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				<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 02:49:50 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I rented a sod cutter once.  I didn&#8217;t know the depth was adjustable and end up cutting 2.5&#8243; slabs.  I couldn&#8217;t roll them, so I had to cut into short slabs and drag them on a tarp to where I wanted to place them,</p>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:36:44 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I did not catch RAF 08.   Real is the deal for sure.   I do&#8217;nt know much about Ashnault but kudos to him for doing it, making a little money, and on his decision to head back to Rutgers.   </p>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 02:16:38 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Anthony Ashnault came out of retirement to go against Real Woods in RAF08.  We all hoped he&#8217;d keep it close and he did.  Down 3-2 with under 10 secs left and Woods putting on the defensive Ash Nault tried to flip over Woods in hope of getting to the back of Woods legs.  Almost, Woods caught him for the TD and exposure for a 7-2 win.  The next day&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-2822"><a href="https://thebrokenear.com/forums/topic/last-word/page/107/#post-4563" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 15:55:57 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We have a metal roof on a outdoor shed covering.   Very slippery when wet and also dry.   Not recommended for older folks like me who have to get up there and clean it and I&#8217;m busy slipping all over the place.   No golf shoes on that!!  They are more like lean toos.   Fully open to the elements but has a roof.   It stays pretty dry in there and we&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-2821"><a href="https://thebrokenear.com/forums/topic/last-word/page/107/#post-4562" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:56:48 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>2 days at 89F last week, 1 at 88 and 2 in the low 80&#8217;s. I got toasted replacing some siding on the house.  It still better than to 33 they say we are getting Monday AM.  We get big temperature swings on bot winter and summer, but nowhere near many as we&#8217;ve experienced this winter.</p>
<p>We have low slope roof over the kitchen, 12&#8243; over 20 ft.  I&#8217;m have&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-2820"><a href="https://thebrokenear.com/forums/topic/last-word/page/107/#post-4561" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:21:53 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, my wife decided she needed a floral barrier to the garden.  So I had to remove the grass in that area.   I rented a sod cutter that worked pretty good.   But I&#8217;m still sore from all that work.   Lifting the rolls of sod, they are very heavy and there&#8217;s no good ergonomic way to do it.   But I&#8217;m slowly recovering.   That cutter worked pretty&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-2819"><a href="https://thebrokenear.com/forums/topic/last-word/page/107/#post-4560" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 23:37:40 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We get moss but only on the north side which shady 99% of the year.  I use powdered lime and it&#8217;s gone in a few days</p>
<p>Cut the grass for the first on the year on Friday.  No rain it it&#8217;ll need to cut again on Tuesday.</p>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:28:52 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, she chose well.   But she really should see this stuff.</p>
<p>I get to spray the grass for moss today.   Moss grows rampantly around here.   It&#8217;s green so from a distance the lawn looks ok but there is moss everywhere.   We&#8217;ll attempt to get rid of it and get the grass growing.  I get to do that after work.  </p>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 12:05:03 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We almost made it there back while I was working.  I had a conference to attend at the Big Sky Resort in Montana, and we planned to go and piggyback off the conference. But my daughter recently had her 3rd and her husband had to go to Europe the same week.  Wifey opted to help her out with the 2 little ones.  Big Sky was close enough for a driving&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-2816"><a href="https://thebrokenear.com/forums/topic/last-word/page/106/#post-4557" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:28:16 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>She needs to see those.   Definitely.  Everyone should see these.   Tetons is a great park.   Yes yes yes.   </p>
<p>RV or no, she&#8217;s gotta go.</p>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 01:08:10 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you want to do Banff then go there through Glacier National.  It&#8217;s the same range just across the border.  I&#8217;ve been to Glacier, Yellowstone, Snake River Canyon and the Tetons.  The wife hasn&#8217;t seen any of them so we&#8217;ve (I&#8217;ve) talked about doing an RV tour.  She&#8217;s not too keen on the RV.</p>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:25:56 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That sounds like a great trip.   I have fished for Walleyes but only brought up a leach.   I&#8217;ve been wanting to go to Banff which is just north.   I&#8217;ll make it there at some point.   I also want another trip to Yellowstone, again.   I love that place.   On the other hand we live in a really nice place, deer come through the property almost&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-2813"><a href="https://thebrokenear.com/forums/topic/last-word/page/106/#post-4554" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 23:26:10 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You can find just about any &#8220;how to&#8221; on YouTube.  Been there many times rather than wasting time trying to figure something out.  </p>
<p>The goats in Glacier are just crazy.  There not afraid of people but if get too close, look out, they&#8217;ll ram you.  I don&#8217;t know how they get out of the ledges they eat off.  No fear and incredible balance.  We spent 2&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-2812"><a href="https://thebrokenear.com/forums/topic/last-word/page/106/#post-4553" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:27:40 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve been to Glacier park once.   Funny story, my Dads family was going to go.   They lived in Idaho Falls, ID.   So a significant trip back in the day.   My dad got pneumonia the day they were to leave and was in the hospital for 2 weeks.  His whole family never went.   His sisters blamed him for ruining their vacation and they never went there,&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-2811"><a href="https://thebrokenear.com/forums/topic/last-word/page/106/#post-4552" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 13:58:18 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t mind dark mornings.  I would much rather have more sunshine at the end of the day.  I&#8217;m on the side of kept daylight savings year round.  Having it dark AT 4:30 PM is too depressing.  For us, that means the summer sun doesn&#8217;t set until 9 PM. since we are on the eastern edge of EST.  We were backing Glacier National, it was still sunlit at&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-2810"><a href="https://thebrokenear.com/forums/topic/last-word/page/106/#post-4551" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:19:29 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah, that pretty much explains him.   Very motivated.   Can&#8217;t sit around.   Has to be doing something.   Still cool and wet here.  It&#8217;s 8:18am and it looks like dusk out there.   You can see but it is dark.  Typical Seattle.</p>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:31:41 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sounds like he has a lot going on and will take on anything when he can make a buck.</p>
<p>Hit 82F yesterday afternoon.  Woke up to 42F. It&#8217;ll be back into the 70s tomorrow.</p>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 15:50:29 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, you have to weigh how much the unit costs vs how much crap there is to take to the dump.   Those are the costs.   So hopefully what you can get from it outweighs those costs.   He and his wife run a dog boarding facility that is quite successful and he is semi retired.   So he has time to burn and does this to have something to do.   He&#8217;s&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-2807"><a href="https://thebrokenear.com/forums/topic/last-word/page/106/#post-4548" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:57:56 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That kind of success could be habit forming. Considering how much it costs to rent a unit, I can&#8217;t imagine someone storing all junk in on, so I guess the odds are his favor.  It all comes down to the cost to take one over.</p>
<p>One more warm day to the low i80&#8217;s before the wind changes and rain moved in for 4-5 days.</p>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:47:21 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This morning is foggy here, or maybe that&#8217;s a little bit of drizzle.   Not sure, but it is cold out there.   We burned some yard debris on saturday, it burned down in our burn enclosure, burned all night, was still smoking in the morning and afternoon.   It is quite remarkable how fires just destroy everything given the time.   So that was pretty&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-2805"><a href="https://thebrokenear.com/forums/topic/last-word/page/106/#post-4546" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 12:21:51 -0400</pubDate>

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				<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:15:55 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Quite the story on Jax.   How do you get a guy like that?   Just amazing.  </p>
<p>Sunny here finally.   But cold.  </p>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 23:29:07 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah, Jax blew through his side of the bracket.  I think Davino is that good.  It&#8217;s been a while since Blaze has lost and Davino completely shut him down.  Jax is huge for the weight class.  I don&#8217;t think we&#8217;ll see him there next year.  141 if not 149 next year.  He could even redshirt next year and return at 149 for &#8217;28.  That will get him beefed&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-2802"><a href="https://thebrokenear.com/forums/topic/last-word/page/106/#post-4543" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 15:40:11 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Agreed.   Yes I did see the Caliendo dismissal of Messenbrink.   But he did shake at the end of the match.  I get it kind of.   The champ going to everyone shaking hands and saying good job guys, good job.   A bit of a scene really.   Caliendo got beat down for sure.   </p>
<p>I was expecting an exciting match from Jax, but that didn&#8217;t happen.   All of&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-2801"><a href="https://thebrokenear.com/forums/topic/last-word/page/105/#post-4542" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 01:16:33 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The first three bouts set the night.  2 champs, 2 upsets.  Did you catch the video of the 165 podium?  Mesenbrink got off the podium to shake the hand of each placer.  He gets to Caliendo and is ignored.  I guess a TF beat down and a 0-9 record against Mesenbrink does that to you.</p>
<p>I agree on the five year eligibility rule for COVID offering 6&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-2800"><a href="https://thebrokenear.com/forums/topic/last-word/page/105/#post-4541" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 23:02:02 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, Taylor put together quite a team this year.   PSU did not do as well as seeded this year.   But they did well enough to win comfortably, but not as much as in previous years.   They are probably wondering why Starocci couldn&#8217;t get a 6th title.   (Disclaimer:  I am totally against him having a 5th season or anyone else having a 5th season)&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-2798"><a href="https://thebrokenear.com/forums/topic/last-word/page/105/#post-4532" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 11:35:23 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Looks like David Taylor is paying back for that mammoth million dollar coaching contract.  Hired in 2024 after the 2025 recruiting season his first group of recruits include 4 true freshmen that are in the finals.  I&#8217;m pretty sure Sanderson&#8217;s contract bonuses take him over the million dollar mark. Sanderson&#8217;s got to be looking over his shoulder at&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-2797"><a href="https://thebrokenear.com/forums/topic/last-word/page/105/#post-4531" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 15:31:59 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow.   I&#8217;ve never seen anything like that.   That&#8217;s incredible.   I guess something you had to live through to actually understand it.  </p>
<p>NCAAs are mostly going along but there are some upsets.   One #2 lost before the quarter finals.   All the #1s are on schedule.   But there is one guy that was seeded #27  that is in the quarters.   So that&#8217;s&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-2796"><a href="https://thebrokenear.com/forums/topic/last-word/page/105/#post-4530" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 21:23:42 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That storm I spoke of was in 1978 and things got worse as the hours passed.  So much snow came down people had to abandon their cars on I287.  Those cars got plowed under the snow to the point people couldn&#8217;t find their car and if they did there was no where to to put the snow when digging it out.  The state finally shut dow the interstate and&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-2795"><a href="https://thebrokenear.com/forums/topic/last-word/page/105/#post-4529" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>mspart replied to the topic Last Word in the forum Off Topic</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 15:26:11 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah, been there, done that.   I never had that issue in MN.  The snow was dry and they cleared it quickly.   In Seattle, the snow is wet and turns to icy slush when a car runs over it.   Traction is zero.   I&#8217;ve had bad commutes before.   I&#8217;ve had times I couldn&#8217;t get up the hill to get to my driveway.   Had to abandon the car on the main road.&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-2787"><a href="https://thebrokenear.com/forums/topic/last-word/page/105/#post-4520" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 11:52:18 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nowadays, they close offices at the drop of hat when snow is going to hit since staff can work from home.  Not so years back.  I can recall one storm that hit around 11 AM and they decoded to let everyone go at 2.  Well, everyone else closed included the stores and restaurants.  My typical 20 minute commute turned into a 3 hour creeping nightmare.</p>
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				<title>mspart replied to the topic Last Word in the forum Off Topic</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 15:53:47 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I do ok at home but I do like the office.   The show is very sparse now mostly on the ground.   The hard surfaces are all pretty much clear now.   I did a lot of shoveling, I think that warmed up the asphalt and melted the snow quicker.   So getting off my hill is doable.  I have new tires on my car, the first set was a sport set and had terrible&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-2784"><a href="https://thebrokenear.com/forums/topic/last-word/page/105/#post-4517" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 02:10:32 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I always accomplished more working from home.  No distractions. It paid off well at the end of the wrestling season as I was able to watch all pounds of the Big Ten and NCAAs.  </p>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 16:47:09 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I live on a hill and it is snowing now.   and accumulating.   I&#8217;m not driving today, the driveway is steep and getting to the main road is even steeper.  I have a Dr appointment I am canceling right now.   This kind of snow is super slippery and my car is not really good in snow.   We lost power for a few seconds a couple of times last night and&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-2779"><a href="https://thebrokenear.com/forums/topic/last-word/page/105/#post-4504" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 20:59:48 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I hope you live on a hill and that 15&#8243; drains off.  It would be a mess around here with that much rain over 2 days.  Right now it&#8217;s snowing, not sticking but large flakes dissolve as they hit.  78F yesterday and a projected 28F tonight, a 50 degree drop over 36 hours.</p>
<p>Penn State pulled 7 #1 seeds then a #3, a 9, and a #14.  Looks like it will be&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-2778"><a href="https://thebrokenear.com/forums/topic/last-word/page/105/#post-4503" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>mspart replied to the topic Last Word in the forum Off Topic</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 16:12:30 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, the stock market is tanking and tanking my 401k with it.   I&#8217;m concerned that this war is not going to be a short war and my savings will get hurt.  I have an option to put it all in a &#8220;savings account&#8221; that gets minimal gain, but does not lose.   I&#8217;m thinking of doing that right now until this stuff stops.  </p>
<p>I read that WA is sending rainy&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-2777"><a href="https://thebrokenear.com/forums/topic/last-word/page/105/#post-4501" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 11:52:03 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>4 days in the 70&#8217;s including a 79er, 35 this evening and more snow.  Only in NJ can you get summer/winter weather on back to back days</p>
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				<title>mspart replied to the topic Last Word in the forum Off Topic</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 15:19:51 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wet and rainy here now.   Dark too.  After Saturday, I think it starts to warm up so that will be nice.   </p>
<p>Actually we are pretty lucky that we have the weather guessers.   Back in the day, they just got what they got.   Now at least we usually have a little warning.   Hawaii  is gonna be getting it with the Kona winds coming.   That&#8217;s a reversal&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-2775"><a href="https://thebrokenear.com/forums/topic/last-word/page/105/#post-4499" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 01:41:44 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Been there.  We&#8217;re far luckier out here with our 3r<br />
d day in the 70&#8217;s with sunshine.  We&#8217;ll get one more tomorrow, then it&#8217;s back to highs in the 40&#8217;s for at least 7 days.</p>
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				<title>mspart replied to the topic Last Word in the forum Off Topic</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 16:05:03 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>133 will be loaded at NCAAs for sure.   </p>
<p>Was supposed to rain all week.  We got hail yesterday and right now it is dry and chilly, 34F.   </p>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 01:58:32 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>7 bouts were #1 v #2 seeds.  2 &#8211; n#3&#8217;s made to the final and a #6.  I&#8217;d the seeding formula was fairly accurate.  I saw ony one other glitch beside the Haynes misfire.  Little Ferrari ranked #2 nationally was seeded #7.  Brands did not appeal.  Turns out Ferrari draws #1 Rocco-Welch in the Q final, #1 v #2 in a Q final.  Welsh wins in OT and then&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-2772"><a href="https://thebrokenear.com/forums/topic/last-word/page/104/#post-4496" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>mspart replied to the topic Last Word in the forum Off Topic</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 15:34:48 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think you called the B1Gs.   PSU was incredible and Iowa embarrassed.   Very embarrassed.   Maybe its time for more fun at Iowa.   JAX sailed through big 12s easily as a kid just out of HS.   He&#8217;s a generational talent and he&#8217;s just getting started.   </p>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2026 13:06:22 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sanderson used the appeal process created with use of Wrestlestat&#8217;s seeding formula and recovered another #1 seed. 174 Levi Haynes, reigning natty champ and undefeated this year was pre-seeded at #2.  He&#8217;s now #1 after the appeal.  Whatever.  PSU will blow through and win again, though 1 or 2 #1 seeds will lose. It always happens at B1Gs.  Iowa is&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-2770"><a href="https://thebrokenear.com/forums/topic/last-word/page/104/#post-4494" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 16:38:28 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah, that is crazy, PSU having so many #1 seeds.   That is some team Cael has assembled every year for years.   I don&#8217;t hate Cael, but I would like to see some other teams do really really well and those PSU wrestlers not be champions.   That would be epic.   I think Cael and his staff are the best there has ever been.   Sure they get great&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-2768"><a href="https://thebrokenear.com/forums/topic/last-word/page/104/#post-4492" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 12:33:39 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just hanging around waiting for B1Gs to roll around tomorrow.  Penn State could have had 8 #1 seeds if not for a quicky change in the seeding formula by a conference committee.  B1G opted out of using a coach&#8217;s vote in favor of a purely statistical formula (Moneyball comes to B1G wrestling).  2 No.1 nationally ranked PSU wrestlers with wins over&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-2766"><a href="https://thebrokenear.com/forums/topic/last-word/page/104/#post-4490" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 16:45:28 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, the forecast changed and no snow anymore.   No freezing temps.   My son runs a snow plow salt parking lot business (among other things) and he hasn&#8217;t had much work this year.   They got me all excited with some snow.   Alas&#8230;.</p>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 23:40:35 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We went all of last year with zero snow, never saw it.  This year was Mother Nature&#8217;s payback, 47&#8243; total.  The weather guessers say we may not be done with it.  </p>
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				<title>mspart replied to the topic Last Word in the forum Off Topic</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 20:46:39 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We will be getting colder end of next week with 4-7 inches of snow in my neighborhood.   We haven&#8217;t had snow yet so this will be the first for us.   The ski areas are finally getting dumped on.   Good  news for them.   </p>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 13:22:40 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Looking forward to the weekend and getting that hour of daylight back.  On top of that those weather guessers are super optimistic forecasting 4 days in the 60&#8217;s with a possibility of low 70&#8217;s on Wednesday.  That&#8217;s some well needed warmth which should get rid of most of the plowed ice piles that continue to linger.</p>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 17:12:05 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, if you decided to travel to see them, I honestly don&#8217;t think you will be disappointed.   They really surprised me.   Live music is great, even bluegrass.  The opening band was good even.   But they were blown completely away by these pros.   </p>
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