"ayar-15" <autococker@insightbbNOSPAM.com> wrote in message
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> why, is only going to hurt the sport. When played properly, at an
official
> field with proper equipment and supervision, paintball is no more
dangerous
> than baseball, basketball or any other contact sport."
>
> Hopefully they'll read at least part of it on the air. It just pissed me

It would be too much to hope, but hopefully they'd do a little research to
discover that there are less injuries per capita from paintball than from
even bowling and golfing, and *FAR* less than baseball, basketball, hockey
and football. Remember that paintball is statistically pretty much the
safest thing you can do with your sporting time, when played correctly.

I guess paintball is kind of like air travel. When something goes wrong, it
goes *HORRIBLY* wrong(ie someone loses an eye, vs a planeload of nuns crash
into a mountain). But for the most part, playing paintball (and air travel)
is statistically the safest thing you can do.

--
Jeff Goslin - MCSD - www.goslin.info
It's not a god complex when you're always right

I listen to that show on the way to work. I missed that paintball comment,
but sometimes I think they are in their own world. I am sure they are busy
with their careers, but besides the news they state on the radio, sometimes
it seems they don't have a clue about what is going on.

One day they were just ripping on Return Of The King, and thought what a
huge geek fest it was.

Does anyone remember Robert Plant? he though it was so cool in his youth he
mentions it in Led Zeppelin songs. Is HE a geek? no.

I remember reading these when I was a kid, and went to see the movies
because of that. I thought they were great, well made movies, and Peter
Jackson was my favorite director ANYWAYS, because that guy is one sick
******. as an example, check out his movie Meet The Feebles, a classic rated
R rip off of the Muppets.

http://www.ween.net/feebles/

anyways, I digress.

When the folks at Bob&Tom don't understand something, just remember they are
there to entertain and not stir up a big controversy. They are looking for a
laugh and sometimes their ignorance is frustrating.

calling them won't help unless you are going to tell them something funny.



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"EAT PAINT, YOU FRIGGIN'...um.. NON-MATRIX...er...SHOOTER PERSON!!"

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"Jeff Goslin" <autockr@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> "ayar-15" <autococker@insightbbNOSPAM.com> wrote in message
> news:M8eKb.66910$xX.426771@attbi_s02...
> > why, is only going to hurt the sport. When played properly, at an
> official
> > field with proper equipment and supervision, paintball is no more
> dangerous
> > than baseball, basketball or any other contact sport."
> >
> > Hopefully they'll read at least part of it on the air. It just pissed
me
>
> It would be too much to hope, but hopefully they'd do a little research to
> discover that there are less injuries per capita from paintball than from
> even bowling and golfing, and *FAR* less than baseball, basketball, hockey
> and football. Remember that paintball is statistically pretty much the
> safest thing you can do with your sporting time, when played correctly.
>
> I guess paintball is kind of like air travel. When something goes wrong,
it
> goes *HORRIBLY* wrong(ie someone loses an eye, vs a planeload of nuns
crash
> into a mountain). But for the most part, playing paintball (and air
travel)
> is statistically the safest thing you can do.
>
> --
> Jeff Goslin - MCSD - www.goslin.info
> It's not a god complex when you're always right
>
>
>
>

"EdTheWard" <nowhere@fast.com> wrote in message
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> One day they were just ripping on Return Of The King, and thought what a
> huge geek fest it was.

Sometimes, call a spade a spade. I'm not going to sit here and tell you
that the opening of Phantom Menace was anything other than a bazillion star
wars geeks getting to do their version of what star TREK geeks have been
doing for eons, that opening was a geek fest from hell.

Likewise for the opening of the final installment in the LOTR saga: there
are people that I know who are partaking in a LOTR marathon movie viewing,
where their asses are surgically implanted in movie theater seats for the
entire 12 hours of the series. Don't get me wrong, I *REALLY* like the
movies I've seen so far, especially the second one(probably popped into my
top ten of all time), but lets be realistic. The guys who are going to see
those movies on opening day dressed as their favorite hobbit are, well, a
little too into it. Like I said, call a spade a spade.

> Does anyone remember Robert Plant? he though it was so cool in his youth
he
> mentions it in Led Zeppelin songs. Is HE a geek? no.

Being a rock star does not necessarily make one "not a geek". Look at Beck.

> I remember reading these when I was a kid, and went to see the movies
> because of that. I thought they were great, well made movies, and Peter
> Jackson was my favorite director ANYWAYS, because that guy is one sick
> ******. as an example, check out his movie Meet The Feebles, a classic
rated
> R rip off of the Muppets.

Alrighty, johnny come lately. Jesus christ. I'll wager a year ago, it
would have been "peter who?". I had a quick scan of his directorial
biography, and it's a veritable what's what of crappy movies, with a few
GLARING exceptions. By his own admission, in the DVD content found on the
LOTR movies, he freely admits that he was stunned that he was given the task
of directing those movies because his previous efforts were, well, stunted
at best.

Eddie, when you come up with a favorite director, it's usually better NOT to
pick the director d'jour, it makes you look like a sheep. I have a favorite
director as well, but it's been because of more than one movie(or series).

Aliens, True Lies, (not so much Titanic, but it had cool effects at the end,
so I guess it's ok), T2/Terminator, The Abyss, etc. Most of my favorite
movies of the past 20 years have been James Cameron movies. Spielberg and
Lucas films tend to be a bit childish for my tastes, although I have to
admit to liking most of the WW2 era serious films that Spielberg has done,
including Schindlers List and Saving Private Ryan. Another favorite of late
has been the team of Bruckheimer and Bay, with Bad Boys, The Rock,
Armageddon, Pearl Harbor, etal.

--
Jeff Goslin - MCSD - www.goslin.info
It's not a god complex when you're always right

z <z@yada.yada.com> wrote in message news:<Xns9467679A19AFFzyadayadayada@216.196.105.13 4>...
> "ayar-15" <autococker@insightbbNOSPAM.com> wrote in
> news:M8eKb.66910$xX.426771@attbi_s02:

> Thats an odd thing to say anyway -- a radio show about paintball
> injuries??-- why are Americans becoming such pussies? I mean 'caution
> sip carefully' on coffee lids etc??
>


It is a syndicated humor program. The paintball info was in a news
story that they read during the broadcast.

> Eddie, when you come up with a favorite director, it's usually better NOT
to
> pick the director d'jour, it makes you look like a sheep.


Jeff,

I meant that he was my favorite director "anyways" ever since I saw Bad
Taste around 1990.I have been a Fan of Peter Jackson for awhile. I never
thought he would get something like this , and I LOOOOOOVE his "crappy
movies" they are frikkin hilarious! that's all I had to go on until a few
years ago! I used to LOVE to watch campy bad movies, and he was the KING.
his first movies were Bad taste and Meet The Feebles and they ruled my world
for a long time. I can't remember how many people I forced to watch them.
Most thought they were great.

When I talk to my old friends from atlanta, and they mention LOTR, I mention
those movies that I forced them to watch and all they have to say is "no
fucking way! that's the same guy?"

so please do not assume I am jumping onto a bandwagon. I own many of his
old movies ( VHS, mind you) and they are pretty worn.

Best Director in my book doesn't have to be something on a grand scale. I'm
just glad he got the job for LOTR, he deserved to be showcased and used to
his full potential. He has made some classic goofy movies, and those are the
ones I really love. LOTR is just icing.


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"EAT PAINT, YOU FRIGGIN'...um.. NON-MATRIX...er...SHOOTER PERSON!!"

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"Jeff Goslin" <autockr@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> "EdTheWard" <nowhere@fast.com> wrote in message
> news:x0lKb.2886$0S3.561@fe1.columbus.rr.com...
> > One day they were just ripping on Return Of The King, and thought what a
> > huge geek fest it was.
>
> Sometimes, call a spade a spade. I'm not going to sit here and tell you
> that the opening of Phantom Menace was anything other than a bazillion
star
> wars geeks getting to do their version of what star TREK geeks have been
> doing for eons, that opening was a geek fest from hell.
>
> Likewise for the opening of the final installment in the LOTR saga: there
> are people that I know who are partaking in a LOTR marathon movie viewing,
> where their asses are surgically implanted in movie theater seats for the
> entire 12 hours of the series. Don't get me wrong, I *REALLY* like the
> movies I've seen so far, especially the second one(probably popped into my
> top ten of all time), but lets be realistic. The guys who are going to
see
> those movies on opening day dressed as their favorite hobbit are, well, a
> little too into it. Like I said, call a spade a spade.
>
> > Does anyone remember Robert Plant? he though it was so cool in his youth
> he
> > mentions it in Led Zeppelin songs. Is HE a geek? no.
>
> Being a rock star does not necessarily make one "not a geek". Look at
Beck.
>
> > I remember reading these when I was a kid, and went to see the movies
> > because of that. I thought they were great, well made movies, and Peter
> > Jackson was my favorite director ANYWAYS, because that guy is one sick
> > ******. as an example, check out his movie Meet The Feebles, a classic
> rated
> > R rip off of the Muppets.
>
> Alrighty, johnny come lately. Jesus christ. I'll wager a year ago, it
> would have been "peter who?". I had a quick scan of his directorial
> biography, and it's a veritable what's what of crappy movies, with a few
> GLARING exceptions. By his own admission, in the DVD content found on the
> LOTR movies, he freely admits that he was stunned that he was given the
task
> of directing those movies because his previous efforts were, well, stunted
> at best.
>
I have a favorite
> director as well, but it's been because of more than one movie(or series).
>
> Aliens, True Lies, (not so much Titanic, but it had cool effects at the
end,
> so I guess it's ok), T2/Terminator, The Abyss, etc. Most of my favorite
> movies of the past 20 years have been James Cameron movies. Spielberg and
> Lucas films tend to be a bit childish for my tastes, although I have to
> admit to liking most of the WW2 era serious films that Spielberg has done,
> including Schindlers List and Saving Private Ryan. Another favorite of
late
> has been the team of Bruckheimer and Bay, with Bad Boys, The Rock,
> Armageddon, Pearl Harbor, etal.
>
> --
> Jeff Goslin - MCSD - www.goslin.info
> It's not a god complex when you're always right
>
>
>
>

"EdTheWard" <nowhere@fast.com> wrote in message
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> > Eddie, when you come up with a favorite director, it's usually better
NOT
> to
> > pick the director d'jour, it makes you look like a sheep.
>
> I meant that he was my favorite director "anyways" ever since I saw Bad
> Taste around 1990.I have been a Fan of Peter Jackson for awhile. I never

I know exactly what you meant to say, and understood what you were saying,
and commented about exactly what you're talking about.

Put more clearly: isn't it funny how everyone is all of a sudden a Peter
Jackson fan now? Wow, how weird is that? Couldn't have anything to do with
having the task of crafting the LOTR movies, now would it? Nope, nothing at
all. Everyone is always saying "oh I was a fan of so-n-so LONG before
such-n-such came out". Sure you were. We all were.

Like how everyone became a Wings fan in 1997. "I have *always* loved the
wings!!" Yeah? Name a player on the roster who wasn't on the roster this
year, but WAS on the roster last year. Thought you'd draw a blank.

> years ago! I used to LOVE to watch campy bad movies, and he was the KING.

One can only be "the king of camp" if one actually has more than a few
movies to draw from. His directorial list is all of ~10 movies long, 3 of
which are LOTR movies. I don't mind if you say you like campy
movies(because I can appreciate that), but don't try to tell me that you
like Peter Jackson camp over any other camp. Whyzat?? Because you look
like a SHEEP.

> his first movies were Bad taste and Meet The Feebles and they ruled my
world
> for a long time. I can't remember how many people I forced to watch them.
> Most thought they were great.

You'll forgive my cynicism, but I frankly don't believe you. It is my
belief that you decided to like Peter Jackson about a year ago or so, and
went out to watch the movies, and declared that you liked them because of
the man, not the movies.

> so please do not assume I am jumping onto a bandwagon. I own many of his
> old movies ( VHS, mind you) and they are pretty worn.

Sure you do. Did I mention I was a wings fan?

Seriously, I'm sure you do own many of those movies, but at the same time, I
wonder when you *really* purchased those movies. Before or after LOTR came
out?

> Best Director in my book doesn't have to be something on a grand scale.
I'm

It doesn't have to be, but it helps to be, as is evidenced by the LOTR, not
to put too fine a point on it. You look at the movies of the past years
that have won for best picture/best director, and invariably they are
sweeping in scope, dramatic in nature.

Look, I don't mean to get all in your grill about this, but selecting a
favorite director who just happens to be the one who made the latest run at
the "trilogy for the new generation" trophy seems more than a tad bit
coincidental, don't you think? A few years ago, it would be like saying the
Wachowski's are your favorites(cf: the Matrix).

--
Jeff Goslin - MCSD - www.goslin.info
It's not a god complex when you're always right

*sigh* whatever, Jeff. you kill me. I'm sorry if you can't fathom that I
could possibly like Peter jackson before he became well known. I only
mention Peter NOW because people know who the hell he is.Nobody did before
and nobody gave a ****.

you know, people have liked the BROWNS for years, (not that I do) but there
isn't much to talk about, is there? doesn't mean they aren't a fan. and if
they ever get to the super bowl those fans are gonna be proud, happy, and
root them on. ( ok, you are probably saying this is not a valid argument
because people know who the Browns are before they make it to a
superbowl...whatever.)

Why do you think I'm lying? what do I have to prove? I am just sharing
something that has amused me and my friends. Do I have a history of making
big claims on RSP that leads you to believe I am lying out of my teeth?

Are you just trying to get my goat or is this your normal stubborn "i know
all" personality coming into play?

I like Peter Jackson camp over ANY OTHER camp. there, I said it.Believe it
or Don't. If you ever decide to watch the 2 movies I mentioned, maybe you
would understand wher I am coming from.

Bad Taste, and Meet The Feebles. Maybe I'll send you a bad VHS copy ( if you
still have a VCR) of both if you will actually watch them.then maybe I'll
watch the directors cut of "Aliens"..(burned dvd please, sent priority mail,
thanks)

If you demand references or a lie detector test, or are willing to shell out
100 bucks if I can prove it in less that 15 seconds in semi, you let me
know.

I guess I should have said "MY favorite director" not "THE best director" of
course he's not the best. there are alot of great movies. he just sits on
the top of my favorites, AND THAT DOES NOT NEED TO INCLUDE LOTR.

I guess I should have said "MY king of camp" not "THE king of camp"


and my "grill" as you called it is private and I wish you would wash
yourself before you get into it.


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EDTHEWARD

"EAT PAINT, YOU FRIGGIN'...um.. NON-MATRIX...er...SHOOTER PERSON!!"

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-5/33398/trixtip.JPG

*sigh* whatever, Jeff. you kill me. I'm sorry if you can't fathom that I
could possibly like Peter jackson before he became well known. I only
mention Peter NOW because people know who the hell he is.Nobody did before
and nobody gave a ****.

you know, people have liked the BROWNS for years, (not that I do) but there
isn't much to talk about, is there? doesn't mean they aren't a fan. and if
they ever get to the super bowl those fans are gonna be proud, happy, and
root them on. ( ok, you are probably saying this is not a valid argument
because people know who the Browns are before they make it to a
superbowl...whatever.)

Why do you think I'm lying? what do I have to prove? I am just sharing
something that has amused me and my friends. Do I have a history of making
big claims on RSP that leads you to believe I am lying out of my teeth?

Are you just trying to get my goat or is this your normal stubborn "i know
all" personality coming into play?

I like Peter Jackson camp over ANY OTHER camp. there, I said it.Believe it
or Don't. If you ever decide to watch the 2 movies I mentioned, maybe you
would understand wher I am coming from.

Bad Taste, and Meet The Feebles. Maybe I'll send you a bad VHS copy ( if you
still have a VCR) of both if you will actually watch them.then maybe I'll
watch the directors cut of "Aliens"..(burned dvd please, sent priority mail,
thanks)

If you demand references or a lie detector test, or are willing to shell out
100 bucks if I can prove it in less that 15 seconds in semi, you let me
know.

I guess I should have said "MY favorite director" not "THE best director" of
course he's not the best. there are alot of great movies. he just sits on
the top of my favorites, AND THAT DOES NOT NEED TO INCLUDE LOTR.

I guess I should have said "MY king of camp" not "THE king of camp"


and my "grill" as you called it is private and I wish you would wash
yourself before you get into it.


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EDTHEWARD

"EAT PAINT, YOU FRIGGIN'...um.. NON-MATRIX...er...SHOOTER PERSON!!"

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-5/33398/trixtip.JPG