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by RichardCranium
Mon May 30, 2016 10:29 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Aussie Boomers to play U.S College All-Stars team
Replies: 10
Views: 569

Aussie Boomers to play U.S College All-Stars team

Not sure where to put this exactly, but here we go anyway... Heard about this the other day when someone in Andrew Gaze' office stopped by the newsagent to pick up a package. Aussie Boomers to play U.S College All-Stars team ...With the Boomers set to select their 12-man squad for the Olympics on Ju...
by RichardCranium
Mon May 30, 2016 9:14 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Computer problem
Replies: 22
Views: 1152

Re: Comouter problem

I have had PCs since the 8086 days (10mhz CPU, 20mb hd, 1mb RAM) and have been building my own since the 486DX days, so have had every computer problem imagined. Just built a new office comp last month. Been working fine except Ive gotten a blue screen with oodles of words on it and it forces me to...
by RichardCranium
Fri May 27, 2016 5:25 pm
Forum: Football Arch Rivals
Topic: Baylor
Replies: 141
Views: 16238

Re: Baylor

Well now Starr has all that free time on his hands, he is free to run for Vice President on the Republican ticket - he'd be the perfect fit for the Trumpet.
by RichardCranium
Fri May 27, 2016 5:17 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: 2016-2017 Arizona Basketball
Replies: 2369
Views: 114873

Re: 2016-2017 Arizona Basketball

http://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/no-1-duke-no-2-kentucky-hold-steady-in-post-draft-decisions-top-25-and-one/ Is Oregon really that good?? Didn't they lose two key pieces? Not sure about their incoming players. Is Arizona really that good?? Didn't they lose two key pieces? Not sure a...
by RichardCranium
Wed May 11, 2016 8:15 pm
Forum: NBA
Topic: Official: "Holy Shit, Steph Curry!!!" Thread...
Replies: 86
Views: 7652

Re: Official: "Holy Shit, Steph Curry!!!" Thread...

Is Steph the 1st superstar that is universally loved? Lots of people hated MJ, Kobe, Lebron, P Manning, T Brady, Barry Bonds, ARod, etc. but I'm not sure even fans of opposing teams dislike Steph I think Magic and Bird were both universally loved. Racists aside, I think Dr. J was universally loved....
by RichardCranium
Sun May 08, 2016 7:43 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: lets talk '16
Replies: 2462
Views: 140969

Re: lets talk '16

It might just be me, but if I hear the name Pinder, all I will ever think about are these: http://images.celebpose.com/28-07-15/lucy-pinder-topless-damien-morley-photoshoot-february-2012_4e4d4d40-291d-4b95-a432-6d3f46c55644.jpg Well, when I hear the name Pinder, I think about these: https://youtu.b...
by RichardCranium
Sat May 07, 2016 11:14 pm
Forum: Football Arch Rivals
Topic: Reddit Fan map
Replies: 8
Views: 660

Re: Reddit Fan map

I not suprised that Notre Dame has support in New Mexico, but doesn't anybody follow UNM there? Anybody at all?
by RichardCranium
Mon Apr 25, 2016 10:40 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: News of the weird
Replies: 827
Views: 87663

Re: News of the weird

Does this count as "News of the Weird"?

Trump at War
In a 1997 interview with Howard Stern, Trump likened his determination to avoid sexually transmitted infections to serving in combat. His sex life in the 1980s was “my personal Vietnam,” he said. “I feel like a great and very brave soldier.”
by RichardCranium
Sat Apr 23, 2016 11:40 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Official Old School thread
Replies: 376
Views: 36491

Re: Official Old School thread

It all started with those three. Don't be silly. It all started with Snowden, Money, and Norman. Remember this, always: before Snowden was hired, Arizona was getting a couple of hundred people to see games at Bear Down Gym. When McKale opened, Snowden's team was filling it. From a couple of hundred...
by RichardCranium
Thu Apr 21, 2016 5:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: News of the weird
Replies: 827
Views: 87663

Re: News of the weird

azgreg wrote:Did God tell her to cut her hair like that?
Maybe she went to the hairdresser at Walmart and that's why God told her to do it?
by RichardCranium
Thu Apr 21, 2016 5:24 am
Forum: Football Arch Rivals
Topic: The NCAA Should Roll Over & Die
Replies: 53
Views: 3887

Re: The NCAA Should Roll Over & Die

No, the real issue here is Larry Scott and his "play by my rules" approach to being Pac-12 conference commissioner. It didn't work with the DirecTV negotiations and it's not going to work here. OK, I get it. You are not a Larry Scott fan. But which part of the 11-0-1 vote to instruct the PAC-12 rep...
by RichardCranium
Wed Apr 20, 2016 11:47 pm
Forum: Football Arch Rivals
Topic: The NCAA Should Roll Over & Die
Replies: 53
Views: 3887

Re: The NCAA Should Roll Over & Die

Thanks. Just came to do it. Dan went rouge. It was in UCLA's best interests, but you can't cast it a certain way when you were picked to vote another way. Larry Scott throwing him under the bus was dumb because now nobody is going to trust him You know, it's really hard to decide who to dislike in ...
by RichardCranium
Wed Apr 20, 2016 11:45 pm
Forum: Football Arch Rivals
Topic: The NCAA Should Roll Over & Die
Replies: 53
Views: 3887

Re: The NCAA Should Roll Over & Die

This may be the best thing Guerrero's ever done for the conference, if it ends up with Larry Scott going bye-bye. You don't call out the AD of your No. 1 brand as not "voting the way we wanted him to," especially in the very public and petty way Scott has, and expect your job to be safe. Scott has ...
by RichardCranium
Tue Apr 19, 2016 1:27 am
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Rawle Alkins
Replies: 894
Views: 71943

Re: Rawle Alkins

Airizona wrote:Thon Maker just got cleared to enter the NBA draft. I'm not sure what this means for situations like Rawle though.
Wait... Wut?

A$$U is an NBA franchise now?I thought the gap was closing!!!!
by RichardCranium
Wed Apr 13, 2016 6:51 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Terrance Ferguson
Replies: 573
Views: 41765

Re: Terrance Ferguson

TheGreatCatsby wrote:Can't really blame us though, Mitch Lightfoot IS an amazing name after all.
Meh.

Chance Comanche is way better.
by RichardCranium
Mon Apr 11, 2016 11:59 pm
Forum: Basketball Arch Rivals
Topic: Josh Jackson
Replies: 1244
Views: 91994

Re: Josh Jackson

Sounds like Self is a witch at recruiting to me.

He seems to be really, really good at recruiting moms anyway.
by RichardCranium
Fri Apr 08, 2016 4:12 pm
Forum: Basketball Arch Rivals
Topic: Josh Jackson
Replies: 1244
Views: 91994

Re: Josh Jackson

Sheer in with the reverse jinx!
by RichardCranium
Wed Apr 06, 2016 11:21 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: lets talk '16
Replies: 2462
Views: 140969

Re: lets talk '16

Jeebus in a handbasket.

I sure wish Josh and Fergie would announce already and put youse guys out of your misery fer cryin' out loud.
by RichardCranium
Wed Apr 06, 2016 11:18 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Mad Magazines Greatest Hits
Replies: 0
Views: 194

Mad Magazines Greatest Hits

This is apparently from 2009, but its just been reprinted on the Mad Magazine Australia back cover. Brilliant.

Image

Anybody else got a favorite bit of shtick from Mad?
by RichardCranium
Sun Apr 03, 2016 7:08 pm
Forum: Basketball Arch Rivals
Topic: Goin Pro Thread
Replies: 228
Views: 23837

Re: Goin Pro Thread

Is college really that bad these days? I loved college and could not imagine passing up my final years there to make $20K a year in the D league. And that was without me being treated like a king and getting the handouts (education, free meals, free tail, etc.) these guys get. There are so many of ...
by RichardCranium
Mon Mar 28, 2016 10:38 pm
Forum: Basketball Arch Rivals
Topic: Josh Jackson
Replies: 1244
Views: 91994

Re: Josh Jackson

Bah Humbug! You guys got no ambition, I tells ya. Born 1997: 1+9-9+7 = 8 5 Star Recruit Class of '16:1 + 6 = 7 # 2 Rank on Scout # 1 Rank on Rivals Born 1997 / Az Natty 1997: 1997 - 1997 = 0 Arizona will have 0 OOC losses in 2016/2017 season Class of 2016 : 2+0+1+6 = 9 Arizona will win 6 games in th...
by RichardCranium
Thu Mar 24, 2016 7:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Outrageous Purchases Thread
Replies: 605
Views: 52048

Re: Outrageous Purchases Thread

My dad had some pretty nice cars when he was in his early 20's. He had a 69 GTO convertible, a 69 Camero convertible which the owner covered up the Z28 emblems when he bought it so my dad was quite pleased, and finally, his pride was a 65 Austin Healey MK3. He usually bought up junkers and fixed th...
by RichardCranium
Wed Mar 23, 2016 10:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Outrageous Purchases Thread
Replies: 605
Views: 52048

Re: Outrageous Purchases Thread

In 1964 my Grandmother needed a new car. Her old one was a '53 Pontiac, and she was a Pontiac driver. So she bought a Tempest of course. The salesman was able to talk (with Mom and Dad right there to go along with it) her into all the goodies on offer, bucket seats, trim packages, bigger engine, etc...
by RichardCranium
Mon Mar 21, 2016 8:10 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: let's talk '17
Replies: 2132
Views: 133317

Re: let's talk '17

Why is Ray Smith being talked about in the '17 class thread? No one's saying he is going to sit a 2nd year year are they? And now we're talking about Ben Simmons? Last I checked, this thread was about Arizona recruits who would play in the 2017/2018 season, but maybe you and I are wrong... Yeah, OK...
by RichardCranium
Sun Mar 20, 2016 9:08 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: let's talk '17
Replies: 2132
Views: 133317

Re: let's talk '17

Rumour City in Aussie-land: Ben Simmons is considering staying in college for another year - and transferring to another school.

I don't think the local rumour-mongers quite understand the bit about having to sit out a year to transfer, but wouldn't that be a hoot?
by RichardCranium
Sun Mar 20, 2016 5:31 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Allonzo Trier
Replies: 4039
Views: 232600

Re: Allonzo Trier

Alonso decides to walk away after big crash of season.

by RichardCranium
Mon Mar 14, 2016 7:36 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Craig Victor to transfer
Replies: 158
Views: 8382

Re: Craig Victor to transfer

Victor could have contacted LSU while still a UA player with no tampering involved. Just has to come from him, not from LSU. Hey, 19. The Cuervo Gold. The fine Colombian ... You know you are getting old when Columbian Gold was the best stuff you could get. Uh... Michoacan/Acapulco Gold/Kona Gold......
by RichardCranium
Thu Mar 10, 2016 5:54 pm
Forum: Official Basketball Game Threads
Topic: Pac-12 Tournament Game 1, vs. Colorado (2015-2016)
Replies: 191
Views: 5559

Re: Pac-12 Tournament Game 1, vs. Colorado (2015-2016)

The sound keeps cutting out, and I have to refresh the stream.

It just happened and it restarted with 13 minutes still in the game. Refreshed again and there is 8 seconds left.

I love the innertubes, don't you?
by RichardCranium
Thu Mar 10, 2016 5:51 pm
Forum: Official Basketball Game Threads
Topic: Pac-12 Tournament Game 1, vs. Colorado (2015-2016)
Replies: 191
Views: 5559

Re: Pac-12 Tournament Game 1, vs. Colorado (2015-2016)

I said to myself, "Self, that was weird".
by RichardCranium
Thu Mar 10, 2016 5:50 pm
Forum: Official Basketball Game Threads
Topic: Pac-12 Tournament Game 1, vs. Colorado (2015-2016)
Replies: 191
Views: 5559

Re: Pac-12 Tournament Game 1, vs. Colorado (2015-2016)

RichardCranium wrote:I dont' mind takin the foot off the gas a little bit, but we gotta at least cover.
by RichardCranium
Thu Mar 10, 2016 5:48 pm
Forum: Official Basketball Game Threads
Topic: Pac-12 Tournament Game 1, vs. Colorado (2015-2016)
Replies: 191
Views: 5559

Re: Pac-12 Tournament Game 1, vs. Colorado (2015-2016)

ASUHATER! wrote:One of the worst halves of basketball an Arizona team has ever played
So, no where to go but up, eh?

Heavy sigh.
by RichardCranium
Thu Mar 10, 2016 4:32 pm
Forum: Official Basketball Game Threads
Topic: Pac-12 Tournament Game 1, vs. Colorado (2015-2016)
Replies: 191
Views: 5559

Re: Pac-12 Tournament Game 1, vs. Colorado (2015-2016)

Great vision by Tarc to pass that to Gabe for the SLAM! That looked exactly like a pass from Bob Elliot to Eric Money that practically took the roof off McKale one night. (Except Elliott use an overhead pass not a chest pass like Tarc). Adelstein doing the play-by-play yelled out 'Money going deep,...
by RichardCranium
Mon Mar 07, 2016 8:14 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: lets talk '16
Replies: 2462
Views: 140969

Re: lets talk '16

And in '17 we get all of Ayton, Bamba, Duval, and McCoy plus Billy Preston on (key)boards, right?

Cool
by RichardCranium
Tue Mar 01, 2016 4:55 pm
Forum: NBA
Topic: Official: "Holy Shit, Steph Curry!!!" Thread...
Replies: 86
Views: 7652

Re: Official: "Holy Shit, Steph Curry!!!" Thread...

Actually, my rather overly disguised point was more along the line of 'of course he's good at shooting threes... look who he has for a teacher'. Another point I'd like to make is about AzCat49's comment about Coniel Norman's shooting. Norman didn't shoot from the half court line, his favorite shot w...
by RichardCranium
Mon Feb 29, 2016 9:12 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: official science and technology thread
Replies: 783
Views: 336177

Re: official science and technology thread

Professor Ian Frazer won the Australian of the Year award for the creation of the Gardasil vaccine, which gives immunity from about 75 percent of human papillomavirus (HPV) strains and now he's working on another vaccine to treat those who are already infected. Gardasil Creator Is Testing A DNA Vac...
by RichardCranium
Mon Feb 29, 2016 9:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: official science and technology thread
Replies: 783
Views: 336177

Re: official science and technology thread

STEM cells are being used to regrow damaged knee cartilage in world-first Melbourne trials it is hoped will make many joint replacements and other surgery unnecessary. Doctors have halted damage caused by degenerative conditions, and even reversed it, in one of the first studies to use stem cells t...
by RichardCranium
Mon Feb 29, 2016 7:41 pm
Forum: NBA
Topic: Official: "Holy Shit, Steph Curry!!!" Thread...
Replies: 86
Views: 7652

Re: Official: "Holy Shit, Steph Curry!!!" Thread...

JMarkJohns wrote:
I thought a lot of those records were previously held by, uh, Steph Curry's COACH.
by RichardCranium
Sat Feb 27, 2016 7:30 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Lot happening in downtown Tucson
Replies: 373
Views: 28441

Re: Lot happening in downtown Tucson

That underpass has been there for about 100 years. Exactly when are truck drivers going to learn to read the height clearance signs d'ya suppose? Huh. Aussies can't read clearance signs either. http://nnimgt-a.akamaihd.net/transform/v1/crop/frm/34dXacDR8RguBkyLHxYXLhN/32f646fe-82a6-4c1d-9ad4-7ad31b...
by RichardCranium
Sat Feb 27, 2016 7:19 am
Forum: Official Basketball Game Threads
Topic: Game 29, at Utah (2015-2016)
Replies: 215
Views: 4444

Re: Game 29, at Utah (2015-2016)

ASUHATER! wrote:Who the hell is Zues?
I think its a canal in Egypt.
by RichardCranium
Mon Feb 22, 2016 7:48 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Pathway to the 2016 Pac 12 title
Replies: 326
Views: 15302

Re: Pathway to the 2016 Pac 12 title

Arizona can win out. I no longer rate it as a 'should win out'. It'll be a tough game in SLC, but certainly do-able. Oregon is vulnerable to Washington and will lose at least one in LA. Utah has 3 home games, A$$U, UA, Co. They could easily lose to both A$$U and Arizona, but that is a big ask for th...
by RichardCranium
Mon Feb 08, 2016 1:06 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Kung Hei Fat Choi!
Replies: 2
Views: 281

Kung Hei Fat Choi!

Happy New Year to those of you who celebrate the lunar new year.

May the year of the Monkey be good to you.
by RichardCranium
Sun Feb 07, 2016 7:11 pm
Forum: Basketball Arch Rivals
Topic: Pac-12 game thread
Replies: 1356
Views: 63456

Re: Pac-12 game thread

az91 wrote:
AZCatGirl wrote:Utah looks like they're already out of gas. This could get pretty ugly.
I'm really glad we don't have to take the Oregon road trip this year. The Rocky Mountain schools have taken a beating there this weekend.
I'm not. I want a another chance at 'em. The PAC-12 champ game is too far away.
by RichardCranium
Sun Feb 07, 2016 7:10 pm
Forum: Basketball Arch Rivals
Topic: Pac-12 game thread
Replies: 1356
Views: 63456

Re: Pac-12 game thread

Arizona SHOULD win out. Oregon has a couple of tough games they could lose. USC has at least 2 more losses. Washington will be lucky to win 3 of four - they're out as far as I'm concerned. There could easily be a three way tie at the top, with Oregon owning the tie breaker over Arizona (and probably...
by RichardCranium
Wed Feb 03, 2016 10:46 pm
Forum: Official Basketball Game Threads
Topic: Game 23, at Washington St. (2015-2016)
Replies: 184
Views: 3579

Re: Game 23, at Washington St. (2015-2016)

TheGreatCatsby wrote:Gabe and Tolly are some of the worst defenders in AZ history. Most all these layups are their man driving to the basket or backcutting on them.
Ahhh... I detect someone who never saw Eric Money play.
by RichardCranium
Wed Feb 03, 2016 9:54 pm
Forum: Official Basketball Game Threads
Topic: Game 23, at Washington St. (2015-2016)
Replies: 184
Views: 3579

Re: Game 23, at Washington St. (2015-2016)

That Geico gecko is driving a fake car. Its got the front end from an Austin-Healy Mark 1 Sprite (AKA "Bugeye" or "Frogeye"), but I don't know where the heck they got the back end from. If that is the quality of their authorized repair work, who would want to deal with them? Especially to get a clas...
by RichardCranium
Wed Feb 03, 2016 9:40 pm
Forum: Official Basketball Game Threads
Topic: Game 23, at Washington St. (2015-2016)
Replies: 184
Views: 3579

Re: Game 23, at Washington St. (2015-2016)

Pretty choppy even with 720p Cox cable. What do you expect from Wazzu. But Ryan Anderson and PJC are in control. I have a DOCSIS 3 and my stream has been unwatchable in the 2nd half. Thanks. I feel better now. Its still damn near unwatchable though. I usually get a pretty good stream in Aussieland....
by RichardCranium
Wed Feb 03, 2016 9:31 pm
Forum: Official Basketball Game Threads
Topic: Game 23, at Washington St. (2015-2016)
Replies: 184
Views: 3579

Re: Game 23, at Washington St. (2015-2016)

I'm getting such a choppy stream that I can barely stand to watch it let alone listen to it.

WTF is going on in this game?

I think its time to upgrade my cable modem from DOCSIS 2 to DOCSIS 3. Sheesh.
by RichardCranium
Wed Feb 03, 2016 7:12 pm
Forum: Arizona Football
Topic: OKG Day 2016
Replies: 10
Views: 954

Re: OKG Day 2016

OK, I am not a good judge of these things, but... I'm looking at the video of Khalil Tate and I like what I'm seeing as far as his running goes - he looks like he's got some good legs. To me, his passing actions seems clumsy and forced, yet he seems to get the ball where he wants it go - long or sho...