Two funny things I think deserve their own thread

But will undoubtedly get moved into another thread.

1) The Marines Devil/Ranger Fan Pull-Up Challenge. Must have been a long night for the Marines. Fat hockey fans do not = pull-ups. I wonder if such luminaries such as Fuzzy and Kreeger showed up for this one.

2) The leaky roof. Dude, the place is barely four months old, and the balcony facing north was turned into a land of mops and buckets sitting in seats. Dunno where the people who bought those seats got stuck. That was kinda sad. I know it rained ALOT, but that shouldn't happen.

lol pretty lame...leaky roof in a new building.

The roof LEAKED!? :amazed:

Wow. That's pathetic. Hopefully it's patched up quick for you guys. You don't deserve shoddy construction in your new arena. :shakehead

That's what happens when you rush construction.

The roof LEAKED!? :amazed:

Wow. That's pathetic. Hopefully it's patched up quick for you guys. You don't deserve shoddy construction in your new arena. :shakehead

Was a pretty bad leak. There was half a section, maybe 4-5 rows that were affected and another front row in another balcony section that were shut down. They brought out the yellow tape and blocked them off.

Some seats had buckets in them. It was very Nassauesque.

There was a small leak on the opposite side of the balcony earlier this season, but nothing like that.

2) The leaky roof. Dude, the place is barely four months old, and the balcony facing north was turned into a land of mops and buckets sitting in seats. Dunno where the people who bought those seats got stuck. That was kinda sad. I know it rained ALOT, but that shouldn't happen.

That's what happens when you hire non-union scabs to do your work...oh wait.

That's what happens when you hire non-union scabs to do your work...oh wait.

the crazies are gon' gechu :biglaugh:

That's what happens when you hire non-union scabs to do your work...oh wait.

Actually, it's the other way round, union work sucks, independent work is better ;)

You know, with all my anger and disgust over this game, I forgot to throw that in the Rock thread. I noticed the rows of seats roped off in I think section 105 and 106 and the buckets scattered everywhere catching the dripping water. Something told me that it was gonna be a bad night when I saw that. Figures it would be on a sold out night. I'm hoping those people got upgraded to better seats, like in one of the empty suites.

Actually, it's the other way round, union work sucks, independent work is better ;)
I think thats what he was getting at. Heh

Same thing happened at the University of Pittsburgh with their new basketball center a few years ago...less than 2 years and they had to replace the roof.

That's what happens when you rush construction.

That's part of it. Generally, roofing specs are written with the requirement of a "flood test", where they (as you can figure out) flood the roof with water and check for leaks. Either that wasn't done due to timing or wasn't written into this spec. And the reason they want a flood test? Because how else are you going to check for tears in the roofing, bad or inadequate flashing, etc.?

This was the first really big extended rainfall since the place opened. Without a flood test (assuming there wasn't), it's pretty inevitable that there would be leaks. It sounds like there was a pretty serious leak, though.

Has nothing to do with union vs. non-union either. It's all about the realities of construction. Oh, and public bidding laws that look for the lowest bidder.

Was a pretty bad leak. There was half a section, maybe 4-5 rows that were affected and another front row in another balcony section that were shut down. They brought out the yellow tape and blocked them off.

Some seats had buckets in them. It was very Nassauesque.

There was a small leak on the opposite side of the balcony earlier this season, but nothing like that.

That's a real joke. Hopefully it gets taken care of and you guys can publicly flog the dumbass workers who ****ed it up.

I believe the people in those seats were sitting in what would be the handicapped seats because I've never seen that many people in those seats before.

The roof LEAKED!? :amazed:

Wow. That's pathetic. Hopefully it's patched up quick for you guys. You don't deserve shoddy construction in your new arena. :shakehead


Actually very comon in a new building. Not the first new arena or building where there were early leaks.That was the last part of the roof that needed to be completed when closing in the arena this past summer. There are a lot of big AC units up on the roof in that section and the leak most likely is being run down some of the pitch pockets that were not filled properly. With all the rain we had all day and night yesterday water does find its way on a new building because there is no corrosion as of yet. I am sure the roofers are there today fixing the roof and some of the pitch pockets where things come through the roof like electrical wires, pipes, plumbing pipes and duct units.

Our winning ways leaked out of the roof into the atmosphere

Actually, it's the other way round, union work sucks, independent work is better ;)

That's exactly what he meant. BG LOATHES UNIONS

Unions are like a virus that grows and spreads until it destroys an industry. See American Automobile industy, American Aviation industry, American Cable Television industry, American Public School Education for a mere few examples. I just came up with the below in fact..... it might have to replace my signature.

Unions - Keeping the intellectually inferior employed since 1834

That's exactly what he meant. BG LOATHES UNIONS

Unions are like a virus that grows and spreads until it destroys an industry. See American Automobile industy, American Aviation industry, American Cable Television industry, American Public School Education for a mere few examples. I just came up with the below in fact..... it might have to replace my signature.

Unions - Keeping the intellectually inferior employed since 1834

As a union worker i resent everything you just said!

Actually very comon in a new building. Not the first new arena or building where there were early leaks.That was the last part of the roof that needed to be completed when closing in the arena this past summer. There are a lot of big AC units up on the roof in that section and the leak most likely is being run down some of the pitch pockets that were not filled properly. With all the rain we had all day and night yesterday water does find its way on a new building because there is no corrosion as of yet. I am sure the roofers are there today fixing the roof and some of the pitch pockets where things come through the roof like electrical wires, pipes, plumbing pipes and duct units.

I don't buy that this happens all the time during games. Should've been tested better and corrected the problem.

Where's hellsempire when you need him to explain something?

That's exactly what he meant. BG LOATHES UNIONS

Unions are like a virus that grows and spreads until it destroys an industry. See American Automobile industy, American Aviation industry, American Cable Television industry, American Public School Education for a mere few examples. I just came up with the below in fact..... it might have to replace my signature.

Unions - Keeping the intellectually inferior employed since 1834

while in many ways I think unions are semi-important, I couldn't agree with the last thing you said any more.

Great example?

I know someone that works at Port Elizabeth. Now anyone that knows anything about Port work, I'm sure knows that they are verrrrrry well compensated individuals. Most guys working there are making 6 figures. It's not as though it's not earned in most ways because the hours are strenuous and everything has to be done pin-point perfect or a lot of **** can go wrong.

However, there is a guy that still works there, I can't remember his exact age, but he's elderly to say the least. The guy was born and raised in NJ, so while we can argue he has SOME excuse, he's not foreign, so the fact that he's elderly and cannot read a single word on a piece of paper after all this time is pretty ridiculous.

To make it all worse all he really has to do is call the shots during a shift, which almost always includes some over-time, he's making roughly $3000 a day. A DAY!! I understand longevity and whatnot everyone earns their way up and ****, but a guy that isn't even capable of reading a news paper makes more money in a days work doing very little than most people make in a month, or even longer. It's ridiculous. :shakehead

Alot of my friends went about it the right way and got town jobs, they are sitting pretty while I work retail to finish school.

IBTL!

Where does this tangent go?

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeee. :rolly:

while in many ways I think unions are semi-important, I couldn't agree with the last thing you said any more.

Great example?

I know someone that works at Port Elizabeth. Now anyone that knows anything about Port work, I'm sure knows that they are verrrrrry well compensated individuals. Most guys working there are making 6 figures. It's not as though it's not earned in most ways because the hours are strenuous and everything has to be done pin-point perfect or a lot of **** can go wrong.

However, there is a guy that still works there, I can't remember his exact age, but he's elderly to say the least. The guy was born and raised in NJ, so while we can argue he has SOME excuse, he's not foreign, so the fact that he's elderly and cannot read a single word on a piece of paper after all this time is pretty ridiculous.

To make it all worse all he really has to do is call the shots during a shift, which almost always includes some over-time, he's making roughly $3000 a day. A DAY!! I understand longevity and whatnot everyone earns their way up and ****, but a guy that isn't even capable of reading a news paper makes more money in a days work doing very little than most people make in a month, or even longer. It's ridiculous. :shakehead

haha....is he lookin for help...i can read a newspaper....tho that might exclude me:D

im actually going in this may to try and be an ironworker:dainty: in manhattan. hopefully i wont become complacent and lose my intelligence as my paycheck rises. i wouldnt normally try to get into a union but like u said about ur friend, my own friend is a building surveyor and hes making over 90 in his 4th or 5th year. i want a piece of that so i can afford flying back and forth from long island to finland, the house i want, kids, wifey and of course all the old vws and bmws i can swallow. that union job sure pays better than fedex where im at. but like i said, ill try and be one of the good guys.....but i know how quick efficiency can dwindle when u see how u can do a good or bad job and still get paid the same.

IBTL!

Where does this tangent go?

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeee. :rolly:

no clue


but john madden was in my dream last night. he gave me his autograph at a bar, but then i realized it wasnt really him because he had an anchor tattoo on his throat....and the real madden doesnt. so i threw out the autograph and cursed a few times. then my dream segwayed to something about boobies....and well...there u have it.


wheres this thread going..........i dunno. POST YOUR FAVORITE CANDY!!!!11!1

I like mentos hur

haha....is he lookin for help...i can read a newspaper....tho that might exclude me:D

im actually going in this may to try and be an ironworker:dainty: in manhattan. hopefully i wont become complacent and lose my intelligence as my paycheck rises. i wouldnt normally try to get into a union but like u said about ur friend, my own friend is a building surveyor and hes making over 90 in his 4th or 5th year. i want a piece of that so i can afford flying back and forth from long island to finland, the house i want, kids, wifey and of course all the old vws and bmws i can swallow. that union job sure pays better than fedex where im at. but like i said, ill try and be one of the good guys.....but i know how quick efficiency can dwindle when u see how u can do a good or bad job and still get paid the same.

Well you know you'll have to apprentice for about 5 years for Ironwork right? The pay is great still, but you won't even be union or get the money close to that until the apprenticeship runs its course. The guitarist in the band I used to be in works out there in NYC. I would also warn you that, while you might know that you have to have a huge set of balls to do what they do, people are also gonna **** with you for the first year or two until you fully prove yourself. His dad is actually union and they still hazed him a bit.

Based on the way he explained it is in the early years...I hope you're willing to walk across I-Beams that aren't fully screwed in. He was sayin at first he'd sit and shimmy across and no one would respect him at all and even made fun of him as he did it.

Just a heads up. haha

haha ur adding to the list of things i gotta already worry about my friend told me about. he didnt mention hazing....but i dont doubt it haha. just as long as i dont have to wear a tutu while im walking across said beams ill be ok. heights dont bother me too much if im tethered. then again, easy for me to say that now being comfortable on the ground. im all for puttin my dues in, but i draw the line at tutus....that was another time in my life thank u very much:D.....wait....i said too much

I like mentos hur

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haha ur adding to the list of things i gotta already worry about my friend told me about. he didnt mention hazing....but i dont doubt it haha. just as long as i dont have to wear a tutu while im walking across said beams ill be ok. heights dont bother me too much if im tethered. then again, easy for me to say that now being comfortable on the ground. im all for puttin my dues in, but i draw the line at tutus....that was another time in my life thank u very much:D.....wait....i said too much

Well it's not a literal hazing, it's sort of like being a new kid in town and getting your balls busted by a group of friends you meet to get better acquainted. People make jokes about you, but it's all part of the deal. I mean when you do that job, everyone has to trust everyone, so it's a lot about that.

But from what I understand, if you get the job of securing beams on the floor below where they're working and ****, I don't think you get tethered. At least how he made it seem, you didn't hook in, you had to do it without anything. I'll tell you now though, you're gonna be amazed at how some of these dudes work. My boy was tellin me, they'd smoke bones up on the beams during lunch or goto a strip-club down the street and get sauced and go right back to work and work through the day with no problems.

That was a particular job of course, but I'm just saying. While I could probably do some of the work, no way I could do it intoxicated in any way.

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:biglaugh:

"How Youtube cured my depression" - by Richer's Ghost. In stores July '08.

Well it's not a literal hazing, it's sort of like being a new kid in town and getting your balls busted by a group of friends you meet to get better acquainted. People make jokes about you, but it's all part of the deal. I mean when you do that job, everyone has to trust everyone, so it's a lot about that.

But from what I understand, if you get the job of securing beams on the floor below where they're working and ****, I don't think you get tethered. At least how he made it seem, you didn't hook in, you had to do it without anything. I'll tell you now though, you're gonna be amazed at how some of these dudes work. My boy was tellin me, they'd smoke bones up on the beams during lunch or goto a strip-club down the street and get sauced and go right back to work and work through the day with no problems.

That was a particular job of course, but I'm just saying. While I could probably do some of the work, no way I could do it intoxicated in any way.

hahaha i know i wouldnt be one of those. get me high and im not gettin off the couch unless its for some delicious pizza or peanut butter and cracker jacks and pickles and whatever else fits under 20 slices of bread. i dont doubt it at all tho.....the leaky roof def doesnt make me question what those workers were doin on the job.

:biglaugh:

"How Youtube cured my depression" - by Richer's Ghost. In stores July '08.

ha seriously. good stuff on there. i was watchin episodes of muppet babies for christs sake last nite. nostalgia grabs me in the peaches and doesnt let go sometimes. next up on my youtube search, episodes of ducktales.

as for depression, i prefer paxil and yukon jack:D

ha seriously. good stuff on there. i was watchin episodes of muppet babies for christs sake last nite. nostalgia grabs me in the peaches and doesnt let go sometimes. next up on my youtube search, episodes of ducktales.

as for depression, i prefer paxil and yukon jack:D

Check out all the old muppet show stuff... the swedish chef skits are and absolute riot. :D

Oh, and Duckman is pure genius.

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Me last night after the loss;

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hahaha i know i wouldnt be one of those. get me high and im not gettin off the couch unless its for some delicious pizza or peanut butter and cracker jacks and pickles and whatever else fits under 20 slices of bread. i dont doubt it at all tho.....the leaky roof def doesnt make me question what those workers were doin on the job.



ha seriously. good stuff on there. i was watchin episodes of muppet babies for christs sake last nite. nostalgia grabs me in the peaches and doesnt let go sometimes. next up on my youtube search, episodes of ducktales.

as for depression, i prefer paxil and yukon jack:D

:biglaugh: I know what you mean dude. I was amazed when he was telling me the stories of **** people would do on the job or on break. But like he said, they've all be doing it for so long that it's nothing to them, second nature. His crew mostly dealt with the structural work anyway though, getting the rebar down, the beams together, **** like that. So it's not completely rocket science, but still dangerous work nonetheless.

I believe the people in those seats were sitting in what would be the handicapped seats because I've never seen that many people in those seats before.

Yep, someone TG's blog replied that was what they did. Which is BS. They had to know there was a leak and they shouldn't have pretended there was nothing wrong and not known what to do when people complained. Way to lose customers.

"Sir, our roof broke and your seat is occupied by a bucket. So, we're going to give you a folding chair and put you in worse seats for your inconvience, of course, we'll still take your money, even if you paid $100 and now are getting $65 handicap access seats." :shakehead

Yep, someone TG's blog replied that was what they did. Which is BS. They had to know there was a leak and they shouldn't have pretended there was nothing wrong and not known what to do when people complained. Way to lose customers.

"Sir, our roof broke and your seat is occupied by a bucket. So, we're going to give you a folding chair and put you in worse seats for your inconvience, of course, we'll still take your money, even if you paid $100 and now are getting $65 handicap access seats." :shakehead

PLEASE tell me thats not seriously what they did? :amazed::amazed:

PLEASE tell me thats not seriously what they did? :amazed::amazed:

Way to stay classy, New Jersey.

As a union worker i resent everything you just said!

Okay, but that doesnt make it any less true.:p:

Seriously though, the comment was obviously tongue in cheek as I'm well aware not ALL union workers are really intellectually inferior people. However, I do stand 100% by my comments that Unions allow people who shouldnt be earning a relatively high rate of pay to do so, and in a manner in which starts an inevitable viscious cycle until the Unionized industry collapses. Interestingly (and ironically), usually around 12 seconds prior to the collapse of the industry, the Union employees finally make concessions and agree to a pay cut, because they are smart enough to realize that even with a substantial pay cut they are still making more $$$ than they are otherwise capable of earning. Sadly, by this point (T-12 seconds) it's usually too late. Pro-Union individuals may deny these facts all they want, but they'd be denying an obvious truth and ignoring large swaths of American history.

Check out all the old muppet show stuff... the swedish chef skits are and absolute riot. :D

Oh, and Duckman is pure genius.

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Me last night after the loss;

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Duckman was a great show, USA network in its prime. Still it remains one of the few TV shows not to get a DVD release, its a ****ing crime.

The people that were displaced were in the $65 seats and they were moved to the handicap seats from section 226-232, so they didn't have bad seats.