Three stores closing, Line Riders the death of football in WI

WELL - now that football season is officially over for Wisconsin with the Badgers fading away to a minor bowl game (NOTE - what Bowl game will have their first cannabis sponsor - "The Cannabis Bowl")  and the Packers just fading away to meaningless games,  now we can concentrate on . . . . the NHL?

NO - The Chicago Black Hawks screwed Wisconsin with their NO TEAM in Wisconsin law in the NHL (Chicago is too close to Milwaukee it seems).

hmmmmmm - Championship bowling?    How about THE NBA!!

OK OK - I gotta say it.  Remember LAST Monday I said my system was 10-2 picking O/U in NBA games and I would not mention it again?

Well - This will be the last time I mention it but that record is NOW 21-5 (I have been emailing balderdash picks just to make sure I have a record of it SOMEWHERE). I know what you are saying - Grinder!  you were 11-3 last week - MUCH worse then 10-2.  Yea - I will try to do better.

BTW - "Grinder" comes from my black jack days.   I did some research trying to get back up to speed on BJ. I was looking at rules and how they effected the bottom line.  MOST rules really are insignificant in the scheme of things - for instance - dealer hitting on soft 17 instead of standing you only lose 0.2%.

HOWEVER the big dog is what you win on a blackjack.   The difference between getting a 3 to 2 payout and a 6 to 5 is a whopping 2%.  A player can go from a 0.48% disadvantage to a 2.48% disadvantage.  Good reason to look for 3 to 2s. 

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Meanwhile - on Facebook a USS Indianapolis friend posted that Costco had a certain Mac and Cheese on sale that she thought it was the BEST EVER.  Then about 30 people posted saying it's AMAZING.

WELL - we went to Costco to see WHAT COULD POSSIBLY BE BETTER THEN KRAFT.

On Saturday Elweed was over and I introduced him to The Old Rock just outside of Columbus for the BEST burger in the area. And he agreed. almost as good as Eddies in Sun Prairie but ZERO dark beer.

We eat a large lunch.  Then about 5:00 we have subs while the Mac and Cheese is in the oven.  45 minutes later it's done and NOBODY is hungry.  DJ is not hungry, I'm not hungry and Elweed is not hungry.  But there is is.

OMG - it was SO good.  I was on my 2nd bowl saying I could not stop and Elweed was on his 3rd.  DJ was exclaiming it was fantastic. 

Their is a tiny spice that tweaks the taste buds just enough to make it a party in your mouth on EVERY bite and you don't get bored.  I was truly surprised as I have had many home made Macs that I'm told are great but after 3 or 4 mouthfuls it all tastes the same.

Bravo Costco.

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In Columbus three stores announced they are closing in downtown are closing.  The Capri Steak House is closing with the death of Doc

 Sharrows Downtown (used to be Sharrows Drug until ShopKo and insurance companies screwed them over) is closing due to a lack of business and insurance companies will not deal with small town mom and pop drug stores. You might remember Sharrows being in the movie Public Enemies

And Cardinal Comics will be closing because . . . well . . just because.  They were a great store that brought people downtown but the owner is moving a different direction with his time.  SAD

And speaking of the downtown.  It's been over a year now and STILL, no bike racks, no new benches, no beautification downtown even after we had a plan and money ear marked for the fixtures.  OVER A YEAR!  The job is STILL not complete.

At least I got my damn trees put in!  Disappointed.

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Trump continues to divide America and has become The Great Divider.  Split ticket voting is now at an all time low.

I LIKE to call myself and Independent but I suppose if I never vote for a Republican I can't really say that.

I WOULD if there was a reason.  There are Republicans I WOULD vote for if I had too.  The Senator from Nebraska (Ben Sasse) is a REAL Republican.  I disagree on many things but I DO agree on many other things.  I'm not closed minded, I'm just concerned about the shear amount of lies that the GOP force upon us every day and that people that the GOP harm keep voting for them for some weird reason.

There are two Republican parties now.  The smart fiscally responsible ones (which Wisconsin has none of ) and the alt-Right ones that want to divide America and are just ignorant and are only in it for the power.

And of course Trump the snot nosed brat that hates America and thinks he is a King and not a President.

SO Russian, North Korea and Saudi Arabia have all figured out that they can do anything they want as long as they flatter, and or enrich Trump and the GOP just go along with it.  Is this making America great again?  I think not. 

SADLY - Trump does not believe farmers are part of making America great again as farm bankruptcies are way way up in the Midwest - double the number from 3 years ago.

Moving on.

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This is outstanding AND fun - I have yet to see somebody watch this and NOT smile

https://youtu.be/vcBn04IyELc





And a quick personal note to Ralls, Stacey and Leslie - that black thing you forced on us after Thanksgiving - WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT!!  it was scary. 

have a great Monday