Soccer, Sports and Politics - Part Deux

Discussion in 'Politics & Current Events' started by argentine soccer fan, Feb 12, 2024.

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  2. yossarian

    yossarian Moderator
    Staff Member

    Jun 16, 1999
    Big City Blinking
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    My first visit to Times Square was in the summer of 1985. My HS friend's parents were divorced and his dad lived in Brooklyn. He'd go there for most of the summer. I spent a week with him that summer. We'd do gopher work for his dad's contracting company every day until about 1 or 2pm, and then his dad would give us subway money and set us loose. Times Square was....uh...a real eye opener back then for this suburban Atlanta kid. :D

    Most fun we had though was playing pickup footy in Washington Square park most afternoons.
     
  3. Auriaprottu

    Auriaprottu Member+

    Atlanta Damn United
    Apr 1, 2002
    The back of the bus
    Club:
    Atlanta
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    I was there in 1980. Same thing. We went to a bunch of plays as well...
     
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  4. Q*bert Jones III

    Q*bert Jones III The People's Poet

    Feb 12, 2005
    Woodstock, NY
    Club:
    DC United
    There was grass in Washington Square Park?!?
     
  5. Deadtigers

    Deadtigers Member+

    Jul 23, 2015
    Independent Republic of the Bronx, NY
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Ghana
    Trick question, it was made without grass.
     
  6. Sounders78

    Sounders78 Member+

    Apr 20, 2009
    Olympia
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    France

    I was impressed with how Kamala made sure that can was well centered when she was on Colbert the other night. After sipping it, she position the can so that the label was facing the camera. If she wins, they could easily promote it as The Beer of Presidents using that clip.
     
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  7. roby

    roby Member+

    SIRLOIN SALOON FC, PITTSFIELD MA
    Feb 27, 2005
    So Cal
    For me it was 1949/50? Went with a buddy...we were 12. Sat morning Bradley Field to Laguardia on a DC3. Bronx Zoo then Times Sq till the sun came up. R/t ticket about $15 for a 1 hr flight. :coffee:
     
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  8. Dr. Wankler

    Dr. Wankler Member+

    May 2, 2001
    The Electric City
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Waaayyyyyyyyy ahead of you on that one.
     
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  9. Sounders78

    Sounders78 Member+

    Apr 20, 2009
    Olympia
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    France

    I always preferred the framboise (raspberry). It went great with a chocolate dessert.
     
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  10. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
    #4085 Cascarino's Pizzeria, Oct 10, 2024
    Last edited: Oct 10, 2024
    I'm fully aware of Times Sqaure BITD. A drunk coworker spent half an hour trying to negotiate with an Asian lady of the night. He got shot down but when we tried to explain to him that it was a ladyboy, he vehemently denied he was trying to pick her up. :rolleyes:

    Another time a buddy wanted some action when we were in the city clubbing. So we drove to the East Village, he negotiated, then drove down the block in my car (I wasnt happy about that) and when he was done his $500 gold bracelet was gone. :D
     
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  11. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
    Jeff Pearlman, a former SI writer, does cool videos mostly on sports. But since we're talking Times Square, here's one on The Naked Cowboy

    https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8885qUB/
     
  12. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
  13. yossarian

    yossarian Moderator
    Staff Member

    Jun 16, 1999
    Big City Blinking
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Nope, at least not where we played. Definitely street ball.
     
  14. BocaFan

    BocaFan Member+

    Aug 18, 2003
    Queens, NY
    Yeah, got nothing against them but they're for people that don't like beer.

    Similar to how people that don't like wine drink Moscato.
     
  15. Ha,
    I drink beer,
    collect glasses
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    my latest Duvel acquisition
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    and I like the fruit beers:devilish:
     
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  16. Sounders78

    Sounders78 Member+

    Apr 20, 2009
    Olympia
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    France

    I kept a couple of Duvel glasses (the traditional ones), Leffe, Maredsous, Hoegaarden, and the famous Kwak one with the stand on it. I gave away most of my others, including Chimay, Orval and the fruit beer glasses, given I no longer had a need for them being coeliac. The ones I saved are the appropriate shapes for the gluten free beers I drink (the Maredsous in particular works very well for the Belgian Greens gluten free beers, while the Duvel glass works well for some of the Glutenberg beers).
     
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  17. You should explore Javanese temulawak, a more potent variety of tumeric:
    https://www.celiac.com/celiac-disea...-celiac-disease-and-gluten-sensitivity-r4789/
     
  18. chaski

    chaski Moderator
    Staff Member

    Mar 20, 2000
    redacted
    Club:
    Lisburn Distillery FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Guam
    Fruit in beer is like pineapple on pizza.:cautious:
     
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  19. roby

    roby Member+

    SIRLOIN SALOON FC, PITTSFIELD MA
    Feb 27, 2005
    So Cal
    Hey...is anybody here gonna watch Potch's juggernaut today? :whistling:
     
  20. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
    How is Holden these days?
     
  21. roby

    roby Member+

    SIRLOIN SALOON FC, PITTSFIELD MA
    Feb 27, 2005
    So Cal
    Folden! :coffee:
     
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  22. Deadtigers

    Deadtigers Member+

    Jul 23, 2015
    Independent Republic of the Bronx, NY
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Ghana
    I hate Moscato with a passion. Women here drink it all the time. It's worse than a port. I like the the one that served that room temperature that's going in Argentina from a French great. The Name Escapes me right now. Pinot Noir ( I will you remember some lady yelling behind me at a liquor store she wanted a peanut nor) outside of the basics of a merlot. I hate a Chardonnay actually, it's always too dry, I'll probably do a resling first.
     
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  23. roby

    roby Member+

    SIRLOIN SALOON FC, PITTSFIELD MA
    Feb 27, 2005
    So Cal
    Either you've had too much peanut nor or you're texting again! :unsure:
     
  24. Deadtigers

    Deadtigers Member+

    Jul 23, 2015
    Independent Republic of the Bronx, NY
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Ghana
    No, that's how the lady pronounced it.
     

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