New Addition to Your Tailgating Arsenal?

Has anyone picked up anything new for your tailgating arsenal this year?

My brother in laws and I have slowly added to ours the past few years, and this year we went with a 2nd large TV. We now have 2 TV's over 40" that we will use to watch games in the lots. I will get a pic once I get it all setup. We are also kicking around the idea of re-purposing an old boards game for a game like Chippo.

https://chippogolf.com/products/chippo

On That Note: Give Us Your Keys

Welcome back to "On That Note," a CF music series hosted by @MeanDean, @CycloneRulzzz and me, cyclones500. I’ll serve as your master of ceremonies for this segment.

This week, we explore songs that feature keyboard as the dominant or primary instrument. We define "keyboard" as piano, organ and anything in that basic neighborhood. (conversely, accordion probably does not fit for this discussion).

In addition to performers whose signature approach involves keys, we also consider songs by artists who don’t commonly anchor their work using the instrument.

2019 Football Targets

Key:
Favorite/Commit Date
Warmer
Warm

Offer Date
Unofficial Visit Date
Official Visit Date
EE: Early Enrollee
PWO: Preferred Walk-On


Class Ranking Total: 48
Class Ranking Avg: 52


Visitors:

ISU Warm:

Recent Offers:
WR Brandon Jordan (JC): Louisville, Fresno State 1/9/19

Offers:
OT Josh Cooper (JC): Baylor, Ole Miss 5/3/18
RB Tomario Pleasant Jr.: ISU, TN, VT 11/8/18 PWO
WR Sterling White: 2/8/18
WR Charles Ward: 3/5/18
WDE Chester Graves (JC): Mizzou, Alabama, Ole Miss
OLB Romello Rutty: 5/1/18

No Offer:
S Lyndarious Strange (JC): 3/30/19

Jon Wilner ranks Iowa State #8 in pre-season AP ballot

Jon Wilner out of San Jose ranked Iowa State in his top 10 at #8.

Here's the rest of his ballot.

8. Iowa State: Our third sleeper pick — more because of the Cyclones’ top-10 position than their ballot inclusion. They won eight games last year, return 16 starters (including quarterback Brock Purdy) and have one of the top coaches in the country (Matt Campbell).​

Verizon vs US Cellular

I'm going to be switching my 3 phones to one of these two in March. We use a bit of data, under 10 GB most months, but will go over 15 occasionally.

We have had ATT, TMobile, and Sprint years ago, so not interested in anybody other than these two. Cost isn't as big of an issue as the below four requests:
I want the best signal in Ankeny, so I can use my phone in my home off fourmile creek in NE Ankeny specifically, neither TMobile or ATT is worth a **** here, and since I'm 100% remote, this is non-negotiable. Second, I want to use it at ISU events. Thirdly, I want to use it all over Iowa, specifically in Kalona, and on RAGBRAI, (I know, good luck). Fourthly, when I travel, but most of my travel is to my home office in Phoenix.

Are there any little perks that one has over the other? Like with ATT we had the ability to see when one was replying, read, etc on text messages. I lost the ability when I bought an unlocked phone that allows me to switch from GSM to CDMA.

***And we are going to be using Android, I have the S9 and will probably get them two of those, "free" on US Cellular***
TIA

Having Twins - General Advice

Hey Fanatics,

The wife and I are expecting twins in late November/early December. Wanted to start on a thread for any other parents of twins (or parents with multiple kids) on general advice/things to do. A few of the questions my wife and I have:

What kind of stroller do you use?
What kind of bassinet did you buy?
How long did they sleep in your room (if at all)?
Did you purchase 1 or 2 cribs?
What kind of pack and play did you buy?
Should I buy a minivan? Currently, we have a 2018 Ford Fusion and 2008 Jeep Liberty so feels like one of us needs to upgrade.

We live near Ames so it's easy for us to get to Ames or Des Moines to purchase things if you recommend a certain place in Central Iowa.

We're excited to bring 2 new Cyclones into the world, but I'm terrified as well.

Thanks in advance.

"Good Boys"

I saw this movie last night, and I have not laughed that hard in a movie theater since seeing "The Hangover" a long time ago.

I was literally crying from laughing so hard towards the end of the movie. It's profane and "dumb" humor, but if you like that kind of humor and enjoy movies like "Superbad", you'll love this one. In fact, with Seth Rogen as one of the producers, you can feel his hand prints all over it throughout the movie.

I enjoyed it so much that I would be willing to see it a 2nd time in theaters, and I want to give it a plug on here as well.

Michigan Vacation

Took a road trip out to Michigan with the family last week. My what a pleasant surprise! Started out visiting South Haven which is a nice little tourist town by Lake Michigan. Moved up to Muskegon and toured a really cool WW2 navel museum with a working submarine. Them went dune buggy riding at Silver lake. Saw some additional huge dunes at Sleeping Bear National Park near Traverse City. Spent a wonderful day on Mackinac Island where motor vehicles are not allowed. Saw the lock system at Sault St. Marie on the Canadian border. Finished up with a wonderful boat tour of Pictured Rock National sea shore on Lake Superior.

We went through Door County in Wisconsin on the way back, but that was almost disappointing in comparison. I have heard a lot of good things about Michigan and understand why now!

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