For Squidly

I was checking out your website....
Really cool!!!!
I like your pictures....
It's always nice to see a picture of the person your talking too....
I am a huge football fan too.....
What do you think of Mike Holmgren?????

I think he's a great coach, and a promising GM who has had to make some tough decisions regarding the team. For lack of a better word, the team is "rebuilding", and is now going through the rollercoaster typical of that process. I expect the team to finish at or about 8-8 this season, and return to the playoffs next year.

If these things happen, then I'll be very happy with Holmgren indeed.

I think that's reasonable.....
I have a feeling they will be back in the playoffs soon......
You have a very promising running back for the future, that's for sure.....

I think my Eagles stink!!! *Devil_Dog jumps up and down on his Eagle's cap*

*Clears Throat* - The August Knights are very fortunate to have two Seattle Seahawk fans among its ranks ;)

Squidly and I are acquaintances from the Seahawks newsgroup and he is the one who invited me to check AK out ;) (Hopefully he won't lose any standing in AK for doing so! :D )

The Eagles are another team that seems to be struggling to find it's identity.

There are very few "sure bets" this year in the NFL.

Hylander,
You are a Seahawks fan?????
You only live an hour away from me, if that.....
What was it that turned you????
Was it the terrible years with Norman Bramen as the owner????
*Devil_Dog spits on his name*
Or was it the ineptitude of Richy Kotite????
Or Possibly the fact that the Eagles never win a single game that they are supposed too?????
Or could it be that Andy Reid couldn't call an offensive play between cheese steaks!!!!!
*Devil_Dog throws his Eagle's cap into the fire*

I'm OK now, I'm fine.....

That is true Squidly....
There are no sure bets, but you know, I honestly like it this way...
You never know who will make it to the big show....
Well, that's not true, I can assure you that the stinkin' no throwing, no first down, can't get a TD Eagles won't make it to the Super Bowl.....
*Devil_Dog throws his autographed Donavon McNabb jersey into the fire*

I'm OK.... I can handle this.....

Heh, I probably live even closer to Philly than Hy does... (South Jersey...)

lol... that's probably true....
Why do you like the Seahawks instead of the Eagles or the Giants???

Because I lived in 5 different states and 3 different countries before the age of 17, and didn't start following professional football seriously until college.

I don't know exactly what caused me to notice the Seahawks, but once I did, there was no turning back.

Wow!!!!
You really moved around a lot!!!!
Was your Dad in the Military????
Yeah, I guess it's kind of that way for me with the Eagles, I could never turn my back on them...
No matter how much they hurt me....
Their killing me right now!!!!! lol....

LOL

I'm actually from Upstate New York. Lived there until I was 21, lived in Virginia for 4 years, and then moved to Bethlehem.

I actually became a Seahawks fan when they entered the league. They came along about the same time I was getting into football as a 'youngn'. I liked their Helmets and uniforms so thats how I became a Seahawks fan. Then Zorn to Largent era and I was hooked =)

I pretty much can't stand any NY teams, although I use to like the Bills a bit when I was younger back when they had Cribbs and Ferguson, etc (Pre-Jim Kelly days).

I'm also a Houston Astros fan... so geography doesn't play much into my teams ;) Although I'm not a huge basketball fan, my team is the 76ers. Also, when it comes to college teams, Penn State and Virginia Tech.

That's cool, I remember whenthey came into the league too, I thought their uniforms were cool also....
You a fan of Highlander???
The first movie is my favorite of all time....

LOL - This is a long one ;)

From what I know of my ancestry, they came from Wales and the Scottish Highlands. My name is Scott (No.. really! <G>). I then went to Radford University, which is "The Highlanders". Then of course, I loved the Highlander movies and series. Here in Bethlehem, there is a very large Celtic Fest which takes place downtown and the kid down the street plays the bag pipes!

Something tells me the Highlander theme belongs in my life somehow ;)

Oh yeah... I suppose next I should go out and buy a Toyota Highlander SUV ;)

LOL..... Not a bad idea!!!!
Where is Radford University???

Hy,

Where is upstate NY did you live? I live in the Albany area and went to school up in Potsdam.

Squidly, I wasn't sure if you saw my post or not, but I was wondering if your parents were in the Military because of how much you moved around when you were younger.....

My father was in the marines before I was born, but we moved around a lot because he worked for a Natural Gas company, and his job involved helping install new facilities overseas (North Africa, SE Asia.)

DD,

Radford University is in Radford, Virginia. It's part of the Virginia State Univesity System. It's down in the Southwest corner, South of Roanoke. Or about 10 minutes from Blacksburg (Virginia Tech).


Bribo,

I was born and raised in Elmira, NY. (Armpit of the State along the PA border :D )

Squidly - I bet you have some incredible stories to tell :-)
Being in all those places must have been some education...
How many languages can you speak????
Your Dad was a Marine???
See, I knew there was something I liked about you right from the start, besides being a great player in Tribes!!!! LOL....
How long was you Dad in????


Hylander - You moved around a lot too, what made you settle here, a job????

Small world, Hy...my grandparents live in Painted Post (less than 10 miles from Elmira). I have fond memories of Watkins Glen and the Corning area. :)

I'm not sure how long my Dad was in the service. I got to where I could read/write/speak French fluently, and knew enough Arabic to piss people off, but those days are long, long gone. I can read french (so long as I have a french dictionary handy) but that's about it. I imagine it'd come back with some work.

We lived in Algeria for 4 years and Malaysia for two.

Was it hard living in those two places???
I would imagine the culture is totally different from ours....
One of the many places I visited in the Marines was Morrocco.....
It was more different from American culture than any other country we trained in.....

DD,

I don't think living in 3 places during my 30 years is too much moving. Only averaging a city every 10 years! LOL I ended up in Bethlehem because of my wife ;) She was born, raised, and lived her entire life here. BTW.. I happen to work in New Jersey so I guess you can add that to my "travels"! 45 min each way. I like the Lehigh Valley alot though. 45min to Philly, 1 1/2 hours to NY City. Large enough for the amenities and small enough to avoid most of the large city problems.



Beast,

Ah yes... I actually took some classes at Corning Community College. This was before I moved to Virginia and decided to get serious about my education. I didn't really start college until I was 21. Lets put it this way, I got an "F" in economics at the Community College and ended up graduating from Radford with Economics as one of my degrees! LOL

I also have very fond memories of Watkins Glen as it was my home track when I use to race in the SCCA. My family actually still owns an old cottage and some land up on Waneta Lake (Finger Lakes).

Scott

I don't know why I thought you moved around a lot??? lol
All well.... Three times isn't a lot.....
I never realized how close you are to different things being in Bethlehem.....

"Your Dad was a Marine???"

Surely, you know better than to say such a thing.

And why do you say that Wraith???

I say that because you should well know he didn't CEASE being a Marine upon discharge of active duty. Do I have to drag your ass back to SOI for some remedial training?

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Originally posted by Devil_Dog1
Was it hard living in those two places???

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Some good, some bad. On balance, I wouldn't trade the experience
for anything.

Hey Squidly, is Wraith part of The August Knights???

Hey Wraith, are you a Marine???

Hylander,
Lehigh Valley is beautiful, I really enjoy coming up there for Eagle's training camp....
The University and surrounding country is something to look at....

wraith is not part of the august knights. he runs his own gang, the grand funk highway. he is/was a marine. last i heard, he was going to enlist, but i dunno what happened after that.

Thanks for the info Wolffman....
;)