What if

ABQCOWBOY · Sep 19, 2017

You know, I was thinking and it occurred to me..... What if we all just took our foot off the peddle, scrubbed a little speed on the way off the cliff and just kinda relaxed? What if we all kinda just looked up and just looked around? I did that Monday. I kissed my Wife in the morning, before work. I had supper with my Daughters (Breaded and Fried Pork Chops with Red Chile, Fried Potatoes and Beans and Ham Hawks), I saw my Little Grandson and my Daughter-in-law, I talked to my Son. I played with my dogs and I watched a little TV.

I didn't really think once about the Denver game. You know what else, it was cool and I enjoyed myself. Woke up and the Sun came up, I watched it with a cup of coffee in my hand and my Wife's little dog sitting right next to me. Everything was actually OK.

I don't know..... maybe I'm crazy.

PJTHEDOORS · Sep 19, 2017

Who puts football before their family anyways? (if that's what you meant)

perrykemp · Sep 19, 2017

ABQCOWBOY said:
You know, I was thinking and it occurred to me..... What if we all just took our foot off the peddle, scrubbed a little speed on the way off the cliff and just kinda relaxed? What if we all kinda just looked up and just looked around? I did that Monday. I kissed my Wife in the morning, before work. I had supper with my Daughters (Breaded and Fried Pork Chops with Red Chile, Fried Potatoes and Beans and Ham Hawks), I saw my Little Grandson and my Daughter-in-law, I talked to my Son. I played with my dogs and I watched a little TV.

I didn't really think once about the Denver game. You know what else, it was cool and I enjoyed myself. Woke up and the Sun came up, I watched it with a cup of coffee in my hand and my Wife's little dog sitting right next to me. Everything was actually OK.

I don't know..... maybe I'm crazy.

Sounds like you’ve reached the same place I’ve gotten too in my life.

20 years ago (in my 20s) the Cowboys losing ruined the rest of my day and put me in a foul mood much the next day, and I was a crappy person to be around.

I still hate the losses, however, with the passage of time I’ve come to realize life is too short to let it affect my personal relationships and the ones I love.

SDCowboy · Sep 19, 2017

I could not agree more. It's just a game. Entertainment. Nothing more. We lost and I try to moved on immediately after.

In years past, when we lost, I would be miserable. In recent years, I've learned to not let of affect me. When we lose, I may be a bit upset for like an hour, then I'm like, meh, and move on.

BotchedLobotomy · Sep 19, 2017

I look at forums like this as a place to vent. I live in ground zero in Packer territory so I really don't have anyone to vent to. The key is to keep your real life separate from your Zone life. I have managed so far in not letting the Cowboys ruin my real life.

TrailBlazer · Sep 19, 2017

If fans didn't care, why should the team? Fans should always keep the pressure on imo. That way complacency never creeps in. I'm a proactive fan. I do believe a demanding fan base gets better results.

Killerinstinct · Sep 19, 2017

I need your fried potato recipe or else your post is fake news.

jwooten15 · Sep 19, 2017

I used to be notoriously miserable after a Cowboys loss. I remember, after the 44-6 debacle vs the Eagles to end the season, I didn't talk to anyone for 2 days! haha

With the exception of the Witten's, Bryant's, Lee's, etc - I would bet that big fans care about losses more than most of the actual players do. So the more I realized that, it became easier for me to just let go of the disappointment of a loss.

SDCowboy · Sep 19, 2017

TrailBlazer said:
If fans didn't care, why should the team? Fans should always keep the pressure on imo. That way complacency never creeps in. I'm a proactive fan. I do believe a demanding fan base gets better results.

There is a difference between not letting entertainment affect your life, and not caring. A huge difference.

Typhus · Sep 19, 2017

Ya well that's all fine and dandy, unless you live right smack dab in the middle of Donky Vill USA.
I have to go to work, wearing my Cowboys colors that I wear every day, and listen to all these idiot Donky lovers telling me how much my Boys suck.
You have to dig deep to keep your cool,, people get arrested in situations like this,,, I wont be one of those fools, but it sucks if you are standing in my shoes, this is ground zero.

Verdict · Sep 19, 2017

ABQCOWBOY said:
You know, I was thinking and it occurred to me..... What if we all just took our foot off the peddle, scrubbed a little speed on the way off the cliff and just kinda relaxed? What if we all kinda just looked up and just looked around? I did that Monday. I kissed my Wife in the morning, before work. I had supper with my Daughters (Breaded and Fried Pork Chops with Red Chile, Fried Potatoes and Beans and Ham Hawks), I saw my Little Grandson and my Daughter-in-law, I talked to my Son. I played with my dogs and I watched a little TV.

I didn't really think once about the Denver game. You know what else, it was cool and I enjoyed myself. Woke up and the Sun came up, I watched it with a cup of coffee in my hand and my Wife's little dog sitting right next to me. Everything was actually OK.

I don't know..... maybe I'm crazy.

Well there is no doubt that real life is so much more important than a Cowboys game, and yet here you are posting that on a Cowboys message board. Lol. I get it. I'm just messing with you.

Losing sucks. Coming here after a loss can be a miserable experience. But there is a large disparity in how knee jerk fans range on this board. It's pretty predictable who will be at what end of the spectrum. It is just more pronounced after a bad loss.

erod · Sep 19, 2017

Typhus said:
Ya well that's all fine and dandy, unless you live right smack dab in the middle of Donky Vill USA.
I have to go to work, wearing my Cowboys colors that I wear every day, and listen to all these idiot Donky lovers telling me how much my Boys suck.
You have to dig deep to keep your cool,, people get arrested in situations like this,,, I wont be one of those fools, but it sucks if you are standing in my shoes, this is ground zero.

Just bring a bag of weed, and they'll be cool to you.

Deep_Freeze · Sep 19, 2017

jwooten15 said:
I used to be notoriously miserable after a Cowboys loss. I remember, after the 44-6 debacle vs the Eagles to end the season, I didn't talk to anyone for 2 days! haha

With the exception of the Witten's, Bryant's, Lee's, etc - I would bet that big fans care about losses more than most of the actual players do. So the more I realized that, it became easier for me to just let go of the disappointment of a loss.

Yeah it used to ruin my week really, ex-gfs became Cowboy fans just so I wouldn't be in a bad mood all week around them.

More used to the losses now (unfortunately), doesn't affect me as much anymore. Only mad for 6 days now.

:laugh:

BTW, your right most players really don't care.

Killerinstinct · Sep 19, 2017

ABQCOWBOY said:
You know, I was thinking and it occurred to me..... What if we all just took our foot off the peddle, scrubbed a little speed on the way off the cliff and just kinda relaxed? What if we all kinda just looked up and just looked around? I did that Monday. I kissed my Wife in the morning, before work. I had supper with my Daughters (Breaded and Fried Pork Chops with Red Chile, Fried Potatoes and Beans and Ham Hawks), I saw my Little Grandson and my Daughter-in-law, I talked to my Son. I played with my dogs and I watched a little TV.

I didn't really think once about the Denver game. You know what else, it was cool and I enjoyed myself. Woke up and the Sun came up, I watched it with a cup of coffee in my hand and my Wife's little dog sitting right next to me. Everything was actually OK.

I don't know..... maybe I'm crazy.

I think there are different ways to handle it. It is debateable whose is better.

I spanked my wife in the morning, called in sick to work. I sent my daughters off to boarding school. I ate a pop tart and downed it with a 5th of Jack. Then I polished my machine gun while my wife's cats sat in the corner shaking.

It was a typical monday for me so I agree, No need to get down about it.

ABQCOWBOY · Sep 19, 2017

Killerinstinct said:
I need your fried potato recipe or else your post is fake news.

Sure thing. Dice potatoes into cubes, not too small, then soak them in salted water, gallon ziplock bag in the fridge for a couple of hours. Not over night, just enough to get them softened. Spread them out on paper towels, let them drain a little. season them with Mrs Dash, Garlic, All Season and salt (just mix it all up in a bowl). Throw them on a cookie sheet for maybe 40 minutes, make sure you use baking paper or grease cookie sheet. Take them out, throw them in a large skillet, lightly greased and then just fry them in a hot pan for maybe 5 minutes to get them nice and crispy.

Typhus · Sep 19, 2017

Killerinstinct said:
I think there are different ways to handle it. It is debateable whose is better.

I spanked my wife in the morning, called in sick to work. I sent my daughters off to boarding school. I ate a pop tart and downed it with a 5th of Jack. Then I polished my machine gun while my wife's cats sat in the corner shaking.

It was a typical monday for me so I agree, No need to get down about it.

That awesome bro

KingintheNorth · Sep 19, 2017

One thing I will never understand on this particular board is people telling other Cowboy fans how to be a fan.

If that works for you, fine. If other people need to go the complete opposite and overreact or use this time to call out players they already had problems with, fine. It's a message board for fans of the Dallas Cowboys. They are going to have very different opinions.

The (majority) of the people who are telling people to relax or saying it's just one game are the exact same people who wanna beat their chest and call out the more pessimistic fans after just one win.

You be a fan your way, I'll be a fan my way. I can live with that. Can you?

Fritsch_the_cat · Sep 19, 2017

perrykemp said:
Sounds like you’ve reached the same place I’ve gotten too in my life.

20 years ago (in my 20s) the Cowboys losing ruined the rest of my day and put me in a foul mood much the next day, and I was a crappy person to be around.

I still hate the losses, however, with the passage of time I’ve come to realize life is too short to let it affect my personal relationships and the ones I love.

I'm the same, I think it's called getting older.

I was just thinking this same thing yesterday. I used to watch all the TV sports shows, run out Monday morning and buy the Dallas Times herald or later the DMN to read all the columns and see what everyone is saying about the game. Now I could care less what someone else thinks about it. I watch absolutely no TV sports reports and only scan through the stories in my local newspaper.

I think a lot of folks worry too much about what others will say. I quit caring what others thought a long time ago.

Fritsch_the_cat · Sep 19, 2017

ABQCOWBOY said:
Sure thing. Dice potatoes into cubes, not too small, then soak them in salted water, gallon ziplock bag in the fridge for a couple of hours. Not over night, just enough to get them softened. Spread them out on paper towels, let them drain a little. season them with Mrs Dash, Garlic, All Season and salt (just mix it all up in a bowl). Throw them on a cookie sheet for maybe 40 minutes, make sure you use baking paper or grease cookie sheet. Take them out, throw them in a large skillet, lightly greased and then just fry them in a hot pan for maybe 5 minutes to get them nice and crispy.

Now explain that "ham hawks" thing. Is that anything like ham hocks?

ABQCOWBOY · Sep 19, 2017

Fritsch_the_cat said:
Now explain that "ham hawks" thing. Is that anything like ham hocks?

Something like that but ham "Hocks" you buy in the store. Ham Hawks you actually gotta track down and club to death, yourself.

Just BSing. You are right, they are Ham Hocks.

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