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Deasr1
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Mays Landing, NJ
Joined: 06.21.2009

Aug 21 @ 1:38 PM ET
What is it mostly used for? Gaming? Surfing? Work? What's your price range?
- canadianpenfan

You again!!!!! Just kidding. Mostlly school work and perhaps movies and streaming games of course.
stveshdy
Philadelphia Flyers
Joined: 06.28.2010

Aug 21 @ 1:41 PM ET
Nothing like having your parked car getting totaled by your townships firetruck. Just beautiful.
Deasr1
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Mays Landing, NJ
Joined: 06.21.2009

Aug 21 @ 1:42 PM ET
Nothing like having your parked car getting totaled by your townships firetruck. Just beautiful.
- stveshdy

selfish bastards
BulliesPhan87
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: the lone wolf of hockeybuzz
Joined: 07.31.2009

Aug 21 @ 1:46 PM ET
Nothing like having your parked car getting totaled by your townships firetruck. Just beautiful.
- stveshdy

Well now you know better, don't do that again!
stveshdy
Philadelphia Flyers
Joined: 06.28.2010

Aug 21 @ 1:49 PM ET
Well now you know better, don't do that again!
- BulliesPhan87


The best part is they weren't even going to a call. I was only parked 60 feet away before they just slammed into the back of it for no reason.
Deasr1
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Mays Landing, NJ
Joined: 06.21.2009

Aug 21 @ 1:53 PM ET
The best part is they weren't even going to a call. I was only parked 60 feet away before they just slammed into the back of it for no reason.
- stveshdy

What kind of car?
stveshdy
Philadelphia Flyers
Joined: 06.28.2010

Aug 21 @ 2:00 PM ET
What kind of car?
- Deasr1

Lucky for me its not the good car that my wife and I have.

Mitsubishi Lancer. 91,000 miles.

Car ran like a charm.
flyerscup2011
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Future lottery winner
Joined: 06.21.2010

Aug 21 @ 2:03 PM ET
Bill Meltzer: Meltzer's Musings: Briere Condolences, Hartnell, Giroux, Niitty, Travel
- bmeltzer


excellent work on this piece, Bill. I think it's your attention to detail that sets you apart as a great hockey writer. I especially liked the map to the grave site of Pelle Lindberg, something I'll put in my back pocket until I win the powerball. It's a pleasure to read your articles about the flyers and be able to share my thoughts on here with fellow passionate flyers fans.
canadianpenfan
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Calgary
Joined: 05.13.2010

Aug 21 @ 2:04 PM ET
Lucky for me its not the good car that my wife and I have.

Mitsubishi Lancer. 91,000 miles.

Car ran like a charm.

- stveshdy



Were you parked in front of a hydrant? If not tell them your wife was in the trunk (you know, roleplaying is your business) and sue the bastards.
jak521
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Buckle Up.
Joined: 02.19.2008

Aug 21 @ 2:11 PM ET
Lucky for me its not the good car that my wife and I have.

Mitsubishi Lancer. 91,000 miles.

Car ran like a charm.

- stveshdy

I had a '98 Accent that I used as my first commuter car. Loved it, and it was exactly what I needed. My little neighbor called it "the Hulk" because it was Green. But it really was Hulk like. Took a beating and never faultered.. that was until it was totaled in a hit in run by a drunk kid I knew from high school. Kid gotta away with DUI because a cop (his buddy) found him a few blocks away waiting for a tow truck.

The insurance co. gave me $1,100... to me though that car was priceless. Worth way more to me than the money that can barely buy a moped.
jak521
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Buckle Up.
Joined: 02.19.2008

Aug 21 @ 2:11 PM ET
Were you parked in front of a hydrant? If not tell them your wife was in the trunk (you know, roleplaying is your business) and sue the bastards.
- canadianpenfan

bodiva88
Referee
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: There aren't any answers. Only choices.
Joined: 07.01.2007

Aug 21 @ 2:12 PM ET
blueberries, almonds, chocolate, x tra virgin olive oil and green tea and you will live to 103
- vejim

My dad is 90. He's just been a meat and potatoes guy his whole life. Genes rock. You can go back to the 1600s on my family tree (both sides) and people largely live to their 90s.
FlyersFirst
Philadelphia Flyers
Joined: 07.01.2011

Aug 21 @ 2:14 PM ET
Lucky for me its not the good car that my wife and I have.

Mitsubishi Lancer. 91,000 miles.

Car ran like a charm.

- stveshdy


I think what you meant to write was: LIMITED EDITION, Turbo Charged, Gold Plated Mitsubishi Lancer. Mint Condition.
FlyersFirst
Philadelphia Flyers
Joined: 07.01.2011

Aug 21 @ 2:18 PM ET
Question: is there something ordinary fans can do to express condolances to Danny's mom? Danny is such a classy guy and I can imagine what he is going through (my mom died when she was 64)
jak521
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Buckle Up.
Joined: 02.19.2008

Aug 21 @ 2:19 PM ET
My dad is 90. He's just been a meat and potatoes guy his whole life. Genes rock. You can go back to the 1600s on my family tree (both sides) and people largely live to their 90s.
- bodiva88

Holy crap.. my family tree only goes back to the late 1800's (or from what we have been able to trace)

EDIT: My fiances family is another story.. I think EYEtalians live forever.. Her great-grandmother lived to 105. Her grandfather (84) is part blind in one eye and has a trashed shoulder. He still cuts hair every day (not mine )
FlyersFirst
Philadelphia Flyers
Joined: 07.01.2011

Aug 21 @ 2:21 PM ET
Holy crap.. my family tree only goes back to the late 1800's (or from what we have been able to trace)
- jak521


use ancestry.com
canadianpenfan
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Calgary
Joined: 05.13.2010

Aug 21 @ 2:21 PM ET
Question: is there something ordinary fans can do to express condolances to Danny's mom? Danny is such a classy guy and I can imagine what he is going through (my mom died when she was 64)
- FlyersFirst



Maybe there is a facebook page devoted to her passing?
jak521
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Buckle Up.
Joined: 02.19.2008

Aug 21 @ 2:22 PM ET
use ancestry.com
- FlyersFirst

does that thing work? From what I have heard it only has what people put in it...

My dads side came from Germany (both parents) right before WWII.. my moms side came from Germany and Austria before WWI..
Jsaquella
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Bringing Hexy Back
Joined: 06.16.2006

Aug 21 @ 2:23 PM ET
Question: is there something ordinary fans can do to express condolances to Danny's mom? Danny is such a classy guy and I can imagine what he is going through (my mom died when she was 64)
- FlyersFirst


You can write a letter to Briere through the team or his agent.
Jsaquella
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Bringing Hexy Back
Joined: 06.16.2006

Aug 21 @ 2:24 PM ET
does that thing work? From what I have heard it only has what people put in it...

My dads side came from Germany (both parents) right before WWII.. my moms side came from Germany and Austria before WWI..

- jak521


Nazi spies, eh?
KINGKENZO
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: OMAR COMIN'..Head or Gut?.....Watching regular white people
Joined: 01.10.2008

Aug 21 @ 2:30 PM ET
Forget Bryz.. People HATED McNabb. The guy is the best QB to put on the jersey, and put up his numbers with no-name receivers over the majority of his career. He was also a very fun loving guy who seemed like a pretty cool dude. I have never heard a bad thing about him from people who knew him when he was here.


Yet Vick gets out of prison, signs here, and is the best!

- jak521



McNabb was the best coached QB to ever put on a jersey. IMO, Randle was the most talented QB. If he was developed by Reid, Cunningham's #s would be off the charts. McNabb had the luxury of having a very good O-line anchored by Runyan and Tre Thomas most of his career. He never had "prime WR" until TO but who the has Tom Brady had at the WR positon? Don was a good QB, not great QB but his inability to take any ownership in his play and shortcommings was his downfall.
jak521
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Buckle Up.
Joined: 02.19.2008

Aug 21 @ 2:32 PM ET
Nazi spies, eh?
- Jsaquella

I know right? Even cooler?

My last name translates to chew and my moms maiden name translates to fist.

Ima make you chew some fist punk.
Jsaquella
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Bringing Hexy Back
Joined: 06.16.2006

Aug 21 @ 2:35 PM ET
I know right? Even cooler?

My last name translates to chew and my moms maiden name translates to fist.

Ima make you chew some fist punk.

- jak521


jak-ie Chan, huh?
BringBack25
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: deep lurk
Joined: 01.03.2007

Aug 21 @ 2:41 PM ET
Which is what Mcnabb always was. Inconsistent.

However, he was placed in a system that was not complimentary to his talents. He was never a good fit to run a west coast type of offense. It magnified his flaws, especially after he limited his running.

- 77rams


I agree with all this. McNabb was a good QB, and did better than we probably had a right to expect him to do in that system, and with such poor receivers over most of his career.

I think the things that made those fans that don't like him feel that way are:
1) never winning a Super Bowl despite all those NFC title games
2) Not seeming (at least publicly) as upset as those fans were that the team always seemed to fall short. The fans wanted him to be just as upset about not winning the big one as they were, and he just never seemed that bothered by always coming up short. Sure, his "it's only a game" attitude is probably a healthier, more sensible attitude for the average guy on the street to have. But I believe the fans want to see their sports heroes in any sport show more fire and anger than he did. They want to know that losing the big game burns in the pit of your stomach, and that it will keep on burning until you eventually win that big game. They don't want a guy who just laugh's off his team's perennial failure to win a title and says "It's only a game. Life goes on".

Doesn't make him a bad QB, but it does explain why a lot of the fans were not happy with him, imo.
Jsaquella
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Bringing Hexy Back
Joined: 06.16.2006

Aug 21 @ 2:43 PM ET
I agree with all this. McNabb was a good QB, and did better than we probably had a right to expect him to do in that system, and with such poor receivers over most of his career.

I think the things that made those fans that don't like him feel that way are:
1) never winning a Super Bowl despite all those NFC title games
2) Not seeming (at least publicly) as upset as those fans were that the team always seemed to fall short. The fans wanted him to be just as upset about not winning the big one as they were, and he just never seemed that bothered by always coming up short. Sure, his "it's only a game" attitude is probably a healthier, more sensible attitude for the average guy on the street to have. But I believe the fans want to see their sports heroes in any sport show more fire and anger than he did. They want to know that losing the big game burns in the pit of your stomach, and that it will keep on burning until you eventually win that big game. They don't want a guy who just laugh's off his team's perennial failure to win a title and says "It's only a game. Life goes on".

Doesn't make him a bad QB, but it does explain why a lot of the fans were not happy with him, imo.

- BringBack25


I liked McNabb, right up until he revealed he had no idea that a NFL game could end in a tie. That pretty much ended it for me.
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