Why the Yard

[Deepster]

Here’s a good Boneyard story. Jake Voskuhl’s uncle Jim used to post here under the name Bucky. Great guy. Great sense of humor. I got to know him off the board a little and he ended up battling and losing to lung cancer. He was a big smoker.

After he died, I got a box sent to me with a ball signed by Jake and a note from Bucky thanking me for checking in on him and making him laugh and feel “normal” when he was going through all his medical issues.

I always felt that was the type of other layer that the Boneyard had that made it special and different than other spots. I was hoping to somehow get near Jake last night to tell him about the ball but I couldn’t.

 

[BlueandOG]

Write "time flies" rather than tempus fugit. Most readers are not fluent in Latin.

 

[dennismenace]

I just posted a comment in another thread that would have fit better in this thread. Wish I knew how to move posts where they belong. This can be a tough place but if you love UConn men’s basketball it is the only place to be if you really want to know what is going on with our team.

This.

 

[CL82]

I just posted a comment in another thread that would have fit better in this thread. Wish I knew how to move posts where they belong. This can be a tough place but if you love UConn men’s basketball it is the only place to be if you really want to know what is going on with our team.

I think I would just copy and repost. If you're still within the first 15 minutes of the original original post you could then just delete it.

 

[freshler40]

Oh Boneyard, yea of armchair thoughts and fingers reaching across the internet. We, of weak legs from many leaps, most of faith with some reward are grateful for the sharing with the faithful. When, we pass through the big door, that has two exits, we hope for a continued connection. Thanks, from the couch.

 

[HooperScooper]

On the old Hartford current board, I in Connecticut basketball, particularly recruits and visits etc. his answer was "The Boneyard". I gave it a look and have been hooked ever since.

How can it be "old" and "current" at the same time?

 

[CL82]

How can it be "old" and "current" at the same time?

Time is relative to the viewer's perspective, or so said Einstein.

 

[Hunt for 7]

Time is relative to the viewer's perspective, or so said Einstein.

If courant where a word and not a name then courant and current would be examples of homophones. The things you can learn about the English language is another added value to BY participation. Also check off how to write a haiku.

 

[WillB4]

Been here since Prodigy. If you can remember that. Mostly lurking but always reading the best info for all things UConn sports.

 

[ucp990411]

I am 68 years old and love my wife dearly. We met when we were 12 and are pretty much inseparable, except on game days when she says I turn into someone she doesn’t want to know. She asks me what # I am. She is jealous of so many of you guys whom I have never met. We all can be jerks but we all have something in common. We bleed national flag blue. Thanks being who you are. The road to 6 continues!

 

[nomar]

JaCkSoN? Aussie Cuz?

Not sure why Cuz doesn't post here but a number of us are still in contact with him.

As for jAcKsOn, all I can say is tHe CanDLe ThAT bURns TwICe aS bRIgHt BURns hALf aS LonG

 

[Stasher599]

I rarely post but the yard has been a consistent part of my day since becoming a UConn fan 35ish years ago. I admit I stopped coming for a year or two during the AAC era but other than that it’s been a pleasure. Can’t begin to say how much joy UConn college basketball has brought to my life and the yard has always been a part of that.
I love being a semi stuck up proud UConn fan!!

 

[mauconnfan]

I am 68 years old and love my wife dearly. We met when we were 12 and are pretty much inseparable, except on game days when she says I turn into someone she doesn’t want to know. She asks me what # I am. She is jealous of so many of you guys whom I have never met. We all can be jerks but we all have something in common. We bleed national flag blue. Thanks being who you are. The road to 6 continues!

Many here can be jerks that we have learned, but they still love the Huskies!

Thank God I’m not one of the many

 

[Sibeerian]

I go way back. Was on a mail list for UConn chat. From there found my way to some early iteration of the Boneyard. Seen some real characters come and go. Seen some who were around before me and are still here. There's no better way to keep track of the team and the chatter.

 

[prankster]

I like to think of the ‘yard as the internet’s America:

“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore, Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”

"...a bunch of Miller High Life swilling..."