Grab Bag Of Random Posts

[ajaxcolombia]

HAHA at least he'll be the one on enemy territory

[SE6Ajacied]

The very vague Ajax conection at the end gives me an excuse to post a link to one of my favourite fan sites. http://hoppysnaps.blogspot.co.uk/2012/0 ... -town.html

Never met this guy but he's a fan of Dulwich Hamlet who are about 5 miles up the road from me.

[Cruijff]

The university works with a real estate company. I paid a deposit and they will be in charge of locating me. Since a I paid for a shared room I guess it will be some kind of housing for international students but I'm not sure yet.

Depending on the amount of the deposit you may get a Feyenoord fan!

LOL!

Sounds good ajaxcolombia, when are you flying in? Will you be on time for the first league game Ajax-AZ?

[ajaxcolombia]

I'll be flying in on the 17th of august.

[ajaxusa]

Calling all NYC area Ajax fans... A film crew from Ajax TV will be in your area soon, following some Ajax youth academy coaches, and they are looking to interview some local Ajax fans. If you are interested, or if you know anyone who would be, please email me: jmcgough(at)gmail(dot)com

cheers,
- jim

[Kowalczyk]

Just saw this on Twitter and for some reason I love it...

"Diego Maradona's brother Hugo has a bakery in Florida. Only 3 people like Hugo Maradona's bakery on Facebook."

K.

[ajaxusa]

I wonder how many of you remember this page...

Ajax USA: September 11 Terrorism - Ajax responds

I know I can never forget any of it, including the amazing response from Ajacieden around the world.

[Ayman]

God bless America

[Kowalczyk]

This site is brilliant.

Couples wearing identical clothes.

http://www.jut-en-jul.nl/

K.

[rjf1]

This site is brilliant.

Couples wearing identical clothes.

http://www.jut-en-jul.nl/

K.

Is it really so strange? Couples here in the Orient do it all the time. Keeping in step with those around us, my wife and I have a number of identical items of clothing we wear on weekend out and abouts -- T shirts, regular shirts, rain jackets, and -- of course -- Ajax jerseys.

[SE6Ajacied]

Ha ha, just made me think of Howard and Hilda http://www.classictelly.com/programme.p ... %20Circles.

Not sure if this was exported but ir was on BBC1 which I know you can get in NL.....

[ajaxusa]

Heh, check this out!

http://www.futbolartistnetwork.com

JOB's latest mini-project, in support of his main project, Soccer Without Borders...

[Kowalczyk]

The Grab Bag is out thread for non-football stuff... So here we go.

Friends in or near New York City: stay safe when she hits the East Coast.

Keep us posted if you can, my thoughts are with you and your families.

K.

[martinkohout]

According to weather.com this morning: more than 8,600 flights cancelled, almost 6,400 power outages in Connecticut, flooding in New Jersey, 50 mph winds on Martha's Vineyard... and it's going to get worse: they're predicting wind gusts of 90+ mph on the New Jersey, New York City, and Long Island coasts. Many prayers and good thoughts to all.

[Orange14]

I'm down in the Washington DC area and so far it's just been rain and not too much wind yet. The storm has now taken a turn towards the coast and should hit the New Jersey shore this evening. The big problem for New York city will be the tide surges from the storm. We have a cable weather station and they are covering this storm and some of the surges are well over 3 meters in height. Where I live they are currently predicting average winds of 55-60 kph and because the ground is saturated the expectation is that lots of trees will be toppled bringing down power lines (80% of our electricity grid is above ground) so we are expecting to be without power at some point during the storm.

It's been very strange weather this year. We had a real bad storm back in June that we thought was the storm of the century and now are facing yet another one. As long as we have power I'll provide periodic updates. If people are interested weather.com is covering this extremely well and you can probably see some of the pictures.

Pretty scary stuff!

[Philippe]

Global warming is real.

[Amol]

Flooding started earlier this day. Worst is going to be between 8pm and 2am. The storm is going to come ashore around 8 and that's the same time as high tide here.

Winds have just picked up here. NJ coast is getting the worst of this storm. Hopefully everyone there stays safe.

[martinkohout]

Apparently parts of the Atlantic City boardwalk have collapsed.

[Orange14]

We are still with power down here in Bethesda! Wind is picking up and will peak in about an hour or so. We are expecting some gusts that could cause tree damage so we'll see what happens. The big areas of destruction as alread noted is the shoreline from Maryland all the way up the coast. I think a lot of beach areas that were there yesterday will be gone tomorrow. We expect things to quite down after midnight down here and gradually the winds will diminish though it will still be breezy and rainy most of tomorrow. Just an unbelievable storm.

[Amol]

We are still with power down here in Bethesda! Wind is picking up and will peak in about an hour or so. We are expecting some gusts that could cause tree damage so we'll see what happens. The big areas of destruction as alread noted is the shoreline from Maryland all the way up the coast. I think a lot of beach areas that were there yesterday will be gone tomorrow. We expect things to quite down after midnight down here and gradually the winds will diminish though it will still be breezy and rainy most of tomorrow. Just an unbelievable storm.

Everything in Manhattan below 34th street is without power. There was a huge explosion at the Con Ed (local power utility) facility at 14th street.

FDR (east side highway) by me is 4 feet under water. When I was by the river I saw a few transformers blow up in Roosevelt Island. Hospitals all over have flashing strobe lights.

Large parts of Queens/Brooklyn are without power. More than a million people without power in NJ.

To CNN & Co. - there is more to Manhattan and New York than Battery Park City. So, please stop showing the same stupid area over and over and over. OK? Thanks!

[aveslacker]

Growing up in Houston, we got hit by hurricanes quite a bit. It's a pretty freaky thing - the eye of Hurricane Alicia went right over my neighborhood.

You guys out there on the east coast, stay safe!

[Orange14]

The storm is winding down here and we emerged in good shape. We had some very high wind gusts over night (peak bursts got to 95 kph but those were quite brief and sustained winds were 55 kph for about four hours or so). It's still raining and the total rainfall here stands at 19 cm. We kept power throughout. The storm has pushed inland and there will be lots of rain for other parts of the northeast but the main damage is probably over as the winds have died down. The transportation system is shut down for a second day but they may reopen the subway system here later this afternoon.

[Philippe]

If you work for or own any tourist related business in Amsterdam, quit now, before it's too late

http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2 ... fee_sh.php

[SE6Ajacied]

Just popped in for one of my occasional posts. Here's two in fact.

Chelsea fans welcming Rafa Benitez to Stamford Bridge

http://www.sabotagetimes.com/football-s ... he-bridge/

and this - interesting article on the history of London football grounds - excellent site all round as well.

http://www.derelictlondon.com/londons-l ... ounds.html

[Kowalczyk]

Yes, yes, the Dutch football league makes headlines abroad!

'FC Emmen's Jeffrey de Visscher has contract terminated for pooping in the woods'

K.