Drew Brees' Azz Tastes Like.

[Vinsane]

I'm sorry, but it's fuckin retarded to think no one that actually dealt with the negatives of Katrina is at the games.

Yeah, pretty sure those guys are not making it to the game.

 

[MrBill]

Hell, I was negatively impacted by Katrina to the tune of $100,000 in lost equity and loans to cover damage not covered by insurance plus a negative $500 per month on rental property rates taking a dive after the storm and I was still at the game. I know there are tons of people that still live in a FEMA trailer (or worse) and don't have the basic necessities of life but it was that was before the storm for large chunks of New Orleans.

There were people at the game that I thought should have spent their money on soap, food or clean clothes but they were there. That's just part of New Orleans, people either have some means or they are just destitute.

 

[Senser81]

Hell, I was negatively impacted by Katrina to the tune of $100,000 in lost equity and loans to cover damage not covered by insurance plus a negative $500 per month on rental property rates taking a dive after the storm and I was still at the game. I know there are tons of people that still live in a FEMA trailer (or worse) and don't have the basic necessities of life but it was that was before the storm for large chunks of New Orleans.

There were people at the game that I thought should have spent their money on soap, food or clean clothes but they were there. That's just part of New Orleans, people either have some means or they are just destitute.

You are like an Oracle of knowledge on all things remotely located near Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Do you have one of the "Seeing Stones" (or, in correct terms, palantir) from Lord of the Rings which makes you omnipotent?

 

[ralaw]

Somebody with actual knowledge disagrees with you, nice response.

I never said if these people should/shouldn't attend the games, fact is, they do, and the assumption was stupid, like I said.

Mr. Bill really isn't as good exampe to use, because in his world

Brett Favre > Soap

 

[ralaw]

He said he was at least at a game though...

I guess some of you guys have been together too long to use common sense and reasoning over what a few "elite" posters say.

I don't understand what you're saying with that last sentence. Would you mind restructuring it for me?

EDIT:

You callin' me a sheep?

 

[Senser81]

Somebody with actual knowledge disagrees with you, nice response.

Who? Is there a post in this thread that I am not seeing?

 

[Senser81]

There were people at the game that I thought should have spent their money on soap, food or clean clothes but they were there.

Those were just the people from Hattiesburg. They had no connection whatsoever with New Orleans residents severely affected by Hurricane Katrina.

 

[Primetime]

Just throwing it out there...Sportscenter just did some musings of the Vikings vs. Saints game. They showed 8 clips, and 7 of them were simply bad calls missed by the refs in the Saints favor. The other clip was the Vikings having 12 men in the huddle.

 

[MrBill]

You are like an Oracle of knowledge on all things remotely located near Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Do you have one of the "Seeing Stones" (or, in correct terms, palantir) from Lord of the Rings which makes you omnipotent?

Please try to keep up. I went to college at Southern Miss in Hattiesburg during the Favre years (87-91) and lived there until my mid 20's. When the storm hit, we owned a home in Bay St. Louis, MS (next town south of Kiln) that is about a quarter mile from the waterfront. That is also where Hurricane Katrina actually struck. New Orleans escaped serious damage from the actual storm until the levees broke and flooded the city the day after the storm passed. The town where we owned a home was wiped off of the map and is still in shambles. We spent almost a month there after the storm trying to salvage what we could of the Acadian style beach home that we had purchased as a long term investment.

So if you are talking about any part of the gulf coast region that is covered by the 90 mile radius between Hattiesburg, New Orleans or Bay St. Louis, I have close friends and family all over the place and probably understand it a little better from either personal or shared experience better than you do. No seeing stones required.

 

[MrBill]

Mr. Bill really isn't as good exampe to use, because in his world

Brett Favre > Soap

Fortunately, I can afford soap and a ticket.

Those were just the people from Hattiesburg. They had no connection whatsoever with New Orleans residents severely affected by Hurricane Katrina.

You are really talking from your buttocks. Hattiesburg took a bigger hit from Katrina than New Orleans. Thousands of homes were severely damaged or destroyed and people were without power and water for weeks.

New Orleans did not get hit by Katrina. The levees broke and flooded the city right about the time Mayor Ray Nagin was giving a news conference and said the city "had dodged a bullet" because of the storm turning on a more eastward path at the last hour.

 

[NAHSTE]

Please try to keep up. I went to college at Southern Miss in Hattiesburg during the Favre years (87-91) and lived there until my mid 20's. When the storm hit, we owned a home in Bay St. Louis, MS (next town south of Kiln) that is about a quarter mile from the waterfront. That is also where Hurricane Katrina actually struck. New Orleans escaped serious damage from the actual storm until the levees broke and flooded the city the day after the storm passed. The town where we owned a home was wiped off of the map and is still in shambles. We spent almost a month there after the storm trying to salvage what we could of the Acadian style beach home that we had purchased as a long term investment.

So if you are talking about any part of the gulf coast region that is covered by the 90 mile radius between Hattiesburg, New Orleans or Bay St. Louis, I have close friends and family all over the place and probably understand it a little better from either personal or shared experience better than you do. No seeing stones required.

I have driven through this stretch of I-10 at least 100 times, and I can verify Mr Bill's story. Bay St. Louis is the next exit after Kiln. The I-12 split, at Slidell, features a great shopping center. There's a Wendy's a Chick-fil-A and a Bennigan's. Great shopping as well.

 

[MrBill]

I have driven through this stretch of I-10 at least 100 times, and I can verify Mr Bill's story. Bay St. Louis is the next exit after Kiln. The I-12 split, at Slidell, features a great shopping center. There's a Wendy's a Chick-fil-A and a Bennigan's. Great shopping as well.

That's the airline road exit on I-12. Good daiquiri shop if you go down past the McDonald's and turn left on Gause...nothing like drive through grain alcohol goodness..lol

 

[Realist]

Just throwing it out there...Sportscenter just did some musings of the Vikings vs. Saints game. They showed 8 clips, and 7 of them were simply bad calls missed by the refs in the Saints favor. The other clip was the Vikings having 12 men in the huddle.

and they still had a chance to win. Fumbles and Fave crucial INT killed it for them so while the calls may have been bad, Vikes shot themselves in the foot

 

[Primetime]

and they still had a chance to win. Fumbles and Fave crucial INT killed it for them so while the calls may have been bad, Vikes shot themselves in the foot

Agree with the fumbles. People are putting too much on the INT though. It went from a very little chance of winning with a 56 yard FG attempt to no chance. It plays some role, but it was still a long shot for the Vikings after that 5 yard penalty for 12 men in the huddle. Favre needed to make a huge play and it just wasn't there. If the Vikings won that game, he'd be a God right now because of the way he dominated the Saints defense.

But without the two easiest calls the refs messed up, it's a 10-14 point swing in the favor of the Vikings.

 

[KNUBB]

I have driven through this stretch of I-10 at least 100 times, and I can verify Mr Bill's story. Bay St. Louis is the next exit after Kiln. The I-12 split, at Slidell, features a great shopping center. There's a Wendy's a Chick-fil-A and a Bennigan's. Great shopping as well.

There ain't no Bennigan's no more.

 

[NAHSTE]

There ain't no Bennigan's no more.

I was completely making all that up, I vaguely remember stopping at a Wendy's in Slidell at some point, but I try to avoid the North Shore as much as possible. I-12 is a shitty shitty road that I viewed as a necessary evil in getting me to Baton Rouge. Nothing good on the North Shore, nothing.

 

[DoubleDeuce]

I don't remember anything like this for Miami when Hurricane Andrew struck

 

[KNUBB]

I was completely making all that up, I vaguely remember stopping at a Wendy's in Slidell at some point, but I try to avoid the North Shore as much as possible. I-12 is a shitty shitty road that I viewed as a necessary evil in getting me to Baton Rouge. Nothing good on the North Shore, nothing.

I fucking hate it for that reason alone. There ain't shit to do. You gotta go across the lake to find something to do and a lot of times I just don't feel like doing that

 

[Archer]

Agree with the fumbles. People are putting too much on the INT though. It went from a very little chance of winning with a 56 yard FG attempt to no chance. It plays some role, but it was still a long shot for the Vikings after that 5 yard penalty for 12 men in the huddle. Favre needed to make a huge play and it just wasn't there. If the Vikings won that game, he'd be a God right now because of the way he dominated the Saints defense.

But without the two easiest calls the refs messed up, it's a 10-14 point swing in the favor of the Vikings.

No he didn't . He needed to run into the open 10 yards and slide or wait for something else or throw it away . You never make that throw even with a 56 yarder needed on an incompletion. The team had a chance if he incompleted it or ran for a few yards then slid ... they had 0 chance after he throws that . And even worse they could have took that back to the house then there would be no overtime at all . Face it, he made a mistake, I'm sure he will admit too it aswell.

 

[Realist]

Agree with the fumbles. People are putting too much on the INT though. It went from a very little chance of winning with a 56 yard FG attempt to no chance. It plays some role, but it was still a long shot for the Vikings after that 5 yard penalty for 12 men in the huddle. Favre needed to make a huge play and it just wasn't there. If the Vikings won that game, he'd be a God right now because of the way he dominated the Saints defense.

But without the two easiest calls the refs messed up, it's a 10-14 point swing in the favor of the Vikings.

Farve could run for a good 5-10 yards to at least make the FG easier. and it would have been a 51 yards according to NFL network. The FG gives yourself a chance to at least win the game. Whether you miss it or not. Do you think if the Vikes kicker missed the FG that many would be going a little easier on Farve? As it stands, he's the goat. But really it's all moot, the Vikes beat themselves, not the refs.