TheJunction

Love that badge.

Big opportunity tomorrow. Sounds like Scum is missing quite a few first team players and they’re there for the taking.

15th and 10 points clear of the drop with a W.

Will check that out - thanks! I’ll I’m going to get something collapsible that I can use as a personal item (as much as it pains me because I would love the Farpoint)

Right now we have:

Spring break - Costa Rica. Booked the flights/hotels in the past few days. Really excited for this trip.

May - road trip to Asheville.

Summer - 30A

September - Glacier NP - crazy how fast the hotels booked out. We were online when they opened up at midnight one year out and were only able to book one of the hotels (Many Glacier). Didn’t expect this to be an issue.

October - Disney

7 points clear of the drop, 3 points clear from Forrest. Who would have thought we'd be in this position a month or so ago.

frickkkkk that was it lads.

Welp, Amp just missed a massive chance. May not get another served up like that..

Happy New Years!! Very suprised with DCL - agree with it being a load management thing… guess it’s smart to take a punt on this game, if it’s close in the second half then bring him on, if not just keep everyone healthy and the GD down.

I understand the sentiment but I am looking for something I can carry all day. I have two young kids and a pack rat wife. So, a backpack is a staple for any travel we do outside of the house.

I’ve gone down the backpack rabbit hole and I’m looking for recommendations on a comfortable backpack that would pass as a personal item on a flight. We’ve used my wife’s old school backpack for the last 10+ years and each time we come home from a trip I swear I’m going to replace. It has great storage, just uncomfortable to wear all day.

If I were to purchase something right now it would probably be the Osprey Proxima 30L. The Aero City Pack Pro 2 seems like another good one. Would love to hear any opinions on these if anyone has them!

I recently purchased then Osprey 40L Farpoint that’ll be using as a carry-on, but I’d really like something else for when we fly a budget airline, or just want to carry something a little smaller.

Thanks in advance!

Edit: Not looking to spend more than $250.

I believe we spent around $7,000 in 2019 for 10 days, but this was 2019 and pre-COVID so take that for what it’s worth… but we absolutely loved our trip to Italy. We went to Rome, Florence and Venice.

Rome was neat for the history, but it was our least favorite - really enjoyed the Trastevere area, if we’d stayed in this area I think our experience would have been a lot more positive, but as it stands Rome is a place that we’re glad that we’ve seen, but wouldn’t go back.

We did really enjoy the coliseum tour, pantheon and the Sistine chapel tour.

Venice, surprisingly, was our favorite part of the trip. Going into our trip I read that people either love or hate Venice, so I was apprehensive going in, but we absolutely loved it. The narrow alleys made Google Maps pretty terrible, so we were constantly getting lost, which sounds frustrating (and it was at times) but it’s also what made the trip so memorable - by getting lost it forced us off the beaten path and into more of the local areas that were not nearly as crowded and we got to see apart of Venice that doesn’t show up on Google searches - was really awesome.

Also, the best restaurant experience we had an Italy was on the island of Murano at La Perla Ai Bisatei. Small, local place that we happened upon. Walked in around lunch time, no frills, none of the staff spoke a lick of English, you had a few tables of old men sitting around BS’ing, each with a pitcher of wine between them. The food was really good, but we just loved the atmosphere- felt like we got a “true” Italian experience that day. Before that we went to church on the island, again just happened to be walking by when they were starting - walked in, sat in the back, couldn’t understand a single word but we loved it.

Really enjoyed Florence as well - one regret we had here was not getting out of the city some and into the Tuscan countryside, just didn’t have the time.

Will add - we are not “art” people, but seeing the statue of David is definitely worth the money, saying this as someone who didn’t care for the rest of the museum.

One more thing I’ll add (and this goes form Rome, Florence and Venice) - the popular spots will obviously be super crowded during the day, but, if you’re able, find the time to wake up early and beat the crowds to some of these spots - makes the experience so much more enjoyable.

Haven’t bought anything from Nike since Kaepernicks “Even if it means sacrificing everything” ad. Hate it too - they were my go to for athletic gear for a long time.

Also shame my wife anytime she wants to go to Target after the bathing suite incident.