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="Edgy DC":13yttz9q]As prospects go, this thread is like Mike Nickeas.[/quote:13yttz9q]
I guess the other old men here aren't cranky.
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Kong76
Mar 13 2009 03:56 PM
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Everyone wants instant gratification nowadays ... wahh, my 7 hour thread ain't
getting no hits.
I hate when you're watching a show on tv that's on all over and the regional
commercial ends 3/4's of a second before the one it replaced and you get a
quick splash of that one too.
Plop plop, fizz fizz.
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G-Fafif
Mar 13 2009 03:57 PM
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In my day, cranky old men were a lot crankier, a lot older and a lot more "manly" if you know what I mean.
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Kong76
Mar 13 2009 04:19 PM
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Back when men were men and women liked it (or just silently dealt with it).
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cooby
Mar 14 2009 12:45 PM
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="Kong76":25l249p0]Everyone wants instant gratification nowadays ... wahh, my 7 hour thread ain't
getting no hits.
.[/quote:25l249p0]
Oh don't worry, I can keep this thread moving all on my own
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batmagadanleadoff
Mar 14 2009 01:53 PM
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When I was a kid, we didn't have any threads.
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TheOldMole
Mar 14 2009 02:17 PM
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And I always envied the kids with the real cool threads.
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cooby
Mar 14 2009 04:54 PM
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="batmagadanleadoff":1kn9lg3q]When I was a kid, we didn't have any threads.[/quote:1kn9lg3q]
Didn't you get cold?
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John Cougar Lunchbucket
Mar 14 2009 05:14 PM
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="Edgy DC":18n1x7ep]As prospects go, this thread is like Mike Nickeas.[/quote:18n1x7ep]
It would get a lot Squintier were it used as a weapon to defeat (and occasionally celebrate) Old Manism on the forum, Citizen's Arrest style.
you know, when someone is guilty of yelling at a cloud, you could copy-and-paste and quote it here.
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Kong76
Mar 14 2009 06:03 PM
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When I was a kid, there was no VORP, Sim Scores, or WHIP ... and we still
knew who was good and who sucked hind tit.
Fantasy baseball was played behind the school with a bat and tennis ball
thrown at a strike zone painted on a wall, or with baseball cards, or some
form of stratomaticesque game and there was no day long event just to
set up any of these things.
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Fman99
Mar 14 2009 09:14 PM
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We used to have to plug into a wire to get the internet. Now there's this wireless internet and it creeps me. Right now there are packets in the air! What's that all about?
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Gwreck
Mar 14 2009 11:45 PM
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I'm going homicidal the next time there's a rubbernecking delay on the highway for some sort of police activity that's taking place in the lanes going the OPPOSITE direction.
There should be an IQ test when getting a driver's license.
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Edgy DC
Mar 15 2009 05:44 AM
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I bet you looked, though.
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Edgy DC
Mar 15 2009 10:43 AM
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<img align="left" src="http://pro.corbis.com/images/42-17988307.jpg?size=572&uid=%7B52E61759-3D2D-4584-9B2A-30053BF0997C%7D" width="150"><p align="right">Sportscasters using the terms; 'The Big Dance', 'Bubble Team', or 'Bracketology' should have their on-air licenses permanently revoked.
--- Frayed Knot</p>
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Kong76
Mar 15 2009 10:54 AM
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'Rubbernecking delays' always struck me as one of the funnier phrases
in the American language.
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Gwreck
Mar 15 2009 11:59 AM
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="Edgy DC":21xtubqj]I bet you looked, though.[/quote:21xtubqj]
Hell no. I was too busy honking at the guy in front of me who was slowing down. I was trying to just coast through instead of having to hit the brakes like every other moron.
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John Cougar Lunchbucket
Mar 15 2009 12:25 PM
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="Edgy DC":go4rt99r]<img align="left" src="http://pro.corbis.com/images/42-17988307.jpg?size=572&uid=%7B52E61759-3D2D-4584-9B2A-30053BF0997C%7D" width="150"><p align="right">Sportscasters using the terms; 'The Big Dance', 'Bubble Team', or 'Bracketology' should have their on-air licenses permanently revoked.
--- Frayed Knot</p>[/quote:go4rt99r]
Nice comshot.
cranky
old
man
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Frayed Knot
Mar 15 2009 12:29 PM
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Especially 'Bracketology' !!
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Kong76
Mar 15 2009 12:43 PM
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L'grabber: Nice comshot.
cranky
old
man <<<
Funny! Perhaps we should all try to include a unique comshot when
grumping in this thread.
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cooby
Mar 15 2009 02:22 PM
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This may be a good place to mention the AIG story.
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Mar 15 2009 02:28 PM
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When exactly did people stop using turn signals?
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metirish
Mar 20 2009 09:26 AM
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I find it annoying to read insert name of rich kid that their occupation is DJ. Ozzy's daughter is a DJ , read last week that Lindsay Lohan is a DJ , and that awful looking GF of hers is a real DJ ,whatever that is....
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Kong76
Mar 21 2009 11:47 AM
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There should be more exhibition baseball games this
late in March than one rain-delayed game to flip over
to when the basketball gets boring and for during com-
mercials. It gives me March Madness.
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Mar 21 2009 12:58 PM
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Seriously... if you spend 10-20 years of your life spending hours a day fine-tuning your basketball skills, to the point where you are likely to be one of the lucky 300 or so on earth to make millions playing in the NBA... how do you NOT have the time to get your free-throw shooting above 60%?
I'm looking at you-- among many others-- Darren Collison.
(As well as seething about my Gook neighbors' incivility. And my Oscar snubs.)
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TheOldMole
Mar 22 2009 11:11 AM
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Like those Dominican shortstops -- "You don't walk off the island."
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MFS62
Mar 22 2009 12:13 PM
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="TheOldMole":3curw7s3]Like those Dominican shortstops -- "You don't walk off the island."[/quote:3curw7s3]
This grumpy old man seems to think that was first said by Tony Pena - a catcher. Ralph Kiner once said "The toughest thing to do in baseball is walk Tony Pena".
Later
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metirish
Mar 23 2009 07:51 AM
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Read a few articles over the weekend that mentioned a new term to me at least ,and I hate it already.
Recessionistas
Wiktionary has it as a blend of recession and fashionista.
A person who is able to stick to a tight budget while still managing to dress stylishly.
Ugh
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Mar 23 2009 02:08 PM
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| ="metirish"]Read a few articles over the weekend that mentioned a new term to me at least ,and I hate it already.
Recessionistas
Wiktionary has it as a blend of recession and fashionista.
A person who is able to stick to a tight budget while still managing to dress stylishly.
Ugh |
I'll go a bit further and decry all Huffington Post/NYT Style-Section-y portmanteaus, starting with "Metrosexual."
In my day, "dandy" or "fop" or "fancypants" worked fine. (And when I say, "worked fine," I mean, "took a punch to the chops like a dandy man." And you're still on my lawn.)
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MFS62
Mar 29 2009 10:19 AM
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Why don't they teach young pitchers the spitter any more?
Later
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Rockin' Doc
Mar 29 2009 12:23 PM
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Might have something to do with the fact that it's an illegal pitch. I'm sure there are still a few pitchers that doctor the ball up. Even more pitchers are likely to take advantage of a scuffed or nicked baseball when they have an opportunity.
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MFS62
Mar 29 2009 12:35 PM
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="Rockin' Doc":3jezi83h]Might have something to do with the fact that it's an illegal pitch. I'm sure there are still a few pitchers that doctor the ball up. Even more pitchers are likely to take advantage of a scuffed or nicked baseball when they have an opportunity.[/quote:3jezi83h]
I know. But its a rainy day, and I was just being cranky.
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