[CBFF] Introduction

Victor Waldron (CBFF) victor at chicagobearsfanforum.com
Fri Feb 23 06:07:59 MST 2007 

Harold-
If you think this group lacks people who could be labeled a "smartass" 
you are gravely mistaken.

;)

In all seriousness, personal jibes are thrown around here all the time 
but we all respect one another. Welcome to our little Bears community.

Vic

mom2iancal wrote:
> Welcome, Harold!! I could  hazard a guess as to who the "smartass" was on 
> the other list....it is also how I came to be a member over here!  Let me 
> tell ya, best list move I've ever made!!!   (smartass is too kind of a word, 
> by the way LOL)
>
> Last year was my first year at the fan convention as well and it was so much 
> fun!!!  We are going  again this year and taking the kids with us this 
> time...
>
> Again, Welcome!!
>
> teri
>
>
>
> ~A Morning  Without Coffee is Sleep~
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <hrote2003 at comcast.net>
> To: <post at chicagobearsfanforum.com>
> Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 2:46 AM
> Subject: Re: [CBFF] Introduction
>
>
>   
>> Hello and thank you for the welcome.  I like the fact that people can as 
>> you say, agree to disagree and still be grown up enough to accept that.  I 
>> just have a big problem with people who think they are above everybody and 
>> can be a complete smartass about it.  I find that in many cases, because 
>> we do not all live in Chicago or close by Chicago, that we all do not get 
>> the same coverage, whether it be radio, television, newspaper or whatever, 
>> to let us know of current happenings going on with the team.  We all do 
>> not have the same amount of time to be on the net, watch TV, work 
>> different hours and more differences, that make it impossible for us all 
>> to know everything about the team as it is happening.   Knowing that, I 
>> had a circumstance that somebody became a real smartass.  Anyway, as corny 
>> as this may sound, I have always when come across Bears fans from all over 
>> the country, for the most part, I have found them to be some of the more 
>> respectful and fair minded people.  Another g
>> ood attribute about Bears Fans, for the most part anyway.  To make a long 
>> story short, last year when I was at the Bears Fan Club Convention, since 
>> it was my first time being able to attend one, when I asked questions 
>> about it, while there, everybody I came in contact with was more then 
>> helpful.  Helpful to the point that it actually felt extremely comfortable 
>> being somewhere I had never been, and I was not made to feel stupid asking 
>> questions, since I had never been there before.  Oh well, I do look 
>> forward to getting to the Upcoming Training camp, as it should be a 
>> fantastic time.  It would really be cool to get a chance to maybe meet 
>> others there who I am sure will have the pleasure to eventually meet here 
>> in this forum.
>>
>> Harold
>>
>> -------------- Original message -------------- 
>> From: Jan van der Laan <dutchjan_61nl at yahoo.co.uk>
>>
>>     
>>> Hey Harold,
>>>
>>> The best thing about this list: openminded people who (most of the time) 
>>> agree
>>> to disagree.
>>> And yes i had the same experience as you had, it's almost scary :) 
>>> becoming a
>>> Bears fan.
>>> And from personal experience I can tell you visiting trainingcamp is 
>>> fantastic.
>>> Just being able to see them up close playing this great game: awesome.
>>> Enjoy your stay here.
>>>
>>> Jan
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ---- 
>>> From: "hrote2003 at comcast.net"
>>> To: post at chicagobearsfanforum.com
>>> Sent: Friday, 23 February, 2007 2:43:39 AM
>>> Subject: [CBFF] Introduction
>>>
>>>
>>> Hello to all out there. I just joined this forum earlier today, as it was
>>> emailed to me as an alternate to another Chicago Bears Fan Group in yahoo 
>>> that I
>>> was subscribed in. Anyway, I am a Bears fan of course, and have been 
>>> since the
>>> early 80's, yes before they won the Superbowl in 1985, or 1986, depending 
>>> on how
>>> you look at it(smile). I live in Columbia, Pennsylvania and am originally 
>>> from
>>> Pennsylvania. Back in 1981 I went into the Navy and low and behold 22 
>>> years
>>> later in September of 2003 I retired from the Navy and moved back to
>>> Pennsylvania. Not by choice, but out of the need to be near my sons until 
>>> they
>>> were on their own. Anyway, I have been to Chicago quite a few times, only
>>> vacationing and such, never for any long length of time. I must admit, if 
>>> I had
>>> my way, I would move their rather then stay here, but thats another 
>>> story.
>>> Anyway, back when I became a Bears fan, I became one after reading some
>>> books, and finding out more and more about their History. As corny as 
>>> this may
>>> sound, the Tradition of the Bears, and for the most part that tradition 
>>> staying
>>> somewhat in tact through the years up till now has kept me a Bears Fan. 
>>> Yes, I
>>> prefer for my favorite sports teams to win as much as humanly possible, 
>>> but to
>>> me who they are means more then the record. One recent action of that was
>>> something I had read in yahoo sports back when Lovie first became the 
>>> Bears head
>>> coach and then drafted Tommie Harris. I had read that in a personal 
>>> meeting
>>> between Lovie and Tommie, Lovie had asked Tommie who he was. Supposedly, 
>>> Tommie
>>> started to answer that question by saying he was a football player and so 
>>> on,
>>> then Lovie reiterated he wanted to know "who he was, not what he did" 
>>> Anyway,
>>> my point being that throughout the years, to me, they have kept that 
>>> personality
>>> trait in tact. Thats pretty much How I became a
>>> Bears Fan. Last year, I had the fortune to attend the Bears Fan Club
>>> Convention, and had an absolute blast! Met some players, some current and 
>>> some
>>> past, got several autographs, got my picture taken with a Steve McMichael 
>>> and
>>> Nathan Vasher, and the picture I am most proud of, actually got my 
>>> picture taken
>>> with Staley!!! I wish I would been able to do more over the past several 
>>> years,
>>> attend games and such, but as any one can attest to who has been in the
>>> Military, thats your life. But when I finally got out back in 2003, I 
>>> made the
>>> promise to myself to do a lot more and I have done that. This next 
>>> Training
>>> Camp for the Bears, since I am not going to the Convention this year, I 
>>> am
>>> taking a week off during the start of Training camp and am going out to
>>> Bourbannais for a week and hit all the practices as I can. Should be fun.
>>> Anyway, I apologize for making this so long.
>>> I do appreciate getting to join this forum, and look forward to reading
>>> posts and getting to know others out there. I feel the need to mention 
>>> that I
>>> am not a ESPN Sports analyst so I do not know everything about everything 
>>> about
>>> players and coaches like their eating habits and bathroom habits, and how 
>>> they
>>> like to put their toilet paper on the hanger in the bathroom. I mention 
>>> that
>>> because as in the yahoo group Chicago Bears Fan Forum, it seems that if 
>>> you do
>>> not know things like that, they talk to you as if you are an idiot, and I 
>>> have
>>> no time for that. I ask questions, I like to ask for others opinions 
>>> about
>>> things, things that may seem rather simple, but I ask them because I Like 
>>> to
>>> find out what I do not know. That does not make me dumb, it makes me 
>>> curious
>>> and wanting to learn more. Well, thats about it for me, I do apologize 
>>> again
>>> for rambling on. I again do look forward to meeting others and and 
>>> getting to
>>> know them and especially reading about the greatest footba
>>> ll team around, DA BEARS!!
>>> Have a wonderful evening all!!
>>>
>>> Harold
>>>
>>>
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