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Old Wed Nov 14, 2007, 01:11pm
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Since we're into personal histories, here's mine FWIW.

I was born on November 3, 1948, the day after the presidential election at Chicago Lying-in Hospital. My home town newspaper, the Chicago Tribune, published the infamous "Dewey Defeats Truman" headline the morning I was born. The hospital is at the University of Chicago and my mother always said I was a lab experiment gone wrong.

We moved to the suburb of Chicago Heights when I was in 3rd grade and I grew up there. I went to Bloom HS (class of 65). Other "famous alumni" include Jerry Colangelo and Jim Bouton. Also, Gary Alan Carr, who was convicted for murder, extortion and kidnapping in conjunction with the Madeline Murray O'Hare family murders a few years ago. Gary and I were buddies in Jr. HS. He ran a stolen bike ring in 7th grade and actually left HS his first year to spend the rest of his boyhood in juvie detention.

In HS I played tennis and was a kicker on the football team (not actually a real player). I started HS at age 12 and was elected president of our Junior Achievement company. At the time, I was the youngest person in the organization's history ever to hold that position.

My life changed dramatically when, while attending Northern Illinois University, I was abducted by aliens and probed for a few years. I was returned to earth where I was not capable of performing any functions other than being an official.

Someday I hope to return to human form.
Way, way, way TMI!!!
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Old Wed Nov 14, 2007, 02:09pm
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Way, way, way TMI!!!
I didn't even mention my main mission here on Earth is to eradicate the dreaded Barry Manilow cult. This disease must not spread to the rest of the galaxy.
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Old Wed Nov 14, 2007, 08:06pm
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It is a shame that some have discouraged KSref from continuing to post on this forum. The argument that developed was silly. I hope that he continues to read the forum and perhaps someday will change his mind and post again. Different viewpoints and opinions help all of us.

Best wishes to KSref for a good season.
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Old Wed Nov 14, 2007, 08:48pm
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It is a shame that some have discouraged KSref from continuing to post on this forum. The argument that developed was silly. I hope that he continues to read the forum and perhaps someday will change his mind and post again. Different viewpoints and opinions help all of us.

Best wishes to KSref for a good season.
Couldn't have said it better. Thanks NV
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Old Wed Nov 14, 2007, 09:27pm
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The argument that developed was silly.
Are you talking about his stance that dunking in pre-games should be ignored by officials? And his comment that if he was still coaching, he'd make sure that anyone that called a "T" for a pre-game dunk would never work in his gym again?

The argument that developed about that was silly?

The argument about what a coach in Kansas is allowed to do in their coaching was a completely different matter. That's why we e-mailed trying to get some kind of definitive answer. Well, we never did get an answer of any kind. We did get a response from a Kansas official that said that they do have some related language in place, but basically in real life the coaching box in Kansas was being called just about the same way as it was being called in other states---->they don't care what the coach does as long as he stays in the box and leaves the officials alone.
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Old Wed Nov 14, 2007, 09:33pm
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I was referring to the whole "don't tell me what to post" mess.
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