  Aiw Member Username: Aiw Post Number: 5212 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 209.216.150.127 |
Interesting article here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/h i/other_sports/american_footba ll/4580140.stm | ||
Basscase Member Username: Basscase Post Number: 5 Registered: 05-2004 Posted From: 68.42.83.119 |
Wow, the article says we have floating casinos on the Detroit River? Where are those? I wanna boat ride! | ||
Andysrc Member Username: Andysrc Post Number: 59 Registered: 07-2005 Posted From: 209.220.229.254 |
Always interesting to get a foreign perspective on American sports/culture. Even though the cost they list for a :30 spot is about double what the actual cost is. | ||
Northend Member Username: Northend Post Number: 620 Registered: 10-2005 Posted From: 69.212.62.92 |
Basscase.....Floating casinos and floating dead bodies are used interchangingly in the UK | ||
Gumby Member Username: Gumby Post Number: 770 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 141.216.1.4 |
Well that river boat docked by Cobo used to be a floating casino so it is at least half right. | ||
Upinottawa Member Username: Upinottawa Post Number: 110 Registered: 09-2005 Posted From: 198.103.184.76 |
From December 1995 to July 1998, Casino Windsor had a riverboat casino. I don't think the riverboat had much of an impact on Detroit's downtown other than increased tolls at the tunnel.  | ||
Susanarosa Member Username: Susanarosa Post Number: 644 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 208.39.170.90 |
Cause there's a lot of lobsters in the Detroit River...  | ||
Upinottawa Member Username: Upinottawa Post Number: 111 Registered: 09-2005 Posted From: 198.103.184.76 |
Lobsters in the Detroit River...another failed attempt at downtown revitalization -- BBC News. | ||
Dabirch Member Username: Dabirch Post Number: 1279 Registered: 06-2004 Posted From: 208.44.117.10 |
I hear they eat zebra mussels... | ||
Super_d Member Username: Super_d Post Number: 523 Registered: 08-2005 Posted From: 69.246.119.77 |
Floating casino's up and down the river??? Almost as funny as when Rowdy Rod Pipper stated, ...."Detroit with all its' cars and subway trains"..... super d(motordetroit) | ||
L_b_patterson Member Username: L_b_patterson Post Number: 275 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.249.150.143 |
what the hell is a geordie? the blind guy from star trek? | ||
Caseyc Member Username: Caseyc Post Number: 572 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 206.18.111.5 |
Is Geordie Walker from Killing Joke still around? Perhaps they were just lokking for a little anglo tie-in....sure. | ||
Shark Member Username: Shark Post Number: 169 Registered: 12-2003 Posted From: 65.43.47.88 |
I believe a Geordie is a northerner, or someone from Newcastle. | ||
Matt_the_deuce Member Username: Matt_the_deuce Post Number: 435 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.14.27.204 |
Yes, a Geordie is someone from Newcastle. Liverpool = Scouse or Scally Manchester = Manc or Mancunian Birmingham = Brummie I'm sure there's some more... It's always interesting to hear their take on our sports. They would rib me about our football players - asking why they wear pads, when their rugby players wear no protection. And we know baseball has it's roots in cricket. Don't get me wrong, they appreciate our sports. Hell, we usually give them a much more hard time then they do to us. They aren't really considered a sporting nation, even though their enthusiasm for their football is deep rooted and probably more intense than our fans can muster for their favorite teams. They're absolutely mad when it comes to football. | ||
Rockcity2windycity Member Username: Rockcity2windycity Post Number: 24 Registered: 11-2005 Posted From: 68.40.139.237 |
that article had a couple of mistakes In fact, up until 1982, only Pasadena, CA - home of the Rose Bowl - and Houston, TX, had interrupted its Los Angeles-Miami-New Orleans cycle since Super Bowl I in 1967. Jacksonville is not Miami. It was just in Jacksonville last year | ||
Motorcitymayor2026 Member Username: Motorcitymayor2026 Post Number: 362 Registered: 10-2005 Posted From: 71.10.63.140 |
until 1982. Last year was 2005 |
