KaneKungFu123's Life

[naphinfitos]

So a friend of mine who shall remain nameless and I were talking and he seems to think that KangKungFu pretty much has the perfect life. I then asked him if he would trade his life for Kane's with the condition that he would die 20 years younger than if he didn't trade lives. He still replied yes instantly, and he's not a fuckup like some people on here. Bottom line, who else would make this trade--their current life for Kane's minus 20 years off the end?

[TheIrishThug]

my present is less than 20 yrs, so making that switch would make it the end NOW. so i'll pass.

[HopeydaFish]

Trade places with Kane? Hmmm...well, it would mean that I'd have a chance to fulfill my lifelong dream of competing in the Special Olympics. So, sure.

[The Yugoslavian]

Would I have to be a spineless, lying, and dishonorable person as well?

Hell, I think my answer is no regardless of the answer to the above question.

Yugoslav

[InchoateHand]

I'm with Hopey on this one.


I find myself jealous of Kane, roughly zero times divided by his total posts.

I find myself in the spectrum of mildly-amused---to----amusedly and patronizingly disgusted, about every time divided by his total posts outside of MH/NL and his one funny, though sadly not only, post in MH/FL.

[Klepton]

i don't understadn what's so unbelievably amazing about it. is there something more than him making a dumpload of money?

cuz if it is, i'd take stox's over his.

[mason55]

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i don't understadn what's so unbelievably amazing about it. is there something more than him making a dumpload of money?

cuz if it is, i'd take stox's over his.

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Yeah... exactly... if I had to be someone from this forum who made an ass load of money, KKF is at the bottom of the list.

[phil_ivey_fan]

no way. maybe 5yrs. but there is a lot more to life than being rich...(god I hope)

I will stop here before I lead this thread into a "move it politics forum".

[Eurotrash]

no way I would make this trade. and I question how "not [censored] up" your buddy is for taking 20 years off his life to live like KKF.

[lucas9000]

i have no idea about his life...what is so good about it?

[KaneKungFu123]

i dont know your friends situation, but im guessing he is in the married with kids and tied down to a bad job category... because the main thing stopping someone from leading my lifestyle is freedom... there is the money thing, but its not that big of a deal imho...

[HopeydaFish]

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and I question how "not [censored] up" your buddy is for taking 20 years off his life to live like KKF.

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It kind of goes with the territory of being KKF. You don't get to [censored] Thai prostitutes every day without eventually having to pay the piper.

[Eurotrash]

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and I question how "not [censored] up" your buddy is for taking 20 years off his life to live like KKF.

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It kind of goes with the territory of being KKF. You don't get to [censored] Thai prostitutes every day without eventually having to pay the piper.

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[censored] Thai prositutes every day in my filthy studio apartment with no sink seems overrated as hell, imo. count me out.

[ddubois]

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I find myself jealous of Kane, roughly zero times divided by his total posts.

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If people don't like the man for whatever reasons, and I have no idea what kind of money he makes, both seem irrelevant to me with regards to the question "Are you jealous of the lifestyle?". Frankly, it's hard for me to understand why anyone wouldn't be jealous. Taking off and living ad hoc in some foreign cultures sounds really enticing to me. Maybe this is because I am married with children and and the feasibilty of such an endevour is dubious, at best.

Then again, maybe I'd change my opinion after a week of no air conditioning.

[Voltron87]

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there is the money thing, but its not that big of a deal imho...

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says the kid who is earning hundreds over thousands of dollars a year, doign something which is just a huge joke of a financial easter egg?

[KaneKungFu123]

when did i say that i effed prostitutes?

[InchoateHand]

Yeah, maybe its because I'm not married, though engaged, and the things I value in my life continue to occur: ie, travelling incredibly extensively, speaking multiple foreign languages, having a long-running, fulfilling relationship, carrying on studies that engage and expand me, etc.

I run around and partied, and it got old real quick. And never did I have to dip into the hooker pile.

So yeah, maybe thats why I wouldn't be jealous. And I imagine the vast majority of people reading this board, who have lived lives that also compare favorably with KKF's, by whatever their personal standards, also don't feel trapped or envious.

[Paluka]

could someone give me a brief summary of what makes this guy's life so good?

[Eurotrash]

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when did i say that i effed prostitutes?

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you didn't, but some guy above did. I realize you have a girlfriend, etc., but I think the OP was implying that if you didn't have a significant other you'd be able to [censored] Thai prostitutes whenever you wanted (which I'm sure is true)

[KaneKungFu123]

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there is the money thing, but its not that big of a deal imho...

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says the kid who is earning hundreds over thousands of dollars a year, doign something which is just a huge joke of a financial easter egg?

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things important to me:

food
women
nature/ocean
adventure

none of which are expensive.

[Klepton]

seriously, i personally would want my image in a magic card over the "guy who hates taxes"

[imported_CaseClosed326]

This is a very weird thread.

[JihadOnTheRiver]

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things important to me:

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women
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none of which are expensive.

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are you kidding me?

[Sponger15SB]

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could someone give me a brief summary of what makes this guy's life so good?

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He is 19 and he abanded his family and everyone he knows to live in a 3rd world country and play poker all day.

At least, uh, I think so.

[NLSoldier]

is it weird that there is no one I would trade lives with even if i wouldnt die any sooner at all?

[Sponger15SB]

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is it weird that there is no one I would trade lives with even if i wouldnt die any sooner at all?

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Extremely.

My guess is you haven't thought about the potential of this trade.

[InchoateHand]

It may be weird, but its probably good.

[KaneKungFu123]

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seriously, i personally would want my image in a magic card over the "guy who hates taxes"

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i hate taxes more then anything on earth.

[KaneKungFu123]

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could someone give me a brief summary of what makes this guy's life so good?

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He is 19 and he abanded his family and everyone he knows to live in a 3rd world country and play poker all day.

At least, uh, I think so.

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pretty accurate.

edit: sometimes i do other things then play poker though.

[Klepton]

wait, so you really moved outta the country to avoid taxes?

where did you used to live

[KaneKungFu123]

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wait, so you really moved outta the country to avoid taxes?

where did you used to live

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i didnt move to avoid taxes, nor am i avoiding them.

[Voltron87]

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there is the money thing, but its not that big of a deal imho...

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says the kid who is earning hundreds over thousands of dollars a year, doign something which is just a huge joke of a financial easter egg?

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things important to me:

food
women
nature/ocean
adventure

none of which are expensive.

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i'm not doubting that youre not obsessed with material goods, i get the impression you don't live a wasteful or expensive lifestyle like many would given your income/state in life. but look at your financial status, its a little ridiculous how you and other young poker players have just bounced into this stratospheric tax bracket. im sure living in thailand or other places in the east isnt expensive, but you do have a cash cow to fall back on and its not easy to put yourself in a normal young persons shoes. if you werent playing poker is there anything you could do which would make you anywhere near as much? for 99.99% of young people, no. poker is something you can do without any of the qualifications needed to make that money in the "real" world.

so you saying "money isnt an issue" is a little weird, im not disagreeing that you dont need as much money as you have, but you see my point?

[KaneKungFu123]

i see your point, i am lucky as hell to have this opportunity.

[NLSoldier]

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is it weird that there is no one I would trade lives with even if i wouldnt die any sooner at all?

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Extremely.

My guess is you haven't thought about the potential of this trade.

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like what?

[KaneKungFu123]

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is it weird that there is no one I would trade lives with even if i wouldnt die any sooner at all?

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Extremely.

My guess is you haven't thought about the potential of this trade.

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like what?

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what if you were in a wheel chair or prison or really ugly?

thats a joke, above.

[Sponger15SB]

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like what?

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Take your pick...

http://www.forbes.com/lists/2005/54/Rank_1.html

Or, maybe any of your favorite athletes? Or powerful world leaders. Actors? Porn stars? Or some sort of important scientist. You'd rather sit in your dorm room all day and eat pizza than win a nobel prize or something?

[Voltron87]

i am jealous of kkf in some ways (though jealousy isnt the right word at all), since he has a truckload of money, and is doing what he wants, traveling, seeing the world, and experiencing some great stuff. could anyone argue with that?

jealousy isnt the right word since i do just think hes got a good life, but im not envious since its nothing i cant achieve for myself. my life is great and even though i make a fraction of what he makes poker has opened up many many doors and given me much freedom. so i wouldnt trade with him, although he has stuff i want.

[Sponger15SB]

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what if you were in a wheel chair or prison or really ugly?

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The trifecta?

http://img323.imageshack.us/img323/3980/9wheelchair7ee.jpg

[Los Feliz Slim]

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could someone give me a brief summary of what makes this guy's life so good?

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He is 19 and he abanded his family and everyone he knows to live in a 3rd world country and play poker all day.

At least, uh, I think so.

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Not that you were saying this was a reasonable explanation, but I definitely still don't get it.

[KJS]

I moved to Thailand in 2002 with less than $5K and never played poker there. It does not take much to live there and jobs are pretty easy to come by. Perhaps the poker and it's implied good income were included in the OP, but if it is just the locale and all its benefits, just go. You'll love it.

I know KKF lives in Bangkok because of the Internet, but you can do better IMO. Bangkok is 30X bigger than the next biggest city there. And it is not the only place with broadband anymore.

KJS

[haakee]

My life is pretty sweet, so no. I probably wouldn't even take a few days off of my life to trade.

[KaneKungFu123]

exactly, KJS.

unless you have kids, just go, and if you have kids and can afford it, go anyways. the experience is good for them.

[Voltron87]

How many foreigners are there? How gringo accesible is it? What can you do there if youre a white person who doesn't speak... thai?

[KaneKungFu123]

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How many foreigners are there? How gringo accesible is it? What can you do there if youre a white person who doesn't speak... thai?

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like 10 million tourists/yr...more euro then american, i guess americans go to latin america?

[tdarko]

KKF,

your life is what you want it to be and i am sure it has its advantages, but so does being brad pitt and johnny depp and i still wouldn't change lives with them...because with all good lies the bad, its part of the process of being here.

so no, i wouldn't trade lives with anybody not just kane.

[jba]

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KKF,

your life is what you want it to be and i am sure it has its advantages, but so does being brad pitt and johnny depp and i still wouldn't change lives with them...because with all good lies the bad, its part of the process of being here.

so no, i wouldn't trade lives with anybody not just kane.

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you hit it on the nose right there td

who is this KKF anyways. what other forums might I see him in for example

[KaneKungFu123]

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KKF,

your life is what you want it to be and i am sure it has its advantages, but so does being brad pitt and johnny depp and i still wouldn't change lives with them...because with all good lies the bad, its part of the process of being here.

so no, i wouldn't trade lives with anybody not just kane.

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i dunno, id love to suck on angeline jolie's tits.

[Voltron87]

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KKF,

your life is what you want it to be and i am sure it has its advantages, but so does being brad pitt and johnny depp and i still wouldn't change lives with them...because with all good lies the bad, its part of the process of being here.

so no, i wouldn't trade lives with anybody not just kane.

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i dunno, id love to suck on angeline jolie's tits.

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true. im also stoked that im not a crippled homeless vietnam vet.

Although I probably wouldn't go so far as to say that I'd want to trade lives with you or anything, I would say that I am quite intrigued and a little bit envious.

You're 19 and play NL cash from what I understand?

How old were you when you started, and what stakes do you play? Did you start off small and build your roll, or did you already have a little bit to get the ball rolling?

If these questions are a little too personal, feel free to ignore me.

[Sponger15SB]

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KKF,

your life is what you want it to be and i am sure it has its advantages, but so does being brad pitt and johnny depp and i still wouldn't change lives with them...because with all good lies the bad, its part of the process of being here.

so no, i wouldn't trade lives with anybody not just kane.

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What if you had like a really shitty life, like you were homeless or your entire family died in a horrible car wreck or you were a quadrapelic (?) or something.

Hell, I'd probably trade lives with some of my friends. I wouldn't even have to be a billionaire or athlete or president.

[The Yugoslavian]

I.....don't want.....your life.

Yugoslav

[tdarko]

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What if you had like a really shitty life, like you were homeless or your entire family died in a horrible car wreck or you were a quadrapelic (?) or something

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ahhh the "what if?" game, used to play this all the time drunk in my dorm room at like 4 in the morning.

it sounds stupid but i no matter how unfair i guess you have to be appreciative for what you have b/c i there advantatages to every situation, there are some very happy quadra...(?) that wouldn't trade lives with anyone out there, i guess it's all perspective.

[tdarko]

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I.....don't want.....your life.


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clearly the best answer yet.

[Ogre]

i wish i could trade lives with my spanish teacher and kill myslef. then switch back to my life

[tdarko]

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i wish i could trade lives with my spanish teacher and kill myslef. then switch back to my life

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i remember a time when i wish i could have done this with my organic chemistry teacher.

[Ulysses]

I find this very strange. KKF seems to be doing what he wants right now and enjoying it, so good for him. But his life is one that is very attainable for many intelligent people. I can't imagine someone wanting to sacrifice anything to trade lives with KKF. If you want a live like his, go live it.

[B Dids]

KKF's life now vs. what KKF's life might be in 5 years should be considered.

Diablo is also right.

KKF has been a shittier poster as of late though. That's sad.

[KJS]

Plenty of whities there. How many depends where you go. The Thai economy is very dependent on tourism, so many people there speak English. They know that if they want a crack at tourist $ they need to know it. That makes it very accessible. You can go travel there without knowing a word of Thai and have incredible experiences. Then if you make the effort to learn Thai (and use it) you can have even cooler experiences that many foreigners are too intimated to try. It all depends on your commitment to be being there and acculturating. Much like anywhere, you can survive in your bubble of people who are just like you or you can venture out.

KJS

[KJS]

Amen.

KJS

[Eurotrash]

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I.....don't want.....your life.

Yugoslav

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damn, I was thinking this the entire time but never bothered to post it. well done, Yugo.

[Lawrence Ng]

This forum has completely gone nuts now.

Lawrence

[MyTurn2Raise]

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I.....don't want.....your life.

Yugoslav

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Yeah...f&*^ Kilmer
http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/paramount_pictures/varsity_blues/_group_photos/james_van_der_beek6.jpg


Also, I don't think KangKungFu could resist the whip cream bikini like I could
http://www.irritantnumber4.com/images/varsity_blues3.jpg

[stigmata]

I agree with Kane that most of us (on these boards) have the freedom to choose -- I already made my choices and am engaged and working a career. Sure, sometimes I feel jealous of people with the freedom of KKF, but I have made my choices and I wouldn't sacrifice the things I love about my life for some sort of glorified picture of somebody elses life.

The grass is allways greener. Have you considered the fact that your friend may be depressed/disullusioned/unhappy with his life?

[KaneKungFu123]

in jun 04 i borrowed some money from my mom and sold about 1000 worth of pirated cd's on ebay until they banned my account. then i found poker on the web, lost about 300 playing $11 sng's. then bought 5 or 6 books and studied for two weeks. borrowed another 300 from my mom to play again, and paid her back in about 2 weeks. for about 5 months i grinded it out in that idiot game, being way to cautious with my bankroll. in dec 03-may 04 i played 1/2 nl 8 tables for about 1500-2000/week. then i got bored and started reading alot of books and decided i wanted to wander. before i left i took a shot at 5/10 for some reason, and i destroyed the game, and realized that if i kept playing that id be rich soon, but i wanted to travel so i did starting aug 04. in dec 04 i was supposed to return to go to college but didnt want to, so i returned to playing poker in internet cafes. i was again too cautious. finally in jan 05 returning to 5/10 with good results. in jun 05 i started at 10/20 and havent looked back.

[siccjay]

Man, I envy you. Need a roomate?

I jumped from 2/4 to 5/10 this week just because I was tired of watching friends that play worse then me making more money. I mean funk it, I'm confident in my abilities and I have the money. You have inspired me to stay for sure.

[Paluka]

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could someone give me a brief summary of what makes this guy's life so good?

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He is 19 and he abanded his family and everyone he knows to live in a 3rd world country and play poker all day.

At least, uh, I think so.

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I'm not sure why people are jealous of this. The reason people don't do this is because they don't want to leave their friends and family and the USA. Also, can't everyone do this if they want to as long as they can beat partypoker $5/$10 holdem?

[DaveKForty7]

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in jun 04 i borrowed some money from my mom and sold about 1000 worth of pirated cd's on ebay until they banned my account. then i found poker on the web, lost about 300 playing $11 sng's. then bought 5 or 6 books and studied for two weeks. borrowed another 300 from my mom to play again, and paid her back in about 2 weeks. for about 5 months i grinded it out in that idiot game, being way to cautious with my bankroll. in dec 03-may 04 i played 1/2 nl 8 tables for about 1500-2000/week. then i got bored and started reading alot of books and decided i wanted to wander. before i left i took a shot at 5/10 for some reason, and i destroyed the game, and realized that if i kept playing that id be rich soon, but i wanted to travel so i did starting aug 04. in dec 04 i was supposed to return to go to college but didnt want to, so i returned to playing poker in internet cafes. i was again too cautious. finally in jan 05 returning to 5/10 with good results. in jun 05 i started at 10/20 and havent looked back.

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Are you sayin the $11 SnGs are the idiot game? Or p*ker in general?

Is that 10/20nl?

[KaneKungFu123]

i wasted way too much time in that game when i couldve been playing cash games. i actually moved from 11 sng - 55 sng during that period. i also wasted way to much time playing 5/10 limit 6max and 3/6 limit.

[tdarko]

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Are you sayin the $11 SnGs are the idiot game?

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doesn't mean you are an idiot if you play it but yes plenty of idiot's that play it, maybe why you play this game, no?

think about this...not necessarily a bad thing.

[Dominic]

How old was John Entwistle when he died? 55ish?

Tell you what, I'll take 55 John Entwistle years over 75 anybody-elses years.

[DaveKForty7]

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Are you sayin the $11 SnGs are the idiot game?

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doesn't mean you are an idiot if you play it but yes plenty of idiot's that play it, maybe why you play this game, no?

think about this...not necessarily a bad thing.

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haha nm... now i get it... man I'm an idiot