The "12-Pack" or "Half Rack"

Started by Pilgrim, June 18, 2010, 07:03:55 PM

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Highlander

I thought that was some Texan restaurant...?
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Big_Stu

Quote from: Freuds_Cat on June 20, 2010, 11:10:53 PM
Clear as silly mid off and googleys Al  ;)

here's hoping the football guys don't "bat from the pavilion end"!!!!  :o

Highlander

Egads...! they may get lucky if rain stops play...

Ah... tea-time... ;)
The random mind of a Silver Surfer...
If research was easy, it wouldn't need doing...
Staring at that event horizon is a dirty job, but someone has to do it; something's going to come back out of it one day...

Pilgrim

Quote from: Kenny's 51st State on June 24, 2010, 12:59:17 PM
Egads...! they may get lucky if rain stops play...

Ah... tea-time... ;)

Neither rain, snow, sleet, fog nor subzero temps stop the game.  Lightning can, for obvious safety reasons.

The two classic cases in point:

The "Ice Bowl": NFL Championship game between Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys, Dec. 31, 1967.  The official game-time temperature was -13°F / -25°C, with a wind chill around -48°F / -44°C. Using the new wind chill index put into use in 2001, the wind chill was -36°F.

The Fog Bowl: that was the name given to the December 31, 1988 National Football League (NFL) playoff game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Chicago Bears. A heavy, dense fog rolled over Chicago's Soldier Field during the 2nd quarter, cutting visibility to about 10-20 yards for the rest of the game.

And of course, innumerable games played in snow heavy enough that the line and yard markers had to be periodically cleared so the players and officials could see where they were.
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