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shader
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CletiusMaximus
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CletiusMaximus
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NewlyRetired
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The big wigs from the Sacramento and Cincy delegations addressed the national media after their presentation and both sounded super confident. I have not seen if either Memphis or Detroit spoke after their presentations.
AAABatteries
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United, Pool and City all have a 50% chance of facing Juventus, Bayern or Madrid - there’s going to be some huge matchups.
Mjolnirs
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Mjolnirs' adventure to see Bayern!
(long with twists of fate)
My son (many of you know who this is) and I have seen Bayern play live twice, once in Chicago and once in Charlotte. Obviously friendly matches.
He decided a couple of months ago that I needed to see Bayern play in Allianz arena. He looked at the calendar and found a short period where they played at home twice. Saturday 12/2 in a Bundesliga match against Hannover and then Tuesday 12/5, a CL match against PSG. He informed me that he would cover airfare and hotels if I could get the match tickets.
Fortunately I belong to an international Bayern fanclub that brokers legit tickets between members that are looking to attend. I worked with a couple of the contacts and secured two tickets to each match. We are off.
As a bonus, and because we both had the leave to spare, we decided to fly into Prague earlier in the week, spend a few days then take a train to Munich. We did this, and boys and girls, Prague is a great place to visit. It was cold, but the food is great, the beer is outstanding and the people are nice. We stayed near the Charles Bridge and visited the Palace complex, the cathedral and watched the Astronomical clock go off many times. It was a blast. After three days we are on a train to Munich.
We arrived in Munich early in the evening of Thursday, 11/30. The train station is massive and Munich is much colder than Prague. We walk the block and a half to our hotel.
Here's where the adventure begins!
As we are settling into our hotel room, I go into the bathroom to blow my nose. I commence to have the mother of all nose bleeds! I mean, not a dribble, but a full out running faucet of blood. I send him to the front desk to determine if they have a doctor, or can direct us to the closest clinic. They suggest a clinic only two blocks away ... walking distance. He comes back to the room and tells me this. By this time the bathroom looks like a crime scene and I tell him eff that, get a taxi. The taxi comes, the front desk tells the driver where to take us aaaand he proceeds to take us somewhere else. I get out, go inside and am informed they do not handle emergencies. But, there is a university hospital 300 meters nearby. With the taxi long gone we proceed to walk. I have my face covered by what was once a white hotel towel and continue to spit blood and bleed. We arrive at the university hospital and cannot find an entrance. I see an employee through a door, bang on it and get his attention. He tells me where the entrance is, but sees my situation and walks us to the check-in desk. Hooray! Wait, they don't have anyone that can handle ENT. But, they take away my bloody towel, give me a bunch of gauze and little catch buckets, and put an ice pack on my neck. They call a taxi and tell this one where to take me, the same place the hotel suggested an hour ago! They call ahead, the driver delivers and I walk in and they immediately take me back. I basically end up with a tampon up one nostril and we have to pay in cash. My son has cash and does so. As I clean up, he and the doctor compare German and American health care systems and issues. At this point I don't care, I'm just not bleeding.
We get back to the hotel and settle in for the night. The next day, Friday, we have tickets to tour Allianz Arena ... I am pumped. I have a miserable night trying to sleep. Evidently swallowing blood, lots of blood, upsets your stomach. We grab breakfast, which I can only nibble a little of, and off to the U-Bahn station. We get directions, buy tickets and grab a train. As the train moves up and down and stops and starts, my stomach gets worse. More people get on, and I proceed to sweat profusely. About halfway to Allianz I have to get off or yak all over the train. I leave my son at the stop and I wonder upstairs near a cool (cold!) entrance and sit on the ground. Here I sit, long hair, tie dye shirt, sweating and moaning in discomfort. If I had a baseball cap in front of me, I might have earned some change. After a few minutes I head back down and suggest I head to the hotel and he take the tour. He suggests we just wait for a train that isn't crowded. Fortunately for all involved, we do this, and it takes several trains before one comes that I don't feel I will immediately get sick on.
We eventually make it to the final stop and the exit for Allianz Arena! It is pretty damn cold, but we are here. We take a ramp, round a corner, and there it is. Oh my god I'm here!
At this point my stomach hurts from the nausea and I suggest he walk ahead to secure our spot. I do my Tim Conway slow walk using my glove to cover my mouth from the cold. The glove is getting blood on it from my leaking tampon nostril, but I finally get there. We've missed our designated time. I speak to someone and they suggest what gate we go to about rearranging the time. It is back outside, so I send my son. Meanwhile, I'm inside in a type of foodcourt used by attendees of matches. I sit for a while in a section with others who are presumably there for tours. I start to feel worse, yes worse, so I move away from others in case I get sick. When my son returns with updated tickets I am lying on one of the benches. We have about an hour, so I doze back off. From here a lot happens that is hazy for me, but I remember waking and seeing him drinking a nice beer. I am shaking and now in PAIN. He doesn't know what to do and at some point puts me on the phone with my wife who is stateside. Eventually the Allianz staff is summoned and and ambulance is called.
I won't say "to make a long story short", as this is already long. But, for some brevity ... boys and girls, Mjolnirs has emergency appendectomy on his first full day in Munich.
On Saturday my son meets with my contact, Alex, and he gets a ticket in the Südkurve for the Bayern v Hannover match. My wife arrives on an emergency flight from Charleston and finds me in a terrible state. Her and our son stay at the hotel while I live it up in a German hospital. Tuesday comes and he takes a ticket and goes to watch Bayern play PSG. Our original departure date arrives, Wednesday 12/6, and he flies home. It is now Thursday afternoon in Munich and I am still in the hospital. The doctor came by about an hour ago and is hopeful that I will be discharged tomorrow.
stay tuned
(long with twists of fate)
My son (many of you know who this is) and I have seen Bayern play live twice, once in Chicago and once in Charlotte. Obviously friendly matches.
He decided a couple of months ago that I needed to see Bayern play in Allianz arena. He looked at the calendar and found a short period where they played at home twice. Saturday 12/2 in a Bundesliga match against Hannover and then Tuesday 12/5, a CL match against PSG. He informed me that he would cover airfare and hotels if I could get the match tickets.
Fortunately I belong to an international Bayern fanclub that brokers legit tickets between members that are looking to attend. I worked with a couple of the contacts and secured two tickets to each match. We are off.
As a bonus, and because we both had the leave to spare, we decided to fly into Prague earlier in the week, spend a few days then take a train to Munich. We did this, and boys and girls, Prague is a great place to visit. It was cold, but the food is great, the beer is outstanding and the people are nice. We stayed near the Charles Bridge and visited the Palace complex, the cathedral and watched the Astronomical clock go off many times. It was a blast. After three days we are on a train to Munich.
We arrived in Munich early in the evening of Thursday, 11/30. The train station is massive and Munich is much colder than Prague. We walk the block and a half to our hotel.
Here's where the adventure begins!
As we are settling into our hotel room, I go into the bathroom to blow my nose. I commence to have the mother of all nose bleeds! I mean, not a dribble, but a full out running faucet of blood. I send him to the front desk to determine if they have a doctor, or can direct us to the closest clinic. They suggest a clinic only two blocks away ... walking distance. He comes back to the room and tells me this. By this time the bathroom looks like a crime scene and I tell him eff that, get a taxi. The taxi comes, the front desk tells the driver where to take us aaaand he proceeds to take us somewhere else. I get out, go inside and am informed they do not handle emergencies. But, there is a university hospital 300 meters nearby. With the taxi long gone we proceed to walk. I have my face covered by what was once a white hotel towel and continue to spit blood and bleed. We arrive at the university hospital and cannot find an entrance. I see an employee through a door, bang on it and get his attention. He tells me where the entrance is, but sees my situation and walks us to the check-in desk. Hooray! Wait, they don't have anyone that can handle ENT. But, they take away my bloody towel, give me a bunch of gauze and little catch buckets, and put an ice pack on my neck. They call a taxi and tell this one where to take me, the same place the hotel suggested an hour ago! They call ahead, the driver delivers and I walk in and they immediately take me back. I basically end up with a tampon up one nostril and we have to pay in cash. My son has cash and does so. As I clean up, he and the doctor compare German and American health care systems and issues. At this point I don't care, I'm just not bleeding.
We get back to the hotel and settle in for the night. The next day, Friday, we have tickets to tour Allianz Arena ... I am pumped. I have a miserable night trying to sleep. Evidently swallowing blood, lots of blood, upsets your stomach. We grab breakfast, which I can only nibble a little of, and off to the U-Bahn station. We get directions, buy tickets and grab a train. As the train moves up and down and stops and starts, my stomach gets worse. More people get on, and I proceed to sweat profusely. About halfway to Allianz I have to get off or yak all over the train. I leave my son at the stop and I wonder upstairs near a cool (cold!) entrance and sit on the ground. Here I sit, long hair, tie dye shirt, sweating and moaning in discomfort. If I had a baseball cap in front of me, I might have earned some change. After a few minutes I head back down and suggest I head to the hotel and he take the tour. He suggests we just wait for a train that isn't crowded. Fortunately for all involved, we do this, and it takes several trains before one comes that I don't feel I will immediately get sick on.
We eventually make it to the final stop and the exit for Allianz Arena! It is pretty damn cold, but we are here. We take a ramp, round a corner, and there it is. Oh my god I'm here!
At this point my stomach hurts from the nausea and I suggest he walk ahead to secure our spot. I do my Tim Conway slow walk using my glove to cover my mouth from the cold. The glove is getting blood on it from my leaking tampon nostril, but I finally get there. We've missed our designated time. I speak to someone and they suggest what gate we go to about rearranging the time. It is back outside, so I send my son. Meanwhile, I'm inside in a type of foodcourt used by attendees of matches. I sit for a while in a section with others who are presumably there for tours. I start to feel worse, yes worse, so I move away from others in case I get sick. When my son returns with updated tickets I am lying on one of the benches. We have about an hour, so I doze back off. From here a lot happens that is hazy for me, but I remember waking and seeing him drinking a nice beer. I am shaking and now in PAIN. He doesn't know what to do and at some point puts me on the phone with my wife who is stateside. Eventually the Allianz staff is summoned and and ambulance is called.
I won't say "to make a long story short", as this is already long. But, for some brevity ... boys and girls, Mjolnirs has emergency appendectomy on his first full day in Munich.
On Saturday my son meets with my contact, Alex, and he gets a ticket in the Südkurve for the Bayern v Hannover match. My wife arrives on an emergency flight from Charleston and finds me in a terrible state. Her and our son stay at the hotel while I live it up in a German hospital. Tuesday comes and he takes a ticket and goes to watch Bayern play PSG. Our original departure date arrives, Wednesday 12/6, and he flies home. It is now Thursday afternoon in Munich and I am still in the hospital. The doctor came by about an hour ago and is hopeful that I will be discharged tomorrow.
stay tuned
roadkill1292
Footballguy
Oh my.
Poke_4_Life
Footballguy
Dinsy Ejotuz
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CletiusMaximus
Footballguy
Good luck, get well Mj. I have a good friend in Bavaria who goes to every home game and can probably help if needed.
El Floppo
Footballguy
Dinsy Ejotuz
Footballguy
Glad it's something manageable Mjol -- was hating the direction your story was going. Hang in there.
Jaysus
Good times!
Tom Hagen
Footballguy
shader
Footballguy
So sorry! First and foremost, I hope you make a complete recovery. If you're discharged tomorrow all good, is there any chance you can still catch a different game before you head home?
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NewlyRetired
Footballguy
El Floppo
Footballguy
If you're still there, I would think you could legitimately sell your story to BM- lifelong fan loving out the dream of finally seeing them at home, dream cut short by terrible fate. If I were BM, I'd give you backstage passes, meet the team- the whole 9.
Sad that my first thought is the heartbreak over your missing the games and not the immediate and long-term impact on your health. Get better, gb!
There is a home game next Wed and tickets wouldn't be a problem. More of a question of whether he is still there and can make it to the stadium. The trains are crowded both ways and it is a 15 minute hike to Allianz from the stop. It took me over 2 hours to get back to center Munich after the game on Tuesday night, standing the whole time.
Mjolnirs
Footballguy
Kind of has that Charlie Brown and Lucy with a football feel to it.Poke_4_Life said:
Seems to be the cold. The ENT told me they get lots of nose bleeds from locals this time of the year. I guess I'm lucky that a kid from South Carolina didn't step off the train and just have my nose fall off.Tom Hagen said:
There is a game next week, but I'm honestly hoping to be home by then. We will see how the logistics play out.shader said:
Mjolnirs took a hit, but there was not cutting of my hair ... well, maybe some shaving I had no control over.NewlyRetired said:
I will be contacting the Arena once I'm home. There were a couple of employees that were immensely helpful with getting us help and staying with me and trying to calm me. I want to make sure they are recognized for this.El Floppo said:
Poke_4_Life
Footballguy
So @Mjolnirs, I don't want to turn this political...
how does insurance work in your situation? Will your insurance company have to pay the hospital in Germany? I assume Germany has a national health care system, so are they even equipped to deal with an American insurance company? Will you have to pay $$$ up front and then file claims with your provider?
Its weird, but I'm
about the insurance portion.
how does insurance work in your situation? Will your insurance company have to pay the hospital in Germany? I assume Germany has a national health care system, so are they even equipped to deal with an American insurance company? Will you have to pay $$$ up front and then file claims with your provider?
Its weird, but I'm
about the insurance portion.
Mjolnirs
Footballguy
With the clinic that fixed my nose, they demanded cash. We have the forms and will take that up with my insurance when we get home.So @Mjolnirs, I don't want to turn this political...
how does insurance work in your situation? Will your insurance company have to pay the hospital in Germany? I assume Germany has a national health care system, so are they even equipped to deal with an American insurance company? Will you have to pay $$$ up front and then file claims with your provider?
Its weird, but I'm
The hospital has taken down my insurance information, and we are waiting to hear from our company. We will know more on discharge. We may have to pay a portion before we leave.
My wife asked if she could sleep in my room and they said yes. She did for two nights and then a woman showed up the next day "you pay now!" My wife went down and paid that and we will take it up with our folks when we get home. I'll try to remember to pm you more when I know more.
I will tell you this. I called the US Consulate in Munich two days ago and left a message that I was calling from the hospital looking for any information or guidance. No callback yet.
They also made me pay for the ambulance on the spot while you were in the ER. That was much cheaper than the US, but most things have not faired favorably in terms of care/communication...
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Mjolnirs
Footballguy
I did not know this. I'm assuming there are papers.
I may start a thread titled "my week in a German hospital" at some point. But, that's not for here.
Yep. It was 200 Euros and there is a receipt in the safe. Mom is aware. The only guy in that office who spoke English was a large black dude with Terry Bradshaw's baldness pattern along with dreadlocks.
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LAUNCH
Footballguy
El Floppo
Footballguy
roadkill1292
Footballguy
@Mjolnirs First, I hope your exploding colon is now repaired and healing nicely. I don't think anyone would want something like that to happen on a trip like that.
Taking the day off from footy because the televised games for me are Arsenal and AC Milan and I think both have wrapped up their groups. Gooners are getting some nice new company in the tourney with the likes of Napoli, Dortmund and Athletico. I still am entertained by Europe's NIT.
Third, what is Kyle Martino talking about when he mentions fixing the "media sector" in his campaign for USSF prez?
Taking the day off from footy because the televised games for me are Arsenal and AC Milan and I think both have wrapped up their groups. Gooners are getting some nice new company in the tourney with the likes of Napoli, Dortmund and Athletico. I still am entertained by Europe's NIT.
Third, what is Kyle Martino talking about when he mentions fixing the "media sector" in his campaign for USSF prez?
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
Is the appendix and colon the same thing? I don't know anatomy too much, are they connected?
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
Do you have a link?
This was the latest from Martino
https://twitter.com/AmericanSoccerU/status/938835513594859521
roadkill1292
Footballguy
When I saw the notice that you had responded to my post, this wasn't what I was expecting.
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
it is an honest question. I never heard of an exploding colon before. That sounds like you could die from that :(
roadkill1292
Footballguy
Give me a little while. I could've sworn a comment about it passed across my twitter feed somewhere but with my 19th century puter skills, it may take me a while to dig it up.
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
Here, it is from another candidate, not Martino.
http://ftw.usatoday.com/2017/12/alexi-lalas-us-soccer-president-candidate-lapointe-election-media-tarnishes-soccer-debate-usmnt
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roadkill1292
Footballguy
Wasn't questioning your sincerity, gb. I always thought the appendix was a tiny little appendage that grew on the outside of one of the bends of your lower colon. If it ruptures, bursts, it could conceivably fling fecal particles throughout your abdomen and that is indeed very bad news for your health. Happy to hear corrections about my conceptions from anyone more knowledgeable (which is usually everyone).
roadkill1292
Footballguy
Well, my mistake was laughable. Lapointe, not Martino. Thanks for clearing that up.
Tom Hagen
Footballguy
This recently happened to someone I know and she was in pretty rough shape but doing OK now. I had never heard of it before that.
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
thanks! I had heard of spastic colon before (which is what I picture happens to Floppo every time he see's a wet or bumpy field)
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
Kafka
Footballguy
Sebowski
Footballguy
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
Wow, the hornets nest in Columbus continues to be stirred.
The Ohio Attorney General reviewed the old law put on the books from the Browns moving and said he believes it applies to the Crew and Mapfre stadium.
He put out a press statement saying that he intends to take the necessary legal action to protect Columbus should the team attempt be moved by PSV.
I am no lawyer but I still don't see how the law itself protects the team from being moved. It seems like only B applies below and Pecourt could simply turn down any offer he receives.
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Restrictions on owner of professional sports team that uses a tax-supported facility.
No owner of a professional sports team that uses a tax-supported facility for most of its home games and receives financial assistance from the state or a political subdivision thereof shall cease playing most of its home games at the facility and begin playing most of its home games elsewhere unless the owner either:
(A) Enters into an agreement with the political subdivision permitting the team to play most of its home games elsewhere;
(B) Gives the political subdivision in which the facility is located not less than six months' advance notice of the owner's intention to cease playing most of its home games at the facility and, during the six months after such notice, gives the political subdivision or any individual or group of individuals who reside in the area the opportunity to purchase the team.
The Ohio Attorney General reviewed the old law put on the books from the Browns moving and said he believes it applies to the Crew and Mapfre stadium.
He put out a press statement saying that he intends to take the necessary legal action to protect Columbus should the team attempt be moved by PSV.
I am no lawyer but I still don't see how the law itself protects the team from being moved. It seems like only B applies below and Pecourt could simply turn down any offer he receives.
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Restrictions on owner of professional sports team that uses a tax-supported facility.
No owner of a professional sports team that uses a tax-supported facility for most of its home games and receives financial assistance from the state or a political subdivision thereof shall cease playing most of its home games at the facility and begin playing most of its home games elsewhere unless the owner either:
(A) Enters into an agreement with the political subdivision permitting the team to play most of its home games elsewhere;
(B) Gives the political subdivision in which the facility is located not less than six months' advance notice of the owner's intention to cease playing most of its home games at the facility and, during the six months after such notice, gives the political subdivision or any individual or group of individuals who reside in the area the opportunity to purchase the team.
Mjolnirs
Footballguy
I had a drainage bag hanging out of me collecting “whatever” had leaked out of the damn thing. Good times.
