CanadianGuitarist

Excuse me. He's not that bad ... is he? I kinda hope not. I shoulda replied before I missed out on the Seahawks game, I guess.

Miami Carolina Cleveland Chicago Indianapolis New Orleans N.Y. Giants - McNabb has won what, seven straight against the Giants? But I just don't see the Giants losing today. Baltimore - This one's hard for me as a Raiders fan. I know that too much stock can't be taken in the first week, but a team on five days rest from 3000 miles away? That should do it for the Ravens. Atlanta St. Louis Denver New England San Diego Dallas Pittsburgh St. Louis will score 28. Good luck, everyone. KKK, not sure if it matters, but at about 10:15 I began my picks, among them Green Bay over NWO, which I've edited at 10:22. Not sure if it makes a difference or not, just a heads-up.

A guy a few years ago tried to return a game that his son bought, on the grounds that "it was too hard for his son". Courtesy refused and called me to tell me that the guy was on his way back to try and return it to me, as if I could somehow. I did something elsewhere from the register, which leads into my department, and is also where our return policy is on a 4 x 6 ft. board, about 8 ft up on a pole. When I came back, the guy was reading the return policy. I asked him if I could help him, and he asked me where in the return policy it read that he couldn't return an opened game. I said "second blurb on the bottom half". He read aloud: "The following must be returned unopened....software. So I can't return this?" "Not if it's been opened. Sorry." He replied with "Well, that's ok. I'm glad my son has learned at a young age never to shop here." An sensationally bitter old woman (with her conversely very mannerly son) wanted a game which we didn't have. Her exact words (and this was close to three years ago, yet I remember it verbatim) were "I don't know why you build Wal*Marts. You never have anything I want!" We've complained a lot about retail in this thread, electronics-related in particular. I'd like to point out that, I, in fact, love my job. People are generally appreciative, and only one in probably ever 80 or 100 customers I really have a problem with for whatever reason. It's just the ones who are upset are usually the most colourful, and as such, the most memorable.

Anyone ever play Toobin' for the old school NES? You're on a raft floating down 15 or 20 different rivers, each with specific enemies, which you could throw rocks at to prevent from killing you. (Alligators in the Okefenokee or some crazy guy in a sombrero in the Rio Grande for example). Game never ended. Levels got faster and faster like Duck Hunt.

You say this a lot. Not true. I say supposedly . I did. My bad. Guh. Even worse are the ones who will ask me for something we don't carry, and they'll say as loud as possible, as if to form a mob "OH! ILL GO TO RADIO SHACK THEN!" Now to be fair, I know there's times when people don't say it angrily or in an anti Wal*Mart way, but still, I hear it the way I just described it far too often. You should. The Ontario one was such a debacle. In 2003, it was agreed upon that no public place could be smoked in unless there was a Designated Smoke Room( to be glassed-in if I'm not mistaken). I'm not a smoke, but I have absolutely no problem with people using a DSR. Then six months ago, it became No Smoking ANYWHERE public under a roof. If there's a awning on a patio at a restaurant, you can't smoke there. The problem was that many many bars spent several hundred (and thousands, conceivably) of dollars to build DSR's...all to have it pissed away. I haven't smoked since my first year of college (and it was only for about a month), but people who make a case against smoking should be shot and eaten. The amount of bars, bingo halls, restaurants and variety stores hurt/potentially hurt by this law is overwhelming.

Kensington Market has a great European flavour to it. I'm not sure exactly where you wuld buy them, but if you have the means, I highly suggest a Jamaican Patty from a street vendor. Barron, is that giant Sam The Record Man on Yonge still around?

Back when Olympic games were decent. Torino is a pile of shit. Curling. Curling in a video game. There's nothing not to like about that.

Haws baw Gahd, I'm sure you'll have heard these a lot if you work in retail, as I do on weekend: People who say the following: "It won't scan? Must be free, right?" "Oh, that's a nice (tv/computer/expensive item) go ahead and put that in my car". -I have a co-worker at my 9-5 who not only says 'apparently' far too often, she uses it incorrectly a lot. When it's clearly raining outside and you're six inches from a window, it's not "apparently raining outside". People who use the following words, which don't exist: acrossed, height, supposably.

Leena aint goin nowhere. She's bad boy for life. Or something.

Any Olympic game. Ever. Nagano 98 in particular.

The only plausible threats to the streak (when it became one) were Kane the first time and Orton. I don't see the need to end it. I realise it's only one show during the year(albeit the biggest by far), but considering the Undertaker wrestles maybe ten times a year, a streak ending that they've so often mentioned could be disastrous.

That doesn't seem that far-fetched. However, who's the face/heel at that point? They've GOTTA pull the triger on the Cena heel turn by then. But it also seems fairly realistic that a turn by either HHH or HBK wil break up DX. I don't think an HBK turn is that out of the question. Like Invader, I don't know, I too am just feeling it.

They seem pretty confident in Leclaire if they traded away Denis. Granted, he's not proven, but it seems to me, at least for the next four or five months, they have faith in him.

Somewhere in all of Clarke's assery yesterday, Anson Carter signed with the Blue Jackets. That miiiight get them into the playoffs. I had said in my predictions two weeks ago that Zherdev would be the make or break for Columbus' shot at the playoffs. Now, I'm not saying that Carter > Zherdev, but I think Carter is enough to get them in.

I, too, hate to say it. But Clarke is right. Will it start the ball rolling towards more fiscal mismanagement? Maybe. Has Clarke done anything wrong? Nope. Rule is there, he hasn't done anything wrong.

I hope this doesn't sound too cynical, but I don't get that fear. Bees, public speaking and death all seem pretty common. Being buried alive doesn't seem that likely. I mean, yeah, the thought's uncomfortable, but I've been privy to heights, I know why I'm afraid of them.

Since you're a Hip fan...settle a five year debate over Up to Here or Fully Completely? I've gone as far to write down the songs and match them up, head to head. Nothin.

You would've never gotten it anyway. It's been stated plenty that Rock hates Shawn Michaels and wouldn't want to work with the guy. Not that I don't believe it, but this is the first I've heard of it. Story?

That one of RVD/Sabu is exceptional, and I'd forgotten how good the build-up was to Living Dangerously 2000.

I heard that it was the owner who came up with that contract. Yeah, it turns out he did, including negotiating it himself, as I just read. Wang must be nuts...especially since he's been claiming HUGE losses the last few years. The Rachel Phelps of NHL owners, maybe?

Snow has a small cock. He has to. What other dirt could DiPietro have on him to warrrant that fucking contract? It hasn't been mentioned, yet, but I guess this is pretty rare. For the first time to 1999, a offer was tendered to a Class Two RFA. Philly offered to Vancouver's Ryan Kesler. Again, the fuck? 67.5 million? 15 years? That's fucking mind boggling.

Also just announced: Gagne has re-signed for 5.25 a year for five years.

Vokoun has re-upped. Four years.

Where's Zack Malibu?

A fine pick, as well, Czech. Wisconsin Death Trip is still a pretty good cd front to back, even what, eight years later?