Who invented "two man" luge?

I can understand how luge and skeleton were invented. A bunch of drunk guys were probably hanging out at the top of a bobsled run and one of them said, "I bet I can get on this little tiny sled with no protection whatsoever and slide down this bobsled run faster than you can!"

The first guy did it feet first on his back (luge) and the next guy said, "Oh yea? Watch this!" and he did it face first on his belly (skeleton).

What I want to know is who is the guy who said, "Wait! I got a great idea! This will be so much fun! You get on the sled on your back and I'll lay down on top of you!" (two man luge).

Not only do those guys (and girls) have an interesting relationship, they are also kinda crazy.

In curling news, the US men's won their first round robin match again Czechia (or is it Czechnia?) this afternoon.

Tomorrow is the start of the women's round robin when the US takes on Korea. That will air at 9:15am on USA. The US men round continues when they take on Sweden. That will air at 5:00pm on CNBC

In other Olympic news, the US has moved up to third place in the medal count:

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Here are a few links:

• I don't understand gamblers.



• I'm kinda surprised Trump hasn't offered this guy a cabinet position...



• This is why you shouldn't feed wild animals.

Silver for the USA

The medal round in mixed doubles curling was held today. In the gold medal round, it was Sweden vs USA and Sweden was able to squeak by the US with a 6-5 win to take the gold.

Italy beat Great Britain 5-3 to take the bronze.

As far as total medal counts go, Norway and Italy are kicking ass. Norway has a total of 12 medals with 6 of them being gold. Italy has a total of 11 medals with 2 of them gold.

The USA has a total of 7 medals with 2 of them gold.

Curling will continue with the men's competition starting tomorrow and the women's competition starting on Thursday.

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Here are some links:

• The Patriots offensive line has begun its apology tour.



• Trump is making friends wherever he goes.



• This is actually a very good article that clearly explains Breslow's moves in the off-season.



• I don't have a ring camera but if I did, I probably wouldn't care if it was spying on my neighbors.

Not a good day for the Patriots

The Patriots offensive line was overwhelmed by the Seahawks and Drake Maye simply could not deal with the constant pressure.

The line could not hold the pocket open for any length of time and the pressure on Maye caused his brain to shutdown. He got sacked 5 or 6 times, had trouble completing passes and, too be honest with you, he seemed to have trouble making decisions on the fly.

For instance there were at least three occasions when the pocket was collapsing but there was a hole directly in front of Maye that he could have run through and possibly gotten a first down. Unfortuantely he cose to slide to his right and ended up getting caught.

As for the Seahawks and Sam Darnold, they didn't fair much better during the first half, scoring no touchdowns but getting close enough to make three field goals.

In the end, the Seahawks won the Super Bowl 29-13 and took home the Lombardi trophy.

As I said to Pat, "Oh well. It was indeed a good season overall and it was certainly fun to watch."

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As for the Red Sox, they may have filled their need for a third baseman.

They announced a trade today where they sent David Hamilton and two guys I don't know to the Brewers for Corban Durbin and two guys I don't know along with a draft pick.

Gotta be honest with you, I'm starting feel better about this season and I'm looking forward to watching them play.

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Here are some links:

• Rodney Harison took Tony Dungy to task over his NFL Hall of Fame vote. Near as I can tell, Dungy was unable to reply.



• Dear Downtown Springfield, your logo reminds me of a IUD...



• Next thing you know, Delta will be requiring employees on business trips to fly on Delta.



• She deserves to be locked in a small room and fed laxatives for a day.

It a sportings kind of day

I spent most of my day watching curling, luge, speed skating and parallel giant slalom (which is basically a snowboarding side-by-side race down a hill). Next up is the Superb Owl where I believe the Patriots will take home another Lombardi trophy.

In other sportings news, the Red Sox have yet to fill their infield needs and spring training starts this week.

Do I think the team will suck? No, I do not.

Do I have faith that Breslow will build/has built a competitive team? Yes I do.

Do I think they are the best team they can be? No, I do not but since I am not an expert in evaluating players and team needs, I'll refer back to my second statement about having faith in Breslow.

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Dear Very Stable Genius,
    You are a jerk.
Sincerly,
Me

I'm going to correct one of his quotes in that story just so you all understand why he is a jerk:

"...when you make it too easy and too cheap to buy houses, you make old people richer and you make it impossible for the next generations to obtain what we used to call The American Dream."

Watching my youngest and his wife struggle to find a way to buy their first home is painful for me. It's not like they are living some kind of extravagant lifestyle and are pissing away all their money. They are diligently saving every dime they can.

They are hard working, educated people that are getting beat up by a system designed to make people who are comfortable and well-off richer than they need to be.

And that includes me.

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Here are a few links:

• I really hope he wins the $2.9 million...



• Best new term: "Trump slump".



• If you are ever in Gastonia, NC, stay out of the Wendy's.



• I wonder if Donald was flushing his diapers...

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Great Britain beat the USA in mixed doubles curling this morning. This moved them from second to third in the standings, just behind Italy.

We also watched a lot of freestyle skiing and, at my wife's request, figure skating.

I like the winter Olympics better than the summer ones.

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I get the best spam...

The best line in that email is, "Security Reminder: For optimal security, we recommend accessing your updated details on a laptop or desktop."

They might as well add, "running Windows 11" to the end of that sentence so they guarantee themselves a compromised computer...

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Here are some links:

• Weed: Is there anything it can't do.



• This guy is brilliant. Not only did he get millions from the robbery, the government then paid him $2,600 to flee prosecution and go live in Chile.



• There's gonna be a lot of unlicensed drivers in Florida.



• This is why I don't eat sushi.