Poleshifter

Yahk-shee-maash! I have not seen the sequel yet. Of course, I support your War of Terror... I think the original Borat should have won Best Picture or some kind of award, but of course, it is so far off the wall. Brilliant piece of work.

And, at 2-4, they are still undisputed at the top of the NFC East! I REALLY enjoyed watching that game.

That Superbowl choke job was the beginning of the end for Quinn IMO. That fancy new Atlanta dome has the ugliest playing surface, at least for this TV viewer. It looks like old worn high traffic green carpet. Ugly Lately, I enjoy watching the Falcons lose. Franchise QB and all, Julio Jones AND Ridley. Useless defense. Maybe they should teach the 2 Bama receivers to play defense. Never mind.

Thank you for the synopsis, stevewin! I never knew much about Andre, and this was a nice bunch of info. Did the polar plunge in Antarctica? Holy crap. Larry Fitz - there's a great big brother influence.

I have not gone through all 20 pages, but was Fitz credited with 1 reception on his batted pass? Do they score it that way?

I spent a summer at The Infantry School in Fort Benning, GA way back when. I was there for radio mechanic training. We were in an A/C building, but on coffee/donut breaks, we could watch the airborne guys out there busting their butts every day. Their uniforms were a shade darker from constant sweat. They were doing simulated jumps or hit the ground and roll exercises. Lots of running, too. Oops, break is over, time to go back inside. Are there any Army airborne guys here on TSW? Thanks for doing the hard work out there.

The 49ers-Cardinals game seemed to have the crowd noise at too high a level. It was quite annoying, whereas the Bills game was not so bad. No, I disliked it as well. Fake crowds, it is so 2020.

I understand how you feel, to a degree. I only get to watch from home, but it will be strange to see no fans in Bills Stadium. Very strange. NASCAR has its political BS, too, so I quit watching most of their stuff. MAV TV has local stock car racing from Oswego and lots of small towns. Real people, not the corporate Nascar crap. Actual fun racing. 2020 NFL season will be weird, if it even gets off the ground.

I can understand the new guy (7 posts) to act like a dick towards JW, but the rest of you regulars should know better. JW is one of the few "significant" posters on TSW. Don't give him BS.

Condolences to the Fitzpatrick family. Ryan is one of the good guys, even as a Dolphin. May his mother rest in peace, and may the family find peace soon.

Kittle just got $15M/yr, average. And Kelce gets $14.25/yr ? Wow.

I liked Duke from seeing his play in the CFL. But I think these 2 rookies will win out over Duke and flash-in-the-pan Foster. IIRC, on draft day, Gabe Davis was practicing with friends at UCF. Always working! I am excited to see these 2 guys play.

Good God, you mean because Fromm failed to use the word "equally" you are still going to give him bull$$it for his remarks? eball, you have a weird interpretation of words.

w/e - is that the newspeak for "whatever"? If so, maybe that's not as bad as the millennial "whatevs" Yikes

He will work as an orderly? I thought he got his MD. Is this the Canadian version of a residency that US doctors must go through?

Does anyone know what S.H.E.S. is?

Black people can't be racist? Are you shi77ing me??? What do you think BLM is all about? Getting rid of white influence (people, etc). BLM are the most racist voice active today. Just pretend otherwise, though.

They only need to change the logo to a Virginia Redskin Peanut. Done. Or do they have to change the name of the peanut now?

The NFL, like NASCAR, is so weak-minded to fall for this racist crap. BLM is nothing but a money laundering operation which pops up every 4 years. .

"Over-officious jerks" is an old Marv Levy quote, yelling at the refs. I did not start the thread, only responded to the question. Try to relax.

Over-officious jerks! We have grammar and spelling police here, now the holiday police. The question was about who served in Vietnam (era).

I had long hair and didn't want those barbers to cut it, so I butchered it myself the night before. Doh, it looked bad. I had a pretty easy run in the Army, all in all. In physical testing at end of boot camp, they miscounted, credited me an extra set of monkey bars, and I got the E-2 stripe. My more athletic buddy did not get the stripe. Then 6 months of radio repair training in Georgia, a short year in Germany, and I was done. I have been very blessed in my life.

In 1969, there was a televised drawing of birthdays and numbers assigned to each birthday. When my birthday came up at #126, my sisters burst into tears. Supposedly, they were only taking numbers up to 100-something. So how does #126 get me drafted in mid-May? My brother came up at #350 or so, but he was already living in Plattsburg, as close to Canada as he could be. He has been living in Canada for the last 50 years or so. Oh, and yes, we have no million-dollar bonus for you. But we will forcibly advance you $25 of your first month's pay, so you can pay for the haircut you must get. Yes, we had to PAY for the worst friggin buzz cut of our life. Just adding insult to injury, so you will get used to it. Ha!

I served in Georgia (USA) and Germany, and heard stories from vets back from 'Nam. Readily available over there were "smack-erettes", cigarettes full of heroin. I am grateful to God I was never sent to that country. Cheap heroin and plenty of reasons to lose yourself in it. Or alcohol, as your Dad found out. I hope he is still OK after all these years. It has been said that you lose a piece of your soul when you have been in combat. I can only imagine the horror some of those men endured. A life changing experience, and not for the better.

Back in 2000, I worked at a phone company in St Louis. I knew a guy named Patrick, who was the brother of Bob Kalsu's widow. He was a Bills fan because of Bob, and a huge Sooners fan. He had some cool football pics of Bob at OU. Not much good to say about my time at that phone company, but it was cool knowing Patrick.