12-09-2022, 03:05 PM
Something in the Orange just didn't work out for the Dutch. . . .
Free Phogge!!!! And no, crimson doesn't refer to the Tide.
Outside Topic World Cup Soccer Thread
Free Phogge!!!! And no, crimson doesn't refer to the Tide.
Something in the Orange just didn't work out for the Dutch. . . .
Free Phogge!!!! And no, crimson doesn't refer to the Tide.
12-09-2022, 03:10 PM
Phogge (and others),
Could I suggest not posting the results of major sporting events in Subject Lines, so as not to spoil the drama for those (like me) who often watch events later via DVR? In this case: "Interesting outcome in the World Cup!" could have worked without the downside?
I came to the site for a football coach update... :(
Thanks!
Could I suggest not posting the results of major sporting events in Subject Lines, so as not to spoil the drama for those (like me) who often watch events later via DVR? In this case: "Interesting outcome in the World Cup!" could have worked without the downside?
I came to the site for a football coach update... :(
Thanks!
Phogge (and others),
Could I suggest not posting the results of major sporting events in Subject Lines, so as not to spoil the drama for those (like me) who often watch events later via DVR? In this case: "Interesting outcome in the World Cup!" could have worked without the downside?
I came to the site for a football coach update... :(
Thanks!
Could I suggest not posting the results of major sporting events in Subject Lines, so as not to spoil the drama for those (like me) who often watch events later via DVR? In this case: "Interesting outcome in the World Cup!" could have worked without the downside?
I came to the site for a football coach update... :(
Thanks!
12-09-2022, 03:12 PM
This is the third thread on the Cup. Perhaps the mods could merge them . . .
Free Phogge!!!! And no, crimson doesn't refer to the Tide.
This is the third thread on the Cup. Perhaps the mods could merge them . . .
Free Phogge!!!! And no, crimson doesn't refer to the Tide.
12-09-2022, 04:01 PM
[tweet]https://twitter.com/433/status/1601336349952352256?s=20&t=ELhIaayD3QL7xTsQD59IcQ[/tweet]
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12-09-2022, 04:06 PM
Emi was for sure in their heads on those first two, just like against Colombia in the Copa. Huevos grandes.
12-09-2022, 04:09 PM
Messi knew.
[tweet]https://twitter.com/OP4C/status/1601349354346123264?s=20&t=ELhIaayD3QL7xTsQD59IcQ[/tweet]
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[tweet]https://twitter.com/OP4C/status/1601349354346123264?s=20&t=ELhIaayD3QL7xTsQD59IcQ[/tweet]
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Messi knew.
[tweet]https://twitter.com/OP4C/status/1601349354346123264?s=20&t=ELhIaayD3QL7xTsQD59IcQ[/tweet]
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[tweet]https://twitter.com/OP4C/status/1601349354346123264?s=20&t=ELhIaayD3QL7xTsQD59IcQ[/tweet]
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12-09-2022, 04:49 PM
Sorry about that. My great aunt was a commissar in the Tito government and I got carried away. Most of his people were Serbs but he was a Croat so my relative was awarded quite a villa. When they advance to the final after a 2-1 win over Argentina I won't spoil it.
Note: I never use a DVR. I know, no excuse.
Note: I never use a DVR. I know, no excuse.
Sorry about that. My great aunt was a commissar in the Tito government and I got carried away. Most of his people were Serbs but he was a Croat so my relative was awarded quite a villa. When they advance to the final after a 2-1 win over Argentina I won't spoil it.
Note: I never use a DVR. I know, no excuse.
Note: I never use a DVR. I know, no excuse.
12-09-2022, 04:59 PM
(12-09-2022, 04:49 PM)Phogge Wrote: Sorry about that. My great aunt was a commissar in the Tito government and I got carried away. Most of his people were Serbs but he was a Croat so my relative was awarded quite a villa. When they advance to the final after a 2-1 win over Argentina I won't spoil it.
Note: I never use a DVR. I know, no excuse.
Beautiful country. Been there twice, both times before the wall fell. Would love to go back.
Free Phogge!!!! And no, crimson doesn't refer to the Tide.
(12-09-2022, 04:49 PM)Phogge Wrote: Sorry about that. My great aunt was a commissar in the Tito government and I got carried away. Most of his people were Serbs but he was a Croat so my relative was awarded quite a villa. When they advance to the final after a 2-1 win over Argentina I won't spoil it.
Note: I never use a DVR. I know, no excuse.
Beautiful country. Been there twice, both times before the wall fell. Would love to go back.
Free Phogge!!!! And no, crimson doesn't refer to the Tide.
12-09-2022, 06:39 PM
(12-09-2022, 04:49 PM)Phogge Wrote: Sorry about that. My great aunt was a commissar in the Tito government and I got carried away. Most of his people were Serbs but he was a Croat so my relative was awarded quite a villa. When they advance to the final after a 2-1 win over Argentina I won't spoil it.
Note: I never use a DVR. I know, no excuse.
Dubrovnik is absolutely beautiful; I was there in June. We took a short drive from there in Bosnia/Herzegovina to a town called Bileca, which was the ancestral homeland of my wife's family. Her grandfather was born in the US to Yugoslavian immigrants, who died when he was five years old in the 1918 influenza pandemic, rendering him an orphan. He went back to Yugoslavia, where he grew up with his aunt and uncle. He came back to the US, played football in high school, and got his degree at a certain school across the Bay. Given his language skills, he worked as an analyst for the OSS (CIA's predecessor) during World War II, after which he became a professor of history at Stanford, where he worked until his death about 20 years ago. At one point, he was dragged in front of HUAC, and Stanford stood behind him, earning his undying loyalty.
https://news.stanford.edu/pr/2005/pr-obi...42705.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_S._Vucinich
Anyways, we have pictures and paintings of the house in Bileca where Wayne grew up. My mother-in-law called local authorities and was told the house no longer existed, and the postmaster said there was no such address. So, we went to Bileca, which was an otherwise non-descript town in the Balkans overlooking a beautiful lake to take in the town square and see some of the places he would talk about, including a cemetery where he liked to play hide and seek as a kid. My wife then comes back to the car as we are getting ready to leave, saying "I found it!" Sure enough, the house has not changed at all from the painting hanging in our dining room. Highlight of our trip.
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(12-09-2022, 04:49 PM)Phogge Wrote: Sorry about that. My great aunt was a commissar in the Tito government and I got carried away. Most of his people were Serbs but he was a Croat so my relative was awarded quite a villa. When they advance to the final after a 2-1 win over Argentina I won't spoil it.
Note: I never use a DVR. I know, no excuse.
Dubrovnik is absolutely beautiful; I was there in June. We took a short drive from there in Bosnia/Herzegovina to a town called Bileca, which was the ancestral homeland of my wife's family. Her grandfather was born in the US to Yugoslavian immigrants, who died when he was five years old in the 1918 influenza pandemic, rendering him an orphan. He went back to Yugoslavia, where he grew up with his aunt and uncle. He came back to the US, played football in high school, and got his degree at a certain school across the Bay. Given his language skills, he worked as an analyst for the OSS (CIA's predecessor) during World War II, after which he became a professor of history at Stanford, where he worked until his death about 20 years ago. At one point, he was dragged in front of HUAC, and Stanford stood behind him, earning his undying loyalty.
https://news.stanford.edu/pr/2005/pr-obi...42705.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_S._Vucinich
Anyways, we have pictures and paintings of the house in Bileca where Wayne grew up. My mother-in-law called local authorities and was told the house no longer existed, and the postmaster said there was no such address. So, we went to Bileca, which was an otherwise non-descript town in the Balkans overlooking a beautiful lake to take in the town square and see some of the places he would talk about, including a cemetery where he liked to play hide and seek as a kid. My wife then comes back to the car as we are getting ready to leave, saying "I found it!" Sure enough, the house has not changed at all from the painting hanging in our dining room. Highlight of our trip.
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12-09-2022, 06:49 PM
(12-09-2022, 06:39 PM)BostonCard Wrote: Dubrovnik is absolutely beautiful; I was there in June. We took a short drive from there in Bosnia/Herzegovina to a town called Bileca, which was the ancestral homeland of my wife's family. Her grandfather was born in the US to Yugoslavian immigrants, who died when he was five years old in the 1918 influenza pandemic, rendering him an orphan. He went back to Yugoslavia, where he grew up with his aunt and uncle. He came back to the US, played football in high school, and got his degree at a certain school across the Bay. Given his language skills, he worked as an analyst for the OSS (CIA's predecessor) during World War II, after which he became a professor of history at Stanford, where he worked until his death about 20 years ago. At one point, he was dragged in front of HUAC, and Stanford stood behind him, earning his undying loyalty.
https://news.stanford.edu/pr/2005/pr-obi...42705.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_S._Vucinich
Anyways, we have pictures and paintings of the house in Bileca where Wayne grew up. My mother-in-law called local authorities and was told the house no longer existed, and the postmaster said there was no such address. So, we went to Bileca, which was an otherwise non-descript town in the Balkans overlooking a beautiful lake to take in the town square and see some of the places he would talk about, including a cemetery where he liked to play hide and seek as a kid. My wife then comes back to the car as we are getting ready to leave, saying "I found it!" Sure enough, the house has not changed at all from the painting hanging in our dining room. Highlight of our trip.
BC
Fabulous story on finding the house, and great history on Wayne as well. Thanks for sharing!
Free Phogge!!!! And no, crimson doesn't refer to the Tide.
(12-09-2022, 06:39 PM)BostonCard Wrote: Dubrovnik is absolutely beautiful; I was there in June. We took a short drive from there in Bosnia/Herzegovina to a town called Bileca, which was the ancestral homeland of my wife's family. Her grandfather was born in the US to Yugoslavian immigrants, who died when he was five years old in the 1918 influenza pandemic, rendering him an orphan. He went back to Yugoslavia, where he grew up with his aunt and uncle. He came back to the US, played football in high school, and got his degree at a certain school across the Bay. Given his language skills, he worked as an analyst for the OSS (CIA's predecessor) during World War II, after which he became a professor of history at Stanford, where he worked until his death about 20 years ago. At one point, he was dragged in front of HUAC, and Stanford stood behind him, earning his undying loyalty.
https://news.stanford.edu/pr/2005/pr-obi...42705.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_S._Vucinich
Anyways, we have pictures and paintings of the house in Bileca where Wayne grew up. My mother-in-law called local authorities and was told the house no longer existed, and the postmaster said there was no such address. So, we went to Bileca, which was an otherwise non-descript town in the Balkans overlooking a beautiful lake to take in the town square and see some of the places he would talk about, including a cemetery where he liked to play hide and seek as a kid. My wife then comes back to the car as we are getting ready to leave, saying "I found it!" Sure enough, the house has not changed at all from the painting hanging in our dining room. Highlight of our trip.
BC
Fabulous story on finding the house, and great history on Wayne as well. Thanks for sharing!
Free Phogge!!!! And no, crimson doesn't refer to the Tide.
12-09-2022, 08:07 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-09-2022, 08:21 PM by BostonCard.)
One add, we talked to the old couple who lived there now; they were refugees from the Bosnian war who had been resettled there about 30 years ago.
Also, there was a plaque on the outside wall, dedicated to my grandfather's aunt and uncle (which I guess would be my wife's great great aunt and uncle).
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Sad news...
[tweet]https://twitter.com/rdlewis/status/1601399736560680960?s=20&t=ZFtYCS84QppB7eSGIjKScw[/tweet]
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Also, there was a plaque on the outside wall, dedicated to my grandfather's aunt and uncle (which I guess would be my wife's great great aunt and uncle).
BC
Sad news...
[tweet]https://twitter.com/rdlewis/status/1601399736560680960?s=20&t=ZFtYCS84QppB7eSGIjKScw[/tweet]
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(This post was last modified: 12-09-2022, 08:21 PM by BostonCard.)
One add, we talked to the old couple who lived there now; they were refugees from the Bosnian war who had been resettled there about 30 years ago.
Also, there was a plaque on the outside wall, dedicated to my grandfather's aunt and uncle (which I guess would be my wife's great great aunt and uncle).
BC
Sad news...
[tweet]https://twitter.com/rdlewis/status/1601399736560680960?s=20&t=ZFtYCS84QppB7eSGIjKScw[/tweet]
BC
Also, there was a plaque on the outside wall, dedicated to my grandfather's aunt and uncle (which I guess would be my wife's great great aunt and uncle).
BC
Sad news...
[tweet]https://twitter.com/rdlewis/status/1601399736560680960?s=20&t=ZFtYCS84QppB7eSGIjKScw[/tweet]
BC
12-09-2022, 08:31 PM
His last tweet was about the equalizer. Did he have a heart attack during OT or penalties?
12-09-2022, 08:37 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-09-2022, 08:38 PM by cardcrimson.)
(12-09-2022, 08:31 PM)dabigv13 Wrote: His last tweet was about the equalizer. Did he have a heart attack during OT or penalties?
Apparently he collapsed in his chair during extra time. Also, he had been sick and went to the hospital earlier in the week. No covid, but perhaps bronchitis. Really tragic.
https://apnews.com/article/world-cup-hea...8edccea96d
Free Phogge!!!! And no, crimson doesn't refer to the Tide.
(This post was last modified: 12-09-2022, 08:38 PM by cardcrimson.)
(12-09-2022, 08:31 PM)dabigv13 Wrote: His last tweet was about the equalizer. Did he have a heart attack during OT or penalties?
Apparently he collapsed in his chair during extra time. Also, he had been sick and went to the hospital earlier in the week. No covid, but perhaps bronchitis. Really tragic.
https://apnews.com/article/world-cup-hea...8edccea96d
Free Phogge!!!! And no, crimson doesn't refer to the Tide.
12-09-2022, 09:48 PM
Grant used to write about college basketball for SI back when the men's team was good. I recall enjoying his writing a lot and being disappointed when he switched over to soccer full time. Sad news.
12-09-2022, 11:07 PM
My grandmother was one of 17. Born in Fiume, now Rijeka. Emigrated in 1908. When asked always answered, “I am Austrian” (Austro/Hungarian Empire). Yugoslavia didn’t exist until after WW1. Two bothers killed in the war. First to St. Louis to live with her sister thence to North Beach where my grandfather bootleggers wine (but not to Italians). My mom played on the same concrete as Joe D at North Beach Playground and was in his Galileo class. She forgot when he left school. My grandfather was a sleepwalker and one warm night fell out a window of their flat on Broadway across from what became the tunnel and was killed instantly. Mom was forced to quit school one month before graduation to work in the Emporium.
Of my Nonni’s 16 sibs the last to pass was the first born still living alone at age 106 or so never having indoor plumbing. My mom managed to visit her twice in the 70’s.
Funny about the CIA. Many Serbian Americans in the OSS/CIA and a few Croats. My uncle, one of the greatest high school athletes in Arizona history, later head football coach at SI and later still head of the U of Maryland overseas course in Saigon became a CIA agent in Greece. In his 70’s still played 3 on 3 at the Oakland Army Terminal Gym. Had a two hand set shot. Those Slav guys, raised in poverty in the copper mining towns in the Arizona mountains were some tough assed SOB’s.
Of my Nonni’s 16 sibs the last to pass was the first born still living alone at age 106 or so never having indoor plumbing. My mom managed to visit her twice in the 70’s.
Funny about the CIA. Many Serbian Americans in the OSS/CIA and a few Croats. My uncle, one of the greatest high school athletes in Arizona history, later head football coach at SI and later still head of the U of Maryland overseas course in Saigon became a CIA agent in Greece. In his 70’s still played 3 on 3 at the Oakland Army Terminal Gym. Had a two hand set shot. Those Slav guys, raised in poverty in the copper mining towns in the Arizona mountains were some tough assed SOB’s.
My grandmother was one of 17. Born in Fiume, now Rijeka. Emigrated in 1908. When asked always answered, “I am Austrian” (Austro/Hungarian Empire). Yugoslavia didn’t exist until after WW1. Two bothers killed in the war. First to St. Louis to live with her sister thence to North Beach where my grandfather bootleggers wine (but not to Italians). My mom played on the same concrete as Joe D at North Beach Playground and was in his Galileo class. She forgot when he left school. My grandfather was a sleepwalker and one warm night fell out a window of their flat on Broadway across from what became the tunnel and was killed instantly. Mom was forced to quit school one month before graduation to work in the Emporium.
Of my Nonni’s 16 sibs the last to pass was the first born still living alone at age 106 or so never having indoor plumbing. My mom managed to visit her twice in the 70’s.
Funny about the CIA. Many Serbian Americans in the OSS/CIA and a few Croats. My uncle, one of the greatest high school athletes in Arizona history, later head football coach at SI and later still head of the U of Maryland overseas course in Saigon became a CIA agent in Greece. In his 70’s still played 3 on 3 at the Oakland Army Terminal Gym. Had a two hand set shot. Those Slav guys, raised in poverty in the copper mining towns in the Arizona mountains were some tough assed SOB’s.
Of my Nonni’s 16 sibs the last to pass was the first born still living alone at age 106 or so never having indoor plumbing. My mom managed to visit her twice in the 70’s.
Funny about the CIA. Many Serbian Americans in the OSS/CIA and a few Croats. My uncle, one of the greatest high school athletes in Arizona history, later head football coach at SI and later still head of the U of Maryland overseas course in Saigon became a CIA agent in Greece. In his 70’s still played 3 on 3 at the Oakland Army Terminal Gym. Had a two hand set shot. Those Slav guys, raised in poverty in the copper mining towns in the Arizona mountains were some tough assed SOB’s.
12-10-2022, 10:20 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-10-2022, 10:34 AM by cardcrimson.)
(12-09-2022, 11:07 PM)Phogge Wrote: My grandmother was one of 17. Born in Fiume, now Rijeka. Emigrated in 1908. When asked always answered, “I am Austrian” (Austro/Hungarian Empire). Yugoslavia didn’t exist until after WW1. Two bothers killed in the war. First to St. Louis to live with her sister thence to North Beach where my grandfather bootleggers wine (but not to Italians). My mom played on the same concrete as Joe D at North Beach Playground and was in his Galileo class. She forgot when he left school. My grandfather was a sleepwalker and one warm night fell out a window of their flat on Broadway across from what became the tunnel and was killed instantly. Mom was forced to quit school one month before graduation to work in the Emporium.
Of my Nonni’s 16 sibs the last to pass was the first born still living alone at age 106 or so never having indoor plumbing. My mom managed to visit her twice in the 70’s.
Funny about the CIA. Many Serbian Americans in the OSS/CIA and a few Croats. My uncle, one of the greatest high school athletes in Arizona history, later head football coach at SI and later still head of the U of Maryland overseas course in Saigon became a CIA agent in Greece. In his 70’s still played 3 on 3 at the Oakland Army Terminal Gym. Had a two hand set shot. Those Slav guys, raised in poverty in the copper mining towns in the Arizona mountains were some tough assed SOB’s.
Great stories--tough, yet interesting lives. My grandmother emigrated from Hungary in the early 1900s. Tough life here in the States. Thanks for sharing. . . .
Okay. Who had Morocco in the Semis?
Knocked off Portugal, 1-0.
Free Phogge!!!! And no, crimson doesn't refer to the Tide.
(This post was last modified: 12-10-2022, 10:34 AM by cardcrimson.)
(12-09-2022, 11:07 PM)Phogge Wrote: My grandmother was one of 17. Born in Fiume, now Rijeka. Emigrated in 1908. When asked always answered, “I am Austrian” (Austro/Hungarian Empire). Yugoslavia didn’t exist until after WW1. Two bothers killed in the war. First to St. Louis to live with her sister thence to North Beach where my grandfather bootleggers wine (but not to Italians). My mom played on the same concrete as Joe D at North Beach Playground and was in his Galileo class. She forgot when he left school. My grandfather was a sleepwalker and one warm night fell out a window of their flat on Broadway across from what became the tunnel and was killed instantly. Mom was forced to quit school one month before graduation to work in the Emporium.
Of my Nonni’s 16 sibs the last to pass was the first born still living alone at age 106 or so never having indoor plumbing. My mom managed to visit her twice in the 70’s.
Funny about the CIA. Many Serbian Americans in the OSS/CIA and a few Croats. My uncle, one of the greatest high school athletes in Arizona history, later head football coach at SI and later still head of the U of Maryland overseas course in Saigon became a CIA agent in Greece. In his 70’s still played 3 on 3 at the Oakland Army Terminal Gym. Had a two hand set shot. Those Slav guys, raised in poverty in the copper mining towns in the Arizona mountains were some tough assed SOB’s.
Great stories--tough, yet interesting lives. My grandmother emigrated from Hungary in the early 1900s. Tough life here in the States. Thanks for sharing. . . .
Okay. Who had Morocco in the Semis?
Knocked off Portugal, 1-0.
Free Phogge!!!! And no, crimson doesn't refer to the Tide.
12-10-2022, 11:18 AM
[tweet]https://twitter.com/limericking/status/1601632624421720064?s=46&t=jvmKPEWmjRh7p4sYkEBFcg[/tweet]
Lol.
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Lol.
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[tweet]https://twitter.com/limericking/status/1601632624421720064?s=46&t=jvmKPEWmjRh7p4sYkEBFcg[/tweet]
Lol.
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Lol.
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12-15-2022, 08:49 AM
Yesterday FuboTV went down for most of the day. Today I received an email which said, in part:
Quote:I wanted to offer you a heartfelt apology for the issues experienced by many of you yesterday with our service. Like all of you, we’ve been waiting four years for the World Cup and we deeply regret any inconvenience that was caused during the semi final match between France and Morocco.
While service was restored later that evening, I felt it’s important to let you know that yesterday’s incident was not related to any bandwidth issues on Fubo’s part, instead we were the target of a criminal cyber attack.
I also wanted to assure you that we are focused on investigating the nature and impact of this attack. Once we detected the attack, we immediately took steps to contain the incident and worked to restore service to all of our customers as quickly as possible. We deeply regret the disruption caused by this incident in the meantime.
We have reported the incident to law enforcement and have engaged Mandiant, an industry-leading incident response firm, to assist with our continuing investigation and response. Our primary focus currently is on ensuring that the incident is fully contained and that there is no threat of further disruption for any of our customers.
Put a glide in your stride and a dip in your hip.
Yesterday FuboTV went down for most of the day. Today I received an email which said, in part:
Quote:I wanted to offer you a heartfelt apology for the issues experienced by many of you yesterday with our service. Like all of you, we’ve been waiting four years for the World Cup and we deeply regret any inconvenience that was caused during the semi final match between France and Morocco.
While service was restored later that evening, I felt it’s important to let you know that yesterday’s incident was not related to any bandwidth issues on Fubo’s part, instead we were the target of a criminal cyber attack.
I also wanted to assure you that we are focused on investigating the nature and impact of this attack. Once we detected the attack, we immediately took steps to contain the incident and worked to restore service to all of our customers as quickly as possible. We deeply regret the disruption caused by this incident in the meantime.
We have reported the incident to law enforcement and have engaged Mandiant, an industry-leading incident response firm, to assist with our continuing investigation and response. Our primary focus currently is on ensuring that the incident is fully contained and that there is no threat of further disruption for any of our customers.
Put a glide in your stride and a dip in your hip.
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