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#4961 Re: Guns N' Roses » Why Slash's fans can't stop talking about the "cancer" » 591 weeks ago
This might possibly be the dumbest thread of the year....
Anyone want to set lists from the 2006 tour???
Christ....
#4962 Re: Guns N' Roses » Doug Goldstein Letter to Axl » 598 weeks ago
Man....never knew what a sleaze Doug could be....
And all this conjuring up of scenarios feels so sad to me, partly because they all seem like things that could have actually happened.
But honestly...what it really feels like is going back to the tombstone of a long lost departed close friend. I can't believe how much time has passed. We all keep coming back to this forum to revisit tombstones.
When I discovered GNR I was a freshman in high school and the year was 1997. It had only been 4 years since their last concert, and I had such hopes of reconciliation, realistically thinking that by my senior year of high school, something would certainly change.
All we've been left with is rehash upon rehash relating to even some of the most behind the scenes characters of the story.
Anyway, I feel a deep sense of meloncholly after reading this thread from its very first post. Just wondering if anyone else feels the same.
#4963 Re: Guns N' Roses » False - Axl to Join Slash on Brazil Dates » 606 weeks ago
Hey guys, I know this may sound like a stupid question at first but after all these years I'd like to really understand why it won't happen. By asking this question I do not imply that I think it ever will, I simply am trying to understand after 20 years why it's still so difficult to bury the hatchet.
Does it really all just come down to ego? Is Axel just permanently pissed off at/forever? I wouldn't blame him.
#4964 Re: The Garden » Super Bowl 49 » 606 weeks ago
mitchejw wrote:I think the patriots will be pardoned because it's in the best interest of the NFL to put this behind them.
If I'm completely honest...I don't care about the ever so slightly deflated balls. I just wish that they didn't feel that they had to bend/break rules when they are already arguably the best franchise of my life time.
We still don't know what actually happened. Yet most people jump to the conclusion that they intentionally cheated. That's one possibility, among a host of others. That's the problem. This whole, "guilty until proven innocent" mantra the media is pushing on everyone. What about the latest reports that the Colts may have tampered with the ONE ball that was under inflated? The ONE ball they had possession of. Does that report not support people's agenda to prove the Patriots are cheaters? Anything less than a conviction won't be acceptable? That's what it seems like to me. The public has already made up their minds, due to "false" information they have been fed. There's no turning back now, regardless of what happens. Doesn't seem right to me.
Honestly, I listen to sports radio and pay attention to the sports news on a regular basis here in Chicago, and I've heard nothing about the whole one ball thing. Maybe I just missed it, but I have not heard anything about it.
#4965 Re: The Garden » Super Bowl 49 » 606 weeks ago
What... in... the... fuck... was Pete Carroll thinking?
EPIC FAIL of the year 2015
I couldn't disagree with you anymore. Can't we chalk it up to the amazing coaching staff and the level of preparedness that that particular player had to be in that spot at that time? The only way that play ends in an interception is if the defender knows exactly what the play is before the play begins. The only way that that player knows that is that they are properly prepared by coaches.
Beyond all of that, if you still think it's wise to call a run play when the defense is in goal line formation and they have at least five huge bodies on the defensive line then I don't think you understand football very well. In addition to that, Seattle put out three wide receivers which means at least one WR will be covered by a linebacker. That's a massive miss match that Seattle should have been able to take advantage of. That being said, with them only been 1 yard away from the goal line I would probably have called a run in that situation, but I'm sitting on my couch watching the Super Bowl from 1000 miles away. No one is asking me my opinion.
#4966 Re: The Garden » Super Bowl 49 » 606 weeks ago
I think the patriots will be pardoned because it's in the best interest of the NFL to put this behind them.
If I'm completely honest...I don't care about the ever so slightly deflated balls. I just wish that they didn't feel that they had to bend/break rules when they are already arguably the best franchise of my life time.
For the record....I don't criticize the Hawks for the play call either. You should pass when a team is in goal line D and the O has three wide outs.
#4967 Re: The Garden » Super Bowl 49 » 606 weeks ago
FlashFlood wrote:Where my pats boys? Faldor (I think)?
Really want this one after the deflategate shit. So fucking stupid. They will absolutely be exonerated.
Lot of Bears fans on the board as far as I remember. Any thoughts on the game tonight?
Yep, this one was extremely satisfying considering all the nonsense over the last few weeks. A game for the ages. Back and forth, multiple momentum swigs. Gutsy calls, some that worked, some that didn't. It had a little bit of everything. I could not believe Kearse made that catch to set them up at the 5. All Pats fans were thinking, "not again". But, the defense stepped up and made a play this time, unlike in 2007.
As for the deflated balls. I too think it's going to be hard for the NFL to come up with definitive evidence against the Pats to prove they did anything intentionally. So the question is, can/will they punish them regardless? I think they feel they have to to save some face. If they let them off the hook, this whole thing was a huge waste of time. And while that's exactly what it's been, there are plenty of people who think otherwise and would be outraged if there's no penalty. So they're probably going to succumb to the pressure and levy a fine to the Pats. That's how I see it playing out.
But let's play along and assume the worst. Say they're guilty. They knowingly played the Colts with deflated balls. Heck, maybe they played some other games with deflated balls too. Maybe even in previous years. The balls in the 2nd half against the Colts were pumped back up and they outscored them 28-0. The 1st half, it was 17-7. The balls in the Super Bowl were on the level, and they won. So what does it really matter in the grand scheme of things? How much of an advantage does it actually give you? Nobody really knows. In the Colts game, you could argue that it held them back. The Colts should try to improve their team from within. Build a somewhat capable defense to give them a shot at winning. Stop trying to make excuses as to why a team continues to kill you, other than they're just worlds better. Simple as that.
While on the surface, this all makes sense to me....but this is too convoluted and complicated.
If a rule is violated....knowingly or not....it is still a violation. Otherwise....why bother having any rules at all?
#4968 Re: The Garden » Super Bowl 49 » 607 weeks ago
Where my pats boys? Faldor (I think)?
Really want this one after the deflategate shit. So fucking stupid. They will absolutely be exonerated.
Lot of Bears fans on the board as far as I remember. Any thoughts on the game tonight?
Why will they be exonerated? Because you said so?
I think the pats have a real chance to win. I really think this will be down to the wire?
#4969 Re: Guns N' Roses » Strange Kings of Chaos FB post about GnR » 631 weeks ago
Somebody should make that pic a poster
#4970 Re: The Garden » A day in the life....in need of perspective » 653 weeks ago
Set up the scene.
On Labor Day weekend in 2012, I lay quietly asleep in my bed. I remember distinctly waking up for seconds at a time to a jostling of sorts a few times. Close my eyes....close my eyes again.
Silence...
At at bit past 5 am, at the W hotel in Seattle Washington, I awake to a 200 pound man laying on top of me....in his underwear.....weeping. I am 155 on a fat, bloated, bender of a weekend.
After a very bizarre sequence of events....I find myself sprinting from the hotel room without my wallet or suitcase.
I spent the entire night looking out over the Puget sound wondering what I was going to do for the night, let alone with my share of the business. You see...I knew this man well enough to guess what was going to happen next.
I was right....
I had spurned his advances. This closet homosexual man with a PhD in entitlement was going to respond....and respond hard.
God....the Puget sound was pretty that night. The smell of fresh sea food, and the sound of happy people was overpowering.
On the flight home 2 days later, he insisted on sitting next to me. The hatred that had built up in me was boiling over. It was the best I could do just to keep silent.
Not because I have prejudice against anyone. It was because this man had falsely represented himself for years.
Almost exactly 6 months later, I was served with an order...not a request....an order to dissolve the company and allow him to continue on as 100 percent owner.
From 3 different lawyers with 3 different arguments.
