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#3376
General discussion / Re: Fantasy Baseball
October 09, 2007, 02:18:33 PM
Torre is out, steinbrenner said he was gone if the yanks lost that series.
#3377
General discussion / Re: Rugby- Who to support?
October 08, 2007, 05:05:19 PM
QuoteScalp the tickets (afterall its not the all ireland final)
Thought never crossed my mind, but they're going for a feckin' fortune online allegedly
#3378
General discussion / Rugby- Who to support?
October 08, 2007, 11:13:32 AM
I have got tickets through work to go and see the Rugby semi final on Saturday- what I was expecting to be a titanic battle- Australia vs New Zealand. However the sporting Gods (as they tend to) decided otherwise so I'm faced with England vs France. I'd like a steer on who to support from GAABoard public opinion, but I'll go with whoever can give me the best reason one way or the other.
Thanks
heganboy
#3379
General discussion / Re: NFL Fantasy Football
October 08, 2007, 11:07:08 AM
can tony romo score 17.2 points tonight?
#3380
Now Lance is a strange case, an arrogant pain in the arse of a world champion who then got cancer beat it and then came back to wipe out the rest of the world in cycling. I must admit that to me he's a bit of a conundrum, and I can't figure out on which side I land, so for the time being I'm adopting a wait and see attitude.
Here's how I see it, in an era when practically all of the world class cyclists are cheating, is it possible that one guy beat them all (soundly and continuously) without cheating? Its possible but very very unlikely. There are a few other things to consider, the treatment armstrong may well have affected his metabolism especially the amount of oxygen his blood could carry. Would a cancer survior willingly put his body back in harms way by taking the steroids EPO and other drugs of choice of the time, or has he got the "I've beat it once I'll beat it again" attitude?
I retain the belief that it is possible that lance may have been clean but remarkably unlikely, there is some reports from his physio of disposing of syringes and a lot of hearsay. In fact like a long time armagh fan I continue to hope, and sure isn't that what we all have in our association with sport, the hope that despite the odds, despite the history and even when you're on the biggest stage and looking to all the world that you're going to fail, that somewhere within you there is enough to beat the odds...
#3381
Jaysus Hardy i would have thought the jig vs salsa would have hinted at some tongue in cheek, maybe not...
#3382
^
See that post two above this one? Its bollocks.
If you can show me any soccer player with more grace or flair than Maurice Fitzgerald I'll eat my hat.
The grace of a solo on the run vs a step over? A high catch vs a defensive header. And that's just football

Hurling Flick of either wrist vs over head kick -I'll see your Hugo Sanchez and raise you a DJ, a Shefflin and a Ring
while we're at it I'd take a good heavy jig or a hornpipe over a salsa any day of the week.
Bollocks to you sir, have a nice life

posts like that puts me in a bad mood
#3383
As long as there's hurling and football I couldn't give much of a shit to be honest. Any win in anything else is a bonus, any beatings of americans (see ryder cup) gives me great ammo in work. Beating the english in anything darts, pole vault whateve gives me a smug grin, sad but true.
#3384
General discussion / Re: Laser eye surgery
October 03, 2007, 01:37:42 PM
snowed under has a point (in one of his posts- not the braille one), there is a risk, but it is surgery  there is always a risk.
I had to sign a waiver that the procedure has only been in use for 14 years, and that I was undertaking it at my own risk, I also had to sign off on all of the hazards of what could go wrong (there's about 20 things) and those could include the need for a corneal transplant (not good, trust me)
However as with anything else (sober) I weighed the risk and went for it, so far so good.
Your call, one that I'm glad I made
#3385
General discussion / Re: Laser eye surgery
October 03, 2007, 04:15:18 AM
theres a link to info about wavefront on the previous page, Sorry but Im in the US so I have no idea how much it costs at home. Its about $6k for both eyes and all the aftercare here in the US without an insurance contribution
#3386
General discussion / Re: Laser eye surgery
October 02, 2007, 11:51:10 PM
thats what the wavefront is for- I had pretty bad astigmatism and the new wavefront takes care of it- I have better than 20/20
#3387
General discussion / Re: whats the craic
October 02, 2007, 06:47:16 PM
whiskeysteve,
the whole 365 forum thing, I hate to tell you but Bill Murray...
noob
:-[
#3388
General discussion / Re: Laser eye surgery
October 02, 2007, 06:44:57 PM
QuoteYou are supposed to be out for 6 weeks, I was back at training after 10 days.

You arent supposed to drive for 3/4 days, I drove the next day

Again, this depends on the type that you get. I was told I could drive next day and sport as soon as I wanted, for racquet sports I was told to wear goggles for 3-4 weeks and not use a pool for 6 weeks, all other sports no bother.
#3389
General discussion / Re: Laser eye surgery
October 02, 2007, 05:50:09 PM
ps anyone else getting a load of lasik ads on this page?
#3390
General discussion / Re: Laser eye surgery
October 02, 2007, 05:26:55 PM
if you can get wavefront I'd go for it (http://www.allaboutvision.com/visionsurgery/custom_lasik.htm)
If its good enough for tiger woods, its good enough for me. No blade anywhere and the upside is that it corrects your quality of vision in terms of the sharpness, better night vision etc