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- 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.
- Wed Dec 06, 2023 8:29 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
- Replies: 8832
- Views: 409931
- 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...
- 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...
- 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=...
- 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...
some stateside success in the early 80s, pretty huge in canada for a decade or so from the mid70s...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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...
- Thu Nov 30, 2023 11:53 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: A New Brushes with thread
- Replies: 863
- Views: 77438
- Thu Nov 30, 2023 10:40 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The Swamp's Favorite Christmas Song
- Replies: 146
- Views: 12137
- 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 ...
- 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)
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)
- 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.
- 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...
- 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.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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?...
- 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...
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 ...
- 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...
- 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 ...
- Fri Nov 24, 2023 9:25 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2023-2024 NHL Season
- Replies: 457
- Views: 9260
- 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...
- 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...
- 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.
- Fri Nov 24, 2023 8:06 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Ball of Confusion
- Replies: 556
- Views: 36105
- 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.
/thread.
- Wed Nov 22, 2023 7:13 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Ball of Confusion
- Replies: 556
- Views: 36105
- 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.
- 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.
- 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)
(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)
- 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...
- 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...
- 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
- 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...
- 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)
best 1 year team of my lifetime.
(although very likely both the worst MVP *and* Cy Young at the same time - most impressive)
- 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 ...
- 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...