FSA "off topic" thread - No discussion relating to FSA or Soccer - please read post 1

Nib

Cheers folks. Wouldn't be into weed and all that craic, I'd more interested in the beer.

Though, it would be rude to not visit the red light district on my first trip to Amsterdam. :pac:

Iused2likebusts

Nib wrote: »

Cheers folks. Wouldn't be into weed and all that craic, I'd more interested in the beer.

Though, it would be rude to not visit the red light district on my first trip to Amsterdam. :pac:

I was there for one night with the family before a long haul flight. Looked a pretty cool place to me.

Invincible

Where's this TV3 HD that they speak of?
All I see is 576i

Deco99

Nib wrote: »

Cheers folks. Wouldn't be into weed and all that craic, I'd more interested in the beer.

Though, it would be rude to not visit the red light district on my first trip to Amsterdam. :pac:

Problem is that once you get off the main train station in city centre, the sleazy areas are nearby so people sometimes think this is it. Nice areas take a bit of looking for but they are good.

wonski

Nib wrote: »

Anyone ever been to Amsterdam? Heading there on Friday for four days. Don't know what to expect.

I lived in Netherlands for some time, always loved it.

Amsterdam is a beautiful city. Red Lights districts and coffee shops are just small part of bigger picture.

What you visit depends on what your priorities are, but there is something for everyone really.

I personally liked the whole "picture" with museums, canals, bicycles and bridges mixed up with shady guys selling on the streets / train stations and stoned / drunk people looking for fun all over the place.

Strange, but beautiful place.

Swiper the fox

Worth a mention in this thread as a consequence of busts thinking he'd like a new handle on another thread.
'where did you get your username'? Most are self explanatory but some are quite interesting and it'd be nice to know the reasons.
Mine is one of the obvious ones, my kids used to watch Dora a lot and I always pretended that Swiper was my favourite character, while I was registering Dora was on in the background and the inspiration just came.
I do like my name though, for Dora aficionados Swiper is just the right mixture of rogue with a heart of gold.:pac:

PARlance

Dora is just being discovered in our house... we don't like you Swiper!

My name was supposed to be a witty play on words around Golf (Par) and the fact that it was all I ever talked about on boards... at the time obviously. Now it's just a poncy sounding name that annoys me... I had instant regret once I changed it.

Might change it to FSAfreddie

SpaceCowb0y

PARlance wrote: »

Dora is just being discovered in our house... we don't like you Swiper!

My name was supposed to be a witty play on words around Golf (Par) and the fact that it was all I ever talked about on boards... at the time obviously. Now it's just a poncy sounding name that annoys me... I had instant regret once I changed it.

Might change it to FSAfreddie

You can change your Boards handle????

PARlance

SpaceCowb0y wrote: »

You can change your Boards handle????

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/payments.php You need to sign up there for a fiver and you'll be able to request the change is a special thread for subscribers.

SpaceCowb0y

PARlance wrote: »

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/payments.php You need to sign up there for a fiver and you'll be able to request the change is a special thread for subscribers.

Ahh... you have to pay to change! Meh... i'd rather a pint

FHFC

SpaceCowb0y wrote: »

Ahh... you have to pay to change! Meh... i'd rather a pint

Likewise.

Mine arises from laziness and not thinking I'd actually be posting here much!! I long ago gave up on Internet forums and wasting my time arguing with, usually annoying, strangers.

I found this place pretty much exactly 2 years ago while searching for resources to help me nake sense of this FPL craic for the first time. Wanted to ask a couple of questions so i had to register (i had a boards account from years ago but couldnt be arsed recovering the password etc) and just stuck in the initials of the greatest football club in the world as a placeholder.

5,500 posts later (all on FSA) and I'm kinda stuck with it. Mr T woulda been my historic online persona but not worth a fiver for old times sake plus the confusion.

It says it all about this site that someone who hates the bullsht and pettiness of Internet forums has become a regular and a posting freak.



Edit: My first post....awwww http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=86322505&postcount=201 Its about team value funny enough!!

Lemlin

Its after a nickname we had for a lad in college. He reads this board!

dahat

Mine came from years of wearing a baseball hat (8+ years) 24/7 due to a skin condition on my scalp called Psosrasis

My dad started calling me "The Hat" as a nickname so modified it to Dahat for forum use across a few places

Invincible

I couldn't get a username that wasn't taken, as I was driving a Hilux Invincible at the time, so that's where username came from

I can't think who Jax Teller transformed into here?

Lemlin

Invincible wrote: »

I couldn't get a username that wasn't taken, as I was driving a Hilux Invincible at the time, so that's where username came from

I can't think who Jax Teller transformed into here?

Lucas Hood I think.

Invincible

Lemlin wrote: »

Lucas Hood I think.

That's it exactly

finnharpsboy

I don't know where mine came from

Lucas Hood

Lemlin wrote: »

Lucas Hood I think.

Thats Sheriff Hood to you.

All my usernames have been after tv/movie characters.
Keyser soze (usual suspects)
Cole trickle ( Days of Thunder)
Jax Teller ( sons of anarchy)
Lucas hood (banshee)

Nib

http://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/quiz-8bit/quiz-8-bit.shtml#uk-tw-po

This is good. Got 100% on teams but stuck on 57% on players.

SpaceCowb0y

Thats tough

im stuck at Teams: 91% | Players: 44%

who the **** is second in from the left second row??? Its defo not leeds anyway i've tried at least 50 times :D:D:D

Lucas Hood

SpaceCowb0y wrote: »

Thats tough

im stuck at Teams: 91% | Players: 44%

who the **** is second in from the left second row??? Its defo not leeds anyway i've tried at least 50 times :D:D:D

Dynamo Kiev.

iroced

Nib wrote: »

http://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/quiz-8bit/quiz-8-bit.shtml#uk-tw-po

This is good. Got 100% on teams but stuck on 57% on players.

Yeah it's good but some choices are bizarre (

Newcastle :eek: ..., Inter, Bayer, Borussia & PSV chosen player

).

Managed to finish it with a little research. Was initially stuck on 91% team (

couldn't remember CSKA colours

) and about 75% players.

stephenl15

94 team 75 players. Can someone confirm that

Benfica is NOT Aimar and leverkusen is not Ballack

? :P

Nib

Not Aimar or Ballack.

Clue:

Both played in the EPL.

jimmii

BBC are live streaming a Turing Test starts at 1pm. We're totally not FPL stats geeks on this forum just thought I would put this here in case some nerds happened to walk buy. I'm totally not watching it.

Mr.Prodston

Tonga and Georgia on at the moment is good fun. Some absolute tanks on both teams!

jimmii

Mr.Prodston wrote: »

Tonga and Georgia on at the moment is good fun. Some absolute tanks on both teams!

Was just reading on the BBC that the average weight of the Welsh backs this year is likely to be heavier than the average weight of the All Black forwards from 87. Pretty crazy how much the game has changed in that time.

iroced

Mr.Prodston wrote: »

Tonga and Georgia on at the moment is good fun. Some absolute tanks on both teams!

Georgia leading 10-3 with a try from the former Montpellier man Gorgodzilla :cool:!

And a controversial disallowed try from Ma'Afu. He's one of my FantasyRugger sub. Good lad. Go on like that and you'll get a Round 3 start :cool:.

KevIRL

Japan!

jimmii

KevIRL wrote: »

Japan!

Certainly didn't see this coming unreal! Thought that SA must surely pull ahead after that last try! Very straight forward try to allow them to get back there they will be disappointed with that.