Meet the Fins - HOW OLD ARE YOU!
by idunno723 on Mar 2, 2009 5:16 PM PST
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So my fellow Fear the Finners, I give you The Official Age Poll!!! One simple question for you today:
How old are you?
Now you can answer the poll honestly or do what most people do on the internet: Lie. It's okay no one is judging you ;). After you answer the poll you can discuss around you're fellow Fins by saying, "What?!?! That guy is six years old?" or "When I was you're age, the Sharks weren't even born yet..."
New members and lurkers: Come out come out wherever you are! I know you're out there! I think I speak on behalf of FTF by asking you, "What's your gender." This is not asked to offend someone but to avoid future awkwardness.
Example:
Joe Pavelski lover : Isn't Joe Pavelski amazing!
Mr. D : haha, I know a bunch of girls who like Joe Pavelski like you!
JPL: Uhh I'm a guy...
See! That could have been awkward! We want to avoid that. Sadly, now this post is coming to an end. If you're wondering how old I'm am, I'm almost 21 (in 7 years). Thank you for reading Meet the Fins, have a great night, day, both whatever, and most importantly Don't drink and drive!
P.S. If you think it's weird that we're asking for gender, we did it too. So don't feel uncomfortable!
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Great job, idunno
Love the awkward scenario – done it myself.
P.S. – are you really 14?
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haha
i AM 15.
"It aint over till the fat lady sings." - Not Yogi Berra
by serrapadre716 on Mar 3, 2009 6:29 PM PST up reply actions
One more thing
You need to link the old gender poll to the scenario above.
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That's the spirit
On the other hand, I’m 27, and looking forward to retirement. D’oh!
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26 here
And yeah, retirement is looking nice already. Only 40-50 years left, if we’re lucky. Woo hoo.
When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized God doesn’t work that way, so I stole one and prayed for forgiveness. - Emo Philips
Neglectful father of David Quinowski
In this economy...
who knows. We might be working until we’re 100.
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by Matthew_Taylor on Mar 2, 2009 5:50 PM PST up reply actions
It'll be 100 if we're lucky the way things are going.
We may have to keep working after we’re dead. Zombie workers would only be good until parts of them started rotting off, so we’d eventually get to retire once we’ve fallen apart or turned to dust.
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Remember that Simpsons Halloween episode?
“Is this the end of zombie Shakespeare?” You just reminded me of that.
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BTW...
You might want to read “The Zombie Survival Guide”.
I got it as a gag gift for someone, and ended up keeping it and reading it instead. Very useful (and hilarious) stuff. You may want to borrow it from me.
Im prepared for the Zombie invasion… are you?
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by Matthew_Taylor on Mar 2, 2009 6:22 PM PST up reply actions
that is in fact
sitting on my book shelf. When Z day comes, we must be prepared.
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Best Zombie Killing Weapon?
Ak 47. Or a M1. No Chansaws, no M-16’s.
Put a cat in a cage and lure the Zombies to it. Snipe them from a distance.
Destroy the stairs in your home.
A wealth of knowledge in there.
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by Matthew_Taylor on Mar 2, 2009 6:27 PM PST up reply actions
That book is also sitting on my shelf
The author is Mel Brooks’ son – he inherited his father’s gifts.
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Anyone read the second one?
World War Z? It’s even more awesome. Plus it’s being made into a movie and the script is being written by J. Michael Straczynski. My fellow nerds here should recognize that name.
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
B5!
I have it, but I have yet to read it. I need to. Let me add it in the next spot on my list.
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Aside from television and movies
I can also recommend a wide array of science fiction books and authors.
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
Into horror as well?
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by ang6666 on Mar 2, 2009 8:01 PM PST up reply actions
Not so much, no.
There is some Lovecraft in my large stack of as of yet unread books though. I think he qualifies.
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please do
I am always looking for good sci fi to read. There’s way to much junk to shift through.
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Alright then. Here are a few of my current favorites.
Anything by Jack McDevitt, the Academy and Alex Benedict Series and his stand alone stuff. A word of warning with those, you will lose sleep. You pick one up and the next thing you know it’s 3 am.
Alastair Reynolds. Very good hard stuff (he’s also an ESA astronomer). He does a good job explaining the science when he has to, like space battles at relativistic speeds. The can be slow to start but pick up the pace. Start with Revelation Space here but read Chasm City before Redemption Ark.
Timothy Zahn’s non-Star Wars stuff is good too, pretty quick and easy to read. Especially the Conquerors Trilogy if you can find it.
I’ve recently found Michael Flynn and the man is a genius. The Wreck of the River of Stars is a great G®eek tragedy and I’m working on Eifelheim now. First contact in 14th century Germany? Brilliant.
Hopefully most of that’s new to you. I’ve got more around here I can dig out if you need it.
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I have Revelation Space. I’ve nearly picked up Chasm City a few times, but haven’t quite managed to yet.
I read some of Zahn’s Star Wars stuff awhile ago. I found a LOT of the Star Wars books to be full of lame, so I gave up on them. (whiny Jedi, lame lame lame, blahblahblah) But I’d be willing to give his other stuff a go.
Something about first contact in 14th century Germany sounds awesome. I’m writing these guys down.
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As a bonus you get British spelling in Reynolds.
Zahn’s Conquerors is fun because it puts a different spin on the whole aliens bent on galactic domination story. (Hint: it’s us) I stopped reading Star Wars a long time ago. The Thrawn stories were fun though.
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yeah
Those were fun. I was honestly disappointed to learn Mara just got his clone at the end.
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I have to admit
I always wanted the Empire to win. The Jedi and rebels were just too whiny and pathetic most of the time. And Thrawn was just cool.
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Blasphemy!
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by Matthew_Taylor on Mar 2, 2009 8:49 PM PST up reply actions
And the Empire had the cool toys too.
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
AT-AT's are for chumps.
It’s all about the snowspeeders.
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by Matthew_Taylor on Mar 2, 2009 9:02 PM PST up reply actions
when your hero is super whiny, I kinda want the other side to win too. I would have also settled for Luke dying, but then Kyp was just as bad. Mara was cool until I heard they had her marry Luke. Then she was dead to me. So when I heard she later died I just went “eh”
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But then Lucas had to go and make Vader whiny too.
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
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by Matthew_Taylor on Mar 2, 2009 9:07 PM PST up reply actions
I've always been an ancillary character guy...
Obi Wan, Lando, Han, Wedge, even Nien Nunb… Luke was never my favorite.
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by Matthew_Taylor on Mar 2, 2009 9:09 PM PST up reply actions
I liked Wedge and Lando.
The X-Wing series was entertaining. Best video game to book crossover anyone’s managed I think.
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
If you haven't read The Watchmen...
pick it up before the movie on Friday. It’s a fantastic read.
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by Matthew_Taylor on Mar 2, 2009 9:05 PM PST up reply actions
It's incredible.
I’m kind of worried the movie isn’t going to do it justice.
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I don't know man...
it looks awesome. I’m gonna go to the game Thursday (hopefully), then roll over to a 12 AM premiere.
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by Matthew_Taylor on Mar 2, 2009 9:10 PM PST up reply actions
HEY - YOU NERDS
Start a new thread.
Totally kidding – I was on the front page and did a double take = FIFTY NEW COMMENTS????
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This is what happens when you don't keep an eye on us.
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
I'm hoping to make that happen as well.
In IMAX even.
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
and here I was planning to wait a few weeks. I feel like I’m letting my fellow nerds down.
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I wouldn't worry about it.
I can’t stop listening to Bear McCreary’s version of All Along the Watchtower here so I think I can cover you on the nerding it up here.
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
Slap yourself for saying that!!!!!!!
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by ang6666 on Mar 2, 2009 10:04 PM PST up reply actions
But... but...
Ah well. I’ve really gotten over Star Wars since George Lucas felt the need to ruin it. Now I’ve got thing like BSG, B5, and Firefly.
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
by Lurker Shark on Mar 2, 2009 10:09 PM PST up reply actions
I've read only one sci-fi book ever
Ender’s game because it was for a book report
I’ve read only one not because I don’t like sci-fi books, but because I never read :)
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I love Ender's Game
Juvenile? Yes. Ridiculously easy to read? Yes. But it still remains to be one of my comfort books. And the rest of the books in the series/universe – Ender’s Shadow, Children of the Mind, etc. – are all also very good. Ender’s Shadow in particular is fun to read, with the different perspective on the events and all the revelations.
But I’m not really into sci-fi either. However, I am reading Lost Moon and Failure is Not an Option, which are both incredibly fascinating. I am an Apollo 13 buff, though, so that might be why.
I liked Failure is Not an Option
Very interesting to see the whole early space program from Gene Kranz’s point of view in mission control.
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
How is enders shadow,
I read enders game in high school and thought it was awesome, bought shadow and haven’t read it yet
I don't like you Detroit.
I like it a lot
Definitely a lot more mature than Ender’s Game, as it brings up the ethical debate of life vs. knowledge and has a lot of moral ambiguity. You really understand who Bean is and why he is, as well as why some things happened in Ender’s Game. Its a lot more philosophical, but it works well with the character of Bean and still has a bunch of the battle room stuff.
Ridiculously easy to read?
I thought I was becoming a good reader!
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Haha
I’m in AP Lit this year and took AP English last year – compared to some of the things that I’ve read (coughHeartofDarknesscough), Ender’s Game is easy.
And then I’m also the person who read the fourth Harry Potter in about five hours the day it came out, so take that as you may.
I remember heading to the bookstore in San Sebastian Spain on the day number seven dropped- spent all day reading the first 350 pages on the beach. Burnt to a freaking crisp. Finished the book the next day and re-read it on the plane back.
Brilliant series.
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Jealous you've been to Spain
And I’m totally not trying to one-up you, but I was trekking the Mid East two summers ago, timing my visit to Israel to coincide with the Deadly Hallows’ release (Israel has English bookstores – Syria, Jordan, et al. not so much).
How was Spain? Did you go to other countries?
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Replying to people this far right is absolutely brutal.
@ K: Yeah, France for two days, but most of my time was spent in Spain trying to study Spanish (honestly, everyone basically cut class and drank on the beach all day- we were bad kids).
As for Potter, is it just me or do the latest movies actually do a fairly good job at “living up” to the book? I’ve enjoyed them at any rate.
Has anyone heard anything about Fahrenheit 451 being made into a full length motion picture? It’s rumored to come out in 2010, but you know how those things tend to go…..
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I just read F451 for school
It was interesting.
I don’t know about a new movie but have you seen the old one? Look for clips on YouTube it’s funny
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The old movie is epically bad
My favorite part? Where Montag crosses the river in a boat, but the hoverpack-equipped police/firemen (its been a while) can’t. Very Back to the Future-esque (hoverboards, anyone?), except that it makes a lot less sense.
Haha, yeah I haven’t seen it but that sounds atrocious. Tom Hanks would be such a solid role for Montag (or maybe even Faber) in the new one if it ever gets published.
Definitely one of my favorite novels of all time.
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To be honest, I didn’t actually read the seventh book until a month ago. The problem with Harry Potter coming out when you’re six is that when the last book came out a decade later, it reminds you way too much of elementary school.
That, and the stupid internet spoiled me. “HARRY MARRIES GINNY!!!” and “VOLDEMORT DIES!!!” were the only things posted online that day, I swear.
gee thanks for the spoilers
j/k
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by ang6666 on Mar 2, 2009 10:26 PM PST up reply actions
I'm sorry
If any its consolation, it makes me feel really young that Harry Potter has been around for practically my entire life.
I can't imagine
taking a Honor or AP English class.
I mean I’ll get an A or B in English but it doesn’t interest me.
Did you ever read The Odyssey? That’s hard for me too read
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Eh
I’m one of those crazy students that takes as many AP and honors classes as they can.
And I, no I haven’t read the Odyssey, thanks to my freshman English teacher (kidding, Mr, K – I know its all Ms. Kim’s fault :P).
Just saw this...
I got halfway through the Odyssey and quit. Life sucks that way.
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Thank God for Sparknotes!
(realizes he’s talking to a teacher)
uhh I mean it is a okay resource.
Say, Mr. K what’s your views on Sparknotes
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Spark Notes
Are great as supplemental material – I have to admit. The problem is that many students I’ve encountered, including the really bright, literate ones, feel that it’s sufficient to read those and not the original. This is especially problematic with Shakespeare, but even with something as straightforward as Steinbeck.
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Yeah
At the beginning of the school year my teacher made sure that we use Spark Notes to help understand the readings not to actually read from.
I used Sprak Notes for Romeo & Juliet once for the translation and the translation gave a way different meaning than what I was reading
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heart of darkness was something, but much better than Joyce’s “portrait of the artist as a young man” I couldn’t finish that book. It was soo boring.
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It takes getting into
I’m reading “Dubliners” right now, and it’s a good intro to Joyce. At the risk of sounding elitist, he’s definitely an acquired taste.
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mymclife,
did you ever read “the awakening” (don’t know how to underline it)
I don't like you Detroit.
Yup
I’m actually using it for a comparative analysis with the play “The Doll House.” Very similar themes and revelations, and both before their times.
Oh, and I wrote a skit for it parodying the Colbert Report. Extra credit, ftw!
Ah, The Doll House...
Was that one of my recommendations to you at the end of the year? I gave out recs to at least one class – maybe the juniors I was teaching. Ibsen rocked the boat with that play.
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I have no idea
I had to read it for AP Lit last weekend. Definitely one of the easier to read works this year, especially since the Awakening was so similar analysis-wise and that was required for AP English last year.
If sci-fi isn't your thing,
might I suggest alternate history? South African Apartheidists stealing a time machine so they can go back and give the Army of Northern Virginia AK-47s is always a winner.
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
Reading not my thing haha
Sometimes I like reading and sometimes I don’t. I try to read when I can though. Like on the weekends or the summer.
That book sounds interesting. I’m a very picky reader.
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Well
I’m all about expanding the horizons of the younger generations. Especially when it comes to things like this.
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
Yeah and I completely misread that.
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
I have both books, but haven’t read them yet. My oldest took off with both, and I can’t find them now.
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by ang6666 on Mar 2, 2009 8:01 PM PST up reply actions
have you read
Resume with Monsters, Ang? Lovecraftian and weird. Decent, quick, fun read.
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No … I’ll have to add that to my list tho. My ever growing library.
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by ang6666 on Mar 2, 2009 8:08 PM PST up reply actions
17
I’m at the age where I am immature enough to laugh at my guy friends for having to sign up for the draft on their 18th birthdays, but old enough where I’m pissed off I couldn’t vote in the past election. Its a fine line I’m walking.
+1 for that astute analysis.
Oh, and the military gave me a free razor on my 18th birthday – 9 years ago (sniff).
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Oh the draft.
I don’t have a clue where my Selective Service card ended up.
I never got anything from the military. Although I almost made the Marine Corps recruiter for my high school cry.
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
It's so
the 5,6,7,8,9,10,11 year olds can feel like they are big kids
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Or so the big kids can feel like little ones?
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
25
Although I usually don’t act it. And I’m also ready to retire.
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
You'll have to look this one up, kids.
I can run for the House but not for the Senate. See Article 1, sections 2 and 3. Also, I can rent a damn car.
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Hmmm...
I did my homework, and I’m not going to spoil it for anyone.
As for the damn car rental – those under-the-proper-age fees are a bitch. I remember having to pay them – something like an extra $40 a weekend, or maybe a day…
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Ugh...
Homework. The thing I should be doing right now that I’m not.
And aren’t Article 1, Section 2 and the car renting the same thing?
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
Just checking
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
Welcome to the club.
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
My age is easy to figure out ...
as I’ve said before, my bday is part of my username.
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by ang6666 on Mar 2, 2009 8:02 PM PST reply actions
17
18 in June. I’m fairly new to Hockey though. I’ve been to maybe 10 sharks games over the past 3 years, as well as a couple Blackhawks games, including the Winter Classic (that was a blast) Never really followed the entire league until this year though, and I’m still learning my way around it.
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welcome to hockey!
You’ll find it’s a great sport. It also takes over your life.
The Winter Classic makes up for not being able to attend to many Sharks games. ;)
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and Fear the Fin will also take over your life because it’s so addicting!
by WhoseYourNabby? on Mar 2, 2009 8:13 PM PST up reply actions
Yes, yes it will.
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
Yeah we've been over that before.
And it’s so very true.
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
I'm here right now
instead of doing homework
by UnstoppableTurtle on Mar 2, 2009 8:50 PM PST up reply actions
Welcome to the club.
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
Mr. Plank, Mr. K, and TCY
Killing your family, work, and social lives, one post at a time.
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by Matthew_Taylor on Mar 2, 2009 9:03 PM PST up reply actions
I've said it before and I'll say it again.
Social lives are overrated. Especially if you socialize with non-hockey fans. They just don’t get it.
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
Can't tonight...
I have to be in SF at 6:00 AM. Later buddy.
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by Matthew_Taylor on Mar 2, 2009 9:07 PM PST up reply actions
Don’t you dare say that.
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by Matthew_Taylor on Mar 2, 2009 9:11 PM PST up reply actions
You're still better than me.
I’ve played it once now. And the XBL gold finally showed up. So I have one more way to blow this quarter now. Grad school’s overrated anyway.
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
Since more people seem to be in this thread...
Anyone want to get to Sharks Ice early Saturday for the public skate?
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1:15-4:00
So earlier than I’d been planning on getting there at least.
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
If I managed to get going by then, I’ll be there. I have never been and have been meaning to go for sometime now.
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There's a 2 for 1 coupon
on the back of some of the season tickets. I’ve got a stack of them here I’ve been meaning to use. So if people want to go I can bring them.
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
Why FTF is great,
One comment like this
And gettin’ more immature by the minute.
can spawn off conversations about nerds sci-fi stuff and peoples inability to read
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I think threads like these are why I've been a long-time lurker
the randomness is enthralling, and does indeed do a good job of keeping my from my obligations
Honestly I never expected to post as much as I do, hence the name.
This place is just so much fun though. I’d been lurking SBN sites since ‘05 and didn’t actually make an account until this place came along. Took another year or so before I started posting. Since then it’s been laissez le bon temps rouler. I still mostly lurk at work. Don’t want to give them any reason to fire me.
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
I still mostly lurk at work. Don’t want to give them any reason to fire me.
Funny – it was a rain day today, and I posted the Montreal story during school hours on account of that… then my principal calls me in, and my knees are shaking (“He knows!”).
False alarm of course… but when I’m at my desk while the students work, it’s so easy to avoid grading papers, and veg out with youz guyz.
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Yeah, I know they monitor our computer activity.
I just don’t know how closely. And if non-company email is blocked, things like this are probably frowned on too. Infosec and all that jazz.
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
I do find
that taking a mental break from doing work by reading the posts helps keep me fresh
by Chicago Shark on Mar 2, 2009 9:45 PM PST up reply actions
I lurk around at school.
I go to the library during free periods and kill time. It’s always interesting to read the “daytime” comments.
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A-ha!
I knew you were in high school, and I wondered how you posted comments / fanposts during school hours. Very clever, idunno…
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This place definitely does entertain
I was thinking over the offseason that there should be a place where I can get all the information on the team that I could want, and I followed a link here from Puck Daddy and it was like the holy grail
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54
old enough to have watched Bobby Hull and Gordie Howe play.
I wanna know who else slipped into my age range though?
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and I saw Bobby Orr, Tony Esposito, et. al
too bad for goalie masks…….an entire movie franchise based around them!
I’m the only one in my age group as well. Just means we are special.
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by ang6666 on Mar 3, 2009 9:42 AM PST up reply actions
21
and invincible*.
*Something Corporate was pretty bad in retrospect, but man I loved them when I was younger. Konstantine tugged at the ol heartstrings that’s for sure.
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hey
i don’t know if anyone cares, but i do since i started it. but it’s the 4th time in the history of this site that the comments have extended all the way to right to the point its hard to see whos replying to who.
"It aint over till the fat lady sings." - Not Yogi Berra
unless..
You scroll up all the way to the top and click “Wide” instead of “narrow”
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shut up
i’m doing this according to “narrow”. besides now YOU have to go to the other posts and check if it’s the same when you make it “wide”. the reason i say YOU have to is for 2 reasons.
1. you brought it up
2. your a freshman
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by serrapadre716 on Mar 3, 2009 7:00 PM PST up reply actions
I'm a college grad
I can handle skinny comment boxes ;)
That’s right, you just got pwned.
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by Matthew_Taylor on Mar 3, 2009 7:05 PM PST up reply actions
ducks?
"It aint over till the fat lady sings." - Not Yogi Berra
by serrapadre716 on Mar 3, 2009 7:35 PM PST up reply actions
i don't get it
"It aint over till the fat lady sings." - Not Yogi Berra
by serrapadre716 on Mar 3, 2009 7:35 PM PST up reply actions
Interesting
Does Freshman Friday mean anything at you’re school? I heard at other schools Freshman Friday is when they beat up Freshman. I heard stories from water balloons to egging people.
Apparantly at my school Freshman Friday is when our “big brothers” (upper classmen) help us with our transition into high school. It. Was. Weird.
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i've heard
stories about freshman getting beat up at carlmont but we don’t do any physical damage at serra. as a padre tradition we call the freshman “warts” and we pick on them, but nothing too bad. during track practice we’ll force the freshman rake the long jump pit or something.
"It aint over till the fat lady sings." - Not Yogi Berra
by serrapadre716 on Mar 4, 2009 1:18 PM PST up reply actions
I think
the only people at my school that make fun of freshman because they are freshman are the sophomores. The juniors and seniors mess with the freshman because they can, not necessarily because we’re freshman.
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