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First, congrats to our winners, particularly the girls.
,,, But I was thinking about Harry saying he wasn't watching them and why they were so compelling for us. I think it is because we are on vacation, trying to forget the world's problems and this is a very isolating thing to watch on TV. No war, no flood, fire or killing and no Hillary or Donald. This is just an unworldly place where outstanding athletes are doing impossible things and nobody is really fighting. They all hug when it is over. It made the TV something we were willing to turn on even if we were not really watching it that much. Occasionally we were riveted. You have to watch those little girls flying through the air. (even if Aly Raisman's Mom couldn't) ;-) |
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On 8/17/16 10:43 AM, justan wrote:
Keyser Soze Wrote in message: On 8/17/16 12:31 AM, wrote: First, congrats to our winners, particularly the girls. ,,, But I was thinking about Harry saying he wasn't watching them and why they were so compelling for us. I think it is because we are on vacation, trying to forget the world's problems and this is a very isolating thing to watch on TV. No war, no flood, fire or killing and no Hillary or Donald. This is just an unworldly place where outstanding athletes are doing impossible things and nobody is really fighting. They all hug when it is over. It made the TV something we were willing to turn on even if we were not really watching it that much. Occasionally we were riveted. You have to watch those little girls flying through the air. (even if Aly Raisman's Mom couldn't) ;-) I've seen bits and pieces on the news shows, but not on purpose. I'm just not a fan of professional sports, except for Major League baseball, which I also do not watch on TV. You used to get your thrills watching boxing matches. No more? x Nope. |
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On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 08:05:00 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote: On 8/17/16 12:31 AM, wrote: First, congrats to our winners, particularly the girls. ,,, But I was thinking about Harry saying he wasn't watching them and why they were so compelling for us. I think it is because we are on vacation, trying to forget the world's problems and this is a very isolating thing to watch on TV. No war, no flood, fire or killing and no Hillary or Donald. This is just an unworldly place where outstanding athletes are doing impossible things and nobody is really fighting. They all hug when it is over. It made the TV something we were willing to turn on even if we were not really watching it that much. Occasionally we were riveted. You have to watch those little girls flying through the air. (even if Aly Raisman's Mom couldn't) ;-) I've seen bits and pieces on the news shows, but not on purpose. I'm just not a fan of professional sports, except for Major League baseball, which I also do not watch on TV. I can't get interested in baseball at all. It might be better if there was a clock. The pace is just tedious. |
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On 8/17/16 3:36 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 08:05:00 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/17/16 12:31 AM, wrote: First, congrats to our winners, particularly the girls. ,,, But I was thinking about Harry saying he wasn't watching them and why they were so compelling for us. I think it is because we are on vacation, trying to forget the world's problems and this is a very isolating thing to watch on TV. No war, no flood, fire or killing and no Hillary or Donald. This is just an unworldly place where outstanding athletes are doing impossible things and nobody is really fighting. They all hug when it is over. It made the TV something we were willing to turn on even if we were not really watching it that much. Occasionally we were riveted. You have to watch those little girls flying through the air. (even if Aly Raisman's Mom couldn't) ;-) I've seen bits and pieces on the news shows, but not on purpose. I'm just not a fan of professional sports, except for Major League baseball, which I also do not watch on TV. I can't get interested in baseball at all. It might be better if there was a clock. The pace is just tedious. Part of a good game's charm is its pace. |
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On Wednesday, August 17, 2016 at 10:59:30 AM UTC-4, justan wrote:
Keyser Soze Wrote in message: On 8/17/16 12:31 AM, wrote: First, congrats to our winners, particularly the girls. ,,, But I was thinking about Harry saying he wasn't watching them and why they were so compelling for us. I think it is because we are on vacation, trying to forget the world's problems and this is a very isolating thing to watch on TV. No war, no flood, fire or killing and no Hillary or Donald. This is just an unworldly place where outstanding athletes are doing impossible things and nobody is really fighting. They all hug when it is over. It made the TV something we were willing to turn on even if we were not really watching it that much. Occasionally we were riveted. You have to watch those little girls flying through the air. (even if Aly Raisman's Mom couldn't) ;-) I've seen bits and pieces on the news shows, but not on purpose. I'm just not a fan of professional sports, except for Major League baseball, which I also do not watch on TV. You used to get your thrills watching boxing matches. No more? Besides, the olympics aren't "professional" sports. |
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On 8/17/16 4:32 PM, Its Me wrote:
On Wednesday, August 17, 2016 at 10:59:30 AM UTC-4, justan wrote: Keyser Soze Wrote in message: On 8/17/16 12:31 AM, wrote: First, congrats to our winners, particularly the girls. ,,, But I was thinking about Harry saying he wasn't watching them and why they were so compelling for us. I think it is because we are on vacation, trying to forget the world's problems and this is a very isolating thing to watch on TV. No war, no flood, fire or killing and no Hillary or Donald. This is just an unworldly place where outstanding athletes are doing impossible things and nobody is really fighting. They all hug when it is over. It made the TV something we were willing to turn on even if we were not really watching it that much. Occasionally we were riveted. You have to watch those little girls flying through the air. (even if Aly Raisman's Mom couldn't) ;-) I've seen bits and pieces on the news shows, but not on purpose. I'm just not a fan of professional sports, except for Major League baseball, which I also do not watch on TV. You used to get your thrills watching boxing matches. No more? Besides, the olympics aren't "professional" sports. Really? http://moneyramblings.com/money-olympic-athletes-earn/ – Azerbaijan will pay $510,000 to their athletes if they bring home gold medal from Olympic Games in Sochi. – Singapore was ready to pay $800,000 for gold medals in London Olympic Games. – In United States, government pays $25,000 to gold winners, $15,000 to those who earn silver, and $10,000 for bronze. – On top of monetary compensation, some countries offer luxury cars, apartments, and even supply of food to those who bring home medals. |
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On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:08:09 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote: On 8/17/16 3:36 PM, wrote: I can't get interested in baseball at all. It might be better if there was a clock. The pace is just tedious. Part of a good game's charm is its pace. Watching guys standing around spitting tobacco juice and scratching their balls does not interest me. |
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On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 17:31:10 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote: Besides, the olympics aren't "professional" sports. Really? http://moneyramblings.com/money-olympic-athletes-earn/ – Azerbaijan will pay $510,000 to their athletes if they bring home gold medal from Olympic Games in Sochi. – Singapore was ready to pay $800,000 for gold medals in London Olympic Games. – In United States, government pays $25,000 to gold winners, $15,000 to those who earn silver, and $10,000 for bronze. – On top of monetary compensation, some countries offer luxury cars, apartments, and even supply of food to those who bring home medals. Biles is going to get a $5 million training stipend for the 2020 plus all of the other money she will make. She is already popping up in commercials and I suppose a number of them will be on NBC's American Ninja show. |
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On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:08:09 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/17/16 3:36 PM, wrote: I can't get interested in baseball at all. It might be better if there was a clock. The pace is just tedious. Part of a good game's charm is its pace. Watching guys standing around spitting tobacco juice and scratching their balls does not interest me. Probably less of that in northern Michigan than sw Florida. 😄 -- Sent from my iPhone 6+ |
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On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 18:43:43 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote: wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:08:09 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/17/16 3:36 PM, wrote: I can't get interested in baseball at all. It might be better if there was a clock. The pace is just tedious. Part of a good game's charm is its pace. Watching guys standing around spitting tobacco juice and scratching their balls does not interest me. Probably less of that in northern Michigan than sw Florida. ? Certainly. They have hockey here, a fist fight, occasionally interrupted by some kind of skating game. SW Florida has lots of baseball, mostly northern teams coming down every winter to train where it is not snowing and a ****load of other northerners coming to watch. A lot of times you can get a free ticket for the farm teams, just by buying a slurpee or a hot dog at the shop and rob. The real teams can still be seen pretty cheap most of the time. Way less than watching them up there. |
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wrote:
On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 18:43:43 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote: wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:08:09 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/17/16 3:36 PM, wrote: I can't get interested in baseball at all. It might be better if there was a clock. The pace is just tedious. Part of a good game's charm is its pace. Watching guys standing around spitting tobacco juice and scratching their balls does not interest me. Probably less of that in northern Michigan than sw Florida. ? Certainly. They have hockey here, a fist fight, occasionally interrupted by some kind of skating game. SW Florida has lots of baseball, mostly northern teams coming down every winter to train where it is not snowing and a ****load of other northerners coming to watch. A lot of times you can get a free ticket for the farm teams, just by buying a slurpee or a hot dog at the shop and rob. The real teams can still be seen pretty cheap most of the time. Way less than watching them up there. I like baseball on the radio. Nice, interesting background while actually doing something. |
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On Wednesday, August 17, 2016 at 6:22:45 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 17:31:10 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote: Besides, the olympics aren't "professional" sports. Really? http://moneyramblings.com/money-olympic-athletes-earn/ – Azerbaijan will pay $510,000 to their athletes if they bring home gold medal from Olympic Games in Sochi. – Singapore was ready to pay $800,000 for gold medals in London Olympic Games. – In United States, government pays $25,000 to gold winners, $15,000 to those who earn silver, and $10,000 for bronze. – On top of monetary compensation, some countries offer luxury cars, apartments, and even supply of food to those who bring home medals. Biles is going to get a $5 million training stipend for the 2020 plus all of the other money she will make. She is already popping up in commercials and I suppose a number of them will be on NBC's American Ninja show. Of course, all that is a far cry from professional sports, where you can be a mediocre player on a lousy team with a less than .500 winning record and still be a millionaire. If we paid professional athletes the same way olympic athletes are "compensated", there would be no professional sports teams. |
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On 8/17/16 9:46 PM, Califbill wrote:
wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 18:43:43 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote: wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:08:09 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/17/16 3:36 PM, wrote: I can't get interested in baseball at all. It might be better if there was a clock. The pace is just tedious. Part of a good game's charm is its pace. Watching guys standing around spitting tobacco juice and scratching their balls does not interest me. Probably less of that in northern Michigan than sw Florida. ? Certainly. They have hockey here, a fist fight, occasionally interrupted by some kind of skating game. SW Florida has lots of baseball, mostly northern teams coming down every winter to train where it is not snowing and a ****load of other northerners coming to watch. A lot of times you can get a free ticket for the farm teams, just by buying a slurpee or a hot dog at the shop and rob. The real teams can still be seen pretty cheap most of the time. Way less than watching them up there. I like baseball on the radio. Nice, interesting background while actually doing something. Loved listening to baseball in the summer on the radio when I was a kid. In the early 1950s, I don't remember exactly when, I saw my first major league baseball game *in color* at the home of a friend whose parents had *big* money. I'm pretty sure it was a Brooklyn Dodgers game...the Bums were my favorite team. |
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On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 20:46:24 -0500, Califbill
wrote: wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 18:43:43 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote: wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:08:09 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/17/16 3:36 PM, wrote: I can't get interested in baseball at all. It might be better if there was a clock. The pace is just tedious. Part of a good game's charm is its pace. Watching guys standing around spitting tobacco juice and scratching their balls does not interest me. Probably less of that in northern Michigan than sw Florida. ? Certainly. They have hockey here, a fist fight, occasionally interrupted by some kind of skating game. SW Florida has lots of baseball, mostly northern teams coming down every winter to train where it is not snowing and a ****load of other northerners coming to watch. A lot of times you can get a free ticket for the farm teams, just by buying a slurpee or a hot dog at the shop and rob. The real teams can still be seen pretty cheap most of the time. Way less than watching them up there. I like baseball on the radio. Nice, interesting background while actually doing something. Radio? I think I used to have one of those things. Do they still broadcast? |
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On 8/18/2016 8:18 AM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 8/17/16 9:46 PM, Califbill wrote: wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 18:43:43 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote: wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:08:09 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/17/16 3:36 PM, wrote: I can't get interested in baseball at all. It might be better if there was a clock. The pace is just tedious. Part of a good game's charm is its pace. Watching guys standing around spitting tobacco juice and scratching their balls does not interest me. Probably less of that in northern Michigan than sw Florida. ? Certainly. They have hockey here, a fist fight, occasionally interrupted by some kind of skating game. SW Florida has lots of baseball, mostly northern teams coming down every winter to train where it is not snowing and a ****load of other northerners coming to watch. A lot of times you can get a free ticket for the farm teams, just by buying a slurpee or a hot dog at the shop and rob. The real teams can still be seen pretty cheap most of the time. Way less than watching them up there. I like baseball on the radio. Nice, interesting background while actually doing something. Loved listening to baseball in the summer on the radio when I was a kid. In the early 1950s, I don't remember exactly when, I saw my first major league baseball game *in color* at the home of a friend whose parents had *big* money. I'm pretty sure it was a Brooklyn Dodgers game...the Bums were my favorite team. Seeing a baseball game is like watching grass grow. too slow. too boring. Too many players on the field just standing around picking their noses, spitting, and scratching their balls. Is it the ball scratching that gets you excited? |
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On 8/18/16 9:09 AM, Justan Olphart wrote:
On 8/18/2016 8:18 AM, Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/17/16 9:46 PM, Califbill wrote: wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 18:43:43 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote: wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:08:09 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/17/16 3:36 PM, wrote: I can't get interested in baseball at all. It might be better if there was a clock. The pace is just tedious. Part of a good game's charm is its pace. Watching guys standing around spitting tobacco juice and scratching their balls does not interest me. Probably less of that in northern Michigan than sw Florida. ? Certainly. They have hockey here, a fist fight, occasionally interrupted by some kind of skating game. SW Florida has lots of baseball, mostly northern teams coming down every winter to train where it is not snowing and a ****load of other northerners coming to watch. A lot of times you can get a free ticket for the farm teams, just by buying a slurpee or a hot dog at the shop and rob. The real teams can still be seen pretty cheap most of the time. Way less than watching them up there. I like baseball on the radio. Nice, interesting background while actually doing something. Loved listening to baseball in the summer on the radio when I was a kid. In the early 1950s, I don't remember exactly when, I saw my first major league baseball game *in color* at the home of a friend whose parents had *big* money. I'm pretty sure it was a Brooklyn Dodgers game...the Bums were my favorite team. Seeing a baseball game is like watching grass grow. too slow. too boring. Too many players on the field just standing around picking their noses, spitting, and scratching their balls. Is it the ball scratching that gets you excited? Baseball is a game of finesse, patience, intellectuality, sportsmanship, and more, all attributes that obviously would have no appeal to a nekulturny asshole like you. |
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Keyser Soze wrote:
On 8/18/16 9:09 AM, Justan Olphart wrote: On 8/18/2016 8:18 AM, Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/17/16 9:46 PM, Califbill wrote: wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 18:43:43 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote: wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:08:09 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/17/16 3:36 PM, wrote: I can't get interested in baseball at all. It might be better if there was a clock. The pace is just tedious. Part of a good game's charm is its pace. Watching guys standing around spitting tobacco juice and scratching their balls does not interest me. Probably less of that in northern Michigan than sw Florida. ? Certainly. They have hockey here, a fist fight, occasionally interrupted by some kind of skating game. SW Florida has lots of baseball, mostly northern teams coming down every winter to train where it is not snowing and a ****load of other northerners coming to watch. A lot of times you can get a free ticket for the farm teams, just by buying a slurpee or a hot dog at the shop and rob. The real teams can still be seen pretty cheap most of the time. Way less than watching them up there. I like baseball on the radio. Nice, interesting background while actually doing something. Loved listening to baseball in the summer on the radio when I was a kid. In the early 1950s, I don't remember exactly when, I saw my first major league baseball game *in color* at the home of a friend whose parents had *big* money. I'm pretty sure it was a Brooklyn Dodgers game...the Bums were my favorite team. Seeing a baseball game is like watching grass grow. too slow. too boring. Too many players on the field just standing around picking their noses, spitting, and scratching their balls. Is it the ball scratching that gets you excited? Baseball is a game of finesse, patience, intellectuality, sportsmanship, and more, all attributes that obviously would have no appeal to a nekulturny asshole like you. Intellectuality? Some of the dumbest people play that game at a high level. |
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wrote:
On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 20:46:24 -0500, Califbill wrote: wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 18:43:43 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote: wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:08:09 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/17/16 3:36 PM, wrote: I can't get interested in baseball at all. It might be better if there was a clock. The pace is just tedious. Part of a good game's charm is its pace. Watching guys standing around spitting tobacco juice and scratching their balls does not interest me. Probably less of that in northern Michigan than sw Florida. ? Certainly. They have hockey here, a fist fight, occasionally interrupted by some kind of skating game. SW Florida has lots of baseball, mostly northern teams coming down every winter to train where it is not snowing and a ****load of other northerners coming to watch. A lot of times you can get a free ticket for the farm teams, just by buying a slurpee or a hot dog at the shop and rob. The real teams can still be seen pretty cheap most of the time. Way less than watching them up there. I like baseball on the radio. Nice, interesting background while actually doing something. Radio? I think I used to have one of those things. Do they still broadcast? Yup. You can still hear the Hillary screeching,but do not have to see her. |
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On 8/18/16 1:08 PM, Califbill wrote:
Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/18/16 9:09 AM, Justan Olphart wrote: On 8/18/2016 8:18 AM, Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/17/16 9:46 PM, Califbill wrote: wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 18:43:43 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote: wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:08:09 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/17/16 3:36 PM, wrote: I can't get interested in baseball at all. It might be better if there was a clock. The pace is just tedious. Part of a good game's charm is its pace. Watching guys standing around spitting tobacco juice and scratching their balls does not interest me. Probably less of that in northern Michigan than sw Florida. ? Certainly. They have hockey here, a fist fight, occasionally interrupted by some kind of skating game. SW Florida has lots of baseball, mostly northern teams coming down every winter to train where it is not snowing and a ****load of other northerners coming to watch. A lot of times you can get a free ticket for the farm teams, just by buying a slurpee or a hot dog at the shop and rob. The real teams can still be seen pretty cheap most of the time. Way less than watching them up there. I like baseball on the radio. Nice, interesting background while actually doing something. Loved listening to baseball in the summer on the radio when I was a kid. In the early 1950s, I don't remember exactly when, I saw my first major league baseball game *in color* at the home of a friend whose parents had *big* money. I'm pretty sure it was a Brooklyn Dodgers game...the Bums were my favorite team. Seeing a baseball game is like watching grass grow. too slow. too boring. Too many players on the field just standing around picking their noses, spitting, and scratching their balls. Is it the ball scratching that gets you excited? Baseball is a game of finesse, patience, intellectuality, sportsmanship, and more, all attributes that obviously would have no appeal to a nekulturny asshole like you. Intellectuality? Some of the dumbest people play that game at a high level. They can't possibly be as dumb as football players, who willingly risk serious, debilitating head injuries and other crippling injuries in every practice and game. |
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Keyser Soze wrote:
On 8/18/16 1:08 PM, Califbill wrote: Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/18/16 9:09 AM, Justan Olphart wrote: On 8/18/2016 8:18 AM, Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/17/16 9:46 PM, Califbill wrote: wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 18:43:43 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote: wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:08:09 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/17/16 3:36 PM, wrote: I can't get interested in baseball at all. It might be better if there was a clock. The pace is just tedious. Part of a good game's charm is its pace. Watching guys standing around spitting tobacco juice and scratching their balls does not interest me. Probably less of that in northern Michigan than sw Florida. ? Certainly. They have hockey here, a fist fight, occasionally interrupted by some kind of skating game. SW Florida has lots of baseball, mostly northern teams coming down every winter to train where it is not snowing and a ****load of other northerners coming to watch. A lot of times you can get a free ticket for the farm teams, just by buying a slurpee or a hot dog at the shop and rob. The real teams can still be seen pretty cheap most of the time. Way less than watching them up there. I like baseball on the radio. Nice, interesting background while actually doing something. Loved listening to baseball in the summer on the radio when I was a kid. In the early 1950s, I don't remember exactly when, I saw my first major league baseball game *in color* at the home of a friend whose parents had *big* money. I'm pretty sure it was a Brooklyn Dodgers game...the Bums were my favorite team. Seeing a baseball game is like watching grass grow. too slow. too boring. Too many players on the field just standing around picking their noses, spitting, and scratching their balls. Is it the ball scratching that gets you excited? Baseball is a game of finesse, patience, intellectuality, sportsmanship, and more, all attributes that obviously would have no appeal to a nekulturny asshole like you. Intellectuality? Some of the dumbest people play that game at a high level. They can't possibly be as dumb as football players, who willingly risk serious, debilitating head injuries and other crippling injuries in every practice and game. For multiple million $$$ legally. While others risk jail and death to rob a gas station. Whose dumb? |
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On 8/18/16 3:27 PM, Califbill wrote:
Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/18/16 1:08 PM, Califbill wrote: Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/18/16 9:09 AM, Justan Olphart wrote: On 8/18/2016 8:18 AM, Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/17/16 9:46 PM, Califbill wrote: wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 18:43:43 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote: wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:08:09 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/17/16 3:36 PM, wrote: I can't get interested in baseball at all. It might be better if there was a clock. The pace is just tedious. Part of a good game's charm is its pace. Watching guys standing around spitting tobacco juice and scratching their balls does not interest me. Probably less of that in northern Michigan than sw Florida. ? Certainly. They have hockey here, a fist fight, occasionally interrupted by some kind of skating game. SW Florida has lots of baseball, mostly northern teams coming down every winter to train where it is not snowing and a ****load of other northerners coming to watch. A lot of times you can get a free ticket for the farm teams, just by buying a slurpee or a hot dog at the shop and rob. The real teams can still be seen pretty cheap most of the time. Way less than watching them up there. I like baseball on the radio. Nice, interesting background while actually doing something. Loved listening to baseball in the summer on the radio when I was a kid. In the early 1950s, I don't remember exactly when, I saw my first major league baseball game *in color* at the home of a friend whose parents had *big* money. I'm pretty sure it was a Brooklyn Dodgers game...the Bums were my favorite team. Seeing a baseball game is like watching grass grow. too slow. too boring. Too many players on the field just standing around picking their noses, spitting, and scratching their balls. Is it the ball scratching that gets you excited? Baseball is a game of finesse, patience, intellectuality, sportsmanship, and more, all attributes that obviously would have no appeal to a nekulturny asshole like you. Intellectuality? Some of the dumbest people play that game at a high level. They can't possibly be as dumb as football players, who willingly risk serious, debilitating head injuries and other crippling injuries in every practice and game. For multiple million $$$ legally. While others risk jail and death to rob a gas station. Whose dumb? Moronic comparison. |
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On Thu, 18 Aug 2016 15:51:34 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote: On 8/18/16 3:27 PM, Califbill wrote: For multiple million $$$ legally. While others risk jail and death to rob a gas station. Whose dumb? Moronic comparison. Yeah Football players rob Las Vegas memorabilia dealers |
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Keyser Soze wrote:
On 8/18/16 3:27 PM, Califbill wrote: Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/18/16 1:08 PM, Califbill wrote: Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/18/16 9:09 AM, Justan Olphart wrote: On 8/18/2016 8:18 AM, Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/17/16 9:46 PM, Califbill wrote: wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 18:43:43 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote: wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:08:09 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/17/16 3:36 PM, wrote: I can't get interested in baseball at all. It might be better if there was a clock. The pace is just tedious. Part of a good game's charm is its pace. Watching guys standing around spitting tobacco juice and scratching their balls does not interest me. Probably less of that in northern Michigan than sw Florida. ? Certainly. They have hockey here, a fist fight, occasionally interrupted by some kind of skating game. SW Florida has lots of baseball, mostly northern teams coming down every winter to train where it is not snowing and a ****load of other northerners coming to watch. A lot of times you can get a free ticket for the farm teams, just by buying a slurpee or a hot dog at the shop and rob. The real teams can still be seen pretty cheap most of the time. Way less than watching them up there. I like baseball on the radio. Nice, interesting background while actually doing something. Loved listening to baseball in the summer on the radio when I was a kid. In the early 1950s, I don't remember exactly when, I saw my first major league baseball game *in color* at the home of a friend whose parents had *big* money. I'm pretty sure it was a Brooklyn Dodgers game...the Bums were my favorite team. Seeing a baseball game is like watching grass grow. too slow. too boring. Too many players on the field just standing around picking their noses, spitting, and scratching their balls. Is it the ball scratching that gets you excited? Baseball is a game of finesse, patience, intellectuality, sportsmanship, and more, all attributes that obviously would have no appeal to a nekulturny asshole like you. Intellectuality? Some of the dumbest people play that game at a high level. They can't possibly be as dumb as football players, who willingly risk serious, debilitating head injuries and other crippling injuries in every practice and game. For multiple million $$$ legally. While others risk jail and death to rob a gas station. Whose dumb? Moronic comparison. And yours was not? |
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On 8/18/16 11:38 PM, Califbill wrote:
Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/18/16 3:27 PM, Califbill wrote: Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/18/16 1:08 PM, Califbill wrote: Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/18/16 9:09 AM, Justan Olphart wrote: On 8/18/2016 8:18 AM, Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/17/16 9:46 PM, Califbill wrote: wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 18:43:43 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote: wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:08:09 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/17/16 3:36 PM, wrote: I can't get interested in baseball at all. It might be better if there was a clock. The pace is just tedious. Part of a good game's charm is its pace. Watching guys standing around spitting tobacco juice and scratching their balls does not interest me. Probably less of that in northern Michigan than sw Florida. ? Certainly. They have hockey here, a fist fight, occasionally interrupted by some kind of skating game. SW Florida has lots of baseball, mostly northern teams coming down every winter to train where it is not snowing and a ****load of other northerners coming to watch. A lot of times you can get a free ticket for the farm teams, just by buying a slurpee or a hot dog at the shop and rob. The real teams can still be seen pretty cheap most of the time. Way less than watching them up there. I like baseball on the radio. Nice, interesting background while actually doing something. Loved listening to baseball in the summer on the radio when I was a kid. In the early 1950s, I don't remember exactly when, I saw my first major league baseball game *in color* at the home of a friend whose parents had *big* money. I'm pretty sure it was a Brooklyn Dodgers game...the Bums were my favorite team. Seeing a baseball game is like watching grass grow. too slow. too boring. Too many players on the field just standing around picking their noses, spitting, and scratching their balls. Is it the ball scratching that gets you excited? Baseball is a game of finesse, patience, intellectuality, sportsmanship, and more, all attributes that obviously would have no appeal to a nekulturny asshole like you. Intellectuality? Some of the dumbest people play that game at a high level. They can't possibly be as dumb as football players, who willingly risk serious, debilitating head injuries and other crippling injuries in every practice and game. For multiple million $$$ legally. While others risk jail and death to rob a gas station. Whose dumb? Moronic comparison. And yours was not? To what comparison of mine in this thread are you referring, Bilious, or are you as usual just drooling? |
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Keyser Soze Wrote in message:
On 8/18/16 11:38 PM, Califbill wrote: Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/18/16 3:27 PM, Califbill wrote: Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/18/16 1:08 PM, Califbill wrote: Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/18/16 9:09 AM, Justan Olphart wrote: On 8/18/2016 8:18 AM, Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/17/16 9:46 PM, Califbill wrote: wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 18:43:43 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote: wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:08:09 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/17/16 3:36 PM, wrote: I can't get interested in baseball at all. It might be better if there was a clock. The pace is just tedious. Part of a good game's charm is its pace. Watching guys standing around spitting tobacco juice and scratching their balls does not interest me. Probably less of that in northern Michigan than sw Florida. ? Certainly. They have hockey here, a fist fight, occasionally interrupted by some kind of skating game. SW Florida has lots of baseball, mostly northern teams coming down every winter to train where it is not snowing and a ****load of other northerners coming to watch. A lot of times you can get a free ticket for the farm teams, just by buying a slurpee or a hot dog at the shop and rob. The real teams can still be seen pretty cheap most of the time. Way less than watching them up there. I like baseball on the radio. Nice, interesting background while actually doing something. Loved listening to baseball in the summer on the radio when I was a kid. In the early 1950s, I don't remember exactly when, I saw my first major league baseball game *in color* at the home of a friend whose parents had *big* money. I'm pretty sure it was a Brooklyn Dodgers game...the Bums were my favorite team. Seeing a baseball game is like watching grass grow. too slow. too boring. Too many players on the field just standing around picking their noses, spitting, and scratching their balls. Is it the ball scratching that gets you excited? Baseball is a game of finesse, patience, intellectuality, sportsmanship, and more, all attributes that obviously would have no appeal to a nekulturny asshole like you. Intellectuality? Some of the dumbest people play that game at a high level. They can't possibly be as dumb as football players, who willingly risk serious, debilitating head injuries and other crippling injuries in every practice and game. For multiple million $$$ legally. While others risk jail and death to rob a gas station. Whose dumb? Moronic comparison. And yours was not? To what comparison of mine in this thread are you referring, Bilious, or are you as usual just drooling? I think it was the relative dumbness baseballers and footballers. You don't seem to favor the more educated footballers. Why? Isn't the quantity of higher education the only measure you subscribe to? -- x ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
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On 8/19/16 9:05 AM, justan wrote:
Keyser Soze Wrote in message: On 8/18/16 11:38 PM, Califbill wrote: Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/18/16 3:27 PM, Califbill wrote: Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/18/16 1:08 PM, Califbill wrote: Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/18/16 9:09 AM, Justan Olphart wrote: On 8/18/2016 8:18 AM, Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/17/16 9:46 PM, Califbill wrote: wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 18:43:43 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote: wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:08:09 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/17/16 3:36 PM, wrote: I can't get interested in baseball at all. It might be better if there was a clock. The pace is just tedious. Part of a good game's charm is its pace. Watching guys standing around spitting tobacco juice and scratching their balls does not interest me. Probably less of that in northern Michigan than sw Florida. ? Certainly. They have hockey here, a fist fight, occasionally interrupted by some kind of skating game. SW Florida has lots of baseball, mostly northern teams coming down every winter to train where it is not snowing and a ****load of other northerners coming to watch. A lot of times you can get a free ticket for the farm teams, just by buying a slurpee or a hot dog at the shop and rob. The real teams can still be seen pretty cheap most of the time. Way less than watching them up there. I like baseball on the radio. Nice, interesting background while actually doing something. Loved listening to baseball in the summer on the radio when I was a kid. In the early 1950s, I don't remember exactly when, I saw my first major league baseball game *in color* at the home of a friend whose parents had *big* money. I'm pretty sure it was a Brooklyn Dodgers game...the Bums were my favorite team. Seeing a baseball game is like watching grass grow. too slow. too boring. Too many players on the field just standing around picking their noses, spitting, and scratching their balls. Is it the ball scratching that gets you excited? Baseball is a game of finesse, patience, intellectuality, sportsmanship, and more, all attributes that obviously would have no appeal to a nekulturny asshole like you. Intellectuality? Some of the dumbest people play that game at a high level. They can't possibly be as dumb as football players, who willingly risk serious, debilitating head injuries and other crippling injuries in every practice and game. For multiple million $$$ legally. While others risk jail and death to rob a gas station. Whose dumb? Moronic comparison. And yours was not? To what comparison of mine in this thread are you referring, Bilious, or are you as usual just drooling? I think it was the relative dumbness baseballers and footballers. You don't seem to favor the more educated footballers. Why? Isn't the quantity of higher education the only measure you subscribe to? I don't "favor" athletes for their intellectual abilities, but I am sure for you the typical brain-damaged footballer is a hero to you because he was brave enough to risk his thinking ability for money. |
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Keyser Soze Wrote in message:
On 8/19/16 9:05 AM, justan wrote: Keyser Soze Wrote in message: On 8/18/16 11:38 PM, Califbill wrote: Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/18/16 3:27 PM, Califbill wrote: Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/18/16 1:08 PM, Califbill wrote: Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/18/16 9:09 AM, Justan Olphart wrote: On 8/18/2016 8:18 AM, Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/17/16 9:46 PM, Califbill wrote: wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 18:43:43 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote: wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:08:09 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/17/16 3:36 PM, wrote: I can't get interested in baseball at all. It might be better if there was a clock. The pace is just tedious. Part of a good game's charm is its pace. Watching guys standing around spitting tobacco juice and scratching their balls does not interest me. Probably less of that in northern Michigan than sw Florida. ? Certainly. They have hockey here, a fist fight, occasionally interrupted by some kind of skating game. SW Florida has lots of baseball, mostly northern teams coming down every winter to train where it is not snowing and a ****load of other northerners coming to watch. A lot of times you can get a free ticket for the farm teams, just by buying a slurpee or a hot dog at the shop and rob. The real teams can still be seen pretty cheap most of the time. Way less than watching them up there. I like baseball on the radio. Nice, interesting background while actually doing something. Loved listening to baseball in the summer on the radio when I was a kid. In the early 1950s, I don't remember exactly when, I saw my first major league baseball game *in color* at the home of a friend whose parents had *big* money. I'm pretty sure it was a Brooklyn Dodgers game...the Bums were my favorite team. Seeing a baseball game is like watching grass grow. too slow. too boring. Too many players on the field just standing around picking their noses, spitting, and scratching their balls. Is it the ball scratching that gets you excited? Baseball is a game of finesse, patience, intellectuality, sportsmanship, and more, all attributes that obviously would have no appeal to a nekulturny asshole like you. Intellectuality? Some of the dumbest people play that game at a high level. They can't possibly be as dumb as football players, who willingly risk serious, debilitating head injuries and other crippling injuries in every practice and game. For multiple million $$$ legally. While others risk jail and death to rob a gas station. Whose dumb? Moronic comparison. And yours was not? To what comparison of mine in this thread are you referring, Bilious, or are you as usual just drooling? I think it was the relative dumbness baseballers and footballers. You don't seem to favor the more educated footballers. Why? Isn't the quantity of higher education the only measure you subscribe to? I don't "favor" athletes for their intellectual abilities, but I am sure for you the typical brain-damaged footballer is a hero to you because he was brave enough to risk his thinking ability for money. ONLY WATCH FOOTBALL WHEN MY TEAM IS IN THE PLAYOFFS OR SUPERBOWL. -- x ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
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On Fri, 19 Aug 2016 09:05:44 -0400 (EDT), justan wrote:
Keyser Soze Wrote in message: I think it was the relative dumbness baseballers and footballers. You don't seem to favor the more educated footballers. Why? Isn't the quantity of higher education the only measure you subscribe to? Harry doesn't understand virtually all of the NFL players are college graduates. Baseball rules allow recruiting straight from high school when they are not taking illiterate kids from 3d world countries. |
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On Fri, 19 Aug 2016 09:55:16 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote: I don't "favor" athletes for their intellectual abilities, but I am sure for you the typical brain-damaged footballer is a hero to you because he was brave enough to risk his thinking ability for money. Most popular sports involve some physical risk. Until very recently the main risk for baseball players was drug/hormone related. |
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On Fri, 19 Aug 2016 09:05:44 -0400 (EDT), justan wrote: Keyser Soze Wrote in message: I think it was the relative dumbness baseballers and footballers. You don't seem to favor the more educated footballers. Why? Isn't the quantity of higher education the only measure you subscribe to? Harry doesn't understand virtually all of the NFL players are college graduates. Baseball rules allow recruiting straight from high school when they are not taking illiterate kids from 3d world countries. And once again you guessed wrong. I am aware college footballers -- Sent from my iPhone 6+ |
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On 8/19/16 11:02 AM, Keyser Söze wrote:
wrote: On Fri, 19 Aug 2016 09:05:44 -0400 (EDT), justan wrote: Keyser Soze Wrote in message: I think it was the relative dumbness baseballers and footballers. You don't seem to favor the more educated footballers. Why? Isn't the quantity of higher education the only measure you subscribe to? Harry doesn't understand virtually all of the NFL players are college graduates. Baseball rules allow recruiting straight from high school when they are not taking illiterate kids from 3d world countries. And once again you guessed wrong. I am aware college footballers sometimes have college degrees...and for a number of them, college is just a body building, skill refining prep school. As for illiterates, well, who knows their actual reading abilities, eh? |
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Keyser Soze wrote:
On 8/19/16 9:05 AM, justan wrote: Keyser Soze Wrote in message: On 8/18/16 11:38 PM, Califbill wrote: Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/18/16 3:27 PM, Califbill wrote: Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/18/16 1:08 PM, Califbill wrote: Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/18/16 9:09 AM, Justan Olphart wrote: On 8/18/2016 8:18 AM, Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/17/16 9:46 PM, Califbill wrote: wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 18:43:43 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote: wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:08:09 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/17/16 3:36 PM, wrote: I can't get interested in baseball at all. It might be better if there was a clock. The pace is just tedious. Part of a good game's charm is its pace. Watching guys standing around spitting tobacco juice and scratching their balls does not interest me. Probably less of that in northern Michigan than sw Florida. ? Certainly. They have hockey here, a fist fight, occasionally interrupted by some kind of skating game. SW Florida has lots of baseball, mostly northern teams coming down every winter to train where it is not snowing and a ****load of other northerners coming to watch. A lot of times you can get a free ticket for the farm teams, just by buying a slurpee or a hot dog at the shop and rob. The real teams can still be seen pretty cheap most of the time. Way less than watching them up there. I like baseball on the radio. Nice, interesting background while actually doing something. Loved listening to baseball in the summer on the radio when I was a kid. In the early 1950s, I don't remember exactly when, I saw my first major league baseball game *in color* at the home of a friend whose parents had *big* money. I'm pretty sure it was a Brooklyn Dodgers game...the Bums were my favorite team. Seeing a baseball game is like watching grass grow. too slow. too boring. Too many players on the field just standing around picking their noses, spitting, and scratching their balls. Is it the ball scratching that gets you excited? Baseball is a game of finesse, patience, intellectuality, sportsmanship, and more, all attributes that obviously would have no appeal to a nekulturny asshole like you. Intellectuality? Some of the dumbest people play that game at a high level. They can't possibly be as dumb as football players, who willingly risk serious, debilitating head injuries and other crippling injuries in every practice and game. For multiple million $$$ legally. While others risk jail and death to rob a gas station. Whose dumb? Moronic comparison. And yours was not? To what comparison of mine in this thread are you referring, Bilious, or are you as usual just drooling? I think it was the relative dumbness baseballers and footballers. You don't seem to favor the more educated footballers. Why? Isn't the quantity of higher education the only measure you subscribe to? I don't "favor" athletes for their intellectual abilities, but I am sure for you the typical brain-damaged footballer is a hero to you because he was brave enough to risk his thinking ability for money. Use to scuba dive with a guy, who played for Green Bay. Had better degrees than you. Ended up a math teacher. |
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Keyser Soze wrote:
On 8/18/16 11:38 PM, Califbill wrote: Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/18/16 3:27 PM, Califbill wrote: Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/18/16 1:08 PM, Califbill wrote: Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/18/16 9:09 AM, Justan Olphart wrote: On 8/18/2016 8:18 AM, Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/17/16 9:46 PM, Califbill wrote: wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 18:43:43 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote: wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:08:09 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/17/16 3:36 PM, wrote: I can't get interested in baseball at all. It might be better if there was a clock. The pace is just tedious. Part of a good game's charm is its pace. Watching guys standing around spitting tobacco juice and scratching their balls does not interest me. Probably less of that in northern Michigan than sw Florida. ? Certainly. They have hockey here, a fist fight, occasionally interrupted by some kind of skating game. SW Florida has lots of baseball, mostly northern teams coming down every winter to train where it is not snowing and a ****load of other northerners coming to watch. A lot of times you can get a free ticket for the farm teams, just by buying a slurpee or a hot dog at the shop and rob. The real teams can still be seen pretty cheap most of the time. Way less than watching them up there. I like baseball on the radio. Nice, interesting background while actually doing something. Loved listening to baseball in the summer on the radio when I was a kid. In the early 1950s, I don't remember exactly when, I saw my first major league baseball game *in color* at the home of a friend whose parents had *big* money. I'm pretty sure it was a Brooklyn Dodgers game...the Bums were my favorite team. Seeing a baseball game is like watching grass grow. too slow. too boring. Too many players on the field just standing around picking their noses, spitting, and scratching their balls. Is it the ball scratching that gets you excited? Baseball is a game of finesse, patience, intellectuality, sportsmanship, and more, all attributes that obviously would have no appeal to a nekulturny asshole like you. Intellectuality? Some of the dumbest people play that game at a high level. They can't possibly be as dumb as football players, who willingly risk serious, debilitating head injuries and other crippling injuries in every practice and game. For multiple million $$$ legally. While others risk jail and death to rob a gas station. Whose dumb? Moronic comparison. And yours was not? To what comparison of mine in this thread are you referring, Bilious, or are you as usual just drooling? Another moronic reply by you. |
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On 8/19/16 1:19 PM, Califbill wrote:
Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/19/16 9:05 AM, justan wrote: Keyser Soze Wrote in message: On 8/18/16 11:38 PM, Califbill wrote: Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/18/16 3:27 PM, Califbill wrote: Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/18/16 1:08 PM, Califbill wrote: Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/18/16 9:09 AM, Justan Olphart wrote: On 8/18/2016 8:18 AM, Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/17/16 9:46 PM, Califbill wrote: wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 18:43:43 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote: wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:08:09 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/17/16 3:36 PM, wrote: I can't get interested in baseball at all. It might be better if there was a clock. The pace is just tedious. Part of a good game's charm is its pace. Watching guys standing around spitting tobacco juice and scratching their balls does not interest me. Probably less of that in northern Michigan than sw Florida. ? Certainly. They have hockey here, a fist fight, occasionally interrupted by some kind of skating game. SW Florida has lots of baseball, mostly northern teams coming down every winter to train where it is not snowing and a ****load of other northerners coming to watch. A lot of times you can get a free ticket for the farm teams, just by buying a slurpee or a hot dog at the shop and rob. The real teams can still be seen pretty cheap most of the time. Way less than watching them up there. I like baseball on the radio. Nice, interesting background while actually doing something. Loved listening to baseball in the summer on the radio when I was a kid. In the early 1950s, I don't remember exactly when, I saw my first major league baseball game *in color* at the home of a friend whose parents had *big* money. I'm pretty sure it was a Brooklyn Dodgers game...the Bums were my favorite team. Seeing a baseball game is like watching grass grow. too slow. too boring. Too many players on the field just standing around picking their noses, spitting, and scratching their balls. Is it the ball scratching that gets you excited? Baseball is a game of finesse, patience, intellectuality, sportsmanship, and more, all attributes that obviously would have no appeal to a nekulturny asshole like you. Intellectuality? Some of the dumbest people play that game at a high level. They can't possibly be as dumb as football players, who willingly risk serious, debilitating head injuries and other crippling injuries in every practice and game. For multiple million $$$ legally. While others risk jail and death to rob a gas station. Whose dumb? Moronic comparison. And yours was not? To what comparison of mine in this thread are you referring, Bilious, or are you as usual just drooling? I think it was the relative dumbness baseballers and footballers. You don't seem to favor the more educated footballers. Why? Isn't the quantity of higher education the only measure you subscribe to? I don't "favor" athletes for their intellectual abilities, but I am sure for you the typical brain-damaged footballer is a hero to you because he was brave enough to risk his thinking ability for money. Use to scuba dive with a guy, who played for Green Bay. Had better degrees than you. Ended up a math teacher. Yawn. I have a friend who was All-Pro a few times and has two Super Bowl rings. I'm sure he's smarter than you are, because he retired *before* he was permanently injured and hasn't fallen off any roofs. |
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Keyser Soze wrote:
On 8/19/16 1:19 PM, Califbill wrote: Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/19/16 9:05 AM, justan wrote: Keyser Soze Wrote in message: On 8/18/16 11:38 PM, Califbill wrote: Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/18/16 3:27 PM, Califbill wrote: Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/18/16 1:08 PM, Califbill wrote: Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/18/16 9:09 AM, Justan Olphart wrote: On 8/18/2016 8:18 AM, Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/17/16 9:46 PM, Califbill wrote: wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 18:43:43 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote: wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:08:09 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/17/16 3:36 PM, wrote: I can't get interested in baseball at all. It might be better if there was a clock. The pace is just tedious. Part of a good game's charm is its pace. Watching guys standing around spitting tobacco juice and scratching their balls does not interest me. Probably less of that in northern Michigan than sw Florida. ? Certainly. They have hockey here, a fist fight, occasionally interrupted by some kind of skating game. SW Florida has lots of baseball, mostly northern teams coming down every winter to train where it is not snowing and a ****load of other northerners coming to watch. A lot of times you can get a free ticket for the farm teams, just by buying a slurpee or a hot dog at the shop and rob. The real teams can still be seen pretty cheap most of the time. Way less than watching them up there. I like baseball on the radio. Nice, interesting background while actually doing something. Loved listening to baseball in the summer on the radio when I was a kid. In the early 1950s, I don't remember exactly when, I saw my first major league baseball game *in color* at the home of a friend whose parents had *big* money. I'm pretty sure it was a Brooklyn Dodgers game...the Bums were my favorite team. Seeing a baseball game is like watching grass grow. too slow. too boring. Too many players on the field just standing around picking their noses, spitting, and scratching their balls. Is it the ball scratching that gets you excited? Baseball is a game of finesse, patience, intellectuality, sportsmanship, and more, all attributes that obviously would have no appeal to a nekulturny asshole like you. Intellectuality? Some of the dumbest people play that game at a high level. They can't possibly be as dumb as football players, who willingly risk serious, debilitating head injuries and other crippling injuries in every practice and game. For multiple million $$$ legally. While others risk jail and death to rob a gas station. Whose dumb? Moronic comparison. And yours was not? To what comparison of mine in this thread are you referring, Bilious, or are you as usual just drooling? I think it was the relative dumbness baseballers and footballers. You don't seem to favor the more educated footballers. Why? Isn't the quantity of higher education the only measure you subscribe to? I don't "favor" athletes for their intellectual abilities, but I am sure for you the typical brain-damaged footballer is a hero to you because he was brave enough to risk his thinking ability for money. Use to scuba dive with a guy, who played for Green Bay. Had better degrees than you. Ended up a math teacher. Yawn. I have a friend who was All-Pro a few times and has two Super Bowl rings. I'm sure he's smarter than you are, because he retired *before* he was permanently injured and hasn't fallen off any roofs. Probably, like you, hires it done. HID? |
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