Game Night - Brewers and Mr. Ed's Carnival

Seemed there was some issues at the carnival this weekend as 5 guys quit(??) at some point and multiple rides were being run by one person???  At least that is the rumor and when we were there I heard a complaint that rides were going on too long!

WITH THAT SAID.  We took a few photos and walked around.  Looked for tiny donuts but at 7PM they were sold out.

We parked on the street next to the park and walked over. The parking lot behind the pavilion was maybe half full.  Seems nobody even checks there.

ANYWAY we walked around took some photos and Cherry Pie was jammin' behind the chain link fence with guards at the chain link door and three police officers standing outside. Not that I mind being safe but geez LOL 

That place is just dumb, I hate it.  TEAR DOWN THE FENCE!   Good grief.  If you have bands put up a larger wooden snow fence and let people breath a little.  It was packed like sardines at night.  For the larger area put a patrol officer wandering around inside.  They could pretty much be where they were standing already.

But I know I know, there are rules and regulations. sigh.  But that place is just too small.

SO - we left without going into the cage and as we excited the park we walked through Sherwood Automotive (sorry, no website) and a van just pulled up looking for a parking spot.

I went up and commented that there was parking right behind the pavilion.  The reply was more like a scold "WELL, I'M JUST WAITING FOR MY DAUGHTER but thank you"  And she gives me this, I will kill you stare.

"WELL"! I comment after a brief blank stare. "We will go on our way then". And we walked off feeling oddly invigorated.

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In the Where The F*ck was that news category - While everyone is fixated on the Presidents random word speeches where he talks about not having an organ (he really did)  here is some older news you might have missed. - NASA announced that the Mars rover Curiosity found organic matter in soil samples of an ancient lake bed about 3 billion years old.   (Dramatic Pause) 

Meanwhile - The amount of beer America is consuming is going down . . . however dollars in sales is going up. This is actually one of the good trends for the economy.  People are opting to buy more expensive beer but drink less. People have more money in their pockets.  This is like RV sales.  When sales are good people have disposable cash.

Speaking of which - I tried a Bud Lite Orange flavored beer. (Dramatic Pause)   it was exactly what you think it would taste like.  A few drops of synthetic orange and you have an half assed voyage into canned Manmosa.   mmmmmmmmm!

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Nate Silver, before he became a pollster was a brilliant sports procrastinator.  I have always appreciated his work on predicting baseball games (since I can't).  This weekend I took all of his Brewer predictions and lined them up with the what Las Vegas was predicting to see if I could get some inside.

What I found was when he predicted the Brewers had a +50% chance of winning the Crew won 69.45% of the time . . . OK so far so good.  But what about of you were betting on those games (59 in total).  That would have given you 18.87 units.  A little stagnant for the last 20 games though (like the stock market) if you bet ONLY when they are favored.

Betting on the Brewers when they are underdogs you would have lost 2.48 units.

Tonight they are 58% favorites.  58% or less they win 70.73% of the time.  The money line is -138.  At -138 a team needs to win 58% of the time to break even.  -138 means if you bet $138 and win you get $138 plus $100 back.  If you lose you lose $138.

NOW - OF COURSE the 29 other teams could all suck and this might only work for the Brewers.  But with all systems, you find a trend, follow it until it breaks (as they all do).  I had one NFL system that did not break for 21 years.  One collage football system lasted 11 years. Baseball?  Normally a week.

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So Scott Pruitt the friend to the energy industry is gone and replaced by a guy that was actually paid by the energy industry - a coal guy who loves coal and hates alternate forms of energy. COAL IS THE FUTURE.   sweet!!

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I just remembered - we actually saw this on Colorado.  I'm not even sure what they were advertising but the slogan was "It's not how much you spend, it's how much you save".

What?  Did they actually say that?  We went back in time and replayed it . . . .  "It's not how much you spend, it's how much you save".    I thought for a second I was going to have an aneurysm.

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 I will not watch Trumps reality show on TV tonight for Supreme Court.  Big f*cking deal.   Personally between the 4 contenders I'm voting for Thomas Hardiman as the least despicable.  Better then Sean Hannity at least.

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If you wear a cow costume to Chick-Fil-A tomorrow you get free food.  I can't find mine.

Mt. Olive Bread and Butter Pickles - AWESOME.  But Bread and Butter?

Here is the story - Their origin is obscure, as people have been making these kind of pickles for millennia. But the name "bread-and-butter pickles" is easily linked to Omar and Cora Fanning, Illinois cucumber farmers who started selling sweet and sour pickles in the 1920s. They trademarked the name "Fanning's Bread and Butter Pickles" in 1923.

During the post-World War I agricultural slump, the Fannings survived by using undersized cucumbers and bartering them with their grocer for staples such as bread and butter.

 Bread-and-butter pickles are a sweet pickle.  They consist of cucumbers marinated in vinegar, sugar, and spices.  REALLY GOOD!

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There is going to be a big meeting Thursday to talk about what citizens want for a new Police Chief.   I had planned on going but we shall see.  I'm getting a tooth pulled Thursday (another failed root canal from 40 years ago - seems they only last 30 or 40 years).  It's really not as bad as you think it is.  Just juice me up on Laughing gas and I'm good to go.

They put cadaver power in it's place so a new tooth can go in at some point.

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Watched GAME NIGHT last night. Not bad, actually funny.  It stars Rachel McAdams who looks just like Jennifer Garner and of course Jason Bateman.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmxMAdV6s4U


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WEATHER - hot day today, Cooling off mid week but Thursday the dew point gains some strength and a hot but not unbearable weekend coming. Starting Thursday a chance of rain every day for at least a week.

Cheers