Someone beat me to the ban.Quoting megladon8 (view post)
Someone beat me to the ban.Quoting megladon8 (view post)
Banned.
Quoting Ezee E (view post)
Admit it. For just a second, it was me you were going to ban wasn't it?
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
I got the PM too.Quoting megladon8 (view post)
I got it too
I only got it on my old account. Guess that bot sent it to people with lots of posts or whatever.Quoting megladon8 (view post)
Blog!
And it's happened once again
I'll turn to a friend
Someone that understands
And sees through the master plan
But everybody's gone
And I've been here for too long
To face this on my own
Well, I guess this is growing up
I feel ever so slightly ashamed that I have recently become addicted to the show Botched.
Also, if there was ever to be a movie made about Dr. Nassif and Dr. Dubrow, I would want them to be played by Tony Shalhoub and Bradley Whitford respectively.
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
Please describe your personal experience with elementary grade level sports. Please include year of birth.
Not really any recollection. Think it was pitching machine still. Didn't think it was at all serious until 6th gradeQuoting Skitch (view post)
'83
Hmm I played YMCA soccer and baseball as a kid back in the 1990s. I quit soccer a year or two before I would have moved on to middle school, and I enjoyed baseball a lot.
Blog!
And it's happened once again
I'll turn to a friend
Someone that understands
And sees through the master plan
But everybody's gone
And I've been here for too long
To face this on my own
Well, I guess this is growing up
1984, played soccer, football, baseball, basketball and hockey. Tried them all. Stuck with baseball and soccer K-12. Added back in basketball my senior year in high school after a 10 year gap. Winter track (in the winter) to keep me in shape for Lacrosse in the spring in my final two years in High school.
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Soccer and baseball as a little kid. Then got into Jiu-Jitsu at about 10 years of age.
Once beat the fastest kid in my grade in a 100m dash. One of the proudest moments of my young sporting life.
Was very good at high jump as well. Made it to regionals in grade 8. Came in 3rd.
Broke my back in 5 places at age 14 and that was the end of all sports for me. Lost all desire to watch/follow them as well.
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
My wife and I had very different experiences. She was born in '85, me '79. Her experiences were I guess normal. She played a few sports, was part of the team, worked hard, had fun.
I played soccer all through grade school. I did okay, but never scored a goal. I sat out a lot (sometimes entire games) so the coaches kid could play full time. My middle school and high school were in same facility. I switched to golf in 7th grade, and was constantly called a fag for it. At competitions, the high schoolers would walk up the fairway and stomp my ball into the ground and laugh with our competition. I didnt play golf the next year, and was called a fag for it, because the cool kids started playing.
They arent allowed to have football because of the Amish, so basketball is king. The basketball team was mostly the school bullies that roam the halls like a gang. I was a frequent target. Then I grew like 11" in one calendar year, and remained a frequent target because I didnt want to play with a bunch of assholes.
I have never felt like part of the team. I view this idea as Hollywood rom-com nonsense. It's a frequent discussion as she keeps putting our kids in sports and it annoys me. She says it teaches teamwork, physical skills, and social growth. I told her all it taught me was to fucking hate everyone.
Edit: sorry to sound like a bitter bitch, I was just curious if anyone else actually had fun.
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Born in 1972Quoting Skitch (view post)
Baseball: parents signed me up for Little League baseball for a few years, didn't really care for it, wasn't any good at it either. I got plunked in right field and spent the entire time out there hoping no one would hit a flyball my way.
Basketball: parents signed me up for one year or so in 7th grade, didn't care for that either, cuz despite my height, I can't shoot for shit. Boy, were we bad. Don't think we won a single game, and frequently, the home games had more parents from the opposing teams than from ours. I remember one year there was an exhibition match pitting the 8th grade boys basketball team against the girls. The girls won, decisively. Several of the boys were crying out of embarrassment and frustration.
Soccer: now, soccer I enjoyed, but the seasons were too damn short, on account of how cold it got in Minnesota towards the end of October. My favorite position was midfield, cuz I got the run of the entire field, and all I needed to do was kick the ball to the forwards. I remember one year we had a goalie who was an absolute dynamo. That was fun.
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Losing is like fertilizer: it stinks for a while, then you get used to it. (Tony, Hibbing)
I only played basketball for fun with my friends. When I was in elementary school my buddy and I would play tackle football against each other for fun. Then halfway through middle school I lost my nerve, mostly due to injuring my knees on gravel.
Blog!
And it's happened once again
I'll turn to a friend
Someone that understands
And sees through the master plan
But everybody's gone
And I've been here for too long
To face this on my own
Well, I guess this is growing up
Born in 1984. Played t-ball and coach-pitch baseball in kindergarten and first grade, didn't love it. Played basketball in second and fifth grade. Wasn't very good. Played soccer at various times up until eighth grade. Had fun with that. In eighth grade there were only enough kids in our age group in that particular league to make one big team. We'd practice together and then every Friday night split into two teams and play. Different rosters every time. It was pointless but fun. We won our district (of course), went to some regional tournament and got our asses kicked due to lack of having played any real competition. Ultimately I wasn't the biggest fan of team sports as a kid. I didn't enjoy what I considered being yelled at by grown ups.
All through elementary and middle school (and a little bit of high school) I was on the neighborhood swim team. Every June a bunch of subdivisions in my area fielded teams and had meets every Tuesday and Thursday. Was a blast. I was a pretty good backstroker. I won most valuable swimmer in my age group my last season but it was only because when I showed up we had enough kids in the 15+ age group to field a relay team and none of the other neighborhoods had four boys in that age group, so it was free points no matter how slow we swam.
In high school I played one season of lacrosse. My school didn't have a team but four of us were allowed to join the team at a bigger high school nearby. I had fun but the team was terrible and I really didn't know what I was doing. Was kind of a lark.
My main thing was Cub/Boy Scouts, which I was in from first grade until I turned 18. It was awesome.
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Born in 1985. Played recreation soccer on two different teams (coed, girls travel) from 8 years old until I was 12. Did rec softball (girls) from 8yrs til I was 16. Joined youth league candlepin bowling when I was 10 years old against my will and luckily only did one year. Started figure skating when I was 6 and did private lessons until I was 12. Got bored one winter, so I played Rec hockey when I was 14. All were great for making friends since I was homeschooled.
Last edited by Mal; 11-21-2020 at 12:33 AM.
Can you guys text my uncle Matt 3302043530, tell him happy birthday, and the Steelers are pussies without the refs. Thanks Phillip Fry you can stay out of this
Done.Quoting Skitch (view post)
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
response?Quoting megladon8 (view post)
He says he's on his way over to kick my ass. I gave him Scar's address.Quoting Ezee E (view post)
Losing is like fertilizer: it stinks for a while, then you get used to it. (Tony, Hibbing)
Lolz.
“What we are dealing with here is a perfect engine, er... an eating machine. It's really a miracle of evolution. All this machine does is swim and eat and make little sharks and that's all.”
"OK whatever you say whoever you are thank you very much I like a bunch of pussies"Quoting Ezee E (view post)
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
LOL thats what he sent to me too. Hes an assQuoting megladon8 (view post)