20,000 posts (depending on how you view this, I might be past, or almost there, taking the average, close enough)

The tradition was that to mark a milestone like this a long post would ensue.  I think that tradition seems to have gone by the wayside, but I wanted to take this opportunity to say a few words.

Wow, who would have ever thought I would get to this level.  From the time I joined this site in 2003 to today there have been many changes.  Some band named Judas Priest released 2 albums, toured the world a few times, even managed to get in front of me twice.  Here on the site, the whole layout has changed, with the result that people like me can make tens of thousands of posts.  When I joined Priest_Hammer was by far the most prolific poster, well on his way to a lofty 2000 posts.  I have defended Priests replacement singer, debated socialism, crime, capitalism, ice cream, told people off and been told off, discussed all sorts of music, and posted a whole lot of meaningless trivial stuff from what are you drinking to pictures of models in skimpy clothing.  Sometimes I think the latter might be my most important contribution, how sad…

The board changed formats a few years ago, and at first I didn’t like it, but now I do.  The change in format brought out good and bad, people had the ability to post more, create topics, and post and create they did.  Some good, some bad, but the old format had some good, some bad too.  People came with the point of causing trouble, and respect points were introduced.  I spent some time as the most ignored, and even a brief moment as most respected, but the points were quickly abused and became kind of irrelevant. 

The change in format did allow people to get to know each other better, and for a lot of you, we did get to know each other much better.  Those of you that I have gotten to know are great people, and it has enriched my life to know you.  Some of my best friends are people that I have met on this site.  I won’t create a list of names as I will surely forget someone, but you are all great friends.  As a group we have seen many members come and go, many changes happen, many friends join, some leave.  While we miss all those who chose to leave, we understand why they do so, and hope that they come back to us.  For myself, I find that of late I seem to have less and less to say and am putting more and more topics on ignore.  What started as ignoring the topics in languages I couldn’t read spread to ignoring word and song association threads, and now on to threads that are dedicated to all kinds of things I find a lack of interest in. 

I never thought I would have the most posts here, and am sure I won’t for long.  The next 20000 will take a lot longer, priest will either have to have to make 3-4 more discs, or keep the site up a long time after retirement.  As it stands now, I am going to change the way I visit here.  I am not leaving, but I don’t plan on doing as much chatting or visiting here as often.  Since the view all posts tab was introduced I have used it, read as many posts as I can.  I don’t plan on doing that anymore, I will view a few select threads, but I am not going to spend as much time on this site.  If you want to chat, send me a pm, email, note on facebook, whatever, I will probably find it one of those ways.  If you see a post or thread that you think I would find interesting, let me know. 

Play nice with each other, ignore the idiots, make friends, and love the band.

20,000 posts (depending on how you view this, I might be past, or almost there, taking the average, close enough)

The tradition was that to mark a milestone like this a long post would ensue.  I think that tradition seems to have gone by the wayside, but I wanted to take this opportunity to say a few words.

Wow, who would have ever thought I would get to this level.  From the time I joined this site in 2003 to today there have been many changes.  Some band named Judas Priest released 2 albums, toured the world a few times, even managed to get in front of me twice.  Here on the site, the whole layout has changed, with the result that people like me can make tens of thousands of posts.  When I joined Priest_Hammer was by far the most prolific poster, well on his way to a lofty 2000 posts.  I have defended Priests replacement singer, debated socialism, crime, capitalism, ice cream, told people off and been told off, discussed all sorts of music, and posted a whole lot of meaningless trivial stuff from what are you drinking to pictures of models in skimpy clothing.  Sometimes I think the latter might be my most important contribution, how sad…

The board changed formats a few years ago, and at first I didn’t like it, but now I do.  The change in format brought out good and bad, people had the ability to post more, create topics, and post and create they did.  Some good, some bad, but the old format had some good, some bad too.  People came with the point of causing trouble, and respect points were introduced.  I spent some time as the most ignored, and even a brief moment as most respected, but the points were quickly abused and became kind of irrelevant. 

The change in format did allow people to get to know each other better, and for a lot of you, we did get to know each other much better.  Those of you that I have gotten to know are great people, and it has enriched my life to know you.  Some of my best friends are people that I have met on this site.  I won’t create a list of names as I will surely forget someone, but you are all great friends.  As a group we have seen many members come and go, many changes happen, many friends join, some leave.  While we miss all those who chose to leave, we understand why they do so, and hope that they come back to us.  For myself, I find that of late I seem to have less and less to say and am putting more and more topics on ignore.  What started as ignoring the topics in languages I couldn’t read spread to ignoring word and song association threads, and now on to threads that are dedicated to all kinds of things I find a lack of interest in. 

I never thought I would have the most posts here, and am sure I won’t for long.  The next 20000 will take a lot longer, priest will either have to have to make 3-4 more discs, or keep the site up a long time after retirement.  As it stands now, I am going to change the way I visit here.  I am not leaving, but I don’t plan on doing as much chatting or visiting here as often.  Since the view all posts tab was introduced I have used it, read as many posts as I can.  I don’t plan on doing that anymore, I will view a few select threads, but I am not going to spend as much time on this site.  If you want to chat, send me a pm, email, note on facebook, whatever, I will probably find it one of those ways.  If you see a post or thread that you think I would find interesting, let me know. 

Play nice with each other, ignore the idiots, make friends, and love the band.

20,000 posts (depending on how you view this, I might be past, or almost there, taking the average, close enough)

The tradition was that to mark a milestone like this a long post would ensue.  I think that tradition seems to have gone by the wayside, but I wanted to take this opportunity to say a few words.

Wow, who would have ever thought I would get to this level.  From the time I joined this site in 2003 to today there have been many changes.  Some band named Judas Priest released 2 albums, toured the world a few times, even managed to get in front of me twice.  Here on the site, the whole layout has changed, with the result that people like me can make tens of thousands of posts.  When I joined Priest_Hammer was by far the most prolific poster, well on his way to a lofty 2000 posts.  I have defended Priests replacement singer, debated socialism, crime, capitalism, ice cream, told people off and been told off, discussed all sorts of music, and posted a whole lot of meaningless trivial stuff from what are you drinking to pictures of models in skimpy clothing.  Sometimes I think the latter might be my most important contribution, how sad…

The board changed formats a few years ago, and at first I didn’t like it, but now I do.  The change in format brought out good and bad, people had the ability to post more, create topics, and post and create they did.  Some good, some bad, but the old format had some good, some bad too.  People came with the point of causing trouble, and respect points were introduced.  I spent some time as the most ignored, and even a brief moment as most respected, but the points were quickly abused and became kind of irrelevant. 

The change in format did allow people to get to know each other better, and for a lot of you, we did get to know each other much better.  Those of you that I have gotten to know are great people, and it has enriched my life to know you.  Some of my best friends are people that I have met on this site.  I won’t create a list of names as I will surely forget someone, but you are all great friends.  As a group we have seen many members come and go, many changes happen, many friends join, some leave.  While we miss all those who chose to leave, we understand why they do so, and hope that they come back to us.  For myself, I find that of late I seem to have less and less to say and am putting more and more topics on ignore.  What started as ignoring the topics in languages I couldn’t read spread to ignoring word and song association threads, and now on to threads that are dedicated to all kinds of things I find a lack of interest in. 

I never thought I would have the most posts here, and am sure I won’t for long.  The next 20000 will take a lot longer, priest will either have to have to make 3-4 more discs, or keep the site up a long time after retirement.  As it stands now, I am going to change the way I visit here.  I am not leaving, but I don’t plan on doing as much chatting or visiting here as often.  Since the view all posts tab was introduced I have used it, read as many posts as I can.  I don’t plan on doing that anymore, I will view a few select threads, but I am not going to spend as much time on this site.  If you want to chat, send me a pm, email, note on facebook, whatever, I will probably find it one of those ways.  If you see a post or thread that you think I would find interesting, let me know. 

Play nice with each other, ignore the idiots, make friends, and love the band.

20,000 posts (depending on how you view this, I might be past, or almost there, taking the average, close enough)

The tradition was that to mark a milestone like this a long post would ensue.  I think that tradition seems to have gone by the wayside, but I wanted to take this opportunity to say a few words.

Wow, who would have ever thought I would get to this level.  From the time I joined this site in 2003 to today there have been many changes.  Some band named Judas Priest released 2 albums, toured the world a few times, even managed to get in front of me twice.  Here on the site, the whole layout has changed, with the result that people like me can make tens of thousands of posts.  When I joined Priest_Hammer was by far the most prolific poster, well on his way to a lofty 2000 posts.  I have defended Priests replacement singer, debated socialism, crime, capitalism, ice cream, told people off and been told off, discussed all sorts of music, and posted a whole lot of meaningless trivial stuff from what are you drinking to pictures of models in skimpy clothing.  Sometimes I think the latter might be my most important contribution, how sad…

The board changed formats a few years ago, and at first I didn’t like it, but now I do.  The change in format brought out good and bad, people had the ability to post more, create topics, and post and create they did.  Some good, some bad, but the old format had some good, some bad too.  People came with the point of causing trouble, and respect points were introduced.  I spent some time as the most ignored, and even a brief moment as most respected, but the points were quickly abused and became kind of irrelevant. 

The change in format did allow people to get to know each other better, and for a lot of you, we did get to know each other much better.  Those of you that I have gotten to know are great people, and it has enriched my life to know you.  Some of my best friends are people that I have met on this site.  I won’t create a list of names as I will surely forget someone, but you are all great friends.  As a group we have seen many members come and go, many changes happen, many friends join, some leave.  While we miss all those who chose to leave, we understand why they do so, and hope that they come back to us.  For myself, I find that of late I seem to have less and less to say and am putting more and more topics on ignore.  What started as ignoring the topics in languages I couldn’t read spread to ignoring word and song association threads, and now on to threads that are dedicated to all kinds of things I find a lack of interest in. 

I never thought I would have the most posts here, and am sure I won’t for long.  The next 20000 will take a lot longer, priest will either have to have to make 3-4 more discs, or keep the site up a long time after retirement.  As it stands now, I am going to change the way I visit here.  I am not leaving, but I don’t plan on doing as much chatting or visiting here as often.  Since the view all posts tab was introduced I have used it, read as many posts as I can.  I don’t plan on doing that anymore, I will view a few select threads, but I am not going to spend as much time on this site.  If you want to chat, send me a pm, email, note on facebook, whatever, I will probably find it one of those ways.  If you see a post or thread that you think I would find interesting, let me know. 

Play nice with each other, ignore the idiots, make friends, and love the band.

20,000 posts (depending on how you view this, I might be past, or almost there, taking the average, close enough)

The tradition was that to mark a milestone like this a long post would ensue.  I think that tradition seems to have gone by the wayside, but I wanted to take this opportunity to say a few words.

Wow, who would have ever thought I would get to this level.  From the time I joined this site in 2003 to today there have been many changes.  Some band named Judas Priest released 2 albums, toured the world a few times, even managed to get in front of me twice.  Here on the site, the whole layout has changed, with the result that people like me can make tens of thousands of posts.  When I joined Priest_Hammer was by far the most prolific poster, well on his way to a lofty 2000 posts.  I have defended Priests replacement singer, debated socialism, crime, capitalism, ice cream, told people off and been told off, discussed all sorts of music, and posted a whole lot of meaningless trivial stuff from what are you drinking to pictures of models in skimpy clothing.  Sometimes I think the latter might be my most important contribution, how sad…

The board changed formats a few years ago, and at first I didn’t like it, but now I do.  The change in format brought out good and bad, people had the ability to post more, create topics, and post and create they did.  Some good, some bad, but the old format had some good, some bad too.  People came with the point of causing trouble, and respect points were introduced.  I spent some time as the most ignored, and even a brief moment as most respected, but the points were quickly abused and became kind of irrelevant. 

The change in format did allow people to get to know each other better, and for a lot of you, we did get to know each other much better.  Those of you that I have gotten to know are great people, and it has enriched my life to know you.  Some of my best friends are people that I have met on this site.  I won’t create a list of names as I will surely forget someone, but you are all great friends.  As a group we have seen many members come and go, many changes happen, many friends join, some leave.  While we miss all those who chose to leave, we understand why they do so, and hope that they come back to us.  For myself, I find that of late I seem to have less and less to say and am putting more and more topics on ignore.  What started as ignoring the topics in languages I couldn’t read spread to ignoring word and song association threads, and now on to threads that are dedicated to all kinds of things I find a lack of interest in. 

I never thought I would have the most posts here, and am sure I won’t for long.  The next 20000 will take a lot longer, priest will either have to have to make 3-4 more discs, or keep the site up a long time after retirement.  As it stands now, I am going to change the way I visit here.  I am not leaving, but I don’t plan on doing as much chatting or visiting here as often.  Since the view all posts tab was introduced I have used it, read as many posts as I can.  I don’t plan on doing that anymore, I will view a few select threads, but I am not going to spend as much time on this site.  If you want to chat, send me a pm, email, note on facebook, whatever, I will probably find it one of those ways.  If you see a post or thread that you think I would find interesting, let me know. 

Play nice with each other, ignore the idiots, make friends, and love the band.

20,000 posts (depending on how you view this, I might be past, or almost there, taking the average, close enough)

The tradition was that to mark a milestone like this a long post would ensue.  I think that tradition seems to have gone by the wayside, but I wanted to take this opportunity to say a few words.

Wow, who would have ever thought I would get to this level.  From the time I joined this site in 2003 to today there have been many changes.  Some band named Judas Priest released 2 albums, toured the world a few times, even managed to get in front of me twice.  Here on the site, the whole layout has changed, with the result that people like me can make tens of thousands of posts.  When I joined Priest_Hammer was by far the most prolific poster, well on his way to a lofty 2000 posts.  I have defended Priests replacement singer, debated socialism, crime, capitalism, ice cream, told people off and been told off, discussed all sorts of music, and posted a whole lot of meaningless trivial stuff from what are you drinking to pictures of models in skimpy clothing.  Sometimes I think the latter might be my most important contribution, how sad…

The board changed formats a few years ago, and at first I didn’t like it, but now I do.  The change in format brought out good and bad, people had the ability to post more, create topics, and post and create they did.  Some good, some bad, but the old format had some good, some bad too.  People came with the point of causing trouble, and respect points were introduced.  I spent some time as the most ignored, and even a brief moment as most respected, but the points were quickly abused and became kind of irrelevant. 

The change in format did allow people to get to know each other better, and for a lot of you, we did get to know each other much better.  Those of you that I have gotten to know are great people, and it has enriched my life to know you.  Some of my best friends are people that I have met on this site.  I won’t create a list of names as I will surely forget someone, but you are all great friends.  As a group we have seen many members come and go, many changes happen, many friends join, some leave.  While we miss all those who chose to leave, we understand why they do so, and hope that they come back to us.  For myself, I find that of late I seem to have less and less to say and am putting more and more topics on ignore.  What started as ignoring the topics in languages I couldn’t read spread to ignoring word and song association threads, and now on to threads that are dedicated to all kinds of things I find a lack of interest in. 

I never thought I would have the most posts here, and am sure I won’t for long.  The next 20000 will take a lot longer, priest will either have to have to make 3-4 more discs, or keep the site up a long time after retirement.  As it stands now, I am going to change the way I visit here.  I am not leaving, but I don’t plan on doing as much chatting or visiting here as often.  Since the view all posts tab was introduced I have used it, read as many posts as I can.  I don’t plan on doing that anymore, I will view a few select threads, but I am not going to spend as much time on this site.  If you want to chat, send me a pm, email, note on facebook, whatever, I will probably find it one of those ways.  If you see a post or thread that you think I would find interesting, let me know. 

Play nice with each other, ignore the idiots, make friends, and love the band.

20,000 posts (depending on how you view this, I might be past, or almost there, taking the average, close enough)

The tradition was that to mark a milestone like this a long post would ensue.  I think that tradition seems to have gone by the wayside, but I wanted to take this opportunity to say a few words.

Wow, who would have ever thought I would get to this level.  From the time I joined this site in 2003 to today there have been many changes.  Some band named Judas Priest released 2 albums, toured the world a few times, even managed to get in front of me twice.  Here on the site, the whole layout has changed, with the result that people like me can make tens of thousands of posts.  When I joined Priest_Hammer was by far the most prolific poster, well on his way to a lofty 2000 posts.  I have defended Priests replacement singer, debated socialism, crime, capitalism, ice cream, told people off and been told off, discussed all sorts of music, and posted a whole lot of meaningless trivial stuff from what are you drinking to pictures of models in skimpy clothing.  Sometimes I think the latter might be my most important contribution, how sad…

The board changed formats a few years ago, and at first I didn’t like it, but now I do.  The change in format brought out good and bad, people had the ability to post more, create topics, and post and create they did.  Some good, some bad, but the old format had some good, some bad too.  People came with the point of causing trouble, and respect points were introduced.  I spent some time as the most ignored, and even a brief moment as most respected, but the points were quickly abused and became kind of irrelevant. 

The change in format did allow people to get to know each other better, and for a lot of you, we did get to know each other much better.  Those of you that I have gotten to know are great people, and it has enriched my life to know you.  Some of my best friends are people that I have met on this site.  I won’t create a list of names as I will surely forget someone, but you are all great friends.  As a group we have seen many members come and go, many changes happen, many friends join, some leave.  While we miss all those who chose to leave, we understand why they do so, and hope that they come back to us.  For myself, I find that of late I seem to have less and less to say and am putting more and more topics on ignore.  What started as ignoring the topics in languages I couldn’t read spread to ignoring word and song association threads, and now on to threads that are dedicated to all kinds of things I find a lack of interest in. 

I never thought I would have the most posts here, and am sure I won’t for long.  The next 20000 will take a lot longer, priest will either have to have to make 3-4 more discs, or keep the site up a long time after retirement.  As it stands now, I am going to change the way I visit here.  I am not leaving, but I don’t plan on doing as much chatting or visiting here as often.  Since the view all posts tab was introduced I have used it, read as many posts as I can.  I don’t plan on doing that anymore, I will view a few select threads, but I am not going to spend as much time on this site.  If you want to chat, send me a pm, email, note on facebook, whatever, I will probably find it one of those ways.  If you see a post or thread that you think I would find interesting, let me know. 

Play nice with each other, ignore the idiots, make friends, and love the band.

ALL FUN STUFF, BUT IF IT WOULD SLOW DOWN A LITTLE I'D PROBABLY ENJOY IT A LITTLE MORE.

		ronhartsell wrote:
		Wow...sounds like you're booked solid...and it all sounds like fun and that you're enjoying yourself!!       scorpion01 wrote: I'VE BEEN OK. RUNNIG CRAZY WITH 6-7 LITTLE LEAGUE GAMES A WEEK, DANCE RECITALS, WORK AND TRYING TO GET TO THE GYM.  HOPE ALL IS WELL WITH YOU. JULY SHOULD BE GOOD 3 BROOKLYN CYCLONES BASEBALL GAMES, A LONG 4TH OF JULY WEEKEND, THE PRIEST CONCERT AND A WEEK ON LAKE GEORGE IN UPSTATE NEW YORK.      ronhartsell wrote: In fact, I think they are all really good!!  How ya been Scorps??      scorpion01 wrote: I LIKE THE LINES  - "I LIVE VICARIOUSLY THROUGH MYSELF" AND " I ONCE THOUGHT I WAS WRONG, BUT I WAS MISTAKEN" GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. BIG HOCKEY NIGHT TONIGHT. DID ANYONE HEAR ABOUT THE NICHOLAS LIDSTROM INJURY?? OUCH!      ronhartsell wrote: Dos Equis is a beer and has a pitchman that claims to be the most "interesting guy in the world", and makes outrageous claims...my favorite one is "I once had an awkward moment...just to feel what it was like!!!"       pip wrote: DOS EQIS COMMERCIALS ?? I MUST BE LIVING UNDER A ROCK CAUSE I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THEM      ronhartsell wrote: Damn Freeze...you're like the guy from those Dos Eqis comercials...I once wrote a post, just to make a girl faint...      pip wrote: LIFE SUPPORT !!! I KNOW CPR BUT I REALLY DON'T THINK I CAN DO IT TO MYSELF      Deep Freeze wrote: HAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please, don't DIE on me my dear!!!!!!

I LIKE THE LINES  - "I LIVE VICARIOUSLY THROUGH MYSELF" AND " I ONCE THOUGHT I WAS WRONG, BUT I WAS MISTAKEN"

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.

BIG HOCKEY NIGHT TONIGHT. DID ANYONE HEAR ABOUT THE NICHOLAS LIDSTROM INJURY?? OUCH!

		ronhartsell wrote:
		Dos Equis is a beer and has a pitchman that claims to be the most "interesting guy in the world", and makes outrageous claims...my favorite one is "I once had an awkward moment...just to feel what it was like!!!"       pip wrote: DOS EQIS COMMERCIALS ?? I MUST BE LIVING UNDER A ROCK CAUSE I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THEM      ronhartsell wrote: Damn Freeze...you're like the guy from those Dos Eqis comercials...I once wrote a post, just to make a girl faint...      pip wrote: LIFE SUPPORT !!! I KNOW CPR BUT I REALLY DON'T THINK I CAN DO IT TO MYSELF      Deep Freeze wrote: HAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please, don't DIE on me my dear!!!!!!

I LIKE THE LINES  - "I LIVE VICARIOUSLY THROUGH MYSELF" AND " I ONCE THOUGHT I WAS WRONG, BUT I WAS MISTAKEN"

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.

BIG HOCKEY NIGHT TONIGHT. DID ANYONE HEAR ABOUT THE NICHOLAS LIDSTROM INJURY?? OUCH!

		ronhartsell wrote:
		Dos Equis is a beer and has a pitchman that claims to be the most "interesting guy in the world", and makes outrageous claims...my favorite one is "I once had an awkward moment...just to feel what it was like!!!"       pip wrote: DOS EQIS COMMERCIALS ?? I MUST BE LIVING UNDER A ROCK CAUSE I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THEM      ronhartsell wrote: Damn Freeze...you're like the guy from those Dos Eqis comercials...I once wrote a post, just to make a girl faint...      pip wrote: LIFE SUPPORT !!! I KNOW CPR BUT I REALLY DON'T THINK I CAN DO IT TO MYSELF      Deep Freeze wrote: HAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please, don't DIE on me my dear!!!!!!

Dos Equis is a beer and has a pitchman that claims to be the most "interesting guy in the world", and makes outrageous claims...my favorite one is "I once had an awkward moment...just to feel what it was like!!!" 

		pip wrote:
		DOS EQIS COMMERCIALS ?? I MUST BE LIVING UNDER A ROCK CAUSE I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THEM      ronhartsell wrote: Damn Freeze...you're like the guy from those Dos Eqis comercials...I once wrote a post, just to make a girl faint...      pip wrote: LIFE SUPPORT !!! I KNOW CPR BUT I REALLY DON'T THINK I CAN DO IT TO MYSELF      Deep Freeze wrote: HAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please, don't DIE on me my dear!!!!!!

Dos Equis is a beer and has a pitchman that claims to be the most "interesting guy in the world", and makes outrageous claims...my favorite one is "I once had an awkward moment...just to feel what it was like!!!" 

		pip wrote:
		DOS EQIS COMMERCIALS ?? I MUST BE LIVING UNDER A ROCK CAUSE I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THEM      ronhartsell wrote: Damn Freeze...you're like the guy from those Dos Eqis comercials...I once wrote a post, just to make a girl faint...      pip wrote: LIFE SUPPORT !!! I KNOW CPR BUT I REALLY DON'T THINK I CAN DO IT TO MYSELF      Deep Freeze wrote: HAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please, don't DIE on me my dear!!!!!!

DOS EQIS COMMERCIALS ??

I MUST BE LIVING UNDER A ROCK CAUSE I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THEM

		ronhartsell wrote:
		Damn Freeze...you're like the guy from those Dos Eqis comercials...I once wrote a post, just to make a girl faint...      pip wrote: LIFE SUPPORT !!! I KNOW CPR BUT I REALLY DON'T THINK I CAN DO IT TO MYSELF      Deep Freeze wrote: HAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please, don't DIE on me my dear!!!!!!

HEY! M..Whats up??

		~ MG_Metalgoddess~ wrote:
		ELLO????????????  ANYONE HOME??????????????   LOL

Good morning Folks...here's to hoping today is better than yesterday!!!

Good question HB...apparently there are only 3 leagues of AAA minor league ball...the International, Mexican and Pacific Coast leagues...then they, of course, are broken down to their respective divisions...why this is??...I have no idea, but it seems quite odd to me as well...maybe there's an answer out there, but I don't know it off hand...

Q2R

		Head banger wrote:
		OK, got to get a rant in here. it was reaching when Calgary had a pacific coast league team.  our waters drain to the atlantic.  now iowa?  how far from the pacific is that.  mind you calgary now has a team in the california golden league.  made it to the finals, against another team from canada.  what the hell?      ronhartsell wrote:   Sorry to post this here folks, but in line with my conversation with Freeze, I will do it this once and not again... CHICAGO -- The Triple-A Iowa Cubs will play the Las Vegas 51s at Wrigley Field on Aug. 9 in an official Pacific Coast League game. "What a fun thing for young kids to get a chance to see guys who are not far away from playing at Wrigley Field," said Cubs player development director Oneri Fleita. "It's a great thing for our players. You can't replicate that atmosphere anywhere but at Wrigley Field." The "Road to Wrigley," presented by National City, will include family-friendly priced tickets, activities for children of all ages and traditional Minor League attractions. The game will start at 1:20 p.m. CT, and tickets are available at cubs.com and start as low as $5. Last July 29, the Class A Peoria Chiefs and Kane County Cougars played in the first "Road to Wrigley," which drew 32,103 fans for a Midwest League game. It was believed to be the only Minor League game ever played at Wrigley Field. Iowa is in its 29th season as a Cubs affiliate. Through Tuesday, the Iowa Cubs were 1 1/2 games out of first place in the Northern Division      Deep Freeze wrote:   Hey joe! Glad to hear you are feeling better!!!! Yo Ron!! Yeah , the 51s are the Vegas franchise. Used to be the Dodger's affiliate but the owner refused to upgrade the ANCIENT facilities we have here so the Dodgers left after last season. They now have the Blue Jays here!! The owner here is a moron but..., well, it is minor league. Still, I do enjoy going to the games. You can ALWAYS get a great seat and the price is unbeatable. Funny thing about ticket prices, I paid over $100 a piece for Dodger seats in LA. Paid $70 a piece for the San Francisco seats (luxury area!) and in San Diego, I got the same field level box seats for $55 a piece!!!!      ronhartsell wrote:   Hi Scorp!!  Good hearing from you!! Freeze...you're Las Vegas AAA club will be at Wrigley in August against our AAA club.  Gonna try to make it.       Deep Freeze wrote:   Ah, Promotions! You may recall that I went to a local 51's game a few weeks ago and was somewhat confused as to why it started at 10 in the morning until I arrived to find that it was ELEMENTARY SCHOOL day!!! HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Still, always love a good game! We really enjoyed our trip to AT&T Park in San Francisco! GREAT time in a beautiful park. PETCO park is really nice as well. I have been there a few times and I am really looking forward to this game!!!!      scorpion01 wrote:   THAT SHOULD BE A LOT OF FUN.  I ALWAYS WANTED TO SEE MORE GAVES IN OTHER CITIES. I'VE ONLY BEEN TO BOSTON. BALTIMORE, WASHINGTON, PHILADELPHIA ARE ALL WITHIN A 5 HOUR DRIVE. PITTSBURGH AND CINCINNATTI ARE ALSO WITHIN DRIVING DISTANCE. I SHOULD TAKE MY SON AND TRY TO DO A TRIP ONCE A YEAR.  BROOKLYN CYCLONES OPEN UP NEXT FRIDAY. I HAVE 3 GAMES IN THE FIRST WEEK. IT'S ALWAY GREAT TO SEE THE FANS THAT SIT IN OUR SECTION THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN SINCE SEPTEMBER. THEY HAVE A LOT OF GREAT PROMOTION WHERE THE KIDS GET VERY INVOLVED. OUR LITTLE LEAGUE HAS A NIGHT THERE WHERE THE KIDS IN UNIFORM GET TO TAKE THE FIELD WITH THE PLAYERS FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.    (Quoting Message by Deep Freeze from Wednesday, June 10, 2009 8:48:35 AM)   Deep Freeze wrote:   GREAT news, scorp!! As for me, I am "neck-deep" in baseball these days!! HA!!!!!!!!!!! I really love that baseball package I have from cable. Great stuff! And speaking of baseball, I got tickets to the Dodgers- Padres game for the fourth of July!!! The Princess and I are flying down to San Diego for a week at the end of this month so I grabbed a couple field-box seats for that game!!! Sould be a good time! Edited at: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 10:04:33 AM

CHICAGO -- The Triple-A Iowa Cubs will play the Las Vegas 51s at Wrigley Field on Aug. 9 in an official Pacific Coast League game.

"What a fun thing for young kids to get a chance to see guys who are not far away from playing at Wrigley Field," said Cubs player development director Oneri Fleita. "It's a great thing for our players. You can't replicate that atmosphere anywhere but at Wrigley Field."

The "Road to Wrigley," presented by National City, will include family-friendly priced tickets, activities for children of all ages and traditional Minor League attractions. The game will start at 1:20 p.m. CT, and tickets are available at cubs.com and start as low as $5.

Last July 29, the Class A Peoria Chiefs and Kane County Cougars played in the first "Road to Wrigley," which drew 32,103 fans for a Midwest League game. It was believed to be the only Minor League game ever played at Wrigley Field.

Iowa is in its 29th season as a Cubs affiliate. Through Tuesday, the Iowa Cubs were 1 1/2 games out of first place in the Northern Division

		Deep Freeze wrote:
		Hey joe! Glad to hear you are feeling better!!!! Yo Ron!! Yeah , the 51s are the Vegas franchise. Used to be the Dodger's affiliate but the owner refused to upgrade the ANCIENT facilities we have here so the Dodgers left after last season. They now have the Blue Jays here!! The owner here is a moron but..., well, it is minor league. Still, I do enjoy going to the games. You can ALWAYS get a great seat and the price is unbeatable. Funny thing about ticket prices, I paid over $100 a piece for Dodger seats in LA. Paid $70 a piece for the San Francisco seats (luxury area!) and in San Diego, I got the same field level box seats for $55 a piece!!!!      ronhartsell wrote: Hi Scorp!!  Good hearing from you!! Freeze...you're Las Vegas AAA club will be at Wrigley in August against our AAA club.  Gonna try to make it.       Deep Freeze wrote: Ah, Promotions! You may recall that I went to a local 51's game a few weeks ago and was somewhat confused as to why it started at 10 in the morning until I arrived to find that it was ELEMENTARY SCHOOL day!!! HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Still, always love a good game! We really enjoyed our trip to AT&T Park in San Francisco! GREAT time in a beautiful park. PETCO park is really nice as well. I have been there a few times and I am really looking forward to this game!!!!      scorpion01 wrote: THAT SHOULD BE A LOT OF FUN.  I ALWAYS WANTED TO SEE MORE GAVES IN OTHER CITIES. I'VE ONLY BEEN TO BOSTON. BALTIMORE, WASHINGTON, PHILADELPHIA ARE ALL WITHIN A 5 HOUR DRIVE. PITTSBURGH AND CINCINNATTI ARE ALSO WITHIN DRIVING DISTANCE. I SHOULD TAKE MY SON AND TRY TO DO A TRIP ONCE A YEAR.  BROOKLYN CYCLONES OPEN UP NEXT FRIDAY. I HAVE 3 GAMES IN THE FIRST WEEK. IT'S ALWAY GREAT TO SEE THE FANS THAT SIT IN OUR SECTION THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN SINCE SEPTEMBER. THEY HAVE A LOT OF GREAT PROMOTION WHERE THE KIDS GET VERY INVOLVED. OUR LITTLE LEAGUE HAS A NIGHT THERE WHERE THE KIDS IN UNIFORM GET TO TAKE THE FIELD WITH THE PLAYERS FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.    (Quoting Message by Deep Freeze from Wednesday, June 10, 2009 8:48:35 AM)   Deep Freeze wrote:   GREAT news, scorp!! As for me, I am "neck-deep" in baseball these days!! HA!!!!!!!!!!! I really love that baseball package I have from cable. Great stuff! And speaking of baseball, I got tickets to the Dodgers- Padres game for the fourth of July!!! The Princess and I are flying down to San Diego for a week at the end of this month so I grabbed a couple field-box seats for that game!!! Sould be a good time! Edited at: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 10:04:33 AM

CHICAGO -- The Triple-A Iowa Cubs will play the Las Vegas 51s at Wrigley Field on Aug. 9 in an official Pacific Coast League game.

"What a fun thing for young kids to get a chance to see guys who are not far away from playing at Wrigley Field," said Cubs player development director Oneri Fleita. "It's a great thing for our players. You can't replicate that atmosphere anywhere but at Wrigley Field."

The "Road to Wrigley," presented by National City, will include family-friendly priced tickets, activities for children of all ages and traditional Minor League attractions. The game will start at 1:20 p.m. CT, and tickets are available at cubs.com and start as low as $5.

Last July 29, the Class A Peoria Chiefs and Kane County Cougars played in the first "Road to Wrigley," which drew 32,103 fans for a Midwest League game. It was believed to be the only Minor League game ever played at Wrigley Field.

Iowa is in its 29th season as a Cubs affiliate. Through Tuesday, the Iowa Cubs were 1 1/2 games out of first place in the Northern Division

		Deep Freeze wrote:
		Hey joe! Glad to hear you are feeling better!!!! Yo Ron!! Yeah , the 51s are the Vegas franchise. Used to be the Dodger's affiliate but the owner refused to upgrade the ANCIENT facilities we have here so the Dodgers left after last season. They now have the Blue Jays here!! The owner here is a moron but..., well, it is minor league. Still, I do enjoy going to the games. You can ALWAYS get a great seat and the price is unbeatable. Funny thing about ticket prices, I paid over $100 a piece for Dodger seats in LA. Paid $70 a piece for the San Francisco seats (luxury area!) and in San Diego, I got the same field level box seats for $55 a piece!!!!      ronhartsell wrote: Hi Scorp!!  Good hearing from you!! Freeze...you're Las Vegas AAA club will be at Wrigley in August against our AAA club.  Gonna try to make it.       Deep Freeze wrote: Ah, Promotions! You may recall that I went to a local 51's game a few weeks ago and was somewhat confused as to why it started at 10 in the morning until I arrived to find that it was ELEMENTARY SCHOOL day!!! HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Still, always love a good game! We really enjoyed our trip to AT&T Park in San Francisco! GREAT time in a beautiful park. PETCO park is really nice as well. I have been there a few times and I am really looking forward to this game!!!!      scorpion01 wrote: THAT SHOULD BE A LOT OF FUN.  I ALWAYS WANTED TO SEE MORE GAVES IN OTHER CITIES. I'VE ONLY BEEN TO BOSTON. BALTIMORE, WASHINGTON, PHILADELPHIA ARE ALL WITHIN A 5 HOUR DRIVE. PITTSBURGH AND CINCINNATTI ARE ALSO WITHIN DRIVING DISTANCE. I SHOULD TAKE MY SON AND TRY TO DO A TRIP ONCE A YEAR.  BROOKLYN CYCLONES OPEN UP NEXT FRIDAY. I HAVE 3 GAMES IN THE FIRST WEEK. IT'S ALWAY GREAT TO SEE THE FANS THAT SIT IN OUR SECTION THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN SINCE SEPTEMBER. THEY HAVE A LOT OF GREAT PROMOTION WHERE THE KIDS GET VERY INVOLVED. OUR LITTLE LEAGUE HAS A NIGHT THERE WHERE THE KIDS IN UNIFORM GET TO TAKE THE FIELD WITH THE PLAYERS FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.    (Quoting Message by Deep Freeze from Wednesday, June 10, 2009 8:48:35 AM)   Deep Freeze wrote:   GREAT news, scorp!! As for me, I am "neck-deep" in baseball these days!! HA!!!!!!!!!!! I really love that baseball package I have from cable. Great stuff! And speaking of baseball, I got tickets to the Dodgers- Padres game for the fourth of July!!! The Princess and I are flying down to San Diego for a week at the end of this month so I grabbed a couple field-box seats for that game!!! Sould be a good time! Edited at: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 10:04:33 AM

Hello Defenders!!

Had my patches taken off today and I'm feelling relieved already! OMG.. The itching... indescriptive.. I'm so glad that part of the test is over with.. now I'm just left with the red burns, welts and blisters on my back that I'm still not allowed to scratch lol.. I've already from less than 48 hours got some results of what is causing the allergies but some are still 'cultivating' and I'll know the full list by Friday.. then the madness can stop lol.
I'm going shopping for new drumming stuff tomorrow!! Yay!!

THAT SHOULD BE A LOT OF FUN.  I ALWAYS WANTED TO SEE MORE GAVES IN OTHER CITIES. I'VE ONLY BEEN TO BOSTON. BALTIMORE, WASHINGTON, PHILADELPHIA ARE ALL WITHIN A 5 HOUR DRIVE. PITTSBURGH AND CINCINNATTI ARE ALSO WITHIN DRIVING DISTANCE. I SHOULD TAKE MY SON AND TRY TO DO A TRIP ONCE A YEAR. 

BROOKLYN CYCLONES OPEN UP NEXT FRIDAY. I HAVE 3 GAMES IN THE FIRST WEEK. IT'S ALWAY GREAT TO SEE THE FANS THAT SIT IN OUR SECTION THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN SINCE SEPTEMBER. THEY HAVE A LOT OF GREAT PROMOTION WHERE THE KIDS GET VERY INVOLVED. OUR LITTLE LEAGUE HAS A NIGHT THERE WHERE THE KIDS IN UNIFORM GET TO TAKE THE FIELD WITH THE PLAYERS FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.

		Deep Freeze wrote:
		GREAT news, scorp!! As for me, I am "neck-deep" in baseball these days!! HA!!!!!!!!!!! I really love that baseball package I have from cable. Great stuff! And speaking of baseball, I got tickets to the Dodgers- Padres game for the fourth of July!!! The Princess and I are flying down to San Diego for a week at the end of this month so I grabbed a couple field-box seats for that game!!! Sould be a good time!