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You gotta find you a great white shark. http://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/real-life-jaws-australians-track-16-foot-joan-shark-n83096

It does go to show you, however, that players do know what we fans are up to.

Anyone going? My brother-in-law & sister-in-law are both Steeler fans and we're looking at making a weekend trip out of it.

I'm OUT!

Rosie O'Donnell

I was at my neurologist's office last Friday and the receptionist looked just like her. I kept hoping she'd have a reason to get up and walk somewhere.

Usual time & place!

I feel shame.

"Rock and roll is for the young" - direct quote

I guess you and I need to change our tastes in music, Pooj.

Headline of this story about Wu Tang rapper Andre Johnson cutting off his penis then jumping off a building: "Rapper Andre Johnson Safe After Suspected Suicide Attempt. His Johnson? Not So Much." http://www.contactmusic.com/article/andre-johnson-suicide-attempt-wu-tang-clan_4159032

Apparently health rumors were true but the whole agreement thing was false - they're moving on without him: http://news.yahoo.com/ac-dc-rock-without-guitarist-malcolm-young-014619177.html

Well DUH!

My point during the meeting on this smoking topic was that, at least at the outset, you're moving the confrontation from inside the stadium out to the gates, making it tougher for everyone to get in.

Yeah it may be a recent thing. They also had 2 different drummers between Phil Rudd's departure and return.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/fans-hope-for-the-best-as-rumours-swirl-about-malcolm-youngs-health-and-acdcs-future/story-fni0b7jg-1226884658411 Apparently Malcolm Young is in ill-health (stroke?) and rumors are circulating that the band will hang it up having previously agreed that no member would ever be replaced.

I'm not so sure they don't already do this.

We did suggest that team-sponsored nicotine patches could be a new marketing thing.

Benefit to fans of not having as many people assigned to smoking ban enforcement would be that they would be doing something else - keeping people from sliding down railings and other stupid stuff like that. And yes, E-cigs are also banned because they are too difficult to differentiate from regular cigs.

I think the difference is that RWS is owned by the county and therefore subject to their smoking policy. And I'm not sure you'll find any NFL stadium that allows smoking on premises now. Not sure if it's an NFL rule, or guideline, or recommendation, or what. Now you have to remove all metal objects - keys, phones, etc. They'd just add this to the list. An interesting list of the smoking policies of all NFL teams as of last summer: http://www.no-smoke.org/pdf/smokingpoliciesNFLstadiums.pdf

What you can bring in is now limited by the NFL as to thickness, no zippers or pouches etc. These will be more comfy and you won't have to carry them. Not that I'm selling them or anything just giving the pitch I heard.

They already make you empty your pockets so if they see them, they're out. And if found with a banned item in the stadium, you're out with no negotiation or claiming ignorance.

One thing brought up was that people might want to light up as soon as they leave the stadium. But that doesn't work with beer... "I won't drink it in the stadium, I just want to have it with me to drink after I leave"

There were 2 things brought up as possibilities during the FAB meeting that I'd like to get feedback on. 1) For season ticket holders, they're looking at the possibility of doing what many other teams (college & pro) do and offer season-long rentals on seat cushions that would be attached to your seat. It would be one of the first 2 on this page: http://www.imgcollegeseating.com/our-seats.cfm - They would take care of any maintenance/replacement needed. Cost would probably be about $5/game/seat. These would not be available on a per-game basis - only season-long. 2) Note that this is just an idea and nobody's going anywhere with it right now. But the idea is that since smoking is banned in the stadium, what if they added cigarettes to the list of things not allowed to even be brought in (like alcohol)? A good portion of game-day enforcement is around the smoking ban. If being found with cigarettes was an immediate ejection perhaps the enforcement effort would be reduced. If you attend games and have any thoughts on either of these, I'd be interested in hearing them.