A few observations about these great fans

Achebe, (er..Mr. Achebe), South Carolina, are you kidding me? How did I not pick that up? You did notice my East Texas accent didn't you?

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I have a feeling that something really, really hilarious just happened to someone's posting privileges. I won't name any names.

 

Okay Mr. Arbitrator, points well taken. I understand that you are not looking at the Hakeem situation from simply a statistical perspective.

On the other hand, thinking of it from the perspective of "how he fits into the current team" doesn't change my opinion at all. He is 37 and prone to blood clots in his legs, hardly the criteria on which to keep a player in a lineup of 20-somethings with 30-something verticals.

Also, I do not think he could play more than 50-60 games this coming season if he remains in the west. Four battles with the likes of Shaq, Arvydas, D-Rob, and Vlade would hinder anyone that was 37 years old, especially if they were in Dream's current health conditions.

Despite my love for his game and his contributions over the last 17 years (wow!), if I were the one that had to make this team BETTER from a BASKETBALL standpoint, for now and for 5 years from now, Hakeem would not be in my plans.

Like I said though, seeing the old guy in Raptors purple or even worse, New York Blue and Orange would make me want to puke!

[Note to Drayton McClain, Jr. and Gerry Hunsicker: remember what happens with Olajuwon and somehow try to avoid it with Biggio and Bagwell. I would like to have some hall of famer, ANY hall of famer retire wearing ONLY a Houston Uniform.]

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"It is better to be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt."

 

Arbitrator,

Are you really going to keep up this Mr. stuff as your posting style? Politeness is great and everything, but thoughtful writers and intellects know there medium of expression better than that.

I mean, if you talk to a police officer do you say, "Yes Mr. Police Officer; no Mr. Police Officer."

No, the polite thing to say is "Yes Officer Brown," or just "Yes Officer."

No one says Mr. Brown.

Say in this forum when an administrator is talking to you, and you want to be polite; I'd suspect the polite method is "Yes Admininstrator; No Adminstrator." Or Administrator Kagy. Mr. Kagy in neither polite, nor appropriate for your medium of choice, and you know it.

Formal politeness via addressing people with titles is not done in layman landscapes. Quit using the pedantic prose of a parodistic pariah to discuss Mr. Achebe's concerns about Mr. Olajuwon. What kind of personality is that?

That of a Troll.

 

If Arbitrator is a 12 year old... you're probably sending him mixed messages about title usage. His mother may be disappointed in you.

BTW, where did your last post go crispee?

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Don't expect a response anymore from Mr. Arbitrator, Mr. Crispee .


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I hate to ask a "Junior Member" question, but what happened to Arbitrator? Who "was" he before he was Arbitrator? I'm just curious... he's stirred up some drama up in here and I don't really understand why. If you can't post an answer, my email is in my profile... thanks.

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"It is better to be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt."

 

OK Achebe, how about "layman landscapes on the Internet."

I've never ONCE been addressed as Mr. Crispee at the bridge tables at Yahoo. And there are plenty of old Southern belles playing bridge with me.

this reminds me: why is the phone company called Pac Bell and Southwestern Bell, but not Southern Bell? They call is Bell South.

 

Eric, we don't like people who use Mr. around these parts until they know the gender of the poster.

That is just too impolite to get your genders wrong. We ALWAYS boot those people. It is actually in your registration license agreement not to assume gender in formal speech.

How about that Mrs. Achebe?

 

It used to be Southern Bell... I don't know why they changed it.

BTW, I just realized that the game starts in a few minutes. There's no real reason for me not to go, other than the fact that I won't get there until late into the second quarter (the SLCC is across town).

Should I go? Do you guys need more photos?

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Everything is proceeding as I have foreseen...

 

Yes, please, thanks .

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I like pictures.

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So you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking,
Racing around to come up behind you again.
The sun is the same in a relative way but you're older,
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death.

 

Crispee, thanks for answering me. I really didn't think anyone was going to give my post a second look. I just felt like a rookie in this thread becuase everyone was talking trash to Arbitrator and I didn't necessarily know why. In chat, I read that some people thought he was "pine cone" or something and that he was a troll? Whatever... anyway, thanks for helping me out. I am not new to CC.net but I am new to the chat and BBS and I have to say, it's really fun and interesting. If you know Clutch or Jeff or any of the other administrators, give them my full thanks.

Everyone have a great weekend...

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"It is better to be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt."

 

I have to admit that it sounds pretty cool to put a "Mr." in front of every name...so can you say which regular poster did that, Brian (since you said the IP address looked familiar)?

Thanks, Mr. ....errr....Brian.

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PRM, Det...

even though you both question the almighty Hakeem the Dream Olajuwon, I will get photos for you. Only b/c I am the better man though. LOL!

The only problem is I now have to go pick up someone at the mouth of Parley's... i.e. the other direction. I won't get there until the 2nd half. Hopefully the Mrs. won't hate me tonight. I mentioned I might pick her up from work.

BTW, I have to stay for the Utah game for getting this guy to go to the game with me. I won't be back for a while.

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Everything is proceeding as I have foreseen...

 

Hey, I never did! I am on the ZRB side in this, remember? But you ARE the better man...for getting those pictures...thanks!!!


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I think it is pretty cool to put Mein Furer in front of every German poster, but that's just me.

Mein Furer Det The Threat is the coolest German on the board.

btw: Det, weren't you Mrs German Rocket, because she once stormed out after I said "He's a Nazi," thinking I was talking to you. But really using that as a "stiff prude" referring to someone else.

 

This thread has gotten totally out of control!!

There's so much bullsh** flying around that my screen is turning brown and the keyboard is starting to smell.

 

by their very nature, trolls spew **** in clever ways...but it is still **** nonetheless, even if you put Mr. in front of it.