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by Diamond
Sat Sep 16, 2023 4:58 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Swamp Fantasy Hockey 2023-2024
Replies: 4
Views: 70

Re: Swamp Fantasy Hockey 2023-2024

Popped in yesterday for the first time in a while to see if you were going to fire this back up. Let's do that hockey!
by Diamond
Fri Jan 08, 2021 3:14 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Swamp Fantasy Hockey 2021
Replies: 16
Views: 275

Re: Swamp Fantasy Hockey 2021

sancarlos wrote: Fri Jan 08, 2021 2:29 pm Jeebus, Diamond! I sent emails out, too.
Found them all in my spam folder. I'm psyched to be back in. Bummed I wasted my study time. Hundreds of crap emails a day and the yahoo fantasy emails go to spam?? Don't they know I won a pandemic-shortened league last year?? The indignity!
by Diamond
Fri Jan 08, 2021 9:53 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Swamp Fantasy Hockey 2021
Replies: 16
Views: 275

Re: Swamp Fantasy Hockey 2021

Diamond wrote: Fri Jan 08, 2021 9:50 am Fudge. I've been waiting for an email about renewing this league. Guess I should pop in more than twice a year.
Nevermind!!! It autodrafted me! And I hate my team!!! I'm so excited!!

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by Diamond
Fri Jan 08, 2021 9:50 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Swamp Fantasy Hockey 2021
Replies: 16
Views: 275

Re: Swamp Fantasy Hockey 2021

Fudge. I've been waiting for an email about renewing this league. Guess I should pop in more than twice a year.
by Diamond
Thu Jul 30, 2020 1:37 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: SWAMPCRASH AMATEUR HOUR PART 2 - NOW SCORING
Replies: 84
Views: 1508

Re: SWAMPCRASH AMATEUR HOUR PART 2

Gunpowder wrote: Thu Jul 30, 2020 1:29 pm Got about half of you so far for the skillz challenge.

I didn't realize Mega Man was such an unknown.
My kids played this a few months ago. The names were way too dumb to forget.
by Diamond
Fri Jul 17, 2020 1:21 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: SWAMPCRASH - PRO BOWL (GAME ON)
Replies: 76
Views: 2141

Re: SWAMPCRASH - PRO BOWL (GAME ON)

Gunpowder wrote: Fri Jul 17, 2020 1:01 pm

Ryan and Diamond are Pro Bowl Co-MVPs

Ryan can have my half of the Chevy Silverado.
by Diamond
Sun Jul 05, 2020 9:24 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: SWAMPCRASH 2020 - Wild Card Weekend
Replies: 46
Views: 1107

Re: SWAMPCRASH 2020 - Wild Card Weekend

Great game, SCK!
by Diamond
Fri Jun 26, 2020 2:42 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: SWAMPCRASH 2020 - Week Seventeen
Replies: 94
Views: 1794

Re: SWAMPCRASH 2020 - Week Seventeen

Giff wrote: Fri Jun 26, 2020 1:59 pm The next time I hear an acid story that makes me want to do acid will be the first time I hear an acid story that makes me want to do acid.
I'm definitely One and Done with that business. Unending hours of the Indigo Girls rattling around inside my head.
by Diamond
Thu Jun 11, 2020 9:06 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Ridiculous Things You Read On Facebook
Replies: 2496
Views: 208105

Re: Ridiculous Things You Read On Facebook

Woman from my wife's version of the Swamp fucks up her asshole racist relative with surgical yet brutal precision:

https://globegazette.com/news/mason-cit ... f4d2f.html
by Diamond
Fri Jun 05, 2020 11:46 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Could Be the Best _______ Ever
Replies: 57
Views: 1077

Re: Could Be the Best _______ Ever

The hype when Barry Bonds first came up was really intense. Was it? Those would have been my earliest baseball years but I thought he was a legit top prospect and all, but he didn't go #1 and that was as a college player. I'm working a gas station summer of '86 and there were frequent radio stories...
by Diamond
Wed Jun 03, 2020 1:49 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Could Be the Best _______ Ever
Replies: 57
Views: 1077

Re: Could Be the Best _______ Ever

Is there a baseball player who came into the majors with at that level and is now a consensus top 10 (at minimum) all-time great? Griffey Jr. probably closest in our lifetimes. Definitely the most hyped prospect of ours but fell short on injuries (and probably overall anyway). Baseball-wise, Gooden...
by Diamond
Sat May 30, 2020 10:29 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Swampcrash 2020 - WEEK THIRTEEN
Replies: 85
Views: 2014

Re: Swampcrash 2020 - WEEK THIRTEEN

Side question - anyone in your neck of the woods making Honeycrisp vodka? My wife picked up a bottle that 1911 makes and it was pretty darn good. 1911 is the only one I've seen. There's so many defects with HCs that they wind up with a ton of culls so there's a lot of honeycrisp-only products out t...
by Diamond
Fri May 29, 2020 2:05 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Swampcrash 2020 - WEEK THIRTEEN
Replies: 85
Views: 2014

Re: Swampcrash 2020 - WEEK THIRTEEN

DSafetyGuy wrote: Fri May 29, 2020 1:35 pm Had I known watching more than one episode of Survivor in my life would have quite possibly paid off in defeating Diamond, I probably would have still only watched one episode of Survivor in my life.
I fucking hate that show.

Good game, D
by Diamond
Fri May 29, 2020 2:04 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Swampcrash 2020 - WEEK THIRTEEN
Replies: 85
Views: 2014

Re: Swampcrash 2020 - WEEK THIRTEEN

Q2 - FROM DIAMOND - Name one of the top 10 apple varieties held in storage in the United States as of 1/1/2020 (10) CORRECT Ida Red (1) - Diamond Pink Lady (1) - GoodKarma Golden Delicious (2) - BFJ, Pruitt Gala (4) - Bengal, Carwash, Jerloma, Syb Red Delicious (5) - Chedda, DSafe, Duff, Gunpowder,...
by Diamond
Fri May 22, 2020 1:08 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: SWAMPCRASH 2020 - Week Twelve
Replies: 75
Views: 1507

Re: SWAMPCRASH 2020 - Week Twelve

BSF21 wrote: Fri May 22, 2020 1:05 pm Best game of the year and I still lose. But I gave Diamond a run!

Attitude Era and my dad constantly reciting 85 Bears lineups during my childhood couldn't even get me the win.
Great game!
by Diamond
Thu May 14, 2020 8:23 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Swamp Jeopardy Championship via Zoom
Replies: 91
Views: 1698

Re: Swamp Jeopardy Championship via Zoom

Awesome idea. I'd love to play, for sure.
A_B wrote: Wed May 06, 2020 10:24 am
Was Diamond on Jeapordy too, or just Millionaire?
Just Millionaire. I kind of cursed during my last tryout (June '18), I don't think they'll take me.
by Diamond
Mon May 11, 2020 7:57 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: My Dad
Replies: 39
Views: 741

Re: My Dad

Giff, I'm so sorry to hear this. What a horrible thing.
by Diamond
Fri Apr 24, 2020 1:13 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Swampcrash 2020 - WEEK EIGHT
Replies: 89
Views: 1691

Re: Swampcrash 2020 - WEEK EIGHT

Giff wrote: Fri Apr 24, 2020 1:10 pmDamn!
Great game
by Diamond
Fri Apr 24, 2020 1:07 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Swampcrash 2020 - WEEK EIGHT
Replies: 89
Views: 1691

Re: Swampcrash 2020 - WEEK EIGHT

I feel like it's one of those where I should have a 10-point lead if I wanted to have a chance, but going into halftime feeling good. But Diamond's about to run the second half kick-off back followed by a pick-six. Bubba McDowell ain't walking through that door. Way harsh. I'm sorry. I've gone to t...
by Diamond
Fri Apr 24, 2020 12:55 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Swampcrash 2020 - WEEK EIGHT
Replies: 89
Views: 1691

Re: Swampcrash 2020 - WEEK EIGHT

Giff wrote: Fri Apr 24, 2020 12:45 pm I feel like it's one of those where I should have a 10-point lead if I wanted to have a chance, but going into halftime feeling good. But Diamond's about to run the second half kick-off back followed by a pick-six.
Bubba McDowell ain't walking through that door.
by Diamond
Fri Apr 17, 2020 3:51 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Swampcrash 2020 - Week Seven
Replies: 94
Views: 1646

Re: Swampcrash 2020 - Week Seven

BSF21 wrote: Fri Apr 17, 2020 3:44 pm Put my best game of the year up against the all time great to lose on his question that I did not know one answer for.
Good game, I really needed the home crowd to put me over for the W.
by Diamond
Fri Apr 10, 2020 2:24 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Swampcrash 2020 - Week Six
Replies: 90
Views: 2087

Re: Swampcrash 2020 - Week Six

Q7 - FROM CHEDDAH - Name any team that played in the BCS Championship Game, held from 1998-2013 (15) CORRECT Florida (1) - Shirley Florida St (1) - Wlu Florida of Miami (1) - Sabo Florida Dame (1) - Duff Florklahoma (1) - Rass Alabama (2) - Mister D, RSL Auburn (2) - GoodKarma, Pruitt LSU (2) - Car...
by Diamond
Fri Mar 13, 2020 1:46 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Swamp Kids in College Thread
Replies: 493
Views: 17319

Re: Swamp Kids in College Thread

Governors (Roosevelt). I don't remember it being frosh only back in the day but it is now. He has three other guys set to room together next year, they had their room draft last week. They missed out on their top two choices because one the the other kids took a gap year after HS, making him in UB'...
by Diamond
Wed Mar 11, 2020 12:26 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Swamp Kids in College Thread
Replies: 493
Views: 17319

Re: Swamp Kids in College Thread

It's been great following swampers and their college kids, mostly on FB and Twitter. Time to reciprocate. My oldest, after scoffing at his parent's alma mater his whole life, is in his second semester at UB. He's living on campus, but he's a whole 8 minutes away. He's doing great, good grades, grea...
by Diamond
Fri Mar 06, 2020 1:38 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Swamp Kids in College Thread
Replies: 493
Views: 17319

Re: Swamp Kids in College Thread

It's been great following swampers and their college kids, mostly on FB and Twitter. Time to reciprocate. My oldest, after scoffing at his parent's alma mater his whole life, is in his second semester at UB. He's living on campus, but he's a whole 8 minutes away. He's doing great, good grades, grea...
by Diamond
Fri Mar 06, 2020 1:07 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Swamp Kids in College Thread
Replies: 493
Views: 17319

Re: Swamp Kids in College Thread

It's been great following swampers and their college kids, mostly on FB and Twitter. Time to reciprocate. My oldest, after scoffing at his parent's alma mater his whole life, is in his second semester at UB. He's living on campus, but he's a whole 8 minutes away. He's doing great, good grades, great...
by Diamond
Thu Jan 23, 2020 10:12 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Apples 2014
Replies: 120
Views: 5337

Re: Apples 2014

HaulCitgo wrote: Tue Jan 07, 2020 10:50 am Is it apple season somewhere?
It's a couple months from apple season in the southern hemisphere. Chile, Argentina, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa.
by Diamond
Thu Jan 23, 2020 10:10 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Apples 2014
Replies: 120
Views: 5337

Re: Apples 2014

CosmicCrisps are some delicious fucking apples. Just got some of those at the local grocery store myself. I agree. They are quite good. I guess there's an ongoing lawsuit between Washington State Univ (where it was developed) and their private partner about the patent and distribution of them. Be p...
by Diamond
Thu Jan 23, 2020 10:06 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Swampcrash 2020 - STATUS UPDATE
Replies: 118
Views: 5470

Re: Hey So, Swampcrash?

A_B wrote: Thu Jan 16, 2020 3:51 pm I suppose actually responding reserves a spot in case we get a rush of old-timers!

SCREW YOU DIAMOND!



(I don't mean it. I love apples.)
Someone say rush of old-timers????


In
by Diamond
Mon Jan 06, 2020 8:56 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Apples 2014
Replies: 120
Views: 5337

Re: Apples 2014

CosmicCrisps are some delicious fucking apples. Just got some of those at the local grocery store myself. I agree. They are quite good. I guess there's an ongoing lawsuit between Washington State Univ (where it was developed) and their private partner about the patent and distribution of them. Be p...
by Diamond
Mon Jan 06, 2020 1:19 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Apples 2014
Replies: 120
Views: 5337

Re: Apples 2014

CosmicCrisps are some delicious fucking apples. Just got some of those at the local grocery store myself. I agree. They are quite good. I guess there's an ongoing lawsuit between Washington State Univ (where it was developed) and their private partner about the patent and distribution of them. Be p...
by Diamond
Tue Mar 26, 2019 11:20 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Swamp Fantasy Hockey 2018-2019
Replies: 18
Views: 411

Re: Swamp Fantasy Hockey 2018-2019

sancarlos wrote: Mon Mar 18, 2019 12:14 pm Diamond vs. Ryan for all the marbles!
Congrats to Ryan for the Championship.

Winner picks the draft format for next year, right???
by Diamond
Tue May 15, 2018 10:00 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Final Jeopardy! Challenge November 2017 and the ToC
Replies: 106
Views: 3107

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge November 2017 and the ToC

First time on in a while, psyched as fuck to see the news about Pruitt. Congrats, man, and I can't wait to see.

Got the email today for the audition in Cleveland in June. This'll be my second shot, had one in NYC about 10 years ago.
by Diamond
Fri Sep 22, 2017 2:04 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Swamp Fantasy Hockey 2017-2018
Replies: 41
Views: 1043

Re: Swamp Fantasy Hockey 2017-2018

Time was you could show up late to a Swamp hockey draft and only miss the "opportunity" to draft Steven Stamkos for $97 Yeah, having Ryan take the guy you wanted for $2 you couldn't afford didn't happen until the latter part of the draft. I'm going to miss that. Good times. Had to settle ...
by Diamond
Thu Sep 14, 2017 9:24 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Swamp Fantasy Hockey 2017-2018
Replies: 41
Views: 1043

Re: Swamp Fantasy Hockey 2017-2018

I'm in either way but I love the auction draft.
by Diamond
Fri Feb 03, 2017 3:31 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NFL SWAMPCRASH 2016 - SWAMPER BOWL IV or V MAYBE?
Replies: 99
Views: 3398

Re: NFL SWAMPCRASH 2016 - SWAMPER BOWL IV or V MAYBE?

Congrats Giff!!!! Go NFC!

Great game and season wlu!

Thanks a billion, Ryan.
by Diamond
Fri Jan 20, 2017 3:08 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NFL SWAMPCRASH 2016 - Conference Champs (Due Fri 1-20)
Replies: 55
Views: 1205

Re: NFL SWAMPCRASH 2016 - Conference Champs (Due Fri 1-20)

Great game, Giff. Strong to the finish. Best of luck in the Swamper Bowl.
by Diamond
Sun Jan 15, 2017 10:03 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NFL SWAMPCRASH 2016 - Divisional Round (DUE FRI 1-13)
Replies: 55
Views: 1216

Re: NFL SWAMPCRASH 2016 - Divisional Round (DUE FRI 1-13)

Diamond, it was almost a pleasure to watch the master at work. Almost. You know a lot of important stuff that somehow has escaped me so far in this life. Like the lyrics to an Adam Sandler song. But my mind is blown by how you can routinely extract one pointers by doing things like answering with t...
by Diamond
Fri Dec 23, 2016 2:42 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NFL SWAMPCRASH 2016 - Week 17 (DUE FRI 12-30)
Replies: 55
Views: 1942

Re: NFL SWAMPCRASH 2016 - Week 17 (DUE FRI 12-30)

Question #1 is just incredible.