now that college football season has ended.....

Opus--Mark H. Bowen wrote:
"rw" wrote in message
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Opus--Mark H. Bowen wrote:

"Tom Littleton" wrote in message
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What was the University of North Carolina's record?
Tom

.........trying to think of a potential 'double or nothing' to propose to
a certain fitons......


Not to be contrary or anything of the sort, BUT THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL
SEASON IS HARDLY OVER!

I can't WAIT!


I take it that someone has been forcing you to watch the games?

Games? What games? Turn off the TV and do something useful.

The US is kicking Russia's ASS in Davis Cup. Roddick and Blake won in
singles convincingly (especially Roddick). The Bryan twins are favored
to clinch the tie with a doubles win. They're playing right now, up two
sets to love. This will be the first Davis Cup championship for the US
since, IIRC, 1995.

Too bad Tommy Haas got poisoned by the Russian mafia, but hey, whatever
it takes.

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

"rw" wrote in message
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Opus--Mark H. Bowen wrote:
"rw" wrote in message
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Opus--Mark H. Bowen wrote:

"Tom Littleton" wrote in message
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What was the University of North Carolina's record?
Tom

.........trying to think of a potential 'double or nothing' to propose
to a certain fitons......


Not to be contrary or anything of the sort, BUT THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL
SEASON IS HARDLY OVER!

I can't WAIT!


I take it that someone has been forcing you to watch the games?

Games? What games? Turn off the TV and do something useful.

The US is kicking Russia's ASS in Davis Cup. Roddick and Blake won in
singles convincingly (especially Roddick). The Bryan twins are favored to
clinch the tie with a doubles win. They're playing right now, up two sets
to love. This will be the first Davis Cup championship for the US since,
IIRC, 1995.

Too bad Tommy Haas got poisoned by the Russian mafia, but hey, whatever it
takes.

Who said I ws watchin' any games?

I went huntin' first part of the day--no deer :~^ (

Came home and watched a Dell technician replace almost every component in my
laptop--display, video thingy, and motherboard-- under warranty. Been
off-line and usin' a university loaner computer to complete class
assignments. One test, one PowerPoint presentation, and I'm done for the
semester.

So, yeah, I'm doin' "useful" things wit my life--I suppose?

Op --besides, tennis is for rich pussys--

rw wrote:

Games? What games? Turn off the TV and do something useful.

The US is kicking Russia's ASS in Davis Cup.......

You posting from court side in Portland?

- JR

JR wrote:
rw wrote:

Games? What games? Turn off the TV and do something useful.

The US is kicking Russia's ASS in Davis Cup.......


You posting from court side in Portland?

- JR

Wish I were.

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

"rw" wrote in message
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Games? What games? Turn off the TV and do something useful.

The US is kicking Russia's ASS in Davis Cup. Roddick and Blake won in
singles convincingly (especially Roddick). The Bryan twins are favored to
clinch the tie with a doubles win. They're playing right now, up two sets
to love. This will be the first Davis Cup championship for the US since,
IIRC, 1995.

I take it that you are not taking your own advice, or are
they playing the Davis Cup in Stanley this year?g
Tom

Tom Littleton wrote:
"rw" wrote in message
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Games? What games? Turn off the TV and do something useful.

The US is kicking Russia's ASS in Davis Cup. Roddick and Blake won in
singles convincingly (especially Roddick). The Bryan twins are favored to
clinch the tie with a doubles win. They're playing right now, up two sets
to love. This will be the first Davis Cup championship for the US since,
IIRC, 1995.


I take it that you are not taking your own advice, or are
they playing the Davis Cup in Stanley this year?g

I'm trying to make a point. Tennis, and Davis Cup especially, is an
international game, as ROFF is an international forum. In all
likelihood, tennis is at least played in every country represented in
ROFF. My objection to the football talk here is that it's rude and
provincial. Most of the world doesn't give a rat's ass about American
football. It's as though some ROFF poster from, say, England were
constantly posting about cricket. That would be pretty annoying, don't
you think?

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

"rw" wrote in message
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I'm trying to make a point. Tennis, and Davis Cup especially, is an
international game, as ROFF is an international forum. In all likelihood,
tennis is at least played in every country represented in ROFF. My
objection to the football talk here is that it's rude and provincial. Most
of the world doesn't give a rat's ass about American football. It's as
though some ROFF poster from, say, England were constantly posting about
cricket. That would be pretty annoying, don't you think?

No. If our international brethren posted a bit more about their sporting
activities, we might actually learn something new. As well, your suggestion
that "most of the world doesn't give a rat's ass about American football" is
an irrelevant assumption on your part, as you have no idea about what the
rest of the world gives a rat's ass about, right. Furthermore, what with so
many international students attending U.S. universities, it is just as
possible that many people around the world would be very interested in
American *college* football.

Now if you had said that you have no interest in American football, and that
anyone who discussed the subject is a rude and provincial lout, I'm
relatively certain that no ROFFian jaws would drop in astonishment.

Op

"rw" wrote in message
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It's as though some ROFF poster from, say, England were constantly
posting about cricket. That would be pretty annoying, don't you think?

I read this stuff on Outlook, and that allows me not to open threads that
strike me as not interesting. Should I open an objectionable thread, I can
stop reading whenever I wish. No, someone can post about anything they wish,
and it doesn't get me all that worked up, so long as they aren't spamming,
or stating something truly offensive to me......
Tom

rw wrote:
Tom Littleton wrote:
I take it that you are not taking your own advice, or are
they playing the Davis Cup in Stanley this year?g

I'm trying to make a point. Tennis, and Davis Cup especially, is an
international game, as ROFF is an international forum. In all
likelihood, tennis is at least played in every country represented in
ROFF. My objection to the football talk here is that it's rude and
provincial. Most of the world doesn't give a rat's ass about American
football. It's as though some ROFF poster from, say, England were
constantly posting about cricket. That would be pretty annoying, don't
you think?

Whining about roff being off-topic has always been a futile
exercise and football is no more, or less, off-topic than
tennis. If you don't want to talk about football, then don't.

--
Ken Fortenberry

On Sun, 02 Dec 2007 04:35:25 -0800, rw
wrote:

Tom Littleton wrote:
"rw" wrote in message
...

Games? What games? Turn off the TV and do something useful.

The US is kicking Russia's ASS in Davis Cup. Roddick and Blake won in
singles convincingly (especially Roddick). The Bryan twins are favored to
clinch the tie with a doubles win. They're playing right now, up two sets
to love. This will be the first Davis Cup championship for the US since,
IIRC, 1995.


I take it that you are not taking your own advice, or are
they playing the Davis Cup in Stanley this year?g

I'm trying to make a point. Tennis, and Davis Cup especially, is an
international game, as ROFF is an international forum. In all
likelihood, tennis is at least played in every country represented in
ROFF. My objection to the football talk here is that it's rude and
provincial. Most of the world doesn't give a rat's ass about American
football.

Well, hell, most of the world doesn't give a rat's ass about FFing, rod
loading, Kreh numbers, the Cindy Crawford of the innertube industry,
hunting in potatoland or anywhere else, Bill Clinton, or most of
anything else, um, "discussed" on ROFF, so about the only real point
you've shown is the one on the top of your head...

It's as though some ROFF poster from, say, England were
constantly posting about cricket. That would be pretty annoying, don't
you think?

Er, no, I don't think _anything_ posted to ROFF would be
annoying...well, unless that evildoer that makes you read all these
posts you aren't interested in would be so cruel as to make you read the
posts about cricket, too...

HTH,
R