I love me some Viking football
by speedlod on Aug 8, 2010 4:13 AM CDT
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PrintAs a kid growing up,my dad used to let us stay up late watch football,even on a shool nite he would have a few Buds.He always had the volume down,before days of remotes,I think he let us stay up late so we could raise volume up and down.
My old man was a hard S.O.B. you did a good job you get a nod,you did things wrong your feet best be moving.Quick with fist,slow with praise,but a good old man eh.
I look back and remember my first audible to said old man that I liked the Vikings,his words was "Dont they will break your heart".
I fell in love with said Purple,and not so true as my Father spoke,they didnt ever break my heart,chipped it a bit,but never broke it.
My father loved the Eagles but allowed me the choice to the Purple side.
A couple of days ago he had a heart attack,I got to hold his hand as he past,tough old S.O.B. thinks the Skins going to win.
Lov ya pops
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thanks for that
sorry to hear of his passing!
it is better to be thought of as dumb then to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
Ben Franklin
by montana vikes fan on Aug 8, 2010 5:00 AM CDT reply actions
Even being a Saint fan.......................
I can appreicate how you feel…………….Football is only a game but a Mother or Father is forever. Sorry for your loss but he will always be with you at every game.
My Magnificent Black and Gold Warriors
The story of the Salmon or the Goose ?
Once apon a time . Long long ago . In a hole in the ground lived a Green-N-Cheese monster on the Bay . That Ogre always wanted to create the perfect fantasy story .The tale of a small town southern boy . When thrown to the Barbarians . Could produce the famous Gold and Green Egg .Someone forgot to tell manageement that Geese mate for life ! So the stoty was written .
That Legond in the making was and always will be a Salmon .While Noodling one day along the banks ? A young Barbarian named Brad shouted to the drunk ESPN fishermen on the opposite shore . See as it goes . Salmon are driven by the Game .The Game that drives them to start a new . Each year .On a never ending journey . Climbing heights and enduring dangers that no mere man can do anything more than marvel at ! At the end of that journey each year . The Salmon is re-born to live out the spectacular cycle once more .Why do they play out this Game year after year ? Driven . Driven by their very nature .
As drunk fisherman stands with stick in ass . Clubing as those swim bye….never thinking all the while . How Gothicpurple they turn out to be by end of each Epic adventure ? Swoosh …. swack….splash !!!! Noodling along as young Brad the Barbarian does ???? Awaiting the Fall to begin a new .
A tribute to all that love and share in my not -so-hidden passion for the Game . And the Vikings . SKOL .
You're high right now, aren't you?
What begins in fear usually ends in folly.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Aug 8, 2010 1:53 PM CDT up reply actions
I was watching Julia Roberts hottub scene in Pretty Woman and was inspired to write for you all .
See why it’s bst to keep me in the dark ?
^^^WTF^^^
what does this have to do with him telling about his past and how he came to be a vikes fan? you just keep doing you thing, man.
I piss people off on a fairly regular basis. I cherish my right to speak my mind, whether I sound like an uneducated savage or not. I've never been accused of keeping what I think a secret, nor will I ever. Don't like it? I don't care.
Just the kind of man you are GP....................
I would be ashame for saying s#%t like that on any blog. I will even appologize for you……………….DAMN
My Magnificent Black and Gold Warriors
can't believe i'm saying this.......
i agree?
I piss people off on a fairly regular basis. I cherish my right to speak my mind, whether I sound like an uneducated savage or not. I've never been accused of keeping what I think a secret, nor will I ever. Don't like it? I don't care.
I was refering to you in that pretty little purple dress with the golden trim . You remember don't you . You remember what daddy likes ???
Oops I thought I was at Canal Street Chronicles after hours . My bad ???
by gothicpurple on Aug 9, 2010 11:40 PM CDT up reply actions
to speedlod
my condolences to you and yours, brother.
I piss people off on a fairly regular basis. I cherish my right to speak my mind, whether I sound like an uneducated savage or not. I've never been accused of keeping what I think a secret, nor will I ever. Don't like it? I don't care.
seriously, d-bag?
i’m trying to offer my sympathies. don’t belittle that.
I piss people off on a fairly regular basis. I cherish my right to speak my mind, whether I sound like an uneducated savage or not. I've never been accused of keeping what I think a secret, nor will I ever. Don't like it? I don't care.
Sorry brother thought they were joking .
I’ve lost both my parents and couldn’t conceive the day I may have to lose a sibling . One hits sixty on the 15th of Aug and I still feel like going of to the field to play a game of football on this Sunday day . I’m # 6 of 7 and have never felt your pain or care to try to understand such pain . Wisdom leaves even Doctor Gothic on these dark moments . Forgive me . Use this season to help you get away and remember a day when we had no time to sit and listen to others dreams .
Sorry I didn't even read your post .
We were battling on another post and I commented without reading . WOW the Legond of Gothic’s crazed thoughts seem to grow . Stop for a moment and let me correct my early wrong !!!
My father 14 years the senior of my father passed in 92’ . I ‘d call you a liar if you told me 18 years have passed since I sat at that Table . Dad in 06’ . Poetically asking daily to let him go to the North and lay beside his wife . At 89 he held my wife’s hand as we chatted . Not football on that day . It was the 4th of July and I wsn’t in the mood to celebrate as others did to ditract the innevitable . Predicting without knowing why has always been a curse of mine as he died that evening under 2 hours later at 1:15 AM on the fifth . He said earlier with the same poorly aimed gothic humor . That he wsn’t going to ruin the holiday . They both went thru that holiday . I do feel your pain and apologize a thousand times over . I have a beautiful three year old daughter now . I have a purpose again . To teach her all those things I tried to ignore when he was presenting them to me . God Bless brother Vikings comrade …………..
Sorry for your loss
My dad just passed away this year too, ironically on 1/24, the day of the NFC championship. I saw some of the game, but really couldn’t pay much attention, too many things to get done. I didn’t really watch the game til over a week later, and even then I found myself thinking more about my dad than the game. Even though he wasn’t a Viking fan … but just because we watch so many games together, and that was the first NFL game played after he was gone.. I still remember vividly the emotions of watching the Packer-Raider game the day after Favre’s dad died, at my parents’ house because I was in my hometown for work. It was one of the last games I can remember that he was still kind of aware what was going on — he had alzheimer’s — so it’s nearly my last “hanging together watching the game” memory I have with my dad. That game was replayed on NFL network earlier this year, but I didn’t watch; I’m not sure when or if I’ll ever want to rewatch that game. Too soon.
It will get better, hang in there.
My Condolences
Speedlog, you have my deepest sympathy for your loss. Always remember the good times you and your Dad spent together.
I feel for your loss
My heart’s with you, speedlod, and my condolences. Hang in there, man.
Ah, ah,
We come from the land of the ice and snow,
From the midnight sun where the hot springs blow.
The hammer of the gods will drive our ships to new lands,
To fight the horde, singing and crying: Valhalla, I am coming!
SKOL!
Be Strong My Friend . Thanks For Opening Up To Us . We Will Always Be Here For You In Spirit .
God Bless You . And My Family And I Send Our Best Wishes .
Condolences
I’m sorry to hear about your loss Speed. God bless you and your family & especially your dad.
My dad died of a heart attack when I was 18. I still miss him tremendously so your loss rings a bell in my soul. My dad used to laugh when the Vikes lost big games…especially superbowls. He was a LA Rams & USC fan (I’ve always affectionately called them SUC.. but, I’m a Husker…so there it is).
Hang in there man. Maybe our Vikes will nut up & give you “one for the old man” this season. Best wishes.
Hurts...
Been there and is not easy to get through. As DC and others have said, hang in there…I and my father had a special relationship also from afar mostly simce was battling from the fronts of the world for many years…
Of all the brothers and sisters that are all in MN or Ontario still, I was the only one he would go with to the VFW, the Moose, and Border Bar, when on the occasion I was able to stop in to see him ….Shared a lot of stories with his comrades in these places from their battles (real ones not struggles in their lives)…
His football fanship purportedly did not exist, yet he watched with me the Viking games in my young years prior to me leaving for my travels…those too were great battles we viewed…In spite of his stated lack of interest, he was there watching right with me….maybe did not want to allow himself to be too hurt (as we know is painful to be a MN Viking fan at times)…
My Dad left with closure, as yours did it seems….I was informed by a call from his Doctors in the hospital in Duluth one day that indeed this was it (for the umpteenth time – he was an ornery old cuss like me now lol), so I managed to rally the family in MN, fly from Florida where I was on vacation, and we all said goodbye to him…All the brothers and sisters were there…He died one week later…
That was a sad moment yet one that left us all feeling better as time went on (the last time we were all with him at one time and prior to his passing)…Many are not so fortunate to be able to do this. As time has gone on (think is 5 years now) the memories of the games we watched together, the good times we had together, the wisdom he passed on, and the love (at times tough love but love nonetheless) make him even dearer to me…
Hurts as I said, but over time the memories that remain after the hurt leaves will live on and become dearer…My father lives on through me and others in the family, and we are better for it. It sounds like the same in your case…Thanks for sharing yuor loss with us here, and as you see, there is a lot of support for you…we are a family of sorts…a nice one at that (as with every family, we have some members that are shall we say – unique? lol)…
Hang in there as DC says….
and
Condolences from afar…
I would rather be IN the Arena than watching from the stands...That is my life!
* Read Teddy Roosevelt's "Man in the Arena" if you need further explanation...
by vikingfanfrom afar on Aug 13, 2010 5:11 AM CDT reply actions
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