New! stuff to cheer you up in these dark times

Trolly · February 6, 2020, 3:35am

https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/962796012980068353?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nhl.com%2Fnews%2Fshort-shifts-mite-girl-washington-capitals-intermission-goal%2Fc-295860468

ripdog · February 6, 2020, 3:42am

My son’s first fish ever:

On his 7th birthday and won the daily derby for $400.

seities · February 6, 2020, 4:18am

What a catch! What sort of fish is that?

ripdog · February 6, 2020, 4:23am

Chinook salmon. 42 pounder. I caught a beautiful 25 pounder that day that fought way harder, but it was his day for sure.

NhlNut · February 6, 2020, 6:21am

Catch it? He doesn’t look big enough to be the bait!

ripdog · February 6, 2020, 7:04am

He had less than 10lbs on his fish. We were fishing a spot that went cold and the lady holding the fish told us to reel up so we could move. I reeled my line up and had my son reel his up and it hit the bait right at the side of the boat. I called out “Fish on!” and then it turned on its side and started thrashing and I saw how wide it was. I yelled “Holy shit! It’s big! It’s big!” and she didn’t believe me and came over with the small net, looked over the side and turned around saying “Holy shit holy shit holy shit” and made it back with the big net in time to get it on board. There was a solid minute of stunned silence when it hit the deck. The deckhand asked me which tag to put on it and I said “It was his rod, so it’s his”. It never left the side of the boat. We would never have seen it again if it had run. I asked him what his favorite part of the trip was as we headed home and he said “When I caught my giant fish and everyone started swearing”. It was a perfect trip.

seities · February 12, 2020, 4:17pm

https://twitter.com/benbowlinhsw/status/1227382801550512128?s=12

cassette · February 12, 2020, 11:14pm

suzzer99 · February 21, 2020, 8:42pm

seities · February 24, 2020, 4:39am

Devil · February 25, 2020, 6:20pm

Well this is pretty awesome.
https://twitter.com/Malala/status/1232346177342988288

Trolly · February 25, 2020, 6:35pm

Nerds

seities · February 28, 2020, 3:13am

https://mobile.twitter.com/Rachael_Conrad/status/1231414301149233152

Smacc_25 · February 29, 2020, 4:54pm

https://mobile.twitter.com/marclamonthill/status/1233539901011976197

suzzer99 · March 4, 2020, 3:42am

I lost my wallet this morning. I came home and it was in a sock in front of my door. There was a note and a phone number - Maria. I called - she spoke little English but just wanted to make sure I got the wallet. I got to use my Spanish a little! I offered her a reward multiple times and she refused.

This is so consistent with my experience traveling throughout Mexico and Central America. Everywhere I went were the warmest, honest, most decent people I’ve ever met.