SpeedFlex27

Old guard? Funny how age is always brought into the conversation in situations like this. How about saying it's all about what a person is used to doing. If someone like myself prefers an actual working environment away from home it's just what I'm used to as I've always had a workplace to go to. I've always enjoyed personal interaction with my co workers & I'd miss that working from home. Doesn't mean I can't work at home or won't adapt. There are tens of millions of bad & lazy employees out there worldwide that will take advantage of everything they can to get out of doing as much work as possible but still demand to get paid. No matter what their age is. Employers have a right not to trust them & be concerned about their output.

#wereinthistogether and... #thechampishere...

McMahon has become like a hermit the past few years. He used to be a workaholic & from all the stories I've read about him was he never slept. Recently, he had stopped running the show & attending Smackdown leaving it up to Paul Levesque (Triple H) to run the show. In his 70's now & obviously slowing down I wonder how hard this massive failure is going to hit McMahon health wise. It had to have taken a toll. TUP might have some insight into that.

My brother & Nygaard using to hang out together back in high school at Churchill High. That was then. Like anything else, once they graduated they went their separate ways. Nygaard was just another Rouger in those days. While I've never asked my brother what Nygaard was like back then, I'm sure he's shocked with what is going on.

Just too much overconfidence, wbbfan. Thinking the Stamps would just roll over for the Bombers in 2001. The problem was the core of the Stamps 1998 GC winning team was still intact & they were motivated because they felt disrespected. Nothing like locker room headlines to fire another team up. Football is such an emotional sport, I knew Wally would use everything being said & done that week to fire up his players. If a team chooses to disrespect veterans like Alondra Johnson, Joe Fleming, Kelvin Anderson, Vince Danielsen, Jamie Crysdale, Anwar Stewart, Fred Childress & others that is what happens. I was so upset that week wondering WTH Ritchie was doing as a HC not controlling his players. I've always blamed Ritchie for what happened in what was his worst week ever as a head coach. Still bothers me to this day.

Great season to be sure.

That's what I meant about the difference between #5 & below being huge. Vaughan was a great receiver to be sure. So was Darren Flutie, James Murphy, Brian Kelly & on & on...

Well, kind of pointless to discuss this during a pandemic when we are freaking out having to go to the grocery store. You really can't have a logical discussion.

I'd have no problem slotting Simon at #3 behind Pitts #2 & Stegall #1. And what is wrong with being #3 all time in the CFL as a receiver? That's still one helluva career & something to be proud of.

Later in his career the TSN Hype Machine really tried to make him a legend. He was a Top 5 for sure all time but not the greatest all time. And there's a big difference between #5 & #1.

I'll use a Bob Irving analogy, "One MOP award does not an all-time great receiver make".

Man, that was a great team. If only Dave Ritchie could have contained some of those huge egos & big mouths during Grey Cup week they'd have been champions. Bolden ran his mouth all week. Real shame.

We'll return to normal. The handshake will make a comeback as will hugs once the pandemic is over. We are creatures of habit. If wars can go on when we know of the ugliness & atrocities without seeming to learn any lessons then a simple handshake won't go away either.

I'm one of those employees who needs the structure & discipline of a dedicated workplace. I don't think I'd do very well working at home long term. Now, under a pandemic maybe I'd have changed my mind as I'd be forced to but I sometimes lack the discipline to do well at it. I was an Independent Claims Adjuster in Thompson 30 years ago. I travelled all over Northern Manitoba. I had a small one man office & a secretary. I routinely put in 50-60 hour work weeks including weekends so I know I can work independently. But I left my home every day. Put on a suit & away I went. I didn't work in my pyjamas, not shave everyday or go without a shower. Being a school bus driver now in the twilight of my twilight working career I'll never find out if I could have made the change either. I always looked at it that my home is my shelter away from work or a boss who was a prick. (Had a couple of those). When I wanted to get away from the workplace my solitude was my home. I didn't want my work brought to it.

I'm losing a lot of respect for the Calgary Stampede Board & their (so far) unwillingness to cancel the Stampede. Calgary City Council has banned all public gatherings to June 30th & the Stampede starts on July 3rd & runs to the 12th. So, just 3 days after the ban may be cancelled & the fact that BC has banned public gatherings such as weddings, etc till the end of summer, then why hasn't the Stampede cancelled? I've been living in Calgary now for over 30 years & I have to admit I'm getting a little sick & tired of hearing how much this City NEEDS the Stampede. When we had the floods in 2013, again all we heard was just how much we needed the Stampede. People's businesses, homes & lives were ruined but public funds that were supposed to go to stricken neighbourhoods or for relief were redirected to clean up the Stampede grounds for the Big Event. Now again we hear just how much we need the Stampede again. Vendors are saying they won't survive if it's cancelled. Civic politicians are saying how negatively the psyche of the City will be affected if the event isn't allowed to go on. Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi said that he had a dream. The dream was he woke up on July 1st & the pandemic was over & the Stampede went on as if nothing ever happened. Blah, blah, bah, blah. I just look at it is a no brainer. Last year, over a million visitors came to Stampede Park. With the US border closed & travel restrictions on international flights even if the Stampede went ahead there'd be nowhere close to a million people attending for 10 days. But let's say just 200,000 visitors show up. If just 10% are infected, that's still 20,000 Calgarians sick & overwhelming hospitals here. The risk is just too great. The responsible thing is to cancel. If the Stampede Board refuses then the City & Province have to show some guts & do it for them. Unfortunately, the Stampede Board is a very powerful organization with connections to the City & Province. Wouldn't surprise me if the Stampede will be allowed to go on with the Stampede as restrictions will magically be lifted on June 30th.

It's pay walled, unfortunately. I only got as far as Luck being paid $20 million.

You won't get any argument out of me. These are all foreign workers with little if no rights. Being intimidated by management into working when in quarantine is criminal.

I'd love to see the 87 Jets playoff run. The 5 game series win over the Flames & the quarter final loss to the Oilers. Even though we lost that was some great hockey as well.

Lirim made a mistake. Didn't handle it right. Most fans aren't Draconian. I think if he would have faced the media & owned what happened that fans would have got over it as would have his teammates & coaches. I just remember it wasn't just the fans & media who gave up on Lirim. Walters & O'Shea did as well. We all know Mike. He'll go to great lengths to protect a player from criticism or scrutiny but he didn't with Lirim. I think Mike & Walters were very upset with his behaviour at the time. Otherwise, he'd have continued playing for the Bombers & he'd have been re-signed. Yes, he was run out of town but I'm happy for Lirim that he went to the Cats & played well. Now, he has his NFL shot. Hope he does well.

The Alberta government finally closed the High River Meat Packing plant.

Not funny. Not referring to you Tracker. But the ass who posted this.

What an ass

Looking for a Derel Walker sighting.

We may never know the motive.

That's the only way to do it. Some bad **** going down at the Cargill meat packing plant in High River about 35 minutes south of Calgary They went from 38 cases 3 days ago to over 350 today. Eighty per cent are foreign workers with multiple families living in one or 2 bedroom apartment in town. Combine that with working conditions such as having people being elbow to elbow apart on a production line means the virus is spreading like wildfire. Cargill was deemed an essential service by the provincial government so the company refuses to shut down. They supply something like a third of all meat to this country & that is why the AB govt doesn't want to close the meat packing plant down. Employees are now talking anonymously to the media saying they're afraid to go to work, They said that Cargill supervisors are phoning employees who were already exposed but asymptomatic in quarantine telling them they have to go back to work or else they'll be fired defying the 14 day quarantine law. Some of the sick employees are still wanting to work because if they don't they'll miss attendance bonuses. Of course, Cargill is denying any of this has happened & said they have brought in measures to clean the plant more thoroughly & made self distancing easier in the crowded workplace. Cargill said they even laid off an entire shift of a thousand employees to make sure this happens. However, employees are saying measures aren't enough & crowding is still a huge problem. After all is said & done there will probably be a provincial enquiry & I wouldn't be surprised if criminal charges are even laid. Alberta Health Services, Cargill, the AB govt & Health Canada are all complicit in this. They all know what is going on & are turning a blind eye so now there's a serious outbreak going on. The union, townspeople & NDP opposition are screaming bloody murder & rightly so.