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by MaxWebster
Fri Apr 10, 2015 5:02 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2015 MLB Predictions
Replies: 12
Views: 852

Re: 2015 MLB Predictions

sure, i'll embarrass myself: ALE Toronto Baltimore Boston New York Tampa ALC Detroit *Chicago Cleveland Kansas City Minnesota ALW LAAngels *Seattle Oakland Houston Texas NLE Washington *NYMets Florida Atlanta Philadelphia NLC Pittsburgh *St Louis Chicago Milwaukee Cincinnati NLW LADodgers San Diego ...
by MaxWebster
Wed Apr 08, 2015 12:34 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
Replies: 9064
Views: 495460

Re: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random

a) those eggs were much bigger 10...even 5 years ago b) i dislike milk chocolate but is that it? the chocolate in the last few years has made them sadly terrible ...yes, i realize i'm talking about a disgusting jizzy sugar egg. i get disappointed when junk food i like is changed or worse - discontin...
by MaxWebster
Wed Apr 08, 2015 12:32 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Depression is awful, awful, awful....
Replies: 294
Views: 16335

Re: Depression is awful, awful, awful....

NOW i'm laughing.

(i absolutely hate horses btw. big ugly disgusting animals.)

:D
duff wrote:At least no race horses were put down. We might lose more.
by MaxWebster
Sun Apr 05, 2015 11:53 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Depression is awful, awful, awful....
Replies: 294
Views: 16335

Re: Depression is awful, awful, awful....

no word - i don't know what to expect or...? i suppose maybe check twitter but i confess to having watched the local news last night....that's grim isn't it.
by MaxWebster
Sat Apr 04, 2015 10:39 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Depression is awful, awful, awful....
Replies: 294
Views: 16335

Re: Depression is awful, awful, awful....

Scott is his middle name, so he wasn't technically lying. :) I will not ever defend a lot of what happened here...that's not right: what he did to the Swamp. I never understood it. That being said, I have met him in person - first time years ago, and again after I moved here to Vancouver last year, ...
by MaxWebster
Sat Apr 04, 2015 9:12 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Depression is awful, awful, awful....
Replies: 294
Views: 16335

Re: Depression is awful, awful, awful....

Kranepool tipped me off earlier...i don't tweet so it took me a while to hit the links etc...anways i left his address with the RCMP just now.

wtf. dammit.
by MaxWebster
Sat Apr 04, 2015 7:40 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Paging Travzilla. Mr. Travzilla (Stanley Cup Draft Game)
Replies: 43
Views: 5176

Re: Paging Travzilla. Mr. Travzilla (Stanley Cup Draft Game)

i kinda swore off fantasy type deals....but i'd be in if room. :)
by MaxWebster
Mon Mar 30, 2015 10:53 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: THE 2014-2015 NHL Regular Season Thread
Replies: 641
Views: 32183

Re: THE 2014-2015 NHL Regular Season Thread

Meszaros? Twice?? wtf
by MaxWebster
Tue Mar 24, 2015 10:31 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: THE 2014-2015 NHL Regular Season Thread
Replies: 641
Views: 32183

Re: THE 2014-2015 NHL Regular Season Thread

[...Max thanks Jimmy Howard for looking like he was in sneakers and Mylec pads in OT tonight...]
by MaxWebster
Tue Mar 24, 2015 2:53 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: THE 2014-2015 NHL Regular Season Thread
Replies: 641
Views: 32183

Re: THE 2014-2015 NHL Regular Season Thread

i think i'd rather give up one of the top 2 than see that jersey become real.
by MaxWebster
Sat Mar 21, 2015 5:04 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
Replies: 9064
Views: 495460

Re: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random

as always, YMMV. but my experience: 1) how "good" the guitar is will make or break you. "good" doesn't necessarily have anything to do with price at all - my first electric was something called a Gilbert Skylark, bought at Airport Music in Buffalo NY in the late 80s for about $10...
by MaxWebster
Thu Mar 19, 2015 1:13 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: THE 2014-2015 NHL Regular Season Thread
Replies: 641
Views: 32183

Re: THE 2014-2015 NHL Regular Season Thread

yup. have fun:

http://nhllotterysimulator.com/#/


crazy thing is of course that it's more likely one of the "bottom 3" teams do not get McDavid.
by MaxWebster
Thu Mar 19, 2015 1:06 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: THE 2014-2015 NHL Regular Season Thread
Replies: 641
Views: 32183

Re: THE 2014-2015 NHL Regular Season Thread

i'm not reflexively "lumping" LV in with anyone else as you're right, each market is different, but there are still gradients here....i think it's the expansion i'm more offended by than the market itself. 30 teams is enough (also said at 26...). there are more than a few existing franchis...
by MaxWebster
Tue Mar 17, 2015 12:09 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: THE 2014-2015 NHL Regular Season Thread
Replies: 641
Views: 32183

Re: THE 2014-2015 NHL Regular Season Thread

also this is complete and utter horseshit. 9000 people put in what, $50 maybe? after how many weeks? sorry i know you're in Vegas and all but putting a team there makes Phoenix look like Maple Leaf Gardens, sweet fuck. Hamilton sold something like 15000 not including all luxury boxes in no time and ...
by MaxWebster
Tue Mar 17, 2015 12:01 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: THE 2014-2015 NHL Regular Season Thread
Replies: 641
Views: 32183

Re: THE 2014-2015 NHL Regular Season Thread

fantastic.
sancarlos wrote:Coyotes.
by MaxWebster
Tue Mar 17, 2015 12:01 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Cultural Blind Spots
Replies: 524
Views: 27517

Re: Cultural Blind Spots

hey...whoa whoa, now. Harry Potter is boss.



(but in with Pruitt; Zombies. although aren't they the same as Vampires? probably not but who fucking cares)
by MaxWebster
Sun Mar 15, 2015 7:00 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Cultural Blind Spots
Replies: 524
Views: 27517

Re: Cultural Blind Spots

wow this could probably be a long list. quickly coming to mind: 1) anything related to the NFL post ~2000. I can name you Tom Brady, i've probably heard of someone else on the Patriots, and i might know 2 or 3 guys on the current Bills if their names were given to me. This is the more stunning since...
by MaxWebster
Sat Mar 14, 2015 6:26 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: EPL 14-15, Home Stretch
Replies: 29
Views: 1508

Re: EPL 14-15, Home Stretch

Villa netting 4? away? in one HALF?

this Sherwood fella seems to be pushing the right buttons.
by MaxWebster
Wed Mar 11, 2015 2:52 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: EPL 14-15, Home Stretch
Replies: 29
Views: 1508

Re: EPL 14-15, Home Stretch

indeed he was/is. :)

aside from last week which was shockingly awesome, between the Sabres and Villa i know how to pick the offensive powerhouses!
The Sybian wrote:Couldn't find an FA Cup thread, and figure I will be talking to myself with only Arsenal and Liverpool left. Someone was a Villa fan, Max maybe? ...
by MaxWebster
Fri Mar 06, 2015 8:18 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Weather
Replies: 2506
Views: 135360

Re: The Weather

still no snow on the north shore mountains (minutes north of Vancouver) and no winter at all to speak of at all this year. have not worn my winter jacket once since last February.
by MaxWebster
Wed Mar 04, 2015 11:21 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 25 years ago today
Replies: 4
Views: 354

Re: 25 years ago today

shit. the small window in my life where i really followed basketball, i was in college at the time and living off-campus meant having cable so...it was TV (sports) 24/7. My memory is probably boosting him after all this time but he seemed larger than life to us, what a player/kid.
by MaxWebster
Wed Mar 04, 2015 1:02 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Old Timey Music for Howard and DC
Replies: 1597
Views: 185213

Re: Old Timey Music for Howard and DC

ah, Rush the person is ok i guess. :P heh i never got into JCS for the religion (we were barely Catholic and that didn't last) - the story was weird and fun to me and the music creepy as hell. I do remember being "older" (what, 4?) and hearing Smoke On the Water all over the radio and thin...
by MaxWebster
Tue Mar 03, 2015 11:47 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Old Timey Music for Howard and DC
Replies: 1597
Views: 185213

Re: Old Timey Music for Howard and DC

:) i kid, i kid. musical tastes, man!. I get that a lot of what i like is probably hated by a lot of people. Me, i cannot understand The Dead in any way - i won't say it's terrible, i just don't like any of it. different strokes - that's what makes it all interesting to me though. i love this thread...
by MaxWebster
Tue Mar 03, 2015 11:15 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Old Timey Music for Howard and DC
Replies: 1597
Views: 185213

Re: Old Timey Music for Howard and DC

oh DC...you hurt me....
by MaxWebster
Mon Mar 02, 2015 7:08 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Today I became a man.
Replies: 49
Views: 2072

Re: Today I became a man.

i can parallel park like a motherfucker. something i've found to be a unique skill in BC; we often identify "The BC Parallel Park" here - so hilariously bad. (someone taught the entire province en masse to drive in head first...back up...forward/backward...pause....abort...crank tires...gi...
by MaxWebster
Mon Mar 02, 2015 5:44 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: THE 2014-2015 NHL Regular Season Thread
Replies: 641
Views: 32183

Re: THE 2014-2015 NHL Regular Season Thread

sucks...boy was he having a hell of a year.

will be even more tough for the Flames to fight off the Kings (and others)... i know this has been a bit of a bonus/unexpected year anyways but i'm still rooting for them to sneak in.
by MaxWebster
Mon Mar 02, 2015 4:58 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Today I became a man.
Replies: 49
Views: 2072

Re: Today I became a man.

I don't know, B... at best i'll give you a tie but changing oil is also some sort of evil magic that i am only too happy to pay someone else to waste their time doing. Who knew door handles had screws? I'm with you. i would put money down right now that i know less about cars than not only any of yo...
by MaxWebster
Mon Mar 02, 2015 4:55 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: THE 2014-2015 NHL Regular Season Thread
Replies: 641
Views: 32183

Re: THE 2014-2015 NHL Regular Season Thread

Giordano out for the season.
by MaxWebster
Sun Mar 01, 2015 10:24 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Today I became a man.
Replies: 49
Views: 2072

Re: Today I became a man.

i would put money down right now that i know less about cars than not only any of you here but your significant others and probably your children and possibly pets as well.

Bapo!, changing a battery is like flying to the moon to me.
by MaxWebster
Sun Mar 01, 2015 10:22 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: THE 2014-2015 NHL Regular Season Thread
Replies: 641
Views: 32183

Re: THE 2014-2015 NHL Regular Season Thread

wow. Angelo fn Esposito. the (former-then-not) consensus #1 overall pick? i saw him play in juniors that draft year. total meh.

speaking of having seen...James Sheppard was fantastic in junior. you just never know.
by MaxWebster
Sun Mar 01, 2015 6:48 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: THE 2014-2015 NHL Regular Season Thread
Replies: 641
Views: 32183

Re: THE 2014-2015 NHL Regular Season Thread

Mats ZUC re-signs in NY. 4/$18M
by MaxWebster
Sun Mar 01, 2015 6:45 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: THE 2014-2015 NHL Regular Season Thread
Replies: 641
Views: 32183

Re: THE 2014-2015 NHL Regular Season Thread

not really - he's just on a good team now. he was actually pretty decent for the Sabres this year.
by MaxWebster
Sun Mar 01, 2015 6:40 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: THE 2014-2015 NHL Regular Season Thread
Replies: 641
Views: 32183

Re: THE 2014-2015 NHL Regular Season Thread

btw this Jets/Kings game was highly entertaining. I love these Winnipeg Sabres.
by MaxWebster
Sun Mar 01, 2015 6:38 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Today I became a man.
Replies: 49
Views: 2072

Re: Today I became a man.

i used pliers today. I would give myself a B- on my performance.

you win.
by MaxWebster
Sun Mar 01, 2015 6:13 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: THE 2014-2015 NHL Regular Season Thread
Replies: 641
Views: 32183

Re: THE 2014-2015 NHL Regular Season Thread

slightly more rational after a few minutes...if Yandle can bring a price like that I'm hoping Stewart can bring back maybe as much.


p.s. f Arizona.
by MaxWebster
Sun Mar 01, 2015 5:48 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: THE 2014-2015 NHL Regular Season Thread
Replies: 641
Views: 32183

Re: THE 2014-2015 NHL Regular Season Thread

f the Coyotes and hard. i hate everything about that entire franchise.

Shane Doan can smoke it too. dingus.
by MaxWebster
Sun Mar 01, 2015 4:37 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: THE 2014-2015 NHL Regular Season Thread
Replies: 641
Views: 32183

Re: THE 2014-2015 NHL Regular Season Thread

you're pre-barfing...? i'm starting a 6-week vomitorium in which i worry that Arizona steamrolls past the Buffalo tank...
by MaxWebster
Sun Feb 22, 2015 5:51 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Scotch Thread
Replies: 97
Views: 6357

Re: The Scotch Thread

If pressed I'd have to pick Talisker or The Macallan. both quite different - Talisker for the peat. :)
by MaxWebster
Thu Feb 19, 2015 2:00 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Second place
Replies: 27
Views: 1073

Re: Second place

if i still lived in/near Boston I think at this point i might actually have purchased an A-Rod shirtsey for this season. I did receive Billy Joel albums for my birthday twice as a kid, so i'm not sure where that puts me in the rankings (52nd St / Glass Houses). I'm still low but if there's any "...
by MaxWebster
Mon Feb 16, 2015 2:09 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Scotch Thread
Replies: 97
Views: 6357

Re: The Scotch Thread

HA! although i had to review and think where did i recommend it? i actually didn't...i just told you all i was sipping it. :) I wouldn't buy it again either, it's fine, and i had a $50 gift certificate (!!) to a local liquor store and i'd decided to get something i'd never had. Interestingly enough ...