Things Other Than the Redskins Thread 4.0

PARROTHEAD · Joined: 08 Mar 2009 Posts: 4165

Dont know how others enjoyed their holiday weekend.

But I stayed on the boat, also ran the jetski all up and down the rivers and bay.
Never seen so few boats out there. Every year I been up here. Each one I see fewer and fewer on the water.

Went to a fishing tourny thing for the final night. Live band and all else. They say its usually booming with people and booze. But there were such few people there this year the band was packed up and left by 9. When the event should have run till midnight. Wasnt 30 boats entered they said, when in the past theyve had 300.

I dont get whats happening with people not wanting to be out on the water up here. Gas prices havent really changed all that much.
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Bohlmann20 · Joined: 22 Mar 2012 Posts: 5138

PARROTHEAD · Joined: 08 Mar 2009 Posts: 4165

67,600 turned out to see Brazil stomp the US in soccer last night.

Thats a pretty impressive turnout for a game that could be much compared to watching a home Duke football squad play LSU.
Hopefully Americas interest keeps rising in the game. In 10 years time Im expecting a very competitive team to be built up.
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turtle28 · Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 2:49 pm Post subject:

That's more than the redskins draw! Laughing

The US is competitive in Soccer, we just aren't the best in the world at it like Brazil, Italy, and Germany.

The game of soccer has grown a lot on the coasts of the US over the past 25 years. I grew up in the DC area and played soccer from when I was 5 till I got to highschool and all of my friends did also. My cousins grew up in small towns in Ohio and they didn't even play the sport and they might have just gotten high school soccer teams recently, but everyone played american football. I don't see that changing much in the middle parts of this country anytime soon.

We probably will never be as good as those coutries where soccer is their national sport or 2nd. In the USA, most kids choose to play american Football, Basketball and Baseball before they focus on soccer. I don't see that changing anytime soon. The best athletes in the US choose to go into these sports where they can become multi millionaires in this country quickly, instead of having to go overseas to make the big $$. I just don't see that changing, EVER!

We will continue to be competitive in soccer and do ok at the World Cup and olympics but I don't know if we will ever win it.

Ask those countries to play us in american football though, and we'll stomp them!
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turtle28 · Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 2:02 pm Post subject:

I just saw this in a CNN text message update:

Thaiphoon · Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 7:19 pm Post subject:

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d8299f0ca/article/brandon-jacobs-offered-336-by-giants-fan-to-resign?campaign=Facebook_atl_hanzus

This is so awesome. I love the innocence of children and how they want to fix everything.
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Redskins24-7 · Joined: 21 Oct 2008 Posts: 14621 Location: North Beach, MD

WalterRedskins · Joined: 14 Mar 2011 Posts: 2833 Location: DMV

Hey guys. Yes, still alive and checkin' the board daily... Anywayss! I wanted to thank all you guys for voting on that scholarship contest I did way back. I didn't end up winning (5th or 6th in Northern Virginia, I don't remember). But it ended recently and thought I'd update you.

P.S. The Redskins un-drafted rookie WR, Lance Lewis from East Carolina re-tweeted me today on Twitter. And!!!: Thanks for keeping me updated on the news
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MikeT14 · Joined: 02 Jan 2006 Posts: 4438

I've been able to get convos going recently with Holden Kusher and Danny Rouhier recently.
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turtle28 · Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 12:10 pm Post subject:

turtle28 · Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2012 3:07 pm Post subject:

Three people killed, three injured in off-campus shooting Saturday near Auburn University in Alabama, authorities say.

Sad

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turtle28 · Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 6:43 pm Post subject:

http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/The-most-difficult-position-to-scout.html

Most difficult position to scout.... Offensive line. I have to say, I agree with this article. I always find it hard determining which OL are going to be good when I'm just watching them without any announcer telling me who's the best.

Redskins24-7 · Joined: 21 Oct 2008 Posts: 14621 Location: North Beach, MD

I just want to say Happy Father's Day to all the fathers (and fathers-to-be) out there. I'm sure guys like Thai and Woz (I don't remember who else is a father on here) are out there with their kids, but you guys are great. Keep up being great fathers. Smile

To my own father- I love you, dad. I don't tell you that enough. You're a great father. I want to thank you for always being there for me. My brother and I are two of the luckiest sons in the world.
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turtle28 · Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 7:19 pm Post subject: