November 4, 20159 yr comment_166305 AA passed on a renewal and Calava was in system when Gibson was retained. Stop looking for weird over-reaching conspiracy theories lol, The Jay's ex- GM made it very clear that he decided to bail when Shapiro stepped right past him to meddle in the GM business. Yea and its a known situation in MLB that having a hands on president is far more common then getting the treatment AA had under Beeston. Toronto gave their gm a ton of leeway, he will be hard pressed to find it again. Also, you seemed to have glossed over the fact that the interim GM was already a Bluejay and would have given his nod of approval to keep Gibbons I would assume. I think you have the timeline wrong. Shapiro went ahead and renewed Gibbons`contract which led to AA tendering his resignation. If you apply that behaviour to the Bombers, then it would be like Miller renewing O`Shea`s contract without consulting Walters, which would put Walters in an untenable position.
November 4, 20159 yr comment_166307 Blue Jays, who are they? Lots of people walking around on crutches these days.
November 4, 20159 yr comment_166308 Harold Ballard? Christ... how old are some of you.... I remember Harold like it was yesterday.
November 4, 20159 yr comment_166312 I had a few beers at a Jet game at the old Barn in 1979. I was Jets season ticketholder at the time. We were on the East side upper deck at the top in the concourse & media used to use the cat walk to get to the press box. They were virtually the same level as the upper concourse but perhaps 50 feet away. Well, I saw Harold Ballard & his sidekick at the time King Clancy walking on said catwalk as the Leafs were in town to play the Jets. Being the idiot half drunk guy, wanting to impress his friends, smart ass that I was, at the time, I yelled out, "Hey Clancy... You died last week but Harold forgot to tell you!" Well,as soon as I yelled that out, I even shocked myself. Both Ballard & Clancy stopped, looked around trying to see who'd say such a horrible thing. Even my friends & the crowd around me reacted with an "OOOOOH" . I couldn't believe I yelled out what I did & immediately regretted it. Pretty cruel thing to say to Clancy as he was pretty old & died about a year later. One of the reasons why I completely quit drinking beer & never touch the stuff at games anymore. I'll never forget how stupid I was that day. You're being too hard on yourself. :-)
November 4, 20159 yr comment_166319 I had a few beers at a Jet game at the old Barn in 1979. I was Jets season ticketholder at the time. We were on the East side upper deck at the top in the concourse & media used to use the cat walk to get to the press box. They were virtually the same level as the upper concourse but perhaps 50 feet away. Well, I saw Harold Ballard & his sidekick at the time King Clancy walking on said catwalk as the Leafs were in town to play the Jets. Being the idiot half drunk guy, wanting to impress his friends, smart ass that I was, at the time, I yelled out, "Hey Clancy... You died last week but Harold forgot to tell you!" Well,as soon as I yelled that out, I even shocked myself. Both Ballard & Clancy stopped, looked around trying to see who'd say such a horrible thing. Even my friends & the crowd around me reacted with an "OOOOOH" . I couldn't believe I yelled out what I did & immediately regretted it. Pretty cruel thing to say to Clancy as he was pretty old & died about a year later. One of the reasons why I completely quit drinking beer & never touch the stuff at games anymore. I'll never forget how stupid I was that day. You're being too hard on yourself. :-) Thanks but it was a cruel thing to do. Not one of my better moments. Pretty disrespectful to one of the NHL's all time great players of the first half of the 20th century & in the HHOF. But that's life. I learned from it. As my 29 year old son used to say when he was 10... "What a dumb kid!!"
November 4, 20159 yr comment_166329 I had a few beers at a Jet game at the old Barn in 1979. I was Jets season ticketholder at the time. We were on the East side upper deck at the top in the concourse & media used to use the cat walk to get to the press box. They were virtually the same level as the upper concourse but perhaps 50 feet away. Well, I saw Harold Ballard & his sidekick at the time King Clancy walking on said catwalk as the Leafs were in town to play the Jets. Being the idiot half drunk guy, wanting to impress his friends, smart ass that I was, at the time, I yelled out, "Hey Clancy... You died last week but Harold forgot to tell you!" Well,as soon as I yelled that out, I even shocked myself. Both Ballard & Clancy stopped, looked around trying to see who'd say such a horrible thing. Even my friends & the crowd around me reacted with an "OOOOOH" . I couldn't believe I yelled out what I did & immediately regretted it. Pretty cruel thing to say to Clancy as he was pretty old & died about a year later. One of the reasons why I completely quit drinking beer & never touch the stuff at games anymore. I'll never forget how stupid I was that day. You're being too hard on yourself. :-) Thanks but it was a cruel thing to do. Not one of my better moments. Pretty disrespectful to one of the NHL's all time great players of the first half of the 20th century & in the HHOF. But that's life. I learned from it. As my 29 year old son used to say when he was 10... "What a dumb kid!!" The only people who believe they have not done or said something stupid and/or hurtful in their younger years are those who are into massive self-deception. Welcome to a very large club, and you do not have to be two sheets to the wind to qualify.
November 5, 20159 yr comment_166346 I just thank Christ for no social media when I was younger. The irreparable damage I would have done to my personal reputation....I don't even wanna think about it........ :s
November 5, 20159 yr comment_166362 I just thank Christ for no social media when I was younger. The irreparable damage I would have done to my personal reputation....I don't even wanna think about it........ :s But are you sure that you haven't done irreparable damage to yourself in this day and age? (I have posted a ton of stuff since the early 2000's, so I cannot say so )
November 5, 20159 yr comment_166372 I just thank Christ for no social media when I was younger. The irreparable damage I would have done to my personal reputation....I don't even wanna think about it........ :s Oh yeah.... I get in trouble here at my age. I can't imagine what I would be like if I was 19.
November 5, 20159 yr comment_166380 I have a family member (not immediate) who is always posting about weed on facebook. And asking if anybody has some. Kid is 19 & I just shake my head. Guess in 6 months it'll be legal.
November 5, 20159 yr comment_166391 I have a family member (not immediate) who is always posting about weed on facebook. And asking if anybody has some. Kid is 19 & I just shake my head. Guess in 6 months it'll be legal. Well at least you always have a customer, or do you hog all that weed you grow for yourself?
November 5, 20159 yr comment_166404 I met Harold Ballard once when I lived in Calgary. It was around the time of Ralph Klein's Eastern bums and creeps comment. He gave me his business card - it was a cartoon of him in a Leafs uniform with a puck chained to a stick. It was pretty cool. Harold was a party animal. Chicks dug him.
November 5, 20159 yr comment_166417 AA passed on a renewal and Calava was in system when Gibson was retained. Stop looking for weird over-reaching conspiracy theories lol, The Jay's ex- GM made it very clear that he decided to bail when Shapiro stepped right past him to meddle in the GM business. Yea and its a known situation in MLB that having a hands on president is far more common then getting the treatment AA had under Beeston. Toronto gave their gm a ton of leeway, he will be hard pressed to find it again. Also, you seemed to have glossed over the fact that the interim GM was already a Bluejay and would have given his nod of approval to keep Gibbons I would assume. I think you have the timeline wrong. Shapiro went ahead and renewed Gibbons`contract which led to AA tendering his resignation. If you apply that behaviour to the Bombers, then it would be like Miller renewing O`Shea`s contract without consulting Walters, which would put Walters in an untenable position. Uhhhh... No? Gibs was AA's guy the whole time. Why would he have balked at the idea of keeping him here? AA was admonished for his burning of the farm players and was told he would need to get approval on doing that in the future. Creative differences caused AA to walk.
November 5, 20159 yr comment_166418 im just glad im not on the dirty lol Soooo this means youve been on and checked huh? Lol.
November 5, 20159 yr comment_166423 Lol I have checked, but never been posted on there, just never know who you've pissed off enough to waste their time bashin you. But I did find a few ppl I know who were put on there by jaded exs or guys they played... such a useless site
November 5, 20159 yr comment_166427 Lol I have checked, but never been posted on there, just never know who you've pissed off enough to waste their time bashin you. But I did find a few ppl I know who were put on there by jaded exs or guys they played... such a useless site yea i was just razzin.. ive purused it to see what crap was being flung at some friends and exes as well.. the site is pure garbage and it saddens me to think that guy proably got rich off it..
November 5, 20159 yr comment_166431 I think its kinda humerous tho when ppl open the bashing with DONT DATE THIS PERSON! like thanks tips but im not looking for a hookup here lol
November 5, 20159 yr comment_166472 I met Harold Ballard once when I lived in Calgary. It was around the time of Ralph Klein's Eastern bums and creeps comment. He gave me his business card - it was a cartoon of him in a Leafs uniform with a puck chained to a stick. It was pretty cool. Harold was a party animal. Chicks dug him. Ballard was a pig, but a rich one. Money has always been a sexual attractant.
November 5, 20159 yr comment_166474 Lol I have checked, but never been posted on there, just never know who you've pissed off enough to waste their time bashin you. But I did find a few ppl I know who were put on there by jaded exs or guys they played... such a useless site I'm out of the loop here. What is this you speak of? This some kind of date rating site?
November 5, 20159 yr comment_166476 No its a site I believe started by someone in wpg thats aimed at bashing ppl, like u post their pic then rant about what makes them so awful. Again just garbage
November 5, 20159 yr comment_166480 No its a site I believe started by someone in wpg thats aimed at bashing ppl, like u post their pic then rant about what makes them so awful. Again just garbage The Dirty was started by an American. Each city has it's own page so it's definitely not just a Winnipeg thing.
November 5, 20159 yr comment_166487 Oh ok, maybe im thinking of a winnipeg guy starting the wpg page then
November 5, 20159 yr comment_166561 Well that was one page I never needed to see. That was a whole lot of disgusting.
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