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But for those living elsewhere, it was brutal. And so, when the boys' father decided to take his sons skiing during their February break, we decided at the last minute to pack up the girls and head to Florida. We find a resort on the beach, the weather is a little cold, but nothing compared to what's going on back home. The girls, who were then 3, were having a blast, being on vacation for the first time and being able to process it. Little social butterflies, my twin girls were. There was a hot tub by the bar that was particularly crowded, since it was colder, and they made fast friends with anyone who was in the water. Because the trip was so last- minute, we didn't buy any pool toys or anything like that.
Every day there seemed to be some around for the girls, either from the pool itself or from other guests who, most likely, didn't feel like hauling cheap swim toys back to wherever they came from and, instead, just left them out for whomever to use. Need help with customized ranks for your scoring system, lineup setting tools, season- long projections and in- season trade help? You need the Ultimate Fantasy Football resource. They are long, colorful, made of Styrofoam and maybe they cost a couple of bucks at the local store. I've seen them sell for anywhere from a dollar to three. The girls love these - - they're not yet swimming on their own, they have floaties - - and so I see a few of them just floating in the middle of the pool. No one's around, so I grab them (for the record, because this will become pertinent later in the story, there is nowhere on the premises to buy these).
The girls grab onto them and - - I've described this before in a previous column - - they just love being pulled around. They each have a noodle and are riding them like .
Laughing, giggling and smiles. Lots and lots of smiles. We are back in the middle of the pool now (it's been about 2. I'm pulling them around again when a guy comes up to us. Guy: Hey, those are mine. Me: What? Guy: Yeah, I bought those for my son. He wants to play with them now.
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I'd like them back. Me: What are you talking about? They were just floating in the middle of the pool. Guy: Yeah, I know. This makes no sense to me.
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If he still wanted to use the noodles, why didn't he put them on the side by his chair, where he left his towels and his kid was playing with a shovel and pail. By leaving the noodles in the pool, which people do all the time at resorts, it says to me they are for anyone to play with. The guy then makes a motion as if to say, . I see it in their eyes. My youngest (by five minutes, but still, she's the delicate worrier of the two) quietly grips her noodle tight. Me: How do I know they're yours? Guy: I bought them at Publix yesterday.
You need me to show you the receipt? Me: So even if they are yours, you gave them up. If you still wanted to use them, why not put them under your chair? Guy: Because I wanted to leave them so others could play with them.
Me: OK, great. My kids are playing with them now. Guy: Yeah, but now my son wants them back. Me: Well, my girls are playing with them now. I'll be happy to bring them over to you when they are done. Guy: Well, he wants them now, so I'll just take them back now. And he literally GRABS the noodle out of my daughters' hands. They don't know what is going on except, very simply, this: They like something and this person is taking something of .
You'd have thought someone was torturing them. I grab onto one of the noodles. Me: No, you can have them when they're done. They are anyone's to take.
I wish you could have seen this ridiculous picture, two grown men in a swimming pool, grabbing ends of a bright green noodle in some sort of bizarre tug- of- war. But my daughters are screaming, they are upset and, dammit, I'm right. I'm not letting go. I mean, what kind of jerk just grabs a toy out of a kid's hand?
I am as angry as I have ever been. He is causing my daughters pain. I am looking him over. I can take this guy in a fight, I think.
My wife comes up at this point. Wife: What's going on? Me: Guy says these are his noodles, we found them in the pool, the girls have been playing with them and he's trying to take them back. Wife: So, OK, give them to him. Thanks, honey. As I look at her, my hand slightly loosens and the guy, sensing victory, jerks it away, swimming off to his kid, who, upon closer inspection, has the look of a brat. Someone who wants the noodles entirely because someone else is enjoying them.
You know the type of kid. I now turn to my wife. She is in a great mood, smiling, not understanding what that was about. I've been dealing with our daughters all afternoon, trying to entertain them as she's been enjoying a few margaritas and making friends with others at the pool. It's really remarkable.) I'm fine with this - - she certainly spends a lot more time with our daughters than I do - - but hey, I'm in charge right now and those were our noodles.
Me: What was that? Wife: What? They were his noodles. Me: We don't know that for a fact. He just said it was. Wife: Why would he lie?
Me: Because his bratty kid wants them? Who knows? Wife: I'm sure they were his. Me: He gave them up. He left them in the middle of the pool. He even said he left them there so others could play with them. Wife: OK, so now he wants them back.
Me: It doesn't work like that! You leave something in middle of the pool at a public place like that, it's no longer yours. First come, first served. Wife: No, it was his. And he wanted them back. Me: They weren't his!
The girls have continued to wail throughout this. Girls: Why? Daddy where's our noodle? Waaaaaaaa! Me: Well, I guess it was the boy's noodle and he wanted to play with it. Girls: Waaaaaaaa!
Wife: Who wants some ice cream? Eventually, they forgot about it, and maybe an hour later, another couple leaving gave us their toys - - they were leaving that night to go home - - but my wife and I have argued about it to this day. She feels like they are his until he leaves the pool. I say once you leave them floating in the middle of the pool and they go unclaimed for 2.
Certainly no ownership that allows him to yank it out of my daughters' hands. I just remember that feeling as he slunk away with the noodles, my daughters screaming their heads off and nothing I could do.
No noodles in sight, they have no interest in any other floating device I can find, they just want their noodles .. Frustrated, angry, secure in the feeling I had done the right thing and yet .. And now, Julian Edelman is out for the year.
I did everything right. I drafted great, played the waiver wire like a champ and yet, I have dropped from first to third and I am nervous about this weekend as I try to patch the team back together once again. I feel like that's a common sentiment this season - - that helplessness. Jamaal Charles, Le'Veon Bell, Tony Romo, Dez Bryant, Andrew Luck, Matt Forte, Steve Smith Sr., Vincent Jackson, De.
Sean Jackson, Kelvin Benjamin, Keenan Allen and Dion Lewis are among the studs who are out for the year or have missed significant time, in addition to the ones I mentioned above. It's the worst feeling. Obviously, the pain is nothing compared to what the player himself is going through, but still ..
And so, too, will all of our teams, one way or the other. But it doesn't mean it doesn't hurt. And I still think I'm right. Let's get to it. A reminder to always check my flex rankings for specific . Thanks to Jacob Nitzberg and Robert Nelson of ESPN Stats & Information for their help, and a quick note that all stats are for the past five weeks, unless otherwise noted.
Here we go: Quarterbacks I love in Week 1. Derek Carr, Raiders: In honor of . Anyone with 1. 0- plus interceptions. Goodbye to these five signal- callers: Matthew Stafford, Andrew Luck (out in Week 1. Blake Bortles, Joe Flacco and Sam Bradford (unlikely to play). Anyone who hasn't thrown for 3.
So long to four more: Russell Wilson, Jameis Winston, Ryan Fitzpatrick and Tyrod Taylor. Anyone who does not have a healthy top- 1. WR in ESPN standard scoring. Gone are these eight: Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers, Cam Newton, Philip Rivers, Eli Manning (on bye), Alex Smith, Kirk Cousins and Jay Cutler. Anyone facing a defense that ranks in the top half of the league in opponent's passer rating. Sound the cannon for Carson Palmer, Drew Brees (on bye), Andy Dalton, Matt Ryan, Ryan Tannehill and Josh Mc. Cown (on bye/no longer starting).
That's right, Derek Carr. Embrace your inner Katniss! Harry How/Getty Images. Congrats, Derek Carr .. Tied for the most passing touchdowns during the past four weeks and with multiple passing touchdowns in every game during that span, Carr is locked in this week as an elite play against a Lions team that has given up at least 1. QB it has faced this season.
Start Carr and may the stats be ever in your favor. Cam Newton, Panthers: Frankly, I'm just jealous I can't dance. Money at home this season (2. Cam will sadly bring my beloved Redskins (giving up 1. QBs on the road this season) back down to earth. An easy top- five play for me. Tony Romo, Cowboys: Not a lot of Romo stats to throw at you, since he's played only one full game, but putting him here because I'm not worried about rust.
Going against the Dolphins' 2. QBs in the past four games, Romo is an immediate top- 1. So you're telling me there's a chance: In his past two home games, Matthew Stafford has been Jim Bob Cootacular: 3. I expect the good times to Cooter right along against a Raiders secondary that has given up the most passing yards per game on the road this season, multiple passing scores in each road game and no one in the secondary who can cover Calvin Johnson. Not counting the game he left early due to injury, Ryan Fitzpatrick now has four straight games with multiple touchdown passes and has had 1. Texans team traveling on a short week.