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i mean, who would?

Here is my newest hunting partner.

She is 8 weeks old, just brought her home today. My dog is to old to go out these days and my daughter doesn't like her dog to get dirty.

This make me hate you less.

I am sure that will be remedied over time.

Well hopefully the backups get a lot of work.

OT: My girlfriend has asked that I try to get to know her dad because they're very close since her mother's passing a few years ago. She asked that I take him out to do something since he doesn't get out of the house very much. The problem is that he doesn't hunt, he doesn't fish, he doesn't watch sports, he doesn't like movie theaters, and he doesn't drink. What can I possibly do with this man? Help me.

Nice! Jealous of all those that can own a dog. Of course I could own one here but with the space I have I'd have to get a small dog and that just isn't going to happen.

My father in law was like that. He was much older than me (by almost 50 years), he was a devout Catholic, and he was a kook. The best thing I could do was just sit and listen to him talk, and ask some questions about the war. We had nothing else in common but when I asked about the war, he could go on and on.

Find something HE likes and engage him in conversation about that.

NC Game thoughts . . . I just don't see ND scoring on Bama. I expect it to be a low-scoring affair regardless and the Irish have a great D . . . . but Bama's offense is pretty darn good. On the other hand, ND's offense is just o.k.; there's no Michael Floyd, and a spread-running game against that Front-7? Yikes.

I'm thinking something like 24-9 Bama.

Yea, just thinking that those games were also against some opponents who weren't as good as Bama (Pitt springs to mind, and Stanford, since ND played them before Hogan took over at QB). Only team to beat ND has a Heisman winner at QB; Golson is o.k., but not THAT good. Bama has some (relative) weakness at CB, but I don't see Robby Toma/John Goodman being the caliber of WR to take advantage of that. Best bet is to work the middle of the field with Eifert, but Robert Lester is a pretty sick player at S.

ND's OL is very good though, so who knows? On paper it looks like a 65-70% chance of a Bama W.

This is almost identical to my situation. He's in his late 60's (I'm 24), he's at church every sunday, and he's a Vietnam veteran. I think I'll probably give this a try and see what happens.

Thanks for all the responses guys. I'm into most of the traditional guy-type stuff so I've never met a girl's dad who I didn't have at least something in common with.