My Formal Rather Belated Introduction!!!
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From: Chagney Hunt on 7 Apr 2010 18:38 On Apr 7, 6:26 pm, "Bob" <B...(a)Bob.com> wrote: > Chagney Hunt wrote: > > On Apr 7, 6:06 pm, "Bob" <B...(a)Bob.com> wrote: > >> Chagney Hunt wrote: > >>> On Apr 7, 5:14 pm, "Mark V." <markvande...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >>>> On Apr 7, 2:03 pm, "Bob" <B...(a)Bob.com> wrote: > > >>>>> The Scrutineer wrote: > >>>>>> Nice to indulge in football chat with you all, and hopefully for > >>>>>> a long time to come!!! > > >>>>> Don't take it as a snub or rudeness that some of us belong to the > >>>>> anonymous user group. It's very nice to have your positive > >>>>> influence in the group. Belated welcome. > > >>>> Too bad, Bob. I was looking forward to reading yours. (Hobby: > >>>> Collecting berets?) But I can't blame any poster for wanting to > >>>> conserve their anonymity! > > >>> Berets? My guess would have been tin-foiled hats :-) *ducks* > > >> Typical unsubstantiated claim made by conformists about those that > >> don't fit their favorite mold. > > > Dude, you have direct truth line to god, don't you need tin-foiled hat > > to be receptive? > > do you ever have a point to discuss or put downs are what you live for? > :-) I saw them as baits rather than put-downs, but if that's how you feel, my apology. > > (Conformist? hah, there's always first time, I guess) > > I can't remember any of your interventions that would show the opposite. Naturally.
From: Bob on 7 Apr 2010 18:50 Chagney Hunt wrote: > On Apr 7, 6:26 pm, "Bob" <B...(a)Bob.com> wrote: >> Chagney Hunt wrote: >>> On Apr 7, 6:06 pm, "Bob" <B...(a)Bob.com> wrote: >>>> Chagney Hunt wrote: >>>>> On Apr 7, 5:14 pm, "Mark V." <markvande...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >>>>>> On Apr 7, 2:03 pm, "Bob" <B...(a)Bob.com> wrote: >> >>>>>>> The Scrutineer wrote: >>>>>>>> Nice to indulge in football chat with you all, and hopefully >>>>>>>> for a long time to come!!! >> >>>>>>> Don't take it as a snub or rudeness that some of us belong to >>>>>>> the anonymous user group. It's very nice to have your positive >>>>>>> influence in the group. Belated welcome. >> >>>>>> Too bad, Bob. I was looking forward to reading yours. (Hobby: >>>>>> Collecting berets?) But I can't blame any poster for wanting to >>>>>> conserve their anonymity! >> >>>>> Berets? My guess would have been tin-foiled hats :-) *ducks* >> >>>> Typical unsubstantiated claim made by conformists about those that >>>> don't fit their favorite mold. >> >>> Dude, you have direct truth line to god, don't you need tin-foiled >>> hat to be receptive? >> >> do you ever have a point to discuss or put downs are what you live >> for? >> > > :-) I saw them as baits rather than put-downs, but if that's how you > feel, my apology. Your pursuing me for months making disparaging comments without ever formulating an argument about anything specific is just "baiting"? Why didn't I think of that. >>> (Conformist? hah, there's always first time, I guess) >> >> I can't remember any of your interventions that would show the >> opposite. > > Naturally. just give me one.
From: Chagney Hunt on 7 Apr 2010 19:20 On Apr 7, 6:50 pm, "Bob" <B...(a)Bob.com> wrote: > Your pursuing me for months making disparaging comments without ever > formulating an argument about anything specific is just "baiting"? Why > didn't I think of that. I haven't posted often for months, let alone pursuing you (Which, lets face it, getting drawn into a full blown argument with you is akin to masochism. You are never wrong, like Benny) > > Naturally. > > just give me one. Why would I do something so futile?
From: MH on 7 Apr 2010 19:23 Bob wrote: > The Scrutineer wrote: >> Nice to indulge in football chat with you all, and hopefully for a >> long time to come!!! > > Don't take it as a snub or rudeness that some of us belong to the anonymous > user group. It's very nice to have your positive influence in the group. > Belated welcome. > > I have no problem with people wanting to remain anonymous, or to avoid the spam that comes with posting using a real email address (which is why I don't use my real one), but I am curious (genuinely) as to where you come from, where you are located, what other sports you follow, why the interest in French football etc.
From: Chagney Hunt on 7 Apr 2010 21:20
On Apr 7, 11:56 am, "Mark V." <markvande...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > On Apr 7, 4:34 am, Clément <lcmello.lis...(a)terra.com.br> wrote: > > > On Apr 6, 9:29 am, "The Scrutineer" wrote: > > > > Sorry for wasting a thread, but I'm Daniel, born and bred Australian, with > > > European heritage!!! > > > No need to be sorry. Nice thread! > > > My name is Luiz Mello and I am from Vitória, Brazil. > > I didn't know that, Luiz! I'll start mine here since I "discovered" my > love for soccer in your home state. > > First, I'd like to offer a belated welcome to the group to Daniel. > You've been a breath of fresh air to the group and hope you continue > posting here. > > Mark Vander Ven. 43. I have lived in several places in the US, but > call Seattle, Washington my home. I moved here a couple of years ago > from a small city called Bellingham, Washington near the US - Canadian > border. > > I currently teach geography, environmental studies, and birdwatching > (not kidding!) classes at three different community colleges/ > universities in Washington State, but am thinking about a career > switch. > > I grew up a fan of North American sports, but developed a cynicism > towards spectator sports by my early 20s and had largely become an > apostate until I participated in a semester-abroad program in > Guarapari, Brazil during the 1990 World Cup and was hit by the > contagion full-on! > > Since I developed a late interest in soccer, I am not really into > immuatable partisanship. I have preferred Arsenal in Europe, in part > because Dennis Bergkamp was one of my early favorites. I'd never > followed a US side until the Seattle Sounders arrived in MLS last > year. > > Favorite players have been Milla, Bergkamp, Redondo, McBride, Eddie > Pope, Romario. Name: Thach Age: Early 30 Born in the extreme south of Vietnam, but grew up in Saigon, Dalat, with significant time spent in Phanthiet. All three places still mean a lot to me, even though I felt like a total guest the last time I visited. Moved to the US at 17 with barely a word of English, I somehow got an Engineering degree from Georgia Tech at 22 (they have very lenient English department!). I worked for IBM in NC for a few years, quit, then traded futures and commodities for a while with my then gf, making a small fortune then promptly lost most of it back (taught me the importance of hedging). Relationship failed (not due to money issues), I got wanderlust and moved to Seattle for a year, doing web developing for pennies -- then moved back to NC and opened a Vietnamese restaurant in Chapel Hill. It was a success (though not so much in monetary term), but some problems developed and I sold the place, then moved to San Diego to be close to my best friend who was found with cancer. He died anyway. I moved back to NC, working to get into Pharmacy school, hoping for a more settled life in the future. I watched some matches in 86, but more out of peers pressure than genuine curiosity -- so like most people around me at the time, I supported France. When they lost to Germany in the semi, I was sad for about 2 minutes. I watched all the matches in 88, having made a conscious decision to support England. At the time, England was as fashionable as Norway or Turkey. So of course, I got laughed at and ridiculed as they lost all 3 games -- which only hardened my commitment. By 1990, I got interested in football in earnest, beginning get into the lesser players and teams. At the time, Italian clubs were all the rave, and Milan were the best of all -- and I simply couldn't stand them. I thought it was utterly ridiculous when their "best team money can buy" clobbered a pretty good Fiorentina 7-3 (and IIRC, they went undefeated until they were taken down by Parma's Asprilla). As my favorite player at the time was John Barnes, and I started listening to the Beatles, I chose to obsess over Liverpool and that obsession kept on growing. The most joyous moment of those early years was when Liverpool gunning Auxerre 3-0 to overturn 0-2 first leg defeat. I lost touch with club football for a while after moving to the US, only learning the scores occasionally through USA Today. Only after I got into college, I discovered Soccer America, World Soccer, and most importantly, the internet -- I was obsessed with the Liverpool's website (maintained by a Kiwi) and The Telegraph's Sports section. I also started posting to rss around that time. I played football since I was a child. We played on top of a hill, a misskick and someone would have to run 10m downhill to retrieve the ball. I played less after moving to Saigon (concrete surfaces do terrible thing to your feet). In high school, we had a great team and went close twice (they won the school championship after I've left for the US). In the US, I played but only made the JV team. I did pretty good as a winger in the first couple trainings -- until the coach began endurance training. After 3-5 miles of hard running in ridiculous hot weather, I wanted to die more than playing football. Confession: I missed Liverpool's "7 minutes of madness" live. I got so pissed off at the half, I switch the match off and took my frustration out on online gaming. Even when my friend called me, I thought he was pulling my legs. I checked the score online in amazement, and enjoyed the rest of the game, in an elated euphoric state. |