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Post by MalcolmR on Feb 7, 2021 12:28:06 GMT -5
Hard luck frodi, that was a much better game than England's yesterday. Ireland were unlucky to lose it, especially playing with a man short for over an hour.
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Post by MalcolmR on Feb 7, 2021 12:29:47 GMT -5
I'd have taken the breath test and then claimed that the scene was contaminated.
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Post by mank on Feb 8, 2021 8:17:41 GMT -5
I watched the super bowl and it was one of the worst from a competitive stand point. What irritated me, besides Brady winning again, is that his daughter grabbed the Lombardi Trophy after the game before his teammates got to touch and hold the trophy. The normal scenario is Goodell hands the trophy to the team owner, Glazer which happened. Glazer says a few words, then he hands the trophy to the head coach Bruce Arians, which he did. Then Arians said some words and hands the trophy to Brady. While Brady was holding the trophy his daughter grabs it out of his hands. As a father I would NEVER have let that happen. I played team sports, semi-pro football until I was 37 years old. I KNOW that my teammates better touch that trophy before any of my kids. My kids have NOTHING to do with my team winning the championship. After everybody on the team touches the trophy, maybe I let my kids touch it or see it. I found it extremely disrespectful and Brady should have never let that happen.
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Post by Jeannette on Feb 8, 2021 8:34:20 GMT -5
It was a very boring game Mank, I'll agree with that. I turned it off halfway thru the 4th.
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Post by kellylorraine on Feb 8, 2021 9:46:51 GMT -5
Agreed. Very boring game.
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Post by Jim on Feb 8, 2021 10:16:58 GMT -5
A football game was boring? Imagine that!
Given that I had no problems streaming movies, I figured the game wasn't very popular. Normally, I can't watch anything if I try to start something while the game is in progress.
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Post by martycanuck on Feb 8, 2021 12:30:30 GMT -5
I watched the super bowl and it was one of the worst from a competitive stand point. What irritated me, besides Brady winning again, is that his daughter grabbed the Lombardi Trophy after the game before his teammates got to touch and hold the trophy. The normal scenario is Goodell hands the trophy to the team owner, Glazer which happened. Glazer says a few words, then he hands the trophy to the head coach Bruce Arians, which he did. Then Arians said some words and hands the trophy to Brady. While Brady was holding the trophy his daughter grabs it out of his hands. As a father I would NEVER have let that happen. I played team sports, semi-pro football until I was 37 years old. I KNOW that my teammates better touch that trophy before any of my kids. My kids have NOTHING to do with my team winning the championship. After everybody on the team touches the trophy, maybe I let my kids touch it or see it. I found it extremely disrespectful and Brady should have never let that happen. I’ll agree with the boring part. My complaint about the trophy is it being presented to the team owner first. Sure he writes the checks but the guys on the field won the thing. I think the players should get it first like in the hockey. It is handed to the Captain who then passes is it around to his team mates. This is true for the Stanley Cup, World Cup of Hockey and World Championships. Even in the Olympics the players get their gold medals before coaches and staff.
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Post by MalcolmR on Feb 8, 2021 12:47:21 GMT -5
And in proper football, it only goes to the Captain, then the team and then their manager/coach. I've never seen Glazer holding a Man. Utd. trophy. (I assume it's the same Glazer).
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Post by martycanuck on Feb 8, 2021 15:11:18 GMT -5
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Post by frodi on Feb 8, 2021 17:56:37 GMT -5
Hard luck frodi, that was a much better game than England's yesterday. Ireland were unlucky to lose it, especially playing with a man short for over an hour. Rough alright. We would have had a chance in the end, first when Wales gave the ball away and then secondly when the replacement kicker missed touch in the 22 which would have given a decent chance. Johnny Sexton may be a great no 10 but he is now too old and injury prone to be able to play the full 80 minutes but we still don't have any replacement for him yet.
I watched the England Scotland game and you have to wonder what were England playing at. It seems as if the Scots found a way around the English power game and England didn't have a plan B. I feel that this is going to be France's year.
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Post by mank on Feb 9, 2021 10:49:15 GMT -5
I watched the super bowl and it was one of the worst from a competitive stand point. What irritated me, besides Brady winning again, is that his daughter grabbed the Lombardi Trophy after the game before his teammates got to touch and hold the trophy. The normal scenario is Goodell hands the trophy to the team owner, Glazer which happened. Glazer says a few words, then he hands the trophy to the head coach Bruce Arians, which he did. Then Arians said some words and hands the trophy to Brady. While Brady was holding the trophy his daughter grabs it out of his hands. As a father I would NEVER have let that happen. I played team sports, semi-pro football until I was 37 years old. I KNOW that my teammates better touch that trophy before any of my kids. My kids have NOTHING to do with my team winning the championship. After everybody on the team touches the trophy, maybe I let my kids touch it or see it. I found it extremely disrespectful and Brady should have never let that happen. I’ll agree with the boring part. My complaint about the trophy is it being presented to the team owner first. Sure he writes the checks but the guys on the field won the thing. I think the players should get it first like in the hockey. It is handed to the Captain who then passes is it around to his team mates. This is true for the Stanley Cup, World Cup of Hockey and World Championships. Even in the Olympics the players get their gold medals before coaches and staff. OH MY GOSH! I completely agree with Marty (I feel faint). That IS they way it should be handled just like hockey. I still can't believe Brady's daughter held the trophy before his teammates.
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Post by martycanuck on Feb 9, 2021 12:57:08 GMT -5
I’ll agree with the boring part. My complaint about the trophy is it being presented to the team owner first. Sure he writes the checks but the guys on the field won the thing. I think the players should get it first like in the hockey. It is handed to the Captain who then passes is it around to his team mates. This is true for the Stanley Cup, World Cup of Hockey and World Championships. Even in the Olympics the players get their gold medals before coaches and staff. OH MY GOSH! I completely agree with Marty (I feel faint). That IS they way it should be handled just like hockey. I still can't believe Brady's daughter held the trophy before his teammates. Well it’s true that true friends just don’t discuss politics because it is such a divisive subject. You said it before that no doubt we could sit down, enjoy a beer and some laughs.
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Post by Juli on Feb 9, 2021 14:59:06 GMT -5
I have NO dogs in this fight; I barely know the dogs that are. But, I like to be fair, and so, I have questions. How old of a person is Miss Brady? Was the trophy handed to her, or did she grab it? If it was handed and she's of an age, could she have done something to help the team?
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Post by MalcolmR on Feb 9, 2021 17:37:14 GMT -5
If it was handed and she's of an age, could she have done something to help the team? Ooo-err, Missus.
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Post by martycanuck on Feb 9, 2021 19:30:22 GMT -5
I have NO dogs in this fight; I barely know the dogs that are. But, I like to be fair, and so, I have questions. How old of a person is Miss Brady? Was the trophy handed to her, or did she grab it? If it was handed and she's of an age, could she have done something to help the team? She’s a pretty young kid. Maybe 10? She grabbed it while Brady was holding it and he let her take it so he could make his thank-you speech on the podium.
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Post by martycanuck on Feb 9, 2021 21:45:27 GMT -5
The Darwin awards are aplenty this week. Two guys wanting to make a video for YouTube enter a park in Tennessee wearing masks and carrying butcher knives to stage a robbery for the video. Yup one of them ended up dead when someone thought they were threatening and opened fire. (I’m nominating the guys making the video for the award btw.). apple.news/A5KvjQHckQ3ShjmmZ2KV9zQ
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Post by martycanuck on Feb 10, 2021 7:31:37 GMT -5
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Post by mank on Feb 10, 2021 8:25:46 GMT -5
I have NO dogs in this fight; I barely know the dogs that are. But, I like to be fair, and so, I have questions. How old of a person is Miss Brady? Was the trophy handed to her, or did she grab it? If it was handed and she's of an age, could she have done something to help the team? She is a little kid and should have NEVER been allowed to touch that trophy until all of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers touched it first. Plus you don't grab things out of someone's hand period. That is just rude.
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Post by Juli on Feb 10, 2021 13:08:15 GMT -5
I have NO dogs in this fight; I barely know the dogs that are. But, I like to be fair, and so, I have questions. How old of a person is Miss Brady? Was the trophy handed to her, or did she grab it? If it was handed and she's of an age, could she have done something to help the team? She is a little kid and should have NEVER been allowed to touch that trophy until all of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers touched it first. Plus you don't grab things out of someone's hand period. That is just rude. I finally had a chance to see it. Yeah, it's rude, but he probably didn't want to deal with her making a fuss on national TV if he chastised her. I've seen the incident discussed in other places. I'm kinda concerned by the way people are treating the trophy with the reverence one reserves for a religious artifact. It's not like she damaged it by getting little girl fingerprints on it.
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Post by MalcolmR on Feb 10, 2021 13:10:20 GMT -5
It's not like she damaged it by getting little girl fingerprints on it. But was she wearing gloves and a mask? Had she used hand-sanitiser? When was her last negative Covid test?
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Post by martycanuck on Feb 10, 2021 14:31:14 GMT -5
Not a Darwin winner yet but she seems bright enough to aspire to winning a Darwin someday. Woman runs out of hairspray and tries Gorilla Glue. What’s the html for facepalm? apple.news/AQs-EIO_XQ8q4EEU31DcbVQ
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Post by mank on Feb 10, 2021 15:57:57 GMT -5
She is a little kid and should have NEVER been allowed to touch that trophy until all of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers touched it first. Plus you don't grab things out of someone's hand period. That is just rude. I finally had a chance to see it. Yeah, it's rude, but he probably didn't want to deal with her making a fuss on national TV if he chastised her. I've seen the incident discussed in other places. I'm kinda concerned by the way people are treating the trophy with the reverence one reserves for a religious artifact. It's not like she damaged it by getting little girl fingerprints on it. Juli, All I can say to you is that you have never played a sport like hockey or football where the trophy has significance. As I said I played semi-pro football until I was 37 years old. I admit my perspective is totally different from yours. Additionally, I have five kids if one of them pulled that crap I would have immediately corrected them. It goes to respect of me as a parent. I would have corrected my kid on national TV or no national TV.
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Post by martycanuck on Feb 10, 2021 19:32:05 GMT -5
I finally had a chance to see it. Yeah, it's rude, but he probably didn't want to deal with her making a fuss on national TV if he chastised her. I've seen the incident discussed in other places. I'm kinda concerned by the way people are treating the trophy with the reverence one reserves for a religious artifact. It's not like she damaged it by getting little girl fingerprints on it. Juli, All I can say to you is that you have never played a sport like hockey or football where the trophy has significance. As I said I played semi-pro football until I was 37 years old. I admit my perspective is totally different from yours. Additionally, I have five kids if one of them pulled that crap I would have immediately corrected them. It goes to respect of me as a parent. I would have corrected my kid on national TV or no national TV. Yeah but in Brady’s defense he wins SuperBowls like we change underwear!!
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Post by MalcolmR on Feb 11, 2021 12:23:02 GMT -5
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Post by Stan on Feb 11, 2021 12:43:28 GMT -5
It's a trophy, not a religious artifact, no big deal.
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Post by martycanuck on Feb 11, 2021 13:08:56 GMT -5
MANK! Don’t click the link! Don’t click the link! You won’t like it but I was ROTFLMAO! Actually the Stanley Cup has had it’s share of abuse from players. The first team to win it left it beside a river and it was either stolen or booted into the river. I’ll have to look that up again. It has been to the bottom of Mario Lemieux’s pool. It has been dented and broken. Tons of stuff. Actually I have personally sipped champagne from it once. When Colorado won I got invited to Warren Rychel’s day with the cup (he’s a great guy by the way even though he was kind of an enforcer) and lots of us got to sip from the cup. I even have a pic somewhere to prove it. Question on the Lombardi trophy though. Is there only one or do they make a new one for each team every year?
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Post by MalcolmR on Feb 11, 2021 13:49:10 GMT -5
The FA cup was first presented in 1895, it has been stolen 4 times, and recovered three. There are a couple of replicas. It has to be returned to the FA each year some weeks before the next final to get it repaired as it always has damage. This photo allegedly shows a winning manager, Ron Greenwood, taking it home after the final, on the Underground in London in 1964.
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Post by mank on Feb 11, 2021 16:54:51 GMT -5
Marty,
I guess my overall point is that the NHL players touch the trophy first not their kids. And here is something David Morehouse, I think President of the Pittsburgh Penguins, is one year younger than me and went to the same schools I did but one grade lower. We are from Beechview. He brought the Stanley Cup to Pauline Park where I played tons of basketball growing up and you could touch the cup and get your picture taken with the cup. I didn't go but the park is directly across from my parent's house. Well it used to be their house they both died in 2008.
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Post by martycanuck on Feb 11, 2021 20:49:53 GMT -5
Marty, I guess my overall point is that the NHL players touch the trophy first not their kids. And here is something David Morehouse, I think President of the Pittsburgh Penguins, is one year younger than me and went to the same schools I did but one grade lower. We are from Beechview. He brought the Stanley Cup to Pauline Park where I played tons of basketball growing up and you could touch the cup and get your picture taken with the cup. I didn't go but the park is directly across from my parent's house. Well it used to be their house they both died in 2008. I was just having some fun Mank. All I meant was if you were troubled as described by his daughter holding it the throw over the water would have been scary to watch. But still wondering is it just 1 trophy like the Stanley Cup (OK there is one replica and actually both of those are replicas of the real original that never leaves the HHOF in Toronto) or do they make a new version of the Lombardi every year that the team keeps for good? I’m just curious about that.
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Post by MalcolmR on Feb 12, 2021 7:09:45 GMT -5
200 job interviews and no offers of work.In the present climate, I could well understand a Politics student making 200 applications and getting nowhere, but he is claiming to have had 200 interviews? He only graduated last year, say in June, that's 9 months ago at most. That means he has managed to get almost an interview every working day since. If he still hasn't got a job, then either his interview technique must be appalling, or he is just applying for the wrong jobs. Maybe the safety pin through his nose and the tee-shirt emblazoned "Fuck the Establishment" doesn't go down well where he comes from.
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