Thu Jun 18 @ 6:00pm - GAME CANCELED
Glen
This is due to the fact that we are actually fish and as everyone
knows, fish can't play ultimate. If the fact the we don't seem to get
to play anymore is upsetting to you, I suggest you offer up the
appropriate genuflection, gifts and sacrifices as your deity demands.
Interesting factoid of the day: Of the last 77 days (11 weeks), there
are only been 10 days that were considered "clear."
Glen
DanielW
Mike Thomas
Wait a moment!" It is extremely difficult for anyone to predict at
10:00AM what it is going to be like at 6:00PM. So we could either get
false cancellations in clearing weather or Game On calls only to face
thunder storms later in the day.
Perhaps a better approach would be to say the game is always on as long
as there is not visible lightning at the time of play; and even a small
lightning storm may pass by in 20 minutes and we can resume play then.
I've played in rain. I've played in snow. I've played in hot weather.
I've played in cold weather. It's all good.
I say our new policy should be game-on except for visible lightning.
So are we mice or men? Did Americans run away after the Germans bombed
Pearl Harbor? Hell no! Who's with me? Let's doooo ittttt! (The heck with
double secret probation!)
Starting next week: let's try "it's always game-on!" Arrrrgggg!
Mike Thomas
Rob Siegel
So Glen, can we turn the game back on for tonight? I've got my stuff in my cube and I'm ready to play.
-Rob
Hannah Williams
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Devin Carlberg
still want to be allowed to play where we're playing, and if we tear
the ground up due to it being too wet, then the school(s) would take a
rather dim view of us continuing to have our game there.
-Devin
DanielW
But I know it's not raining now...
On Jun 18, 4:19 pm, Devin Carlberg <devin.carlb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I suppose the problem with the playing in rain is field conditions. We
> still want to be allowed to play where we're playing, and if we tear
> the ground up due to it being too wet, then the school(s) would take a
> rather dim view of us continuing to have our game there.
>
> -Devin
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 4:16 PM, Hannah Williams<hanna...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Mike-
> > Nice quote from Animal House...I love that movie. Got me motivated to play
> > even when its raining. Too bad I have to work late tonight.
>
> > -Hannah
>
>
> >> Ummm, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, not Germany! Learn your history if
> >> you are going to try to use it to motivate having Frisbee games because of
> >> it. LOL
>
> >> So Glen, can we turn the game back on for tonight? I've got my stuff in
> >> my cube and I'm ready to play.
>
> >> -Rob
>
>
> - Show quoted text -
Rob Siegel
And to continue that quote: (thank you internet)
What the f- happened to the [Howard Ultimate] I used to know? Where's the spirit? Where's the guts, huh? This could be the greatest night [of pickup] of our lives, but you're gonna let it be the worst. "Ooh, we're afraid to go with you Bluto, we might get in trouble." Well just kiss my [disk] from now on! Not me! I'm not gonna take this. [The Rain God], he's a dead man!
-R
DanielW
for a game, great. ;)
On Jun 18, 4:27 pm, Rob Siegel <rocket...@gmail.com> wrote:
> My bad! I just missed an Animal House quote, guess it's been too long since
> I've watched that movie. Doh.
>
> And to continue that quote: (thank you internet)
> What the f- happened to the [Howard Ultimate] I used to know? Where's the
> spirit? Where's the guts, huh? This could be the greatest night [of pickup]
> of our lives, but you're gonna let it be the worst. "Ooh, we're afraid to go
> with you Bluto, we might get in trouble." Well just kiss my [disk] from now
> on! Not me! I'm not gonna take this. [The Rain God], he's a dead man!
>
> -R
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 4:16 PM, Hannah Williams <hanna...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Mike-
> > Nice quote from Animal House...I love that movie. Got me motivated to play
> > even when its raining. Too bad I have to work late tonight.
>
> > -Hannah
>
>
> >> Ummm, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, not Germany! Learn your history if
> >> you are going to try to use it to motivate having Frisbee games because of
> >> it. LOL
>
> >> So Glen, can we turn the game back on for tonight? I've got my stuff in
> >> my cube and I'm ready to play.
>
> >> -Rob
>
DanielW
Arei
the weather and field conditions. Sometimes it works, sometimes it
doesn't. Second, and in my opinion more importantly, they provide a
reminder to come out and a sense of organization to the list. I think
this second aspect really has helped us keep the numbers up. That
said, I am in agreement with Mike about stopping the game day emails.
I think we can get by with just one weekly reminder email.
So, all that said, HERE IS OUR NEW GAME DAY WEATHER POLICY:
Games are played regardless of weather under the following conditions:
1). No game will be played during visible lightning. In the event of
visible lightning, please stop playing immediately and seek cover.
The game may resume 20 minutes after the last visible lightning
strike.
2). No game will be played when there is standing water on the field.
Yes, it can be fun to layout into mud, but it is really bad for the
field to do so. If possible the field positioning should be adjusted
to avoid the standing water.
3). Games end when you can no longer see a flying frisbee at a
distance of 20 yards... or basically once it's dark.
Glen
Arei
Glen
On Jun 18, 4:05 pm, Rob Siegel <rocket...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ummm, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, not Germany! Learn your history if
> you are going to try to use it to motivate having Frisbee games because of
> it. LOL
>
> So Glen, can we turn the game back on for tonight? I've got my stuff in my
> cube and I'm ready to play.
>
> -Rob
>
DanielW
As for today, I got about 4-5 more peeps coming with me and my bro.
Hope to see a lot of you all out there!
Kevin Gormally
you all missed out on israeli hot box
DanielW
I'm thinking of orangizing a team for that game :) Anyone want to
join? I'm thinking we'll need about 4 subs, so 8 people.
Palin Lotz
Mike Thomas
I think the emails as a play-day reminder are still cool; especially for new folk just joining the google group. And email programs like Outlook can automate the periodic sending of the notices so that no further human effort is needed.
Regarding the NGDWP:
1) The game may also resume 19 minutes after the last visible lightning; or 18, or 17, or 16, or 21, or any other number deemed appropriate by the sovereigns playing at the field.
2) The game may also be played when enough sovereign folk say, “Looks dry enough for me too; let’s play!”
3) The game may also end when enough sovereign folk playing say, “It’s getting pretty dark, Universe Point!”
This game was created by a bunch of hippies who couldn’t organize a trip to the bathroom; hence the free spirited, good natured culture of Ultimate. I am confident the group’s common sense will carry us through any situation we encounter; even absent a written rule book and tape measure!
Mike Thomas
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Glen: Well I am king.
Mike: Oh, king eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiting the workers. By hanging on to outdated imperialist dogma which perpetuates the economic and social differences in our society.
Glen: I am your king.
Mike: Well I didn't vote for you.
Glen: You don't vote for kings.
Mike: Well how'd you become king then?
[Angelic music plays...]
Glen: The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that I, Glen, was to carry Excalibur. THAT is why I am your king.
Mike: [interrupting] Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony. Oh but if I went 'round sayin' I was Emperor, just because some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away.
Glen: Bloody peasant!
Mike: Come and see the violence inherent in the system. Help! Help! I'm being repressed! Oh, what a giveaway! Did you hear that? Did you hear that, eh? That's what I'm on about! Did you see him repressing me? You saw him, Didn't you?
-----Original Message-----
From: columbia...@googlegroups.com [mailto:columbia...@googlegroups.com]
On Behalf Of Arei
Sent: Thursday,
June 18, 2009 4:55 PM
To: Columbia Ultimate
Subject: [CU] Re: Thu Jun 18 @ 6:00pm - GAME CANCELED
So the game day emails serve two purposes: First, they try to predict