[CBFF] this years convention...

Tue Apr 3 10:12:45 MDT 2007

I'll admit, his name sounded familiar but I wasn't sure who he was.  Haines 
was another one that I knew I had heard, but wouldn't have been able to tell 
you much about him until I looked him up online....
I think there are a handful that are known forever, the rest do become a bit 
"anonymous" as you say.

teri
~A Morning  Without Coffee is Sleep~
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From: "mactbone" <mactbone0 at yahoo.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 11:06 AM
Subject: Re: [CBFF] this years convention...

> OK, your story reminded me of something.
>
> In 2003 I worked at an internship in Orland Park. We worked out of a side 
> building the boss had next to his house. He seemed pretty well connected 
> and mentioned some people he had worked with. I didn't really think much 
> of it but then one day some old guy came by to borrow the boss's ladder. 
> So, I helped get him loaded up and then after he left my boss said that 
> that was Ronnie Bull. I'm pretty young so I had no clue who Ronnie Bull 
> is, but he showed me some magazine with him on the cover as RoY.
>
> It's really not much of a story, but it made me think about how anonymous 
> these guys get.
> -Chris
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: mom2iancal <senzigx4 at charter.net>
> To: post at chicagobearsfanforum.com
> Sent: Tuesday, April 3, 2007 11:25:58 AM
> Subject: [CBFF] this years convention...
>
>
> Convention was a bit of a disappointment this year.  The disorganization 
> of the autograph sessions was at an all time high...well I only have last 
> year to compare it to, but it was horrible compared to last year!!!  We 
> were told by several security people (not hotel security, but workers 
> hired for the convention) that doors to line up for autograph sessions 
> wouldn't open until 9:00.  (sessions started at 9:30)...hotel people 
> didn't get that memo apparantly and people were allowed to camp out in 
> line.  There were several lines that had already been cut off by  8:00am 
> on saturday.  So we ended up not even trying to get any that day.  Last 
> year they cut the lines off at 300 people, this year (with a sold out 
> convention) they reduced the number to 200....   The lines were 
> disorganized, people were fighting, lots of angry fans...even on sunday it 
> was horrible!!!  We talked to a couple of guys who had gotten in a line 
> Saturday morning that had Fred Miller listed...well he showed
> up late and a lot of people who wanted his autograph were out of luck.  My 
> brother ran into him outside the hotel so he got his autograph, but we 
> weren't there so out of luck again. LOL
>
> Saturday we ended up going to a break out session with JA, phillips and 
> lovie.  My son liked that a lot and even got up and asked Lovie a 
> question, so that was the hi-lite of the convention for him.  He tried for 
> Lovie's autograph, but lovie only signed a handful of autographs and then 
> scooted out to have his pix takend with some lady and her baby...she had 
> gotten up and showed pix from the last couple of conventions of Lovie and 
> her when she was pregnant, then last year with the little girl and wanted 
> another one this year.  He did get Jerry Angelop and Ted Phillips, though 
> Phillips was a bit of a jerk I thought.   Angelo was signing and being 
> pretty friendly, but then said "last one" and signed something from a 
> grown up.  Then a kid next to my son and I said "Come on Jerry, we're just 
> kids here..." so he did sign that boys hat and my son's football.
>
> Sunday autograph session wasn't any better.  My son and I got in line  a 
> little before  8:00 on sunday and it was already a mob scene.  We asked a 
> worker where the end of the line was, she walked us to it and said here 
> you go....well she was wrong and we had people swearing at us!!  another 
> guy who had been led to the same end of the line as I was, stepped in and 
> helped us out and we found the correct end of the line.
>
> Ian wanted his Steve McMichael card signed, so that was our plan to go to 
> his stage first.  Well that stage was cut off at 200 people by about 
> 8:30-8:45.  So we picked another stage...mostly old timers.  the only 
> younger players there were Antonio Garay and Dvoracek but he had gotten 
> their autographs at a kids only session.  So he picked a line with Ronni 
> Bull, Calvin Thomas and Kris Haines...of course he was clueless as to who 
> any of them were.  By the time we got those autographs, the Idoneje line 
> for 11:30 was closed as was another one he wanted so he said "forget it, 
> Mom...it's not worth it"  Not the experience I was hoping for for him, but 
> that's okay. He still had fun.
>
> He also really wanted his Richard Dent and Gayle Sayers cards signed, but 
> you had to win on a scratch off ticket to get those.  OR you had to buy 
> something in order to get their autograph...or, if you were lucky run into 
> them in the lobby which, of course, we didn't.
>
> I doubt we'll go back to the convention next year, though.  We'll plan our 
> next trip to the city and just do some more museums and sightseeing with 
> the kids.  We're thinking of planning a trip to training camp instead....
>
>
> Teri
>
>
>
> ~A Morning  Without Coffee is Sleep~
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