The HERDs off-topic message board is where all non Rams related discussion takes place. NO POLITICAL OR RELIGION DISCUSSIONS WILL BE ALLOWED!!! TheOriginalHerd.com QUICK LINKS Live Internet Rams games HERD/ZINE CHATROOM POOL HOST PICK EM YAHOO FFL ESPN PIGSKIN PICKEM -NFL Related- NFL.com ESPN Fox Sports Sportsline MSNBC CNN/SI SportngNws PFW USA Today Wash. Post -MLB Related- MLB.com -Others- ===NFL=== 49ers Bears Bengals Bills Broncos Browns Buccaneers Cardinals Chargers Chiefs Colts Cowboys Dolphins Eagles Falcons Giants Jaguars Jets Lions Packers Panthers Patriots Raiders Rams Ravens Redskins Saints Seahawks Steelers Texans Titans Vikings function dropdown(drop) http://www.ramsrule.com/herd/list.php?4Sun, 26 May 2013 10:06:12 +0200 Phorum 5.2.13 http://www.ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,360139,360139#msg-360139 http://www.ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,360139,360139#msg-360139



Man Cold]]> RamUK Bucky's PubSun, 26 May 2013 03:09:32 +0200 http://www.ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,360094,360094#msg-360094 http://www.ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,360094,360094#msg-360094 rfip the second Bucky's PubSat, 25 May 2013 21:36:26 +0200 http://www.ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,360001,360001#msg-360001 http://www.ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,360001,360001#msg-360001
I was actually flinching at some of the hits. And the saves? Surreal. - JamesJM]]> JamesJM Bucky's PubSat, 25 May 2013 06:24:54 +0200 http://www.ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,359997,359997#msg-359997 http://www.ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,359997,359997#msg-359997
That can't be good.

Well, it's Disneyland time... or will be in 2 hours. Aggravation - the Angels are not in town and I'm staying right next door to the stadium. Bummer man.

BTW.. how much is a Butterfinger Candy Bar from the stocked Fridge in Motel Rooms these days? Under $100? - JamesJM]]> JamesJM Bucky's PubFri, 24 May 2013 23:29:46 +0200 http://www.ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,359981,359981#msg-359981 http://www.ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,359981,359981#msg-359981I saw the plant nurse about it Wednesday & she told me what I had... I was thinking no way, but I googled it when I got home & sure enough, exact symptoms..
Them tennis players sure are tough sons of guns...lol]]> ScRAM Bucky's PubSat, 25 May 2013 02:36:58 +0200 http://www.ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,359849,359849#msg-359849 http://www.ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,359849,359849#msg-359849
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
The Michael J. Fox Show
Almost Human
Sleepy Hollow
Rake
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]]> IowaRam Bucky's PubSat, 25 May 2013 02:45:58 +0200 http://www.ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,359753,359753#msg-359753 http://www.ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,359753,359753#msg-359753www.usatoday.com]]]> Shaky Bucky's PubSat, 25 May 2013 13:19:46 +0200 http://www.ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,359712,359712#msg-359712 http://www.ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,359712,359712#msg-359712
Also, by the way. I did not walk into the end table, actually..........OF COURSE, it jumped out in front of me.]]> Ramgator Bucky's PubThu, 23 May 2013 17:06:48 +0200 http://www.ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,359705,359705#msg-359705 http://www.ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,359705,359705#msg-359705 Ramgator Bucky's PubFri, 24 May 2013 04:12:23 +0200 http://www.ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,359628,359628#msg-359628 http://www.ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,359628,359628#msg-359628
Now this is MUSIC I'm talking about here.. so this song isn't really the BEST and ONLY example of those criteria I listed in the title... BUT.. it's one of them, and AS GOOD as any you can come up with to compete... while admitting that you may have some AS GOOD. BUT.. you're going to have to WORK for it. This is GOOD.. better than good, it's LIFE..

video: [www.youtube.com]]]> JamesJM Bucky's PubFri, 24 May 2013 17:14:21 +0200 http://www.ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,359491,359491#msg-359491 http://www.ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,359491,359491#msg-359491
Published on May 3, 2013
Zach Sobiech is a 17 year old diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer. With only months to live, Zach turned to music to say goodbye. Zach turned 18 years old today (May 3rd, 2013) and continues his fight against cancer with a smile that can change the world. Happy Birthday Zach! You are in all of our prayers!



]]> rfip the second Bucky's PubTue, 21 May 2013 17:54:58 +0200 http://www.ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,359488,359488#msg-359488 http://www.ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,359488,359488#msg-359488
My new neighbor friend and I are going to go to the second night of racing since the new track opened up last Saturday.
It's the Kern County Raceway Park facility that just opened for business way out on the west side and we are pumped to say the least.

[www.kernraceway.com]

I haven't been to a live racing event for probably close to 15 years so this will be special and a fun night with all the smells that make racing so cool, gas, rubber and exhaust.

When Mesa Marin closed a couple of years ago I figured my chance of seeing live racing diminished some but now that we've moved to Bakersfield and this new track opened up I think I'll be able to maybe take in at least one race a month.

I love the Legend cars so seeing them in person will be awesome, any form of NASCAR classes will be on our list too especially the trucks.

Man oh man, gentleman start your engines :thumb]]> RAM23 Bucky's PubWed, 22 May 2013 15:25:11 +0200 http://www.ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,359484,359484#msg-359484 http://www.ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,359484,359484#msg-359484
There is one thing about my musical tastes that I have to admit borders on a psychological disorder. :) it makes NO FRIGGIN' SENSE... and the funny part about this is that you don't have to TELL me it makes no sense and I should seek help... I ALEADY KNOW THIS and agree.

Here it is: Everyone.. well, 99.99999999% of people anyway, listen to music while working out... be it lifting weights, running, swimming (waterproof cases), biking, all activities - everyone listens to music. BUT.. whereas everyone else in the world will ONLY listen to fast, hard, 'get pumped up' music while working out... I do not, necessarily that is.

I recently created 7 playlists for my iPhone to use on my Bike rides.. which take about an hour. So 1 hour of music for each day of the week. Lots of people do precisely the same... I have seen... and certainly HEARD, many of those lists. One thing about music is: most people are unabashed about sharing their music with the world whether you want to hear it or not. :) Genre's can vary... old timers, for example, use a lot of 'goldie oldies' BUT... their 'goldie oldies' will be the faster songs, songs with 'get off your a$$ and kick some a$$ type lyrics'. Guys sstRams' age will use 80's metal.... ladies in the Gym have Beyonce's fastest and rowdiest at full volume... each to their own...

I, on the other hand, am as likely to be listening to "Autumn" by Anthony Vivialdi as "Talk Dirty To Me" by Poison. Actually.. MORE likely, I think. As likely to be listening to the theme from "Forest Gump" as "Macho Man" by the Village People (ummmm, bad example perhaps :) ).

I've thought about this, why I am like this... and the answer is pretty straight forward, I'm kooki-pootz. BUT.. when I want to rationalize it I have come up with this excuse - "It's not the Tempo for me as much as it is the 'inspiration'. In other words... the theme to Forest Gump 'picks me up and gives me purpose in life', (read: I will pedal faster), as much as listening to "Panama" by Van Halen.

Summary - while the more gentle, quiet, reflective music 'mellows' most people out... with me it CAN mellow me out, but not necessarily... depends - it can also get my off my a$$ and motivate me to get busy living. Go figure. - JamesJM]]> JamesJM Bucky's PubThu, 23 May 2013 23:58:49 +0200 http://www.ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,359480,359480#msg-359480 http://www.ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,359480,359480#msg-359480 Ramgator Bucky's PubWed, 22 May 2013 02:15:22 +0200 http://www.ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,359376,359376#msg-359376 http://www.ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,359376,359376#msg-359376
Who among you that lived the 60's could not mimic, (air), the solo to Light My Fire?

SanfRam said it recently, we're having a RASH of tragic losses lately it seems. Iconic legends... true superstars... and Ray is absolutely one of these legends. RIP Ray... I just can't believe he's gone. - JamesJM]]> JamesJM Bucky's PubFri, 24 May 2013 15:20:09 +0200 http://www.ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,359369,359369#msg-359369 http://www.ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,359369,359369#msg-359369 RAMbeau Bucky's PubTue, 21 May 2013 13:54:28 +0200 http://www.ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,359348,359348#msg-359348 http://www.ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,359348,359348#msg-359348
Around my home a monthly event is to play "What is your favorite ride in Disneyland"... an impossible question to answer. I think if I had to name a 'favorite' thing about Disneyland it would not be a ride so much as it would be being in an area. The walk from the Tiki Room to the Pirates of The Caribbean is my favorite place to be in Disneyland. It's almost exactly as it was the first time I went to Disneyland which was in 1955... 2 weeks after it opened. The rides are different today.. except for the Jungle Cruise which was there on opening day. Now I love every place in Disneyland... Tomorrowland, New Orleans Square, Fantasyland, Tom Sawyer Island, Frontierland... but when I'm standing in front of the Jungle Cruise Ride it's like I've 'come home'. I belong there. It's mine. :)

If I HAVE to choose a favorite ride, welllll, I guess Pirates of the Caribbean is my favorite.

So anyway.. here's a list of things that are"Today" at Disneyland and that I applaud.. and some things they screwed up.

Remodeling the Swiss Family Robinson tree house to currently be a "Tarzan" tree house was just so incredibly wrong, at a spiritual level, that I'm quite certain whoever came up with the idea will spend eternity in hell.

Adding the "Fantasmic" extravaganza was so brilliantly conceived and put together that whoever came up with the idea is without question a Saint, or if still alive on their way to being a Saint.

Pirates - not there on opening day... probably the best ride ever created 'all things considered'... that means decor, theme, thrills, etc etc etc.

The Train that goes around the perimeter of Disneyland. Most people do not ride it... GREAT for those of us who love it. You can almost always get on it... and it's sublime.

Taking out the old fashioned Rocket Ride motif for the more up to date rockets... bad move. Those old rockets WERE the very definition of Tomorrowland. They should have simply repainted them and left well enough alone.

Well, I could go on... but won't. :) I will end with this - I always hear from people who 'do not like Disneyland'... they exist. (No doubt some will reply to this thread with complaints). Some actually HATE it but I won't talk about them because to actually 'hate' Disneyland means you're so far gone as a human being that you are of no consequence or importance to life, the Universe, or anything... but to those who 'do not like' Disneyland - I feel pity for you... but also a bit of gratefulness because you are not there making the 'crowds' even more intolerable and allowing those of us who did NOT sell their soul's to the devil to get on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride in a semi-reasonable amount of time. :) - JamesJM]]> JamesJM Bucky's PubThu, 23 May 2013 14:49:49 +0200 http://www.ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,359318,359318#msg-359318 http://www.ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,359318,359318#msg-359318
Lakers purchase perennial all star and HOF guard Steve Nash along with the best center in basketball, already have one of the top three power forwards in the game and have Kobe Bryant to go along with all that. Swept in first round after barely making playoffs.

Is it really injuries? Or do you now believe in my theory of opposition? Or is there some other deep dark unfathomable explanation that is so scary we don't want to go there.]]> waterfield Bucky's PubTue, 21 May 2013 06:27:20 +0200 http://www.ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,359290,359290#msg-359290 http://www.ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,359290,359290#msg-359290
I don't know that I've been this excited - outside or a Rams opening day. ;)

I take you've seen it already. Did it kick major ass?

sanfRAM]]> sanfRAM Bucky's PubMon, 20 May 2013 23:38:37 +0200 http://www.ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,359226,359226#msg-359226 http://www.ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,359226,359226#msg-359226
When that change hits - look out. ;)

[www.youtube.com]

For some reason, I can hear this tune ringing out from a barn dance in Tranquility - or whereabouts nearby. ;)

sanfRAM]]> sanfRAM Bucky's PubMon, 20 May 2013 12:30:10 +0200 http://www.ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,359219,359219#msg-359219 http://www.ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,359219,359219#msg-359219
Here are 2 that I'll never forget.....

At a Bar-B-Que at a friend's house, circa mid-1980s. There were probably 10 couples there. The beer, wine, hard liqour and yuks were in ample abundance, along with an occasional mary-jane stogie being passed around. (I didn't inhale) The event was two-fold: a nice bar-b-que meal and later a Mike Tyson fight. (All of the guys, and 3/4s of the girls loved boxing.)

After the meal, everybody was helping clean-up and put food away... I was sitting at the kitchen table in a too-much-liqour, secondary-smoke, semi-fog, watching two women washing dishes. I turned away for second - then heard a scream at the sink. The owners cat had fallen out of the tile ceiling from at least 10 feet and landed directly in the sink :lol

Second good one: At a card-playing party with my girlfriend and I as well as couple who were goods friends. We were at their house. I excused myself to go use the bathroom. I raised the toilet lid and a huge brown snake reared its head out of the water. I hollered and everybody came running to see what was wrong. The snake swam back down the hole before they arrived, and no one believed me. They said I had too much to drink... :cry]]> Sledrock Bucky's PubMon, 20 May 2013 05:55:40 +0200 http://www.ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,359149,359149#msg-359149 http://www.ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,359149,359149#msg-359149When I hit the launch button and as the rocket took off, QUICKLY, my boys and I reacted with a "WHOOOOAH!!" About 2 seconds later, we looked at each other, as to say..."OK.....Where the heck did it go???" It had gone up to close to 2,000 ft. It took a while before we could spot the chute. When we did, I saw that it was drifting very fast in the upper winds. I bet it landed almost 2 miles from the park. LOL We never saw it again.

BUT...With the right engines and a better hole in the chute to make it fall WHERE WE ARE, we have had some good fun with those things.]]> Ramgator Bucky's PubSun, 19 May 2013 14:20:34 +0200 http://www.ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,359078,359078#msg-359078 http://www.ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,359078,359078#msg-359078 Ramgator Bucky's PubSat, 18 May 2013 21:59:05 +0200 http://www.ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,358943,358943#msg-358943 http://www.ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,358943,358943#msg-358943
]]> rfip the second Bucky's PubFri, 17 May 2013 21:52:45 +0200 http://www.ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,358837,358837#msg-358837 http://www.ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,358837,358837#msg-358837
My earliest memory was my dad letting me drive our 1968 Chevy Caprice home from church. My mother, riding in the back seat, was a nervous wreck and she carped at me and made me a nervous wreck, too. :teeth BTW: I still remember when my dad bought that car brand new, off the lot at Merollis Chevrolet. Sticker price was $4,300. He haggled the salesman down to $3,500.

My first car was a hand-me-down 1961 Chevy Impala, which my dad also bought new. It was white with a blue inset down the sides. It had a 283 v8 engine and ran great. But a car was never born with fewer options: no power steering, no power brakes or windows, no AC. It didn't even have a radio. (There was a metal plate over the hole where a radio would have been.)

Back then, paint quality was horrible. And this car's rear quarter panels were rusted out so bad, you could nearly remove a suitcase without raising the trunk lid.

Of course, the first thing I did was save up for some used chrome reverse wheels and an 8-track stereo that fit in a bracket under the dash. (You know, the kind where you could push in a button on the side and slide the whole thing out and take it in the house at night.) I made $1.62 an hour, flipping hamburgers in a fog of grease at Mickey-D's.

Some of the 8-track tapes I remember blasting: The Guess Who's Greatest Hits, The Grass Roots 16 Greatest Hits. Three Dog Night (yes, "Jeremiah Was A Bullfrog" was on it - the #1 song of the year btw..., Bread, Chicago, Blood Sweat and Tears, Aretha Frankin and on and on....

I took a young, foxy fraulein that I worked with at McDonald Hamburgers to see Bread at the Kiel Opera House. As far as my heart-strings were concerned, she was equivalent to Susan Somers in American Graffiti, but Clea was even prettier. It took me quite a while to build up the nerve to ask her to go, but by God, I did it :thumb
I think I wore a hunter-green leisure suit and a liberal application of Brut 33. And I got a kiss from the princess after I said goodbye at her front door. I floated back to the car. :spintounge (I probably played Bread's "I wanna make it with you" or "Baby I'm A Want You" on the ride home.) :thumbsup]]> Sledrock Bucky's PubFri, 24 May 2013 14:31:18 +0200 http://www.ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,358791,358791#msg-358791 http://www.ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,358791,358791#msg-358791



Former Nascar driver Dick Trickle dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound

The incident occurred at 12:02 p.m. at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Boger City, NC. The Lincoln County Communications Center received a call apparently from the victim that "there would be a dead body and it would be his.]]> Shaky Bucky's PubThu, 16 May 2013 23:50:45 +0200 http://www.ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,358590,358590#msg-358590 http://www.ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,358590,358590#msg-358590
And while I'm on the topic... who do you think pries into your personal affairs the most of any 'tech' company. I'd vote for Google.. simply because they're the biggest and baddest BUT... Facebook has to be close. Ever go to the 'privacy settings' on Facebook? You'll sooner memorize and understand the entire I.R.S. Code than figure out Facebook Privacy settings. You don't think they simply don't WANT you to know how to shut them out of your personal life now do ya? :)

Ever do an experiment to see if 'reputable' businesses on the Internet obey their 'privacy statements'? hehehe, let me save you some time... None of them do, not one of them. Not the first go-round anyway... they will wait until you prove beyond any shadow of a doubt that you have both the resources and the grit to take them to the US Supreme Court. It's easy to test them... you all have 'alias' emails, right? Set one up if not.. go to any 'reputable' company of your choosing and sign up opting OUT of all notices, contacts, ads, everything. Then give it.... Oh.... a month... and watch the 'targeted ads' start rolling in to your alias email. :)

Some I have caught in the act:

Amazon
Bank Of America
REI
Barnes & Noble
Dell Computers
EBay
Target
Sears

And many, many more. I was kind of 'proud' of my favorite store - Cabela's, because they didn't give out my alias email... HOWEVER... Cabela's sends out so many on their own BS it's really no different than if they gave your email to the world. :) - JamesJM]]> JamesJM Bucky's PubThu, 16 May 2013 05:02:55 +0200 http://www.ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,358489,358489#msg-358489 http://www.ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,358489,358489#msg-358489 Ramgator Bucky's PubSun, 19 May 2013 14:30:55 +0200 http://www.ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,358446,358446#msg-358446 http://www.ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,358446,358446#msg-358446
STILL WITH US... and it's very comforting to know:

Harper Lee - author of To Kill A Mockingbird.

Olivia De Havilland and her sister Joan Fontaine

Billy Graham

Richard Adams

Herman Wouk

Kirk Douglas

Dolores Hope

Irwin Corey (This one STUNNED me)

David Rockefeller

Marjorie Lord

June Foray - (voice of Rocky the Squirrel)

Louis Jourdan

Al Molinaro

Don Pardo....

Just to name a few. - JamesJM]]> JamesJM Bucky's PubSun, 26 May 2013 02:11:10 +0200