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Brushes with Celebrity
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I had my picture taken with Dan Quayle at a golf tournament in Lake Tahoe.
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Those dudes have 20+ moves memorized for every opening, they don't even have to think about it.megman wrote: ↑Wed Dec 04, 2019 9:40 pmI was about 10. He was at a mall in Windsor doing the 40 board thing. My parents paid like 1 or 2 dollars. I held my own for awhile but got my ass handed to me on a silver platter eventually.
I was good, getting a CFC rating later in life, but not Bobby Fisher level.
Though I suppose a player who knows nothing could make an expert pause and figure out why the idiot shouldn't ever make those moves?
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i can pretty much certify with 100% certainty that this is, in fact, the real smurph. alive and kicking. poised to outlive all others so the shame and humiliation of Brett Butler can be forever memorialized. merry christmas.
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I liked the Doobie Brothers, back in the day, but i was never a michael mcdonnel fan (one way or the other). that avatar was sort of a joke between me and tomfoolery.
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Skunk Baxter and Michael were both players in Steely Dan, Jeff decided to join the Doobies, and Michael followed later.
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I was on a painting crew working on the CFO of Microsoft's home, one day this person comes walking through checking the massive house out, I turned to my boss and said "that dude looks like a woman" and he said "that's Bill Gates".
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He's been lumped into the Yacht Rock category for a lot of his work I believe, though he was one of the first, so perhaps not derivative.
Not my favorite kind of music. Too much production and overuse of studio musicians.
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I might not agree, but the criticism is fair. I love Steely Dan for reasons others can't stand em.
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Steely Dan is one of my all time favorites.
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Becker and Fagen are the funkiest white boys ever...
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It's weird I guess, but I'm also a big Steely Dan fan, and no one out-do's them when it comes to elaborate production/use of studio musicians.Charliesheen wrote: ↑Thu Dec 05, 2019 3:17 pm I might not agree, but the criticism is fair. I love Steely Dan for reasons others can't stand em.
When I got my first stereo system, I brought "Aja" with me to test it.
P.S. Becker & Fagan have a fascinating video on Axs TV on how they made the "Aja" album, btw
P.P.S. I'm also a big Alan Parsons Project (APP) fan
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i've never met a painter that had very good taste in music.
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Probably will only matter to the Canuckistanis, but I was a "puck boy" for the Houston Aeros for a couple years after the WHA started a team there in the early 70's. We assisted with practices, getting towels and drinks and shit, but WHA rules didn't allow us around the rink during games. So we got free passes to the games instead. Which means I got to meet with Gordie Howe and his sons Mark and Marty a lot and see a metric shit-ton of good hockey. They were generally great and nice guys, always interested in seeing the sport of hockey grow.
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I think that's one of the reasons I like them and not MacDonald so much.
A jazz and funk edge to them that stereotypical Yacht Rock just doesn't usually have.
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Used to watch Gordie growing up. Bob Wall played with Gordie and he lives not too far from me. He has some really interesting stories about the early days of the NHL.QillerDaemon wrote: ↑Thu Dec 05, 2019 3:32 pm Probably will only matter to the Canuckistanis, but I was a "puck boy" for the Houston Aeros for a couple years after the WHA started a team there in the early 70's. We assisted with practices, getting towels and drinks and shit, but WHA rules didn't allow us around the rink during games. So we got free passes to the games instead. Which means I got to meet with Gordie Howe and his sons Mark and Marty a lot and see a metric shit-ton of good hockey. They were generally great and nice guys, always interested in seeing the sport of hockey grow.
I love hockey even to this day. Watching it allows me to express as a southern 'Merkin a little of my inner Canadian.
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For 5 years I played nothing but 5 min games. You can slap out 40+ moves in the first minute.FSchmertz wrote: ↑Thu Dec 05, 2019 1:45 pmThose dudes have 20+ moves memorized for every opening, they don't even have to think about it.megman wrote: ↑Wed Dec 04, 2019 9:40 pmI was about 10. He was at a mall in Windsor doing the 40 board thing. My parents paid like 1 or 2 dollars. I held my own for awhile but got my ass handed to me on a silver platter eventually.
I was good, getting a CFC rating later in life, but not Bobby Fisher level.
Though I suppose a player who knows nothing could make an expert pause and figure out why the idiot shouldn't ever make those moves?
Club players hated me. They would practically play a game right out of a book. I come along and I didn't read that book and they would get their asses kicked. I learned by doing and not reading.
MY PEOPLE SKILLS ARE JUST FINE. IT"S MY TOLERANCE FOR IDIOTS THAT NEEDS WORK
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They didn't call him Mr. Hockey for nothing. Gordie Howe was widely regarded as just an all around good guy. Also, live hockey at a high level might be some of the best sporting entertainment around. Too bad the Red Wings haven't played at a high level in years.QillerDaemon wrote: ↑Thu Dec 05, 2019 3:32 pm Probably will only matter to the Canuckistanis, but I was a "puck boy" for the Houston Aeros for a couple years after the WHA started a team there in the early 70's. We assisted with practices, getting towels and drinks and shit, but WHA rules didn't allow us around the rink during games. So we got free passes to the games instead. Which means I got to meet with Gordie Howe and his sons Mark and Marty a lot and see a metric shit-ton of good hockey. They were generally great and nice guys, always interested in seeing the sport of hockey grow.
I love hockey even to this day. Watching it allows me to express as a southern 'Merkin a little of my inner Canadian.
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Bob Wall was telling me one time playing with Gordie, Gordie turned to him on the bench and said "I'm going to introduce the rookie to the NHL.CHEEZY17 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 05, 2019 4:03 pmThey didn't call him Mr. Hockey for nothing. Gordie Howe was widely regarded as just an all around good guy. Also, live hockey at a high level might be some of the best sporting entertainment around. Too bad the Red Wings haven't played at a high level in years.QillerDaemon wrote: ↑Thu Dec 05, 2019 3:32 pm Probably will only matter to the Canuckistanis, but I was a "puck boy" for the Houston Aeros for a couple years after the WHA started a team there in the early 70's. We assisted with practices, getting towels and drinks and shit, but WHA rules didn't allow us around the rink during games. So we got free passes to the games instead. Which means I got to meet with Gordie Howe and his sons Mark and Marty a lot and see a metric shit-ton of good hockey. They were generally great and nice guys, always interested in seeing the sport of hockey grow.
I love hockey even to this day. Watching it allows me to express as a southern 'Merkin a little of my inner Canadian.
Went on the ice and cross-checked said rookie in the corner sending him to the ice.
The rookie was Bobby Orr.
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there are very few words in that paragraph that I recognize.QillerDaemon wrote: ↑Thu Dec 05, 2019 3:32 pm Probably will only matter to the Canuckistanis, but I was a "puck boy" for the Houston Aeros for a couple years after the WHA started a team there in the early 70's. We assisted with practices, getting towels and drinks and shit, but WHA rules didn't allow us around the rink during games. So we got free passes to the games instead. Which means I got to meet with Gordie Howe and his sons Mark and Marty a lot and see a metric shit-ton of good hockey. They were generally great and nice guys, always interested in seeing the sport of hockey grow.
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Same here. Every time I read something about Canada, all I can think is "WHY do we let them be a country?"Flumper wrote: ↑Thu Dec 05, 2019 5:48 pmthere are very few words in that paragraph that I recognize.QillerDaemon wrote: ↑Thu Dec 05, 2019 3:32 pm Probably will only matter to the Canuckistanis, but I was a "puck boy" for the Houston Aeros for a couple years after the WHA started a team there in the early 70's. We assisted with practices, getting towels and drinks and shit, but WHA rules didn't allow us around the rink during games. So we got free passes to the games instead. Which means I got to meet with Gordie Howe and his sons Mark and Marty a lot and see a metric shit-ton of good hockey. They were generally great and nice guys, always interested in seeing the sport of hockey grow.
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did you know that in order for most canadians to get sex they have to order it months in advance and its only shipped in once a year? And if they run out, they have to beg the neighbors for enough to make it until the summer thaw.Deathproof wrote: ↑Thu Dec 05, 2019 6:16 pm
Same here. Every time I read something about Canada, all I can think is "WHY do we let them be a country?"
its a weird place up there.
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My Dad took me and my brother to a few games in the early 70's to watch the Aeroes and Howe and his sons.QillerDaemon wrote: ↑Thu Dec 05, 2019 3:32 pm Probably will only matter to the Canuckistanis, but I was a "puck boy" for the Houston Aeros for a couple years after the WHA started a team there in the early 70's. We assisted with practices, getting towels and drinks and shit, but WHA rules didn't allow us around the rink during games. So we got free passes to the games instead. Which means I got to meet with Gordie Howe and his sons Mark and Marty a lot and see a metric shit-ton of good hockey. They were generally great and nice guys, always interested in seeing the sport of hockey grow.
I love hockey even to this day. Watching it allows me to express as a southern 'Merkin a little of my inner Canadian.