Comments on: 5 Smoldering Questions On the Pittsburgh Steelers, Week 8 https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2015/11/04/5-smoldering-questions-about-the-pittsburgh-steelers-week-8/ An Introspective Steelers Site Sat, 11 Feb 2017 00:04:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: elpalito https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2015/11/04/5-smoldering-questions-about-the-pittsburgh-steelers-week-8/#comment-1646 Fri, 06 Nov 2015 13:59:11 +0000 http://goingdeepsteelers.org/?p=1052#comment-1646 Easy as pie to get to Cuba now. Wife and I did it this past summer. Do it sooner than later, though, before the place gets inundated and ruined by American McDonaldification.

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]]> By: Homer J. https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2015/11/04/5-smoldering-questions-about-the-pittsburgh-steelers-week-8/#comment-1643 Fri, 06 Nov 2015 02:55:38 +0000 http://goingdeepsteelers.org/?p=1052#comment-1643 Absolutely. There were many highlights and surprises. Expected BC to be all wet and rainy like Seattle. Had no clue that the area just before Kamloops (love the name Kamloops) is high desert and gets only 11 inches of rain a year. The Canadian Rockies are drop dead gorgeous as advertised and Jasper looks like it came out of a Swiss picture book. Left Jasper at dusk, so we missed the downslope of the Rockies. Saskatchewan wasn’t much. Stopped in Saskatoon, in the rail yard where Rowdy Roddy Piper’s dad once worked as a railroad cop. Totally unimpressive, flat, and boring beyond belief this time of year – when the crops have been harvested. The first big shock was Winnipeg. Wow! At the forks of the Red River and the Assinboine, with a combination of great early 20th Century architecture and some new 30 story office buildings and hotels. Winnipeg has almost 700,000 people, it’s the Chicago of Canada, minus all the violence. I wanna go back and check it out. Slept through Edmonton (late at night), but spent a lot of time in Western Ontario and the Shield area north of Toronto. Knew absolutely nothing about it….if you look at a map of the area, the lakes seem to outnumber the people. There are thousands of glacial lakes up there, and everybody and his brother from Toronto and Buffalo and Windsor and Detroit has a cabin at some secluded place. I can see why. Perfect getaway.

The other surprise was that the trackbed is all beat to hell. Two passenger trains a week in each direction, and countless fright trains hauling oil, sulfur, wheat, and heaven knows what else. That, and the terrible winter weather, and you find yourself rockin’ and rollin’ from Saskatoon to Washago. There were times over dinner when the lights went out and the waiters and waitresses barely were able to keep from falling down because we rocked so hard. The food was GREAT and the bed was comfy.

All the Canadians were talking politics, because they’re under new management, with Justin Trudeau taking over. They’ve known him since before he was born, because his Dad was Prime Minister when he was still in his Mom’s belly. Sort of like if JFK Jr had lived and become President. His campaign promised “real change,” and he responded to charges that he’s soft of terrorism by saying, “we must defeat fear with hope.” So, the day after the election, the CBC and National Post both had feature stories about Trudeau having to deal with “that hopey-changey thing.” Sarah Palin probably had a good laugh. Homer sure did.

The other thing that stuck with Homer was when the VIA Rail attendant told me she used to work the line to Churchill, in the far north. It’s a one car train, and she said you can start out empty, and get a call that some people will get on at – say – mile marker 88. The train will stop at the mile marker in the middle of nowhere, and one person may get on or perhaps an entire First Nation village going to a funeral in Churchill or somewhere along the way. There are no virtually roads in that area, and the railroad is the only way in and out for many folks.

Vancouver, Winnipeg, and Toronto: what’s not to love? (Et Montreal, aussi.) It was a great trip. Knock that one off the bucket list. Cuban baseball is next.

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]]> By: Homer J. https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2015/11/04/5-smoldering-questions-about-the-pittsburgh-steelers-week-8/#comment-1642 Fri, 06 Nov 2015 02:24:01 +0000 http://goingdeepsteelers.org/?p=1052#comment-1642 TSF: 24 hours before you posted this, Homer was in your fair city, checking e-mails at Union Station, ready to head out to the St Lawrence Market for lunch. It was either that or Smoke’s Poutinerie. On a warm and sunny autumn day, Toronto can’t be beat. Caught a late afternoon flight out of Toronto City Airport to Washington Dulles. Barely an hour flight. Less than a hundred bucks.
Homer’s 100% red-white-and-blue, but he’s loves Canada. There’s poutine everywhere, and a Tim Horton’s on every corner. Tim Horton’s sells you sandwich combos with a sandwich, a drink, and your choice of donut. Ahhh, donuts. Is there anything they can’t do? Poutine, donuts, and cold beer: the Holy Trinity of nourishment. That is what is good in life.

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]]> By: Rebecca https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2015/11/04/5-smoldering-questions-about-the-pittsburgh-steelers-week-8/#comment-1641 Fri, 06 Nov 2015 01:52:36 +0000 http://goingdeepsteelers.org/?p=1052#comment-1641 Hi, Hombre, glad you’re back. Ironic about your answer to No. 6. I wouldn’t have done it either. It’s a mystery.

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]]> By: Anonymous https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2015/11/04/5-smoldering-questions-about-the-pittsburgh-steelers-week-8/#comment-1640 Thu, 05 Nov 2015 23:36:59 +0000 http://goingdeepsteelers.org/?p=1052#comment-1640 1) 10 -6 if they win sunday, and make the playoffs. Probably lose in the first round.
2), 5) I think Landry Jones looked okay even in the loss. First NFL start. I would stick with him for now, even better then Gradkowsky. A scarecow is better then Vick in my opinion so that’s number 5.
3)This is a good one. I don’t know, his strength makes me feel like its worth the risk with Boswell. But luckily its theoretical, if he’s solid the rest of the year its a now brainer. If he falls off the wagon its also a no brainer.
4The defense has been really solid and we still have a ton of weapons. We don’t need 6 td Ben from last year. we do need at least 3 TDs without turnovers.

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]]> By: steeler fever https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2015/11/04/5-smoldering-questions-about-the-pittsburgh-steelers-week-8/#comment-1639 Thu, 05 Nov 2015 22:03:16 +0000 http://goingdeepsteelers.org/?p=1052#comment-1639 I hope Dri is picked up by another NFL team (outside of the AFCN, obviously) and returns the first KO back for a TD. But really, I hope he is picked up by a team that will utilize his talents. IMO, Dri had to many talented players ahead of him to get any playing time. The Steelers are loaded at the skill positions.

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]]> By: Rebecca https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2015/11/04/5-smoldering-questions-about-the-pittsburgh-steelers-week-8/#comment-1638 Thu, 05 Nov 2015 21:59:12 +0000 http://goingdeepsteelers.org/?p=1052#comment-1638 Are you on crack?! Oh, wait, that really just happened…

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]]> By: steeler fever https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2015/11/04/5-smoldering-questions-about-the-pittsburgh-steelers-week-8/#comment-1637 Thu, 05 Nov 2015 21:56:54 +0000 http://goingdeepsteelers.org/?p=1052#comment-1637 I am flabbergasted.

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]]> By: steeler fever https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2015/11/04/5-smoldering-questions-about-the-pittsburgh-steelers-week-8/#comment-1636 Thu, 05 Nov 2015 21:56:03 +0000 http://goingdeepsteelers.org/?p=1052#comment-1636 Bonus Answer Modification: Steelers will cut Dri Archer and sign Jacoby Jones..

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]]> By: Rebecca https://goingdeepsteelers.org/2015/11/04/5-smoldering-questions-about-the-pittsburgh-steelers-week-8/#comment-1635 Thu, 05 Nov 2015 21:54:43 +0000 http://goingdeepsteelers.org/?p=1052#comment-1635 Yep, just read that. Fascinating. And sad. I really hoped Archer would make it.

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