GreatWhiteNorth

Near the end of my college career, I was asked by a good friend from HS if I would visit a grade school where his mother was teaching. Nothing too specific, just a PE class and they apparently wanted a wrestler to visit for some reason or another. I was game. When I arrived, all those little dirt-eating grade school buggers were assembled in the gym, sitting cross legged. and surprisingly super attentive. My HS bud decided now was a good time to explain that I needed to do the rope climb and touch the ceiling without using my legs for the kids. Oh, and back down without legs, too. Not something I had ever done before, and this was not a small gym; the ceiling was not low. I wasn't sure about it. It was high, and ropes weren't part of my workout regimen. My buddy was certain and gave me a "You can do it." The teacher got the kids fired up to encourage me. Worked. Getting to the ceiling was easy. The way down wasn't quite as easy, but I managed to try to look cool as I landed. The kids applauded like I was a celebrity+batman+astronaut. It was a good day - I remember it as clearly as yesterday. More than most of my wrestling matches. If anybody is hesitant to jump in to assist with kids, I hope my story helps. I had no idea kids would connect with a rope climb like they did. You never know what will click.

Tell me that wasn't exciting.

You are correct.

Soooo much better.

Nooooo!!! Was planning to watch that one in a little bit when I have control of the TV again. Eh, still will. Hey MNRodent, maybe [SPOILER] as a prefix in the title next time for breaking news? BTW - NDSU's Owen Pentz is another guy who gets after it and is exciting to watch. Leaving here now before I find out more.

Yet he claims to be a professional boxer.

Call me crazy, but I've still got Hamiti over Carr - good thing for me, pretty sure dust-fart-Dole already forgot the settings. Bonus pick: Calhoun wins at 174 regardless of opponent. Most likely by major.

The world-famous what now? Is that some sort of restaurant in Utah? Never heard of it.

Like your long-time gal dumped you unexpectedly, and you hooked up with one that appeared to be similarly looking, could maybe be as hot, so you hooked up. Then the next day you woke up and gave her a closer look. She still looks hot and everything... but there's just no history.

I'm catching up. By the way, Ledecky is cool - solid competition. But c'mon, where's "ban swimming" when we need him.

I had a gut feeling you would (probably too many enchilada's)

Who is "We"? You and the dust you fart?

Kinda with treep and ionel here. Hamiti has a tremendously exciting style. I'm picking him over Carr now because it's the best chance he's got through the course of the season. Won't be able to pick him come March. (Who am I kidding, I still might.) The real question is - Will we see that matchup on Saturday? I'd maybe bet against it, but I won't post it here because bets belong on the betting board. This is just a 'maybe' bet, not real. Like a "Cinnabet."

Whatever he was hoping to win from the bet, I hope it was big (well, not Big, though.) Both Alice and Angela are solid choices. I'm partial to the original Alice (because I posted it way back when), but the follow-up Angela was also good and very popular. Just like KMF's mullet was business in the front and party in the back, T. Nick was Angela on the top, and Alice on the side. (RIP Angela Lansbury - if you didn't know, she passed a few weeks ago.)

Legitimate story always trumps silly weak GIF - Got to go with banbasketball here.

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"Wow! Real posts about wrestling!!!" is the name of the thread... But no real posts about wresting here. That's jacked up.

Not an argument. Just show the logs. The last (5) posters should be sufficient with time stamps.

Weak.

It seemed like themat.com's demise was going to be an hours long boring slog. On the contrary, I enjoyed it.

For future reference, above are the actual last two posts from themat.com forums. Nice job ionel. Carrying the storyline into the abyss reminds me of the musicians on the Titanic. Well done. The following Carl post you made may have hit the server before my browse refreshed. I'll bow out, you win.

None by JB. My last post was about AJ's Kia Soul with Danny Mac throwing Andrew out the window. Radio silence after that.

JB - You 'don't work there no more', but seems you may have had a key to the back door? (And be careful of those cherries)

That narrative is cool to sell. But even JB knows he wasn't really there 'til the end. Only a coup'la guys with an interesting fictional story to tell were there at the end. JB knows that to be true.