I’ve watched them since the early days when Bud Grant was the coach, and I remember watching quarterback Fran Tarkenton run around like a crazy man. There were great seasons, and discouraging seasons, and all of us Vikings fans grew tired of being told, “This is the year.”
I remember being skeptical about the team last season because they had a new quarterback, then pleasantly surprised with win after win, a total of 14, and then came the disappointing ending with a season-ending loss and a loss of the first playoff game.
That quarterback is gone, and the team is relying on a rookie to lead the team. If you watched the first game of this season, on a Monday night, you had to feel that this was going to be a very long season for Viking fans. The team looked absolutely horrible for three quarters, and I almost turned the television off at the beginning of the fourth quarter, but decided to watch one more possession, and that was when the team looked like it might be able to play well enough to win, and they did win.
Since I’m writing this column several days before the second Vikings game, I can’t comment, but I do know I am sort of looking forward to watching to see if they can play more than one quarter of professional football. Time will tell.
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It’s getting really sad that criminals are finding so many ways to try to get your personal (bank) information with scams that are getting more and more complex.
Just last week, I received a text that looked like it came from Amazon. It said that I was due a full refund on a recent purchase. All I had to do was click on the link provided to find out the details. I’m sure many, many people will click on that link, but I did not.
What’s so sad is that there are fewer and fewer people we can trust. We need to be skeptical about almost everything we get through text or email. It seems to me that the only time you can feel comfortable giving anyone any personal information is when the person asking is someone we make the effort to call, or go directly to them to ask in person – face-to-face.
Scammers are looking for vulnerable people who are easy to fool and take advantage of. The only way to be safe is to doubt anything or anybody asking for personal information. We all worked (or worked) too hard for the money we earned, and we were honest about how we earned our money, so it’s within our rights to become skeptical and keep our information safe.
Have A Good Week!
