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Post by Charles Martel on Feb 2, 2009 19:27:39 GMT
I will have to check with NY myself. Fortunately I have back channels to him (e.g. Facebook :-)) I'd be very surprised if NY decided to leave.
I do consider it a software design flaw that they placed the Delete Account button so close to the Modify Profile button. I'd *NEVER* do that if I was a programmer for ProBoards: confusing software is bad software - you should always think of the end-user and pre-empt their mistakes (something that is always on my mind when I write programs).
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Post by evenstar on Feb 2, 2009 19:30:24 GMT
Look at the Fitna thread, he is 'otta here'.
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Post by Marshall on Feb 2, 2009 19:50:30 GMT
That was an awesome game.
And enough with the perennial gripes about the pads worn by the players. If you'd actually watch a game you'd soon see how hard the hits can be.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2009 20:02:08 GMT
Oh I imagine he's gone off to trawl the internet for an even more homoerotic avatar ..... perhaps an American fooballer with a glistening helmet ....
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Post by puffin on Feb 2, 2009 20:16:13 GMT
There was a player on TV explaining to a British commentator why the shoulder padding was needed.
He said it was to protect from impact damage to the shoulders both now and in the future. It made sense to me.
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Post by Marshall on Feb 2, 2009 20:21:22 GMT
Makes sense to me, too.
Look at it this way, in playing a contact sport like rugby or (American) football would you rather protect yourself from a (possibly lifelong) dehabilitating injury and wear pads or wouild it be more important to show your "manliness" by not wearing them?
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Post by Libby on Feb 2, 2009 21:06:31 GMT
Forgive my ignorance but who was playing who and who won?! Was it a good game! I don't think it was shown over here in the UK.
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Post by Beachcomber on Feb 2, 2009 21:20:39 GMT
Hi Libby ...... it's a game played overseas
A so-called 'sport' played in the USA between teams of about 150 players on each team. They need that many reserves 'cos they can't run for long enough to play a complete game. That's also why the game is divided into 'quarters' and they have a 'time out' (known to us as a rest period) every 2 or 3 minutes.
In fact it gets so boring and time consuming that they have to bring on scantily clad ladies to dance every 15 minutes or so to prevent the spectators from leaving.
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Post by Libby on Feb 2, 2009 21:22:30 GMT
lol thanks Beachy for that detailed explanation!  You didn't tell me who was playing and who won?!  |
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Post by Beachcomber on Feb 2, 2009 21:32:42 GMT
I haven't the faintest idea Why would I ? ........... |
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Post by Libby on Feb 2, 2009 21:34:37 GMT
I've no idea, you just seemed pretty clued up on it i guess! lol! |
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Post by Beachcomber on Feb 2, 2009 21:40:57 GMT
Nah ....... I saw a film about it once though.
it appears they also employ people to wander around the stadium throwing hotdogs at the spectators to keep them fed and happy so's they they don't leave.
(That's just incase they're bored by the scantily clad ladies)
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Post by Libby on Feb 2, 2009 21:52:17 GMT
I see you noticed they have scantily clad ladies, that bit has stuck in your memory! lol!  |
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Post by Beachcomber on Feb 2, 2009 21:55:07 GMT
Did I mention they also have scantily clad ladies ?  |
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Post by Libby on Feb 2, 2009 22:23:36 GMT
Aaah let me see, maybe once or twice you did! lol! |
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Post by Beachcomber on Feb 2, 2009 22:31:08 GMT
Damn it - I've been rumbled. OK - OK -OK ..... I'll admit it ! I'M A HETROSEXUAL WHO LIKES SCANTILY CLAD (preferably nude) LADIES ! That's it - I'm out of the closet and proud to be me ! (GOD That feels good)   |
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Post by Marshall on Feb 2, 2009 23:01:47 GMT
For not knowing squat about the game, you sure are opinionated about it Beachy.
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Post by puffin on Feb 2, 2009 23:06:49 GMT
It's called taking the rip, Marshall. It's all good natured. British humour can be an odd thing. We take the proverbial out of ourselves and sometimes forget that others may not take it with good humour when we do it to them.
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Post by Beachcomber on Feb 2, 2009 23:25:59 GMT
My apologies to Marshal........ Mea Culpa !
I still prefer the game of Rugby though - try watching a good international match sometime (that means the best players from different countries playing against each other)
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Post by vania on Feb 2, 2009 23:26:54 GMT
Ha ha the crazy patriotism/xenophobia that always pops up on threads about US/UK sports is always good for a laugh.
I'd actually like to find out what the rules are for American football so I can actually attempt to watch it one day.
The BBC just did a piece on Superbowl highlighting the 'socialist values' of the sport and how premiership football could learn a lot from it. I really wish New Yorker could have seen it. He'd have blown a gasket.
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