So, is the AFL on yet? Because I found this doozy of a tweet yesterday.
Suddenly regretting I didn't collect Australian rules football cards in the 80s. Did all the players look like Neil Young tripping balls? pic.twitter.com/sBljXd71nN
— Super 70s Sports (@Super70sSports) March 5, 2021
I am willing to bet that gentleman engaged in some recreational psychedelics from time to time. But it did get my hockey card collecting brain wondering – are there AFL trading cards?
Turns out – yes.
And they are just as garishly banal as you’d expect.
So shiny.
In fact, the first AFL card dates to 1894, and much like the US Honus Wagner card (c. 1909) it was also made by the American Tobacco Company.
Unlike the Honus Wagner, the Will Crebbins card was only worth $10,100 dollars in 2018. The most expensive Honus Wagner ever sold was worth $3.12 million.
Still – look at these. Aside from the sport they look exactly like the cards from those eras I collected in hockey.
Magnificent. That’s what a collectible card should look like.
Tonight’s sports:
- NHL:
- Toronto vs Vancouver – 7:00pm | CBC / Sportsnet / NHLN
- Winnipeg vs Montreal – 7:00pm | Sportsnet360 / City TV
- Calgary vs Edmonton 10:00pm | CBC / Sportsnet / NHLN
- NBA:
- NCAA:
- Duke at North Carolina – 6:00pm | ESPN / TSN2
- Seton Hall at St. John’s – 7:00pm | FS1
- Ohio Valley Conf. Championship – 8:00pm | ESPN2 / TSN2
- Xavier at Marquette – 9:00pm | FS1
- WCC Quarterfinal – 9:00pm | ESPNU
- Utah State at Fresno State – 11:00pm | FS1
- WCC Quarterfinal – 11:59pm | ESPN2
- Fisticuffs:
- UFC 259 Prelims – 8:00pm | ESPN+ / TSN5
- Curling:
- 2021 Tim Hortons Brier: Pool Play – 8:30pm | TSN
I also used to collect stamps – and now that I look back, an awful lot of nerd beatings too. Much like my weights, those are somewhere in the garage collecting dust.
Been digging this tonight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMflLtGBslk&t=3186s
Nice.
Mikaela Shiffrin just won her 69th career race.
Nice.
I don’t know which sport but I’m for it
Downhill skiing, specifically slalom, and she is an absolute monster at it.
It still breaks my brain watching them cross blocking the gates.
Shiffrin was cutting them so close her boot straps were getting caught up in a couple.
Crazy the precision she (and all of them, really) have while going almost 40mph down a hill.
Likely closing the night with this one.
Love this brewery, but this is not a great example of a West Coast IPA.
What’s with the gloves, Johnny Cochran?
That’s just the image that came up on an image search. No one needs to see my den.
Tonight’s beers have been 7.1, 10.5, and 9.2. What’s next?
“You should really consider something in the 3.0 range” — Brett Favre
“For god’s sake, don’t do that” -Deanna Favre
“Do you have any that are 14?”
– Mark Chmura
Look, I don’t care if you are 9.2%, don’t call yourself a vanilla stout if all i taste is coffee
> 9.2%
But enough about Britt Reid’s B.A.C. before he collided into a stopped car, sending a young child to the hospital with life-threatening injuries…
He balanced it out with adderall, so stop with the shaming.
Clearly I need to head to Treehouse soon.
“Me too! I got a Nintendo in mine!”
-E. Manning
Here’s what I’m drinking tonight:
https://www.strandbrewing.com/product/vanilla-paisley-stout/116
(after two monkish IPAs)
Oh those guys are good.
That link takes me to a page to order beer. Do you think they’ll deliver to CT at 2:00 am?
We need coast-to-coast vacuum tube beer delivery.
DO SOMETHING BIDEN
Certainly better than the rabid squirrels I’ve been using.
I’ve got Dogfish Campfire Amplifier going. A little worried that it would be a milkshake sweetness bomb, but it’s pretty well balanced
I’m not a huge fan of their beers, but I do love Dogfish’s commitment to putting pretty much anything into a recipe and seeing what happens.
I finished my beer. Anyone know what to do now?
Make sure it has a companion so it won’t get lonely?
Have another.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LinFwSnXrrY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-6n3VkNbHk
“[Horatio] poured a beer down his other throat with the plan that it would head the previous one off at the pass, join forces with it, and together they would get the second one to pull itself together. Then all three would go off in search of the first, give it a good talking to and maybe a bit of a sing as well. He felt uncertain as to whether the fourth beer had understood all that, so he sent a fifth to explain the plan more fully and a sixth for moral support.”
Then what? Don’t leave us Dungying!
I think after that point they start eating steak.
+42
I like the way you think/quote.
Hitchhiker’s Guide, right?
Restaurant at the End of the Universe, but yes.
I don’t remember any of the names other than the first book, so I just refer to the whole series as Hitchhiker’s Guide.
Why yes, I am a moron.
(I’ve only seen the movie, so you’re at least less of a moron than at least one of us?)
Probably not; I wasn’t even aware there was a movie.
Split decision from movie-knowers, but I liked it.
I thought it was ok. About the best you can expect from a major Hollywood production — of course they’re going to turn it into a love story, that’s just baked into the cake.
It’s not my bag, but meth?
WHO’S BAG OF METH IS IT? STOP RESISTING STOP RESISTING
Surely there’s an ex-girlfriend to call?
Not since 1991, but that would give me the element of surprise.
The UConn women are 22-1 and have the Big East Rookie of the Year and the Big East Play of the Year. It’s the same girl!
Paige Bueckers is going to make something of herself in this basketball thing, you mark my words
So she has sound fundamentals?
She does. She’s also just ridiculously good. I’ve laughed out loud watching her hit just stupid shots on multiple occasions.
Was making a Futurama reference.
We watched an episode of Downton Abbey, and now we’re watching Victoria. I have figured out the perfect food to accompany all this stuffy English television.
Nachos!
Boiled?
https://youtu.be/K4wajUA9e5s
You get me.
Joe Lunardi is telling Duke fans not to lose hope, because in 2011 a team needing to win their tournament to even get to the tournament not only won that tournament, they went on to win the. whole. fucking. thing.
That team? UConn in 2011. But Duke doesn’t have the balls of my plucky little state school, so they can forget that happening. Have fun bowing out in the 2nd round of the NIT, you blue-blood assholes.
Men’s or women’s?
Hahahahaha as thought the UConn women’s team were ever in doubt of making the NCAA tournament.
I can see the confusion, as between them they have 15 titles, including both of them winning in 2004 and 2014, the only school to do that ever, let alone twice, a fact that UConn fans, including your truly, will never, ever, shut the fuck up about.
Well, you all have convinced me. It’s time to break out the Glen Moray.
So (oh right how the fuck etc) I was just on the Twitter, and grit WR Ryan Switzer is waiting to find out what’s wrong with his 9 month old son. He woke up crying “covered in his own blood” and he’s COVID-positive and the docs are trying to figure out where the blood is coming from. Sorry to be bad news guy, but spare a thought for his family and enjoy your drinks that much more.
Jesus fuck, that is terrible.
Hey, maybe St. John’s is back on the cusp of maybe being on the bubble before they lose to, like, DePaul again!
Is Felipe Lopez still the point guard?
One of my UConn Twitter follows just described St. John’s as the Big East’s Keyzer Soze.
This is Priscilla Quintana. She is my new TV girlfriend.
https://tv-fanatic-res.cloudinary.com/iu/s–FaGwxqqR–/f_auto,q_auto/v1580346883/isabella-good-trouble-s2e13
You could do worse.
What could be better? Her twin I guess.
Or pregnant. Or both the twins are pregnant. You twisted SOB.
I was told we have too much beer in the fridge, and I know some reinforcements are coming from Armed and Hammered, so time to pound some 8% ABV IPAs and see what happens.
You rang?
Had this for the first time today. It’s amazing. Had to wait in a line four cars long to get it, too.
My life is hell.
I think it should arrive Monday. I think Sharkbait got his yesterday, at least I hope he did.
Louis Dejoy is fucking up my alcoholism
Mine is supposed to be a Monday arrival too. BFC lives right across the street from where I hang out and watch people through binoculars.
Got some afternoon drinking in, so it’s about that time when I can either stop drinking now, or else strap in for a lengthy evening.
/glances at humidor
//well I tried
I’m sure I didn’t invent this, but I made a couple of “mezeracs” today: a mezcal-based version of the sazerac. I liked it, although I think next time I’m going to do a chile liqueur rinse instead of the absinthe.
The real test is if you can prevent yourself from sliding down the peaty path.
Indeed. I switched from mezcal/tequila to cognac and now Bunnahabhain. I don’t tend to go with big peat monsters when I smoke cigars, so I’ll either stick with that or switch to stout.
I have a 1st cask edition of that stuff from my wife that bought it from an auction over there. It is Salty and Peaty.
Not familiar with that one, but I’m jealous now.
It is very fierce. She replaced a bottle that I bought when I lived there that my fuckhead roommate drank all of it. Of course I didn’t know until he was gone as the bottle was in its sleeve. I was fucking furious.
I believe that you’re legally allowed to track and kill someone who does that.
You are literally outlining Scotchy’s raison d’être.
I prefer the second cask.
Smart man.
A whiskey and coke tastes a lot classier when you drink it out of a glass.
Tonight I’m drinking out of plastic.
Also I just ate two Carl’s Jr. thickburgers.
That’s living the high life
My menu selection at Carl’s Jr. was entirely predicated on which coupon I had provided the largest amount of money saved.
GameStop tanked, huh?
I actually walked away from GameStop like a month ago close to breaking even after it looked like the party was over. I’m thrilled for the people who toughed it out; it’s doing quite well now.
I’m still a little down but TO THE MOON
I have to buy new headphones tomorrow, so hang in there!
And then rebox them and sell them to SonOfSpam at a profit?
Shhhhhhhhhh.
Did an LA first today–went to Randy’s donuts for the first time. Tony Stark wasn’t there but the maple was very good.
The OG by the airport?
Went to a restaurant & had beers with friends today. It’s kind of sad how alive I felt.
The cochinita pibil was a success — my thanks to yeah right.
Hell yeah! Leftovers are even better!
That’s sexy.
I may have gone a little overboard with the garnishes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX5hiem8YBU
Assist: Mark Pavelich
found a funny:
the characters in Jaws can’t hear the score so it’s not actually that tense for them
On a nice boat, good weather, swimming. Makes sense
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9Krvl7AEAs
Shitty croissants are still good croissants though, will have some of them, some rye, and tomorrow will come soon
They are a super pain in the ass to make – Mrs. Cola
I believe it, and unless she enjoys it or wants to conquer and it, may she have the best in purchased croissants
I love them so she made them for a special occasion, it is a 3 day process. She loves baking but that was a bit much.
The Dr. Mrs. has come to the same conclusion. It’s just too much work to do as an amatuer.
Are we still taking about croissants?
I’m 100% in favor of gmo, but this shit predates gmo and is just dumb. There should not be strawberries that are more than one bite (or two if you’re savoring or being dainty). They are less delicious monsters
Whut?
I picked tiny, tasty strawberries thatmy grandma grew. Now I buy a pint of strawberries and it’s like four mutant giant fuckers, that have more fiber than flavor and ship well. Strawberries are fucking delicate, they shouldn’t ship well and they shouldn’t show up out of season being all shiny and shitty. Good fruit or no fruit!
The way that was written made me think you were replying to another comment, but I do completely agree with your argument.
More, give me more! I’ll not be satisfied until I’m living in a giant, house-sized strawberry!
Wait, this was an animated lady! You aspire to be Strawberry shortcake! Brb will find pics
You show this to Scotchy right now and he will love it.
Fuck, it’s like eating breast implants
I’ve always hated out of season strawberries. Its like eating red cardboard. The worse berry in the summer is better than any of the ones you can get at this time e of year.
Blerp, given that everyone appears to be ded, litre’d or worse… eating dinner with their families I think I’m gonna have to crack open the emergency romcom stash to keep me company, while wifey is cursing the Leafs, refs, the Zamboni driver… etc..
And the lucky movie tonight is…. “The Cutting Edge” with the mom from OTH and the bombardier from Memphis Belle
“Oh that’s a good movie.” – Ray Lewis
Turns out I’ve seen this one and it’s actually quite good… not “You’ve got Mail / Slepless in Seattle” good, but quite enjoyable… also fuck it, might as well rewatch Mail too (especially that it now hit Netflix here) .
In case anyone else’s interested – https://www.amazon.com/Cutting-Edge-D-B-Sweeney/dp/B07NLHLTQZ
Holy shit you just evoked my youth. I loved that movie and watched it multiple times on VHS from maybe ages 9 to 12?
TOE PICK
He isn’t wrong, nice and mellow. I went to Jollibee for research purposes and am tucking in to chicken
Old AFL cards are spectacular. Just as good, if not better than the hockey cards of the 70s and early 80s. I’m going to have to dig some up…
BTW, AFL starts in less than 2 weeks!!
Didn’t Cliff Burton replace him in AC/DC?
An’ back, because apparently prepping for the Leafs’ game is more important than your spouse’s cuddlin’