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Mine seems self-explanatory. Alum of UConn '76 and so old! The picture is a carousel horse from around CT that I took and liked.
Lots of Milford connections here! I was a kid in Milford from 55-66 and went to Devon school except for the last year when we were bussed out to Pumpkin Delight School (who names these things?)
 


The "short, short" version. My family is a self-described "bunch of bears", bouncy, fun-loving, a bit loud, enjoy a good meal. I'm a former package store owner/manager who loves red wine, most especially a good pinot noir. Ergo, ....
 
pinotbear said:
The "short, short" version. My family is a self-described "bunch of bears", bouncy, fun-loving, a bit loud, enjoy a good meal. I'm a former package store owner/manager who loves red wine, most especially a good pinot noir. Ergo, ....
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Mawage. Mawage is wot bwings us togeder tooday. Mawage, that bwessed awangment, that dweam wifin a dweam...

Boo
 
My handle is actually a nickname derived from my handle on a hockey message board. Strange but true.
 
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It's one of the things mom called me -- usually an in-trouble moniker, but a couple steps below "John Robert!".

With sis a moderator, I think I had in mind it'd be easy for her to recognize it as mine, but that was a long time ago and I can't confidently vouch for the veracity of that statement...
 
Born in Chicago, raised in North Shore suburbs. As a result, I grew up an avid
Cubbies fan. Handle is/was my Air Force call sign, as well as a quasi-political
statement, on behalf of all Chicago land.

Was transferred to Connecticut in 1976 and lived in New Fairfield. My kids all graduated
from the New Fairfield high school, so when their star girl's basketball player signed a LOI
to Uconn, I became interested.

Her name is Jennifer Rizzoti.
 
JRRRJ said:
but that was a long time ago and I can't confidently vouch for the veracity of that statement...
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I sometimes miss those long gone days. There were some great ones... who could forget the expertise displayed by Wonkster as he so deftly exercised his woodchipper or how about all of those wonderful BY trials... the last one I recall taking place on this forum was the one brought against your sis for saying some despicably nice things about Dook. I think she have even compounded her offense by correctly spelling their name like a mature adult... Ah, those were the days...

Old Boo
 
dtbtbtb stands for: Diana Taurasi Back To Back To Back as that was the time I've found the boneyard and DT was (and is) my favorite player. At one time Eric asked me if Maya gets 3 will i change my name to mmbtbtb but unfortunately i didn't have to ponder that for too long. However, if Stewie does win 4 than maybe I'll change my name to bsbtbtbtb :)
 
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dtbtbtb said:
dtbtbtb stands for: Diana Taurasi Back To Back To Back as that was the time I've found the boneyard and DT was (and is) my favorite player. At one time Eric asked me if Maya gets 3 will i change my name to mmbtbtb but unfortunately i didn't have to ponder that for too long. However, if Stewie does win 4 than maybe I'll change my name to bsbtbtbtb :)
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And Morgan could make it ridiculous...

and sublime.
 
pinotbear said:


The "short, short" version. My family is a self-described "bunch of bears", bouncy, fun-loving, a bit loud, enjoy a good meal. I'm a former package store owner/manager who loves red wine, most especially a good pinot noir. Ergo, ....
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Maya - Why are you so into Pinot?

Miles - "Uh, I don't know, I don't know. Um, it's a hard grape to grow, as you know. Right? It's uh, it's thin-skinned, temperamental, ripens early. It's, you know, it's not a survivor like Cabernet, which can just grow anywhere and uh, thrive even when it's neglected. No, Pinot needs constant care and attention. You know? And in fact it can only grow in these really specific, little, tucked away corners of the world. And, and only the most patient and nurturing of growers can do it, really. Only somebody who really takes the time to understand Pinot's potential can then coax it into its fullest expression. Then, I mean, oh its flavors, they're just the most haunting and brilliant and thrilling and subtle and... ancient on the planet."

Miles - No, if anyone orders Merlot, I'm leaving. I am NOT drinking any *&^%ing Merlot!

From the movie Sideways. Paul Giamatti at his best.
 
dtbtbtb said:
dtbtbtb stands for: Diana Taurasi Back To Back To Back as that was the time I've found the boneyard and DT was (and is) my favorite player. At one time Eric asked me if Maya gets 3 will i change my name to mmbtbtb but unfortunately i didn't have to ponder that for too long. However, if Stewie does win 4 than maybe I'll change my name to bsbtbtbtb :)
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And all this time I just thought you stuttered..

with your fingers. :cool:
 
vtcwbuff said:
Maya - Why are you so into Pinot?

Miles - "Uh, I don't know, I don't know. Um, it's a hard grape to grow, as you know. Right? It's uh, it's thin-skinned, temperamental, ripens early. It's, you know, it's not a survivor like Cabernet, which can just grow anywhere and uh, thrive even when it's neglected. No, Pinot needs constant care and attention. You know? And in fact it can only grow in these really specific, little, tucked away corners of the world. And, and only the most patient and nurturing of growers can do it, really. Only somebody who really takes the time to understand Pinot's potential can then coax it into its fullest expression. Then, I mean, oh its flavors, they're just the most haunting and brilliant and thrilling and subtle and... ancient on the planet."

Miles - No, if anyone orders Merlot, I'm leaving. I am NOT drinking any *&^%ing Merlot!

From the movie Sideways. Paul Giamatti at his best.
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Great movie.
 
JRRRJ said:
It's one of the things mom called me -- usually an in-trouble moniker, but a couple steps below "John Robert!".
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What comes to mind :p

 
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Welcome back! It's going to be a GREAT season. Oh, this is a reply to Ice.
 
Mine's fairly easy - my favorite musical plus my age.

OK, I'm not 89, I was married in 1989.

The avatar is of my cats. The one on the left died from cancer in May 2013.
 
Ursusminor; rather literally, "little bear". Pinotbear is my father, and I'm pretty sure I'm the youngest of the bears by some number of decades. I may have actually been 17, i.e. a minor, when I joined up.

My avatar (the calico kitty) is of our foster cat the first night she came home and decided she liked the bathtub. She was adopted last summer. I may change it soon to be the other cat, who turned out to be a keeper.
 
LesMis89 said:
Mine's fairly easy - my favorite musical plus my age.

OK, I'm not 89, I was married in 1989.

The avatar is of my cats. The one on the left died from cancer in May 2013.
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Love your avatar. I'm sorry you lost him/her. It is hard, like losing a member of your family.
 
slug25 said:
I was a proud member of a frat at Middlebury known locally as "Slug." When I played soccer there (under UCONN legend Joe Morrone) I wore uniform #25.
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When did you play soccer at Middlebury? I played on the Springfield College team, and we played at Middlebury in the fall of 1962.
 
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Back in the late 80's I think when the second of the "Back to the Future" movies came out, my then young son and I had a little "disagreement". I don't remember what it was about anymore but in his fit of anger at me and the "parental position" I was taking, he called me "mean old Biff" after the "mean old Biff " character from the movie. The mean old Biff moniker stuck for awhile whenever he was unhappy with me and eventually it got shortened to "Biff". Many people know me first by that name vs my real name now. And, I kinda adopted it as my nom de Guerre for my on-line presence and my "artwork".

As far as the Avatar, Gort represents my usual demeanor and attitude as a moderator and a person. If I don't like you I just zap you out of existence. If I do like you I still zap you out of existence but might feel bad about it.....maybe.
 
I saw a picture on eBay of a woman palming a basketball back in the 1930s. She was a member of the All American Red Heads. A barnstorming team that travelled the country only playing against men and by their rules.

I was fascinated and won it. That began a long obsession with learning more about this team and the history of womens basketball

I tracked down the second owner and he became like a second father to me. It became my mission to help bring this team back from obscurity and educate others about their significance to women's basketball.

It far exceeded my wildest dreams. Becoming friends with some of the greatest women to step on the court while traveling across country to reunions, a exhibition game against alumni of Portland trailblazers at senior pan am games to the WBHOF and more.

Yet the most important thing was their induction as the 1st women's basketball team ever into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. The owner of the team had the dream of being inducted there. I asked him if he minded if I wrote the nomination. He said he was honored but laughed because no women's team would ever be inducted. He didn't live to see it happen.. Yet his dream was realized.
 
My real name is Glenn and my first 39 years were in Brooklyn/Danielson.My nickname is derived from the fact that I love ice cream and Caramel ice cream is my favorite,hands down.
 
Jackalope said:
In the summer of 1981, between college graduation and graduate school, I got a job as a counselor on a Teen Tour. I ended up on a tour which had about 60 15 year old boys and girls.
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Great story! You are a very brave soul, Jackalope. Spending eight weeks with 60 different adolescent 15 year olds sounds like a potential nightmare. Although, from my own experience, I've found that kids get a nicer once they hit 16 and want the car keys.
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As to our handle / user name, we are working, living and loving life here in 102 degree Palm Springs, California. It's paradise eight months out of the year. This is definitely not one of those months!

We very recently changed our avatar. It used to be the number "9" made up of basketballs. However, it was hard to make out that they were orange basketballs due to the small size, so a couple of people misinterpreted our allegiances. Here's hoping for a healthy and perfect "10" 2014/2015 hoops season!
 
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