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  1. Have some of you older folks around here seen Mad Men? It's set in the 60s and gives viewers a glimpse of the prevailing attitudes towards many issues as well as reactions to many of the events occurring at that time. 

     

    Of course nothing can actually compare with living through those times but I really love shows that provide us a window so that we can get a glimpse of the past through the eyes of ordinary people.

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    2. Heretic

      Heretic

      My only beef about some of these "period" pieces is that they stretch things.  I was born in the 60's and grew up in the 70's, remember That 70's show?  They emphasized sex way more than it happened.  I'm pretty sure the average office wasn't like that in Made Men neither (sex, sex, sex)...at least that's what my dad said...so once again it's just Hollywood trying to sell to people with sex.

    3. Alflives

      Alflives

      It's a TV show.  There was a lot of smoking and drinking during that era though.  Airplanes had non - smoking sections. 

    4. Ghostsof1915

      Ghostsof1915

      Wait you mean stuff like this didn't happen?

       

       

  2. Hey NGC224, randomly decided to see if my account was still active after 7 years and it turns out it is. Sad to see you haven't been active since 2009, but in all honestly I'm surprised you lasted that long. You're too good for this place.

     

    You keep doing you buddy, you keep doing you.

  3. I was going to say something about this but I don't use that button anyway.
  4. A guy on the bus last night stared at me for a full minute or so while I pretended to look at my phone. After I thought he had looked away, I glanced at him again, he turned around catches my eye and stares at me for another half a minute or so. People can be such freaks.

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    2. Bruce Boudreau

      Bruce Boudreau

      Nothing good happens between 10pm and 4 am those are the hours the craziest come out.

    3. Toews

      Toews

      @RRypien37

       

      I am not one to tempt fate. 

       

      @Alflives

       

      Nope never going to carry. I don't feel vulnerable enough to even consider that an option. Besides I do not like guns.

    4. Alflives

      Alflives

      You seem to be a very likeable (nice) young fellow.  Just be safe:)

  5. If you right click on the offending element and select "inspect element" you can manually remove it from the screen. It should also highlight that element so you can see what you are actually deleting. Don't worry about altering the settings as they will revert back to normal once you refresh the page after signing in. It will be tedious and annoying to have to do constantly but it's a temporary fix till Stealth can adress the issue. I use this often to get past annoying overlays on certain streaming websites. I believe there is a similar option for Chrome as well. Edit: There is a way to make lasting changes to a particular webpage and you can save that in the attributes of the page but I haven't much experience with it and it's been a while since i last attempted to do that.
  6. @SabreFan1

     

     

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    2. Toews

      Toews

      @Twilight Sparkle

       

      We need your take on this photo. Is Jack a real brony or is he just a poser?

    3. Sean Monahan

      Sean Monahan

      IIRC it was for some rookie initiation, I believe at BU but maybe with the USNDP or something.

    4. SabreFan1
  7. From what I remember you couldn't criticize Kassian on this forum as people would jump down your throat for it. "He is still young" "Power forwards take longer to develop" "He is big. He is tough. He is mean. "We dont have anyone like him." Any criticism was dismissed and posters were ridiculed and flamed for "trolling".
  8. Can someone make a thread about Landeskog's player's tribune article? I would but it's rather aggravating copying at pasting from my phone. It's a good read and I think people would find it interesting.

  9. I have rarely ever used the report button on the site. Even if someone makes personal remarks I can give it back as well as I can take them. Yes this does escalate the situation but I try not to get people in trouble even if I dislike their behavior. If there are some posts that cross the line in terms of inappropriate language or vitriol against a particular group of persons either by race, religion, sexuality etc that I cannot and will not tolerate. This is a family site and no doubt there are some kids here who should not see that stuff and be influenced by it.
  10. I was going to suggest something for TV and Movies as well but I didn't want to push my luck. Glad that you were thinking about it as well. I like your suggested categories.
  11. This is just a suggestion. I really don't know whether it is a feasible one. It is about the off-topic forum I feel that for as large of a forum we have, the traffic that we get in certain topics is quite low. It's the same few posters and hence we are lacking in the variety of perspectives we get. Now this is a wild guess on my part but I think part of the reason for that is that the off-topic section subsumes far too many categories. I feel like it would be better if we could have a seperate "News" forum. Maybe it would attract more members into discussing current events. Besides it just makes sense to me to seperate the serious topics like the elections or terror attacks from topics like TV shows and movies.
  12. Gotze left for Bayern way too early. Of course Bayern is very much responsible for that, no doubt they dangled money and the dream of playing for Bayern as well as the threat that the opportunity would not come knocking again. Some said at the time it was the ideal time for Bayern to make a move because of how costly the transfer fee might end up being had they waited. Of course the end result is that the move ended up badly for all parties. The player didn't reach his immense potential. Dortmund ended up with a smaller transfer fee as well as lost a significant talent. Bayern instead of getting the next great German talent received exactly the caliber of player they paid for. The National team though the best team in the world already could have really used an elite talent up front. It's really the worst kind of transfer and it should teach big clubs that buying up talented kids just because they are cheaper in the present may just end up stunting their careers.
  13. @bleedblue2017 You really need to get a thicker skin or you likely won't last long. Those that get into squabbles over petty matters don't last long around here.

     

    Just some friendly advice.

    1. Sean Monahan

      Sean Monahan

      So 4/5 of the most recent status updates are directed at this guy- what happened?

    2. Toews

      Toews

      Bleed is the only one that can answer that question. He started calling out people on here probably because he took some posts way too seriously. It's the first time I saw someone have a problem with Joe.

    3. Sean Monahan

      Sean Monahan

      I don't see this lasting long.

  14. I am not referring just to Nylander and Ehlers but the way other players in the same draft year have progressed. I always see this being said every time there is a discussion about Virtanen, "It's too early". It was the same thing said about Kassian as well. I don't think it's ever too early to evaluate progress. You look at the progress that Demko and Boeser have made and anything that Jake has done pales in comparison. If I had to rank the youngsters in terms of value moving forward, I would have Jake behind the above names as well as Bo, Juolevi and Hutton. The only one he would be above is Baertschi.
  15. This isn't a knee jerk reaction. Virtanen's play has been for the most part underwhelming for two years now. He hasn't shown enough progress compared to some of his peers. This doesn't mean that he won't be a useful player but the expectations need to be tempered.
  16. You and I have different definitions of the word dominate.
  17. Penalties in Bordeaux!!

  18. Yup true #1s are really rare to find. Anything more than top pairing is a bonus.
  19. Farhan Lalji apparently saying 6x6 for Eriksson.

  20. The first signing will roll in like a minute after free agency begins which of course means that no one cares about the "no discussing terms" rule. 

  21. In half an hour hearts were broken in Edmonton, Toronto and Montreal.

     

    Pretty amazing.

  22. Imo JV was more of a off the board pick them OJ. I always felt uneasy about drafting JV that high, not something I feel about OJ.
  23. Auston Matthews always looks so indifferent to everything happening around him.

     

    Meanwhile Laine seems to act like a human being and not a robot.

     

    The Europeans, they are taught to have fun and celebrate good things. North Americans are taught that you should be considerate to others and not come across as gloating or "showing somebody up".

     

    Our superstars lack any personality as they don't want to upset the uptight bunch of people who care far too much about such things. This is the same reason why PK Subban rubs people the wrong way yet Jonathan Toews is praised for being the good ol' Canadian boy. We do a good job of stifling charisma and candidness here.

    1. Tigs

      Tigs

      Different personalities is all it is imo.

    2. chon derry

      chon derry

      i've noticed that as well, these young players seem to be intering much more physically ready ,at a younger age , i thought the lack of personality was from being so focused on there goal that ,for them it wasn't an issue? nice to see our hutton has some personality.

  24. Pysyk and Yandle in. Gudbranson and Kulikov out. They also have the money to keep Campbell now I think. They have two very good young D in Matheson and McCoshen. Although I think the Canucks won that trade I can understand why the Panthers pursued it.
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