Tier 3 - 2.5 TPE
PBE Affiliate PT
16) The bank now accepts ISFL currency in exchange for real money – every ISFL dollar counts as $0.50 in the real world. How much money would you exchange, and what would you spend it on? Tier 3 - 2.5 TPE
This is a great prompt, but one that probably means the end of my ISFL career just a little earlier than my regression has me already thinking will be my exit. One of the things that I have found challenging in the ISFL is raising enough money to be as competitive as I’d like (though I do think Jed is a WROTY candidate this year with the most TDs receiving, most receptions and 3rd most yards receiving). But at a conversion rate of 50 real cents on the ISFL dollar, we are still talking a lot of money.
My bank balance was about $1,700,000 when I just checked and though that doesn’t go very far in the ISFL, $850,000 real dollars is a hefty sum. We never know what we’d do when the rubber hits the road, but I would hope that I would give 10% right off the top to my church or split between my church and a cause my church is supportive of. All money really belongs to God and it just seems a fair deal to get to keep 90% of what was His all along.
That still leaves $765,000 to play with. I’d have to put pen to paper, but I’m starting to near retirement age and that sum along with the rest of our retirement savings and planning might just allow me to retire a bit early. Better than any fancy gew-gaw we might buy blowing that amount of cash.
19) Your player or team made big headlines in the news this week. What did they do, and why did it garner so much attention? Tier 3 = 2.5 TPE
Jed Podolak and the entire Honolulu Hahaluas team, players, coaches, and management, have been severely affected by the past year’s struggles with the coronavirus pandemic. It was tough enough not being able to play with the stands full of the team’s rabid supporters, but the loss of jobs, the illness, and the deaths that have come in the wake of this modern day plague have been almost too much to bear.
So, the franchise realized that it could not cure everyone or create a vaccine, but it could help relieve the suffering of the people of Honolulu and all across the Islands. With this in mind, the team took a two-pronged approach. Each of the players volunteered to send 10% of their S27 salaries to relief work through churches, synagogues, and mosques and through social service agencies like Goodwill Industries, Big Brother and Big Sister, and the American Red Cross. The team pledged to match these contributions 2 for 1 - $2 for every $1 from the players plus a flat donation of $5,0oo,ooo right off the top.
The other prong of the approach was a hands on one. Each player, coach, and front office employee pledged 50 hours of community relief work.
When all the publicity started coming their way, the team was a bit embarrassed. The fans have been there for us in good times and bad. The least we could do was be there for them.
25) How or where would you celebrate with your teammates after winning an Ultimus or Ultimini? Tier 3 - 2.5 TPE
This is a timely question as the Hahaluas cruised to their first ever divisional title here in S27. Further, Honolulu defeated the Saber Cats 38-27 in the first round of the playoffs. If they can get past the ever-tough New Orleans Second Line, they will have a shot at winning their very first Ultimus Championship.
The team takes nothing for granted, but is it ever ready to celebrate!
And, of course, they would do it up in true Hawaiian style. First there would have to be a huge ticker tape parade through the streets of downtown Honolulu. But then we would all move to the beaches to be near the life giving, life sustaining waters. There would be hula and other traditional dances, traditional and more modern music, and the biggest luau feast ever given in the history of Hawaii!
The party would go on and on, non-stop for days and nights. Some would drift away from the festivities to sleep only to return a few hours or a day later to take the place of others who had meandered away for their own respite from the celebration.
And at the end of the week-long celebration, we would pause in quietness simply giving thanks to our ancestors and to heaven for the gift of this wonderful time together.
PBE Affiliate PT
16) The bank now accepts ISFL currency in exchange for real money – every ISFL dollar counts as $0.50 in the real world. How much money would you exchange, and what would you spend it on? Tier 3 - 2.5 TPE
This is a great prompt, but one that probably means the end of my ISFL career just a little earlier than my regression has me already thinking will be my exit. One of the things that I have found challenging in the ISFL is raising enough money to be as competitive as I’d like (though I do think Jed is a WROTY candidate this year with the most TDs receiving, most receptions and 3rd most yards receiving). But at a conversion rate of 50 real cents on the ISFL dollar, we are still talking a lot of money.
My bank balance was about $1,700,000 when I just checked and though that doesn’t go very far in the ISFL, $850,000 real dollars is a hefty sum. We never know what we’d do when the rubber hits the road, but I would hope that I would give 10% right off the top to my church or split between my church and a cause my church is supportive of. All money really belongs to God and it just seems a fair deal to get to keep 90% of what was His all along.
That still leaves $765,000 to play with. I’d have to put pen to paper, but I’m starting to near retirement age and that sum along with the rest of our retirement savings and planning might just allow me to retire a bit early. Better than any fancy gew-gaw we might buy blowing that amount of cash.
Code:
246 words
19) Your player or team made big headlines in the news this week. What did they do, and why did it garner so much attention? Tier 3 = 2.5 TPE
Jed Podolak and the entire Honolulu Hahaluas team, players, coaches, and management, have been severely affected by the past year’s struggles with the coronavirus pandemic. It was tough enough not being able to play with the stands full of the team’s rabid supporters, but the loss of jobs, the illness, and the deaths that have come in the wake of this modern day plague have been almost too much to bear.
So, the franchise realized that it could not cure everyone or create a vaccine, but it could help relieve the suffering of the people of Honolulu and all across the Islands. With this in mind, the team took a two-pronged approach. Each of the players volunteered to send 10% of their S27 salaries to relief work through churches, synagogues, and mosques and through social service agencies like Goodwill Industries, Big Brother and Big Sister, and the American Red Cross. The team pledged to match these contributions 2 for 1 - $2 for every $1 from the players plus a flat donation of $5,0oo,ooo right off the top.
The other prong of the approach was a hands on one. Each player, coach, and front office employee pledged 50 hours of community relief work.
When all the publicity started coming their way, the team was a bit embarrassed. The fans have been there for us in good times and bad. The least we could do was be there for them.
Code:
239 words
25) How or where would you celebrate with your teammates after winning an Ultimus or Ultimini? Tier 3 - 2.5 TPE
This is a timely question as the Hahaluas cruised to their first ever divisional title here in S27. Further, Honolulu defeated the Saber Cats 38-27 in the first round of the playoffs. If they can get past the ever-tough New Orleans Second Line, they will have a shot at winning their very first Ultimus Championship.
The team takes nothing for granted, but is it ever ready to celebrate!
And, of course, they would do it up in true Hawaiian style. First there would have to be a huge ticker tape parade through the streets of downtown Honolulu. But then we would all move to the beaches to be near the life giving, life sustaining waters. There would be hula and other traditional dances, traditional and more modern music, and the biggest luau feast ever given in the history of Hawaii!
The party would go on and on, non-stop for days and nights. Some would drift away from the festivities to sleep only to return a few hours or a day later to take the place of others who had meandered away for their own respite from the celebration.
And at the end of the week-long celebration, we would pause in quietness simply giving thanks to our ancestors and to heaven for the gift of this wonderful time together.
Code:
218 words