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#i wrote this whilst i was camping this past week :-) you can imagine me sitting by a lake in a field in herefordshire with my notebook
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The General in Retirement / written 28.08.22
#my writing#new poem! and in a New and Fashionable Format (i.e. printed out stuck in my journal on top of tissue paper then scanned)#the tissue paper is william morris by the way :-D i love william morris. my grandpa loves william morris. we all love william morris#yes this is another fairfax poem. what can i say i love him a lot#also ive been doing dissertation research over the summer and my dissertation is about him so hes been On My Mind#the inspiration for this one comes from a quote i read describing his victory at naseby in [clears throat] A More Particular and Exact#Relation of the Victory obtained by the Parliaments Forces under the Command of Sir Thomas Fairfax (report to parliament)#in which the author wrote that 'before the fight his former lookes were like a dead man to what he had when he went to engage'#and that made me Think a lot. i will not go into more detail as the poem basically Is the more detail but i wanted to include the#inspiration somewhere even if only in the tags (for tag perusers to find. secret contextual information as a gift for you)#i wrote this whilst i was camping this past week :-) you can imagine me sitting by a lake in a field in herefordshire with my notebook#i hope the scan turns out ok i had to wrestle with my printer to get it to cooperate and even then it's a bit blurry in places#anyway! i hope you are all doing well my very dear friends :-) i love you all very much. shaking your hands with good affection#no doubt when i post this i will find 10000000000 mistakes. but no matter i will cope [said through gritted teeth]
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wxyvision · 4 years
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Dear First Love {2/4}
Genre: angst, fluff?
Word count: 1,935
Part one here
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Dear first love,
I don’t know what I was expecting. I was, of course, hoping that you would be there to see the performance, but I also can’t expect you to be there. You were probably busy practicing, right? Or perhaps you just didn’t want to come, which is fine too! You didn’t have to. I think it went well! I think Guanheng and Mark got some good photos of it if you wanted to see them. Many people said that they enjoyed the performance, or at least that’s what the boys said, they may have been just hyping it up for me though! How was your week? I imagine it was tiring, no? It looked like you had bags under your eyes at lunch. Please rest well, my little chicken wing. You worry me when you don’t look after yourself! I enjoyed spending time with you and some of the boys, though. You waved at me so cutely, I thought my heart would burst. Ahh, our friends would never let me live it down if they knew I wrote such cheesy words for you. I really mean it, though. What were you doing smiling at me so brightly? Is it your intention to kill me off? Especially when I continue to “protect” you from everyone’s affection. I wonder if you’ll be at Donghyuk’s birthday party next Friday, I assume so. To be honest, me and him aren’t even that close and I was invited, so I can only assume you will be too. If not, I will invite you! You can eat some more delicious cake and play some more games, although if any kissing comes up, I think I will sit those games out after last time. Not that I didn’t enjoy it, I just don’t want to make things weird between us. I hope maybe you'll be there?
Your little dumpling
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Dear first love,
The past couple of months have been crazy, haven’t they? Did you enjoy Donghyuk’s party? I was so anxious about inviting you, but you told me that you’d already been invited anyway. Oops! I think the both of us ate a lot, there were a lot of tasty snacks, after all. I’m glad that we got to speak a lot at the party, it was good to talk more to you and to ge to know one another more. I hope that we will only get closer as the months pass. At least no one had to kiss each other, although Donghyuk did dare Johnny to lick the carpet. At least Kun was there to stop him from actually doing it, who knows what bacteria is on that boy’s floor! You really didn’t have to come with Mark when he walked me back home.. but I’m glad you did. Even if it was a little awkward because I was trying so hard not to smile too much at you, I’m glad. Can you believe that it’s already been a year since we first met? It feels as though we only met a month ago. How did the dance competition go, by the way? I saw a video of part of your performance, you were amazing! Even though I’d already seen you dance before, I was still blown away by your talent. I bet you did really well. I do wish I could have been there watching and cheering you on, but I was too nervous to ask you if I could go along. The last thing I’d want is for you to think I’m a weirdo.. Anyway, I heard that you saw the pictures from my performance. What did you think? I am slightly worried that Mark may have taken some unflattering photos of me just to embarrass me, please forget that image of me! 
Your little dumpling
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Dear first love,
I have to do a project with some of the boys, and I’m a little nervous because I don’t know them well but they must be good people if you’re friends with them, right? We have a couple of girls on our team that I’ve never spoken to before, too. I think they’re only there for Lucas, though, cause they keep giving him heart eyes.. but then again, so does Jungwoo! :D I also recently got to meet your friend Yangyang for the first time. Isn’t he cute?? Not quite cuter than you, though, my little chicken wing. You’re the cutest of all. Oh! How could I forget? It’s your birthday soon! I heard that it’s probably going to be a joint party for you and Yuta. I want to get you a present but I don’t know if you want one from me. Ahh, I’ll just get one anyway. It’s the sentiment that matters above anything, after all. If I don’t get invited I’ll still see you on your birthday and I’ll wish you a happy birthday! You’re another year older to no longer being a ‘little’ chicken wing hehe. I bet you’ll have lots of fun, the others really know how to throw a good party. I wish they could throw a party for mine. As much as I loved having Guanheng and Mark singing happy birthday to me in the park whilst holding a burger with a candle stuck in the middle of it, I do wish I could have spent it with you. Don’t get me wrong, I love those two, but it’s not the same. I wonder if they threw me a party, would you be there? I like to think we’ve become more comfortable with one another now, right? We’ve had many conversations by now, so that must mean something, or at least it does to me.
Your little dumpling
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Dear first love,
I’m not going to lie, when you came up to me after class that day and asked if I wanted to go to your party I melted. I wasn’t expecting you to invite me at all, especially not personally, but of course I was happy that you did. That means you wanted me there, right? I still feel the butterflies in my tummy just remembering the way you smiled at me. Has anyone told you you literally have the most beautiful smile ever? Because you do, and I will never get over it. I want to see you happy like that always, even if it’s not because of me. You may have noticed that I put a bit more effort into my appearance for your party, although you probably didn’t realise that I did that for you. I hoped you liked the present! I was thinking of what to get you when I remembered a conversation we had a while back. I bet you thought I forgot, but I didn't. You keep making me weak, my little chicken wing, especially when you pinched my cheek out of nowhere like that. Are you trying to kill me off again? Why do you do things like this? You’re such a meanie! Anyway, I enjoyed the party. We played many games, though again I tried to avoid an awkward scene like that one time. Although I definitely wouldn’t mind sharing another kiss with you, I also know how awkward it must have been for you. For me, my heart was racing but I hope you didn’t feel that! We got to speak a bit, too, which was good, even if it was mainly about snacks. I hope you had a really amazing birthday! I wished you happy birthday at both the party and on the actual day. Even though it was a busy day for me, I still found time for you <3
Your little dumpling
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Dear first love,
There’s been so many parties recently, hasn’t there? I guess that’s what you get when you hang around with so many people hehe. I really enjoyed planning Kun’s party together! I’ve been getting closer to him, too. Now I see why you like him so much (the food is one reason ;)). It was good to see some of the boys again, I haven’t spoken to them much since November. I guess that’s what happens when the holidays take over though, everyone becomes so busy it’s hard to hang out until the new year. I heard that you met up with a few of the boys to see the new year in. Did you have fun? I was busy trying to make the cake for the party and completely missed the countdown, but oh well, there’s always next year, right? Did you enjoy your holidays? I forgot to ask you at the party since you kept being pulled away every two minutes by someone wanting to talk to you. That’s just the joys of being popular I guess :P. I can’t believe I’ve only just gotten to know Kun properly and he’ll be graduating soon. That’s what you get for hanging out with the older generation, hmm? He would hate me saying that, but I’m not wrong hehe. School starts again soon so we’ll be able to talk more in person instead of just through group chats (and Mark passing on messages for me). To be honest, I was surprised when you told me that you were staying in Korea over the Christmas holiday. I thought you might have spent some time at home, but I guess you did have us here to keep you company, and to buy your favourite foods for you whenever you felt homesick. I don’t believe you’ve ever told me about your family, I’d love to know more about them, but I didn’t want to ask before in case I made you sad <3
Your little dumpling
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Dear first love,
We just got back from a school trip not long ago. It was fun, wasn’t it? Apart from when we thought that Jungwoo broke his arm and Mark starting screaming cause he was panicking.. That was less fun. But hey, it’s a funny story to bring up whenever any of us want to tease him. I’m glad Jungwoo’s arm wasn’t broken though. Who was in your tent again? I think they put you with Lucas, no? I think I remember you telling him to stop screaming at one point, but that may have been my tired brain making up stories again. We got to talk a little, didn’t we? It was when the others were cooking food and the two of us watched them because we didn’t want to get involved in the ‘kitchen drama’. I did love doing a commentary of our imaginary cooking show, it was fun! Maybe we should ask to go camping more often, although maybe wrap the boys in bubble wrap so no one can break anything. I was kind of hoping that the trip would be to an amusement park or something similar, but I guess that might have been pretty hectic. Let’s face it, a ‘peaceful’ camping trip was chaotic enough, imagine what things would be like at an amusement park! I would still love to go to one, though. Who would be the responsible adult, though? Perhaps papa Kun, since he is old now hehe. By the way, did you receive any gifts for Valentine’s Day? I wanted to give you these letters but I made my identity too obvious, I wouldn’t be able to face you ever again if I had given you them. That’s why I settled for something that wasn’t too obvious. Maybe one year I’ll have the courage to say these things to you, but for now, I will love you from afar.
Your little dumpling
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halohealthcoach8 · 4 years
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Dispatches Grand Canyon: A Journey Through the Bottom of the Earth
Embarking on a rafting journey by the Grand Canyon started by dialing a cellphone quantity that I obtained in an Instagram DM from a stranger. The message learn, “Hey, I do know that is out of left subject, particularly since we’ve by no means met and you don’t have any concept who I’m—and a bit of bit of quick discover—however I’ve obtained an open spot on my boat to drift by the Grand Canyon in three weeks.” I used to be intrigued to say the least, and some days after asking associates about the messenger and the potential journey, I made a decision it was price making the name to research the alternative additional.
An hour into our dialog, having requested a large number of questions and liking the solutions and vibes I obtained, I “spontaneously” accepted the distinctive chance-invitation to affix this private-guided rafting journey for 9 nights. I didn’t understand it but, however I had made a terrific resolution.
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A few weeks later, I joined a bunch of 15 folks (already 9 days into their journey) dispersed amongst eight rafts with 10 days price of provides. Starting at Phantom Ranch, the latter half of the journey with my seasoned, river-going associates allowed 9 days to journey the remaining 192 miles by the Granite gorges and 70 rapids.
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What rapids lay forward, what adventures, way of life, neighborhood and residing circumstances I used to be in for—I didn’t have any data. I felt a bit of like John Wesley Powell, the first to discover this area in 1869 and put it on the map, embarking on this overseas expedition. In a journal that was later printed as the well-liked e book “The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons,” Powell wrote, “What falls there are, we all know not; what rocks beset the channel, we all know not; what partitions rise over the river, we all know not… With some eagerness and a few nervousness and a few misgiving we enter the canyon beneath and are carried away by the swift water by partitions which rise from its very edge.”
The Grand Canyon flows in an abundance of historical past, geology and journey. Archaeologists imagine that Native Individuals inhabited the rim and canyon year-round starting roughly 4,000 years in the past. The primary teams of folks passing by the canyon and surrounding areas whereas searching recreation and migrating throughout seasonal adjustments dates again to 10,000 years in the past. The Havasupai tribe has been residing in and round the Grand Canyon South Rim for the previous 800 years, based on anthropologists. Immediately, the Havasupai and Hualapai Reservations are positioned on the South Rim of the Canyon. The Navajo Nation and Hopi Reservations are east of the Canyon.
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Floating by the morphing partitions and observing the differing kinds of rocks current summoned fascination. The Grand Canyon is a world-renowned showplace of geology. There are practically 40 main sedimentary rock layers uncovered in the Grand Canyon, ranging in age from roughly 200-million to nearly 2-billion years outdated. Happily, I shared a raft with a geology fanatic, who bestowed me with data and terminology. I selected Vishnu Schist as my favourite rock as a result of it’s one of the most historical rock formations, at an unfathomable estimated 1.75 billion years outdated. It’s jet black and stunningly beautiful. I stored considering, “This Vishnu has seen a lot.”
Inside 30 minutes of becoming a member of the journey at Phantom Ranch, the group let me know that I used to be in for a deal with. We might be stopping to scout the first main speedy of the journey. They gave me a fast and thorough security briefing.
A number of instances a day, we pulled the boats into an eddy up-river from main rapids and tied the bow line to bushes on shore. We walked trails to lookout factors to scout our strains for the rapids.
Everybody in the group goes to scout. It’s fascinating how they learn the hydraulics of the water.
The primary speedy I’d raft by, shortly after becoming a member of the journey. It was extra daunting then it appeared from the lookout.
After safely passing by a number of class 3-7 rapids and conquering satisfactory river mileage, we stopped at a delegated camp spot that served as residence for the night time. The stretch of the Colorado River that snakes by the Grand Canyon usually makes use of a distinct ranking system for rapids. The category 1-10 system that’s utilized in the Grand Canyon roughly parallels Lessons I-V on the Worldwide Scale of River Issue (ISRD). These classes, or “lessons,” give rafters an concept of the ability degree (novice to professional) wanted to navigate a particular waterway.
Every afternoon, we discovered a brand new website to spend the night. Campsites dot the river banks of the Colorado most of the 277 miles of the canyon—nonetheless, not all are simply noticed or vacant.
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The solar ultimately geese beneath the canyon wall ushering the shade. After an extended day in the solar, massive smiles and simple vitality sweep throughout the group. Playing cards, mancala, chess and intelligent phrase video games maintain the group entertained as soon as the boats are unloaded and the kitchen, rubbish and groover (lavatory) are established. Work first, play second—and there’s all the time loads of time for each.
Photograph: Roland Mott
Others use this chance for alone time—to learn a e book, write or take to the frigid, but beckoning waters of the Colorado to rinse away sand and sweat in an epic bathtub. The physique shortly adapts to the slicing chill of the waters and ultimately returns to them many times, with out discover of the chilly however solely to the reduction they supply from sweltering temperatures.
Each night after river baths, we congregated in tenting chairs to share a meal cooked by a staff of raft-mates. Lizards watched from close by rocks as tales, banter and laughter stuffed the house, and we gratefully chewed the ready meal.
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We cleaned our dishes in a line of 4 buckets of river water, two of which we heated over a flame and added both cleaning soap or bleach to sanitize. Then folks pitched in to place away meals, clear up the kitchen and pressure the water from the buckets so the meals particles would go into the rubbish as a substitute of the river. All of us labored collectively each morning, afternoon and night to make sure a tidy camp—using the “Depart No Hint” methodology.
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After lengthy, fulfilling days, with vitality reserves depleted, an early bedtime and the barely cooler temperatures of nightfall have been welcomed. Some camped on cots on the seashore, others slept on the rafts. Sleeping elevated from the floor is the best option, so creepy crawlers (like scorpions, spiders and snakes) don’t get you whilst you relaxation. Nothing however the sounds of the water, wind and desert creatures remained as soon as we retired.
In the summer time, mornings come early. The solar rose round 5 a.m.—and the get up name “COFFEE!” resounded round the camp at 5:30 a.m., adopted by massive steaming carafes to fill our early-bird mugs.
We have been fast to make and eat a bunch breakfast, use the groover, apply private hygiene, pack up the kitchen, safe belongings on our rafts, pump the rafts and make a clear sweep over camp.
The groover, all the time located in a non-public and intensely scenic location.
To guard the pristine surroundings and scale back our influence, all of us use the groover. It’s mentioned the title “Groover” got here from the days previous to inserting a plastic bathroom seat on the Rocket Field. Folks would sit on the steel, rectangular-shaped Rocket Field and subsequently once they completed their enterprise, can be left with imprinted grooves on their again aspect.
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The paddle system notified others if the groover was occupied. Paddle up meant the groover was vacant.
We usually headed out as a bunch round 7 a.m. each morning to start making miles down the Colorado. Some days we made extra miles than others. Shorter mileage days allowed time for epic side-hiking adventures to a spread of spectacular waterfalls, oases and slot canyons.
A three-mile hike to a waterfall started early, as we tried to beat the warmth earlier than reaching a bit of oasis in the sky. We ascended hundreds of toes on rocky switchbacks and really uncovered cliffside trails. The warmth got here shortly and radiated from the rock partitions, baking us like a convection oven.
We consumed all of our water with the data that we might quickly refill our bottles onsite at the waterfall.
The spring served “all you possibly can drink,” cold-as-ice water. Oh, and mint crops grew wild right here. We infused our water bottles with the herb; it was paradise.
I used to be shocked not solely at the quantity of side-hiking and bodily exercise we obtained every day, however by what number of springs, waterfalls and swimming holes are positioned on both aspect of the river. The quick hike to this waterfall and pool led to hen combating and supreme leisure.
Havasu Falls is a sought-after vacation spot. We deliberate to reach additional early so we might have all of it to ourselves.
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From the river there’s a path to the falls, a route wading by turquoise waters of the slot canyon. From the rim, there’s a ten-mile hike to succeed in the falls. The water at Havasu is turquoise as a result of of calcium carbonate, a mineral present in the rocks.
We laughed with pleasure (and at our buddy who had a tough time swimming by a deep half of the slot with a heavy present).
Entrance to Havasu Falls from the Colorado River.
I’d by no means felt a relentless, dry warmth like at the Grand Canyon. The winds blowing by the canyon felt like a hair dryer, forcefully expelling scorching, dry air. The towering rock radiated scorching temperatures as the solar baked every thing it touched.
The shaded noon slot canyons and icy waters of their falls supplied refuge and pure delight.
Lengthy, calm stretches of water made for just a few gradual, low-mile days on the river.
Cliff leaping.
The Grand uncovered me to varied crops and bugs I knew nothing about, however I shortly realized to be cautious of their risks.
One of these is the tarantula hawk, a wasp that supposedly has the most painful sting of any wasp in the world. It assaults tarantulas, paralyzing them with a sting earlier than dragging them right into a den. Right here it lays an egg that hatches right into a larva and devours the paralyzed spider alive—over the course of a number of weeks.
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My first hike, I ran my hand by a stupendous, lush inexperienced plant as I walked by. I ended in my tracks as the plant dug a number of thorns into numerous factors in my hand. Ouch!
Rule of thumb: Don’t contact any of the crops out right here—most aren’t pleasant and can poke and snag pores and skin.
The canyon partitions rise so excessive that the solar would disappear round Four or 5 p.m. some days. Nonetheless, the mild remained till 10 p.m., creating attention-grabbing hues and lighting.
The rising and setting of the moon over the canyon was extra dramatic from our perspective. The moonlight performed on the partitions, bouncing off surfaces and continuously casting shape-shifting shadows as the moon modified place in the sky.
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All in all, beers, laughs, video games, shenanigans, introspection and stable bonding went down in the sprawling, wild panorama of the Grand Canyon.
We overcame Lava Falls collectively, the largest speedy in the Grand (class 10), and one of the most revered whitewater runs in the United States. Happily, a wood oar that snapped in half on that run was our solely loss.
Precisely 192 miles after assembly the group at their half-way level, we parted methods the place the Colorado River converges into Lake Mead. At the take-out level, we de-rigged, mentioned our goodbyes and headed our separate methods—all of us happier, extra fulfilled and adjusted for the higher.
All Photographs by Jo Savage.
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New England Patriots TE Matt Lengel uses platform to assistance law enforcement - New England Patriots Blog
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New England Patriots TE Matt Lengel uses platform to assistance law enforcement - New England Patriots Blog
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Swift-hit feelings and notes all over the New England Patriots and NFL:
1. Patriots followers are even now getting to know towering restricted end Matt Lengel, who was signed off the Bengals observe squad in early November, caught a landing pass in late December versus the Jets and performed in 9 of the last 10 game titles of the 2016 period (including the playoffs).
The 6-foot-seven Lengel, 26, has been applying his platform as an up-and-coming NFL participant to emphasize something that has substantial indicating to him: Supporting law enforcement features.
Particularly, Lengel has applied his Twitter account to accept law enforcement officers who have been killed in the line of duty. Lengel’s father, Brian, is a retired law enforcement officer.
“I’ve often seemed at my dad as my hero, even now to this day, and it’s not truly right until you get older that you comprehend just how dangerous it is what they do,” Lengel claimed past week. “I believe it normally takes a very special particular person to do what law enforcement officers do. I don’t believe law enforcement officers select to do what they do. I believe it chooses them.”
As a symbol of this, Lengel pointed out how when there is an announcement about the death of an officer (even these who have retired), the date of death is usually referred to as the officer’s end of look at.
This earlier week, Lengel wrote about how his “heart breaks” soon after learning of the death of New York law enforcement officer Miosotis Familia, who was shot and killed whilst sitting in a marked law enforcement cruiser.
As the son of a retired law enforcement officer, my coronary heart breaks. Human beings who voluntarily wake up, leave households, and guard versus evil everyday. https://t.co/ecnOf9nsIX
— Matt Lengel (@Colonel82) July five, 2017
“What’s the most significant to me, in reference to assistance to law enforcement officers and social media, is that they are people.” Lengel claimed. “Human beings are not perfect, but these are persons who voluntarily wake up each day and if they hear shots are fired, they are getting in their car or truck and driving to it whilst other folks are going in the opposite course.
“What transpired to them may well have an effect on them as negative as another person else. You don’t know the occasions that induce that person’s spouse and children to be disrupted, how annoying the work is. These are human beings, with liked types, that want to go dwelling at the end of the day. That is what I hope to get across.”
Lengel, who is from Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, has experienced an unconventional football journey. He’s also experienced a unforgettable offseason. he acquired married two weeks back, which brought a lot of of his former teammates jointly from Northeastern College, Eastern Kentucky and the Bengals.
Lengel’s spouse, Lauren, shares in the assistance for law enforcement officers. Her mother and father worked as officers, and her stepfather is a law enforcement chief. Matt claimed some of his greatest friends from university have also turn out to be law enforcement officers, in New York, Lexington, Kentucky and New Orleans.
At Eastern Kentucky, Lengel majored in political science and went on to get his master’s degree in physical instruction. He planned to go into some kind of law enforcement if his football career did not take off.
“When I get suited up for a activity, it normally takes me back again to when I went on a single SWAT connect with with [his father]. We parked, he place his vest on, his fingers are freezing, and he’s getting his activity facial area on to kick in a doorway and pull somebody out,” Lengel claimed. “I go back again to that and it helps me with any pregame jitters. My everyday living is not on the line.”
If Lengel carries on to grow as a participant and sticks with the Patriots, he hopes to extend his operate increasing recognition for law enforcement officers.
As our chat was coming to a summary, he experienced a single last thing to increase: “Anything I can do for the Boston Law enforcement Division, permit me know.”
2. The Patriots don’t have a lot of big situation battles entering teaching camp later this month, but Lengel and the backup restricted end spot is a single of take note. Rob Gronkowski and Dwayne Allen job as the top two restricted finishes, then it’s Lengel (6-foot-seven, 267), James O’Shaughnessy (6-foot-four, 245) and undrafted rookies Jacob Hollister (6-foot-four, 239) and Sam Cotton (6-foot-four, 250) vying for a possible third spot. Lengel’s offseason has been impacted by a finger personal injury that expected offseason surgery, and the club has been bringing him together little by little.
three. As usual, Miguel Benzan of Patsfans.com does a thorough work breaking down the specifics of linebacker David Harris’ two-year contract with the Patriots. Harris has a wage-cap charge of $2.84 million in 2017, and then it could perhaps spike to $three.875 million in 2018. Though the deal is technically a two-year pact, the economic impression is confined if the Patriots decide to move on soon after just a single period.
four. In the often-fulfilling “Know Them From Adam” podcast, ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter interviewed absolutely free-agent jogging back again DeAngelo Williams, who claimed he’d indicator with 28 teams, but “the other four are computerized no.” Williams then advised Schefter he need to start a poll to see if followers could guess the four and that he would share the four teams at a later date. I voted and figured including the Patriots was a protected preference based mostly on Williams’ earlier trolling of the franchise. Many others evidently agreed.
An August trade for nose tackle Ted Washington paved the way to a Super Bowl in 2003 for the Patriots. It was Washington’s only period with the workforce, and was a single of 7 stops in a 17-year NFL career. Jim Rogash/AP
five. Very good point by Chris Warner, who contributes to the Boston Sporting activities Media Check out web-site, about not forgetting the impression of the Patriots’ trade for nose tackle Ted Washington in 2003 when position the greatest offseasons in Invoice Belichick’s tenure. Acquiring Washington for a fourth-round decide was a single of the team’s top trades, as the creator of the “Homeland Defense” nickname was a rock in the middle of the three-four alignment. Recalling that deal also sparked a imagined of a much more the latest trend with the Patriots: Individuals styles of trades have advanced into the club not wanting to give up a decide for a participant with no acquiring a decreased decide in return as properly (e.g. Martellus Bennett, Allen, O’Shaughnessy, and many others.).
6. Not guaranteed that New Hampshire International Speedway could have produced a better preference than Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels to generate the speed car or truck for subsequent Sunday’s Overton’s 301. Who else in the New England sports landscape has orchestrated much more speedy starts off?
seven. Did You Know: ESPN’s Stats & Details notes that it is just 60 times right until the NFL opener amongst the Patriots and Chiefs, and as section of its numbers-based mostly theme, features up this Giants-based mostly nugget: Odell Beckham Jr. and Brandon Marshall have 60 put together acquiring touchdowns considering that 2014. Beckham is tied for 1st in that time span and Marshall is seventh. They are teammates for the 1st time this year.
eight. Great tale from Angelique Fiske of Patriots.com on former New England linebacker Dane Fletcher (forty four game titles performed from 2010-13) and his transition to a publish-participating in career, as he opened a exercise facility in his native Montana. There are a lot of stories of players battling as they move to the subsequent stage of their lives, but there are also a lot of stories equivalent to the 30-year-aged Fletcher’s that need to also be advised. A single of the greatest sections to me is how he highlighted the assistance of his former Patriots teammates, these as Tom Brady.
9. With baseball’s all-star crack established to arrive, it acquired me imagining about the football edition of the event and what the league can do otherwise to make the Professional Bowl much more pertinent. I vote for doing away with the activity — it’s not even actual football — and producing it some kind of imaginative techniques competitiveness that permits followers to connect much more with players in a different way. Heading that route, and doing away with the personal injury threat for players, may well in fact lead to fewer players pulling out of the event and supplying it much more of an all-star kind truly feel.
10. Can you visualize the joy a father would have to see two of his kids married in a span of a few weeks on wonderful New England summer weekends? No doubt, it’s been a unforgettable and significant offseason for Patriots mentor Invoice Belichick.
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