AquariusBZH ? or AquariusFR ?
No way. Well, it's not like I started in the Cyanide community with a nickname that was Aquarius29. I reckon I got rid of the 29 when I got hired for a forum moderator job.
And yes, we have numbers for our departments (districts) here. And no way either that I'd become Aquarius35 now (I've moved places). Just no way.
ShortsNL wrote:
I'm a pretty huge Beatles fan but ironically I never listened to any of their albums individually. All I've done is listen to their greatest hits album, play the Beatles Rock Band on PS3, and went to three Paul McCartney concerts.
It's weird cause even though I probably know all the top songs on most of their albums I still very little idea of what is on the ones you guys are naming.
Then your not a true Beatles fan! I have all their albums and have listened to each one at least 50 times in my life. I own all the vinyl and cds and the game. Of course you don't have to do all that just to be a fan, but at least listen to all the albums!
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Well, maybe I'm not a true Beatles fan indeed since I also listen to Wings and Paul's later work. But still, I count myself as a pretty huge one Looking through their discography, I'd say I'm familiar with (have listened to) around 40% of their songs, which of course are their most popular ones if I consider where I heard them from.
About NL in my name:
Back in 2003 when I was like 13/14 years old I needed a nickname for Medal of Honor: Allied Assault. It started off as 'Eat my shorts' (all caps) and I added the NL in there just to give it some more identity. Later I dropped the whole long name act and just changed to Shorts (without the NL) by the time I was playing Battlefield Vietnam.
This changed after 2006 when I was 17 or so and started adding the NL tag again, because I felt just plain 'Shorts' was too generic.
I found ShortsNL to be the perfect balance between a unique nickname and a short and easy callsign (People in FPS games just call me Shorts). I bet it's the same for Mitch and Tank, without the NL their names would be very generic and you'd sometimes see multiple of them around, but since there aren't so many Dutch people the NL tag makes their names short yet unique
ShortsNL wrote:
Well, maybe I'm not a true Beatles fan indeed since I also listen to Wings and Paul's later work. But still, I count myself as a pretty huge one Looking through their discography, I'd say I'm familiar with (have listened to) around 40% of their songs, which of course are their most popular ones if I consider where I heard them from.
About NL in my name:
Back in 2003 when I was like 13/14 years old I needed a nickname for Medal of Honor: Allied Assault. It started off as 'Eat my shorts' (all caps) and I added the NL in there just to give it some more identity. Later I dropped the whole long name act and just changed to Shorts (without the NL) by the time I was playing Battlefield Vietnam.
This changed after 2006 when I was 17 or so and started adding the NL tag again, because I felt just plain 'Shorts' was too generic.
I found ShortsNL to be the perfect balance between a unique nickname and a short and easy callsign (People in FPS games just call me Shorts). I bet it's the same for Mitch and Tank, without the NL their names would be very generic and you'd sometimes see multiple of them around, but since there aren't so many Dutch people the NL tag makes their names short yet unique
How are you a huge fan if you only know 40% of their songs? And you can still be a Beatles fan and know Wings. I know a lot of wings myself, although I admittidly don't know as much Wings as Beatles.
RIP Exxon Duke, David Veilleux, Double Feature, and Monster Energy
ShortsNL wrote:
Well, maybe I'm not a true Beatles fan indeed since I also listen to Wings and Paul's later work. But still, I count myself as a pretty huge one Looking through their discography, I'd say I'm familiar with (have listened to) around 40% of their songs, which of course are their most popular ones if I consider where I heard them from.
About NL in my name:
Back in 2003 when I was like 13/14 years old I needed a nickname for Medal of Honor: Allied Assault. It started off as 'Eat my shorts' (all caps) and I added the NL in there just to give it some more identity. Later I dropped the whole long name act and just changed to Shorts (without the NL) by the time I was playing Battlefield Vietnam.
This changed after 2006 when I was 17 or so and started adding the NL tag again, because I felt just plain 'Shorts' was too generic.
I found ShortsNL to be the perfect balance between a unique nickname and a short and easy callsign (People in FPS games just call me Shorts). I bet it's the same for Mitch and Tank, without the NL their names would be very generic and you'd sometimes see multiple of them around, but since there aren't so many Dutch people the NL tag makes their names short yet unique
How are you a huge fan if you only know 40% of their songs? And you can still be a Beatles fan and know Wings. I know a lot of wings myself, although I admittidly don't know as much Wings as Beatles.
Let me rise up to Shorts' defense
I think a fan doesn't have to do with knowing the most about it, knowing anecdotes, listening to bootleg material, buying T-shirts and mugs...
For me it's just about how much you love their music, how much you enjoy it, and getting what they're about. So if he knows 40%, but he totally gets it and loves it, he's a fan in my eyes.
40% of 27 studio albums is still a huge amount of songs Like I said, I think I know all their most popular work, and going to three Paul McCartney concerts has to count for something.
I've got a funny anecdote on this. When I was 18 or so, I went to the theater with my parents to see a play they wanted to go to. I really don't know why I said yes to going along as it was a play about a book from like 1930 and my mom happens to be a fan of the writer. I've got a Beatles T-shirt that I wore that night, and together with some long and sleazy skateboarder jeans that I used to wear when I was that age. Needless to say, I didn't really fit in with the distinguished audience of the theater play.
Ironically, when we were standing in line to get in to the theater, I saw a poster of a band called the 'WannaBeatles', all dressed up in their Sgt. Peppers costumes. They were playing in the theater that night but on a secondary smaller stage. Damn, I said to my parents, I'm going to the wrong show! I was so bored during the first half of the play that really the only thing I can remember from it is one of the actress going naked on stage as part of the performance. It was funny because some of the distinguished older ladies in the crowd took offense to it and left.
I was glad when the first half of the play was over and the audience could go out for the usual coffee break. At the same time, the Beatles tribute band next door also had its break in the same room as ours. People started approaching me, pointing at my shirt, saying 'Hey, where were you during the first half of the show?' Of course i had to explain to them that wearing my Beatles shirt was a total coincidence.
In the end, I agreed with my parents go to the Beatles tribute concert for the second half of the night while they returned to their play. It was a night that I thought was going to be really boring but ended up awesome!
Cracked can, at times, be absolutely hilarious! And educational! Though some of the articles are relatively bad, mostly the ones who rely to much on swearing and sexual references that in no way makes the article better.
On the Beatles: The Beatles is one of those groups where their fans can be absolutely insane, having listened to every album 30 times and knowing all the songs by heart, etc. I think you can call yourself a fan even though you arn't manical about it.
There's a difference between a fan and FAN(!!!!!). I once told a friend of mine that I didn't completely agree with saying that they "invented" pop/rock, but that they just made a very big contribution. As I ran out the door screaming I could see every bloodvesel he had pop.
There's a fine line between "psychotherapist" and "psycho the rapist"
Every day. Too bad Seanbaby doesn't write more. While most articles on the site are good, his are so good they're several orders of funny above the others.
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"I love him, I think he's great. He's transformed the sport in so many ways. Every person in cycling has benefitted from Lance Armstrong, perhaps not financially but in some sense" - Bradley Wiggins on Lance Armstrong
Every day. Too bad Seanbaby doesn't write more. While most articles on the site are good, his are so good they're several orders of funny above the others.
I dunno, I find Dan O'Brien to be the funniest, but my favourite is probably David Wong.
ShortsNL wrote:
Well, maybe I'm not a true Beatles fan indeed since I also listen to Wings and Paul's later work. But still, I count myself as a pretty huge one Looking through their discography, I'd say I'm familiar with (have listened to) around 40% of their songs, which of course are their most popular ones if I consider where I heard them from.
About NL in my name:
Back in 2003 when I was like 13/14 years old I needed a nickname for Medal of Honor: Allied Assault. It started off as 'Eat my shorts' (all caps) and I added the NL in there just to give it some more identity. Later I dropped the whole long name act and just changed to Shorts (without the NL) by the time I was playing Battlefield Vietnam.
This changed after 2006 when I was 17 or so and started adding the NL tag again, because I felt just plain 'Shorts' was too generic.
I found ShortsNL to be the perfect balance between a unique nickname and a short and easy callsign (People in FPS games just call me Shorts). I bet it's the same for Mitch and Tank, without the NL their names would be very generic and you'd sometimes see multiple of them around, but since there aren't so many Dutch people the NL tag makes their names short yet unique
How are you a huge fan if you only know 40% of their songs? And you can still be a Beatles fan and know Wings. I know a lot of wings myself, although I admittidly don't know as much Wings as Beatles.
Let me rise up to Shorts' defense
I think a fan doesn't have to do with knowing the most about it, knowing anecdotes, listening to bootleg material, buying T-shirts and mugs...
For me it's just about how much you love their music, how much you enjoy it, and getting what they're about. So if he knows 40%, but he totally gets it and loves it, he's a fan in my eyes.
I'd call him a fan. But a huge fan? No way.
RIP Exxon Duke, David Veilleux, Double Feature, and Monster Energy
I had stated writing this this morning before going to work when I was interrupted by my boss on the phone asking if I hadn't forgotten about an appointment later in the morning (no I hadn't, don't use my private phone for futilities, thank you).
Anyway, I'm still not sure where I should put this, so here it goes.
Currently in France, the antidoping fight is being assessed by the Senate (second assembly, besides the national assembly). There are hearings going on every day, not sure since when or for how long, but that doesn't matter. From what I guess, it's public, or at least opened to the media.
At least two relatively important people have been interviewed and quoted in the press.
First one is former communist sports ministry (1997-2002) Marie-Georges Buffet. She made two points. First was about sending agents for an out of competition control during the football team's preparation in May or June 1998. She got blamed by the press, the opinion, the federation, and whoever else, for intending to prevent Les Bleus from preparing properly (I figure those who claim that must have an accurate idea of what "preparing" means).
Second point she made was when she -through her minister position- was in the organization team of Paris application for the Olympic Games 2008. IOC main assessor was good ol' Hein Verbruggen. To consider Paris' application he requested a written statement by French prime minister (L. Jospin) that the French law would not fully be applied during the games, would Paris get to organize them (guess what bit HV didn't like ?). The written statement was handed to him on the last floor of the Eiffel Tower by former famous sportsmen (JC Killy and G. Drut).
To be sure Jospin would be true to his written words he got heard by the IOC commission three times in Moscow. Eventually Beijing got to organize the event.
That looks like a mix of a James Bond and mafioso story...
Second noticeable person to testify was Pierre Bordry, former AFLD chairman.
He complained he got no back up from the ministry of sports (which rules AFLD) when they L'Équipe matched Armstrong's samples with the EPO-positive ones.
Then he claimed that when they caught Landis, the ministry wanted him to shut up and hand the case to US authorities.
Another interesting claim is that he's wished that the senate would hear ASO owners about riders going to Spain and coming back at night during 2009 TDF. AFLD apparently warned team managers about it, but ASO closed its eyes on it. Still they (ASO) told team managers that didn't want to see anything like that in 2010.
Once again he blamed UCI's controllers for being excessively sympathising with some teams or riders.
Last but not least, though it's been already heard, he's repeated that Armstrong asked for his head to Sarkozy, and somehow got it after the ministry suddenly cut like half of the budget for the following years.
As a result ASO will be heard in the coming days.
Well, it's not all about cycling, and with the likes of Armstrong and Verbruggen it has too much clownishness to belong to the difficult topics.
Edited by Aquarius on 21-03-2013 22:00
Every day. Too bad Seanbaby doesn't write more. While most articles on the site are good, his are so good they're several orders of funny above the others.
I dunno, I find Dan O'Brien to be the funniest, but my favourite is probably David Wong.
Great time-killer if you have nothing else to do. Some of them are surprisingly informative and educational (as cactus said), you can pick up things while reading that tend to stay with you.
What a great ride today,watched some Cancellara videos and just ran out and started riding,finished on 70-80kms ride today,really got motivated,listened this song whole time. Edited by TTspecialist on 23-03-2013 17:53
I reckon I got rid of the 29 when I got hired for a forum moderator job.
