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.25 wings, man those were the days. i remember the .10 wings at Mindi's back in the day in Luray.

My wife is wanting to go out to Amarillo Texas in a couple weeks and then over to Carlsbad, NM. Anything anybody thinks is an absolute must on the way over or back from those areas?

We have Dura Canyon and the Caverns already penciled in.

This, pretty much. He was a couple feet away from the goalie, then at the kicked moved right at the goalie with both hands out, then pivoted left. It look like his right shoulder in the pivot knocked the goalie off balance as the goalie tried to turn to where the ball was going. Either way, the move toward the goalie to hinder/block him is what drew the foul, IM(ns)HO. And I don't even know the rules all that well. ;^)

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Like the old timers used to tell me, when the deer hits the ground, the fun's over and the work's begun. I made an afternoon of butchering for the freezer, but first you gotta gut 'em, haul 'em home, hang 'em if the weather permits, skin 'em then cut them up into quarters and then get them in the house for the processing. It used to take me a long time to do this since I was a fanatic about what went into the freezer. No bones, not even a hint of fat (goes bad quick, even in freezer), fell or anything else that isn't red. I didn't do much roasts, just got things down to steaks, cutlets and stew meat with scraps boiled up for the dog's dinner toppings. Surprising how much meat can go in a small space in the freezer. I never got into making sausage or burgers, but jerky was fun and good as well.
Hunting should be a serious business, and for me, I just didn't want to kill any more big animals knowing also how serious it is for them. Dove, on the other hand, I just can't quit wanting to hunt them though it's been a while. Lot easier to clean a mess of dove than a deer or turkey, that's for sure.

Same here in Washington County. I just don't have it in me to butcher them anymore.

Although I do agree with you 100%, I was disheartened to learn that, according to both Total Football Analysis and The Athletic, based on international samples sizes, stuttering in the run-up to taking penalty kicks yields a slightly higher conversion rate than "conventional" run-ups. I don't know how good the statistical analysis is, or what other factors may or may not be considered.

But from the eye-test, and in my own experience, I find the stutter-step style to be less effective.

Coming into the tournament Paraguay was the #41 team and Sweden the #38. During the tournament paraguay moved up to #34 and sweden to #37. Paraguay is going to be pretty tired for the next game after relying on lots of endurance to get past germany

Only in the replays that start after the german player moved into the goalie while the goalie was stationary. The movement of the goalie to move for the ball was after the german player already had 2 arms around him and then the german player never even attempted to do anything other than obstruct the goalie.

The goalkeeper initiated contact on most of the cameras then got benefit of being the goalkeeper. It was a BAD call.

I just watched the highlights since I didn't see it. I think Mark Clattenburg said something along the lines of "it's a foul but it's a pretty soft foul" and I tend to agree with that. Really could have gone either way, IMO. Unfortunate for Germany. They had their chances, though, and were unable to capitalize. Two of the penalty misses occurred from slow/stuttered run-ups and trying to read or bait the keeper. I hate that. It's nonsense. Just pick a spot and put the ball there with confidence and pace. The kicks that went in, even when the keeper guessed correctly, were placed with speed and confidence, without a stuttering run-up. That should be the model. Havertz and Woltemade overthought their kicks and were ultimately blocked. Stop trying to outsmart the keepers. Just run up and hammer it home. The faster you do it the better. Netherland's misses were similar last night. Too cutesy.

Great trip! Wife had a panic attack before we left based on a viral news story on how crowded Yosemite was. It was for nothing. Zion was a lot more crowded on a Wednesday than Yosemite was on a Saturday. We did start early (still on East Coast time), but we were alone on most of most of the trails. Mist Trail was the exception, largely because so many bused in tourists have to go slow and stop to rest, and most go up and down the same way. We were not prepared for how long and steep that trail is, and there were a lot of people less fit than us trying it. Exceptional scenery. Photos and video cannot capture that scale for the mountains, waterfalls, or sequoyahs. Napa was very relaxing, though the wine was too good for our pallet. Sonoma is a very nice small town, and we liked it a little better than Napa, which is newer and more commercial and crowded. Managed to spend less on wine than we did on bourbon in KY - but that largely because we had a car to put it in in Kentucky instead of a checked bag. San Fran had changed a lot since we were there 35 years ago. Ignore what you hear. We saw about the number of homeless we would see in Greensboro. Felt safe everywhere, and did explore. Alcatraz was interesting. The Ciot Tower does have amazing views. Waymos are everywhere. There was a World Cup watch party on fisherman's warf very near where the sea lions hang out, and we made a very long afternoon out of watching soccer, sea lions, eating chioppino, drinking etc. Spent a day in the Golden Gate Park, walking between the redwoods, hiking to the WW II fortifications, watching people surf and enjoying the pacific coast cliff overlooks. Weather was perfect. A lot of the food was amazing. Great variety of things to see and do on the trip as a whole, and worth the extra driving to tack the few extra days in extra places.