:D Funny!

You missed the proselytizing part.

He and the former owner of the board used to get into religious flame wars. After the former owner was booted out and the new owner put Gene in charge as board monitor and Gene continued his (now one-sided) religous (or in his case, anti-religous) rantings, I quit going there.

He would rant, and then in a day or two, his rants would be deleted, but it seemed that anyone who engaged him in these religious postings (I never did) would mysteriously commit some violation of board policy a day or two later and be banned.

Maybe that has all ceased to be a problem, 'cause that was a year or so ago, although it did spill over onto eteamz again a few months ago, so I suspect it was still going on as of that time.

Since Elaine & Mike & I used to all participate there together, I was just explaining why I departed.

Hey Dakota Tom~~~~~

That stupid Alan Ross is long gone and now Gene only rants over on the 'Not Softball' board. http://www.stopstart.freeserve.co.uk/smilie/boohoo.gifSo come on back, please!http://www.stopstart.freeserve.co.uk.../notworthy.gif Or are we, not worthy?

Elaine,

You have gotten very good at the smiley's. However,
with the continued use of them, you will only bring
out the monster http://216.40.249.192/s/cwm/sfa3/blankaroll.gif in Tom.

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glen

Pensynski
 

Wondered where old Gene ended up. I got very tired of the old FPF and quit going there. May have to go back for a visit.

Re: Pensynski
 

Gene is the moderator.

Welcome Argodad

Glad to see that you made it over here. I know your background, but why don't you share it with everyone else here. It helps with people's reactions to posts when they know something about the poster.

BTW - what is an Argo?

WMB

<b>ARGO</b>----A very large southern constellation now divided into
four, lying largely south of Cania Major. Or,
the ship in which Jason sailed in quest of the Golden Fleece.

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glen

Or,the ship in which Jason sailed in quest of the Golden Fleece.

Or maybe short for argonauts, the sailors of that mythical fleet.

WMB

Argo's
 

Y'all are right on the money. I'm "argodad" because my darlin' daughter plays for the Argonauts of the University of West Florida. The Argonauts are indeed named after Jason and the Argonauts of mythology. (As my son likes to ask his sister, however, "Didn't everyone but Jason die on that cruise?") UWF is a D-II school in Pensacola FL, and finished 2003 ranked #6 in the country. She's a soph 1B.

For those who may remember, a few years ago I was known as "highvolt-sid" on the old, old Fastpitch Forum when we were with the Louisiana High Voltage.

Re my umpiring experience.... I called Little League baseball and Navy base slowpitch (with no training or certification) from the late 1970s until falling in love with fastpitch in the early 90s. Got ASA certified in VA in 1994 and called league/rec ball. Then DD got into travel ball and I spent 8 summers on the outside of the chain link (where everyone's vision is 20/20). Umpired scrimmages and friendlies only.

In 2002 I retired from the Navy, Lindsay went to college, and we moved to Pensacola. (She reminds me that she got her offer from UWF before I did.) Now I call NCAA (only JUCO until she graduates), NFHS, ASA, and NSA.

Looking forward to learning from all of you.

Larry Warrenfeltz
"Argodad"

Re: Argo's
 

Welcome aboard, and thanks for your service.

Roger Greene
USCG 1971-75

[Edited by Roger Greene on Oct 10th, 2003 at 03:23 PM]

WELCOME TO THE BOARD WARREN!!!!

(sorry, smilies site is broken down)

Re: Argo's
 

Larry, I just did a tournament that LA High Voltage was taking
part in. See them all the time. I am from East Texas and call out
of Beaumont AFA Chapter. Do AFA, ASA, NSA, USSSA, NFHS &
even USFA.

Welcome aboard.....http://www.spao.de/pict/smilies/biggthumpup.gif

glen

Re: Argo's
 

Hmmmmm.....UWF, just down the road from University Mall that used to close at 6:00 PM in the mid-70's when I lived just outside Whiting NAS.

I worked the Interservice at NAS P'cola last season. NASP has a real nice softball complex just off the water. It's just hot as hell there in August even with a good breeze. You must know a couple of my acquaintences, John Russo and Willie Howell.

Taking Roger's lead,

Mike Rowe
USN 70-74

Re: Argo's
 

Yep ... the same university and the same mall. Mall hasn't changed much (I think it stays open until 8:00 now), but the university and the area around it has really developed nicely. Beautiful campus and softball field.

We live in Pace -- between NAS Whiting and Pensacola -- you wouldn't recognize this area. Huge changes in the last decade!

John Russo is our NSA UIC. Great guy (for a Yankee fan). I've called many games with Willie Howell -- what a character.

On a side note, I think having a high number of military veterans makes the P'cola umpire associations much more professional -- at least compared to other places I've been.

Larry Warrenfeltz
USN 1971-2002

Probably due to this unusual and quite sudden surge in use, emanating from some place in Georgia!

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