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Old Sun Feb 14, 2010, 02:46pm
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Not sure many people would buy that. Lets see you have 9,625 posts here on official forum, 4286 posts on eteamz. With the rough estimates based on the time you have been enrolled in both those sites, that's about 4.1 posts per day, everyday. Plus I assume you still umpire, UIC, attend the National UIC clinics, and a host of other softball related things.....I don't think that would leave much room for other things in your life!!
Hell, you missed about another half-dozen softball sites I frequent.

Multitasking. For example, I attended a professional lacrosse game (Phila vs Buffalo) last night and posted from the terminal in the box.
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Old Sun Feb 14, 2010, 06:51pm
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How about this: I live in Oregon. Vancouver is about a 6-7 hour drive away. But every evening when NBC advertises events "live in prime time" I know that really means "live on the East Coast" and I will be watching on a 3 hour tape delay. Not only that, they insert edited events from earlier in the day and chop them up to manufacture suspense.

The good news is the Olympics website lists results as they actually happen. As I did in 2008, I can go there instead of dealing with NBC's artificial drama. There is enough real excitement in the events themselves.
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Old Sun Feb 14, 2010, 09:45pm
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How about this: I live in Oregon. Vancouver is about a 6-7 hour drive away. But every evening when NBC advertises events "live in prime time" I know that really means "live on the East Coast" and I will be watching on a 3 hour tape delay. Not only that, they insert edited events from earlier in the day and chop them up to manufacture suspense.
If I'm on the West coast and I'm looking for a particular event, my wife and I scout out the bars in advance to see who had satellite to get the game live.
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Old Thu Feb 18, 2010, 04:42pm
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There are olympics?
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Old Thu Feb 18, 2010, 07:52pm
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There are olympics?
Yep, and apparently, we're pretty good at them this time around!
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Old Fri Feb 19, 2010, 09:05am
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Yep, and apparently, we're pretty good at them this time around!
Too bad no one cares.
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Old Fri Feb 19, 2010, 09:30am
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Too bad no one cares.
Oh. I care! No.....wait......I don't.
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Old Fri Feb 19, 2010, 01:09pm
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Too bad no one cares.
Ehhh... Some events are fun to watch (I've enjoyed the downhill skiing and snowboarding), and some are true measures of athleticism (like the biathlon).

Couldn't care much else about the other events.
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Screw green, it ain't easy being blue!

I won't be coming here that much anymore. I might check in now and again.
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Old Mon Feb 15, 2010, 10:12am
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How about this: I live in Oregon. Vancouver is about a 6-7 hour drive away. But every evening when NBC advertises events "live in prime time" I know that really means "live on the East Coast" and I will be watching on a 3 hour tape delay. Not only that, they insert edited events from earlier in the day and chop them up to manufacture suspense.

The good news is the Olympics website lists results as they actually happen. As I did in 2008, I can go there instead of dealing with NBC's artificial drama. There is enough real excitement in the events themselves.
You know what's really messed with my head after moving from Pacific time to Central time? Having to adjust to the TV schedules and how late events are, such as the Super Bowl. It turns out that when they say 8 PM / 7 PM Central, they actually mean something by that. As a result, I watch less TV, which I guess is a good thing.
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Old Sun Feb 14, 2010, 06:53pm
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Multitasking. For example, I attended a professional lacrosse game (Phila vs Buffalo) last night and posted from the terminal in the box.
Nuff said
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Old Sun Feb 14, 2010, 07:31pm
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Hell, you missed about another half-dozen softball sites I frequent.

Multitasking. For example, I attended a professional lacrosse game (Phila vs Buffalo) last night and posted from the terminal in the box.
I rest my case your honor.
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Old Mon Feb 15, 2010, 08:22am
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I attended a professional lacrosse game (Phila vs Buffalo) last night and posted from the terminal in the box.
Life beyond softball, yes, life beyond forums, ???
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