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Post by jetstream23 on Feb 28, 2015 14:54:32 GMT -5
Yeah, that's the one. My best friend. Known him since college and we were in each other's wedding parties. He got diagnosed back in June of 2013 with a very rare, incurable fucking brain cancer. He's 50 years old (we are 15 days apart in age) with two kids, aged 9 & 5. Median life expectancy from diagnosis to death is about 14 months. He has handled the whole thing with a grace, dignity and humor that I sure as hell don't know if I could. He was doing relatively well. Last saw him a couple of days before Christmas. Since he can't drive, I would drive up to Connecticut as often as I could and we would go out for dinner and a few beers. The last time I went out with him was a couple of days before Christmas. I didn't see him for a few weeks, which happened sometimes when the chemo was making him sick. He told me he would let me know when all was ok. When that happened, I would just wait for him to feel better and then tell me to get the fuck up there so we could go out for dinner again. Unfortunately, he had a stroke about 2 weeks after I last saw him. His parents took him to Yale and they basically said there was nothing left to do but give him a higher dose of chemo. That would just make him sicker and ultimately not prolong his life. So I have been traveling from Long Island to Connecticut as often as possible to see him. It's a little less than a 4 hour round trip and I have been doing it about 2 to 3 times a week. Some days he is only able to talk to me for a very short time and other days, he is much better. Saw him night before last and he was having a relatively good night. But he probably only has a few days left. Tough to watch your best friend dying. But I am sure many here have seen family and friends die. It fucking suck. Especially when they're young. Call your parents, hug your wife and kids, tell them all you love them and appreciate every day. Sorry to hear that man. Hang in there and best wishes for your buddy. I have not been here much lately either. This is the one slow part of the football season, and I am trying to take advantage of the weather out here before it gets ridiculously hot. I'll be jumping back into the fray when FA fires up in a couple weeks.
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Post by jetstream23 on Feb 28, 2015 14:58:31 GMT -5
He's delaying as much as possible signing up cuz he knows he'll be sucked in and waste his "valuable" time. Thanks for today's laugh. he's probably wicked close to curing cancer. Yeah, in November 32 told me he will be right over as soon as he finished tying his shoes. Last week I heard he was going to the store to buy new shoes with Velcro straps. We will probably see him show up here around week 3 of preseason ...barefoot.
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Post by mogglez on Feb 28, 2015 15:15:34 GMT -5
Not logged in to my scout account since the launch of this site I think, might have to check my PM's over there. I see a lot of familier names posting regularly over at JN while I have lurk.... Warfish Beerfish Daballhawk(twat) KRL 56mehl56 Mogglez David Harris NYC Dan C Mart. I'm starting to think Raider 90210 here would have been a good thing, I could fuckin unload both barrels without the risk of persecution here. I'm here too. I flip between both! I don't go near Scout though. Fuck that place.
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Post by dunnie on Mar 1, 2015 7:34:25 GMT -5
Scout is a ghost town. Been lurking between boards ... Wish JI was still around ...ah well ... I guess we'll just have tomsee how it all pans out this season.
Good to see familiar faces here.
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Post by lileprechaun on Mar 1, 2015 8:17:42 GMT -5
This should be called the "shadenfreude" thread. One over on JN too... I honestly don't think Ballbather/Sean intended that his sale of JI would implode as it did. He always seemed to take great pride in his site and worked to keep it of high quality. On the other hand, that bombastic, pumpkin-headed dufus with the Smith Brothers beard who actually was a Packers fan was a terrible choice to moderate a Jets site. He single-handedly made the site both unbearably irritating while chastising any from the old JI for daring to question him. He was like the Packer Soup-Nazi. So, for me if there's shadenfreude it's toward Mr. Pumpkin Head. And by the way, the Hampur has been a remarkable success. I was quite sure it would have gone down in flames like the Red Baron's Fokker by now. Ragu is starting to take on the mantle of Maximus in Gladiator -- turning a bunch of ragtag slaves into Roman legions. Maximus --- Pumpkin Head. It really wasn't a fair competition.
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Post by greenandwhiteheart on Mar 1, 2015 8:36:21 GMT -5
This should be called the "shadenfreude" thread. One over on JN too... I honestly don't think Ballbather/Sean intended that his sale of JI would implode as it did. He always seemed to take great pride in his site and worked to keep it of high quality. On the other hand, that bombastic, pumpkin-headed dufus with the Smith Brothers beard who actually was a Packers fan was a terrible choice to moderate a Jets site. He single-handedly made the site both unbearably irritating while chastising any from the old JI for daring to question him. He was like the Packer Soup-Nazi. So, for me if there's shadenfreude it's toward Mr. Pumpkin Head. And by the way, the Hampur has been a remarkable success. I was quite sure it would have gone down in flames like the Red Baron's Fokker by now. Ragu is starting to take on the mantle of Maximus in Gladiator -- turning a bunch of ragtag slaves into Roman legions. Maximus --- Pumpkin Head. It really wasn't a fair competition. That guy is such a dick. I can't believe he's a mod. He actually made his way to my board. FML.
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Post by rexneffect on Mar 1, 2015 11:45:06 GMT -5
This should be called the "shadenfreude" thread. One over on JN too... I honestly don't think Ballbather/Sean intended that his sale of JI would implode as it did. He always seemed to take great pride in his site and worked to keep it of high quality. On the other hand, that bombastic, pumpkin-headed dufus with the Smith Brothers beard who actually was a Packers fan was a terrible choice to moderate a Jets site. He single-handedly made the site both unbearably irritating while chastising any from the old JI for daring to question him. He was like the Packer Soup-Nazi. So, for me if there's shadenfreude it's toward Mr. Pumpkin Head. And by the way, the Hampur has been a remarkable success. I was quite sure it would have gone down in flames like the Red Baron's Fokker by now. Ragu is starting to take on the mantle of Maximus in Gladiator -- turning a bunch of ragtag slaves into Roman legions. Maximus --- Pumpkin Head. It really wasn't a fair competition. That guy is such a dick. I can't believe he's a mod. He actually made his way to my board. FML. I saw he is posting on the nyjetsfanatics site along with mainejet and a bunch of other terrible JI posters. It's like the who's who of the worst posters from JI. Plus fucking hyatt. There are a handful of decent posters but I can't imagine how they stay surrounded by ucrenegade, hyatt, sg3 and the rest of that garbage.
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Post by Peebag on Mar 1, 2015 12:03:14 GMT -5
why are any of us still talking about that place. RIP JI. Fuck Scout
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Post by southparkcpa on Mar 1, 2015 12:19:56 GMT -5
That guy is such a dick. I can't believe he's a mod. He actually made his way to my board. FML. I saw he is posting on the nyjetsfanatics site along with mainejet and a bunch of other terrible JI posters. It's like the who's who of the worst posters from JI. Plus fucking hyatt. There are a handful of decent posters but I can't imagine how they stay surrounded by ucrenegade, hyatt, sg3 and the rest of that garbage. I believe the site was started by Renegade who I always remember as the bible belt southern Virginia guy. I wont go there.... I dont care who posts there. JN and here is it for me... but Ballbather totally got fukked over or was simply naive.
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Post by Jetworks on Mar 1, 2015 14:13:34 GMT -5
I saw he is posting on the nyjetsfanatics site along with mainejet and a bunch of other terrible JI posters. It's like the who's who of the worst posters from JI. Plus fucking hyatt. There are a handful of decent posters but I can't imagine how they stay surrounded by ucrenegade, hyatt, sg3 and the rest of that garbage. I believe the site was started by Renegade who I always remember as the bible belt southern Virginia guy. I wont go there.... I dont care who posts there. JN and here is it for me... but Ballbather totally got fukked over or was simply naive. Yup, you're right. One of the other guys running the show over there seems ok, but they actively recruited the other mods from Scout as well. Add in the aforementioned terribles and
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Post by thebigragu on Mar 1, 2015 21:17:51 GMT -5
This should be called the "shadenfreude" thread. One over on JN too... I honestly don't think Ballbather/Sean intended that his sale of JI would implode as it did. He always seemed to take great pride in his site and worked to keep it of high quality. On the other hand, that bombastic, pumpkin-headed dufus with the Smith Brothers beard who actually was a Packers fan was a terrible choice to moderate a Jets site. He single-handedly made the site both unbearably irritating while chastising any from the old JI for daring to question him. He was like the Packer Soup-Nazi. So, for me if there's shadenfreude it's toward Mr. Pumpkin Head. And by the way, the Hampur has been a remarkable success. I was quite sure it would have gone down in flames like the Red Baron's Fokker by now. Ragu is starting to take on the mantle of Maximus in Gladiator -- turning a bunch of ragtag slaves into Roman legions. Maximus --- Pumpkin Head. It really wasn't a fair competition. That guy is such a dick. I can't believe he's a mod. He actually made his way to my board. FML. LOL sg3 ham and hyatt Geezus man get on that ban button or send hyatt here for forum training well run him off the internets in a week
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Post by thebigragu on Mar 1, 2015 21:19:31 GMT -5
This should be called the "shadenfreude" thread. One over on JN too... I honestly don't think Ballbather/Sean intended that his sale of JI would implode as it did. He always seemed to take great pride in his site and worked to keep it of high quality. On the other hand, that bombastic, pumpkin-headed dufus with the Smith Brothers beard who actually was a Packers fan was a terrible choice to moderate a Jets site. He single-handedly made the site both unbearably irritating while chastising any from the old JI for daring to question him. He was like the Packer Soup-Nazi. So, for me if there's shadenfreude it's toward Mr. Pumpkin Head. And by the way, the Hampur has been a remarkable success. I was quite sure it would have gone down in flames like the Red Baron's Fokker by now. Ragu is starting to take on the mantle of Maximus in Gladiator -- turning a bunch of ragtag slaves into Roman legions. Maximus --- Pumpkin Head. It really wasn't a fair competition. media.tumblr.com/ab0df64505b5220feb69bd4639273ddf/tumblr_inline_mgkvtqUvlK1qexnp6.gif
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Post by shuler82 on Mar 1, 2015 21:39:58 GMT -5
Fuck JI. Fuck Ballbather. Fuck internet bromances. Lets Go Jets! (wait.. remember LGJ? Where is that guy with the backward visor? Assuming dead face down in his own vomit?) ((at least his visor wouldn't get dirty, since it was on backwards and all)
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Post by greenandwhiteheart on Mar 1, 2015 22:54:26 GMT -5
That guy is such a dick. I can't believe he's a mod. He actually made his way to my board. FML. LOL sg3 ham and hyatt Geezus man get on that ban button or send hyatt here for forum training well run him off the internets in a week Honestly don't mind sg3. Hyatt is fucking annoying. What's funny though is that they both argue in threads meanwhile they are similar. If sg3 talked in third person, he'd be Hyatt. I should send Hyatt here lol. He's knowledgeable but can't get past his ass being annoying. My site is Arkham Asylum.
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Post by freestater on Mar 2, 2015 9:19:25 GMT -5
Yeah, no thanks. I had been lurking over at fanatics, but when I saw hyatt show up, I lost interest almost immediately. Hege walls of green font aren't my idea of a fun messageboard.
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