Favre Retires Signs with Bears

In a surprise announcement Brett Favre announced his retirement and hours later signed with the Chicago Bears. In other league news, The Minnesota Vikings have acquired Matt Fling from the Packers who will step in to fill Favre's shoes.
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As a coworker said to me

"Minnesota now has the whole Favre experience" . . . . . but wait . . . . . I see on MSNBC the headlines "Favre decision could be months away".

I guess they have not had the WHOLE Favre experience yet.

A few thoughts on the game on a groggy morning (how much alcohol is IN my new stout anyway??). Favre had a GREAT game, the guy is good but . . . yesterday showed another reason why Thompson wanted to go with Rodgers. Brett tries to do too much. If you noticed that final fling of destiny it was a wounded duck wobbling to the wrong team. With what I presume to be four cracked ribs and a broken ankle Brett sprinted to his right and threw across the field putting all his weight on the broken barely attached ankle and stressing his costal cartilage, and an unattached clavicle and whatever else was floating around trying to win the game.

Packer fans, all together now, been there, done that!

One thing I have issues with is with the talking heads in interviews when they mention that Brett also holds many interception records. Bogus stat. When you throw as much as Favre, of course you will have numerous interceptions. But how does his percentage compare with others great QBs?

Favre 3.2%
Rodgers 1.8%

Moreno 3.0%
Unitas 4.9%
Tarkenton 4.1%
Montana 2.6%
Young 2.6%
Brady 2.3%
Starr 4.4%
Staubach 3.9%
Bradshaw 5.4%

Better then some not as good as others. What stands out is Rodgers. However, for Aaron it's only been two years and he has not had a BAD year yet as all quarterbacks have. Still if you compare Rodgers to Farve at "like" stages in their careers Favre was at 3.9%

nuff said, I've always been a New Orleans fan (maybe not a FAN but I've always liked New Orleans) and am happy for them.
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Before I move on here is another horse photo/portrait. Not sure why it looks so small, I hope when you click on it it gets larger.

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The Columbus Survey stats are leaking out and it's pretty interesting. I'll list some of them and it's co-survey the Grinder Research Labs findings from the 1,137 surveys are as follows:

89% say the roads in Columbus are Fair to poor meaning 11% say the roads are in good shape.

97% say roadway maintenance should be the priority for that transportation department (as opposed to what else? a heliport?)

Of those 97%, 74% would not be opposed to higher taxes to fix the roads meaning 26% want better roads but do not want to pay for them.

55% say the sidewalks are in fair to poor condition. 45% say the sidewalks are in great condition.

78% say sidewalk improvements should be the #1 transportation priority . . . . . . I thought it was roadway maintenance as the #1. And of course of that 78%, 50% feel they should not have to pay for fixing the sidewalks.

74% think the bike trails are in fair to poor condition. 56% want new bike trails and 67% want new bike trails for free. 26% think the bike trails are in great condition. In a related survey 26% of the residents have never ridden on a bike trail.

74% say Columbus has too few retail shops and 96% want a new supermarket while 25% think the City Council, Mayor, City Administrator and the Economic Development/Energy Sustainability Director actually own a supermarket but do not want to move it to Columbus.

On a side note , of the above 74% who want more retail shops, 65% say they would not actually shop at the new stores anyway because Walmart and Menard's are only 10 miles away.

60% think the Mayor should have a vote on the City Council and 40% thought he already voted on the city council.

74% oppose changing city council terms from 2 to 4 years while 75% thought getting a new Mayor every 2 years was automatic.

0.1% think Columbus should be covered with a dome while and on a coincidence 0.1% think Columbus should have a Space Port. However 100% of that 0.1% do not think they should have to pay for it.

18% think there are too many non-Columbus people living in Columbus and wish they would all move away with their crazy new ideas for improvements.

18% think that taxes are too high.

18% think Columbus should adopt the slogan "Columbus, we like it just the way it is!"

The survey cost the city taxpayers $5.650 which would have given every person in Columbus a little over a $1 in tax free spending money so I'm wondering if this money was wasted as I was short a dollar the other night. More stats when they become available.
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COMING SOON - MAMA MIA's Homemade Italian Food Paste and Sandwiches - opening where Pizza Shaq was, 920-763-2525 Tuesday - Sunday 11zm to 8pm.

©MAMA MIA THAT'S GOOD! (I just made that up but will try to sell it to the restaurant for $100,000).

Oh! the Columbus Mama Mia is not to be confused with the famous Mama Mia Ristorante Italiano or the movie.

Have a great Monday

Anyone else ALREADY think it's been a long week?

Rod