Allie

So, I haven't posted on the forum for a really long time....a couple of years maybe? Over a year for sure. And shockingly, I didn't visit or read anything at FCP for about 8 months. A couple of months ago I started checking in again once or twice a week, and reading threads that caught my interest.I knew about Josh's original thread from a long time ago, regarding HBO making this series. Now that's it's started, I checked it out and saw this new thread too. I read it a week or 2 ago. And checked on it a couple of times since. When Mercury and Thera had their original exchange......whic

You left out the "asinine" part.sidenote: I always think it's weird when guys call females "arseholes". (actually, I think arsehole in itself is a strange word; why not just say asshole?) Anyway, I prefer "bitch", thank you very much. I agree with much of this, and respectfully disagree with parts of it. For those that watch the TV series, and never read the books, it will stand on it’s own as a highly entertaining TV show based on the high production value, first-rate acting, and the basic plot – which is very engaging. For those that have read the books, I believe most would have gone

Pretty sure he’s referring to people in real life. Friends. You know....people he likes.He wasn’t being a douche to you. Everything he said to you, was exactly what went through my mind when I read your comments about the show. (i.e. you have no fucking idea what you’re talking about). He was just speaking the truth. It’s annoying for those that have read the books, to read your (asinine) sweeping proclamations about the story, when you haven’t actually READ THE BOOKS. Go ahead and read them, and then contribute something of substance. For those that are having trouble keeping up with

You're an idiot. I mean, every post I've ever read of your's is super annoying. But this thread takes the cake. The guy has won 10 bracelets. Tied with Brunson for 2nd in bracelet count, only behind Hellmuth. Any commentary on his "records" from a snot-nosed kid like you, who's probably not old enough to gamble in a LV casino, is....well, it's absurd.

Oops, oh yeah lol. I was lucky to have made it to the final table. Doh!

Thanks Bob, you rock!BunnyRocks (Calgary)

whaaat

You should stake me, because you beat me HU last week - and you feel bad about that and want to make it up to me.

Thanks to Gary (and Gallo) for the stake! That was fun.Good game all......and congrats Bob :)p.s. yeah, was my fold good in the hand Gary posted?

Yes it's the same Colleen Jones, and Don Duguid is an (old) championship curler from Canada as well. He's easily the most well known curler from back in the day.

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Ok, you win.

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Ummm excuse me?

I love ya Blue, but sometimes I wonder if we even live in the same country. Canada has been involved in Afghanistan in one form or fashion since 2001. It started small and has steadily increased over the past 8 years. Part of the commitment is towards infrastructure rebuilding, humanitarian assistance, training Afghan security forces, etc, but they've also absolutely been involved in combat operations. They ARE part of the "war on terror", they are not just there as peacekeepers. sidenote: I'm of the view that 9/11 would be considered as one of the most significant WORLD events of the

What makes you think this?I must be either incredibly stupid, or incredibly normal - because there's a level of crazy goin' on in here that I can't even begin to comprehend.

Hello kids.Well, we went to the highly anticipated Marilyn Manson show on Thursday night. By far the shortest concert I have ever been to. 1 hour and 15 mins....???? Wtf? It ended very abruptly - lights up, background music on. The songs that I liked, that he actually played, sounded pretty good, but he didn't play a whole lot of stuff that one would have expected. The band sounded good, but it seemed like Manson's mic was turned down, and he was hard to hear and kind of muffled. Overall, his performance was half-hearted, lacked energy. Really no stage antics to speak of. I knew he

It's seared in my mind for all eternity.

Gosh, there's so many grey areas to this. It's hard to know which direction to take it. But:1) you're a man, and you're asking about women. Men and women, generally speaking, do have different needs/feelings/priorities when it comes to sex. So, I'm not sure that you will ever totally "understand", since you're always going to be viewing from your own (male) perspective. Intellectually, you'll understand what I'm saying, but to really "feel" it and get it.....you'd need a high degree of empathy, which I'm not sure that you have. And I don't mean that in a bad way! Empathy does not come

Oooooh I picked a good night to read. Norm's indulging his curiosity again. The answer to this is directly related to the amount of alcohol I've ingested. I'd imagine lots of other women are the same. Lots of booze.....I can, and have gone the distance with little or no emotional connection. Sober, is a completely different story. I need some sort of emotional connection, to basically even let a guy touch me. Like....if I don't feel nuttin.....it's like ewwww don't touch me, dude. I'd also say that this (having an emotional connection) is more important to me as I've gotten older....

Apparently you haven't seen his newest thread.

Back in the late 80's my dad was the chief prosecutor in Calgary (what you Americana's would refer to as the DA). There was a case here (in little ol' Canada).......where this happened with drug store owner Steven Kesler.....After a 3rd robbery attempt in his store over the previous year....."Two masked men entered the drugstore shortly before 3 p.m. on November 8, 1986. One, armed with a gun, went to the back of the store where Kesler's wife Mary (also a pharmacist) was dispensing drugs. The other man, Timothy David Smith, confronted Kesler at the front counter, whereupon Kesler grabbed a s