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Kringelbert Fishtybuns

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  1. Had to be offside.
  2. That's not what Captain Ron said.
  3. That wasn't a penalty, but thats not a dive. Barca is having all sorts of problems on swimming pool of a field.
  4. They are already in deep shit. Pep is trying to score 5.
  5. I am happy this worked out for you and the intention was not to attack someone else's parental decisions - although I could have worded my response better. I like Wemberley and have spent plenty of time there as my parents live nearby. Surely you can see the difference between Wemberley - a 1 hour drive from the #7 and #11 most populous cities in the US and the generic small town close to nothing. As far a any sense of community, I think you make your own community. Much like UT was large at first. Once you started getting into smaller and more focused classes, everything starts to shrink. By the time you are at the end, you have been studying with the same people in the same study room/computer lab for two years and everybody is helping everybody. The same goes for a larger city. The nice thing about a bigger city is the fact that if you are a little different or into different things, the odds of you finding someone else that is into the same things is much higher. My high school graduating class had +1000 people. My community was probably 30 kids from different backgrounds. Our parents all knew each other and were actively involved in helping out/supplemental parenting. Everybody thinks larger cities are impersonal until something big happens. Just look at the neighborhoods in Houston during Harvey. If that wasn't communities showing unity, then I don't know what was? I think the lack of sense of community many feel really stems more from a general lack of empathy. But that is for a different discussion.
  6. I can only assume that would also require 3 pellets of mescaline, a sheet of blotter acid, 3 lines of coke and a contingency bottle of ether.....daily.
  7. Assuming there is no dependency, why would you stop?
  8. I meant small towns in general over simply Alpine. That being said a quick review of the Alpine demographics should prove sufficient.
  9. I can get it if you are retiring or you will never have kids. I can't imagine raising children in such a limited environment.
  10. I had a similar break in High School as in the OP (not compound, but tibia broke twice and bent my fibula) when a keeper slid into my plant foot. It still hurts the first cold day of the year. My first rule for over 25 yo soccer - If somebody shows up wearing shin guards, I'm out. Chances are they are either too uncoordinated/unskilled to stay out of a reckless challenge or are too competitive to want to avoid it.
  11. Maybe, but Stringer was the more interesting character. He played it superbly and I can't imagine anyone else playing it. I guess they could have pulled a Hayley Mills and put two Elbas on the screen, but that would be a little weird.
  12. Fuck that. Neither has Matt Bullard.
  13. Unfortunately, I do not. If I could afford one, Durango would not be on my list of non-vacation living arrangements.
  14. Where can you get to from Durango in 30 minutes without traffic?
  15. I travel to small towns for work all the time. There is no fucking way I am ever moving to or willingly living in a small town unless we are talking about 30 minutes w/o traffic from civilization and the scenery is other wordly.
  16. I saw that Atletico scored in the first minute. I expect the subsequent 179 minutes of the tie will be scoreless.
  17. You want it to be one way, but its the other. I'm just using the Premier League time span, since that has been the beginning of big TV money flooding in and 25 years seems like a long enough time span. Spain has 10 UCL winners (Real 6, Barca 4) and 5 UCL runners up (Atletico 2, Valencia 2, Barca 1). England has 4 winners (Man U 2, Chelsea 1, Liverpool 1) and 5 runners up ( Arsenal 1, Chelsea 1, Liverpool 1, Man U 2). Four teams for each league have played for the UCL. If Griezmann doesn't miss the penalty two years ago, the number of teams to have won probably would be equal. If you assume the Europa League is comparable to a top bowl game not in the playoffs, for the same time frame Spain - Winners Sevilla (5), Atletico (2), Valencia 1 Runners Up (3) Atletic Bilbao, Espanyol and Alaves England Winners (3) Liverpool - 1, Chelsea - 1, Man U - 1 Runners Up (4) Arsenal 1, Middlesborough 1, Liverpool 1, Fulham 1 If we eliminate those from the UCL list to prevent double dipping, Spain has 4 top Europa League level squads and the EPL has 2 (both of which currently no longer play in the top tier).
  18. They may not be afraid, but maybe they should be. Betis and Girona are in a position to play in Europe. You may have never seen them play or recognize the names on the jerseys, but they aren't bad squads. In the 25 years of the Premier League, there have been 6 different clubs that have won (Man U (13), Man C (2), Arsenal (3), Chelsea (5), Leicester (1) and Blackburn (1)). For the same span, there have been 5 different Spanish champions (Deportivo (1), Real (8), Atleti (2), Barca (12), and Valencia (2)). So basically the EPL has had one more fluke than in Spain. The big leagues are top heavy and with as much money that is now pouring in, I don't think that is going to change. I know Liverpool fans will disagree, but without a Luis Garcia clearance and a Schevshenko sitter miss their last quarter century is less successful than Valencia (2 Leagues, 2 Cups, 2 CL finals - one lost on penalties). Man U just lost to Sevilla. Spurs are fun, but still Spurs when anything important comes along. Chelsea have talent, but look to be going into fire sale/phoenix mode. Arsenal are wandering in the wilderness at the moment. Look, I like watching the EPL too. I just don't get the circle jerk that comes from its plaudits. Its almost like the SEC fans, if they had the relative success of the ACC. These things tend to ebb and flow. Just look at the Serie A now compared to 1990-2007.
  19. Fair enough. That card may not be available next year though.
  20. Based on the results from the first leg of the quarters, Barca should be the semifinals of the Champions League while you are there. Games are 4/24 or 25 and 5/1 or 2. Tickets will probably be difficult and they may be away for the first leg, but the atmosphere around the city leading up to the game should be pretty fun.
  21. The English speaking press always says that the EPL is the most competitive league in the world, but the point distributions between them and La Liga for the past couple of years look pretty damn similar. If the seventh spot team in La Liga can make the second place team in the EPL look pedestrian and the juggernaut of Real is currently 13 points off first place sitting in third, I don't know how the argument holds any water. I know they invented the game and they spend money like drunken sailors on shore leave, but right now the results don't seem to match.
  22. The serious eats pan and Detroit style are great. I omit the almost all the sugar from the Detroit recipe sauce.
  23. Sevilla looked the better team the first half, so I could see them maybe getting one up. Searching for the second will get them carved up (more than one) If City had an away goal, I think the tie would be a coin flip.
  24. Well, shit. Looks like the only live tie we have left is Sevilla-Bayern one, which is on life support at best. Oh well. Barca, Liverpool, Real and Bayern in the last four has got to have the ad men drooling.
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