Shirley wrote: ↑Tue Aug 16, 2022 3:23 pm
That rballer lisp-girl thread was gold. I forgot how funny Zaz's posts were.
Yeah, I read his posts and wondered how his health is holding up if he still lives as his posts would let on. I posted in that thread about dating a girl and trying not to make her laugh because her laugh was so horrible. It's vaguely familiar, but for the life of me I can't remember the girl or what she looked like or even what her laugh and voice sounded like.
Really fun reading through a thread from 2006 discussing potential future USMNT players. So many names I'd forgotten who were promising and never panned out. Someone was taking about a 17 yo kid named Josmer Altidore who was showing potential with the MetroStars (maybe they were Red Bulls by then).
Re: Old Skool Swamp
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2022 5:17 pm
by The Sybian
Man, this was a gem Fathers of Daughters. I miss Brainbo, it's a shame she left. She made a retirement speech in this thread, not sure if she actually left at that point.
Thread started asking how fathers raise daughters to be confident and address issues of being sexually attractive/not attractive. This thread is so perfectly timed for me now as my daughter is struggling with her identity now that she has gone from a girl to sort of a woman. My wife is having a nightmare getting her to buy clothes. She usually wears soccer jerseys or t-shirts from various soccer camps she attended or teams she played on. She sort of wants to dress more feminine and mature, but she is really embarrassed about developing breasts, and they are too big to hide, so she is trying to wear really baggy t-shirts. Numerous trips to malls and stores, she hasn't picked a single shirt she will wear.
Really enjoy posts like SCK talking about his 5 yo daughter and how he will handle her going through puberty, or J-Lo being thankful he has 10 years before he has to worry about an adolescent girl, or DiS's 20 month old Devil Child and how he is moving out when they hit puberty (he kind of did, right?) Amazing stuff. And did I forget or just not know, but TT was asking advice on raising his 13-month-old?
Re: Old Skool Swamp
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2022 6:23 pm
by Steve of phpBB
Did Billy G ever find those jerseys?
Re: Old Skool Swamp
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2022 6:30 pm
by DaveInSeattle
The Sybian wrote: ↑Tue Aug 16, 2022 5:17 pm
DiS's 20 month old Devil Child
Said Devil Child is leaving on Saturday for her Freshman Year of College.
Re: Old Skool Swamp
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2022 1:11 pm
by Nonlinear FC
I'm trying to figure out why I was so damn quiet back in the 2003-2006 timeframe. I barely said a word when Bo passed. A few dips into the soccer-specific threads, but nothing like how I am the last 5 or 6 years.
It was interesting to see our speculation about Klinsmann in 2006. I miss Dr. Chuck on here.
Re: Old Skool Swamp
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2022 1:13 pm
by Nonlinear FC
The Sybian wrote: ↑Tue Aug 16, 2022 5:17 pm
And did I forget or just not know, but TT was asking advice on raising his 13-month-old?
Yeah, that threw me big time.
Re: Old Skool Swamp
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2022 1:17 pm
by Johnnie
Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Wed Aug 17, 2022 1:11 pm
I'm trying to figure out why I was so damn quiet back in the 2003-2006 timeframe. I barely said a word when Bo passed. A few dips into the soccer-specific threads, but nothing like how I am the last 5 or 6 years.
It was interesting to see our speculation about Klinsmann in 2006. I miss Dr. Chuck on here.
Wait, what? Brainbo died? I could've sworn someone recently said she was doing well.
Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Wed Aug 17, 2022 1:11 pm
I'm trying to figure out why I was so damn quiet back in the 2003-2006 timeframe. I barely said a word when Bo passed. A few dips into the soccer-specific threads, but nothing like how I am the last 5 or 6 years.
It was interesting to see our speculation about Klinsmann in 2006. I miss Dr. Chuck on here.
Wait, what? Brainbo died? I could've sworn someone recently said she was doing well.
She's still listed as actively practicing in Pennsylvania, as in-house counsel for [feel free to ask me who].
Re: Old Skool Swamp
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2022 2:13 pm
by Johnnie
Ok, cool. That's what I figured. Whew.
Re: Old Skool Swamp
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2022 2:19 pm
by Giff
I finally know what she looks like!
Re: Old Skool Swamp
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2022 2:23 pm
by Brontoburglar
should we be sharing easily searchable info about people who are no longer active (and therefore can't consent to sharing that)?
Re: Old Skool Swamp
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2022 2:27 pm
by Shirley
Brontoburglar wrote: ↑Wed Aug 17, 2022 2:23 pm
should we be sharing easily searchable info about people who are no longer active (and therefore can't consent to sharing that)?
I get your point, but that's not really an easy thing for someone to put together. I'm pretty sure that the Sports Frog isn't going to be high on the search results for that job title.
Brontoburglar wrote: ↑Wed Aug 17, 2022 2:23 pm
should we be sharing easily searchable info about people who are no longer active (and therefore can't consent to sharing that)?
I get your point, but that's not really an easy thing for someone to put together. I'm pretty sure that the Sports Frog isn't going to be high on the search results for that job title.
seems incredibly easy given the two links in this thread, no? and I totally get the point that this isn't a highly-indexed place, but I'm also coming at this from a better safe than sorry perspective, especially regarding folks who are not around
Holy shit, that thread was BRUTAL! DoucheRugby... Declared racism dead and said there are millions of racists in America in the same sentence, then explained that it's no longer an issue that people are racist. He declares black people don't care if a college coach called black people in general the N-word by saying his black player doesn't have an N-word in him. Said everyone here uses racist terms but are pretending not to, defended a landlords right to treat black potential tenants different than whites, and we all would too... It just kept going! And the best, about 10 pages in, RBaller joins the fray to say he isn't racist, but affirmative actions is racist.
Definitely some other time there was a game I didn’t quite follow and (redacted - because they’re still around and I’m not 100% sure my memory is right) was a dick to me about it. Not that I hold a grudge.
Wow this was all so long ago.
Re: Old Skool Swamp
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2022 7:15 pm
by rass
Holy shit there are 20 pages of threads no one replied to. :(
Wow, wasn’t expecting Duke MBAs to catch a stray in that thread. Kinda funny in hindsight. But man, what a post by Doug. It’s always shocking when you come across something like that and realize just how ignorant so many people are.
rass wrote: ↑Wed Aug 17, 2022 7:15 pm
Holy shit there are 20 pages of threads no one replied to.
I was surprised at the … scatterbrainedness of the board. So many threads like you said or just 1-2 replies.
Yeah, that's a really good point and I think it's also hard to follow *some* of the threads because they were very specific to posts on the front page or hyper-specific to a game someone was watching (or whatever).
Over the years, I feel like people have made efforts to start threads that will either serve as a catch-all on a certain topic (travel) or that you know are going to generate more than a few replies.
Re: Old Skool Swamp
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2022 1:35 pm
by tennbengal
very specific to (CLEARLY BRILLIANT) posts on the front page
Re: Old Skool Swamp
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2022 12:28 pm
by Steve of phpBB
Did they ever find the foot of that person who was riding the roller coaster?
Re: Old Skool Swamp
Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2022 7:45 pm
by travzilla
When i think about how I'm kinda addicted to scrolling through twitter to keep up with what's going on in the world, I often mentally trace it back to the Katrina thread here. Johnnie, Howard, Bengal, and so many others posting real-time news and updates about what was going on. I vividly remember being in the computer lab at school just constantly refreshing the swamp.
That, and some Primis or Rballer thread that I can't find about the Swamp being "a big circle jerk now". I think about that like once a month for some reason.
Re: Old Skool Swamp
Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2022 2:17 pm
by Reaper
Maybe I'm just horrible at the search function, but does anybody have the links to the all time drafts? I know I participated in the basketball and baseball ones, but I kind of remember the football one kind of fading out (or maybe that's when I was fading out).
Re: Old Skool Swamp
Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2022 2:22 pm
by rass
Yeah, I dunno. Either my memory sucks or there’s a lot stuff I’ve looked for that fell into the VB days.
Re: Old Skool Swamp
Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2022 11:37 am
by Gunpowder
Reaper wrote: ↑Mon Aug 22, 2022 2:17 pm
Maybe I'm just horrible at the search function, but does anybody have the links to the all time drafts? I know I participated in the basketball and baseball ones, but I kind of remember the football one kind of fading out (or maybe that's when I was fading out).
Reaper wrote: ↑Mon Aug 22, 2022 2:17 pm
Maybe I'm just horrible at the search function, but does anybody have the links to the all time drafts? I know I participated in the basketball and baseball ones, but I kind of remember the football one kind of fading out (or maybe that's when I was fading out).
I don't think they are on these boards.
Bummer, it be fun to look back at the hot women draft.
Re: Old Skool Swamp
Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2022 12:40 pm
by Giff
We need a draft. It's been a while.
Re: Old Skool Swamp
Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2022 2:34 pm
by govmentchedda
Giff wrote: ↑Tue Aug 23, 2022 12:40 pm
We need a draft. It's been a while.
Reaper wrote: ↑Mon Aug 22, 2022 2:17 pm
Maybe I'm just horrible at the search function, but does anybody have the links to the all time drafts? I know I participated in the basketball and baseball ones, but I kind of remember the football one kind of fading out (or maybe that's when I was fading out).
I don't think they are on these boards.
Bummer, it be fun to look back at the hot women draft.
I remember that we all mocked PDX for picking Helen Mirren, then we backtracked after we realized she is the hottest old woman ever.
