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Back In The Saddle Wed Nov 10, 2010 11:58am

Back in the days when I did VB, I learned a rather painful lesson about having all the right gear. I was checking balls before my first ever state match and somehow (nerves combined with my incredible strength?) snapped off a needle in the valve of one of the balls. It required several extra minutes to find a janitor and borrow a pair of pliers to remove the remainder of the needle, then to pump the ball back up. After that I began carrying a small Leatherman as part of my tool kit.

GoodwillRef Wed Nov 10, 2010 12:39pm

Junior High game last night we ask if they have a game ball and they tell us to just pick one...at the first time out the home coach says his point guard doesn't like the ball...really? Tough crap!

Adam Wed Nov 10, 2010 12:58pm

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Originally Posted by GoodwillRef (Post 700319)
Junior High game last night we ask if they have a game ball and they tell us to just pick one...at the first time out the home coach says his point guard doesn't like the ball...really? Tough crap!

Yep, tell him next time to have his point guard pick out the game ball and give it to the refs before the game.

26 Year Gap Wed Nov 10, 2010 01:13pm

That coach sounds like a real agitator.;)

Jurassic Referee Wed Nov 10, 2010 03:28pm

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Originally Posted by Back In The Saddle (Post 700312)
1) Back in the days when I did VB, I learned a rather painful lesson about having all the right gear. I was checking balls before my first ever state match and somehow <font color = red>(nerves combined with my incredible strength?)</font> snapped off a needle in the valve of one of the balls.

2)It required several extra minutes to find a janitor and borrow a pair of pliers to remove the remainder of the needle, then to pump the ball back up.

3) After that I began carrying a small Leatherman as part of my tool kit.

1) Remarkable ineptness? Sheer stoopidity? Your choice....

2) For one freaking stoopid volleyball? What, they only had one ball for state championships? Get another ball and hide the damn thing and pretend you never saw it.

3) Ah! I remembered Chuck Elias telling me that he was gonna start doing volleyball too. Now I know what his job was---"Leatherman". How did you carry him? In one of them papoose thingys like new mommies carry their babies around in?

Adam Wed Nov 10, 2010 04:10pm

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Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee (Post 700350)
3) Ah! I remembered Chuck Elias telling me that he was gonna start doing volleyball too. Now I know what his job was---"Leatherman". How did you carry him? In one of them papoose thingys like new mommies carry their babies around in?

I never really thought of Chuck as a tool. M&M maybe, but not Chuck. You know him better, though.

M&M Guy Wed Nov 10, 2010 04:43pm

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Originally Posted by Snaqwells (Post 700367)
I never really thought of Chuck as a tool. M&M maybe, but not Chuck. You know him better, though.

So how the he!! did I ever get involved in a volleyball discussion?

Ohhhh....

mbyron Wed Nov 10, 2010 04:47pm

Now it feels like the season. :)

Welpe Wed Nov 10, 2010 04:56pm

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Originally Posted by M&M Guy (Post 700378)
So how the he!! did I ever get involved in a volleyball discussion?

Ohhhh....

Same way I drag Snaqs kicking and screaming into a football thread...or grune for that matter.

Adam Wed Nov 10, 2010 05:35pm

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Originally Posted by M&M Guy (Post 700378)
So how the he!! did I ever get involved in a volleyball discussion?

Ohhhh....

Because Danref doesn't hang here any more.

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Originally Posted by Welpe (Post 700383)
Same way I drag Snaqs kicking and screaming into a football thread...or grune for that matter.

What? Where?

Back In The Saddle Wed Nov 10, 2010 07:50pm

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Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee (Post 700350)
1) Remarkable ineptness? Sheer stoopidity? Your choice....

I'll take door number 1, though both probably apply. ;)

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Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee (Post 700350)
2) For one freaking stoopid volleyball? What, they only had one ball for state championships? Get another ball and hide the damn thing and pretend you never saw it.

For one of the three used for a three ball rotation. I guess I could have just ditched the evidence of my remarkable ineptness. Then we'd have been down to two. Then during the match when one of the balls disappeared briefly we'd have been down to only one. Good thing the match didn't go to extra sets! (BTW, the disappearing ball turned up in a trash can sitting in a bowl with a half eaten chili cheese dog.)

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Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee (Post 700350)
3) Ah! I remembered Chuck Elias telling me that he was gonna start doing volleyball too. Now I know what his job was---"Leatherman". How did you carry him? In one of them papoose thingys like new mommies carry their babies around in?

No need for special hardware, he fits discreetly in my back pocket.

BillyMac Wed Nov 10, 2010 08:40pm

The Day The Music Died ...
 
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Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee (Post 700350)
Chuck Elias?

That reminds me. November 6, 2010 was the fourth anniversary of ChuckElias leaving the Official Forum. How did we miss it? May he rest in peace.

just another ref Wed Nov 10, 2010 08:42pm

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Originally Posted by Back In The Saddle (Post 700413)

No need for special hardware, he fits discreetly in my back pocket.

It's no longer discreet if you tell it in a public forum.

Welpe Wed Nov 10, 2010 09:17pm

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Originally Posted by Snaqwells (Post 700394)
What? Where?

I tried actually...you didn't take the bait, oh wise one that you are.

Thread in the football forum started by grune about the "hand grenade celebration". "Circus in a thread" was a great description for that one.

Back In The Saddle Wed Nov 10, 2010 09:50pm

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Originally Posted by BillyMac (Post 700425)
That reminds me. November 6, 2010 was the fourth anniversary of ChuckElias leaving the Official Forum. How did we miss it? May he rest in peace.

You're kind of creepy. Stop stalking Chuck. Let him RIP!


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