Quote: @MaroonBells said:
@ purplefaithful said:
We're all kinda battling that malaise to some degree.
Ain't going to be much of a need for fan sites if there ain't no season. I could be taking a long hiatus.
I think they're going to try to complete a season, positive tests be damned. I think the one thing that will jeapordize the season is a few long-term hospitalizations (or God forbid, deaths) of a player, staff or family member.
I hope they do stick with it. And not just because I want to watch my Vikings, but NFL teams and how they approach the pandemic, the effectiveness (or not) of its infection control procedures, etc., could set an example for businesses, states and even the federal government as they try to return to normal.
Some football is better than none...I just hope it's not a shit-show of a game and that league staff and players aren't putting themselves in covid danger or higher % of injury danger by playing.
As far as the NFL contributing to our learning of how to deal with a pandemic? I don't see that with rules like 6 to a hot-tub instead of 12 and playing all game @ nose-tackle, but no jersey exchanges post-game :p
More seriously, I get what you're saying. Some of the contract tracing procedures etc will help and the NFL is a really big operation able to put big $$$ against anything they want to.
Quote: @KingBash said:
You'll be excited the same way I will at kickoff. This season (like this year) is a throw-away, but it's going to be such a welcomed distraction. I NEED this haha. I've spent the last month searching for a new dog and it's proving to be almost impossible (I don't want a pit bull). So unless a golden retriever arrives at my door before Week 1 kickoff, this is all I have.
Thanks to Sheltering in Place, Animal Shelters Are EmptyA recent pet-adoption boom is the feel-good pandemic story you need right now.
The Riverside County Animal Shelter has a beautiful problem: It's all out of adoptable animals. “As you can see, we have a completely empty adoption center,” animal services director Julie Bank says in a video posted Wednesday on the California shelter’s Instagram account. She and her coworkers, all wearing masks, throw their arms up and cheer, showing off empty pen after empty pen. A few days earlier, on Sunday, Chicago Animal Care and Control’s Adoptable Pets program had similar news. “CACC has no dogs currently available for adoption,” the shelter told its Facebook followers. “We’ve never typed those words before.” The last adoptable dogs—a “short, squat beefcake” named Penn and a “boisterous babe” named Alley—had found loving homes that day.
All over the country, from New York to Wisconsin and North Carolina to Coloradoand New Mexico, animal shelters are reporting massive upswings in the numbers of animals they’ve been able to adopt out or place in foster homes. The reason why is no mystery: As people are practicing social distancing to curb the spread of Covid-19, many have come to the conclusion that now is the perfect time to bring a pet into their homes. Many shelters have put out calls for adopters and foster parents as the ongoing coronavirus outbreak strains their resources, but others have found that the surge has been entirely organic, an upwelling of kindness and care from the community. Either way, scores of pets finding new homes is one of the few good things to have come out of the pandemic. Heck, fostering or adopting a dog right now might even entitle you a three-month supplyof free beer.
According to Kitty Block, president and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States, the rates of fostering, in particular, have increased by 90 percent in some cities. “Folks who don’t have animals for one reasons or another, because of their work schedule or their travel schedule, that’s all changed right now,” Block says. Some New York City shelters are seeing application numbers at 10 times the normal rate. One Pennsylvania shelter saw its foster application numbers rise from three-to-five per week to 40 per day. Many shelters, for their part, are waivingadoption fees, easing financial strain on new pet parents who may already be struggling economically due to the Covid-19 outbreak. “People who aren’t able to foster or adopt are going to their local shelters’ websites, seeing what they need, and are dropping off blankets and pet food,” says Block. “In the midst of all these things that are so challenging and so hard, communities are really stepping up for these animals.”
https://www.wired.com/story/coronavirus-...tion-boom/
Watched and listened to baseball this weekend, as pessimistic as I am about the season, I'll be pumped on that kickoff.
Quote: @purplefaithful said:
@ KingBash said:
You'll be excited the same way I will at kickoff. This season (like this year) is a throw-away, but it's going to be such a welcomed distraction. I NEED this haha. I've spent the last month searching for a new dog and it's proving to be almost impossible (I don't want a pit bull). So unless a golden retriever arrives at my door before Week 1 kickoff, this is all I have.
Thanks to Sheltering in Place, Animal Shelters Are EmptyA recent pet-adoption boom is the feel-good pandemic story you need right now.
The Riverside County Animal Shelter has a beautiful problem: It's all out of adoptable animals. “As you can see, we have a completely empty adoption center,” animal services director Julie Bank says in a video posted Wednesday on the California shelter’s Instagram account. She and her coworkers, all wearing masks, throw their arms up and cheer, showing off empty pen after empty pen. A few days earlier, on Sunday, Chicago Animal Care and Control’s Adoptable Pets program had similar news. “CACC has no dogs currently available for adoption,” the shelter told its Facebook followers. “We’ve never typed those words before.” The last adoptable dogs—a “short, squat beefcake” named Penn and a “boisterous babe” named Alley—had found loving homes that day.
All over the country, from New York to Wisconsin and North Carolina to Coloradoand New Mexico, animal shelters are reporting massive upswings in the numbers of animals they’ve been able to adopt out or place in foster homes. The reason why is no mystery: As people are practicing social distancing to curb the spread of Covid-19, many have come to the conclusion that now is the perfect time to bring a pet into their homes. Many shelters have put out calls for adopters and foster parents as the ongoing coronavirus outbreak strains their resources, but others have found that the surge has been entirely organic, an upwelling of kindness and care from the community. Either way, scores of pets finding new homes is one of the few good things to have come out of the pandemic. Heck, fostering or adopting a dog right now might even entitle you a three-month supplyof free beer.
According to Kitty Block, president and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States, the rates of fostering, in particular, have increased by 90 percent in some cities. “Folks who don’t have animals for one reasons or another, because of their work schedule or their travel schedule, that’s all changed right now,” Block says. Some New York City shelters are seeing application numbers at 10 times the normal rate. One Pennsylvania shelter saw its foster application numbers rise from three-to-five per week to 40 per day. Many shelters, for their part, are waivingadoption fees, easing financial strain on new pet parents who may already be struggling economically due to the Covid-19 outbreak. “People who aren’t able to foster or adopt are going to their local shelters’ websites, seeing what they need, and are dropping off blankets and pet food,” says Block. “In the midst of all these things that are so challenging and so hard, communities are really stepping up for these animals.”
https://www.wired.com/story/coronavirus-...tion-boom/
I feel like I almost manifested this when I posted... I'm drinking my coffee next to a golden retriever puppy I got yesterday afternoon. Crazy!
Quote: @KingBash said:
@ purplefaithful said:
@ KingBash said:
You'll be excited the same way I will at kickoff. This season (like this year) is a throw-away, but it's going to be such a welcomed distraction. I NEED this haha. I've spent the last month searching for a new dog and it's proving to be almost impossible (I don't want a pit bull). So unless a golden retriever arrives at my door before Week 1 kickoff, this is all I have.
Thanks to Sheltering in Place, Animal Shelters Are EmptyA recent pet-adoption boom is the feel-good pandemic story you need right now.
The Riverside County Animal Shelter has a beautiful problem: It's all out of adoptable animals. “As you can see, we have a completely empty adoption center,” animal services director Julie Bank says in a video posted Wednesday on the California shelter’s Instagram account. She and her coworkers, all wearing masks, throw their arms up and cheer, showing off empty pen after empty pen. A few days earlier, on Sunday, Chicago Animal Care and Control’s Adoptable Pets program had similar news. “CACC has no dogs currently available for adoption,” the shelter told its Facebook followers. “We’ve never typed those words before.” The last adoptable dogs—a “short, squat beefcake” named Penn and a “boisterous babe” named Alley—had found loving homes that day.
All over the country, from New York to Wisconsin and North Carolina to Coloradoand New Mexico, animal shelters are reporting massive upswings in the numbers of animals they’ve been able to adopt out or place in foster homes. The reason why is no mystery: As people are practicing social distancing to curb the spread of Covid-19, many have come to the conclusion that now is the perfect time to bring a pet into their homes. Many shelters have put out calls for adopters and foster parents as the ongoing coronavirus outbreak strains their resources, but others have found that the surge has been entirely organic, an upwelling of kindness and care from the community. Either way, scores of pets finding new homes is one of the few good things to have come out of the pandemic. Heck, fostering or adopting a dog right now might even entitle you a three-month supplyof free beer.
According to Kitty Block, president and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States, the rates of fostering, in particular, have increased by 90 percent in some cities. “Folks who don’t have animals for one reasons or another, because of their work schedule or their travel schedule, that’s all changed right now,” Block says. Some New York City shelters are seeing application numbers at 10 times the normal rate. One Pennsylvania shelter saw its foster application numbers rise from three-to-five per week to 40 per day. Many shelters, for their part, are waivingadoption fees, easing financial strain on new pet parents who may already be struggling economically due to the Covid-19 outbreak. “People who aren’t able to foster or adopt are going to their local shelters’ websites, seeing what they need, and are dropping off blankets and pet food,” says Block. “In the midst of all these things that are so challenging and so hard, communities are really stepping up for these animals.”
https://www.wired.com/story/coronavirus-...tion-boom/
I feel like I almost manifested this when I posted... I'm drinking my coffee next to a golden retriever puppy I got yesterday afternoon. Crazy!
Good for you!!
Krate training is the best thing we did for our pug and labrador puppies too.
Enjoy KB, Goldens are awesome pups.
Quote: @StickyBun said:
Meh, I just can't muster any excitement. Its all so unstable and unpredictable.....the best team won't win, the team that didn't lose the best players to opting out will win. And then those that get COVID and lose 2-3 weeks at any time. Week to week, who knows what the hell a roster will look like for any team. No team building or flow. Chemistry is out the window.
Its garbage, really. Extremely disappointing.
It really reminds me of the beginning of 1987. The difference this time is that the chances it suddenly gets better in a few weeks is minimal. I'll watch (I didn't in '87), but I'm not expecting much.
Over/under for the number of weeks played before they have to shut it down the first time: 2.5.
Quote: @KingBash said:
@ StickyBun said:
Meh, I just can't muster any excitement. Its all so unstable and unpredictable.....the best team won't win, the team that didn't lose the best players to opting out will win. And then those that get COVID and lose 2-3 weeks at any time. Week to week, who knows what the hell a roster will look like for any team. No team building or flow. Chemistry is out the window.
Its garbage, really. Extremely disappointing.
You'll be excited the same way I will at kickoff. This season (like this year) is a throw-away, but it's going to be such a welcomed distraction. I NEED this haha. I've spent the last month searching for a new dog and it's proving to be almost impossible (I don't want a pit bull). So unless a golden retriever arrives at my door before Week 1 kickoff, this is all I have.
Have you looked into the Golden Retrieve Rescue sites. A lot of gorgeous dogs given up for all kinds of reasons
Quote: @mjollnir_k said:
@ KingBash said:
@ StickyBun said:
Meh, I just can't muster any excitement. Its all so unstable and unpredictable.....the best team won't win, the team that didn't lose the best players to opting out will win. And then those that get COVID and lose 2-3 weeks at any time. Week to week, who knows what the hell a roster will look like for any team. No team building or flow. Chemistry is out the window.
Its garbage, really. Extremely disappointing.
You'll be excited the same way I will at kickoff. This season (like this year) is a throw-away, but it's going to be such a welcomed distraction. I NEED this haha. I've spent the last month searching for a new dog and it's proving to be almost impossible (I don't want a pit bull). So unless a golden retriever arrives at my door before Week 1 kickoff, this is all I have.
Have you looked into the Golden Retrieve Rescue sites. A lot of gorgeous dogs given up for all kinds of reasons
That was my first avenue I tried but I was told each dog is getting easily over 100+ applications because of COVID. I had to use Craig's List and find a family that just rehomed their puppy. (I'm told their son didn't want the dog anymore, but I suspect they're a backyard breeding operation.) Regardless, love this little guy.
Quote: @KingBash said:
@ mjollnir_k said:
@ KingBash said:
@ StickyBun said:
Meh, I just can't muster any excitement. Its all so unstable and unpredictable.....the best team won't win, the team that didn't lose the best players to opting out will win. And then those that get COVID and lose 2-3 weeks at any time. Week to week, who knows what the hell a roster will look like for any team. No team building or flow. Chemistry is out the window.
Its garbage, really. Extremely disappointing.
You'll be excited the same way I will at kickoff. This season (like this year) is a throw-away, but it's going to be such a welcomed distraction. I NEED this haha. I've spent the last month searching for a new dog and it's proving to be almost impossible (I don't want a pit bull). So unless a golden retriever arrives at my door before Week 1 kickoff, this is all I have.
Have you looked into the Golden Retrieve Rescue sites. A lot of gorgeous dogs given up for all kinds of reasons
That was my first avenue I tried but I was told each dog is getting easily over 100+ applications because of COVID. I had to use Craig's List and find a family that just rehomed their puppy. (I'm told their son didn't want the dog anymore, but I suspect they're a backyard breeding operation.) Regardless, love this little guy. Good deal I have considered fostering but my pack is 2 now with a possible 3rd and if that happens I bump up against city ordinance and would have to get a Kennel license, I have a Yorkie and Golden Doodle now. The Yorkie was a family give up project that turned out to be a decent little dog. The Golden Doodle is one we bought from a lady that raises them and runs a day care (so the dogs come with plenty of socialization). Actually considering another pup from her this fall (Wife is trying to keep the nest full as our oldest Child is heading to college in a couple weeks).
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