[CBFF] Introduction
Victor Waldron (CBFF)
victor at chicagobearsfanforum.com
Fri Feb 23 11:31:48 MST 2007
Wings actually. This is a wings group.
V
Kenny Claxton wrote:
> And pizza.
>
> On 2/23/07, hrote2003 at comcast.net <hrote2003 at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Thank you for the welcome, so the newest member buys the drinks? I can
>> settle for that.
>>
>> Harold
>>
>> -------------- Original message --------------
>> From: "Phil DeNomme" <pdenomme at gmail.com>
>>
>>
>>> Welcome Harold. You got the first round of drinks! ;)
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: cbff-bounces at chicagobearsfanforum.com
>>> [mailto:cbff-bounces at chicagobearsfanforum.com] On Behalf Of
>>> hrote2003 at comcast.net
>>> Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 8:01 AM
>>> To: post at chicagobearsfanforum.com
>>> Subject: Re: [CBFF] Introduction
>>>
>>> Hello, and thank you very much for the welcome as well. Well, joking
>>>
>> around
>>
>>> and jibes here and there are not to bad, but that and flat out
>>>
>> disrespect is
>>
>>> a huge difference, as you know. People do not have to agree on
>>>
>> everything,
>>
>>> but can still have respect for each other.
>>>
>>> Harold
>>>
>>> -------------- Original message --------------
>>> From: "Victor Waldron (CBFF)"
>>>
>>>
>>>> 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:
>>>>> To:
>>>>> 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
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 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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