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Ice, ice baby (Vikes' Culpepper ungifts necklace from paralyzed HS player)
SI.com ^ | 2.2.05

Posted on 02/02/2005 8:41:48 PM PST by mhking

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To: trumandogz

he could have said - 'I'll get these back from you in a bit - enjoy them for a moment'.

Time was when kids didn't ask for diamonds from their heros - even if the kid was in a hospital bed. Unfortunately Dante didn't think this through and really goofed. It's forgiveable.


141 posted on 02/03/2005 8:06:01 PM PST by Frapster (the ice age cometh!)
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To: cyborg

GTMA! lol


142 posted on 02/03/2005 8:08:19 PM PST by exnavychick (There's too much youth; how about a fountain of smart?)
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To: auboy
No doubt, Mr. Culpepper regrets how he handled Jerry Townsend's request that the AP reporter made it past security, and that SI picked up the misinformation without vetting it. OTOH, SI and AP does love a "good story".
143 posted on 02/03/2005 8:15:31 PM PST by auboy
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To: wallcrawlr

I feel so ashamed - I was duped by the LameStream media. I am so ready to blast the pro-athlete crowd that has so often disappointed "us" that I jumped on this story with both feet.

I am curious where the original story got the information that the parents were upset....??? Or is this just more Dan Rather-style reporting....?


144 posted on 02/03/2005 8:46:10 PM PST by TheBattman (Islam (and liberals)- the cult of Satan)
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To: B-Chan
Anybody who has had pain like that,You just can't believe it until it happens to you.Mine came out of nowhere, Low back.I was chewing Vicadan like candy just so I could be transported to the hospital for injections of morphine.When the dope wore off the nightmare started all over again.Yeah I'm weak! Thanks for the info. on the Skelaxin.Just in case it ever happens again.
145 posted on 02/03/2005 8:51:27 PM PST by Boazo (From the mind of BOAZO)
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To: Boazo

Be careful, though. Skelaxin is a skeletomuscular relaxant and will turn you into a puddle of warm goo in a heartbeat. It's exactly what you need when you have suffered major muscle damage and need deep healing, but it's definitely not something to be taken casually -- I lost all track of time when I was on it, for eaxmple. You can forget going to work or school or leading a normal life while on it at the full dosage; all I could do was lie on a futon listening to classical music and drifting in and out of sleep. I was able to get up to use the toilet every few hours as the effects wound down, but that was it. (Even so, rising to my feet without agonizing pain was impossible; you simply cannot stand up without using your back muscles to some degree. Every time I got up the muscles would tear free again, causing terrific pain, but thanks to Skelaxin they started to heal the minute I lay back down again.) I was also prescribed hydrocodone for acute pain. Between the two, I eventually got enough rest so that the tendons reattached themselves and now I have regained full function again. Viva Skelaxin!


146 posted on 02/03/2005 10:36:03 PM PST by B-Chan (Catholic. Monarchist. Texan. Any questions?)
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To: cyborg
I read another story about a superbowl tradition where the hosting city gets reamed by reporters from next year's superbowl host.

Also, another loser reporter from NYT posted the patriots playbook and was asked to leave Jax during the Superbowl.

I just don't trust the MSM/AP anymore.

147 posted on 02/04/2005 6:53:12 AM PST by stainlessbanner (Don't mess with old guys wearing overhauls.)
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To: stainlessbanner

And they wonder why the Internet and talk radio are the new sources for info! LOL


148 posted on 02/04/2005 7:17:19 AM PST by cyborg
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Please read post #131, from wallcrawlr. As could be expected, the whole story was distorted by an AP reporter criticizing someone without knowing all the facts.

The final paragraph of the story says it best: "If that's your story, then the next time someone asks you for your wedding ring or a sweater your grandmother knitted, you better cough it up. Or else find some real news to write about."

And as many of you have noted, the handicapped kid had no business to ask for the "bling" in the first place. Culpepper owes him nothing, so it's a nice gesture for him to give him other items in place of the necklace.


149 posted on 02/04/2005 9:49:18 AM PST by Joann37
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To: TheBattman

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1336115/posts


150 posted on 02/04/2005 12:14:02 PM PST by trumandogz
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To: trumandogz
What else could Culpepper have done in this situation?

Exactly. Nice to see some other folks actually read the story before commenting on it.
151 posted on 02/04/2005 12:16:04 PM PST by aruanan
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cross reference to another similar situation:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1433098/posts?page=34#34

152 posted on 07/01/2005 11:34:54 AM PDT by solitas (So what if I support an OS that has fewer flaws than yours? 'Mystic' dual 500 G4's, OSX.4.1)
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