My last game is going to be on Thursday and I absaloutly dont know what I will do untill the regular season starts. Any suggestion so I could get my refing fix :)

Brandan,
We all miss it when it stops. Watching some tapes of games or live games on TV, writing on the forum, studying some rules and case book plays, officiating another sport, or just plain taking a break are good things to do in the interim.

PS I thought you might like to start passing the time by learning a little vocab. The word you intended to use as a title for this thread is withdrawal, not withdraw. Here are the two definitions:

Main Entry: with·draw·al

Pronunciation: -'dro(-&)l
Function: noun
1 a : the act of taking back or away something that has been granted or possessed b : removal from a place of deposit or investment c (1) : the discontinuance of administration or use of a drug (2) : the syndrome of often painful physical and psychological symptoms that follows discontinuance of an addicting drug <a heroin addict going through withdrawal>

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Main Entry: with·draw

Pronunciation: wi[th]-'dro, with-
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): with·drew /-'drü/; with·drawn /-'dron/; with·draw·ing /-'dro(-)i[ng]/
Etymology: Middle English, from with from + drawen to draw
transitive senses
1 a : to take back or away : REMOVE <pressure upon educational administrators to withdraw academic credit -- J. W. Scott> b : to remove from use or cultivation c : to remove (money) from a place of deposit d : to turn away (as the eyes) from an object of attention <withdrew her gaze> e : to draw (as a curtain) back or aside
2 a : to remove from consideration or set outside a group <withdrew his name from the list of nominees> <withdrew their child from the school> b (1) : TAKE BACK, RETRACT (2) : to recall or remove (a motion) under parliamentary procedure

Other sports such as???? sorry i know i have a bad voc..

Football, soccer, volleyball.

Word of the day.
 

Hey Nevada, I like this idea. We can all benefit from expanding our vocabulary.

Here's my contribution:

pe·dan·tic ( P ) Pronunciation Key (p-dntk)
adj.
Characterized by a narrow, often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules: a pedantic attention to details.

Re: Word of the day.
 

ROTFLMAO!!!! :D

Too funny.

Knowing that Brandan is about 15, I thought that he might care to improve himself by learning the correct word and its use (noun vs. verb). Heck, it may even help him on an SAT someday.

As for Dan, while he is often truly funny, I wouldn't dare try to teach him anything new. Besides what they say about old dogs and new tricks, I'm afraid that he would start quoting Horatio again.

But I do find it curious that when I try to help someone else without being mean and nasty about it, Dan's instant reaction is that of a ...

cynic : a faultfinding captious critic; especially : one who believes that human conduct is motivated wholly by self-interest

My guess would be that he'll take that as a compliment!

I wanna be a "cynic" when I grow up too.