WAFFLES, WAFFLES!!!! And Other MiLB Stories...

I think Waffle House should treat Karl to all the Waffles He wants for saving them all that "DOUGH"!

Good job, Karl!

And Still Learning, that is a great point. cadDad, will Karl get the free waffles? Or is it a conflict of interest for this kind of officer to accept free food?

Julie

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Actually what's most interesting... and this is a story (a long one) for another day, but Karl is a Celiac, and for those in the know, that means he is intolerant to wheat... that he cannot digest the gluten molecule. Can you imagine a 6'3", 220# guy who can't eat sandwiches, pasta, Crispy Creams, WAFFLES (!), or anything with wheat in it (and everything has wheat/modified food starch in it!)? And to be in the military, where there is little tolerance for anything "out of the ordinary"?

Interestingly there are over 3 million Celiacs in America... those that have been diagnosed, anyhow... actually just the other day I heard that "Gluten-Free" is becoming all the rave on the West Coast, as the next diet craze. Karl would just love a "sammich" now and then (as Larry the Cableguy says...)

cadDAD

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cadDad,

Not to get too far off topic, but actually I just became aware of the Celiac / Gluten-Free issue through my job a couple of months ago. One of my "real jobs" is Web development at General Mills, and they just came out with Gluten-Free Rice Chex within the past month. We're rolling out additional Gluten-Free recipes on the website this month, and General Mills is working on many other Gluten-Free products.

I can only imagine how difficult it is for a young man like Karl to have to avoid all of those products! But I think that food manufacturers are stepping up their efforts to help Celiacs.

Julie

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Can you imagine a 6'3", 220# guy who can't eat sandwiches, pasta, Crispy Creams, WAFFLES (!

Can I eat his share of these things - especially the Krispy Kremes????????

cadDad--I became reacquainted with Celiac disease not too long ago at my church--one of the members cannot eat a "regular" host and so the church provides gluten-free hosts for him. They look pretty cool, like a rice cracker!

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Originally posted by MN-Mom:
But I think that food manufacturers are stepping up their efforts to help Celiacs.Julie

Eons and eons ago, I babysat for a woman with this disease---and this in the day before health food stores. She had tremendous problems finding non-wheat food items.....and eating anything, as she was also allergic to dairy products.

My heart goes out to everyone with food allergies, including diabetics.

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Originally posted by coach2709:

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Can you imagine a 6'3", 220# guy who can't eat sandwiches, pasta, Crispy Creams, WAFFLES (!

Can I eat his share of these things - especially the Krispy Kremes????????

I would apply for the job of eating all the gluten based foods, but I may be overqualified.

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Originally posted by CPLZ:

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Originally posted by coach2709:

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Can you imagine a 6'3", 220# guy who can't eat sandwiches, pasta, Crispy Creams, WAFFLES (!

Can I eat his share of these things - especially the Krispy Kremes????????

I would apply for the job of eating all the gluten based foods, but I may be overqualified.

wow...birds of a feather...can't wait to lunch with you, chip!

(hopefully, next spring break)

Back to the waffle story....

That must have been a hoot!! Thanks for sharing!

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I know I am breaking all the rules and should be posting this over on another site, but again wanted to share. ofcrKID#1 told me last night that another one of the funniest things he's seen "since going on the road", are the promos that so many of MiLB Clubs do to make Minor League Baseball a family friendly environment.... and it seems to work, because he tells me they play in front of big crowds almost every night/day.

Last night against the Single A team in Greensboro, Karl said they have a Black Lab as their batboy. The guys couldn't stop laughing watching this 'happy go lucky hound' charge out after each at bat and retrieve the bats. He said when it came time to take balls to the Ump, he'd take a small bag of balls in his mouth out to Homeplate, and give them to Blue. But what was really funny was last night was Bark to the Park day, and the stadium had over 2000 dogs sitting in seats, dressed like ballplayers, clowns, circus animals, etc. Gotta' find some of this on YouTube...

Gotta' love America's past time and the 'kids of summer'...

7 to 3, 3 to 11, 11 to 7...

cadDAD

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