[Billup]

Originally Posted by Lups

Dude are you sure your a hockey fan?

Nope. Only been playing for the last 17 years. Can't stand the sport.

[UncleWede]

"beisbol been bery, bery good to ME.

Football, I don't know"


I was walking around my kid's high school chanting this after visiting his Spanish 2 class. He did a "family" project and his juega favorita was listed as beisbol. Why I was the only one who got it, "I don't know" My older son who came along kept asking how high I really was.

[Lups]

Originally Posted by Billup

Nope. Only been playing for the last 17 years. Can't stand the sport.

Haha. I can't wait to find a league here. I miss going to the juniors games, old farts can play for money for the rest of you.

[Billup]

Originally Posted by Lups

Haha. I can't wait to find a league here. I miss going to the juniors games, old farts can play for money for the rest of you.

There is always a huge empty void in my life if there is no hockey going on. Life just isn't complete without it.


I remember watching a recorded VHS of back when I first started playing. Was so small, the smallest jersey offered still went down to my ankles. I would be skating towards the puck, then direction would change, and I'd keep going straight and take a year to turn around. Then repeat over and over. I was lucky if I came within 10 feet of even touching the puck.


Ahhh good times.

[Lups]

Originally Posted by Billup

There is always a huge empty void in my life if there is no hockey going on. Life just isn't complete without it.


I remember watching a recorded VHS of back when I first started playing. Was so small, the smallest jersey offered still went down to my ankles. I would be skating towards the puck, then direction would change, and I'd keep going straight and take a year to turn around. Then repeat over and over. I was lucky if I came within 10 feet of even touching the puck.


Ahhh good times.

Yup. I lived near a hockey ring, and also an outdoor skating place and I taught a lot of kids how to skate. In the outside ring a strict rule always was that everyone got to play, so you could see old league players, NHL stars, five year olds and high school kids playing together for hours. The tiniest ones got the the old men clearly going since they saw their passion. Even I got to play every time, and dude I was so awful. Figure skaters just do not have the moves needed for hockey, I was way too controlled skater ever to have a chance against the fire crackers.

Best sport ever!

[Joekerr]

The above somewhat reminds me of a time back in university. Buddy of mine went to visit a friend in an apartment downtown and it was dark, so he couldn't see what was visitor parking and what wasn't (at least this is what he told me). So he picked an area that looked most like it would be for visitors and parked there.

Turns out it was someone's spot, and they weren't too happy about it (understandable). But they took it a little farther by parking their sideways right behind his car so he couldn't get out. So he called me down.

We both look at it, then he tries the door, discovers its unlocked and a manual, so puts it in neutral and we start pushing the car back. Well, the owner was watching and comes running out yelling at us, jumps in his car, and drives it right back to where it was, blocking my buddy and locks his car this time. Neither of us are very happy and calmly requested him to just move it so he could get out...it was a mistake and all that.

Nope, guy just goes back to the apartment. So after about 10 minutes my buddy gets another bright idea. He remembers he has a tow rope in his trunk and hey...I have my car right there...why don't we tow it out of the way real fast, unhook, he'll jump in his car and take off. Why I agreed to this I don't know. But I did. So I carefully back up, he attaches the rope, and I gently feather the clutch out and nicely tow the car (yes, I'm a jerk I suppose) a few feet so he can get out.

Well, the dude called the cops and came firing out the building again, both got into a little screaming match, though neither of us was going to touch each other and then the cops came. Had some explaining to do, but ironically we got let off with a warning.

Ahh university days.

Edit: In America I would have got shot. No way I would do that there.

[GB-335xiCoupe]

No, in America, the dude would have moved his car so you could get out of his spot, and nothing would have happened.

[Billup]

Originally Posted by Joekerr

Edit: In DETROIT I would have got shot. No way I would do that there.

Fixed.

[GB-335xiCoupe]

Originally Posted by Billup

Fixed.

[Lups]

"Here is your coffee. . . Hey I'm leaving for a few weeks next week."

At least ten years of training has gotten me the coffee before the news, but I do appreciate the long notice.

[NEFARIOUS]

What's getting to me? Death. More specifically, 3 just happened with my dad, my step-grandfather and my grandaunt and now my granduncle is 3 feet from the grave unless some miracle happens, meaning it's 4 in 18 months. Fuck, man.

[Lups]

Originally Posted by NEFARIOUS

What's getting to me? Death. More specifically, 3 just happened with my dad, my step-grandfather and my grandaunt and now my granduncle is 3 feet from the grave unless some miracle happens, meaning it's 4 in 18 months. Fuck, man.

does the sender of that hate you really that much? It could be a cultural thing but that sounded like a complete guilt trip

I'm sorry it has happened to you so often lately. I know the feeling.

[Billup]

Originally Posted by Lups

does the sender of that hate you really that much? It could be a cultural thing but that sounded like a complete guilt trip

I'm sorry it has happened to you so often lately. I know the feeling.

I don't see the guilt trip.


Man...., you Europeans have an odd way of processing sentences. No wonder you claimed all the men out there are mute. Everything they say is probably taken way out of context.

[Lups]

Originally Posted by Billup

I don't see the guilt trip.


Man...., you Europeans have an odd way of processing sentences. No wonder you claimed all the men out there are mute. Everything they say is probably taken way out of context.

Haha, its worded like my mum would put it. Sorry if memories made it feel so for nothing.

[ASAP]

The "as long as it's not mine, I have the right to fuck it up mentality"...

Whether it's a rental car or whatever, I never understood what sort of mentally backwards destructive attitude you have to have to follow this principle. Oddly enough it's prevalent in our country.

[NEFARIOUS]

Originally Posted by Lups

does the sender of that hate you really that much? It could be a cultural thing but that sounded like a complete guilt trip

I'm sorry it has happened to you so often lately. I know the feeling.

My cousin was upset as I'm sure you can understand... The "just an FYI" part sounds a little that way at first but I'm sure she meant well.

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by ASAP

The "as long as it's not mine, I have the right to fuck it up mentality"...

Whether it's a rental car or whatever, I never understood what sort of mentally backwards destructive attitude you have to have to follow this principle. Oddly enough it's prevalent in our country.

I was talking with some Brits who rented a car here and got nailed by a flying retread. It blew the front spoiler off the car and caused a lot of other damage. They were shocked that they didn't have to cover any of the damage. Over there you need to buy extra insurance (on top of collision damage waiver-CDW) for glass chips, flat tires, or if the car is considered to have extra value, like a BMW. The 320D I rented from Thrifty UK cost me $700 for 10 days with CDW. Thrifty tried to get me to pay another $270 to cover the extra value of the BMW, plus another bundle to cover the glass and tires.

So here you can get away with trashing a rental. Over there (and in Germany) you get nailed for every little scratch, chip, or wheel scrape.

That doesn't excuse the behavior, but you can see why it happens.

[M_Six]

[MrPrena]

Another idiot who parked stupid. I had to pull my Avalon out to get my wife and kid inside the vehicle.

[Mr Clean]

People who do something between walking and jogging across the street. WTF.

[ddk632]

Originally Posted by ASAP

The "as long as it's not mine, I have the right to fuck it up mentality"...

Whether it's a rental car or whatever, I never understood what sort of mentally backwards destructive attitude you have to have to follow this principle. Oddly enough it's prevalent in our country.

I generally agree 100%. Respect for others' property is an important moral to uphold.

That being said, the unspoken (or, actually, quite openly spoken) rule is that rental cars are generally exempt from this ideal.

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by Mr Clean

People who do something between walking and jogging across the street. WTF.

Better than the kids who stroll slowly while texting.