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by MaxWebster
Wed Dec 06, 2023 10:14 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: OFFICIAL Eat Right & Get Fit Challenge
Replies: 1590
Views: 106007

Re: OFFICIAL Eat Right & Get Fit Challenge

!! down 43 man tb that is an amazing feat.
by MaxWebster
Wed Dec 06, 2023 8:29 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
Replies: 8832
Views: 409931

Re: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random

has bothered me since 1984
Ryan wrote: Wed Dec 06, 2023 5:52 am“Speedball”
by MaxWebster
Mon Dec 04, 2023 7:34 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Autism Thread
Replies: 300
Views: 19821

Re: The Autism Thread

oh man. real-swamp-hitting-me-in-the-feels. bfj this is great and i'm beaming looking at those pictures - congrats. gotta celebrate these moments. So I haven't given a Max update in a while. As you would remember, the school system and the Family BFJ haven't exactly seen eye-to-eye through the years...
by MaxWebster
Mon Dec 04, 2023 7:27 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Autism Thread
Replies: 300
Views: 19821

Re: The Autism Thread

that's a good one Dave, thanks. I need to read more stories like this. Really cute story in this morning's Seattle Times about an Editorial editor's son with autism and a former Special Ed teacher playing Santa: A sweet reunion with Santa confirms he’s the real deal Kev is a Christmas guy. Around 20...
by MaxWebster
Sun Dec 03, 2023 6:21 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Replies: 3857
Views: 214024

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

"hey, play I Like To Rock!" https://youtu.be/X6AtvHscW3M?si=mx1tAgb404s197ec&t=143 Myles Goodwyn - lead singer of April Wine some stateside success in the early 80s, pretty huge in canada for a decade or so from the mid70s... I've always like this song: https://youtu.be/YlcY_enzwmI?si=...
by MaxWebster
Sun Dec 03, 2023 5:45 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Replies: 3857
Views: 214024

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Myles Goodwyn - lead singer of April Wine

some stateside success in the early 80s, pretty huge in canada for a decade or so from the mid70s...

by MaxWebster
Fri Dec 01, 2023 2:45 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Live Music thread...
Replies: 2109
Views: 177668

Re: The Live Music thread...

fantastic. I've been getting shamed by my fam for not having gone to see him ... the tix were a little out of my range but just this week i checked for next Thursday's Toronto "show" at Massey Hall and I could get one for $50. Not sure i want to make the there/back drive solo on a weekday ...
by MaxWebster
Thu Nov 30, 2023 9:48 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2023-2024 NHL Season
Replies: 457
Views: 9260

Re: 2023-2024 NHL Season

ok i swear last one :D - here it was and i can't believe i forgot Pelle Eklund, i loved that Flyers team http://i.imgur.com/mxWBZFL.jpg correcting my typo - it's JF Sauve - and yeah i was right in that he was a PP guy but i mis-remembered that his PP-only time was mostly when he got traded to Quebec...
by MaxWebster
Thu Nov 30, 2023 7:32 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2023-2024 NHL Season
Replies: 457
Views: 9260

Re: 2023-2024 NHL Season

correcting my typo - it's JF Sauve - and yeah i was right in that he was a PP guy but i mis-remembered that his PP-only time was mostly when he got traded to Quebec. 28 of his 41 goals for the Nords were on the PP! pretty sure he was even on the cover of Hockey News on an article touching on this ve...
by MaxWebster
Thu Nov 30, 2023 11:53 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: A New Brushes with thread
Replies: 863
Views: 77438

Re: A New Brushes with thread

gotta be him right? good dad visiting his son on his birthday :)
sancarlos wrote: Thu Nov 30, 2023 11:23 am Image
by MaxWebster
Thu Nov 30, 2023 10:40 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Swamp's Favorite Christmas Song
Replies: 146
Views: 12137

Re: The Swamp's Favorite Christmas Song

by MaxWebster
Thu Nov 30, 2023 10:36 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: A New Brushes with thread
Replies: 863
Views: 77438

Re: A New Brushes with thread

maybe this applies here, although it's probably 2nd degree, i.e. brushes with brushes... just on a work meeting and the team leader just casually drops that so and so won't be here today as he is at his son's football game. Everyone (or maybe just I) kind of assumed it was some high school game and ...
by MaxWebster
Thu Nov 30, 2023 10:09 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Kissinger Him Goodbyeinger
Replies: 28
Views: 490

Re: Kissinger Him Goodbyeinger

fking unreal.

i'll second that he was one of the worst humans alive, mostly that he kept getting away with literal mass murder under the guise of a funny accent (as a kid imitating his accent was somehow a common occurrence in our household - clearly son of a history teacher humour there)
by MaxWebster
Wed Nov 29, 2023 7:30 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2023-2024 NHL Season
Replies: 457
Views: 9260

Re: 2023-2024 NHL Season

i'm gonna have to look this up but i swear the Sabres had a little guy JP Sauve in the early 80s as literally that: a power play specialist. barely played 5 on 5 or at least....not often.
by MaxWebster
Wed Nov 29, 2023 7:26 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
Replies: 8832
Views: 409931

Re: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random

omg absolutely. i flew to southern california for a very quick 3 day stay at a place that had a washing machine so i was able to bring literally a backpack which is completely undoable in just about every other scenario. it's pretty absurd to charge for carry ons (having said that my roundtrip BUF-L...
by MaxWebster
Wed Nov 29, 2023 11:50 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: (The End of) Journalism Thread
Replies: 782
Views: 60136

Re: (The End of) Journalism Thread

goddammit Syb.... now i have to explain to my wife why i just laughed so hard...
The Sybian wrote: Wed Nov 29, 2023 11:46 am Didn't take much in those days, Angela Merkel in a skirt would have worked in a pinch.
by MaxWebster
Wed Nov 29, 2023 7:58 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
Replies: 8832
Views: 409931

Re: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random

they do charge for overhead tho don't they? Just "in reverse" by offering so-called discount fares for just a "personal item." e.g. i took a flight to LAX two weeks ago, great fare but that's because i got the "Blue Basic" (JetBlue) fare which did not allow - and oh how...
by MaxWebster
Tue Nov 28, 2023 1:26 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: (The End of) Journalism Thread
Replies: 782
Views: 60136

Re: (The End of) Journalism Thread

still awesome tho. what's up with the cards??? (we have to have a memorabilia thread or 2 don't we...?) this is actually really cool. do you have the inaugural issue (Eddie Mathews?) y i stopped subscribing probably around ~94 or so. honestly was happy to read about this last night as one of my frie...
by MaxWebster
Tue Nov 28, 2023 12:03 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: (The End of) Journalism Thread
Replies: 782
Views: 60136

Re: (The End of) Journalism Thread

weird/uncomfortable similarity to Ovechkin in this photo. I actually had to Google to see if they still put out a print magazine. They do, but it's monthly now. I remember when they laid off most of their writers a few years ago. I wonder who's left to write for the mag. Anyone here still subscribe?...
by MaxWebster
Tue Nov 28, 2023 7:49 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: (The End of) Journalism Thread
Replies: 782
Views: 60136

Re: (The End of) Journalism Thread

this is actually really cool. do you have the inaugural issue (Eddie Mathews?) y i stopped subscribing probably around ~94 or so. honestly was happy to read about this last night as one of my friends in our high school email thread has been sending SI links for years and nobody ever clicks on them a...
by MaxWebster
Sun Nov 26, 2023 11:41 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Movies
Replies: 4662
Views: 289984

Re: Movies

over xmas we do 3 straight nights watching the extended LOTR trilogy, the full 10+ hours and i think this'll be our 10th year doing it. i can't wait 'til some significant other finally enters the picture and tries to break this tradition up. it'll be THE TEST. These 20+ year old LOTR movies hold up ...
by MaxWebster
Fri Nov 24, 2023 9:30 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: OFFICIAL Eat Right & Get Fit Challenge
Replies: 1590
Views: 106007

Re: OFFICIAL Eat Right & Get Fit Challenge

haha thanks guys :D you would be laughing your asses off watching me walk today and you'd be right to do so. between miles 3 and 4 yesterday was a dark ~10+ minutes for me ha. soul-searching. ...well, really just oxygen-searching. the 4 fully geared firefighters blocking one of the streets downtown...
by MaxWebster
Fri Nov 24, 2023 9:29 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: OFFICIAL Eat Right & Get Fit Challenge
Replies: 1590
Views: 106007

Re: OFFICIAL Eat Right & Get Fit Challenge

haha thanks guys :D you would be laughing your asses off watching me walk today and you'd be right to do so. between miles 3 and 4 yesterday was a dark ~10+ minutes for me ha. soul-searching. ...well, really just oxygen-searching. the 4 fully geared firefighters blocking one of the streets downtown ...
by MaxWebster
Fri Nov 24, 2023 9:25 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2023-2024 NHL Season
Replies: 457
Views: 9260

Re: 2023-2024 NHL Season

lowest-bar imaginable.

(holy fkstick somehow the sabres won and in regulation??)
rass wrote: Fri Nov 24, 2023 7:06 pm Better than Pegula
by MaxWebster
Fri Nov 24, 2023 11:17 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: OFFICIAL Eat Right & Get Fit Challenge
Replies: 1590
Views: 106007

Re: OFFICIAL Eat Right & Get Fit Challenge

while i've taken the odd long dogwalk and hike over the last few years I hadn't actually run in ... 4? 5 years? so naturally i ran the local 8k Turkey Trot and in full hockey sweater/helmet/stick (because dressing up for it is a thing). well, I made it....but have been walking like frankenstein sinc...
by MaxWebster
Fri Nov 24, 2023 11:15 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Doc: The Umentary Type
Replies: 115
Views: 2109

Re: Doc: The Umentary Type

LOL fair. i feel like i remember one monday night game when i was in college (1990?) when Thurm had nearly 200yrds against the Jets before halftime and i was thinking he'd crush the alltime record for a game. Marv sat him and played Kenneth Davis almost the entire 2nd half. man, i don't know shit ab...
by MaxWebster
Fri Nov 24, 2023 8:07 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Great Goals thread
Replies: 386
Views: 111883

Re: The Great Goals thread

and in perfect PegulaSabres style they still lost.
by MaxWebster
Fri Nov 24, 2023 8:06 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Ball of Confusion
Replies: 556
Views: 36105

Re: Ball of Confusion

gold medal.
rass wrote: Thu Nov 23, 2023 12:58 pm
govmentchedda wrote: Thu Nov 23, 2023 12:00 pm
brian wrote: Thu Nov 23, 2023 10:46 am The Dutch just elected a fascist, so that’s fun.
Plurality, but still not good.
Is it even Dutch if it isn’t 50%?
by MaxWebster
Fri Nov 24, 2023 8:04 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Doc: The Umentary Type
Replies: 115
Views: 2109

Re: Doc: The Umentary Type

man, i don't know shit about football post ~1994 but i do know that Thurman Thomas kept Barry Sanders on the bench in college so applying all advanced algebra courses i've taken in my life direct me to the answer that #34 is mathematically the greatest-ever.

/thread.
by MaxWebster
Wed Nov 22, 2023 7:13 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Ball of Confusion
Replies: 556
Views: 36105

Re: Ball of Confusion

by MaxWebster
Wed Nov 22, 2023 7:07 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Ball of Confusion
Replies: 556
Views: 36105

Re: Ball of Confusion

honestly for the past 2 hours it's been bugging me that i spelled it loonie not loony but upon further review i'll stand by it.
by MaxWebster
Wed Nov 22, 2023 4:32 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Ball of Confusion
Replies: 556
Views: 36105

Re: Ball of Confusion

yeah sounds like it was likely some loonie on the US side driving 100mph towards the entrance of the bridge and hit the barrier.
by MaxWebster
Wed Nov 22, 2023 1:24 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Ball of Confusion
Replies: 556
Views: 36105

Re: Ball of Confusion

softest of LOLs ....

(am running the local turkey trot tomorrow which gets over 10k runners / is one of the area's biggest events of the year and someone planted *that* fear idea in my head 5 minutes ago so now i'm like....fffffuuuuuuccccck)
by MaxWebster
Wed Nov 22, 2023 1:10 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Ball of Confusion
Replies: 556
Views: 36105

Re: Ball of Confusion

cool, cool, reports of a carbomb having gone off on the Rainbow Bridge (Niagara Falls). All 4 local international crossings are now closed.... https://www.wivb.com/news/local-news/niagara-county/niagara-falls/rainbow-bridge-between-u-s-canada-closed-after-incident/ ...imagine you're just walking acr...
by MaxWebster
Wed Nov 22, 2023 8:36 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Replies: 3857
Views: 214024

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

haha exactly - i have this foggy memory of a Baseball Digest graphic showing the Fireman standings (?? there was some value placed on wins, probably saves, something else...totally arbitrary). Someone definitely wore a fire helmet, probably Gossage that asshole Tigers were 35-5 - season over ...divi...
by MaxWebster
Tue Nov 21, 2023 2:23 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Replies: 3857
Views: 214024

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

2 verys?
brian wrote: Tue Nov 21, 2023 2:21 pm
L-Jam3 wrote: Tue Nov 21, 2023 2:10 pm 140 and a third innings out of the pen that year. And a 4.8 WAR for a reliever. Maybe that's not the MVP or Cy, but that's an all-time great relief season.
True. It was a different time. Justin Verlander won the Cy Young in 2022 - very, very deservedly - with 175 IP.
by MaxWebster
Tue Nov 21, 2023 2:22 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Replies: 3857
Views: 214024

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

true, true. not saying it wasn't a great year and ok perhaps '92 Eck or that year ('87?) Steve Bedrosian won were worse (another thread?). I figured that voters thought *someone* had to get both awards for Detroit's dominance that year (although Trammell...Whitaker...Gibson....). Still I remember Dw...
by MaxWebster
Tue Nov 21, 2023 1:56 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Replies: 3857
Views: 214024

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

! Guillermo!

best 1 year team of my lifetime.

(although very likely both the worst MVP *and* Cy Young at the same time - most impressive)
by MaxWebster
Sun Nov 19, 2023 8:29 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2023-24 MLB Offseason Thread
Replies: 122
Views: 2232

Re: 2023-24 MLB Offseason Thread

My daughter went to nearly every game and says the transportation is pretty good and constant on both ends for students (if not hair-raising... "PSYCHO bus drivers, dad" - LOL) - we were there for parents' weekend and went to the FSU game (our hotel was right across the river so we walked ...
by MaxWebster
Fri Nov 17, 2023 1:32 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Culinary Hot Takes
Replies: 902
Views: 42561

Re: Culinary Hot Takes

going all apps here: french onion soup tuna tartare (although that rare ahi tuna sounds killer) roasted cauliflower with a Tokyo Sunset to drink ...goddamn that sounds great, i can be there by 8.... I have a ton of work to do, which is why I'm here posting the menu for where I'm eating tonight . Sel...