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C. Smith 
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 Topic: **OFFICIAL THREESOME DISCUSSION THREAD**Posted: 11/17/08 at 2:39pm |
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Get your minds out of the gutter!! In this thread, we will allow free discussion of the following topics. 1. Spin vs. Stand 2. Drug use in the Highland Games 3. Pro vs. Am debate Every post made that references one of these three things will either be locked, deleted, or moved to this thread, depending on the current mood of the moderators. I will also put a link to the threads where these topics have been discussed ad naseum. If anyone wants to dig up those links or already has them handy feel free to post them and i will organize in the post below this one. This thread itself will be lightly moderated, so anything short of a personal attack can stay. I think i'm the only one who really gets personally attacked on a regular basis anyway. So if you want to look like a hypocritical douche and call someone out, or make unfounded accusations, then i suppose this is the place to make yourself look like a fool. Yes, I expect this to be the longest thread in NASGA history.
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C. Smith
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Posted: 11/17/08 at 2:41pm |
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WOB - Standing vs. Spinning http://www.nasgaweb.com/forums/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=360 4&KW=WOB+%2D+Standing+vs%2E+Spinning Stand vs Spin WOB Leveling the WOB playing field or ... Marion Jones Spin, no spin...its a small matter. |
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Pingleton
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Posted: 11/17/08 at 3:35pm |
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Only since you asked Craig. I certainly was not going to bring the subject up again! http://www.nasgaweb.com/forums/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=360 4&KW=WOB+%2D+Standing+vs%2E+Spinning http://www.nasgaweb.com/forums/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=375 3&KW=Spin+vs%2E+Stand |
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We do not stop playing because we grow old. We grow old because we stop playing. - George Bernard Shaw |
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Jeff Ingram
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Posted: 11/17/08 at 4:01pm |
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Craig Smith.
1.Spins, not just once, but TWO times. 2. KNOWN drug user (has admitted, on the internet ((which as we all know is a record of incontrovertible repute)) to have taken the performance enhancing drug IBUPROFEN, and more rarely AMBIEN... which, while hilarious, is also a PED). 3. Has been (in the past, not is a Has-Been... you know what I mean) an AM AND a PRO. Not at the same time, but STILL. I believe these FACTS call in to question his ability to moderate this conversation OBJECTIVELY. |
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Savage Pres
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Posted: 11/17/08 at 5:47pm |
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I...I...I never have met Craig... But I think I like him. He sounds cool to me. (yes that sucking sound is me sucking up.
 Whaaaat?) It's late and I'm not in my right mind.Ban the spin! Even in the weight for distance. Why??? Cause it makes my knees hurt too bad. Just kidding! |
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WALLY.OLECIK
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Posted: 11/17/08 at 7:53pm |
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This is NOT the kind of "threesome" that l thought was going to be discussed! l'm already bored!!
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16lb-hammer(at)sshga.org
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dWood
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Posted: 11/18/08 at 1:37am |
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wait for it.......................................................... ............................................................ ............................................................ ................................
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JUST BRING IT /
SPEED KILLS..BUT STRENGTH PUNISHES |
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mcdonl
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Posted: 11/18/08 at 1:44am |
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As the AD for Maine I will always allow spinning. Sorry standing Army. You standers are awesome, but we love the spinners too. We cannot afford drug testing, but if we see anyone with a needle sticking out of thier ass, we may ask questions. A far as pro's are concerned. Who else are we going to give our money too? The only controversy I have regarding PRO vs AM is the double standard for Women. A woman can be pro one week, and an AM the next. A PRO man cannot do that. Leroy
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Leroy McDonough
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dWood
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Posted: 11/18/08 at 2:30am |
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you don't like it that women can go both ways
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JUST BRING IT /
SPEED KILLS..BUT STRENGTH PUNISHES |
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Krazy40
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Posted: 11/18/08 at 2:39am |
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That just proves it is acceptable for women to go both ways, not so much for the men
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Jeremy Gillingham
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Mike Wills
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Posted: 11/18/08 at 2:45am |
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Man law!
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C. Smith
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Posted: 11/18/08 at 2:49am |
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1. Hmmmm, you got me there. 2. I have never admitted to the use of ibuprofin. I do have additonal recent Ambien tales, maybe i can get Kara to post as she takes notes during these episodes... 3. Got me again. Although i was an Am and a Pro in the same year once.
Objectively? Bwhahahahahahhahahahahah |
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Silverback
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Posted: 11/18/08 at 3:30am |
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Careful Dan, he is a big strong, mobile, agile and hostile and your not.
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JWC III
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Posted: 11/18/08 at 3:43am |
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This thread should set all time records for posts. I think we should create a whole new board just for these three topics, like the nonsense board, so people can go there and post to their hearts content. This always happens this time of year for me. No more games, no throwing outside, it's dark when I get home, it was 18 degrees when I woke up this morning.....I'm like a cranky bear looking for a cave to hibernate in...except I don't hibernate. I'm just pissed I can't go throw. |
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Thom Van Vleck
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J_Payne
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Posted: 11/18/08 at 5:18am |
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What games allow spinning in Illinois. I'm going to learn to spin just so's I can piss people off (it's like a hobby of mine). It will fit in well with my eight year plan to beat Terry. I figure that's about how long it'll take him to start slowing down enough for me to catch up. |
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McSanta
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Posted: 11/18/08 at 6:00am |
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A few more threads Stand vs Spin WOB Leveling the WOB playing field or ... Marion Jones Spin, no spin...its a small matter. |
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Mark McVey
"The work of science is to substitute facts for appearances and demonstrations for impressions." -John Ruskin |
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AncientOne
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Posted: 11/18/08 at 6:34am |
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J_Payne-
All of them. And it doesn't piss anyone off anymore... its pretty well accepted by now. -K |
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Winners are remarkably adept at figuring out what's required to win.
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McSanta
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Posted: 11/18/08 at 6:56am |
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It is a good sign that people ask thess questions time and again as it is a sign that new blood is constantly coming into this sport. Since new throwers do not think of, OR have problems with the search engine (lots of time outs), putting the threads of various topics together is not a bad idea so they can easily read the various opinions, humor, insight, silliness, ..... It goes on the line of FAQ for this sport and is a good idea which perhaps was born out of frustration of our moderator. When you get through the bullshit in some of these treads, there is a shit load of knowledge and hisotry of the games buried in them which helps to educate throwers about this sport. |
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Mark McVey
"The work of science is to substitute facts for appearances and demonstrations for impressions." -John Ruskin |
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Alan H
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Posted: 11/18/08 at 9:49am |
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Link to famous blonde female highland athletes spinning instructional video on YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZYuRk1pFO0 |
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Jeff Ingram
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Posted: 11/18/08 at 9:51am |
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What do you call a fish with no eyes?
A fsh.
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WALLY.OLECIK
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Posted: 11/18/08 at 2:56pm |
Which "PRO's" make their living from this sport? Very few, at best. So, there really isn't any such animal as a "professional' in Scottish athletics. There's just a few guys that feel that any competition bucks out there should be moving in their direction! Hey, l say if someone offers you money for competing, jump on it. Nobody gives a sh  ! |
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J_Payne
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Posted: 11/18/08 at 3:57pm |
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Come on, anyone that's been in the sport more than a day knows that this is just because of the lack of women competitors. If there were as many women throwing as men, they'd be held to the same class standards as men. If you can dig up a couple hundered more female competitors to fill A, B, and C women's classes around the country I'm sure that would fix the "double standard" thing. |
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WALLY.OLECIK
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Posted: 11/18/08 at 4:11pm |
Or maybe, by then, we will have matured enough in our thinking that this whole "Pro vs Am" thing will be history as ancient as it now is in the Olympics! And you never mentioned that "'double standard' thing" when you cashed your check at the Claw in '06! |
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Duncan McCallum
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Posted: 11/19/08 at 6:15am |
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J Payne a Pro? Now I don't feel so bad after getting monkey-stomped by him in Texas. Bring it on back to Scarby next year, my bicep-enhanced friend! Spin vs. stand... |
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J_Payne
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Posted: 11/19/08 at 9:21am |
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WOW! Just because I cashed a check from the claw doesn't mean I'm exactly a pro (if by pro you mean someone who can throw really really well). I know, I know, I may look awesome and menacing when I step out onto the field, but that's mostly just a combination of good lighting, hair gel, and sleevless shirts (a trick I learned from Baab!). The fact that I got to cash a check from the Claw DOES mean that Wally runs a top knotch competition that should be emulated by other games all across the country. (That should give you a hint on where I stand on the paying of am's issue. I was happy to cash my little prize check, and if that makes me a pro, well, lets just say I dont' think Ryan V is shaking in his boots just yet.) Duncan: As for the Scarby rematch-- it's on brother. We almost had it lined up for the Claw in 08, but I guess both of us had to pull out at the last minute. Plus, you've been putting up some good numbers lately. I'm going to have to throw in some extra hair gel, and cut my sleeves extra short to keep up |
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M-BAAB
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Posted: 11/19/08 at 12:37pm |
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Jason - looking around sneakily.......one word....tanktop!
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51 , 72 and 15 at 50
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J_Payne
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Posted: 11/19/08 at 1:26pm |
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Tanktop!?-- I'm not sure I'm ready for performance enhancers like that just yet. On the other hand, I don't think there are any test that can detect the use of a tanktop in a sample of urine (but I could be wrong). |
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Joel Sim
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Posted: 11/19/08 at 1:33pm |
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tank tops have been known to cause a spike in the hormone ILS. Just sayin |
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Steve Conway
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Posted: 11/19/08 at 2:28pm |
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Having been up to my neck in all of these "controversial" subjects over
the years, I feel the need to log on to this thread and at the very least help push it to page 2. 
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S McCracken
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Posted: 11/19/08 at 3:50pm |
1 I cant spin so it should be banned 2 I say if its leagle do what you want. 3 And other than getting paid Pro is just a lable for the guys better than the rest of us.
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