like about them versus an all-inclusive:
1. They take you to several islands, not just one. You get to see a bit of each place and determine where you'd like to visit again.
2. They have good entertainment. Not sure what all-inclusives have.
3. There are a variety of dining options.
As for costs, we found the best deals (assuming you're not waiting until the last minute and trying to jump on a deal) at Costco of all places.
This said, we're looking at an all-inclusive for our next vacation (now that we have 3-4 islands we know we like a lot.)
There are some good deals on cruises. I think the cruise lines make a lot of their money on extras like gambling, drinking, spas, etc. If you don't do as much of those activities, you can save a lot.
Just within the past year we went to our first all inclusive. LOVED it and it makes everything so much easier.
We went to Excellence Punta Cana last year for our honeymoon and it was amazing! I enjoyed the food as well. Except for breakfast, which you could order in room service at no additional charge, most of the restaurants allowed you to order off the menu for lunch and dinner.
That's where we honeymooned too! I loved the trip even though I usually prefer my vacation to be slightly educational. We could sit around and do almost nothing.
We've never been on one ourselves, but definitely plan on it. We've had several friends go on an all-inclusive vacation and they absolutely loved it. I usually like to get to enjoy some of the local culture when we travel, but there's nothing wrong at all with sitting on the beach with a drink in hand.
My brother and his wife do all-inclusive every year, for free. Apparently they sit through this time-share seminar that takes up an entire saturday for them, which they hate. But when you do that, they give you a free, all-inclusive vacation that rocks. The hitch of course, is that most people who go with the intent of just getting a free vacay end up buying a time-share, but my brother and his wife are pretty strong. They ignore everything that's said all day, up until the point where they sign off on their free all-inclusive!
Not bad, if you both have the will of steel to walk away as planned. I do, sadly DH does not. He'd cave after an hour
I've done all-inclusive in Jamaica (twice) and Mexico. Food was always delicous, whether plated or buffet style. I agree that an AI vacation can insulate you from the local culture. But it really depends on what you're looking for in a vacation, so I think AIs have a place.
I've been fortunate to have visited more than a dozen all-inclusive resorts for work, mainly in the Caribbean. (I know, I know, but hey, someone has to do it.)
Most resorts do have sit-down menu restaurants, but the trick is to make your reservations first thing, even while you're checking in. Most guests try to do it at the spur of the moment, and that's too late. The sit-downs are solidly booked all the time.
The other thing is to do research ahead of time about excursions. The internet is usually much better at listing all available excursions. The concierge at the resort typically only pushes the trips the resort gets a kickback on.
Overall, though, Holly is right: all-inclusive is hard to beat in terms of value for money.
Cross reference your trip planning with trip advisor. I do this with ever trip, national and international,, all-inclusive or not, that i've planned and it has added great value. You typically can find detailed information on every resort, hotel, restaurant, activities, etc in the reviews which are ranked and additional information in the forums plus you can email people if you have specific questions. Having been to many islands and Punta cana for the first time just recently, I have found PC very nice in comparison. Of course I made sure the resort was highly reviewed with great feedback across the board on different topics. If you just take a shot in the dark or go with the cheapest you can be on the receiving end of some very unpleasant surprises including horrific food, service, construction on resort right outside your room, pools closed, etc..
I second the comments on Groupon getaways, cheapcaribbean.com, and checking out Trip Advisor.
My first AI was this past February in Montego bay, Jamaica. My BF had a mild heart attack and subsequent heart cath & stent, and was released from the hospital less than a week before we left, so sitting on the beach for a few days just soaking up the sun was just what we needed! We'll definitely do the AI thing again. In fact, we may never do anything else when going to a tropical climate.
Full disclosure: I am an airline employee so not only can I fly for next to nothing (have to pay taxes on flights outside of the US), but I also have access to a special vacation website for airline employees. The price we paid for a vacation in February was very close to the cost of the off-season Groupon deal. I didn't check any other websites prior to booking our vacation, but maybe I will the next time to make sure it's really a good deal – and if it is, I'll feel good about how much I'm saving!
Is so much better with a trip advisor, every tim all-inclusive. Is just so much better.
I guess I had ruled out all inclusives because of subconscious biases.
But realizing that can go to one of these places for a week for less than what it would cost to stay at the beach 3 hours away in same state, that's crazy. If true that makes the trip inexpensive enough to budget for outside resort activities, so can have both relaxation and experience a different culture.
My wife and I have done All-Inclusives in Montego Bay, Jamaica; Cancun, Mexico and Punta Cana, Dominican Republic… Our favorite so far is Majestic Elegance in DR (great resort and spectacular spa). We're doing The Hilton Rose Hall in Jamaica, this year and planning to do St. Lucia next year with the kids.
Make sure you do the research and READ READ READ lots of REVIEWS!
We love all inclusives and are planning one later this month in Mexico. I agree that it's a very simple way to plan and budget a vacation. I've tried all different variations of vacation budgets and can't find a better deal for my family needs.
For the upcoming trip which we're paying $4500 for, we get:
- 5 nights in a 5-star hotel
- Adjoining rooms (1 for the kids)
- All drinks, food, etc…
- Resort credit for extra stuff (spa, golf, etc)
- Flights and transfer from airport to hotel
For us, I could not put this together for that price for a hotel as nice without going all-inclusive. Besides, it's very convenient to not pay for anything. The other benefit is that you stop worrying about what stuff costs because you've really already paid for it.
Again, for our needs, all-inclusive is the absolute best. When we plan a vacation, we almost exclusively look at resorts with this option.
I think the all inclusive vacations are great if you just want to hang out at the resort (and especially if you plan to drink many alcoholic beverages). If you plan on going into town or going on excursions, then you are better off just booking a hotel and paying for things separately. Sometimes because it is so hot I have found that I don't nearly need to eat and drink as much as they offer at the all inclusive resorts, anyways.
Thank you, Holly, for this timely article. All too often most of the travel/vacation related articles I read on personal finance websites usually include some amount of discomfort to save money. I don't want to sleep in a room full of strangers or carry a heavy sack on my back to save a dime. For me that defeats the whole purpose of relaxation which is my definition of a vacation. For those reasons all-inclusive sounds great to me.
The cons you mentioned is worrisome for me, especially food. As someone with food allergies I can't leave it up to them to pick out my meals so I would have to do a lot of research before booking anything. Also my chronic illnesses has me very heat intolerant so vacationing in a hot humid climate will not work for me. I will have to see if they are any all-inclusive vacation spots in temperate climates, but I doubt it since tropical vacations are still very popular.
Be careful when planning a trip to Punta Cana. While many of the resorts will claim to be in Punta Cana, they're actually located a couple hours away. My wife and I accidentally booked a trip to one of these, and while the stay was nice, it wasn't anything in comparison to the trips we were told about for the resorts in Punta Cana proper.
I've been to a couple all-inclusives. One was in Cabo, Mexico and the other was in St. Lucia. The one in St. Lucia was horrible (it was called Coconut Bay Resort by the way) and the one in Mexico was amazing. I've learned to do my research on Trip Advisor when picking out an all-inclusive because of that. One similarity between the two was that the food at the restaurants were mediocre at best.
I'm also one of those that doesn't like to sit around at a resort a lot and likes to go and find local culture so one thing to keep in mind when looking at all-inclusives is to ask yourself if you're actually going to eat, drink, and enjoy enough resort ammenities that make up for the overall price that you pay. If not, then you might want to consider another option.
Hi Holly. I found that when I was working an all-inclusive was exactly what I needed as there was no time to figure things out and learn the culture. Now that I am semi-retired though, I definitely prefer the holiday where I book my flight and my first two nights (more if it is high season)and then just follow whatever happens. I feel like I connect more and really 'see' the places that I go. I also found that the low cost hostels that I stayed in were less expensive than an all inclusive so my money went further and when I am semi-retired that gives me a lot more travel for my money.
I've never been on an all inclusive vacation. I've always thought that I could do thinks cheaper if I did it piece by piece.
Well, since our whole intention in traveling is to experience local culture and eat well, it sounds like these types of vacations are not for us. Neither of us is 'beach people' anyway; I lived in LA for 9 years and maybe went to the beach three times, while he grew up in San Diego and no other beach on earth can possible compare.
However, we have gotten some pretty good almost-all-inclusive deals on some recent trips. Two years ago we went to Scotland on a package including airfare, car rental, 5 nights' stay anywhere in the country and 5 breakfasts for just over $2000 per person. Of course we spent a lot more on other meals, gas, shopping, and sightseeing, but we still feel like we got a deal. And we wandered the entire country, stopping where we liked, meeting interesting people, seeing amazing things. This year we got one to Dublin, airfare plus four nights in a hotel (with breakfast) for less than $600 per person. We spent any money we saved on a day trip to Cardiff in the middle of our stay, but it was spectacularly worthwhile.
To each their own.
We live in Australia, and have been on a couple of (almost) all-inclusive trips, to Singapore and New Caledonia. Both times it was a really easy way to explore a new place, without having to spend too much time or energy planning. It was definitely a nice way to 'taste test' places we might want to visit in more detail later.
I have tried all inclusive travel few years ago and since then travel only like this. Just somehow like that service.
If you read vacation reviews, the number one complaint about all-inclusive resorts is the food. Although some all-inclusive resorts have restaurants where you can order off of the menu, almost all of them offer the main portion of their meals buffet style.
I only do all inclusive the best site is cheapcaribbean.com been using them for 10yrs they are the cheapest I go on vacation 3 times a year or 4 due to their prices
Did you ever think to call your local travel agent? As an agent myself, I can guarantee you a better rate than cheapcaribbean.com (who is actually just Apple Vacations in disguise) with our price beat guarantee.
I also wonder why the author advised the use of such OTAs when, again, your travel agent is always going to find you a better deal–consider that they spend a lot of their days comparing their packages to the ones being compared online. Expedia, priceline, orbitz, etc. may offer price beat guarantees, but really all they do is use robot trackers to see what adverts you've recently checked. You can always test that theory by disabling cookies and trackers on your browser.
Remember, travel agents are vacation experts and if this "well-traveled" author was using an agent she probably would have had her dream honeymoon 7 years prior. In a Sandals. At half of today's rate. Because without travel agents, Sandals wouldn't be a household name (hence the reason they name their buildings after my company's agents now).
*I speak as an agent who not only sells these destinations, but who has also visited many, and who has a bachelor's degree in travel and tourism with a focus on tourism sustainability and development.


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Recipe Review: Lillet Sin Cocktail
Straight Up Cocktails and Spirits
Want to toast the end of the summer in style? How about mixing yourself up a cool, elegant Lillet Sin?
Despite its naughty name, the Lillet Sin is actually a pretty virtuous drink. A refreshing concoction made with the silky smooth orange-flavored aperitif Lillet Blanc as a base, the recipe also calls for fresh ginger, lime, sugar, and mint, all topped up and cooled off with ice and sparkling water.
Earlier this month I was staying at a house with a garden full of mint. It was late afternoon, and I looking for something refreshing but not too boozy to serve, and found this drink on the Lillet website. The recipe seemed to be translated from the French a little imprecisely (I took "1 tspn sugar cane" to mean 1 tsp cane sugar, etc.), so there was a some minor guesswork involved in the process. In any case it turned out to be a keeper: very subtle and nuanced, with a nice little kick of spice from the ginger (I gave it all a good muddle first).
Lillet Sin (adapted from the Lillet Website)
2 ounces Lillet blanc (white Lillet)
4 ice cubes
2 tbs crushed ice (I omitted this)
3 or 4 fresh mint leaves
1 wedge lime
1 thin slice fresh ginger
1 tsp "sugar cane" (I used plain granulated sugar)
Tonic water or Perrier (I used club soda - and was actually wondering if that was what was meant by "tonic water.")
Muddle the ginger and lime together with the sugar in a tall glass. Add the Lillet and ice, and top up with club soda. Garnish with a sprig of mint.
What are you drinking during these last days of summer?
Nora Maynard is a longtime home mixologist and an occasional instructor at NYC's Astor Center. She is a contributor to The Business of Food: Encyclopedia of the Food and Drink Industries and is the recipient of the American Egg Board Fellowship in culinary writing at the Writers' Colony at Dairy Hollow. She previously covered food and drink in film at The Kitchn in her weekly column, The Celluloid Pantry.
Related: Lillet Blanc and James Bond Casino Royale (aka Vesper) Martinis
(Images: Nora Maynard)
Per serving, based on 1 servings. (% daily value)
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Beautiful photo, with the light making almost a halo on the lillet girl. Great recipe.
What am I drinking these last days of summer? Campari. Lots and lots of it.
This looks like a lot of fun. Tonic water has quinine in it and no sweetener. That's why Gin & Tonics are delicious!
I have been enjoying the aformentioned G&Ts, but am running out to get Linnet to try this one.
I've never seen Lillet in a bottle like that. Huh.
I love this cocktail. I've served it at a couple of different dinner parties and it's always a hit.


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In the early 1940s, Ray Hagie was running Hagie Hybrids, a seed corn company. To make the process of detasselling corn more manageable, he made a self-propelled platform for his workers to stand on. That machine evolved into a mechanical detasseller.
"With the strong corn breeding business, we went from selling no detassellers to hundreds," says John Hagie, Ray's son and chairman of the board. "From there, our customers started asking for a spraying machine to apply 2,4-D and DDT. We can say we manufactured the first commercially built high-clearance sprayer."
That sprayer was a three-wheeled machine built in 1947.
As the seed industry consolidated, the Hagie family sold its seed corn business to focus on machinery. Today, the company's facilities, which include 210,000 sq. ft. for engineering and product support and 175,000 sq. ft. for manufacturing, span 25 acres on two adjacent campuses. The original facility was built in 1955.
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John took over as chairman at the end of 2010 and his son, Alan, became president. Alan also runs the family's 1,600-acre corn and soybean farm, and John oversees Cyclone Trace Cattle Company, a registered Shorthorn herd.
"We understand our customers' expectations because we are in the same business," Alan says. "These machines have to run when they're expected to work. Today, all of our machines are still tested on our farm first before an extensive testing program across our market."
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This Mac Allister cordless, tungsten carbide, tile cutter. With a maximum cutting capacity of 12mm and with tiles up to 600mm; the 22mm blade thickness will give you a 45° cut.
- Guarantee - 1 year
- Comes with - 20cm metal extension bar
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Other Supplier Data: Gives a straight cut. Reinforced metal sheet on back for durability. Sliding part fixs with linear bearings ensure smooth and accurate cutting performance
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|Mac Allister
|Colour description
|Black & silver
|Construction material
|Tungsten carbide
|Blade thickness
|Cutting angle
|Maximum cutting capacity
|Maximum cutting length at 45° bevel
|Maximum tile size
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Mac Allister Cordless Black & Blue Tungsten Carbide Tile Cutter
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At Mac Allister, we believe in making your DIY goals easier to achieve. That's why we've designed and engineered a range of tools that will give you all the power you need to finish the task. From easy to use sanders, to innovative cordless drills, you can rely on us to deliver the right tool for the job. And with an extended guarantee across the entire range, we're confident you'll find room in your tool kit for Mac Allister.
Offering extended warranty on all our Power Tools Mac Allister is proud to bring you our highest quality, best performance tools yet; but we do know how frustrating it can be if your tech lets you down. With extended warranty on our whole range, Mac Allister now gives you the reassurance that your tools will glide through those DIY jobs for years to come. Now that's 'Ease Guaranteed'.


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