TheLastColdBeer

Welcome to the forums Rhodai. Poke around a bit, consider the call of duty series. Lots of modded servers. Enjoy!

What happened in the theater in Colorado was beyond horrible and we all sympathize with the families of the innocents murdered by a deranged gunman. What a shame someone in the audience wasn't armed.
 
But I cringed at this story last Friday morning for another reason. It meant that I would have to shut down my access to news for the next several days - or longer. I'm a news junkie and need my daily fix but I cannot stomach TV news when an event such as this goes down.
 
You know in five minutes all you need to know about what happened. And anything new to the story takes but a minute or two to report. Yet, we are subjected to the same thing, the same reporting, the same images, the same video, the same story, over and over and over and over again, hour after hour, day after day, ad naseum.
 
It's always the same approach. Once the basic facts are reported, the news outlets turn to the so-called "human" side of the story. They interview people who almost got shot. They ask them how it "felt" looking down the end of a rifle - how the fuck do they think it felt?
 
Then they start digging into the personal lives of the victims - people we don't know - and by so doing they intrude on the horrible suffering these families are trying to cope with and bradcast that crap every hour of the day. They apparently think we want to know the stories of these victims. I don't want to know their story, any more than I want to know the story of the hundreds of other daily victims of senseless crime.
 
It's three days later and here are today's headlines:
 
- Obama: "Words are... inadequate."
- Tributes to the victims
- Survivor: Suspect's boot at my head
- Suspect a study in contrasts.
- Daughter: Is daddy still going to come?
- Suspect spooked gun range manager
- I didn't think we would get out alive
- Suspect silent as he heads to court
- Shooter took Vicodin before attack
- 13-year-old tried to save life of 6-year-old
- Batman items found in suspect's home.
 
Give me a freakin' break and STFU already. I don't wish to appear heartless - matter of fact, I'm anything but. But just tell me what happened and then get on with what else is going on in the world.
 
Or maybe it's just me...??

Knob creek )) mY fav... Woodford reserve.... Crown on the rocks )) I live in KY ,We have the bourbon trail here about 6 Distillers )

lol, pretty slick hxtr. Roll on Union Pacific!

Knob Creek, Maker's Mark, Jim Beam, Evan Williams, all over ice. Bardstown Ky is a wonderful place to visit.

Happy Birthday Nummy! Hope you have a great one!

106? Bet you're sorry you bought a black truck now, aren't ya? Keep kool, Gorilla.

Happy Birthday Window! Have yourself a great day, maybe there'll be a little admin nading later.

Mausi! Happy Birthday! Have yourself a grand day from the USA! All das Beste zum Geburtstag!

Thanks to everyone for your kind words. I'm humbled by the opportunity and I'm excited to take on a new role for XI. If I can be of any help to anyone, just give me a shout. Now where is the SR admin lounge?!? I want some free snacks.
 
 
P.S.
A special thanks to hxtr, who I stepped on while I climbed the ladder of success (but only because he's in to that).

Holy.......some respect is in order here! Congratulations Lord Bama!
 
 
 
 
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Holy.......some respect is in order here! Congratulations Lord Bama!
 
 
 
 
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Holy.......some respect is in order here! Congratulations Lord Bama!
 
 
 
 
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Happy Birthday Bushape! Gonna be a scorcher, stay cool!

People who have been in the clan for a couple years or more probably knew this was coming sooner or later well the time has come. Please welcome Bama to the SR Admin group, he has been a very loyal and active member of >XI< for a long time and has showed he has the skills to hold this position. He is liked by everyone(for the most part lol) and has a level headed of thinking that will be great for handling issues that come up.
 
From this time forward Bama will be able to handle all situations that come up for all games and personal issues, so please hit him up with what you have so we can get him broken in. He will be very easy to find because he is now on the top of the >XI< Clan Xfire list.
 
Thanks Bama for helping us out and good luck to you

Thanks a bunch El Jefe! u b da best!

Good luck Nick, and congratulations on your decision. Know what it feels like to be burdened by long hours & ugly travel. Takes the joy out of everything. Best wishes on your new position.

Even though it's Bob's Birthday as well, he still cooked me roast dinner ...Bless him ...I think he's certainly on a promise lol...Got a week off work together as well, so probally lots of COD....could'nt be better!

WHAT THE HELL DO YOU LOOK AT ON THE NET

uhhh, do I have to, y'know, like, call Window & LOM Sir? Gonna have to practice that bit. Might take some drinking. Oh well, always did love killing admins. Congrats everyone. Hope you know what you're in for.......

Burlington & Union Pacific roll through here with some mighty trains. We used to climb up the trestles to the catwalk and watch them go by inches from your nose. From underneath. That'll get your attention. Nothing like 3 GP38's pulling 120 coal cars to shake the timbers.

LoL, lovely toy Bart. You deserve it, enjoy! Beats dragging a walker around....

LoL, nice vid hxtr. Glad your camera survived.

I wasn't shooshing you Sparty. Here's the offending files. Was chatting with Window on xfire while I was going through them. He only had to get rid of 4 or 5 too. Don't know why I won the lottery.

Whoo-hoo!! Welcome Heelz! Ok, might have to play freeze-tag now.