30th Wedding Anniversary
 

Well guys, I don't know how to say this but today is my 30th wedding anniversary.

For the last 30 years, Bonnie, my beautiful, intelligent better half has put up with my officiating (including going to Saturday afternoon college basketball games to watch me officiate) and umpiring, my boring (at least I think they aren't boring) engineering stories and World War II history lessons, going to see Youngstown State University play football in early November, and most importantly, mother of our two wonderful sons, Andy (19) and Mark, Jr. (22, everybody here knows Junior).

I hope that she will put up with me for another thirty years.

MTD, Sr.

Better Half For Sure ...
 

Congratulations. Bonnie must be a saint. Don't we get any credit for reading your boring basketball stories on the Forum for the past thirteen years?

Congrats MTD !!!!!!! We look foward to hearing about your 50th in 20 years !!!!

Congrats to you both Mark, that is a great thing to be proud of. :)

Sweet Dreams ...
 

The Pearl is the traditional gift for a thirtieth anniversary, so give Bonnie a copy of John Steinbeck's novel. That will get you at least one night sleeping on the couch.

Or maybe a picture of Earl Weaver.

No love from softball
 

MTD -

You put the same thread on softball and you are getting no love from those guys !!!! Shows who your true friends are !!!!!

As an Oriole fan, I resent that comment....finally after 14 years we are in a pennant race, can't we be happy !!!!!!!

A little Wild Bill Hagy and section 34

O R I O L E S.......ORIOLES !!!!!!!!

Pity For The Poor Softball Forum ...
 

Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. with the title "Moderator" under his user name? Does this mean that softball posters will get penalized if their posts are too short?

Congratulations Mark!!

And I can't but help remember our old pal Mick.... Atta boy!

Congrats - you two must be doing something right.

Congrats MTD - very impressive in any scenario these days.

As for you MS.......come down here to DC and say that! ;)

N A T S, Nats, Nats, Nats!

Grune you misspelled gnats.

Brotherly Love?
 

My in-laws live in Phila and keep saying we should sell shirts in Phila that say "GO NADS!"

They'd buy em, you know they would!

Meet you in Laurel or Columbia and we can battle it out there !!!!!!!

Gotcha by 4 months. :)

Congratulations, Mark. It is something to be proud of.

There, I've corrected it for you. :D

Congrats, Mr MTD, Sr.

Note to self: Yes, the Nationals are first in the NL East.
Get on your Natitude!! :):)

And, now for a serious comment!
 

See my comment in the baseball thread.

Congratulation to you, your wife and family. Keep living life to the fullest.

Congrats MTD Sr.

I have been with my wife for 29 years and just celebrated 27 yrs of marriage. This will be my 31 yr officiating. So if I have done half of what you have done right then I should be alright.

Congrats, Mark.

We're only at 16 years, but I'm nowhere near the geezer that you are. :D

Congrats, Mark.

Stay out of the attic. Congrats.

Thanks.
 

I have been pretty busy with other things in life that last couple of weeks, so I would like to thank everybody for the kind and funny posts. I am a very lucky man to have married the woman I married. Bonnie Jean, has had to put up with three boys her home for the last thirty years.

MTD, Sr.