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by Scottie
Wed Mar 27, 2013 2:48 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Buzz Bissinger: What the hell?
Replies: 23
Views: 2276

Re: Buzz Bissinger: What the hell?

Gak. I always thought Buzz was a bit of horse's ass. I had no idea that he was highlighting his own horse's ass. One can't really get away with the shaved chest, that bizarre full body shave, look if one has moobs and that gut. And is in such denied reality terrible shape. Honestly, though. That's f...
by Scottie
Wed Mar 27, 2013 1:26 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Replies: 3937
Views: 262289

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Johnny Hotcakes wrote:For all the middle-aged hockey fans in the Swamp:

Wayne Fleming
Excellent obit. Y'know, I always thought Flem would have been a perfect Canada World Junior team coach. That honor, of course, goes strictly to CHL guys. But Fleming would have been a welcome exception.
by Scottie
Wed Mar 27, 2013 12:53 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Who is missing?
Replies: 132
Views: 15038

Re: Who is missing?

Is the main address http://www.sportsfrog.net" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; eventually going to point to this board instead of vbulletin? It can. The only reason I haven't made that change is because I thought the guys would want to use that as a reference for finding old...
by Scottie
Wed Mar 27, 2013 12:30 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NOTE: (Now Renamed News and Announcements)
Replies: 190
Views: 69412

Re: NOTE: (Now Renamed News and Announcements)

degenerasian, your password and settings should be the same.
by Scottie
Tue Mar 26, 2013 11:55 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Images (now possibly NSFW)
Replies: 2148
Views: 297871

Re: Images (now possibly NSFW)

I read Waging Heavy Peace not too long ago. That photo is in the book.
by Scottie
Tue Mar 26, 2013 11:28 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The HEX! and other World Cup Qualifiers
Replies: 388
Views: 24293

Re: The HEX! and other World Cup Qualifiers

normalasian wrote:Great effort! Well-earned draw.

And for once the Americans didn't get screwed by the refs on the road.
Excellent points, both.

Good game. Beasley was monstrous. (Thanks again for the vid hook up)
by Scottie
Tue Mar 26, 2013 11:21 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Images (now possibly NSFW)
Replies: 2148
Views: 297871

Re: Images (now possibly NSFW)

Neil Young. Falcon Lake, Manitoba.
by Scottie
Tue Mar 26, 2013 10:45 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The HEX! and other World Cup Qualifiers
Replies: 388
Views: 24293

Re: The HEX! and other World Cup Qualifiers

Thanks, degen. Very much. That a much cleaner video stream than the one I was using.
by Scottie
Tue Mar 26, 2013 10:26 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The HEX! and other World Cup Qualifiers
Replies: 388
Views: 24293

Re: The HEX! and other World Cup Qualifiers

howard wrote:Fans are shining lasers at the USMNT ballers. Is that worse than or not as bad as urine balloons?
Lasers. At least according to this guy:
Whiplash McGee ‏@SpartanKC
Lasers >>>>> bags of piss
by Scottie
Tue Mar 26, 2013 10:21 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The HEX! and other World Cup Qualifiers
Replies: 388
Views: 24293

Re: The HEX! and other World Cup Qualifiers

Well, they survived the first half. Hope the USMNT has more in the tank for the second.

The channel I have is Uni-Más. I can understand Spanish well enough but 200-MPH Spanish? Not so much.
by Scottie
Tue Mar 26, 2013 10:01 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The HEX! and other World Cup Qualifiers
Replies: 388
Views: 24293

Re: The HEX! and other World Cup Qualifiers

So ESPN has this one because they have the Mexican rights? Is this going to be en espanol? I'm still a little confused by it all. I have no idea what channel I'm watching. It's unquestionably Spanish. Man, this has been one-way traffic for a long time now. The Azteca crowd is sounding most confident.
by Scottie
Tue Mar 26, 2013 3:15 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NOTE: (Now Renamed News and Announcements)
Replies: 190
Views: 69412

Re: NOTE: (Now Renamed News and Announcements)

Scottie, I hope I'm not insulting you here - but did you search for plugins or similar that already solved the embedded video thing? Back in the day, phpbb had a ton of gadgets like that that people had shared. Nah. I just wrote it. Seemed like the easiest thing to do. Create the object, give it di...
by Scottie
Tue Mar 26, 2013 3:08 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Bathroom Etiquette
Replies: 266
Views: 17204

Re: Bathroom Etiquette

What a waste. My Great Grandfather used to store his leftover dingleberries in a spitoon, which he then traded to the Haida for oceanfront property. And that is how we acquired the family homestead back in 1908. There's where Grandpa screw'd up. Scanless, dat. Ya' doesn't give the Haida no spittoon...
by Scottie
Tue Mar 26, 2013 2:29 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Bathroom Etiquette
Replies: 266
Views: 17204

Re: Bathroom Etiquette

Johnny Hotcakes wrote:You're all a bunch of Sallys. When I was growing up in logging camps we just used our left hands and then rinsed off in the mighty Skagit.
You pussies rinsed your hands? Back in the coal mines of Cape Breton we'd just find some unsuspecting N'Waterford greener and slap 'em on the back.
by Scottie
Tue Mar 26, 2013 2:24 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Animated GIF Thread (NSFW)
Replies: 477
Views: 64024

Re: The Animated GIF Thread (NSFW)

Johnny Hotcakes wrote:Fucking hell, my basketball in the groin gif has now been red x'ed.
Still showing here. I emptied the caches and reloaded the page. "BALLS.gif" still shows up. Odd.
by Scottie
Tue Mar 26, 2013 2:21 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NOTE: (Now Renamed News and Announcements)
Replies: 190
Views: 69412

Re: NOTE: (Now Renamed News and Announcements)

No worries at all and I appreciate your thoroughness in looking at this. Basically, I was just adhering to your "let me know if you have any issues" request and didn't know if it was just me or not. It is a very minor issue for me and certainly won't deter me from visiting unless it happe...
by Scottie
Tue Mar 26, 2013 2:07 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NOTE: (Now Renamed News and Announcements)
Replies: 190
Views: 69412

Re: NOTE: (Now Renamed News and Announcements)

Criminey, Wrench, usually people cheat to have to do less work not more.
by Scottie
Tue Mar 26, 2013 1:58 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Swamp Job Questions
Replies: 290
Views: 20629

Re: Swamp Job Questions

I always have a leather bound notebook with me at interviews with extra copies of resumes in case there are extra people interviewing. Always have a list of questions for them, if you don't it makes it seem like you don't care about the job. Just make sure they are intelligent questions and specifi...
by Scottie
Tue Mar 26, 2013 1:46 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NOTE: (Now Renamed News and Announcements)
Replies: 190
Views: 69412

Re: NOTE: (Now Renamed News and Announcements)

Thank you very much, rass. Getting video to embed was a challenge given that phpBB3 doesn't really want to support that as a feature. So what I coded was effectively a hack. Between your excellent explanation, and the several times I've posted the "how to", there should be more than enough...
by Scottie
Tue Mar 26, 2013 12:28 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Another Twothousandthirteen NHL Thread
Replies: 241
Views: 31601

Re: Another Twothousandthirteen NHL Thread

Can't figure out how to embed. Really? Okay: This is your YouTube URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQTW7Pd1vqc&list=UU67f2Qf7FYhtoUIF4Sf29cA" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Step one. Cut off this part: &list=UU67f2Qf7FYhtoUIF4Sf29cA Click the [youtube] button. Pa...
by Scottie
Mon Mar 25, 2013 11:21 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Getting the spins
Replies: 3363
Views: 240876

Re: Getting the spins

Jeez, don't apologize; it's not like somebody posted "Set The Prairie On Fire" by Bob Andrechuk or something.
by Scottie
Mon Mar 25, 2013 10:46 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Los Angeles Lakers Meltdown Thread
Replies: 17
Views: 1645

Re: The Los Angeles Lakers Meltdown Thread

Anyone else in Swampistan watching the Golden State Warriors -v- Lakers game? Geez, with the exception of Nash, the Lakers just have not shown up at all. Granted, Howard and I both love some Oakland basketball but, criminey, GunShotWound looks like a deep playoff team in this evening's affair.
by Scottie
Mon Mar 25, 2013 10:28 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Getting the spins
Replies: 3363
Views: 240876

Re: Getting the spins

Speaking of shitty shit that you can't get out of your head, I haven't been able to let go of this one for a few days (this ain't a real single, just something that Nathan Fielder put out there for chuckles before he made it semi-big). <snip> Fantastic. Always fascinating to see a vid shot on stree...
by Scottie
Mon Mar 25, 2013 10:22 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Bathroom Etiquette
Replies: 266
Views: 17204

Re: Bathroom Etiquette

the toilet paper is embossed in such a fashion that going under-roll takes away from the aesthetics of the tissue. Ain't nobody going to call Johnnie out on this? Embossed? Well, some has a pattern, sure, but the pattern is meaningless. The only place in the world you will find "patterned"...
by Scottie
Mon Mar 25, 2013 8:18 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NOTE: (Now Renamed News and Announcements)
Replies: 190
Views: 69412

Re: NOTE: (Now Renamed News and Announcements)

I'm miffed on that one. I just went through every setting on the Admin configuration and I simply can't see anything that would in any way affect that. Even the "maximum duration" of inactivity before the forum logs a user out is set to its max. All I can think is that your local settings ...
by Scottie
Mon Mar 25, 2013 8:01 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Jazz Thread
Replies: 45
Views: 5299

Re: The Jazz Thread

Buckshot LeFonque - Branford Marsalis (full album)

No, the first minute is just the first minute. There's jazz after that. I love this album; great stuff.

by Scottie
Mon Mar 25, 2013 5:22 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NOTE: (Now Renamed News and Announcements)
Replies: 190
Views: 69412

Re: NOTE: (Now Renamed News and Announcements)

devilfluff wrote:Can I be devilfluff again?
You're good to go. Username is now devilfluff; your password will be the same. Your settings should be the same as well.
Cheers.
by Scottie
Mon Mar 25, 2013 5:16 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NOTE: (Now Renamed News and Announcements)
Replies: 190
Views: 69412

Re: NOTE: (Now Renamed News and Announcements)

d-fluff wrote:Can I be devilfluff again?
Sure thing. Log out and I'll change it right now.
by Scottie
Mon Mar 25, 2013 2:26 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Who is missing?
Replies: 132
Views: 15038

Re: Who is missing?

To the best of my dwindling memory, there have only ever been three Swampers to post from Vancouver. Mr Hotcakes, me and . . . well there is one other but you have to go way way way back in Swamp history to guess. Anyway. The answer is . . . Slimebuster. And he had the oddest email address. It was ...
by Scottie
Mon Mar 25, 2013 1:48 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Beezer Twelve Washingbeard...
Replies: 16
Views: 1874

Re: Beezer Twelve Washingbeard...

ZMan wrote:Just the right combination of ghetto and blue-blood.
And MS-DOS.
by Scottie
Mon Mar 25, 2013 1:43 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Another Twothousandthirteen NHL Thread
Replies: 241
Views: 31601

Re: Another Twothousandthirteen NHL Thread

What's the word on Douglas Murray, SC? The Pens needs someone to clear the crease. ETA: For two second round picks. Too steep? He's Swedish. Think Thor the Viking on skates - not Henrik Sedin. This is an insult to those of us who descend from Vikings! My ancestors occupied their time by pillaging a...
by Scottie
Mon Mar 25, 2013 1:01 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NOTE: (Now Renamed News and Announcements)
Replies: 190
Views: 69412

Re: NOTE: (Now Renamed News and Announcements)

I can look in to that. It really sounds like your local settings, browser settings, however.
by Scottie
Mon Mar 25, 2013 2:57 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NOTE: (Now Renamed News and Announcements)
Replies: 190
Views: 69412

Re: NOTE: (Now Renamed News and Announcements)

Okay . . . after far too much frigging around, YouTube videos are now 640x360. That work better for y'all? If you don't tell me, I won't know. I'd like to particularly hear from Swampers on mobiles and Macs. I tried to make it backwards compatible. I believe it is but I can't test it on everything. ...
by Scottie
Mon Mar 25, 2013 2:54 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Videos
Replies: 2000
Views: 218166

Re: Random Videos

Test: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWsRz3TJDEY Another test, this one HD 720p, Metheny, Hancock: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv2oOFHwkb8 A High Def Buddy Guy that stretches the dimensions of my code and our walls and lets me watch what happens on the server end. If this works, anything will wor...
by Scottie
Mon Mar 25, 2013 1:57 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Learn Something Random Every Day Thoughts
Replies: 3486
Views: 247611

Re: Learn Something Random Every Day Thoughts

Solid. Have you gone to a traditional Korean tailor and had a suit made to your measurements? That's worth investigating. I had traditional Korean court-wear made for about $150 (it would have cost at the very least $3000 in the West); Goryeo era men's Hanbok. Very suave. I also had Taekkyeon robes ...
by Scottie
Mon Mar 25, 2013 1:25 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64
Replies: 278
Views: 17657

Re: NCAA Tournament thread - Play-In games and Round of 64

That answers at least two questions. (1) Who is the University of Arizona band's bead player? And (2) Why shouldn't fat guys attempt butt rolls?
by Scottie
Mon Mar 25, 2013 12:59 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Videos
Replies: 2000
Views: 218166

Re: Random Videos

I do notice that it's smaller, but I figured it was a product of keeping bandwidth down or something. That's part of it. But I'll fuck you up for free in the mean time. 640 x 360 is standard Youtubia video, so that might be better and make it all seamless. It was really just a matter of getting the...
by Scottie
Mon Mar 25, 2013 12:42 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Videos
Replies: 2000
Views: 218166

Re: Random Videos

Coba is a Tactical Explosive Detection Dog. And is one very cool Chocolate Lab puppy.



Coba's story is here: LINK
by Scottie
Mon Mar 25, 2013 12:30 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NFL Free Agency
Replies: 351
Views: 30105

Re: NFL Free Agency

Elvis Kool does what Elvis Kool wants.
by Scottie
Mon Mar 25, 2013 12:25 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NFL Free Agency
Replies: 351
Views: 30105

Re: NFL Free Agency

Johnnie wrote:Good faith? Good business?
Fucked up agent that may have got lucky?