Mark H.

I’m excited for this tidbit..
 
 
 

To me it looks like Nichols is over what was making him look like a rookie.
He looked more sure in the pocket..moved around a lot better with no panic in his eyes...and stepped up and made decisive throws.. and very deliberate ones...during that 4 game streak and even before that..he did not look right. 
 

Simonise back on kickoff.....fumbles and boots it around, to put Bombers in a hole.....
Nichols roughed in end zone, then O strings together 4 first downs.....
Medlock makes it 3-0.
Powell gets around the end on 2nd and short for 50 yards.....
...then catches ball on wheel route for easy TD.  
D on 2 point convert, still not a Bomber specialty…..8-3 Ottawa
Nichols spreading the ball around, early, and releasing it quicker....
Hits Demski, then Dressler down to the RB 25, Adams catches slant. ….
Harris runs for first down, then Adams catches another slant.....
…..breaks a tackle and is in the end zone for the TD...
Harris finding open receivers and has time to deliver...…
So far, looks like the aliens have returned the real Hall to us......
Fenner blitz/sack stops drive on 2nd down.  FG makes it 11-10 Redblacks
Demski runs for 15, then passes to Adams and Demski….
...sets up 37 yd Medlock field goal.  13-11 Blue
Opo jumps offside.... but in 3 man rush....sacks Harris, on next play....
Medlock hits #3 to push it to 16-11.
Ward goes for CFL consecutive FG mark with #39 in a row....
No... RedBlacks run the fake FG....and it comes up short...
Adams embellishes contact a bit and draws 30 yd PI.
Thompkins makes nice catch for first down... Dressler grabs 10 more..
Nichols sacked....Harris gets to Ott 24.  Llast play FG has Bombers up 19-11.
Alexander tagged for PI....but Bryant sacks Harris on another 3 man rush....
Nichols takes flea flicker, drops it off to Big Wolt for 20.....
Dressler takes hitch for 10...Harris runs it down to the Ottawa 6.....
Harris then...uh.....stands and watches 2 incomplete passes from there (sigh)
Medlock is 5 for 5.  Bombers up 22-11
Bombers kick their first punt ….at 5:50 of the 3rd quarter
Harris drilled by Bighill.   Ward does tie the record this time.  22-14 Blue
Demski dancing around...on the end around...and fumbles ball away..
RB's don't go on 3rd and 1.  Ward now has CFL record with 40th straight
Bombers could use some O here.  Nichols fumbles but Chung recovers....
Harris catches pass, hurdles tackler for good gain. Ottawa roughing on same play...
Dressler gets his helmet ripped right off for another 15.....
Revenge is sweet.  Dressler wide open on curl out, in end zone for the TD.  28-17
Harris takes heavy hit from Jake Thomas....Sayles nice knockdown on 2nd down....
Harris and Demski run for FD.  Thompkins catches one for another...
Dressler drops 2nd down pass.....Medlock hits his 6th FG.  32-17
Clutch drive.  Up 15 with less than 4 minutes to go.
Somehow Randle has good ole JFG take the ball right out of his hands.....
JFG then catches 30 yard shotput TD pass...as Fogg falls right down....
32-14 Hold the phone.  That only took Ottawa 45 seconds.....
Huge Medlock punt puts RedBlacks on own 32, with 1:45 left
Ellingson makes great catch to convert 3rd and 3.....
Bombers laying off receivers and missing tackles, now...
JFG (new Ottawa threat) catches pass over middle to Bomber 15
Harris then tosses to Ellingson for the TD.  But they need the 2-pointer
Of course, Ellingson catches floater over Alexander.  32-32
Bomber D has completely vaporized a 15 point lead in last 3 and a half minutes.
OT.  Harris catches, then runs for first downs.  Harris rips off 12 more....
Nichols finds Dressler on 2nd down....wide open in end zone.  38-32 Bombers    
Have to have the 2.  Nichols delivers to Adams.  Up 40-32.
Matt has looked a lot like the ole efficient Nichols, today.....
Just need a stop on D, to close out this thing and cap my drinking...
Ellingson catches two passes for first downs.....we just can't cover that guy...
Vincent Rodgers takes brutal roughing penalty after the whistle
Bomber D can't cover Sinopoli either...he takes it to the 18
Sinopoli catches it again, cuts inside to the Bomber 5...…
...but Adam Bighill pursues him....and punches the ball out.....
Santos-Knox falls on it.  Bomber ball.  Bomber WIN.
D finally make a stop.   Bombers finally get 2 points
...on a bottle drainer, that should of been in the bag, long ago....
….and has put me in the bag, right now....

 
 

 



 
 


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Jesus.... you'd think we lost with the comments from a few select posters here.
 

He wanted to leave you with a question. 

It's been happening for awhile.  My brother was squeezed out of dairy 20 years ago.  He'd received an award for having the top 5 milk quality in the province the previous year, but since he only had a 40 cow herd that was pretty far from the next nearest farm they pressured him to get out of the business.  Told him he needed to build a new barn (at least a million dollars back then) or he was out.  I am very much in favour of the idea of supply management, but I fear that the capitalists have taken over the industry.

Good to know, rarely purchase beef anymore.

Any chance we could - discuss Winnipeg vs. Ottawa? 

Harvest isn't done - soybeans, sunflowers and root vegetables still in the fields - hoping for a reprieve...

😣 oops... well, the way the season's gone, if they make the playoffs by crossing over to their own division... I'd be okay with that.

It's a tough job and a tough decision - no judgement from me.
I get to live in two worlds - the teaching profession and farming.  What makes farming worthwhile is being close to the land and the independence it brings.

They are usually family owned, and yes, the average herd is about 80 cows. They are often large, but they are not corporate.  I believe the largest herd (in BC) milks over 3000 cows. 

I went through the same choice Mark.  Didn't see why anyone would want to farm, after having spent my teen years on a tractor.  Your take home pay worked out to about $.15 an hour...

On that - we agree. The biggest problem in rural areas is younger people not interested in farming. Most older farmers would not sell their land if they could avoid it. 

On that - we agree. The biggest problem in rural areas is younger people not interested in farming. Most older farmers would not sell their land if they could avoid it. 

Ok.  When supply management was first established, everyone got a share in it based on the size of their operation.  But since then, it has cost huge dollars to get into the system, assuming there is quota available for purchase.  For example, a quota to milk one 100 dairy cows will cost 3 - 4 million dollars.  A layer chicken quota will cost approx. $100 per bird.  So yes, farmers who have a quota earn a good living, but all the rest can only rarely buy into the system.
Thus, people build cabinets and drive trucks, rather than spending millions to get into one of the quota regulated livestock industries,which are usually not available anyway.

The details of the stadium deal were shall we say less than ideal.  However, the former government did get the Bombers a new stadium.  Imagine if they had only agreed to limited finding...say $25 - $50 million to do a reasonably modest patch job on the old stadium (as Brodbeck suggested).  That would have bought the team 10 - 15 years at most as parts of the stadium were already having significant integrity issues - something a cheap patch job would not fully alleviate.  Unlikely the new PC government would have given the Bombers much needed funds to construct a new stadium given current austerity measures...and before you know it the Bombers would be having another stadium crisis in the 2020s.

It was inevitable. Dairy and poultry farmers have quietly made a fortune over the years, hoping no one would notice. 
Cost to produce a dozen eggs: 0.65
Selling price for the farmer: 1.90 - 2.50
Hormones must be banned only for dairy, because beef feedlots sure use them. 

No hormones in either of those industries - I’m familiar with both. 
Most hogs are also antibiotic free. 

It was inevitable. Dairy and poultry farmers have quietly made a fortune over the years, hoping no one would notice. 
Cost to produce a dozen eggs: 0.65
Selling price for the farmer: 1.90 - 2.50
Hormones must be banned only for dairy, because beef feedlots sure use them. 

Across all agricultural sectors - poultry, eggs, etc. 

I have no idea why the Riders' team I watched today couldn't beat Edmonton or B.C. quite handily.
Number one - they have a front 4 that gets after the QB. Reilly is clearly banged up for the Esks and B.C. has to start Jennings

Seems we have a new trade deal - with dairy concessions made - probably beginning of the end for supply management in Canada. 

Blah blah blah....
Nah highlight of the season for me is when the play offs come- the Bombers will walk into new toilet stadium and punch the riders in the mouth, take their lunch money and move on to Calgary. riders will be one and done- that's what happens with smoke and mirrors with a dash **** tonne of luck. Then i will taunt people on riders fans, drink their tears, get temporarily banned (because rf can dish it out, but can't take it- its a little thinskinned there) and not visit the site till next year (because riders will be more insignificant at that point). 
Nope, just fact.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
riders suck. For all eternity. 

No, it's fact.