"BobInBoulder" <binb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Fred Burton" <fburton@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> "BobInBoulder" <binb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> "smacdo" <fake@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>> "BobInBoulder" <binb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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.
>>
>>
>> Then go away and pay attention to the Broncos.
>>
>
> You non-baseball fan bigot!
>
Not at all. I like many other s****ts as well. But if I did hate a
particular
s****t, I wouldn't make pest of myself in a NG for that s****t as you are
doing.
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