Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
06-02-2010, 05:47 PM
At home on the maddog!
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I'm deviating from the deadhead flight and will be going to ATL direct from where I live. I'll send you a PM with my cell. Maybe we can do lunch, if you want.
06-02-2010, 06:07 PM
Looking for a laugh
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Missing the point there, chief. I can run 8 miles too. I was trying to point out people's ignorance to a sport they have never been close to. I have played both soccer and football. And I can assure you soccer is WAY more demanding than football. In football I rested for more than I actually played, and most of the guys were only on the team because of their size and not necessarily their athletic ability.
Like someone else stated, soccer players athleticism and the demands of the game (just like hockey) are under appreciated. But whatever, we Americans must have it right and the entire world has it wrong
Run along and go idolize your fat "athletes" on your favortite football team. After all that is a "manly" sport.
Like someone else stated, soccer players athleticism and the demands of the game (just like hockey) are under appreciated. But whatever, we Americans must have it right and the entire world has it wrong
Run along and go idolize your fat "athletes" on your favortite football team. After all that is a "manly" sport.
06-02-2010, 06:08 PM
Gets Weekends Off
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Any other alpha-nerds buying the EVO 4G on Friday? If so, don't forget your Delta employment gets you a 25% discount on Sprint's standard plans. The Atlanta Airport sits in a nice 4G area (as does most of Atlanta & the surrounding burbs). My understanding is the 25% off will not apply to the $10 a month data fee for the EVO's unlimited 4G service.
At the Delta Block Party the Sprint Reps were running several lap tops tethered to a prototype EVO. It was right at ten times faster than my fiber optic / DSL connection here at the house with AT&T. Unfortunately the default browser would still make a mash of iCrew. Once I get my hands on one for longer, I'll test the other browsers and report.
At the Delta Block Party the Sprint Reps were running several lap tops tethered to a prototype EVO. It was right at ten times faster than my fiber optic / DSL connection here at the house with AT&T. Unfortunately the default browser would still make a mash of iCrew. Once I get my hands on one for longer, I'll test the other browsers and report.
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06-02-2010, 06:42 PM
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While I can't run 8 miles at one time anymore, I have played football, and soccer, and rugby while going to a British boarding school. Without a doubt, rugby players are the only manly ones out there. Think of the contact of football with the constant running of soccer.
In EDI I had all the catranchers watching it, and they all loved the shorts.... I am still laughing about that....
06-02-2010, 06:59 PM
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Definition of "Ignorant". Tell you what, stay away from watching Soccer and let the rest of the world enjoy the beautiful game. Because of course, the billions of people who watch it and play all around the world must have it wrong....and we Americans of course have it right
Keep enjoying NASCAR, and Football with 6'5" freaks of nature crush each other with pads. And as much as people here think football players are real athletes, hate to break it to you guys, just because someone is huge with ripped muscles it doesnt make them a great athlete. They take breaks every 15 seconds. Soccer players run 8 miles a game.....
Like I said, keep enjoying your NASCAR, Football, and ever so exciting golf.
Keep enjoying NASCAR, and Football with 6'5" freaks of nature crush each other with pads. And as much as people here think football players are real athletes, hate to break it to you guys, just because someone is huge with ripped muscles it doesnt make them a great athlete. They take breaks every 15 seconds. Soccer players run 8 miles a game.....
Like I said, keep enjoying your NASCAR, Football, and ever so exciting golf.
06-02-2010, 07:01 PM
No longer cares
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I will, better than watching some guy get touched and act like he got shot with a 12 gauge.
Just because you can run 8 miles (for the record, I can) sure as hell deosn't make you a great athlete (I'm not). They aren't running continuously either.
And I like soccer, just hate it when people hold it up to be something more than it is....just a sport
Just because you can run 8 miles (for the record, I can) sure as hell deosn't make you a great athlete (I'm not). They aren't running continuously either.
And I like soccer, just hate it when people hold it up to be something more than it is....just a sport
06-02-2010, 07:02 PM
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This too... I think it's just that hockey doesn't play well to TV. That and all the players are Russian.
06-02-2010, 07:07 PM
No longer cares
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Missing the point there, chief. I can run 8 miles too. I was trying to point out people's ignorance to a sport they have never been close to. I have played both soccer and football. And I can assure you soccer is WAY more demanding than football. In football I rested for more than I actually played, and most of the guys were only on the team because of their size and not necessarily their athletic ability.
Like someone else stated, soccer players athleticism and the demands of the game (just like hockey) are under appreciated. But whatever, we Americans must have it right and the entire world has it wrong Run along and go idolize your fat "athletes" on your favortite football team. After all that is a "manly" sport.
Like someone else stated, soccer players athleticism and the demands of the game (just like hockey) are under appreciated. But whatever, we Americans must have it right and the entire world has it wrong
Run along and go idolize your fat "athletes" on your favortite football team. After all that is a "manly" sport.
06-02-2010, 07:23 PM
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I was in a British Pub in Abu Dhabi once and made the mistake of referring to it as "soccer." I caught some major crap from all the Brits in there that night. Of course, we were all drinking buddies by the end of the night anyway.
Just don't ever make the mistake of asking one of them to explain Cricket... that takes a very long time and a whole lot of booze.
Just don't ever make the mistake of asking one of them to explain Cricket... that takes a very long time and a whole lot of booze.
06-02-2010, 07:33 PM
veut gagner à la loterie
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As to soccer, the one thing I don't care for is the clock. When the big board says 0, the game ought to be over. It shouldn't be a mystery as to when it will end. Americans don't trust the referee to be impartial because frankly, everything is for sale. Source: Illinois. But what if a team is about to score for the tie or the win and the ref calls the game over to preserve the win for the other team? Seems fishy.
Another referee can run the clock from up high as easily as on the field and 0 needs to mean 0. Imagine the Boise St and OU Fiesta Bowl with an ambigious clock? It wouldn't be the same.
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