Off Topic 2016

[BurghFan]

Re: Off Topic 2016: Merry Christmas!

Wait.. you guys are capturing wild, free animals for pets ?

Parrots and parakeets aren't native to the U.S. They're probably either escaped pets or pets that people turned loose because they didn't want to care for them anymore.

[AUChase]

Re: Off Topic 2016: Merry Christmas!

I guess landing on your shoulder sounds a bit different than catching. I wouldn't consider myself someone who would go out of my way to wrangle up some loose birds so I was curious.. not passing judgment.


I searched pretty soon after I read because I was curious what Parrots were doing there because it didn't sound right lol.

[Mabster]

Re: Off Topic 2016: Merry Christmas!

Parrots and parakeets aren't native to the U.S. They're probably either escaped pets or pets that people turned loose because they didn't want to care for them anymore.

One of the parakeets had a leg band so was obviously an escaped pet. The other was tame enough to be caught by hand.

[l3ulvl]

Re: Off Topic 2016:Official Turkey Day is better Fan Club Thread

I don't buy anyone anything, and nobody buys me anything, it works out great

[Fresh Tendrils]

Re: Off Topic 2016:Official Turkey Day is better Fan Club Thread

I utilize gift cards and Amazon lists.

[mattlanta]

Re: Off Topic 2016:Official Turkey Day is better Fan Club Thread

What's the best way to go about finding authentic autographed jerseys and gear?

[PVarck31]

Re: Off Topic 2016:Official Turkey Day is better Fan Club Thread

What's the best way to go about finding authentic autographed jerseys and gear?

eBay is pretty good. I haven't bought much memorabilia but I do buy and sell sports cards and I've never had any issues.

I would make sure you only buy from people in the US or Canada and they have very high feedback score. Like 98-100% Also try to only get things that have some sort of authentication.

You can snag up some great deals on there. A lot of people sell autographed stuff that they think will sell high and it ends up going very reasonably.

[Caulfield]

Re: Off Topic 2016:Official Turkey Day is better Fan Club Thread

I don't buy anyone anything, and nobody buys me anything, it works out great

Isnt that a line from the Grinch ?

[Majingir]

Re: Off Topic 2016:Official Turkey Day is better Fan Club Thread

Isnt that a line from the Grinch ?

And Scrooge as well.

[Redacted01]

Re: Off Topic 2016:Official Turkey Day is better Fan Club Thread

I'm usually good at the gift buying. I never know what I want at the moment or don't want people buying random stuff I won't use so I say to leave it to gift cards and I'll figure it out from there.

[kehlis]

Re: Off Topic 2016:Official Turkey Day is better Fan Club Thread

I'm usually good at the gift buying. I never know what I want at the moment or don't want people buying random stuff I won't use so I say to leave it to gift cards and I'll figure it out from there.

Who do you have in the race tonight? I really like Frosted to pull the upset.

[The JareBear]

Re: Off Topic 2016:Official Turkey Day is better Fan Club Thread

I only order thin crust pizza now. I just can't go back to hand tossed or pan. Ever since this Dominos opened right down the street and I tried their thin crust it was a wrap. Something about that crunchy goodness. Sorry if that sounds weird.

[Blzer]

Re: Off Topic 2016:Official Turkey Day is better Fan Club Thread

I noticed my laptop battery was dying on me.

I have since placed it on life support, as the computer is being charged... with manslaughter.

This is my extraordinary Saturday night, folks.

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[Redacted01]

Re: Off Topic 2016:Official Turkey Day is better Fan Club Thread

Who do you have in the race tonight? I really like Frosted to pull the upset.

I didn't come back to this in time.

I've followed Frosted since last spring and outside of the Met Mile, I figured he wouldn't have enough. He's always been sort of second tier in these races. I had him in the Kentucky Derby and he closed like nobody's business. For some reason, he doesn't get ridden in these longer distances races like he was at 1 mile. I'd like to see him run some more 1 mile races to see if that is the best distance for him or was that record run truly out of character?

I had Chrome, Arrogate, and Melatonin as part of a double and I really wanted Melatonin to hit because it was going to pay great. I was looking good for the first 2/3 and then he just disappeared. I doubt Arrogate came close to repeating his Travers performance, but he definitely improved over his earlier races while Melatonin just had too long a layoff.

I found the races a lot harder to handicap this year than last year. I hit on quite a few nice payouts for last year's and did next to nothing at this year's BC.

[Majingir]

Re: Off Topic 2016:Official Turkey Day is better Fan Club Thread

Daylight savings time....It's nice for mornings and all, but horrible in evenings. Sunset by 5pm!