The Packers got thrashed. This makes me happy.

the steelers got beat - not thrashed and the refs didn't help

I feel your pain, was hoping for a black and gold super bowl.

@BlueMetalChick: LOL what in the world. The Green Bay Team, in fact.. all NFL teams are made up of men from various locations and College level teams throughout the US. As college grads with stock portfolios and great paychecks, the physical and psychological demands of their performances both on game day and during preparation is extreme to the extremist. As is the celebrity status of their work both on and off camera.

I was travelling between Milw. And Chi. since the 1950s when the Racine / Kenosha and Waukegan / Gurney townships were a long drive from the 2 lane blacktop and it took me 3 hours to get there. I can get in my car from Where I am near West Bend and be in Chicago in about an hour now. Flying the lakeshore between these two "seperate and distinct cities" at night in a commercial plane I notice that there weren't any more unlit dark zones since about 10 years ago. I'm a good 30 miles north Mitchell field these days, and where it was once farm country is now thick with business traffic all day long.

Waukesha residents, 25 miles west of Milwaukee once said the same thing you now say. But, there are no more vacant areas between Milw. and there either.
And to be sure, people scooting that 8 lane tollway at 80-85 mph in both directions, the distance gap really isn't all that much anymore between us.

You'll get what I mean when you reach my age, I think.

@Noahkahol: Oh! And is [i]that[/i] why they all have reputations for being cheaters in schools, drunks, drug addicts, embezzlers, wife beaters, crashing their sports cars while driving wasted, buying and selling guns, committing rape, having gay sex with underage boys, and most any other crime you can name? Because they're college graduates with stock portfolios! Of course, that's why.

By your logic, New York and New Jersey are all one city with no differences between them. Do you not realize that the presence of developed urban areas between two cities does not make them one city? I guess Two Rivers and Manitowoc are the same city too then, right? And so are St. Paul and Minneapolis.

You're in your late fifties and you think sports players are the greatest leaders the world has ever seen? You should have changed that mindset long ago, but you're about three decades too late. I don't think I'll get progressively more stupid as I near your age and suddenly think a group of Mongoloids playing ball are the "world's greatest leaders."

@BlueMetalChick: I think it is terrible that some players are bordering on super criminality too. Through the history of it all there has been and still are mostly players of higher than average standards. I guess it depends on which group you focus on the most. The news media pays little attention to the good men, that's true.

One more fact. I am by no measure a mindless fan of any sport. It seems odd that anyone could even know about me just a bit and reach such a conclusion just because I stick up for good role models and mentoring. So there's that.

I think I understand where our difference in opinion is now. About city. Civic pride in ones location and a jealous protecting of it's unique styles and population makes lots of sense to someone who doesn't city hop a lot. I agree with you there so far as our differing povs. I was speaking more in general terms. I seemed to upset you and I wasn't meaning to do that.

It's wonderful when Viking and Bear fans find common ground. 😎

@luckranger71: I'm not a Bears fan though 😶

@BlueMetalChick: aww blue, did one of your favorite knifes get frozen in a lake? Is that why you hate the state?

@ronisme1: Go shove a brick up your ass.

@BlueMetalChick: it won't fit!

Is their bay really green, I wonder? That sounds slimy.

@JoyfulSilence: The city was founded by the Jesuits and father Nicolet when this part of the Americas were owned by France as a fur trade route and most of it's original inhabitants scampered north to Canada as the USA was being annexed, warred over, and other European Countries began shipping in Millions of Europeans. Originally it was named 'La Baie des Puants,' which is French for "the stinking Bay." So yep. It is very Green because it is rich with freshwater flora. There was Iron, Copper, and all sorts of farming products up there but because of the Meat packing houses supporting the formation of the team they took the name - Packers.

Thanks for the lesson.

Stinky Bay!

I dunno anything about the sport XD