gmac17

Always good for some memories. Merry Christmas!

two things: 1) Horrible announcing. For example, the bills were in the middle of a 27-0 run, and the announcers were saying without a hint of irony "that's the thing about the Patriots, they dont' get phased - they just keep coming at you" as if they were rolling over the bills after a random touchdown. 2) Anybody notice Brady give up on the Florence int - he clearly could have made contact with him and very possible stopped the touchdown but he completely gave up.

they are the expensive seats, with the inside section for everyone to watch the TV's. Those seats were in the sun today so people probably preferred the AC.....(go figure)

Watching all the news about the violence in Mexico, I'm surprised that there isn't much discussion (that I've seen at least) about the fact that this is coming about because of the huge demand for drugs in America. I'm not trying to start a discussion on drug use, but it seems like in the old days half of the conversation would be about the cause of the problem. Things get wild in the middle east and you can't go a day without hearing "dependence on foreign oil", but Mexico is spiraling out of control and there isn't much talk about the US dependence on pot and coke. just something I noticed.....

The ambulance hit the back end of the car that was in the middle of the intersection, sending it sideways into the sidewalk and hitting the bystander. I was across the street and turned when I heard the brakes / thud of the impact and saw the car going sideways. Horrible situation all around - can't imagine how the ambulance driver felt when he heard there was a serious injury.

I saw a pretty bad accident the other day in NYC that was caused by an ambulance with lights on running a red light, hitting a car which then careened into some poor guy on the sidewalk. The ambulance stopped for a moment, drove about 40 feet - slowed down again as if they didn't know what to do and then drove off (possibly because they saw the owner of the car jump out and it seemed like he was ok - though the guy on the sidewalk was not). Just curious what the procedure in those cases is - as I'm sure they either had someone in the back they needed to get to the hospital, or another emergency they needed to get to.

This is the last for discovery, but i think there is one more shuttle launch after this one. Sad to see them go but it sounds like they've outlived their usefulness. A year ago I watched Endeavor take off - one of the most amazing things I have ever seen. This video was taken from about 20 feet from where I was sitting. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg9JrtancNM

or asking if anyone knew of any online currency converters.

100% agree.

Rex doesn't bother me that much - he's loud but he calls it like it is, he takes his licks when he deserves them and after the games he is nothing but respectful. If he was our coach we would be in love with the guy.

does anybody have a screenshot from tivo? I missed the last quarter and would LOVE to see that....

I was ok with the pats winning through their first super bowl, the season after but then when they got good again their fans entirely forgot that 10 years earlier they had 15,000 season ticket holders and nobody cared. And they became insufferable - most pats fans would prefer to laugh at your team for losing than celebrate their team for winning - a very odd dynamic. That said, they are really f'ing good and they don't get any better than brady and his evil coach. Brady's first few season was mostly dink and dunk, but he is awesome now - no getting around it. They take crappy players nobody else cares about and turn them into stars - then they leave and do nothing. (see branch, deion)

I was thinking the same exact thing.

This is what it looked like in Philly at kickoff time: http://deadspin.com/5718440/heres-what-philadelphia-looked-like-around-the-moment-the-eaglesvikings-game-was-supposed-to-start Look at this another way - if this was the patriots / colts in Foxboro and the Pats had a clear home field advantage in the snow - do you think there is a chance in H*ll that they would have canceled the game? nope.

how many times has this happened in the past (a game being canceled because of weather)? This sets a pretty big precedent - if the weather is bad the NFL may cancel your game. What is deemed bad? 12 inches? 6 inches and lots of wind?