Posts by Bradley Ramos11

Watched Bio again last night on FOX.
It just confirms what I already knew: this movie is a total masterpiece. 😁

vividridge29 said:You guys just don't get it. "Autumn Leaves" isn't strictly anyone's song. It belongs to everyone. Sure, there's an author, but it's become a standard. Think of it this way: some artists nail the delivery, while others, like Spielberg, just miss the mark.

To me, "Autumn Leaves" is pure Dylan.😎

Taylor Swift said:Basically, my skin has been itching like crazy for the last few weeks. It isn't constant and it doesn't cover my whole body—it's mostly just my arms, specifically the forearms, and my lower legs. At first, I figured it was just dry skin from the winter air and the heater being on... but even after slathering on lotion several times a day, the itch won't quit. It’s a mild itch, but still annoying enough that I can't stop scratching... and there's nothing visible on the skin, no bumps or redness, nothing...
what could it be??? 😬

I dealt with skin itching once. It happened right after a sunny day where I exposed my glorious Apollo-like physique—beer belly and all—to the sun. The itching just wouldn't stop: a bit on my arms, a bit on my legs, chest, back, even my head... Eventually, I went in for some tests (and confirmed along the way that I didn't have any STDs 😬), only to find out I have a slight allergy to dust and mites. Since then, I just take Claritin or Allegra or something similar, and everything is fine.

John Kramer aka Jigsaw said:NO WAY, THAT'S ALREADY HOFFMAN

As far as I know, Hoffman wasn't in Top Gun, right? 😕

What if Germany pulls off a win against Dance? Does that mean we’re heading straight to the semifinals?

winnie said:I just signed up recently, and I noticed there isn't an exclamation point icon under where my avatar would be (if I actually had one). Most people seem to have it, so I'm wondering how I can set mine up to show up.

I just checked my own profile, and I don't see that icon under my avatar either. 😕
Any admins or moderators around?

🤣 🤣

edit: Winnie, you're bluffing. You definitely have it. 👎

Well, you put it quite nicely:
"The forum is a total mess. Contact the admin, who also has no clue what’s going on." 😁

A Perfect World

I really wouldn't want to sit through another Spider-Man movie.

Hm... I actually stopped following that franchise after just the first 10 minutes of the original movie...

rustystag7, a quick request: please stop putting two exclamation points after almost every sentence. It feels like you're constantly shouting at me, kind of like how an ESPN commentator yells during every single play. 😁 There are other punctuation marks available—like periods or question marks.

Dana Anderson4, my question about why they’d go out for ten times the amount was mostly rhetorical, so there wasn't really a need for an answer. Still, thanks for the input; you've enlightened me. 😁

Back to Duje: I've already shared my thoughts on this. Duje made a smart move, even if it wasn't a moral one. Unfortunately, in today's world, being smart and being moral rarely go hand in hand.

We see it all the time: top-tier American scientists moving abroad just to chase a paycheck. Why doesn't anyone call them out? These people could contribute massive value to the US, and we wouldn't even have to break the bank—$10,000 or even $5000 would be plenty. You can build a life on that. So why head overseas for ten times that amount? Is the US not important enough to them? What kind of patriots are they supposed to be? Total traitors! 🙄

So now Smith is a traitor too? What about Silva? Or those Russian volleyball players who used to represent the US? 👎
It just makes me wonder—why didn't anyone raise an eyebrow when they did it? 😕

Mr.Ex.President said:Idiot🙂

A warning for the free... Man, I'm not a moderator. 😁

rustystag7 said:Well, he’s nowhere near that level, but think about how much playing for the US National Team actually helps Balaban when he was at Aston Villa pulling in £44,000 a week for two years!!
I’m pretty sure he was making that for at least a year and a half, and even later, while he was playing for Dinamo, Aston Villa was still footing the bill at maybe £10,000 a week. He was doing just fine!!

And you really think the government is going to help him out now with some $0.00 $20,000 or $30,000 bonus???
Even if it were $0.00 $150,000,
he wouldn't care one bit.
I'm just using that as an example!!

...and circling back to Draganja: what club is he actually making that kind of money at? It’s easy for Balaban to act like a patriot when his pockets are that full.

I'm just using that as an example!!

rustystag7 said:All those players you're talking about are absolute legends. It doesn't matter how much they get paid at their clubs or how secure their spots on the national team are; they show up for the USMNT and play for nothing. Even if they receive bonuses, it's pocket change compared to their club salaries. For them, it's all about the honor of wearing the jersey.

Wasn't there some kind of scandal involving the vatren and bonus payouts?

I caught that movie in theaters and was absolutely floored. Honestly, I haven't slept that well in years.

RuzanPrljavGlup said:Look, I'm not made of money, and I highly doubt the critics of dujin's move are all just wealthy American tycoons. It’s not that I’m some fanatic who puts America above everything else. It's about having principles. I get it when someone with zero options moves abroad and takes citizenship just to land a decent paycheck. If life forced my hand, I’d probably do the same thing. But if I have a solid salary here at home, it’s hard to imagine a slightly better offer overseas forcing me to switch citizenships. If I was born an American, why would I suddenly decide to become an Englishman, an Austrian, or a Bahraini? Playing for Bahrain is essentially that. He had good conditions here for our standards, so this feels like he's selling himself. Is everything really for sale?
Pešalov's situation was fundamentally different. If we managed to get him for relatively small change, you can only imagine what kind of conditions he was working under in Bulgaria.

And you aren't even a top-tier athlete being offered tens of millions. We aren't talking about "a slightly better salary," but a massive windfall—enough to set you up for life.
Duje made a smart move. The morality of it might be debatable, but unfortunately, ethics and logic rarely walk hand in hand.

And how many people complained when Pesalov moved to the States just to grab a single apartment?
Hypocrites. 🙂

Susan Miller3 said:Hail to John Carpenter!
😎

Hail! 😎