Waiting at airport for flight. So primitive here. What to do......
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Must have a sky club membership.
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Well at the least i hope he finished his wine and cookie :D happy shopping dude!
That was Mr. Adidas' airport expereince.
This is my typical airport experience at CVG:
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that bar reminded me of the one @ sky harbor. time i boarded the plane. damn i was toast. 1st time i ever flew first class. ( PA asked if anyone willing to give up seat would get first class bump and lounge priveledges) so i called home saying flight delayed. 2 hours later was omw. btw adidas where you off to? find me a good deal on some stuff. cant find it anywhere near here lol :technical:
I'll tell you what to do. Go in that bathroom and drop the kids off at the pool and make sure you clog the pool filter with plenty of towels (poop and clog). Then run trough around screaming OMG! TSHTF! THE METHANE FUMES! I CAN'T BREATHE!
or my apt complex in phx, i got drunk, took bubble bath into the hot tub, poured it all in, and relaxed. made a royal mess. our maint guy and hte guard as wel were not at all amused. :mad:
LOL! These days, my version of a whirlpool/spa is if I fart in the bathtub.
Quote from: jestercinti on March 22, 2013, 07:04:51 PM
LOL! These days, my version of a whirlpool/spa is if I fart in the bathtub.
and usually it smells worse lol. Cause bubbles rise up nearly underneath nose. kinda like farting while riding moto. somehow it makes its way into the helmet.
(http://www.sherv.net/cm/emo/funny/1/fart.gif)anyhoo adidas. Sorry my friend. i derailed your thread yet again :oops:
Maybe that's just if you are riding a goped?
;)
- Bboy
Those Walkers Short Bread cookies - only ONE per wrapper. You have to grab a handful!
That wasn't the bar - it was the breakfast/snack area. Bar was bigger. Free booze.
I'm here now. I'll post pictures when I get them off of the iPad.
Thank god the commoners and paupers weren't allowed in the club. That's worse than being in a bar full of Vespa owners wearing black leather like they're tough.
delta, american or continental? the delta club @ phx was very nice. had many drinks and slept while awaiting flight to ATL. the one at atl was nice as well. but the smoking room reeked. glad im on the verge of giving that up. awaiting pics my friend. enjoy the trip :)
Quote from: adidasguy on March 22, 2013, 10:08:29 PM
Thank god the commoners and paupers weren't allowed in the club. That's worse than being in a bar full of Vespa owners wearing black leather like they're tough.
You Sir are a feckin SNOB :icon_rolleyes:
As Dame Edna says
"I mean that in the nicest way"
Saw her/him on Broadway twice. Superb show!
Quote from: codajastal on March 22, 2013, 11:09:34 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on March 22, 2013, 10:08:29 PM
Thank god the commoners and paupers weren't allowed in the club. That's worse than being in a bar full of Vespa owners wearing black leather like they're tough.
You Sir are a feckin SNOB :icon_rolleyes:
cmon now :icon_confused:. he happens to be one of the nices people ive never met :). as are you. ( way i feel anyways :)
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on March 22, 2013, 11:18:10 PM
Quote from: codajastal on March 22, 2013, 11:09:34 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on March 22, 2013, 10:08:29 PM
Thank god the commoners and paupers weren't allowed in the club. That's worse than being in a bar full of Vespa owners wearing black leather like they're tough.
You Sir are a feckin SNOB :icon_rolleyes:
cmon now :icon_confused:. he happens to be one of the nices people ive never met :). as are you. ( way i feel anyways :)
Well duh I know that. I just love pickin on him everytime he flies
OK. Now that I got the iPad pictures uploaded to gs500.net....
I go LEFT. Commoners to the right. The difference? There is a blue throw rug with the United logo we get to walk on! How cool is that?
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So here I was for the next 5 hours. What? No pre-flight cocktails? Sheeeeeesssshhhhh!
Had my vintage mini-disc player andthe Haynes carb manual. Might as well educate myself since we didn't have video on demand (crappy old Airbus A-320. Boeing is better!)
I had my camera. Don't know why. THE WINDOWS WERE DIRTY!
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To add insult to injury, my steak was medium WELL - not medium. At least the roll was hot and the salads cold.
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The service was excellent.
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More problems! There was NO CARAMEL for the ice cream sunday! Still, I enjoyed it then too a nap for the next couple hours.
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More to follow as I get pix uploaded from camera.
Today I might take the train to town. I'm 3 blocks from Newark Penn Station.
yes i too will take a Boeing any day. built like a brick shaZam! house! so you buy Adidas stuff in New Jersey? I would have thought you where going to go all the way to Germany for that.
It happened. At least by Eastern time I am now a real old geezer.
Pictures later. I went adidas shopping today. Then had dinner at the world famous Carmines in Times Square. Pictures to follow.
Got some nice t-shirts. Found a long sleeve adidas plaid shirt on sale. Got camo cargo shorts, too and they are adidas!
Somehow I can't imagine the guy in the above picture wearing camo cargo shorts...
So... how did you get started with your Adidas... hobby, anyways?
Quote from: Badot on March 23, 2013, 09:09:49 PM
So... how did you get started with your Adidas... hobby, anyways?
A friend kept ragging me about wearing a fringed leather suede jacket from the 70-s so there was a sale on adidas at a store and the rest is history.
I live 10min from an Adidas outlet. There once was this chick named Sherry. My friends and I would say Adidas..All Day I Dream About Sherry....ADIDAS.
cargo camo shorts. Nice!
Oh, and its all day I dream about sex (or soccer)
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Going to take the PATH train from Penn station Newark to lower Manhattan
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Hurry up train. I have shopping to do!
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Getting on the PATH train to Manhattan.
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The temple of adidas. The Performance store at Broadway and Houston Streets
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Shopping shopping shopping......
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Adidas Originals Store 136 Wooster Street
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At Carmines. Calamari and super huge salad. Calamari brought in fresh daily. Best squid I ever had! So this is where quidly riders end up after they crash? Served for dinner at Carmines?
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48oz prime rib at Carmines. No, I couldn't eat it all and a friend shared it. Still lots left for today's meals. They make them fresh when you order so it is an hour to get it. Super delicious! Topped with fries, mushrooms and onions. How many places cood up a new prime rib cut when you order it? Calamari were also fresh daily.
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I didn't tell them about the birthday. I joked to the waitress about it saying I didn't want all that fuss for a free desert. She said "Free? I work for Sicilians and nothing is free. You buy the birthday desert you get a song." She was really fun!
I didn't ride any bikes but did ride ON a kawasaki - subway/train car that is...
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some of the day's catch:
shorts, cargo shorts, 3 t-shirts, long sleeve plaid shirt, aluminum water bottle, 2 new sets of adidas Senheiser headphones, and other stuff.
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Damn my friend. am envious. i see a few things i wouldnt mind getting my hands on
Slept in today. Got up at 2pm EDT.
Took PATH train witha friend to Macy's and then to B&H Photo. Bought some camera stuff. B&H is a really fantastic store.
Train back to EWR. Having a glass of 2009 Ravenswood Old Vines ZIN. Yummy!
Going home tomorrow. Other friends were trying to get here but got bumped off their flight from HNL. They should be here tomorrow for an hour before I have to leave.
I hope I remember how to get home. I'm so old now.
Got my adidas fix for a while. Nice stuff. Had a good birthday trip.
I had Piresito on my mind. Went for Portuguese food in the Ironbound District of Newark.
FABULOUS! A carnivore's delight. Meat eaters paradise.
Rodizio I think is what it is called. They bring unlimited skewers of meat of all kinds to your table. I am sooooo stuffed. The Portuguese really know how to cool meat.
Having wine with friends. Go home tomorrow. Was in seat 3-F. I like the bulkhead so I can put my feet up. So now in 1-F. If we land from the north in Seatac, I can take pictures of West Seattle.
Shopping done. Had a happy birthday with friends.
when i got bumped up to 1st in the boeing, ( 767 i believe was up against bulkhead. ) being intoxicated and having that much room and a window seat = bliss. i hope hte bday was fun for you my friend. have a safe trip home. btw going to order the black/yellow striped grip tape for the project. she will be as obnoxious as mister on a bad day. O0
Waiting at club in Newark for flight home.
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Oh the modest life you live Mr. Adidas.
Your experience:
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My experience:
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If you get the chance jester to grab a free upgrade, TAKE IT. i did from phoenix to atlanta, and from atlanta to knoxville. worth 2 hours of wait. i wasnt sober from time i left az to time i arrived in ktown. anyways adidas my friend. happy belated birthday :). :cheers: :cheers: heres to many more :thumb:
mmm yes.. Happy Belated Birthday Addy! ..
lol ... now now cods... he may be a snob... but he is OUR snob!! .. :icon_lol:
looking at the service/food level though.... i always wondered what it was like up that end of the plane!! .. still i dont mind .. my fav seat is window.. just behind the back edge of wing... so i can watch all the flappy bits and thingy-doodads move around... spend most of any trip with my face pressed into window ..
... a thought occurs... thank the gods he dont actually know anyone with a G6 that he could cadge rides off!! .. :flipoff:
Quote from: jestercinti on March 22, 2013, 06:32:18 PM
That was Mr. Adidas' airport expereince.
This is my typical airport experience at CVG:
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Wheres waldo?
lmao ...
"we're sorry but waldo was unable to attend for this photo, he is currently being detained and questioned about some of his acquaintances... he may have to agree to a body cavity search by 'nurse bubba' shortly" .. :icon_lol:
Quote from: Janx101 on March 25, 2013, 04:38:30 PM
mmm yes.. Happy Belated Birthday Addy! ..
lol ... now now cods... he may be a snob... but he is OUR snob!! .. :icon_lol:
looking at the service/food level though.... i always wondered what it was like up that end of the plane!! .. still i dont mind .. my fav seat is window.. just behind the back edge of wing... so i can watch all the flappy bits and thingy-doodads move around... spend most of any trip with my face pressed into window ..
... a thought occurs... thank the gods he dont actually know anyone with a G6 that he could cadge rides off!! .. :flipoff:
i traded my window coach for a first class window. love the window seats. and those usually are the cheapest. cause you have to step over people to get to the mile high club office err bathroom. in 1st, still have to go around. but you dont have to go over. :icon_mrgreen: and dammit addy. saw that adidas jacket and the sennheiser. damn i want lol
Was in first class 1 time. Very nice. CVG is a Delta Hub, so I got some of what they call Delta Hospitality. Nice!
Most of the time, I'm crammed in some Canadair CRJ or Embraer ERJ-145.
Flew on an MD-88 from ATL to CVG last year. I was like "Big plane". Used to be a small plane. Went from ATL to Hawaii in 1997 on a Lockheed L1011 (like a DC10 sort-of). Now that was a big plane!
L1011's had issues back in the day. first palne i rode in was a 707 in first. ( grandfather paid for that one) second was a 727, best first i rode in was an airbus of some flavour. another free ride lol. i take bumpups whenever i can.
I'm back!
Quote from: adidasguy on March 25, 2013, 09:30:23 PM
I'm back!
velkommen :icon_mrgreen: hope birthday and trip were pleasant. did another run on the ped in snow. will take chances and do a hillclimb/speed run tomorrow. have to install computer network @ shop tomorrow on day off. normally i rest on days off. but hey being broke does make thingshappen. besides i can save up and grab some adidas stuff myself. have my eyes on a few things :thumb:
Adidas...you're a trip man. :cookoo:
But, I still think you're awesome! ;)
Quote from: Kijona on March 26, 2013, 08:34:58 PM
Adidas...you're a trip man. :cookoo:
But, I still think you're awesome! ;)
+2
Didn't know you were in my neighborhood, I live in the Ironbound. Which restaurant did you eat at?
Brasilia.
Seems whenever I post I'm going somewhere I don't hear from people.
I'll be back there for a few days week of May 13th. let me know if you want to get together and I'll adjust my plans. Haven't made plane reservations yet. I can be there extra days or do whatever I want.
I stay at 111 Mulberry (Renaissance Towers). At Market and Mulberry. So it doesn't cost me anything to be there. Only expense is airfare, food and the PATH or NJT to go shopping at the adidas store 136 Wooster and at Broadway and Houston.
Really? Really! I'm away for a couple of months and you guys are talking fashion!?!? I know it got a little cold but sheesh guys talking fashion? That's wrong!
BTW Adidasguy you need to come to Orlando I need a new pair of Adidas shoes LOL besides I'm graduating next month and my birthday is in June :kiss3:
Mary
Ill be damned. congrats on the graduation :bowdown:
Why would anyone buy Adidas gear? Puma is so much better.
I'm not that against Puma. Did you know Puma and adidas are related? Long ago there was a family squabble - one went off and started up Puma. Both have roots back to the Dassler family. (adi Dassler - hence adidas).
Oh, you know that, don't you? Being in Germany.
Never been in your area. Love Berlin. Minich has excellent schweinshaxen, though there is a brew pub in the Sony Center in Berlin that is really good. Been to Mintz.
Hofbrauhaus Munich
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Me at the Berlin Musik Museum
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Quote from: pumadude on April 10, 2013, 10:42:52 AM
Why would anyone buy Adidas gear? Puma is so much better.
Can't decide if this is someone messing with adidasguy, or adidasguy playing chess with himself. :flipoff:
:icon_lol:
- Bboy
Quote from: adidasguy on April 10, 2013, 11:18:24 AM
I'm not that against Puma. Did you know Puma and adidas are related? Long ago there was a family squabble - one went off and started up Puma. Both have roots back to the Dassler family. (adi Dassler - hence adidas).
Oh, you know that, don't you? Being in Germany.
Never been in your area. Love Berlin. Minich has excellent schweinshaxen, though there is a brew pub in the Sony Center in Berlin that is really good. Been to Mintz.
Ill be damned on the adidas name ( adi-dassler )
I'm sorry. I was trying to be a troll (no harm meant) and failed.
Disregard.
Quote from: pumadude on April 10, 2013, 07:22:23 PM
I'm sorry. I was trying to be a troll (no harm meant) and failed.
Disregard.
i own alot of puma items. prefer adidas, but o2wn puma as well.
Quote from: pumadude on April 10, 2013, 07:22:23 PM
I'm sorry. I was trying to be a troll (no harm meant) and failed.
Disregard.
Oh, no problem. You're new here and we weren't sure if you were as insane and crazy as the rest of us.
Now e know you are! So lets let the fun begin!
FORTUNE -- Cain and Abel. Romulus and Remus. Adidas and Puma? The rivalry between two of the world's most recognizable brands went far beyond mere corporate competition. It was a vicious family feud that not only pitted two brothers against one another, but also divided the inhabitants of their hometown into warring factions -- and lasted 60 years.
In the 1920s, the brothers were partners in the Dassler Brothers Sports Shoe Company, operating out of their mother's laundry room in the small German town of Herzogenaurach. Adolf ("Adi") Dassler was the quiet, thoughtful craftsman who designed and made the shoes, complemented by the older Rudolph ("Rudi") who was the extroverted salesman. Although the brothers joined the Nazi party when Hitler seized power in 1933, it didn't stop them getting legendary African-American track star Jesse Owens to wear their shoes as he competed and won four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics. Owens' victory gave the shoes international exposure, and sales of the Dasslers' product exploded.
But the success created new tensions in the brothers' relationship, already strained by the fact that their families lived in the same villa despite their wives not getting along. There were several incidents that were said to have precipitated their conflict, but the most widely accepted one took place during World War II when the Allies were bombing Herzogenaurach. As Adi and his wife climbed into a bomb shelter already occupied by Rudi and his wife, he exclaimed, "The dirty bastards are back again," referring to the Allied forces. Rudi was convinced the remark was directed at him and his family. A feud -- one of the most epic and, well, Biblical in business history -- was born. (Not surprisingly Adidas vs. Puma is No. 20 on Fortune's list of the 50 greatest business rivalries of all time.)
When Rudi got called up for service, he suspected Adi and his wife had schemed to get him sent to the front so they could have him out of the way at work. Later, Rudi was arrested first for deserting his post and then by the Allies on suspicion of working for the Gestapo. On both occasions, Rudi was convinced that Adi was the one ratting him out, his suspicions confirmed by a report filed by an American investigating officer. While Rudi languished in a prisoner of war camp, Adi rebuilt the business, selling shoes to American G.I.s.
MORE: The 50 greatest business rivalries of all time
The conflict escalated as the brothers split the company in two in 1948, dividing the assets and the employees between themselves. Adi named his company "Adidas," a combination of his first and last names. Rudi attempted the same by first naming his company "Ruda" but eventually changed it to the more athletic sounding "Puma." The two built competing factories on opposite sides of the river Aurach and quickly became responsible for much of Herzogenaurach's economy, with nearly everyone working for one company or the other.
As the entire town got caught up in the Dassler family feud, the rivalry reached ridiculous proportions. There were local businesses that served only Adidas or only Puma people, dating or marrying across company lines was forbidden, and Herzogenaurach became known as "the town of bent necks" since people first looked at which company's shoes you were wearing before deciding to talk to you.
While Rudi had the sales staff and was better at moving product, Adi had the technical know-how and better relationships with athletes who could provide exposure, tipping the scales in favor of Adidas, with Puma constantly playing catch-up. However, in focusing so heavily on each other, both the companies were slow to react to the threat of Nike (NKE), which would come to dominate the athletic footwear industry, leaving them far behind.
It wasn't until 2009 when employees of both companies symbolized the end of six decades of feuding by playing a friendly soccer match. By then, the Dassler brothers had both died, within four years of each other. Even in death, the animosity continued as the brothers were buried at opposite ends of the same cemetery, as far away from each other as possible.
Must have cats!
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Quote from: pumadude on April 10, 2013, 07:22:23 PM
I'm sorry. I was trying to be a troll (no harm meant) and failed.
Disregard.
:D ... bahahahaha.... you have entered ... the ... Hangout Zone!! :icon_twisted: :icon_twisted:(http://digitalorthodoxy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/where-the-wild-things-are-v-maurice-sendak.jpg)
now pay attention for a while... there may be an exam.... later... next year .. possibly... :cheers:
Quote from: pumadude on April 10, 2013, 10:42:52 AM
Why would anyone buy Adidas gear? Puma is so much better.
Well, you can't look like this wearing Puma :flipoff:
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:icon_eek: :D :bowdown: ... like a boss!!
I hope you didnt scare him off Adidas?
Quote from: Janx101 on April 10, 2013, 10:44:23 PM
Quote from: pumadude on April 10, 2013, 07:22:23 PM
I'm sorry. I was trying to be a troll (no harm meant) and failed.
Disregard.
:D ... bahahahaha.... you have entered ... the ... Hangout Zone!! :icon_twisted: :icon_twisted:(http://digitalorthodoxy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/where-the-wild-things-are-v-maurice-sendak.jpg)
now pay attention for a while... there may be an exam.... later... next year .. possibly... :cheers:
No no no my friend, get it right, its the second tuesday of next week, upstairs in the basement :thumb:
Hey Adidas,
Know who made that chain of your's famous hmmm?
BTW I've kinda gone to the dark side. When I got my new glasses the only ones that fit my requirements were Nike. Adidas didn't have any glasses there. Of course you have to match :oops:
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Mary
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will i need a comfy chair, popcorn and a refreshing beverage for this one?!?!?! ;) :icon_twisted:
Well,
If you would have intervened sooner it wouldn't have happened! I mean geeze my others were almost 2 years old!
On your chain Run DMC started wearing those in the 80's
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dA8DsUN6g_k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoQ0zNF73rs
Mary
I think tom brady and the patriots wore them too mary :p lol i want to get my hands on a pair of black adidas shoes for use on the goped. im killing my white new balance running shoes. slinging gun oil ( which makes a damn good chain lube until i can afford chain wax) all over white shoes lol