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Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30608 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
A project scientist of some note must be happy today. 3 and 0 and first in the BoneG* west. Now can Cal hang on and make his other team 3 and 0 too! *Yes I know, but it is the conference logo. My new eyes are going to read it as written. |
Angela Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13130 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31 |
We were actually in Provo Utah for the Badgers game. One of my relatives is doing a medical residency in Salt Lake City, so we used the game as an excuse to visit her (... or we used a visit to my relative as an excuse to travel to an away game...) Anyway, I have to report that BYU fans are the nicest people ever!!! As a visiting fan in other areas of the country, I've been subject to some very impolite gestures and even more impolite words from fans of the home team. In Utah however, smiling BYU fans came up to our little group of Badger fans and said things like, "Welcome to Provo. Can I help you find your seats?" or "Tell your boys to go easy on us today!" or my personal favorite greeting from a BYU fan - "I love cheese curds!!!". The BYU band graciously played "On Wisconsin", since the Wisconsin band didn't travel to this game. In the third quarter, BYU staff members passed out free ice cream to all the visitors in Badgers shirts. It was a guest fan experience unlike any other I've ever had. It made me want to move to Utah! The Badgers game was not too exciting, but the Cal game was amazing! |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
Well, my alma mater, U of L, crashed and burned against Clemson on Saturday, but ESPN's College Game Day showcased my University, and that was good. The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30608 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
It was a guest fan experience unlike any other I've ever had. It made me want to move to Utah!It was supposed to make you want to convert. |
Angela Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13130 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31 |
It was a guest fan experience unlike any other I've ever had. It made me want to move to Utah!It was supposed to make you want to convert. Well it nearly worked! I really love ice cream, but I like nice people even more. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30608 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Undefeated Cal is taking on the #5 spoiled children. Should be an interesting game. <ed>Cal has drawn first blood! |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65709 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
Undefeated Cal is taking on the #5 spoiled children. Should be an interesting game. Cal is now 3-1. https://www.bing.com/search?q=usc+vs+cal+football&FORM=AWRE USC 30 Cal 20 The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
U of L paid Kent State 1 million dollars so they would have a virtually guaranteed win on their schedule. The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
betreger Send message Joined: 29 Jun 99 Posts: 11360 Credit: 29,581,041 RAC: 66 |
No. 7 Washington overcomes slow start to beat Colorado 37-10 The No. 7 Washington Huskies warmed up in the cold rain without their shirts , then went out and undressed the Colorado Buffaloes in a 37-10 rout Saturday night in a rematch of last year's Pac-12 title game. |
Angela Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13130 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31 |
Eric was a happy badger, but a most unhappy bear this weekend. (If I had been playing closer attention, I would have started trash-talking a week ago, just to try and draw Scarecrow out of the cornfield.) |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
Eric was a happy badger, but a most unhappy bear this weekend. 'Twould be nice to have the ol' Scarecrow stop by once in a while. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30608 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Eric was a happy badger, but a most unhappy bear this weekend. I bet Eric is a very happy badger now with the number 3 ranking. So any trash talk on who is going to be #1 at the end? |
tullio Send message Joined: 9 Apr 04 Posts: 8797 Credit: 2,930,782 RAC: 1 |
In Italian calcio stadiums visiting fans are confined to an area, usually in one of the two curves, to separate them from the local fans, often organized in clubs. Compare this to the cyclists fans, who applaud all riders of every team and nationality, often escorting the riders while they pedal on a steep climb with the danger of making them fall notwithstanding the Police motorcycles trying to open a path in the crowd. Tullio |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30608 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
As a visiting fan in other areas of the country, I've been subject to some very impolite gestures and even more impolite words from fans of the home team. We Know https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_hooliganism_in_the_United_Kingdom And Chris, we don't censor impolite words or gestures here. We aren't a police state. "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." As to your belief that women should be treated differently than men, you share that belief with Harvey Weinstein, Roy Moore and long list of others. We prefer, "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex." But in the mean time, this has to do. |
Angela Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13130 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31 |
Sports of all kinds seem to attract the obsessives and the extremists in society. But men kicking a football about seems to attract the worst types. Well, my family full of "worst types" will be over for dinner tonight and avidly watching the Badgers game with Eric after dinner this evening. A finer group of "worst types" I cannot imagine - an astrophysicist, two speech pathologists, a middle school teacher, a business executive and three adorable children (future Badgers or Bears we hope!!!) ages 7, 5 and almost 2. Yep. Definitely the "worst types". Go Badgers!!! |
Angela Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13130 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31 |
I would suggest to you that is 100% hyperbole. My point was that broad, sweeping statements such as: "But men kicking a football about seems to attract the worst types." are inaccurate and offensive. With this statement, for example: "I was brought up to treat women as equals, not as a chattel like the Victorians did, or India still does. " you have managed to offend an entire subcontinent of people - population roughly 1,300,000,000. And with this statement: "Of course gentlemanly behaviour and simple good manners is something you and your ilk wouldn't have the first idea about. But that is typical America.", you have managed to insult roughly another 300,000,000. Yes I was happier in the last couple of decades of the 20C and I wish I was back there now. Good breeding, manners, common courtesy, respect for women, gentlemanly behaviour, was all taken for granted. Exactly what part of insulting approximately one fifth of the world's population in the course of typing two public posts constitutes "good breeding, common courtesy, respect for women and gentlemanly behavior"? And yet is was all so different even just 5 or 6 years ago.(Channeling my inner Barbara Steisand here: [best shower voice engaged]Can it be that it was all so simple then, or has time re-written every line...)[/best shower voice disengaged]) Has the entire world really changed so dramatically over the last 5 to 6 years, or is it more likely that 1 person has changed quite dramatically over the last 5 to 6 years? Hmmmmm..... from purely a probability standpoint, which scenario is more likely? |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30608 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Why Angela, your final point seems like the most logical conclusion. I'm sad the Buckeyes defeated the Badgers. |
Angela Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13130 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31 |
Why Angela, your final point seems like the most logical conclusion. Yes. Eric was a sad little Badger after that game. Congratulations to all the loyal Buckeyes out there in seti-land. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 34744 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Why Angela, your final point seems like the most logical conclusion. I'm glad that's it's just not me and my wild imagination then, others have noticed it too. Cheers. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24877 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
I am not going to be drawn into a public argument with you no matter how hard you try. I would be quite happy to argue with you privately but you have me filtered so I cannot.As a dyed in the wool Nationalist, you bring it all on yourself. That is confirmed when your own "beloved" country is slurred & you scream so loud that E.T is probably thinking of returning to see what all the commotion is. Maybe a more "gentlemanly" approach rather than an antagonistic one would see those filters removed. |
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