OT - NO POLITICS Off Topic 2019 part XVIII - Treat or Trick

[BNHL]

I was sitting with with college roommates in our house we were living at watching MNF and Howard Cosell announces John Lennon died


We were pretty buzzed and I remember that incredible weird felling I don’t think I’ve ever experienced where a buzz and unsuspecting tragedy meet

the Patriots blew the game as well but I was and am a huge Beatles and especially Lennon guy so this put me in a very unhappy place for awhile

I lived in that house 1 year and I was also sitting there in the middle of the day watching a soap opera with the girl next door when Reagan got shot

We lived about 5-10 miles off campus so me and her hit the grocery store on the way home. She lived next door and was locked out so she came over to hang around and watch General Hospital. I wasn’t into them but would watch now and then. We were in a bit altered state and had a half gallon of chocolate chip ice cream opened and were eating it when the news broke in he was shot

we sat there transfixed watching this for awhile

I’m not the biggest partier but those 2 historic events happened in eerily similar circumstances

I was 4 when Kennedy got shot and I remember the funeral,I remember the Lennon shooting,the Challenger crash (walking through the Quad at Wentworth),911 (worked at Logan all night and had to be back in at 2,wife woke me at 10 to tell me and I went right back in). Those are the 4 that stand out. I wouldn't include the 70 Cup,72 Cup,Phelan-Flutie,0r 04 Sox.

 

[Fenway]

How on earth could this happen???

 

[Mainehockey33]

The Mandolorian keeps getting better every episode. They turned a cool looking character from the original trilogy into a badass. I think it’s some of the best Star Wars content since the original trilogy.

 

[rfournier103]

The Mandolorian keeps getting better every episode. They turned a cool looking character from the original trilogy into a badass. I think it’s some of the best Star Wars content since the original trilogy.

I might have to check it out. I wasn’t crazy about the prequels, and it just went downhill from there. I guess there’s a “new hope” if you will.

By the way... Boba Fett was already a badass.

 

[Mainehockey33]

I might have to check it out. I wasn’t crazy about the prequels, and it just went downhill from there. I guess there’s a “new hope” if you will.

By the way... Boba Fett was already a badass.
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But we never really saw Boba in action. Definitely check out this series, the action and characters are top notch. It feels like the original trilogy but modern in a lot of ways.

I don’t want to give anything away but this series shows you can make the prequels a lot better than they were.

 

[Kovi]

35 years???
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I was watching this. and I believe it was the very moment I became enamored and in love with Boston sports.

 

[Kate08]

As always, they crushed it. As always, I fell victim to the merch table

 

[Bruinswillwin77]

While it may have been a funny instance it is and will be 'ahead of its time'

 

[Bruinaura]

Genius

 

[Over the volcano]

The kids are alright

 

[CDJ]

We can’t watch more Ivy League college football????? Noooooo! For the love of all that is holy, not that!!!!

 

[BMC]

35 years???
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We all know what happened to Doug Flutie. But what about Gerard Phalen?

 

[Fenway]

How on earth could Yale NOT have lights at the Yale Bowl?

 

[Fenway]

We all know what happened to Doug Flutie. But what about Gerard Phalen?

You asked

 

[talkinaway]

How on earth could Yale NOT have lights at the Yale Bowl?

Yale didn’t have cable in dorms until 1998, so...*shrug*

 

[Dueling Banjos]

Worth a listen

 

[Chief Nine]

Worth a listen

That’s a big man to make a Les Paul look that small

 

[Alicat]

My upstairs neighbor is finally gone

 

[Chief Nine]

My upstairs neighbor is finally gone

Hopefully you’ll get a better one!

 

[Kovi]

nvmd

 

[Alicat]

Hopefully you’ll get a better one!

I hope so too.

 

[Gee Wally]

What a crappy day. 36 degrees and pouring rain.
I dont think I’ll do a friggen thing today.

Sweatsuit, slippers, couch and tv.....thats it.

 

[Gee Wally]

 

[BMC]

You asked

I wonder if Flutie (and everyone else) realizes that if Phalen doesn't catch it nothing that followed would have happened. Everybody talks about The Pass but it was The Catch made it history.

 

[BMC]

What a crappy day. 36 degrees and pouring rain.
I dont think I’ll do a friggen thing today.

Sweatsuit, slippers, couch and tv.....thats it.

Jammie day here