08-30-2012, 07:54 PM | #9601 |
College Benchwarmer
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: A sports era long ago when everything didnt require a Nike logo
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This is the first year I havent taken a WR 2 before the 7th round ever. I waited until the 10th round. Everyone was laughing. I have 6 starting RBs, the other 11 owners can share the remaining 26. I will laugh later.
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08-30-2012, 08:22 PM | #9602 |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: the yo'
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Yeah. I'm loading up on RB early. Picking 3rd I'm hoping to go McCoy/Rice then Gore/Charles/Turner/Murray/MJD then maybe Vick or another RB.
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08-31-2012, 07:50 AM | #9603 | |
Bounty Hunter
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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08-31-2012, 07:53 AM | #9604 |
This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off.
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: In Absentia
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I refuse to play fantasy football. I've been drawn in a couple times in the past 5-6 years by the neighborhood guys, and I definitely enjoy a live draft with the guys, but fantasy football ruins pro football for me. The fake game impacted my enjoyment of the real games too much.
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08-31-2012, 08:32 AM | #9605 | |
Pro Starter
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Pittsburgh
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That's the part I miss. This is year 3 of no fantasy football, and really, don't miss it at all now. If anything, the draft, seeing how things fall into place, building the team, that was the fun part. Fielding a team each week became a nuisance, searching for bye-week replacements, dealing with injuries, and the stupid fighting between owners over silly things, I can do without.
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08-31-2012, 08:41 AM | #9606 |
This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off.
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: In Absentia
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Yeah the mini-party, food, and smack talk was fun. But that was 3-4 hours and the season's long and tedious.
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08-31-2012, 10:03 AM | #9607 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: NJ
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I'm the exact opposite. I always found FF abhorrent, mainly because I loathe the H2H, playoff format which I always found completely counter intuitive to fantasy sports. But in the past few years I've slowly gotten more and more bored with the NFL from a competitive standpoint. Now I'm in a couple leagues with a bit of money on the line and I can't imagine staying invested in the sport without betting or FF to keep me interested.
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08-31-2012, 10:07 AM | #9608 | |
Pro Starter
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Pittsburgh
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Really good point. This is probably a factor for me too. I still will watch every Steelers game, but I no longer will watch Thursday night, Sunday afternoon, late Sunday afternoon, Sunday night, & Monday night.
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08-31-2012, 10:15 AM | #9609 |
This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off.
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: In Absentia
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I've gotten bored with the NFL, too, but that's where college football comes in. I've replaced Sunday afternoon with Saturday afternoon/night. I'll still watch NFL at night, but I usually miss most of the games because I'd rather have Saturdays for college than Sundays for NFL.
I've never been a gambler, so that aspect of it doesn't interest me in the least. FF was good for competition, but it wasn't any fun because of the nature of the game - you could have the best roster, but it all comes down to choosing who to play. Too much blind/dumb luck and not enough reward for building a good roster. At least with baseball, the full roster comes into play. But I gave up fantasy baseball years ago for the same reason - it ruined my enjoyment of the game.
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08-31-2012, 10:49 AM | #9610 |
Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Seven miles up
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I started a FF league when I was in eighth grade. I was FF before FF was cool.
Of course I gave it up over 10 years ago, because it was consuming my life and i grew to hate it. Don't miss it much at all.
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08-31-2012, 11:00 AM | #9611 |
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: MA
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Yeah, I played FF back in the 90s, was ok but didn't love it. I straight despise it now and I don't even play it. There is nothing I care less about than articles and the talking heads that focus on FF. It's like a minefield, I start to read or listen only to realize what I stumbled into and how little I care.
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08-31-2012, 11:40 AM | #9612 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: NJ
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See, that's how I feel about the NFL now. Millions of articles, every play seems to have it's own highlite show. It's become way too much of a pageant. This way, I bone up on players a week or two before the season, draft a couple of teams, and just casually observe.
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08-31-2012, 11:46 AM | #9613 |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Where Hip Hop lives
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If it weren't for FF, I probably wouldn't watch much NFL at all anymore. After losing my team here in LA 18 years ago, what was the point?
Because of FF, I still love the game and now I can watch pretty much every game with interest, both for FF and for the real life competitive aspect of it.
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08-31-2012, 01:35 PM | #9614 |
Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: NYC
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I just don't allow myself to get too worked up over how my matchups are going. Maybe easier said than done for some, and it probably helps that I'm pretty successful overall...
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08-31-2012, 04:30 PM | #9615 |
Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Seven miles up
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This is a food cart in our area. Does anyone else find this a tad bit offensive?
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08-31-2012, 04:36 PM | #9616 |
Head Coach
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Bath, ME
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Yep. Seems clear they've decided who is and isn't going to be in their market. do they actually make Mexican food? Because if so, wow.
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08-31-2012, 04:49 PM | #9617 |
"Dutch"
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Tampa, FL
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Doesn't that just imply that "Joe" is here illegally?
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08-31-2012, 05:11 PM | #9618 | |
Coordinator
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: The Great Northwest
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08-31-2012, 06:27 PM | #9619 |
General Manager
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: The Mountains
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How much does it suck to plan a labor day weekend away, you make arrangement for the kids, put the dogs in the kennel, make hotel reservations in the city you're going to, show up at the airport on Friday afternoon, see that your flight is cancelled for no apparent reason, and learn that you can't be rebooked on any other flight before the weekend's over. So, trip aborted, everybody goes home. This didn't happen to me just now, but it did just happen to a friend's friend that was supposed to fly in from San Francisco to Boise. I'm sure she can get some bonus compensation or whatever, but that doesn't help, she's a busy lawyer with plenty of money, but not enough weekends off. I hate the airline industry.
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08-31-2012, 06:38 PM | #9620 |
Pro Starter
Join Date: Sep 2005
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Whenever I see someone who may or may not be a man in drag I hope it really is, just because if that actually a real woman... damn.
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08-31-2012, 06:40 PM | #9621 |
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08-31-2012, 06:44 PM | #9622 | |
Coordinator
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: San Diego via Sausalito via San Jose via San Diego
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Isn't Mitt Romney a 'legal' mexican?
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08-31-2012, 06:51 PM | #9623 |
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08-31-2012, 06:56 PM | #9624 | |
Coordinator
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: San Diego via Sausalito via San Jose via San Diego
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Eh, close enough. They're all brown people anyway.
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09-01-2012, 02:38 PM | #9625 |
Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Seven miles up
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Totally blown away by how many people got this question wrong on facebook. Well, it is facebook, but damn, it's not that hard.
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09-01-2012, 03:16 PM | #9626 |
Pro Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: PDX
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I don't think it's 'hard' so much as it is a yes-or-no question ("Do you remember the mathematic order of operations?"), presented as a math problem, in order to make you feel stupid or smart, depending on your answer. The order of operations never really comes up in real-life use (at least it never has is mine), and that kind of crappy notation is certainly never going to be used within mathematics/science as anything other than an example of "how do you read this really poorly formatted equation?", like this one. It's a question of memory and/or reading purposely crappy formatting, rather than any depth of mathematical ability.
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09-01-2012, 03:23 PM | #9627 |
General Manager
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Location: The Satellite of Love
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Sounds like someone got the answer wrong.....
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09-01-2012, 03:34 PM | #9628 |
"Dutch"
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Tampa, FL
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lmao!
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09-01-2012, 03:38 PM | #9629 |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: the yo'
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We had a thread about troll math before.
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09-01-2012, 03:49 PM | #9630 |
"Dutch"
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Tampa, FL
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Would it be easier to figure out this troll math or to memorize the discussion points in 75K+ threads? Hmmm....
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09-01-2012, 04:04 PM | #9631 |
Pro Starter
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09-01-2012, 05:52 PM | #9632 |
"Dutch"
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09-01-2012, 06:09 PM | #9633 |
Pro Starter
Join Date: Sep 2005
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If that is true, that is absolutely brilliant.
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09-02-2012, 01:12 AM | #9634 |
Head Coach
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Whittier
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Why do football players hold hands on the way out for the coin flip?
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09-03-2012, 08:35 PM | #9635 |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA
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Kinda bothered me tonight to realize that I couldn't name all of my HS English teachers. Dunno why that bothered me, just seems like I ought to be able to do that even if it has been nearly 30 years.
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09-03-2012, 08:58 PM | #9636 |
College Prospect
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Newcastle, Australia
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I was teaching a 9th grade class recently where I mentioned that I had high school Math in the same room 30 years ago. A girl looked shocked and said "Do you still remember that?"
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09-03-2012, 09:06 PM | #9637 |
Hall Of Famer
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Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA
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So either GT is suddenly a defensive powerhouse or VT ain't got much offensive at all.
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09-03-2012, 10:17 PM | #9638 |
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Aug 2008
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I'm amazed at the state of bathrooms are in that some of my male friends own. The showers seem to be the worst places to simply let rust and mildew build up. If you want to not care when nobody is over, then that's your prerogative, but if somebody is staying over, make some sort of effort.
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09-04-2012, 05:34 AM | #9639 |
Coordinator
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Utah
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Today is the first day of school for the kids. I do not have full custody of my boys, but my daughter willingly decided she wanted to live with me last week.
Well, this is the 2nd year in a row I have them for the first day of school. Second year in a row I get a phone call 2 hours before I am to drop them off and told to bring them over in the morning. It means my kids are up almost an hour before they normally would be. Damn my ex.
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09-04-2012, 07:49 AM | #9640 |
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That sucks MG, I've got a friend going through something similar with his soon-to-be ex right now (compounded by his kids just starting school) & I know what it puts him through. I wish I had a magic wand for both of you.
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09-04-2012, 07:53 AM | #9641 |
This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off.
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A paralegal at my former firm had major issues with his ex. He's had a real difficult time even getting copies of school work, report cards, school picture order forms, etc. The teachers give everything to the mom and shut him out completely. He's had to go to the principal several times to get "equal time." Really crappy situation.
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09-04-2012, 08:03 AM | #9642 | |
Coordinator
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Location: Utah
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I went through this last year and the only reason I am involved this year right out of the gates is because I had to take control with it. I was effectively being shut out by the ex and her boyfriend. I will post in my other thread I have about a situation that sucks.
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09-04-2012, 09:37 AM | #9643 |
High School Varsity
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Location: Downriver, MI
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Michael Strahan takes Regis' old job. I like it.
Live! with Kelly & Michael |
09-04-2012, 10:02 AM | #9644 |
General Manager
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: The Mountains
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I have 60 sick days saved up. Who the hell uses all these sick days? I guess it's just kind of like a bonus health insurance for if I get deathly ill.
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09-04-2012, 10:08 AM | #9645 |
High School Varsity
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09-04-2012, 11:31 AM | #9646 | |
Pro Starter
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Pittsburgh
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My prior position, we didn't accrue sick time. It was a "if you're really sick, don't come in" policy, but monitored. The unwritten rule was 8 days/5 occurances (multiple day string) per rolling calendar year. I used 2 sick days in 12 years. Others tracked when they "gained" a sick day back in the above system, and used it immediately. My current position, I accrue .5 days of medical time per month. The rule is however, you must supply a doctor's excuse within 3 days of your return. What I do alot is schedule doctor/dentist appointments for afternoon, and use .5 medical days. Chances are I wouldn't otherwise use them, and while I would accrue them, if I can't use them as true vacation, I'd never use them, and end up with 60 days as well.
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09-04-2012, 08:40 PM | #9647 |
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09-04-2012, 08:52 PM | #9648 |
"Dutch"
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Tampa, FL
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haha...nice.
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09-04-2012, 09:05 PM | #9649 | |
Favored Bitch #1
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: homeless in NJ
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I love the fact that my company doesn't separate the two. We get what is called earned time. Sucks if you get sick but for someone like me who never does or guts it out I get tons of vacation time. |
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09-04-2012, 09:14 PM | #9650 |
Head Coach
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Maryland
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At my old job I got something like 22 days of vacation and 12 days of sick per year, and they could accrue up to...well, I forget exactly - maybe two years' worth (this was a long time ago). "Sick" was pretty liberally treated - this could be if a family member was sick, if I had a doctor appt, etc.
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