Gareth Wheeler

[Sal333]

15 minutes ago, VinceA said:

I want that British guy who does Canada games for PAramount +. He was very hype for the game yesterday.

Yeah, I enjoy his call. He played the game at a high level, I heard

[Kent]

@El Hombre, I don't know if you watch One Soccer Today. Adam Jenkins should go on your naughty list if he isn't there already.

I love Wheeler, but I thought this was pretty funny.

[Joe MacCarthy]

Who's Adam Jenkins, when he's at home?

Edited November 14, 2021 by Joe MacCarthy

[Joe MacCarthy]

Is there a way to at least give us a couple of minutes grace to edit a post without the "edited just now" coming up.  I can understand not wanting people to change their posts to alter the story but shee-it, if you just want to change a typo after 5 seconds...can we have that?  That really gives my OCD some grief.

[El Hombre]

51 minutes ago, Kent said:

@El Hombre, I don't know if you watch One Soccer Today. Adam Jenkins should go on your naughty list if he isn't there already.

I love Wheeler, but I thought this was pretty funny.

Oh Jenkins, you just made yourself a powerful enemy.

[Kent]

1 hour ago, Joe MacCarthy said:

Is there a way to at least give us a couple of minutes grace to edit a post without the "edited just now" coming up.  I can understand not wanting people to change their posts to alter the story but shee-it, if you just want to change a typo after 5 seconds...can we have that?  That really gives my OCD some grief.

You can put a reason for your edit. Does that not satisfy your OCD? It satisfies me.

[Joe MacCarthy]

48 minutes ago, Kent said:

You can put a reason for your edit. Does that not satisfy your OCD? It satisfies me.

Why should I have to write a reason for correcting a typo within five seconds of posting it, other sites give a grace period.  If doing that satisfied my OCD I wouldn't have written the post, two people so far seem to agree with me.

[Joe MacCarthy]

I've been at it on these forums for pretty much as long as the Vs have existed and just now this site tells me I'm "Experienced".  Good to know

[nolando]

8 minutes ago, Joe MacCarthy said:

I've been at it on these forums for pretty much as long as the Vs have existed and just now this site tells me I'm "Experienced".  Good to know

I just made "community regular" after 24 years 🤣

[Joe MacCarthy]

Just now, nolando said:

I just made "community regular" after 24 years 🤣

What's the deal, you shouldn't be three thingies behind me.  I didn't think my charm, wit, and curmudgeonly schtick was worth three extra thingies.

[nolando]

Just now, Joe MacCarthy said:

What's the deal, you shouldn't be three thingies behind me.  I didn't think my charm, wit, and curmudgeonly schtick was worth three extra thingies.

They docked me three levels for formerly being a member of the axis of evil posters, wrestling Grizzlies and using the Swartz.

[Joe MacCarthy]

I was gonna say, what warlord here did you piss off.  I figure because I am a friend of the late, great Luis, is where I got the ring, and how I learned the secret handshake.

[dyslexic nam]

Regarding Wheeler, I had to laugh while at the game.  My wife (still in PEI watching the game on TV) texted me during JD’s goal.  

[Joe MacCarthy]

26 minutes ago, nolando said:

They docked me three levels for formerly being a member of the axis of evil posters, wrestling Grizzlies and using the Swartz.

You know, you could elevate yourself with the judicious use of a sponson and towrad.

Wheels should be happy, all this off topic stuff taking the heat off him

[Joe MacCarthy]

10 minutes ago, dyslexic nam said:

Regarding Wheeler, I had to laugh while at the game.  My wife (still in PEI watching the game on TV) texted me during JD’s goal. 

Would it be wrong to ask where in PI?  Charlottesville?  Toronto?  Near the Hunter River Irving?  Just curious.

[dyslexic nam]

Just now, Joe MacCarthy said:

Would it be wrong to ask where in PI?  Charlottesville?  Toronto?  Near the Hunter River Irving?  Just curious.

Lol.  “Near the Hunter River Irving?”  Hahaha.  That is pretty damn specific.

I live in Stratford, just on the other side of the river from Charlottetown.   

[Joe MacCarthy]

Just now, dyslexic nam said:

Lol.  “Near the Hunter River Irving?”  Hahaha.  That is pretty damn specific.

I live in Stratford, just on the other side of the river from Charlottetown.   

I used to know the Island quite well. I believe you're a young man so you may not have heard of Guy the Painter.  I used to live near his studio at Harbourside beside the Yacht Club.

The Hunter River Irving was always a stop on the way home from up West.  Once I stopped a full motorhome of TV crew and talent for my favourite, Licorice Cigars.  Everybody came out smoking them, even the women, a few even had pipes.  Man, I gotta get to sleep.

[Unnamed Trialist]

7 hours ago, nolando said:

I just made "community regular" after 24 years 🤣

I'm called a Mentor but I'd prefer to be Life Coach or similar. I think it'd be easier to monetize 

[Joe MacCarthy]

3 minutes ago, Unnamed Trialist said:

I'm called a Mentor but I'd prefer to be Life Coach or similar. I think it'd be easier to monetize 

How come you're only one thingie ahead of me.  I've stopped for a couple of years and restarted a couple of times.  it's rigged, someone here is colluding with the Russians

[Unnamed Trialist]

6 hours ago, Joe MacCarthy said:

I used to know the Island quite well. I believe you're a young man so you may not have heard of Guy the Painter.  I used to live near his studio at Harbourside beside the Yacht Club.

The Hunter River Irving was always a stop on the way home from up West.  Once I stopped a full motorhome of TV crew and talent for my favourite, Licorice Cigars.  Everybody came out smoking them, even the women, a few even had pipes.  Man, I gotta get to sleep.

OK, here's my story about PEI hospitality.

When I hitchhiked across Canada after high school we ferried to PEI. So one guy who picked us up along that road said we could stay in a house he had, in Hunter River. Perhaps he felt for us as we told him we'd slept the previous in the open air under a building ledge in Charlottetown. It was an old wooden home on the road in, just before town on the highway, sitting alone on the left.

Thing is, he gave us the keys and we never saw him again, we left the keys inside, shut the door and went on our way. 

Edited November 14, 2021 by Unnamed Trialist

[Joe MacCarthy]

It's funny how back in the day everybody knew the ferries and had a rating system.  The Lucy Maud was the worst (reeked of fish), the old Abby was next worst.  The there were the twins Holiday Island and Vacationland and probably the favourite John Hamilton Gray.

When I meet an Islander today I talk their ear off and find out what's going on.  Pretty much all the restaurants and bars I used to go to are now gone.

[dyslexic nam]

1 hour ago, Joe MacCarthy said:

It's funny how back in the day everybody knew the ferries and had a rating system.  The Lucy Maud was the worst (reeked of fish), the old Abby was next worst.  The there were the twins Holiday Island and Vacationland and probably the favourite John Hamilton Gray.

When I meet an Islander today I talk their ear off and find out what's going on.  Pretty much all the restaurants and bars I used to go to are now gone.

Yeah, things have changed quite a bit. I think the Holiday Island is still moving people and cars across the Strait but I suspect much of what you knew is gone.  And for the record - I am not young at this point lol.

1 hour ago, Unnamed Trialist said:

OK, here's my story about PEI hospitality.

When I hitchhiked across Canada after high school we ferried to PEI. So one guy who picked us up along that road said we could stay in a house he had, in Hunter River. Perhaps he felt for us as we told him we'd slept the previous in the open air under a building ledge in Charlottetown. It was an old wooden home on the road in, just before town on the highway, sitting alone on the left.

Thing is, he gave us the keys and we never saw him again, we left the keys inside, shut the door and went on our way. 

Ie. The good ol days.  There are still some old souls around that are probably like that but PEI has been dragged into the modern era with all that entails.  Not even many hitchhikers any more.   Funny enough, I had a long conversation with someone about hitchhiking on the Island last night.  

[El Hombre]

Yeah yeah, for a second tier province, PEI is nice or whatever but could we please get back to talking about how Wheels is the best?

Not unlike Danny Gallivan before him, he is revolutionizing play-by-play for Canadian soccer and is inspiring the next generation. 

[dyslexic nam]

It was a bit of a digression - I will give you that one.  

[El Hombre]

For those curious:

CANADIAN PROVINCIAL TIERS

Tier 1 - Ontario
Tier 2 - All other provinces
Tier 3 - Southern Ontario (ie. anything south of Kingston)