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Conference 7.286::sports_91

Title:CAM::SPORTS -- Digital's Daily Sports Tabloid
Notice:This file has been archived. New notes to CAM3::SPORTS.
Moderator:CAM3::WAY
Created:Fri Dec 21 1990
Last Modified:Mon Nov 01 1993
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:290
Total number of notes:84103

224.0. "Merry Christmas, Everyone!" by CBROWN::TIMMONS (THEY MUSTA SEEN ME AT THE Y!) Fri Dec 20 1991 06:48

    Well, our DEC site, NSO, is moving out next Monday to another Salem
    site, NIO.  We'll be off the air sometime today, moving on
    Monday, and trying to set-up on Tuesday.
    
    So, I got's to get my MERRY CHRISTMAS message to all of you right now.
    
    Here's hoping that all have a safe and happy holiday.  Drive carefully,
    and watch out for the other guy.
    
    Best Wishes To All,
    
    lEe
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224.1Have a great holiday season!WLDWST::RCARRUTHERSNight Flier: ~~v~~Fri Dec 20 1991 08:0054
        Have to get my best wishes in also. UCF out here in dry California
    is off for 2 weeks. I'll be popping back in to work on a few things
    periodically and check up on the latest sports from the SPORTS Noter's.
    Take er easy and have a safe Holiday season!

                                                     Night Flier  ~~v~~




    
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224.2CTHQ3::LEARYbusted flat in baton rougeFri Dec 20 1991 09:495
    Merry Xmas and Happy New Year to all. 
    
    
    MikeL
    
224.3CSOA1::BACHThe Chipinator, the Chipster...Fri Dec 20 1991 09:5910
    Bah-Humbug!
    
    ;-)
    
    Have an happy holidays, drive sober and safe, my family will be out on
    those roads!
    
    Beary_Christmas, Happy_Chandlier_New_Years, and a Halas_Hannaka!!!
    
    Chip_GSH_Bach
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224.5And may Ray Handley get a humongous lump of coal!!! :^)NROPST::MPO12::MCFALLMa'am I am tonightFri Dec 20 1991 10:387
	May you all enjoy a safe, happy, and peaceful holiday season, and your
New Year filled with hope and opportunity.

	Have a good one, folks!

	Jim M
224.6CAMONE::WAYI believe I'll dust my broomFri Dec 20 1991 10:465
>          -< And may Ray Handley get a humongous lump of coal!!! :^) >-


Ah, Jim, can we change that to a highly radioactive lump of nuclear waste?

224.7I'm in Houston between 12/23-1/3EARRTH::BROOKSPlato,Voltaire,Smith,ThompsonFri Dec 20 1991 13:213
    Happy Holidays to all !
    
    Doc
224.8Oh yeah,...and just say no!ELMAGO::CGRIEGOHomey don&#039;t play dat!Fri Dec 20 1991 14:595
    God Bless, keep warm, don't drink and drive (you might spill it), look
    both ways, wear clean underwear, .....and anything else I might of
    missed! Merry Christmas...
    
    Carlitos
224.9COMET::JACKSONTAThe 9 hitterFri Dec 20 1991 15:083
       Ditto...+ may all your shopping be done!
    
    	Tim
224.10QUASER::HUNTERBad_Boy of ::SPORTSFri Dec 20 1991 15:174
    
     Ho Ho Ho !!
    
    BG
224.11MCIS1::DHAMELWe *all* put the yeast in!Fri Dec 20 1991 15:207
    
    >     Ho Ho Ho !!
    
    What's the Jolly Green Giant got to do with Xmas?
    
    Dickstah
    
224.12QUASER::HUNTERBad_Boy of ::SPORTSFri Dec 20 1991 15:217
    
     Dickstah...  You Slay Me !!!
    
     I'm gonna mis this file after the FB season.  Some good humor
    in here this year.
    
    BG
224.13REFINE::ASHEWhat&#039;s this about Creme de Menthe?Fri Dec 20 1991 15:231
    Have a good one everyone...
224.14BSS::JCOTANCHBroncos: 1991 AFC West Champs!!!!Fri Dec 20 1991 15:269
    Merry Christmas to all...
    
    
      ...and to all a good night.
    
    Have a safe and happy holiday season everyone!
    
    
    Joe
224.15looks familiar... (-:CRBOSS::DERRYWho-hash and roast beastFri Dec 20 1991 15:358
Merry XMas, Happy Hanukah and Happy New Year!  Hope you all get everything
you deserve but don't forget what this is all about...  Try not to oink out 
or you'll never fit into those new 501s and if you down too much punch, don't 
be a drip, have someone else take ya home...  Wishin' you all the best, praying
for more snow and hopin' you don't get stuck under the mistletoe with a drunk
relative... Ho Ho Ho.

Karen
224.16FDCV07::KINGBe nice to me, I&#039;m a Pheresis Donor!!Fri Dec 20 1991 15:435
    Speaking of 501's... LOVE that new ad on TV...
    
    REK
    
    Yoswa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111
224.17PTOVAX::JACOBIntrospective....Make A StatementFri Dec 20 1991 15:5015
    I'm on vacation 'till Jan. 2, starting at midnight tonite, so's all of
    you louses, er I mena wonderful people have a great Christmas and a
    Happy New Year.
    
    And remember, for New Year's Eve, Don't drink and Drive....but if you
    must, drink from pints instead of fifths, cause whilst you're driving,
    you cain turn the pint bottle sideways and still see past it whilst
    taking a swig!!!!
    
    (8^)*
    
    MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!!!!!
    
    JaKe
    
224.18Be safe.CUBIC7::DIGGINSThirst N&#039;Howl Roolz!Mon Dec 23 1991 08:317
May everyone and thier families have a very merry Xmas and a Happy
New Year! 



Steve
224.19I won't attempt any other languages...LOOKUP::FINUCANEShiny happy people laughingMon Dec 23 1991 11:1610
    
    Feliz Navidad a todos.
    
    Have a happy and safe holiday.  
    
    
    Peace,
    
    Cath
    
224.20Have a great one, everybodyTNPUBS::MCCULLOUGHLindsey is almost two!!!Tue Dec 24 1991 10:468
Well I tend to hang in to the bitter end, but I swear today I'm going to sneak
out early...

Happy, happy holidays (Merry Christmas that is, Channukah is long since over)
to everyone, and a happy New Year.  Stay safe, stay warm, and hoist an eggnog
for all the ::SPORTS gang.

=Bob=
224.21WMOIS::BARROWSJJoyeux N�el et Bonne AnnuTue Dec 24 1991 12:298
    RE: -1
    
    ...and I thought I was the diehard!
    
    Merry Christmas to all!!
    
    
    Jo
224.22How was yer holiday?SHALOT::MEDVIDCooler than JesusThu Dec 26 1991 11:0820
    OK, for those of you in the arfice this week and who are about as bored
    stiff as I am with the lack of activity and noise...let's hear about
    your Christmas!  Anyone got any interesting stories?

    It was a rough one for me monetarily.  Spent over $300 on the five
    young ladies I'm currently seeing.  Got lots in return, however,
    including some cool clothes (always let women with taste dress
    you...and undress you) and a great art-deco CD rack.

    My two good friends in the office, worried about my sexual promiscuity
    obviously, gave me a blow up doll with (as it's described on the box)
    "Three entrances of love."

    Spent most of yesterday alone.  That was kind of therapeutic.  Finally
    rented and watched 'Home Alone' (very appropriate).  The last half hour
    was freakin' hilarious.

    Later.

    	--dan'l
224.23HPSRAD::RIEURead his Lips...Know new taxesThu Dec 26 1991 11:145
>    Spent most of yesterday alone.  That was kind of therapeutic.  Finally
    
       Sheesh, how cain you say you were 'alone' when you had a 'Susie do
    all' doll for a gift.
                                      Denny
224.24I cain feel yo stress 8^)CTHQ2::LEARYbusted flat in baton rougeThu Dec 26 1991 11:188
    Dan'l, dan'l, dan'l
    
    FIVE young ladies? I'm concerned about you, dude. Fergit the physical
    strain, the mental strain will KEEL ya! 8^)
    
    MikeL
    P.S. Why am I all of a sudden humming "Walk this Way" by Aerosmith.
    
224.25just go treat myself today I quessCNTROL::CHILDSBang!Bang! Let the Music go Bang!Thu Dec 26 1991 11:2113
 got a new junkie disease for Xmas. Super Mario for my Gameboy...got to
 figure out how to kill that turd dropping lion or I'll never get to the
 the third level...

 then my wife gives me a present wrapped up in a Victoria Secret box
 so I'm about at half mast when I open it only to find men's Hanes...
 instant flat!!!!!!!!

 no CD's!!!!  most disappointing as this and the Mario gameboy thingie
 were the only gifts on my list....

 mike
224.26FSOA::JHENDRYJohn Hendry, DTN 297-2623Thu Dec 26 1991 11:2728
    1.  The next brother to get married has postponed the wedding.  His
    future bride is the daughter of the owner of a foreign car dealership
    (Benzes and Saabs) and business is off.  Since her family cain't afford
    the Hollywood extravaganza she's always dreamed of, she's put it on
    hold.  Actually, my brother didn't postpone it, it was postponed for
    him.  The date was perfect for me because it was the middle of Memorial
    Day weekend but now it will probably be the day the Dolphins are at
    Foxboro or something similarly inconvenient.
    
    2.  My cousin's 4 year old daughter decided to make a fashion
    statement.  Daddy's razor and shaving cream were within reach so she
    shaved off her eyebrows.
    
    3.  Another brother has a new dog.  It's a combination of Labrador
    Retriever and of things, Basset Hound.  In other words, what he has is
    a black puppy with a huge upper body and short, stubby legs.  In a
    couple of years it may not be able to walk since it won't have any
    ground clearance.  It is the silliest looking dog I've ever seen.
    
    4.  My sister's pregnancy is doing well.  She's 4 months along and
    doing just fine.  My youngest brother keeps asking her how his nephew
    is doing.  Since she was due two days before the original date of the
    wedding mentioned in 1. above, there is at least one person benefitting
    from the postponement.
    
    In other words, a fairly typical holiday gathering with the clan.
    
    John
224.27Onto New Year's now...LOOKUP::FINUCANEShiny happy people laughingThu Dec 26 1991 11:2713
    
    dan'l, you tramp!    8-)
    
    Yesterday was pretty cool.  My bro is in from Maryland, my cousins from
    Mizzorah, and my other cousins from Syracuse, so it was like a reunion
    of sorts.  
    
    Now for Christmas with 'the other side' of the family.  This could be a
    trip!  
    
    Cath
    
      
224.28CAMONE::WAYWake up mama, turn your lamp down lowThu Dec 26 1991 11:4118
It was ok.

I mean, I've been so busy that Christmas crept up on my like an F-16
just under Mach 1.  By the time I heard the engines it was gone....

Was over my folks yesterday.  My brother had to work yesterday, so it w
was just me and the 'rents.  I've been fighting off a cold, so I didn't
feel like having a beer even.

Santa did okay by me.  


For some strange reason, I'm glad Christmas is over... most depressing
one I've had in years....



'Saw
224.29LAGUNA::MAY_BRNeed one of those endolphin rushesThu Dec 26 1991 11:4513
    
    I gots me some veerrry mainly presents.  Sawhorses, workbench,
    finishing sander--now I can finish the rocking horse my daughter is
    going to get for her birfday instead of Xmas.  She made out fine
    though--every imaginable Sesame Street toy.
    
    Big present happens tomorrow--we do some serious negoitiating on the
    sale of our California house.  We will do pretty well on it, but not as
    good as if we had put it on the market 6 months earlier than we did.
    
    sure is quiet in here...
    
    Brews
224.30MCIS1::DHAMELAh... See Esther...Thu Dec 26 1991 11:4919
    
    Spent a nice quiet Christmas Eve at home, which was just what we wanted
    after all the running around the prior weekend.  No television, just
    candles, christmas lights, a mess of shrimp, drinks, and Christmas
    Music on the radio.
    
    I swear there must be only around ten minutes of carols they play
    before they begin to repeat, albeit a different artist.
    
    Christmas Day was the turkey dinner thang at the in-laws.  It was good
    to get home relatively early.
    
    All in all, only one day off isn't enough.
    
    Looking forward to that 3-lb. lobster I have on order for New Year's
    Eve.
    
    Dickstah
    
224.31SALEM::TIMMONSTHEY MUSTA SEEN ME AT THE Y!Thu Dec 26 1991 12:0334
    We usually gather at my Aunt's home, as she's he oldest in the family.
    
    So, it was some 25 people there, aged from 76 to 1 1/2.  All my kids,
    plus my grandson.  Had a wonderful time, little Andrew as reallyd
    decked out with real shoes that matched his pants, a white shirt with a
    red bow-tie and a black vest with gold buttons.  Pretty sharp for a
    2-year-old.  
    
    Lots of good food, like my sisters pork pie, swedish meatballs, cold
    cuts, chicken, kielbasa in a sweet-sour sauce, salads, rice pilaf, and
    of course the pickles and olives.  Plenty of cold beer.  
    
    Desserts were chocolate chip cookies and sugar cookies that my wife
    made, my daughter Leslie's unbelievable raspberry turnovers, some of
    those little italian puffs with cream and pineapple in them, cakes,
    etc.
    
    What a feast.  
    
    For Christmas Day, we were at home with 3 of the kids, had a great
    baked ham and a VERY quiet day.  Got some nice clothes, and some new
    toys for the workshop.  
    
    One negative, though.  This is the first one-day Christmas I can
    remember.  Just doesn't seem the same since I had to come into the
    office.
    
    Oh well, I'm really looking forward to New Years Eve, too.  We'll have
    Andrew over for the night, and my Christmas present from Leslie and her
    husband will be a Lobster feast to go along with the Chinese food we're
    bringing in.  My Son-in-law is a lobsterman, so I'll be getting my
    fill, I'm sure.
    
    Lee
224.32FSOA::JHENDRYJohn Hendry, DTN 297-2623Thu Dec 26 1991 12:178
    We had a one-day Christmas (ie, Wednesday) in 1985 and 1974, and before
    that (if I have my rotation of years right), 1968.  Nexted one will be
    in 1996.
    
    I would have preferred more than 1 day off.  Today might as well have
    been cause there isn't anyone here and Tuesday was just as bad.
    
    John
224.33Just ramblin'COMET::JACKSONTAThe 9 hitterThu Dec 26 1991 12:2339
       My Christmas was strange.  For the 1st time ever (since moving outta
    Mom & Dads) I spent x-mas at my house,  which is 1st time in 11 years.
    
      Anyway,  my folks are going thru a divorce,  and in the past my mom
    always made the holiday dinners (the folks live here in the springs)
    and all the family and friends would go over to my folks house and do
    the usual present exchange,  pig out and veg while watching the tube.
    
      This year the same family & friends, including my parents,  call me
    and the wife and said "whats going on this year for x-mas".  So me and
    the wife decided to have x-mas at our place.  Both my parents came with
    the understanding that "best behavior" is all that will be tolerated,
    so let me tell you,  the tension was runnin' high,  I was drinkin' like I
    had nothin' to lose not to mention having to muster up the guts to
    throw out the parent (on christmas day) who would get outta line by
    saying something wrong.
    
      My older sister and her hubby are going thru a split up as well,  so
    of course he shows up from Washington state while my sister is here.  I
    was suprised to say the least.
    
      Well I ended up getting toasted while everything went well.  Some
    people showed up that weren't expected,  while others didn't that were
    expected.  The DEC turkey came out great along with all the other food.
    Me and the wife spents over $600 on presents,  and I actually am not to
    stressed over it.
    
      This was the least stressful Christmas that I have ever had including
    this "D" thing with my parents & sister.  I know that may sound
    contradictory (sp?), but things went much better than expected,  and
    since I only had to buy 5 presents,  my "mall crowd" attitude was good.
    
     I'm obviously having grammer problems this morning.   Maybe another cup
    of sludge would help.
    
     Now it's time for   HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
    
    
    	Tim
224.34We didn't even get a lump of coal!!!SHALOT::MEDVIDCooler than JesusThu Dec 26 1991 12:5313
    DEC turkey?  You guys still got turkeys?  In Charlotte we used to get a
    little gift from the company, then a few years ago it changed to a gift
    certificate to Belk (a department store like Macey's kind of), but for
    the past two years we got nothing due to the condition of the company. 
    I had assumed this was the same policy company wide.  Not very fair if
    you ask me.
    
    RE: one-day Christmases
    
    During the years we have one day off for Christmas, we get two for
    Independance Day and vice versa.
    
    	--dan'l
224.35CAMONE::WAYWake up mama, turn your lamp down lowThu Dec 26 1991 12:5312
Tim --

You sound like a man who just finished a high-wire act and is relieved.

You should have another cup as a Congrats!


Happy New Year, as I hope 1992 is as much better for you as I'm hoping
it will be for me!


'Saw
224.36CAMONE::WAYWake up mama, turn your lamp down lowThu Dec 26 1991 12:5518
>    DEC turkey?  You guys still got turkeys?  In Charlotte we used to get a
>    little gift from the company, then a few years ago it changed to a gift
>    certificate to Belk (a department store like Macey's kind of), but for
>    the past two years we got nothing due to the condition of the company. 
>    I had assumed this was the same policy company wide.  Not very fair if
>    you ask me.
    
Yes, we still get them.

Of course, I remember the FIRST year, mine weight almost 15 pounds or
just a tad over.  This year, not one of ours came close to 13 pounds....


Pretty soon, they'll be handing out a package of "turkey" hot dogs....


hahahahahaha,
'Saw
224.37FSOA::JHENDRYJohn Hendry, DTN 297-2623Thu Dec 26 1991 12:5815
    The difficult part of Christmas and Thanksgiving for me are realizing
    that 1.  My parents are getting older and it's sort of a year-by-year
    proposition now as to whether or not they'll be around for the nexted
    year and 2.  Having all siblings who are either married or living with
    someone (ie, they have that special someone in their lives) while I
    don't.  We generally don't have any behavior problems to worry about at
    the holidays, so that's nothing to worry about.  I hate shopping and I
    can do some of it by mail, so I try to have it all done as early as I
    can.  Noon on the day after Thanksgiving is my record.
    
    Being with everyone is OK when I'm with them but there's nothing worse
    than driving home alone after being with everyone and realizing there's
    only a cold, empty house waiting for me when I get there.
    
    John
224.38Or was that this year?HPSRAD::RIEURead his Lips...Know new taxesThu Dec 26 1991 13:043
    'saw
       Nexted year I heard we're getting cornish hens. 
                                    Denny
224.39Gobble, gobble....LOOKUP::FINUCANEShiny happy people laughingThu Dec 26 1991 13:1214
    
    Hey now,
    
    No more mention of the dreaded turkey program, 'k?  The program from
    hell.....  8-)
    
    dan'l, it's a regional thang, which is why you may not get a holiday
    gift while other parts of the country do. 
    
    
    Cath, your friendly CES&R person....
    
    
    
224.40CARROL::LEFEBVREWorld leader pretendThu Dec 26 1991 14:1011
    Christmas Eve was the annual Revere Italian feast at the in-laws.  Need
    an extra 200 sets of crunchies to burn off the pasta.
    
    Christmas Day was at our house which meant that for the first time in 8
    years, I didn't have to drive on Christmas.
    
    Christmas was sort of weird this year as for the 4th year in a row we
    had another empty chair at the table.  However, the arrival of my neice
    and nephew during the year really helped a lot.
    
    Mark.
224.41CAMONE::WAYWake up mama, turn your lamp down lowThu Dec 26 1991 14:1415
>    Christmas was sort of weird this year as for the 4th year in a row we
>    had another empty chair at the table.  However, the arrival of my neice
>    and nephew during the year really helped a lot.
    
Mark,

Just remember what the late Harry Chapin said:

	All the world's a circle, sunrise and sundown...

I can't remember the rest of the words, but if you know the song, what
I'm sayin' will have some meaning for ya...


'Saw
224.42DECWET::METZGERPromise me you won&#039;t rewire anything.Thu Dec 26 1991 14:2432
Pretty good Xmas but short...

Xmas eve was church with the wife. Kids mass at 6:00. We got there 15 minutes
early but the place was already packed so we had to stand. I was a little 
concerned about this with the wife being 4 months pregnant. Of course she gets
sick 3/4 of the way through the mass and we leave...It didn't bother me at all
because I'm not into the trappings of the catholic church anyway....

Nice dinner and present opening. Betsy got me a toy (remote controlled car)
so I spent the evening chasing the cats around the house with it. We both made
out like bandits and felt bad for the less fortunate seeing all the stuff 
around the tree for just the two of us. 

Xmas day was mellow..slept late...let the wife sleep even later. Had a nice
breakfast, made a few phone calls to the globetrotting extended family (brother
in law in Germany, brother in law in Kentucky, sister in law in New Jersey,
In-laws in connecticut, brother in Tahoe, Nevada, family gathering in 
Western, mass and us in Kirkland, washington)

Then went over our friends (also relocated from Boston and an Ex-deccie who
was smart enough to take the first package) for a nice dinner and talked to
him about his new job being a Seattle Cop...

all-in-all a non-stressful time and the last one we'll spend as a couple...Next
year we'll be opening baby presents saying "look what grandma got you" to a 6
month old who will hae no concenpt of what we're talking about....

anybody got any good names for a boy with my last name..we've got plenty of
girls names but can't agree on any boys names.....

Metz
224.43CAMONE::WAYWake up mama, turn your lamp down lowThu Dec 26 1991 14:5910
>anybody got any good names for a boy with my last name..we've got plenty of
>girls names but can't agree on any boys names.....

Randall, Howard, Forrest, Vern, Teddy, Roger, Ace, Edgar, Charlie,
Shamus, Alphonse, Guiseppi, Constantin, Ivan, Esteban....

Then there's always Dean.....8^)


'Saw
224.44What's in a name?SHALOT::MEDVIDCooler than JesusThu Dec 26 1991 15:1912
    Why don't you call him:
    
    	Cam SPORTS Metzger
    
    And I'm sure someone's already suggested:
    
    	New York Metzger
    
    Knew a guy in high school named Ray Metsger.  He was a pretty cool
    dude.  But Dan'l Metzger would probably be better.
    
    	--dan'l
224.45Somehow Fester Metzger seems the best.PLUGH::NEEDLEMoney talks. Mine says &quot;Good-Bye!&quot;Thu Dec 26 1991 16:170
224.46CARROL::LEFEBVREWorld leader pretendThu Dec 26 1991 16:311
    Homey Metzger.
224.47We'll have our first fight ever over this I'm sure....DECWET::METZGERPromise me you won&#039;t rewire anything.Thu Dec 26 1991 16:5215
Dan'l,

 My fathers name is Ray Metzger....but the wife vetoed that...she's also vetoed
Spike Owen Metzger, Cy Metzger, Ty Metzger and Casey Stengel Metzger....

She's possibly agreed to Nicklaus Metzger but wants to spell it the sissy
way of Nicholas instead of the manly Golden Bear way of Nicklaus...

and Dean is definatly out...

She's also leaning toward Kyle but I'm strongly vetoing that...


Metz
224.48Spike MetzgerAXIS::ROBICHAUDHomer,Plato,Voltaire,SmithFri Dec 27 1991 07:231
    
224.49CNTROL::CHILDSBang!Bang! Let the Music go Bang!Fri Dec 27 1991 08:149
 Dylan or Dillon take your pick. Joseph or James but definately not Mike. Too
 many of us already in the world. Always liked Mattew or name him after our own
 beloved MrT aka Thomas....

 what I look for in a child's name is one with a few nicknames with to grow up
 with. you know like Joey, Joe, Joseph etc....

 mike
224.50NufrieSHALOT::MEDVIDKooler than JesusFri Dec 27 1991 09:4315
    Metz,
    
    just make sure that when you pick a name, it's gonna sound good when
    the announcer says it on a national TV broadcast or in a sports arena.
    
    I really regret my mother vetoing me getting my father's name.  I don't
    know if I would have survived grade school with a name like Nufrie, but
    I think it would have been way too cool to hear:
    
    	"...and swimming in lane 3 for Ohio University, Nufrie Medvid!"
    
    Nothing wrong with Daniel, although it just doesn't have that foreign
    flare.  Plus I get called David a lot.  Hate that.
    
    	--dav..er..dan'l
224.51CARROL::LEFEBVREBabe,Magic,IronMike,NufrieFri Dec 27 1991 10:123
    Dan'l, welcome to your new name in SPORTS.
    
    Mark.
224.52Starting to read movie credits now....River,Leaf,Hope,Spencer.....etc...DECWET::METZGERPromise me you won&#039;t rewire anything.Fri Dec 27 1991 12:5019
No Dillon...already been nixed by a higher power...I would choose either James
or Joseph but that combination has already been taken by my brother James Joseph.

The wife likes Matthew but I don't for some reason....My father in law has 
already suggested every biblical name available...but it's not his kid and he's
already gotten to name 4 :-)...We'd prefer something a little different...He'd
prefer Luke,matthew,peter or John the Baptist.... :-)

but not as different as Nufrie :-)

I guess it's off to the babynames conference...(I can't believe they have a
whole conference for babynames)

Suggestions appreciated at any time....


Metz

224.53CARROL::LEFEBVREWorld Leader PretendFri Dec 27 1991 12:523
    Tad Metzger or Biff Metzger has a certain charm.
    
    Mark.
224.54CAMONE::WAYWake up mama, turn your lamp down lowFri Dec 27 1991 12:5637
Metz,

How bout something really unusual:


		Iver

		Hector

		Nestor

		Milton

		Iago

		Testicles (pronounced the greek way:  Test-tik-clees)

		Stavros

		Ghengis

		Fritz

		Tenzing

		Schroeder (you know, from Peanuts)

		Ludwig

		Adolph

		Otto



Hope this helps,
'Saw
224.55CAMONE::WAYWake up mama, turn your lamp down lowFri Dec 27 1991 12:587
>    Tad Metzger or Biff Metzger has a certain charm.
    


How bout

		Noo Yawk Metzger
224.56TGIF!! WMOIS::BARROWSJJoyeux N�el et Bonne AnnuFri Dec 27 1991 13:009
RE: .52


�I guess it's off to the babynames conference...(I can't believe they have a
�whole conference for babynames)

Hahahoheehaaaaa  .... and I thought I was bored.  Good Lawd! :-)

Jo
224.57HPSRAD::RIEURead his Lips...Know new taxesFri Dec 27 1991 14:372
       Chester Metzger
                                         Denny
224.58CAMONE::WAYWake up Mamma, turn your lamp down lowFri Dec 27 1991 14:4210
>       Chester Metzger

If it's twins, call one Chester and one Lester.

That way you've got Chet and Les Metzger...



'Saw

224.59nuttin comes after it??? ;^)CSTEAM::FARLEYDashing throught da Droods(tm)Fri Dec 27 1991 16:584
    
    
    How 'bout    "Z"???
    
224.60GENRAL::WADEMon Dec 30 1991 13:0510
    
    Metz,
    
    	The only two biblical names I liked when we were name-choosing
    	were Isaac and Joshua.
    
    	You could always threaten the parents with naming a boy Otis
    	Rudolph like we did! ;^)
    
    Claybone
224.62CARROL::LEFEBVREPtolemy,Galileo,Newton,HawkMon Dec 30 1991 14:071
    f=m*a
224.63CAMONE::WAYWake up Mamma, turn your lamp down lowMon Dec 30 1991 14:1322
>      <<< Note 224.62 by CARROL::LEFEBVRE "Ptolemy,Galileo,Newton,Hawk" >>>
                                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^


I just had the SCARIEST thought....

When you come right down to it, theoretical physics is WAY, WAY out there.
I mean quantum theory and the whole 9 yards.  You have to have a 
phenomenal mind just to grasp what's already been laid down in that field,
never mind think up new stuff...

So, here's Hawk, a tired bartender-dad-student.  He's sitting there
drinking a beer one night after working all day at DEC, going to a 7pm
class, and then bartending for a couple of hours.  So, he's sucking
on this beer when it hits him...

Nexted thing you know, kids in school are learning about how Hawk
was sitting drinking a beer when the solution to faster than light
travel came to him....


Crazier than Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure....
224.64How many beers before a Catholic Christmas mass?SHALOT::MEDVIDKooler than JesusMon Dec 30 1991 14:319
>Nexted thing you know, kids in school are learning about how Hawk
>was sitting drinking a beer when the solution to faster than light
>travel came to him....
    
    Probably woulda figured it out already had he not taken communion in
    church.
    
    	--dan'l
    
224.66CAMONE::WAYWake up Mamma, turn your lamp down lowMon Dec 30 1991 14:5221
Hawk,

Yer too much.

I'd like to have had an independent witness in Church though.
Probably went something like this:


	Father:  Body of Christ
	Hawk (way back in line)  Oh Father, shoot me one them Hosties down
				 down here.
	Father:  Body of Christ
 	Hawk (still way back in line)  C'mon Father, toss me a Hostie....
	Father:  Body of Christ
	Hawk (getting closer) Awww, Father, can't I cut to the head of the
			      line!



8^)

224.67Time to TMSHALOT::MEDVIDKooler than JesusMon Dec 30 1991 14:566
    Quantum Pee.  TM that sucker, Hawk!
    
    I'm sure you guys can use it on Patriots Day, Tigermania, and other
    beer-hoisting get togethers.
    
    	--dan'l