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winlots said:
NAN - well, I guess it is mighty nice to be in a position to have the sagacity and perspective to decide what is "gratuitous" and what is not. ( Clearly, somebody has to do it, and in all seriousness I continue to honor you and the mods for the difficult job you do. ) I do know that, for once, none of the "shots"
were mine, edited out or not, though I do have my own opinions about Diggins.

However, this post is about dandelions, not about you or Diggins. Ralph Waldo Emerson was purported to have quipped around 1828 that a weed is simply a plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered. Since I suffer the same fate as the weeds with regard to the lack of clarity with which my virtues present themselves , I have become a champion of various so-called weeds.....especially the dandelion which I have cultivated for the past three years. And, as good luck would have it, fast-forwarding from Emerson, some very recent research (especially related to the "Blue Zones") suggests that wild greeens such as the dandelion are among the most nutritious foods we can ingest. Just a tip for the health-conscious among us. Stay well...and keep smilin.
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Huh?
 
HuskyNan said:
UConn wins the most important games of the year, the ones that matter, and people still go out of their way to take shots at Diggins, huh? I edited out several gratuitous shots in another thread but they keep popping up like dandelions.
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This young lady was as tough (and successful) opponent as UConn ever faced. I guess it's tough for some to view such a foe with endearment after she has whipped our ass so often. With apologies to Rudyard Kipling, permit me to alter his immortal tribute to Gunga Din to fit current circumstances:

"So it's Diggins, Diggins, Diggins!​
Though I've belted you and flayed you​
By the livin' Gawd that made you,​
You were a better player than ours were,*​
Skylar Diggins!​

*(Except, of course, for that last game.);)
 
winlots said:
NAN - well, I guess it is mighty nice to be in a position to have the sagacity and perspective to decide what is "gratuitous" and what is not. ( Clearly, somebody has to do it, and in all seriousness I continue to honor you and the mods for the difficult job you do. ) I do know that, for once, none of the "shots"
were mine, edited out or not, though I do have my own opinions about Diggins.

However, this post is about dandelions, not about you or Diggins. Ralph Waldo Emerson was purported to have quipped around 1828 that a weed is simply a plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered. Since I suffer the same fate as the weeds with regard to the lack of clarity with which my virtues present themselves , I have become a champion of various so-called weeds.....especially the dandelion which I have cultivated for the past three years. And, as good luck would have it, fast-forwarding from Emerson, some very recent research (especially related to the "Blue Zones") suggests that wild greeens such as the dandelion are among the most nutritious foods we can ingest. Just a tip for the health-conscious among us. Stay well...and keep smilin.
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I have a somewhat different view on dandelions. My first "parents not at home" high school party was at a house where they made dandelion wine. My first drinking experience was apparently with two bottles of home made dandelion wine. I say apparently because I don't recall all the details of that night. I do have a vague recollection of sliding down their stairs multiple times until, at last, I simply rolled over and cleared my stomach. Them dandelions weren't the most nutritious food I've ingested.
 
Sonny44 said:
Actually I think Diggins is a classy lady the way she conducted herself in the semi-final. She resigned herself to losing late in the second half. Did anyone notice how she went out and reached for Kelly's hand with I think about 1:20 left in the game?
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Yea, noticed that. I think Diggins handled herself very well in defeat. Almost better than in victory.

Maybe many here would have liked her better if UCONN had beat her more? :rolleyes:
 
DIG - great one. Many chuckles here....especially on those multiple slides down the stairs. Though all the details didnt stay with you, seems like the essential lessons remain.
The folks back in the PA mountains and coal regions still make alot of that wine ( and from many fruits as well ). Have several flavors on hand here in fact. Stay well!
 
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meyers7 said:
Yea, noticed that. I think Diggins handled herself very well in defeat. Almost better than in victory.

Maybe many here would have liked her better if UCONN had beat her more? :rolleyes:
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I would have liked her much more, although she didn't bother me that much. It's her team, or rather her athletic dept. and school administration (relative to sports) that bothered me. ND couldn't lose often enough for me in any sport. And now I despise them even more. Who the heck am I going to dislike nearly as much in the new league? Bereft of enemies, a depressing thought. :(
 
cohenzone said:
I would have liked her much more, although she didn't bother me that much. It's her team, or rather her athletic dept. and school administration (relative to sports) that bothered me. ND couldn't lose often enough for me in any sport. And now I despise them even more. Who the heck am I going to dislike nearly as much in the new league? Bereft of enemies, a depressing thought. :(
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I agree about ND. I was indoctrinated at a young age. Fisheaters by dad always called them.

We still got Rutgers for a year.
 
winlots said:
DIG - great one. Many chuckles here....especially on those multiple slides down the stairs. Though all the details didnt stay with you, seems like the essential lessons remain.
The folks back in the PA mountains and coal regions still make alot of that wine ( and from many fruits as well ). Have several flavors on hand here in fact. Stay well!
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In Central PA, too. I had a parishioner who gave me a bottle of her dandalion wine every year while she was alive.
 
Icebear said:
In Central PA, too. I had a parishioner who gave me a bottle of her dandalion wine every year while she was alive.
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Well geez Ice, if you are going to set it up like that, I can't help myself.


It's probably what killed her.
 
Sonny44 said:
Actually I think Diggins is a classy lady the way she conducted herself in the semi-final. She resigned herself to losing late in the second half. Did anyone notice how she went out and reached for Kelly's hand with I think about 1:20 left in the game?
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Guys, we had a big (contentious) thread on that.
 
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meyers7 said:
I agree about ND. I was indoctrinated at a young age. Fisheaters by dad always called them.

We still got Rutgers for a year.
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Is that the same as calling them mackeral snappers?
 
I can only imagine the reaction here if Taurasi had played for ND and owned UConn for a couple of years.
 
ask Tennessee fans.. they know the feeling
 
Except Diana Taurasi was NPOY, a three-time national champion, and the first player selected in the wnba draft. And despite the attempt of some to speculate that there is some magical era in which Skylar would have accomplished those things too, it certainly didn't occur in hers.
 
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vtcwbuff said:
My Diggens was Ivory Latta. Don't know why but she just rubbed me the wrong way. Diggens not so much. .
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Let the congregation say AMEN !
 
alexrgct said:
Except Diana Taurasi was NPOY, a three-time national champion, and the first player selected in the wnba draft. And despite the attempt of some to speculate that there is some magical era in which Skylar would have accomplished those things too, it certainly didn't occur in hers.
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Yeah, there is that.
 
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I admired Diggins as a player, and I thought she handled herself admirably in the last game. But for most of her career, I didn't care for her much. I think what bothered me was how she handled herself in victory - to me, she sounded often in post game interviews as though she considered herself one of the ND coaching staff. I've never heard that tone with any UConn player, and hardly with any other player on other rosters.
 
Sonny44 said:
I'd like to believe that.
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I think that's exactly what it is for most folks. But I also believe that there are some serious ND/Diggens haters here.

For me, its props for ND/McGraw/Diggens/et al. for making an other wise "meh" regular season more interesting.
 
it was very interesting... I was pissed after game ONE, not suprised at game 2... shocked and disappointed with game 3, wasnt sure for game 4
 
VAMike23 said:
All I gotta say is, if Kiah and MoJeff each take a big step forward in their level of play (especially consistency and execution) next year, this team will be legendary even by UCONN standards....
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That's an understatement VA..........You are talking about 2 Outstanding talents. Not just good players , but Outstanding TALENTS. They are just players now with Outstanding Potential. If they tap into that potential next season , coupled with the steady play of KML , Bria , Dolson , Stewie , and Tuck , we could be looking at a Legendary SEASON. All that's needed is for them to step it up and good health all around.
 
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