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Nov 05, 2015 08:14AM
Thoughts and prayers for your sister and her family, Anne. So awful, he was too young, and your family didn't have the chance to say their good-byes.
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My heart goes out to you and your family, Anne.
And, you and your family are in my thoughts and prayers.
Sorry for your loss Anne .. It is a hard thing to lose someone ..
Yesterday it rained- thunder, lightning, wind. Cold, cold rain. We stopped to get a pizza for dinner and it was going to take 35 minutes, but it's one of the only NY style pizza places where we live, so the wait is worth it!So we were cold and wet, when my husband drove us across the street to a used book store. So wonderful to step into a warm store filled with books. I wish we lived in the kind of place where they could have had a roaring fire! Got to sit there for half an hour, sitting on the floor with my daughter in my lap, reading books while thunder boomed and lightning flashed. So cozy. A good day!
Anne I'm very sorry to hear about your brother-in-law; how awful for your sister and your family. My thoughts are with you.(Bella, your bookstore sounds wonderful!)
Anne, I'm sorry for your loss and your sister's ordeal.
I' sorry for your loss Anne. 57 is too young!
Chat with my 4 years old son a few minutes ago:he: "that's how you play football. first, don't kick the ball with your foot. second, don't read the letters in the ball so you don't get distracted. third, follow the rules. Now you tell me the first one."
me: "are you testing me?"
he: "aha"
:)
I'm stuck on rule number 1. How can you not kick the ball with your foot and play any of the types of football I know?
That's the great mystery! How did the American football end being called FOOTball???
It must be the kickoff. It's the only time the foot meets the ball.
Also when they punt the ball, kick a field goal or an extra point :-)
Not true foot touches ball at kick off. Field goals. Extra point following touchdown and when no hope of 4th down and have to punt. And kickoff
You must hae typed faster than me Berit
See - I don't watch football. How can you tell? LOL!
Me neither, Janice. I can't understand it... I'm a soccer person. I enjoy teasing my oldest son saying things like "Football is kind of 22 apes fighting for a ball". He gets mad at me, "It's a very complex sport, mom". :)
ETA: To football lovers: I have nothing against football, I just enjoy teasing my son! :)
Anyways, it makes more sense the soccer being called football, as it is outside US.
Well then, it must be too complex for me and beyond my understanding. I'd rather watch paint dry. I've suffered through a few grey cup parties. Too bad we didn't have iPhones & audiobooks back then, or I could have stuck in the earphones and listened to a good book while pretending to watch the game.
We live in a very heavy soccer community. Our school just won sectionals and is moving onto whatever is next. Our gym is lined with soccer banners. I like both but only played soccer growing up
I like soccer. I even played on an adult team a number of years back.
Now the NFL is playing games in London and looking to play more games in Europe every year. Must be onfusing to have football over there at least here we have soccer and football. Over there it is football and football
I've tried watching football...it is too boring for me. Why do they stop so much? I like constant action in sports, which is probably why I love hockey so much :)
Football is more like chess. It is all about strategy. You have specific defense squad offense and special teams. Its more about outsmarting the opponent than anything.
@Stephanie, That's exactly my problem. I need more action. I don't enjoy baseball for the same reason I don't enjoy football... It's kind of... nothing is happening!@Travis, that's my son's explanation, what he means with "complex sport". I just don't get it...
My husband and I only watch sports that we've played. So my husband only watches surfing and I only watch tennis, golf, and gymnastics. Although neither one of us "schedules" watching stuff, if we see it, we see it. If not, it doesn't bother us.
I live right in the center of the SEC (Southeastern Conference - college football) and I'm not a football fan. When everyone is talking about the big game from the weekend, I'm just over here like "I read this really great book." My husband isn't a big football fan either, but he is now working on a racecar owned by a pro football player... so he is trying to take more of an interest so he doesn't offend the guy he's working for.
Travis of NNY wrote: "Football is more like chess. It is all about strategy. You have specific defense squad offense and special teams. Its more about outsmarting the opponent than anything."That's why I enjoy north american football in adulthood tho got bored with it easily growing up. At some point, it clicked for me and stopped being boring. Not that I follow it all that closely.
Anne, how is your sister holding up? I'm so sorry for her and your family's loss. Please know that we are thinking about you.
Speaking of football, tonight is senior night for my daughter who is a high school cheerleader, there is a big halftime deal where the parents walk out on the field with the girls, can't believe this is the last football game she will ever cheer at.
American Football is training for life - they stop frequently for huddles which are like committee meetings and we all know how productive those are!I went to a big ten school and my favorite part of Saturday mornings was curling up with a good book and hot chocolate while 90% of the dorm went to the game.
That was me in college, too, Joan : )
In high school, I loved going to football games, but as an adult it's passed me by. I must be the only person in the Seattle area that doesn't care about the Seahawks. It's crazy around here, y'all.I'm with you, Stephanie, I'll take hockey. In fact my nephew just called me out of the blue to take me to a Thunderbirds game in a couple weeks. Woo hoo!
Woohoo, indeed, Lynda!! Enjoy the game! Are they playing the Spokane Chiefs by chance?
I think it's the Swift Current Broncos. We're going to hit a 2 for Tuesday.
Oooohhh!! Have fun!! Such a blast to watch hockey live!
I thought he must have been talking about gridiron, but you never know.
I wish I could comment on all the sports post but I really don't know what to say about the topic..I had the most fun evening yesterday! I went to an elementary school reunion and it was great! There were about 15 (of 30) classmates and three teachers. I wasn't sure what it would be like, maybe all conversations would become awkward after asking about jobs and children, and it would be over by 10pm, but it wasn't. I was home at 2am, and we planned something for next year already :D
I must say the most manly football is Australian rules football. Like rugby only more violent. No padding for those guys everyone is covered in blood in the end. Used to watch it quite a bit although I never fully got the rules. I'm not sure there are rules actually. I don't even know if any of my sports channels carry it anymore
... Of course there are rules!!!!Those of us from Rugby areas call Aussie Rules = Aerial Ballet. But it's kinda true. The skill in those guys kicking and jumping is rather impressive though. I am always amazed when I watch it with their athletics... different to any other football I have ever seen. (ladies - they also wear singlets and short shorts and are incredibly fit). I mean, using other players to springboard several metres into the air to grab the ball. Repeatedly!!
Rugby falls into two camps. League (boo) and Union. Obviously I am in the Union camp, but League is the most popular in Australia domestically. But all the international games they show are Union. I can go into long detail to the rules, and the differences, but just trust me they are there and they are different between the too.
I always find Gridiron so soft comparatively. Depending on the Game: These guys have 11-15 guys who have to play the whole 80-90 mins with 2-4 breaks with a limited number of subs. They have mouthguards, shinpads, and sometimes head gear (soft, to keep the ears in). There is no springy grass and in most of these codes, they all jump on top of each other several times per min.
I understand that there are harder hits in gridiron... but really.
Trying to remember I don't think Australian rules messes around with the scrum like in rugby. That is the annoying part of rugby the scrum. It's like their trying to carry an egg on a spoon to me and everyones job is to protect the egg carrier
In Americam sports you can't play with blood on your jersey. AIDS and all. I've seen Australian rules games where a guy took a cleat to the face ran to side of field spit a couple of teeth in a cup and with blood pouring out of hos mouth go right back to playing
There is a blood bin due to blood borne diseases. If you are actively bleeding, you do need to go off until you stop. If it's a minor wound, you get a sub for short times and it doesn't count. If it's a major one, it does count for your substitutions. That's rugby though. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_r... and as it notes... there is non-compliance. So "Oh sorry ref, I didn't notice I was bleeding everywhere!" bah.Aussie Rules doesn't have a scrum. Sounds like you were watching Union from your comments, as scrums are really important in Union, and seem like a complete mess until you realise what is going on. League there are less scrums. But my problem with League is you get tackled four times, you need to kick the ball to the other team, otherwise if you get tackled a 5th time you have to hand the ball over. Wimpy. I find Union less stop and start due to the tackles and the scrums are both continuous play until some one does something terribly wrong.
Tje tooth spitting out was one of the first games I ever watched so almost 20 years ago. I've probably watched all the different styles at some point. It has been several years since I watched any though. Problem is some of the announcers are so heavy accented that if your just a kid from upstate NY trying to learn rules just by watching and listening some gets lost in translation. Sometimes I don't have a clue what they go on about. Kind of like when you go all Aussie on us Rusalka and we just scratch our heads.
Peggy, sounds like fun. my sister took my 90 year-old Dad to a reunion for his elementary school, an amazing number of his schoolmates were there and he had a great time.
Wow Joan, a reunion after so many years is amazing!!
Glad to know you enjoy the gathering, Peggy!Amazing, Joan!
I'm not really a football fan, I'm more into baseball. My sons are big sports fans ( football, college basketball, baseball, hockey, horse racing, cars, and for a short while, curling). I watch football but only because I'm in the office betting pool.
Did you watch the World Series, Roz? I was happy to see the Royals win this year :)
I did. I'm really a Yankee fan, but they didn't make it. I would have liked to see the Cubs win since its been a loooong time since they did it, but with the Mets and the Royals in the Series, and not liking the Mets at all, I was very happy to see the Royals win ; )
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