Disclaimer — I posted this story about 5 years ago. My grandpa is still kicking, but he’s not long for this world anymore, so this is always in honor of him. Also, he has since gifted me the Championship ring, which means more to me than anything I’ve ever owned. I wear it on a chain around my neck everyday.
My grandfather is the only male figure in my life, and he's getting older and not doing so well. I saw on comment on here last night that made me think of him and inspired me to tell the story I grew up hearing time and again.
It's the story of the 1925 Pottsville Maroons, the team his father won an NFL Championship with only to have it taken away and never returned. All the while legitimizing professional football in a time when college dominated the public's attention.
For those who don't know, Pottsville is a small mining town in essentially central PA. In 1925, the NFL was in its infancy. New teams joined every year, most of which couldn't be sustained longer than a few seasons. Only 4 teams made it out of the 20's for the long haul (Packers, Bears, Giants and Cardinals). The Maroons joined the NFL in 1925 after years in coal miners leagues around PA, and folded after 1929.
Pottsville dominated in their first year in the NFL, putting up a 10-1-1 record. When they played the Chicago Cardinals, it was billed as the "championship game" (no playoffs back then, a champion was determined by who had the best record by years end). Pottsville won convincingly 21-7.
Now after that game, Pottsville played a game against the Notre Dame All-Stars. At the time, college football was thought to be far superior to the professional game. Pottsville basically played on a high school field, so they moved the game to Shibe Park in Philadelphia. Frankford's owner complained that they were playing in his teams territory, and the NFL warned Pottsville not to play the game in Philly. It turns out Frankford's owner was just upset because he wanted his team to play Notre Dame, but since Pottsville was considered the best team, they got the honor.
The Maroons went through with the game, and beat the Four-Horseman 9-7. It didn't change things overnight, but that game gave the NFL footing. It proved the pros were just as good if not better than college.
After the game, the NFL suspended Pottsville for the remainder of the 1925 season. Since champions were rewarded to the team with the best record at the end of the year, and the Cardinals had scheduled
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Graduated last semester but still got today’s test message
I wonder if any one else has experienced this and gotten as annoyed as I do.
It wasn’t a big deal at first but after working for this mom for almost 2 years its starting to really annoy me. She works part time so is at home a good amount of time during my work hours (I won’t go on about this specifically other than UGH)
But I have come to absolutely loathe when she speaks to B4 or G14months in questions that she really wants me to answer. For example
(Mainly with the baby who can’t even speak or reply to her)
“Baby, what did you have for lunch today?!”
“Baby, do you need your diaper changed? It looks wet!”
“Baby, would you like some oatmeal? You haven’t eaten yet this morning!”
All in a cutesy baby voice.
At first it wasn’t a big deal but I’ve come to notice she does this for almost every request she has of me.
Like come on dude! I would be totally cool with you saying
“What did you end up giving baby for lunch today?”
Or
“Hey would you mind changing baby’s diaper?”
Or
“Oh by the way, baby didn’t eat before you got here so she is probably hungry. Would you mind giving her some oatmeal?”
I could go on. Everything is a question to the kids who either can’t respond or don’t pay enough attention to give her the answer she wants. She’s just asking them questions/ telling them things that are meant for me.
Just speak directly to me instead of asking the baby and then having me awkwardly respond for her.
Edit: the title doesn’t really apply to the story below, it’s just something I’ve seen many mothers I know do nd it just rubs me the wrong way. This is just my opinion about people who have children and shift their responsibility to a third party.
Here’s the story: So yesterday I was at a church service for Holy Week (I’m catholic) and I see this young woman coming up the aisle just texting furiously con her phone and another woman was walking behind her carrying a sleeping toddler. Since the lights were off I couldn’t see very well so I’m thinking the woman carrying the kid is his mother but when they come closer I see that the mother is the one texting and the one carrying the child is the nanny (you could tell by the uniform she was wearing). In my country it’s fairly common for people to have nannies as hired help here is pretty cheap (that’s something I’m against and a topic for another post and another sub), and if people have the financial means to hire someone to help out with your kids that’s on them. But what really gets me riled up is that this young woman (late 20’s) can’t be bothered with taking care of her child on a holiday, specially since most people here are catholic or Christian and Holy Week is a national holiday. I mean that’s great that she had help for during the week when she works (I’m assuming she does although many woman here are SAHM and still have nannies) but hell if you’re gonna have a kid the least you can do is be the child’s parent on your days off. These type of people here then get all high and mighty about being a mother is the best experience, and how much hard work it is, while in reality they just have someone else raise their kids. The icing on the cake is the fact that the kids end up caring more for the nanny than for their parents. I don’t have children and don’t want any, but I respect people who do want children. But what I don’t respect is that people want to have children but then don’t want to deal with what having children really entails. Ok rant over. This sub is the best.
tital says it all. adam levine my be a douch, i can't say i have never met him. but hes a good singer his falsetto is among the best. maroon 5 has consistently had good (my opinion) music on the radio for 20 plus years. i cant say for sure but i bet it has been rare when they didn't have a song charted in that time span. they have changed their sound to fit what sells today and done some really good (some bad) collaborations with other artists. but if you listen to their whole albums they have stayed pretty true to their roots. maroon 5 is the best pop band of the 2000s change my mind.
edit: im 30 so yes ive heard of insync.. no i cant name any of their songs
