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Newbies / Re: Making the leap from Rebelscum
« on: April 17, 2004, 03:11 AM »
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Newbies / Re: Making the leap from Rebelscum
« on: April 15, 2004, 12:35 AM »Welcome to JD, my fuzzy friendI'd need an avatar for that.
May I put in a request for the return...even if it's only for a week or so...of your Druken Irishman persona? That was my fav
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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Bar's open! What'll you have...?
« on: April 6, 2004, 02:38 AM »
I once had my appendix removed in order to leave work.
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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Double standard of country music
« on: April 6, 2004, 02:28 AM »
Magnificent boobs 
..... What was I talking about?
..... What was I talking about?
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JD Sports Forum! / Re: It's Outta Here! The JD Official 2004 Baseball Thread
« on: April 6, 2004, 02:26 AM »
AL
East - Yankees
Central - Royals
West - Athletics
Wild Card - Red Sox
NL
East - Phillies
Central - Cubs
West - Diamondbacks
Wild Card - Astros
World Series - Cubs over Red Sox in seven, end of the world to follow 24 hours later. No, I just can't predict something that outlandish, even though those are aguably the best on-paper teams in baseball. I really am uneasy about the Yankees rotation after Mussina, and I really get the feeling Pedro is nearing a decline, so both the Yankees and Red Sox are a little shaky from about No. 3 or 4 on to me.
Jeez, I would love to see a best-of-7 NLCS between the Astros and Cubs, two outstanding rotations with at least one future Hall of Famer each. The Phillies are probably the only team that can keep the Cubs out of the Series, though, and that would take a quick five-game series.
I'll take the big-market coward's way out due to my lack of research time and predict a repeat of the 1932 Series, Yankees sweep the Cubs.
East - Yankees
Central - Royals
West - Athletics
Wild Card - Red Sox
NL
East - Phillies
Central - Cubs
West - Diamondbacks
Wild Card - Astros
World Series - Cubs over Red Sox in seven, end of the world to follow 24 hours later. No, I just can't predict something that outlandish, even though those are aguably the best on-paper teams in baseball. I really am uneasy about the Yankees rotation after Mussina, and I really get the feeling Pedro is nearing a decline, so both the Yankees and Red Sox are a little shaky from about No. 3 or 4 on to me.
Jeez, I would love to see a best-of-7 NLCS between the Astros and Cubs, two outstanding rotations with at least one future Hall of Famer each. The Phillies are probably the only team that can keep the Cubs out of the Series, though, and that would take a quick five-game series.
I'll take the big-market coward's way out due to my lack of research time and predict a repeat of the 1932 Series, Yankees sweep the Cubs.
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The Original Trilogy / Re: Where'd the AT-AT go?
« on: April 5, 2004, 01:22 AM »
I believe the original ROTJ sourcebook around '92 or '93 stated that AT-AT was not logical in a battle application on Endor because of the dense forests. I've always bought into that, but it doesn't account for two factors:
1) The area around the shield bunker was relatively cleared, for the obvious need of constructing the base and generator.
2) The AT-AT is what brought in Luke, so clearly it could travel to a certain point.
1) The area around the shield bunker was relatively cleared, for the obvious need of constructing the base and generator.
2) The AT-AT is what brought in Luke, so clearly it could travel to a certain point.
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The Original Trilogy / Re: Imperials=Nazis,Rebels=?
« on: April 5, 2004, 01:16 AM »
I was thinking the Confedracy as well (CSA, not Confederacy of Independent Systems 
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Doesn't Jan Dodonna look a little like Robert E. Lee, especially with the duster on?
).Doesn't Jan Dodonna look a little like Robert E. Lee, especially with the duster on?
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Watto's Junk Yard / Double standard of country music
« on: April 4, 2004, 05:03 PM »
The more popified country is becoming, the greater the double standard along gender lines.
Look at the male side, and you see balding, pudgy Garth Brooks, the best seller in the history of the genre, a man comparable in sales to Elvis and the Beatles. A large number - Joe Diffy, Trace Adkins, Vince Gill to name a few, are also not entirely in that overly groomed grouping. They're judged on quality, not appearance, as they should be.
But the females are disappearing from radio and suffering reduced airplay on CMT and GAC after age 40. Reba's been reduced to a sitcom - on the WB! Suzy Boggus, who has a beautiful voice, fell off the face of the earth close to a decade ago.
Comments?
Look at the male side, and you see balding, pudgy Garth Brooks, the best seller in the history of the genre, a man comparable in sales to Elvis and the Beatles. A large number - Joe Diffy, Trace Adkins, Vince Gill to name a few, are also not entirely in that overly groomed grouping. They're judged on quality, not appearance, as they should be.
But the females are disappearing from radio and suffering reduced airplay on CMT and GAC after age 40. Reba's been reduced to a sitcom - on the WB! Suzy Boggus, who has a beautiful voice, fell off the face of the earth close to a decade ago.
Comments?
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JD Sports Forum! / Re: It's Outta Here! The JD Official 2004 Baseball Thread
« on: April 4, 2004, 04:43 PM »
I'll post my predictions for finishes later tonight, top to bottom in each division. Just picking playoff teams out of a hat at the moment, I would have to pick the two safest picks, the Yankees and Red Sox, from the AL East. As for the other one of the three most clearly improved teams in baseball, the Angels, I'm not sure yet. I truly don't believe Bartolo Colon is truly a No. 1 starter. Maybe I never will, because he screwed around and underachieved for so much of his career with the Indians organization.
The AL Central is better than last year, though still clearly the worst division year-in, year-out since the 1994 realignment into three divisions per league. The only team I see that made significant improvements from last year is the Tigers, and unless a 75-87 record wins a division for the first time in history, Detroit is irrelevant in any fashion other than spoiler. Chicago and Minnesota have done nothing to improve and Cleveland is not far past its post-Hart nadir. Two swing factors in this division - how good as a rookie Joe Mauer will be, particularly if he can hit in the middle of the order for the Twins, and I don't think he'll reach his power potential for another couple of years, and the full managerial skills of Tony Pena and Ozzie Guillen, will determine who wins this division. I'll go out on a short limb and say the Royals.
In the National League, the Phillies and Cubs are the two most-improved teams by far. They're in. The Phillies have perhaps a better 1-9 lineup and more power potential overall in the middle of the order, but Corey Patterson of the Cubs is on the verge of being the next great center fielder in the game. On top of that, the Cubs' rotation of Prior (when he returns), Wood, Maddux (as a No. 3!), Zambrano and Clement gives them a top three arguably as good as the Maddux-Glavine-Smoltz days in Atlanta over the last dozen years, a top four that matches the Braves during Avery's brief peak and a 1-5 better than anything Atlanta has had during its run. The only team in the league that can keep the Cubs out of the World Series is Philadelphia and that wont happen in a long series. Philly's best chance at beating the Cubs would be in a best-of-five first round. (Or is this the year that MLB is going to a best-of-seven first round?)
In the West, it's up for grabs.
As for the wild card, who knows? Lots of good bets out there - Marlins, Braves' last hurrah (actually, the last might have already been hurrahed), Cards, Astros, Giants, maybe even the Mets.
The AL Central is better than last year, though still clearly the worst division year-in, year-out since the 1994 realignment into three divisions per league. The only team I see that made significant improvements from last year is the Tigers, and unless a 75-87 record wins a division for the first time in history, Detroit is irrelevant in any fashion other than spoiler. Chicago and Minnesota have done nothing to improve and Cleveland is not far past its post-Hart nadir. Two swing factors in this division - how good as a rookie Joe Mauer will be, particularly if he can hit in the middle of the order for the Twins, and I don't think he'll reach his power potential for another couple of years, and the full managerial skills of Tony Pena and Ozzie Guillen, will determine who wins this division. I'll go out on a short limb and say the Royals.
In the National League, the Phillies and Cubs are the two most-improved teams by far. They're in. The Phillies have perhaps a better 1-9 lineup and more power potential overall in the middle of the order, but Corey Patterson of the Cubs is on the verge of being the next great center fielder in the game. On top of that, the Cubs' rotation of Prior (when he returns), Wood, Maddux (as a No. 3!), Zambrano and Clement gives them a top three arguably as good as the Maddux-Glavine-Smoltz days in Atlanta over the last dozen years, a top four that matches the Braves during Avery's brief peak and a 1-5 better than anything Atlanta has had during its run. The only team in the league that can keep the Cubs out of the World Series is Philadelphia and that wont happen in a long series. Philly's best chance at beating the Cubs would be in a best-of-five first round. (Or is this the year that MLB is going to a best-of-seven first round?)
In the West, it's up for grabs.
As for the wild card, who knows? Lots of good bets out there - Marlins, Braves' last hurrah (actually, the last might have already been hurrahed), Cards, Astros, Giants, maybe even the Mets.
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Newbies / Re: Making the leap from Rebelscum
« on: April 4, 2004, 04:20 PM »Welcome to JD, Chewbacca! Now are you "Chewbacca the ___", or is that a different Chewbacca?
Just checked your profile, and indeed - you are one and the same! Most excellent. Hopefully you'll be changing your name here as well, as I always enjoy seeing what you've got in store with each new one... BTW, remember that great old "Mint Julep with Chewbacca and Friends" thread over at RS? One of my favorites! We had a good time in there. I wonder what ever happened to IG? He was a hoot!
And here's the man, himself:
BTW, you should also check out this instant classic from smileyfaceguy.
Yeah, it's me - Chewbacca the Fill in the Blank. I wasn't sure whether I was allowed to change my name or what the character limit was, so I registered simply as "Chewbacca" a few months back during one of the giveaways, but never actually posted.
I also loved the Mint Julep (sp?) thread. I actually didn't start that thread. It was something that Lady Jaye or one of the IG droids started as a cool-down thread while myself and some other Wuher's members were going at it - it might have actually been either JoshEEE or Zod, two guys who I eventually came to consider kind of digital friends over at Rebelscum, but probably it was someone I don't remember.
After I got used to how forum members are, I started sponsoring "cooldown" threads myself, but the current generation of mods put an end to that last spring. It's a shame, because now Wuher's either is as quiet as a ghost town some days or is filled with nothing but back-and-forth warfare. No simple community "How you doin'?" stuff, which is what I always assumed that was part of the "unfocus" of Wuher's.
Stuff like that seems to be allowed here. Lady Jaye and the regulars from the "Mint Julep" and "Post Count Posts" threads would love it here.
By the way, if I promise to come here regularly, and from the warm greetings I'm getting, I'm sure I will, can I get my own special rank? Nothing spectacular like Emperor or Grand Moff - just something unique and Chewie-specific. How about "Wookiee sidekick"?
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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Bar's open! What'll you have...?
« on: April 3, 2004, 02:36 AM »
I'm from out of town. Will you accept my driver's license?
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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: The World's Last Great Mystery...Solved!!!
« on: April 3, 2004, 02:34 AM »That's freakin' hilarious. That should be in a sig.
Then I'd like to give you a sensual massage while my Star Wars action figures watch.
They are quite voyeuristic. Especially Bossk.
Thoughts?
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Newbies / Re: Making the leap from Rebelscum
« on: April 3, 2004, 02:24 AM »
I've read a page of the thread so far, and unless he's the Prime pic that has appeared semi-regularly on RS, his image was removed per his request. (Josh told me Gregg freaked out over it.) So which is really his photo?
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Newbies / Re: Making the leap from Rebelscum
« on: April 3, 2004, 02:12 AM »Welcome kind sir! Relations have never been better, threads aren't locked indiscriminately, reasons are given, we're not prepubescent 18 year old Aussies either!That reminds me. A RS mod told me once that you guys have a picture of GNT. Is that true? That sounds riotous.
Glad you finally came on board
Scott