I will have a car, so if any of you out of towners are staying there, or one of the hotels near there, need a ferry to and from the game on Sunday, let me know. Don't rent a car just for that.

On Saturday night I am not getting near the car, so we can share a cab to and from the Eastland. Well, I'll probably leave before you. This shindig starts about the time I go to bed on a normal evening.

@diehardbrownsfan said:

Ya Gip, what was the purpose of your post?

To speculate on why the Browns would not give Mike his press credentials.

@mike-h said:

I'm going to take the high road.

Enjoy your bitterness.

I am simply enquiring if that is true. If so, I think it is unfair of the Browns to do so.

Now I know that the Bleacher Report is supposedly just fans writing articles....but it certainly has enough readership that it should be recognized as any other on-line blogospere should be recognized.

I don't think that 10-12 Bleacher Reporters should be given credentials, and maybe that is the problem. Maybe you were only one of many from that organization that wanted the creds, thus the Browns decided that there would be no creds given out. The Bleacher Report thus should designate one person to be their representative. Can't that be done?

BTW, I never said I had a problem with the writing or the material or the articles or the data contained in the Bleacher Report. I told you that I didn't like their slide show format. That is all.

@mike-h said:

I'm going to take the high road.

Enjoy your bitterness.

Ya Gip, what was the purpose of your post?

@mike-h said:

Looks like I can't go to the game Sunday.

I'm covering the game and can't get out of it and they can't get me a press pass.

Any ideas other than bringing my laptop to my seat with me, lol?

So? I take it that the Browns don't recognize the Bleacher Report as a legitimate sports news organization and thus will not issue press passes to Bleacher Report reporters?

How about any other NFL teams?

@calfoxwc said:

Steve and I have talked about this. Frostie was the best root beer ever.

And I can't find it, cept for Lehman's hardware out in Amish country.

it's Frostie Vanilla.

Try this link

And I can't find it, cept for Lehman's hardware out in Amish country.

it's Frostie Vanilla.

@howiedawg said:

Gipp, you are more than welcome to bring her along.....

Pamela Anderson, at this point, in my brother's words, is a bit "rode hard and put away wet".

(he was a professional cowboy).

If I can find a fresher version of her I will bring her along with me just for you Howie.

http://www.naughtyreviews.com/usa/oh/cleveland/escorts

@the-gipper said:

I guess this is what you call a DD:

Gipp, you are more than welcome to bring her along.....

@the-gipper said:

Official Root Beer of the Dawg Pound? Barq like a dog?

Seriously, that could work. Some money to be made there.

Move on it.

@ballpeen said:

Barq's is good.

Official Root Beer of the Dawg Pound? Barq like a dog?

@ballpeen said:

I wouldn't bring both.

A DD...is she DD over the rest of her body or is she just a one in a million find?

Ahh...you are referring to cup size. I don't think she is a DD. I am not sure how ample a DD is. Will have to check that one out.

How about double duty? Find a Double D who can als be a DD (designated driver).

Come up, get shithammered, and wake up in a brothel between Zombo and a hooker wearing an Obama t shirt!

WSS

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Hey, why would I want to be tainted for life ?

I'll stick to the good real man stuff -

"root beer on the rocks".

Although, there was that one time, when I was in the service, and hit

the Barq's all night. But that was a long time ago.

Keesler AFB, Biloxi. Barq's. ahhhhhh, that stuff will slam ya....

When we drove to NO that year, I had a Barq's in the French Quarter

while we listened to an awesome jass band on the corner.

From Wikipedia:

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The Barq's Brothers Bottling Company was founded in 1890 in the French Quarter of New Orleans, by Edward Charles Edmond Barq and his younger brother, Gaston. The Barq Brothers bottled carbonated water and various soft drinks of their own creation. Early on their most popular creation was an orange-flavored soda called Orangine, which won a gold medal at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition World's Fair in Chicago, Illinois.

Edward Barq moved to Biloxi, Mississippi, in 1897 with his new wife.

The following year he opened the Biloxi Artesian Bottling Works. 1898 is often given as the debut year for what was later to be known as "Barq's root beer," but some sources say this particular product was not produced until some two years later.^[4]For many decades Barq's was not marketed as a "root beer." This was in part a desire to avoid legal conflict with the Hires Root Beer company, which was attempting to claim a trademark on the term "root beer." It was also due to differences from other root beers at the time. The base was a sarsaparilla drink of the style of the late 19th century, in a formulation with caffeine, less sugar, and higher carbonation than other brands, though with less of a foamy "head." It was decided to market the soft drink simply as Barq's.^[5]

The traditional slogan was the simple affirmation "Drink Barq's. It's good."

For a time it was marketed with the slogan "Is it root beer?" before the company decided to market the product as such.

In 1976, the Biloxi Barq's Company was purchased by two entrepreneurs, John Oudt and John Koerner. An aggressive television campaign was developed based on the "Barq's Got Sparks" theme. Their plans to market the brand nationally were partially complicated by the existence of the New Orleans based Barq's Beverages, Inc., and Barq's Beverages of Baton Rouge, Inc., which had long been marketing Barq's and Barq's Creme' Soda in Southern Louisiana. The New Orleans firm was largely independent of the Biloxi firm dating back to early 20th century oral agreements between Barq family members and friends. (Those who traveled back and forth between Mississippi and Louisiana noted subtle but distinct differences between the Barq's sold in the two places, as the Biloxi and New Orleans plants each made their own syrups, and some partisans considered one or the other "better.") There were extended legal conflicts over who exactly had the rights to the Barq's name and formula and in which markets. These differences were not fully resolved until The Coca-Cola Company acquired both branches in 1995.^[6]

Before the purchase, Barq's produced other sodas, such as lime green and grape, in the 1970s and early 1980s, and Coca-Cola manufactured its own root beer, Ramblin' Root Beer.

In recent years Barq's has been marketed with the slogan "Barq's has bite!", a reference to both its caffeine content and its crisper taste as compared to most commercial root beers.

Regular Barq's has 22.5 mg of caffeine per 12 ounce serving (similar to green tea), while Diet Barq's has no caffeine.^[7]

@the-gipper said:

I expect to be there with a DD, perhaps my wife.

I wouldn't bring both.

A DD...is she DD over the rest of her body or is she just a one in a million find?