[Magdalen] Rain.

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Well, the game IS football, in which head injuries happen all the time, so,
yeah, they obviously don't give a hoot about players' safety. You could
have a game of flag f'ball, which involves just as much strategy as the
bloodsport, but without the potential for blood, not many will watch it.
People go to auto races for the potential that someone will wreck.  They
will say, "Oh no... I don't watch because someone might be a crash, where
you see the parts fly in all directions, the twisted wreck on fire, the
firemen trying to get the driver out ... Oh no...."


James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 12:54 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> That is truly ridiculous. It is unsafe for the players in those conditions,
> much more so than in snow, and especially if they are playing on artificial
> turf which becomes unbelievably slippery in very wet conditions. But of
> course the NFL has a history of not giving a damn about employee safety.
>
> On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 11:48 AM, Eleanor Braun <eleanor.braun at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I think I've heard that the NFL rules provide that games are not stopped
> > for any weather except lightning in area.  I also found it unpleasant to
> > watch, and stopped at the half.  I see from the score that the Colts came
> > back to tie, but Carolina won in OT.
> >
> > Eleanor
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 11:25 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > We watched a little bit of the Indianapolis-Carolina football game last
> > > night. They were playing in a monsoon-type rain, and as I remarked to
> > S/O,
> > > it looked like a cross between bodysurfing and kids playing Capture the
> > > Flag in a giant puddle. Both fumbles and injuries abounded. Seemed to
> me
> > > that anyone with any sense would have canceled the game, but I suppose
> TV
> > > money trumps everything.
> > >
> > > On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 11:33 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > 64 here, 20 miles NW of Houston and LOVELY cool after significant
> rain
> > > > over the weekend
> > > > bedroom slider door (no windows) open slightly tonight!
> > > >
> > > > Lynn
> > > >
> > > > website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
> > > >
> > > > When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I
> have
> > > not
> > > > a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You
> gave
> > > me."
> > > > attributed to Erma Bombeck
> > > > "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a
> > talk
> > > > by Richard Rohr
> > > >
> > > > --------------------------------------------------
> > > > From: "M J _Mike_ Logsdon" <mjl at ix.netcom.com>
> > > > Sent: Monday, November 02, 2015 10:20 PM
> > > > To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> > > > Subject: [Magdalen] Rain.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Well, when it petered earlier, it was for good, even though the late
> > > >> afternoon was dark and ominous.  Just to tease me, no doubt.  But,
> the
> > > temp
> > > >> has been low, such that I actually turned on the heat in the car
> after
> > > >> coming out of the grocery store after work.  AND, I currently have
> the
> > > >> apartment heater on, and have had for some hours.  Rather strange.
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>