41 posts from 1,000! Ask me anything!

[CubsFan1982]

I seem to be hitting more milestones these days. :D

[Radical Activist]

1. Do you like Doug Scott for Mayor of Rockford?

[CubsFan1982]

3. Doug's a great guy, good friend of mine.

He's been very helpful to my chapter of the College Dems. :D

[Radical Activist]

9. That's cool.

I met him a few times when he was a state Rep and liked him. He was supportive of College Democrats back then too. I was recently asked to go there and help out a little because apparently he's a little worried about his re-election. I hope he wins.

[CubsFan1982]

12. He's definitely got a very tough race on his hands.

The economy here hasn't been so good, jobs have been leaving, but that's really not Doug's fault. He's not as proactive as I'd like him to be, but I think he's better than anyone else we could put up.

[bilgewaterbill]

2. Is this the Cubs' year?

Been a fan since birth. Grew up in Chicago. Dare we hope?

[CubsFan1982]

4. Yes!

Despite what the treacherous Cardinals fans in the IL forum say, we WILL win this year! :D

[JohnKleeb]

6. there are cards fans from illinois? oh yeah that does make sense

its weird tho. Though historically I like Stan Musial.

[CubsFan1982]

8. Mostly bandwagoners, IMO.

There's only one true MLB team in Illinois!

[JohnKleeb]

10. doesnt affect me

My team has no chance this year, we got your old attraction though, but it wont be enough, PITCHING is what they needed.

[CubsFan1982]

14. I think the O's have a shot at winning 80-85 games.

Mind you, this is in the AL East, of course, so that won't get them nowhere. Our former diva will probably do better in Baltimore than he would have if he'd stayed, but I think the Cubbies have an excellent shot with our starting rotation, solid 3-4-5 hitters, and a healthy Nomar coming back. What we need, though, is bullpen help, desperately.

[JohnKleeb]

17. Thats my best guess too

Eh third plaec was good enough for me too but I get sick of the Yanks and Sox, and Ive rooted against the Sox in every playoff series theyve done against the Yankees.

[CubsFan1982]

19. I was happy when the Sox won.

But aside from the Cardinals and White Sux, there's no team I hate more than the damned Yankees.

[JohnKleeb]

21. You and me both, I hate the Yankees

They have our former ace, sigh Damnit Mussina.

[CubsFan1982]

24. I don't think the Yankees' pitching is going to hold up.

When you're depending on a 42 year old Randy Johnson to hold up your staff, you've got problems.

[JohnKleeb]

26. yes I dont think he'll do that good, I think they wasted money

same thing with Vasquez? I dont think he can translate well in to the AL.

[CubsFan1982]

Vasquez is with AZ, I believe.

But that's Steinbrenner's M.O. If you don't win, throw as much money as you can at the best free agents in the off season, and hope you do win. Hasn't worked for him yet. It didn't work when he was buying Dave Winfield and Rickey Henderson, et al, and it ain't working now.

[JohnKleeb]

29. wait who was the other guy, the yanks got

not vasquez hmmmmmmm damnit.

[CubsFan1982]

32. Pavano? Wright?

Both have yet to put consistent careers together as yet.

[JohnKleeb]

35. Pavano yeah

[theorist]

5. What do you think of my new sig line?

I know, I know. It's shameless.... :)

[CubsFan1982]

7. Awesome.

Just as shameless as me whoring for posts here. :D

[Radical Activist]

11. Are you going to the South Side Irish parade Sunday?

I can't wait.

[CubsFan1982]

13. Wish I could.

Poor, broke college students don't get to take very many road trips. :D

[CaliforniaPeggy]

15. I'd like to do my bit to help you get to 1000!

Maybe some fine day you'll help me do the same! 1000 looks impossibly far off right now...to me, that is! lol

:o

[CubsFan1982]

16. It's a piece of cake.

I was at 200 barely three weeks ago. Just post a lot of copycat threads and polls, if you're a donor. That did the trick for me. :)

[fleabert]

18. If you could be a tree, what kind of tree would you be, and

why do you want to be a tree?!?!?

[CubsFan1982]

20. A redwood.

Tall and thick. :P

[fleabert]

31. good one,

choice I mean. although if you have to pick one quality, choose thick, regarding a tree only, of course.

[CubsFan1982]

34. Most durable, too.

Those suckers last a LONG time.

[fleabert]

41. wait...what are we talking about?

LOL...blush.

[CubsFan1982]

42. Um...I'm talking about trees.

What are YOU talking about? :P

[fleabert]

53. nothing. nothing. *cough*cough*

nothing at all....

nothing that's lockable...that's for sure!

[CubsFan1982]

57. Yeah, sure. I believe you.

:P

[fleabert]

86. you should I don't lie...

ever. never. absolutely not. period.

[CubsFan1982]

94. Uh-huh.

And I'm heir to the throne of England. :P

[orleans]

22. why was mike malloy a rude jerk to a caller tonight

when he had told her to call back last thursday and tonight he bitches her out for calling and demands to know why she called in and she says, very timidly, "because you told me to".

she wasn't a freeper, she wasn't a repuke, she was nice, polite, and just like you and me.

and he ended up slapping her around.

damn! i can hear a democrat/progressive get the crap beat out of them if i listen to limbaugh. i don't want to get it from malloy.

why did he do it, cubsfan1982? why?

[CubsFan1982]

23. Perhaps he had a bad night.

We all have a bad day once in a while.

[realisticphish]

25. why do the cubs suck so much

:D just kidding

[CubsFan1982]

27. Blasphemy!

You will pay for that! Oh, you will pay! :P

[realisticphish]

28. hey

baseball sucks anyway...:P

[CubsFan1982]

30. Least we're playing, hockey boy.

:P

[realisticphish]

33. if you'll look at that jersey

you'll notice that it says "ohio state" which implies a COLLEGE team, which IS playing, this weekend is the first round of the CCHA tourney, thank you very much...:P

and my sport isn't one where scratching one's nuts is considered "action":evilgrin:

[JohnKleeb]

36. oooooooooo got em

Were you aware that we play hockey in the south?

[CubsFan1982]

38. Kleeb, Massachusetts is not the South.

:P

[JohnKleeb]

39. Youve obviously never been to the part of Massachuetts

where the captial is Richmond :).

[CubsFan1982]

40. Actually, I'd like to go back to Virginia to visit.

I was there for about two hours touring Arlington National Cemetery about 9 years ago. I didn't get to see Mount Vernon or Monticello or anything like that, and I'd like to go back. The CDA convention is in Washington this summer, so hopefully I can get some time to do that.

[JohnKleeb]

44. VA is all right

I love Arlington myself.

[CubsFan1982]

45. I'd like to see the battlefield of Bull Run, if it's still there.

I heard a few years ago someone wanted to turn it into a mall.

[JohnKleeb]

48. Its still there

I wasnt that impressed by it that much honestly. Theres a cool waterpark in Mannassas that I like to go to ha too.

[CubsFan1982]

60. Maybe you can tell me which battlefields are worth going to?

Then again, me being a history geek, I'll want to go to all of them, but who knows?

[JohnKleeb]

61. I liked Gettysburg

and Antietam. Havent been anywhere else. You know, I'd love to see the beaches of Normandy myself, I am more of a WWII nerd than anything.

[CubsFan1982]

65. I'd love to see Gettysburg.

That's a little too far from DC, but hopefully I can do it sometime soon. Antietam I don't think is very far away, so if I have an afternoon, I could do it.

[JohnKleeb]

68. Yeah Antietam is much closer

Its in a rare right wing part of Maryland. Its weird, you see alot of confederate flags in the areas of the only two major battles fought in the north.

[CubsFan1982]

71. I was in Baltimore in '97.

It's a beautiful city, but I didn't get to see much of the surrounding country. I wanted desperately to go to Antietam, but we just couldn't get away. How far is it from DC?

[JohnKleeb]

81. Hmmmmm well I live in Virginia

Antietam is about hour and half from me. Its Mountainous. I love Baltimore, its great.

[CubsFan1982]

37. Ah, yes, upon closer examination...

It is indeed. My mistake. :)

Scratching can be fun to do, especially if one is getting paid to do it. :D

[realisticphish]

43. granted

;)

[Duncan Grant]

46. I hit 3,000 today. Let's chat for a minute.

Hockey fan are ya? :evilgrin:

[CubsFan1982]

47. Ah, no.

Never really got into hockey all that much. Maybe it was that puck to the crotch I sustained in 3rd grade. My mom seriously wondered if I'd end up sterile. :P

[JohnKleeb]

49. ouch in the crouch man?

I actually played hockey briefly around the same time I hit my eye in the fence.

[CubsFan1982]

50. I had a lot of amusing sports injuries as a child.

3rd grade: puck to the crotch
5th grade: baseball to the jaw
7th grade: basketball to the head
10th grade: dislocated knee in a pick-up football game

Needless to say, I don't play as much sports as I used to. :P

[JohnKleeb]

54. When I was in 9th-10th grade

I got hit in the nose with basketballs three times. One time when I played baseball, I actually let myself get hit on the back, it was pretty stupid, guess who the ump was, my dad, heh I think he knew I walked in to it.

[Duncan Grant]

56. Ouch.

Yep, that would put me right off of hockey.

Have you thought about starting a baseball group? You have the perfect username for it and everyone will visit your forum over the summer. :D

Kleeb will help you maintain order - he'd be a great baseball group mod. :thumbsup:

[JohnKleeb]

58. I cant mod, too young

A Baseball group, thats not a shabby idea. GO O's, DOWN WITH THE EVIL EMPIRE.

[Duncan Grant]

64. I think everyone would love it if you were the "unofficial" baseball mod.

You could resolve all baseball related alerts. I think that would be a great summer assignment for you here at DU. :thumbsup: :D

[JohnKleeb]

80. ha it would be a neat gimmick

but you know I would be biased, I hate the Yankees.

[Duncan Grant]

88. Even better! When can you start?

:evilgrin:

[CubsFan1982]

63. Possibly.

I love baseball, so it'd be right up my alley. There's definitely interest, and hopefully I can bring out more Cub fans. :D

I still play every once in a while, you could call me a Punch and Judy hitter, and a pretty decent pitcher. When I was in high school, I could get up to 75 with my fastball. I couldn't do that now if my life depended on it. :P

[Duncan Grant]

75. Don't wait too long -

to move on that group idea. Someone's bound to jump on it any day now. :D

Happy posting to you! Hope your 2nd thousand is twice as fun as the first. :toast: :party: :toast:

[CubsFan1982]

95. How does one go about starting a group? n/t

[Duncan Grant]

97. Here and here.

How to start a group:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=206x10
What are DU groups:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=206x11

Good luck with it! :kick:

[alittlelark]

51. Are you a cat lover?

[CubsFan1982]

52. *violent sneeze*

Does that answer your question? :D

[alittlelark]

55. I have the same 'violent sneeze' if I have been away for 2 weeks

I am indeed allergic, but it only lasts for 3-4 days.

[pres2032]

59. marlins rule!!!!

[JohnKleeb]

62. they're the best team in my baseball game's divison

Damn bastards beat me 2-1 in a series. I was the Nats who are in third place :). Hey its not an easy game, and I love it.

[pres2032]

67. well you're first mistake was being the Nats

you're second mistake was playing against the Marlins

[JohnKleeb]

70. I am in Franchise mode

and hey they aint a bad team. I know how to get out Delgado too, PALMBALL biatch :D.

[pres2032]

74. shhhhhhh!!! the phillies may be on here!!!!

[JohnKleeb]

77. I beat the Phillies two of three

:). Just shut out the Braves, I may play another game before I go to bed too. Its really a good game, its the one with Jeter on the cover and Joe Morgan and Jon Miller do the commentary, you cant go wrong with that.

[CubsFan1982]

66. Lousy Series-stealing bastards.

May you never win another for 97 years!

[pres2032]

69. you mean you found out that we paid off that "fan?"

:evilgrin:

I've said it before and i'll say it again, that guy didn't cost you guys the next 8 runs. and don't worry, we'll be back in october to win #3 in 12 years!

[JohnKleeb]

73. at least you guys arent the Yankees

I respect the Fish and at least they doubled around to beat the Yankees. You know I find it funny that guy's name was Bartman, do the bartman man!

[CubsFan1982]

93. Dude, that is SO 1991.

:P

[CubsFan1982]

76. BASTARD!!!!

No, it wasn't him, it was our dumbass, pretty-boy shortstop who coughed up an easy double play. Douchebag A-Gonz.

[pres2032]

78. haha, that's why i love the marlins' alex gonzalez

can't get anything past him. :-)

[CubsFan1982]

82. We got Nomah!

Beat that! :D

[JohnKleeb]

84. We got Tejada :)

[pres2032]

85. easy, the Marlins' Alex Gonzalez

far superior to "nomah"

[JohnKleeb]

83. god I had trouble with him in the game

[wickerwoman]

72. Do you really feel you deserve to join the elusive 1000+ club?

Explain why in 6 words or less.

[CubsFan1982]

79. Because you can't stop me!

Mwahahahahaha! :P

[fleabert]

87. One more...I can't take it....reply to me NOW!

[CubsFan1982]

89. w00t! 1,001!!!!

:party:

[pres2032]

90. congratulations!!!

:party: :party:
:toast: :toast:

[CubsFan1982]

91. Thanks!

Beers are on me! :D

[pres2032]

92. sweet!

[fleabert]

96. that's great man...