Just found THIS forum...:) Any other NYSSO people here? If so, what did think of this year's test? Either we are really well prepared, or they really dumbed it down this year [70 T/F's???].Still have a lot of problems with some of Mr Miner's interps/mechanics..oh well....

I'm not an NYSSO umpire. I live in Virginia, but I thought I give you a <br><b><font size=6><font color=red>HEARTY</font><font color=blue> HI </font><font color=yellow>HO,</font><font color=green> WELCOME</font></font></b><br> to the board and hope you'll become a regular contributor.

Not in NY, but in north central Pa here. I'll second Sam's welcome.

HOWDY PARTNER
 

I WILL ADD A BIG TEXAS HOWDY NEWYORKER, HOPE YOU HAVE
BETTER LUCK GETTING GAMES IN THAN WE ARE. RAIN KILLING
US

Another Big Texas Welcome Lou.........

Joel

Im from upstate NY, Binghamton area.. I have to agree with you on the test thing.. first game is supposed to be monday.. Can't wait!~

Ben,

Did they move Binghamton to the other end of I-81, or is there one other than just north of the NY/PA border?

Mike

Binghamton
 

Mike

Im just north of the PA border.. about 2 hrs south of syracuse.. i dont actually live in binghamton.. im about 15 minutes from there.. part of the endicott umpire association.. i mention binghamton because that is the closest place anybody has heard of..

as expected my game today was cancelled yesterday.. who knows when my first one will be :(
Ben

Hello
 

Hello, from Indiana...From what I'm reading we may be cold but the only dry place playing any games and even close to being on schedule....Knock on wood.

Ben,

I was referring to the "upstate" New York notation. I really wouldn't consider anything below I-90 as upstate :-)

Mike

upstate
 

Well we consider it upstate NY.. just because.. my parents were from Long Island.. so in reference to there.. it is upstate..

Yeah, that's what I was figuring, after all, any part of the state not in the NYC metropolis is "upstate".

However, when you drive to Massena, NY from Delaware every other weekend for a year and some, Binghamton just doesn't seem that far away :-)

Mike

not sure where massena, ny is.. doesnt sound like a fun drive though

Just follow I-81 north to Alexandria (?) and turn right on NY 37 and follow the St Lawrence to where NY, Ontario & Quebec meet and you just passed through Massena, NY

It all sounds like a walk in the park. Try driving from
Beaumont, Tx. to El Paso, Tx. Now thats a drive.

Crossing Texas
 

Yeah, papa,

I used to live in Austin, TX, and remember crossing into Texas from Lousiana on I-10. The first mile post I saw was something like 980ish.

El Paso is closer to Los Angeles than it is to Beaumont!

Really? Try it in an ice storm. At the time, I was a professional driver doing 200-300 local miles a day. Ten hours on a wintery Friday evening in upstate NY can get pretty scary.

Personally, I wasn't exactly thrilled with the evening drive from Lake Charles, LA to Bryant, TX on a Friday evening, but I guess that's a normal drive in that neck of the country.

Mike

Texan's and Ice or Snow.......
 

Mike...........

If you are ever anywhere south of say.....Dallas......and there is ANY ice around......park your car and stay the night.......

There is almost no-one in TX that knows how to drive in these conditions........

You are taking your life into your own hands.

You northern guys should come give us driving lessons.......we DO NOT know how to handle any icy conditions.

Hurricanes, tornadoes, hail storms.........no problems.............but stay the hell out of the way if it gets icy.

Joel :D

Joel,

You will need to make that statement for maybe south of Oklahoma. I now live north of Dallas and have lived in Oklahoma and believe me none of us know how to drive in ice or snow everyone around here just says the sign still says 65mph little snow and ice is not going to slow them down then there's a wreck and we have a lot of parking lots


Thank goodness that over with for this year it was 89 today and sunny have worked 3 days already this week. Yahooooo!!


Have a good one


don

Texans driving on ice
 

Joel,

I moved to TX from Iowa. I used to really like the ice storms in Texas, 'cause I could drive to work with no problems... all the pickups were in the ditch :D

Yep, that is why it would be so easy to drive in the ice in Texas. With everyone in the ditch or at home, I'll be the only vehicle on the highway with no one to hit!

Mike

Yeah, and in those parts of Texas that get ice, there isn't much else to hit except prickley pears and scrub mesquite.