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  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,138
    brianlux said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    I wish the yankees or mets would have won the world series that year; it would have meant so much for the city.  
    Heck yeah.  Good call.
    Funny i remember havin the same sentiment i asked a Mets fan if he was rooting for the Yankees in the series hi's response i'm quoting him " No i'd rather the planes hit the towers again then see the Yankees win the series " i was stunned asked another Mets fan same question this guys says no i'm rooting for Arizona ...
    Wow. I am a huge Yankees fan and would have been totally fine if the Mets won it in 2001.  The city needed it so bad. I mean game seven in the World Series was awesome but I hate hate hate schilling and the dbacks 
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • my2hands
    my2hands Posts: 17,117
    I will never root for the Yankees or Mets, under any circumstances 
  • Lerxst1992
    Lerxst1992 Posts: 8,026
    edited September 2018
    brianlux said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    I wish the yankees or mets would have won the world series that year; it would have meant so much for the city.  
    Heck yeah.  Good call.
    Funny i remember havin the same sentiment i asked a Mets fan if he was rooting for the Yankees in the series hi's response i'm quoting him " No i'd rather the planes hit the towers again then see the Yankees win the series " i was stunned asked another Mets fan same question this guys says no i'm rooting for Arizona ...


    Yes, that's New York!

    Most of us hate the cross town rival, especially with baseball and hockey.


    Edit, one of my old one liners, I'd root for the Iraqi national team before I'd root for the Rangers!
    Post edited by Lerxst1992 on
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,629
    brianlux said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    I wish the yankees or mets would have won the world series that year; it would have meant so much for the city.  
    Heck yeah.  Good call.
    Funny i remember havin the same sentiment i asked a Mets fan if he was rooting for the Yankees in the series hi's response i'm quoting him " No i'd rather the planes hit the towers again then see the Yankees win the series " i was stunned asked another Mets fan same question this guys says no i'm rooting for Arizona ...
    wow what a fucking asshole. 
    By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.




  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    my2hands said:
    I will never root for the Yankees or Mets, under any circumstances 
    lol
    Give Peas A Chance…
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,138
    Has anybody been to the 9/11 museum in nyc?  if so, what were your impressions?
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • fife
    fife Posts: 3,327
    mcgruff10 said:
    Has anybody been to the 9/11 museum in nyc?  if so, what were your impressions?
    I went last year.  it was very moving but to be honest i was very aware that I was standing on a massive grave site and felt weird.
  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    ‘Unbelievable’: Bald eagle lands on top of firetruck ladder during 9/11 ceremony

    https://globalnews.ca/news/4442747/9-11-bald-eagle/?utm_source=GlobalToronto&utm_medium=Facebook
    Give Peas A Chance…
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,629
    that's crazy
    By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.




  • mace1229
    mace1229 Posts: 9,853
    edited September 2018
    mcgruff10 said:
    Has anybody been to the 9/11 museum in nyc?  if so, what were your impressions?
    I went when it was only opened a few months, and back again a few years later.
    That was my first trip to NYC. Went with my wife, she was living and teaching in Brooklyn when 9/11 happened. She lived just on the other side of Brooklyn Bridge, so as a result her local FD was among the first on scene and suffered the most.

    It was a nice memorial. The first time we went there was about 45 minutes of security checks and meta detectors, which honestly sort of hindered the experience for me. Not that I didn't want to bother with safety, but it was a reminder of how much security has changed and took away a little from the experience of focusing on the loss and the victims.
    It wasn't nearly as bad the second time.

    I didn't feel weird about the massive grave site, but I did think about it. One of the "cool" things was a single tree that survived.
    Other than that, it was like any  memorial. You go, you reflect, you get sad. There isn't much else to do, I think we were there about 20-30 minutes.
    My wife wasn't very impressed though. I think because she experienced it, the memorial didn't really do it justice in her mind, didn't capture what happened. Just really a list of names around an infinity pool.
    For her I don't think anything will capture how she felt the weeks and months after, walking by every church plastered with thousands of missing posters. Recognizing the same faces on the walls of missing for weeks. 
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  • Bentleyspop
    Bentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 11,487
    mcgruff10 said:
    Has anybody been to the 9/11 museum in nyc?  if so, what were your impressions?
    I highly recommend this museum with a minimum of 3 hours to take it all in plus time before and after at the memorial. 
  • mace1229
    mace1229 Posts: 9,853
    mcgruff10 said:
    Has anybody been to the 9/11 museum in nyc?  if so, what were your impressions?
    I highly recommend this museum with a minimum of 3 hours to take it all in plus time before and after at the memorial. 
    I forgot about the museum part. I can't remember much about it, was only opened about a month when I went, so I think that was about 7 or 8 years ago. We went back about a year later, so it was worth doing twice.
    The only part I really remember is reflecting on everything at the fountain/infinity pool and taking in what happened at that spot.
  • my2hands
    my2hands Posts: 17,117
    mcgruff10 said:
    Has anybody been to the 9/11 museum in nyc?  if so, what were your impressions?
    Yes, my ex and I went there a few years ago. It's pretty deep brother
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,138
    my2hands said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    Has anybody been to the 9/11 museum in nyc?  if so, what were your impressions?
    Yes, my ex and I went there a few years ago. It's pretty deep brother
    I want to go but I don’t know if I am ready. It is still tough to watch those images. I was watching a special last night on the World Series and got all teary eyed when W threw out that first pitch. 
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,662
    never forget

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    Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
    you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
    memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
    another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,138
    18 years ago...wow.
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • Renfield
    Renfield NYC NY Posts: 1,054
    Sitting here for the past 2 hours having coffee, remembering that morning. By the time I got up to our roof deck (I still live in the same building), the Towers had collapsed. My brain couldn’t connect the image of the huge plume of smoke vs. the actual Towers as I had seen them each & every day for the previous 20 years. 
  • Bentleyspop
    Bentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 11,487
    mickeyrat said:
    never forget

    Working so close to the Pentagon that I could see, hear, and feel the impact I can still remember every aspect and minute of that day.


  • pjhawks
    pjhawks Posts: 12,948
    still tear up remembering that day.  18 years.  never forget those who lost their lives that day.
  • Didn’t seem real for days after. 
    hippiemom = goodness