DIS Dads DDC XXII - End of Summer Bash

[IamTrike]

That's not your annual salary?

If it is, I think we all need to become cast members.

 

[AirGoofy]

Yes it is and the 1 point does help but 3 points would have much better. It was funny after the game the bench ws pretty quiet and one of the guys said he had never seen so many guys depressed with a tie before. Another spoke up and commented that a month ago we would have been celebrating. We have played pretty well over the last little while so I guess no one is happy with ties.

Sports do bring out the best and worst in us. The thrill of victory. The agony of defeat. It truly is great when a group can work can together and compete. The problem is when those coaches, players, and parents take it to the extreme.

 

[twokids0204]

L'Shana Tova to those who are also celebrating Rosh Hashana (The Jewish New Year)

 

[ClearScreen]

You didn't get locked out? Congrats on son's game. I try not to run up the score on other teams, but it's just natural to shoot on goal.h.

This is the only hockey for now. The NHL owners don't have my support on this one. I still don't like Donald Fehr, but I am with the players here.

I agree about running up the score. The coach put his best players on defense, told them not to shoot. He told the team they had to set up the offense and make 4-5 passes before they were allowed to shoot. Unfortunately, we were scoring 1-2 goals every shift despite this. There was no scoreboard, but the kids all keep score. It was such a mismatch that kids on our team who have never scored had 3-4 goals each. Both teams were smiling after the game, so it didn't seem to bother the kids that much.

 

[Wherem I Now]

guess who i got to meet on sat.???????
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RANDALL!!!!!!!

great meet buddy!!! what a great guy a family!!! randall you made my vacation! hopefully we can meet up again before we both head home.

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So tempted to do a bit of "touch up" to this pic.

Great meet ups all week for the ones who were (and some who are still) there!

 

[ClearScreen]

You guys need to get organized or the season will be going down the tubes fast.

Sounds like your rink could be an interesting on Wednesday.

Shana Tova to you. (I hope that is the correct greeting)

Thanks, although I'm not Jewish.

The beer sign up list goes up today.

 

[afwdwfan]

They're not showing AMC anymore either, right? I only know that because AMC keeps airing propaganda ads against them.

Yes... I didn't even realize that until recently. AMC isn't exactly a channel I watched much anyway, but BTN keeps making sure to remind everyone how evil Dish is by bringing that point up.

Honestly, I'm sure it is a little bit of both sides in the wrong here. I mean have you ever watched a game on BTN? I think the AV department at most high schools could probably do a better job on production, and their announcers make the worst ones at ESPN look great. It isn't like I actually watch the channel other than one day a week in the fall and on basketball game nights during the winter, unlike the other sports channels they try to compare themselves too.

I'm definitely going to take a good hard look at DirecTv, but I've had Dish for 5 years and been very happy with it. It seems like I have less service interruptions due to weather than the DirecTv that we have here at work.

 

[that's nice]

I'm definitely going to take a good hard look at DirecTv, but I've had Dish for 5 years and been very happy with it. It seems like I have less service interruptions due to weather than the DirecTv that we have here at work.

Before you make the switch let me know so I can give you my customer #. Then we both can get $10 off a month!

 

[mm1971]

Missed a few days . Will be doing some catch up today. Happy Birthdays, Anniversaries and any other events. Happy travels to dads on vacation and hope this is the start of a good week for all.

Of course the $#^%& Patriots got me knocked out of my pool this week.

 

[RodBelding]

will you be dinning at no touch!!! ?

Probably not. Too hot for little ones!!! Over 500 degrees!!!

 

[Goofy + 3]

It's going ok... Ran in a 200 mile relay this weekend, my total distance was 19 miles. Hurting now, but I should be good for Jan... How's you training going?

I just started training this weekend.. Nagging illnesses and injuries have kept me on the shelf until now. I couldn't even run 3 miles on Saturday without taking a few walk breaks. I'll head back out today.

 

[theduck619]

I just started training this weekend.. Nagging illnesses and injuries have kept me on the shelf until now. I couldn't even run 3 miles on Saturday without taking a few walk breaks. I'll head back out today.

I have to start training again. I fell off the wagon, and it really affected my energy level last week.

 

[mm1971]

Cool, always nice to have the family there.

My game ended in a 1 - 1 tie. I think we hit three posts and their back made 2 or three stops on the line. Frustrating it was.

Congrats to all winners, (and ties). We won 7-6 this weekend with DD team. Scored the winning goal with less than a minute left. It was a fun and exciting game. We are 2-0 now and get to play my friends 1-1 team this weekend.

 

[IamTrike]

I have to start training again. I fell off the wagon, and it really affected my energy level last week.

Training is great a helping with the I'm-not-still-at -WDW-where-it's-80-degrees blues.


A couple random thoughts from our trip this week.

1. Our Tamron lens really doesn't perform at the same level as our Nikkor lenses.
2. The Go-Pro was a lot of fun to goof around with. It took really good ride videos, but the sound its absolute crap if it's in it's waterproof housing. It's low light performance is pretty bad too. The fish-eye lens can make some stuff look pretty wonky too.
3. I thought the Royal rooms at POR we're only kind of meh. I like the resort, but if we were doing POR again we'd rather have a location closer to the main building and the pool than a Royal room. Our building of Royal rooms was about as far from the main building as you can get.

 

[theduck619]

Training is great a helping with the I'm-not-still-at -WDW-where-it's-80-degrees blues.

A couple random thoughts from our trip this week.

1. Our Tamron lens really doesn't perform at the same level as our Nikkor lenses.
2. The Go-Pro was a lot of fun to goof around with. It took really good ride videos, but the sound its absolute crap if it's in it's waterproof housing. It's low light performance is pretty bad too. The fish-eye lens can make some stuff look pretty wonky too.
3. I thought the Royal rooms at POR we're only kind of meh. I like the resort, but if we were doing POR again we'd rather have a location closer to the main building and the pool than a Royal room. Our building of Royal rooms was about as far from the main building as you can get.

I wondered about the location of those rooms. Too bad about the camera, will you still post any ride videos?

 

[ClearScreen]

The first round of the playoffs is in the books and the seeding has held to form. Jungle (NELSON) Cruz squeaked by the Splash Mountaineers 5-3 in a series could have gone either way. In the other first round game, PhineastoEzratoGus destroyed the Hittin' Mickeys 8-1. The Semifinals are as follows:

Semifinal

(1) Epic Phillie

vs.

(4) JUNGLE (Nelson) CRUZ


(3) PhineastoEzratoGus

vs.

(2) Mickey's Steamboats


There is also a nemesis battle for 5th place:

(5) Splash Mountaineers

vs.

(6) The Hittin' Mickeys


Also, we have the consolation bracket/seeding as follows:

Semifinal

(7) BLT Goats

vs.

(11) Maelstrom Kingpins

(9) Gray Sox

vs.

(8) Baloo's Cubs


11th Place Game

(10) Goofy Hustle

vs.

(12) Yak n'n Yankees

Good luck to all!

 

[Venomhatch]

Here are some pics to share about I either thought was funny or had to do with bacon!

New at BurgerKing:

Found this at a mall store Hot Topic (I had my ipad 3g with me):

Take note to the ingredients on the left!

These last ones I found all at Target:
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Happy Monday Morning Ownage!!!

 

[moose615]

Good morning everyone, hope all is well, DD starts soccer this week so I'm excited to see how she likes it but also see how she does with a busy week, Monday's are vocab class, Tuesday cooking class, wed vocab class Thursday soccer and Friday vocab class so she has something everyday but she enjoys all of them so she should be alright, not much new, slowly getting ready for our trip, decided to hold off on any DL plans until I see how DD does with WDW trip, that's it for now, again hope everyone is doing good

 

[Twin Dad]

Morning guys.

I'll try to catch up on the last dozen pages later. Happy birthdays and anniversaries to all. Nothing too exciting here.

I'm hoping to get back in shape. I just realized our trip to WDW is just over year away and I'm the heaviest I've ever been. I don't want to be worn out after one day in the parks with several more to go. I'm going to try and get to the gym on a more regular basis and tweak my diet a bit.

 

[trennr]

Hello everyone.

Nemisis... catch...