"smacdo" <fake@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> "BobInBoulder" <binb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
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>> Our Newsgroup Kicks Your Newsgroup's Ass
>>
>> Members of asbbr, not satisfied with being fans of a team that will
>> probably win their second WS title in 4 years, spent the better part
>> of a week gloating over the fact that their newsgroup was so superior
>> in activity to any of their foes. Led by "smacdo," an unemployed
>> 30-year old living in his mother's basement who has not seen the sun
>> in 4-years but has been plugged in to the rest of the world via the
>> superhighway, asbbr members, most of whom do not have jobs,
>> girlfriends, or lives outside of usenet, chided other ngs for their
>> lack of posting activity.
>>
>> "That team obviously has no fan base," snarled smacdo. "Have you seen
>> their ng? It is dead over there, man." When told that other team's
>> fans may actually have something called a "life," asbbr fans asked,
>> almost in unison, "what is that?"
>
>
> Very amusing Bob.
That was my only intent.
But I can tell you that I *do* have a life, a job, I own
> my own home, my mother has been dead for several years, and I am married
> happily.
>
> In fact, I normally don't bother going into these details, but the job I
> have carries a tremendous amount of responsibility. If you have
travelled
> in an aircraft overseas anytime in the last six or seven years, I have
> likely had your life directly in my hands.
>
> Oh, and I am actually older than 30 but less than 40.
And I was of course kidding with my post. I worked for Boeing for 12
years,
commercial, and saw the world on their dime. So thanks, for whatever you
do. Not a bad gig at all. But I am currently posting this from my
mother's
basement. ;)
>
> But other than that...bang on. And it still doesn't change the fact
that
> Denver isn't a baseball town. Its a football town, and a pretty good
> hockey town. Like I said, there is no shame in jumping on a bandwagon,
it
> happens all the time. The shame is in acting like you have been there
all
> along.
I haven't been there all along. I don't like baseball. But Denver does.
As evidenced by their history. Unprecedented history in MLB. That is my
main point. None of the other cities you mentioned hold MLB attendance
records. Denver does.
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