Jump to content

Carl Spackler

Burnt Ends
  • Posts

    3394
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Posts posted by Carl Spackler

  1. 3 hours ago, Surly Bevo said:

    Fuck off Arthur Smith

    Eh.  It was a chickenshit move by the Saints, though I understand it was the players on the field (and not the NO coaches) who made the decision to run a play rather than taking a knee.  I don't think I'd be too happy if an opponent pulled something like that.  You wanna just run a regular play?  Fine -- it's up to me to stop you and I won't bitch at all if you end up scoring.  But if you go into victory formation, you better be taking a knee, not trying to score.  The next time New Orleans runs victory at the end of a game, they'd better be on the lookout for the defense crashing the line hard, because the opponent will justifiably point to today's game and say, "We can't be sure New Orleans will actually take a knee in that situation after they pulled that bullshit on Atlanta."

    That said, Smith is probably gone and he did a shitty job this season, so my guess is that his frustration probably stemmed at least in part from knowing he's a dead man walking and not just the Saints' shenanigans.  And he misused Bijan.  (And maybe that's what you were referring to.)

  2. 23 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

    Also a huge fan of the Cadet, hard to believe anything useful could be slimmer.  I am rather a fan of the nail file, which also makes a passable phillips-head.

    While the Cadet still rocks, that little Bantam is definitely useful and even slimmer.  But if you like the nail file component and use it occasionally, you may want to just stick with the Cadet.  I seldom use the nail file thingy.    

  3. So . . . I'm a big fan of the Victorinox Swiss Army Cadet in alox.  (Frankly, I'm a fan of just about any Victorinox SAK, but I loooooove the Cadet.)  It's so well made and packs so much utility into a small, tidy package.  I have three because a couple times I thought I had lost one, so I ordered another and then the original re-appeared later.  It's a great knife to slip into a suit pocket or have at the office when you don't want to freak co-workers out if you need a blade for some reason.     

    For Xmas, someone gave me a Victorinox Bantam in alox as a kind of stocking stuffer, and this thing is even sweeter than the Cadet.  It's even slimmer and has just about the same amount of utility.  It drops the nail file/nail cleaner tool (which I barely use anyway) and combines the can opener/bottle opener tools into one.  Just a fantastic piece of equipment for only a little over $20.

    image.thumb.png.5d14a512609cacb32394820addf7a5a7.png

    • Hook 'Em 1
  4. I don't blame X for not making the recovery.  He dropped down almost directly on the ball once he saw it was at his feet and the two UW defenders hadn't made a clean recovery.  The problem was the third UW defender (the one who actually ended up making the recovery) was able to come in from the side.  As a result, that third defender had leverage on the ball and was able to pull it away from everyone else, including Worthy.

     

  5. Interesting thread.  It's unfortunate that some bad shit has touched the lives of so many who post on this board.

    I never knew him, but my great-grandfather was murdered by a hired killer in a land feud in Kentucky in 1903 -- real "Hatfields and McCoys"-type shit.

    When I was a kid, my mom bought a pair of boots for me at a garage sale.  The boots were relatively old but still in good shape, and they fit fine.  I found out later that the kid who had originally owned the boots had, after becoming a teenager, killed one of his parents some years before and was incarcerated at the time.  I have no idea what his name was or when the killing occurred.  But I do recall getting all ragey inside whenever I put those boots on . . .  

  6. 6 minutes ago, Ghost of LL said:

    Alright—about time to head out to find a bar here in West Hollywood.  I saw the boy march this morning in the Tournament of Roses Parade and got plenty of comments on my Longhorns sweater—quick observation: the Tournament of Roses people all speak very fondly of Texas’s trips out here.

    But fun time is over—time to get down to business. Fuck Washington. And while we’re at it, fuck Alabama and fuck Michigan, too.

    Barney's Beanery

    • Like 2
×
×
  • Create New...