Welcome & introduce yourself

[aapbolt]

Lol

Oh MY God! Tim I am in your corner man- not beer - Tequila. The "look" is something fierce isn't it?? Strong women are the best though, they keep us on the right path and the kids understand the guidelines----or else.

[timothy]

Wife is Sicilian and Cuban

Good God, man! I thought I was borderline insane opting for a strong black woman as a wife. If we ever meet for a beer, I guess we'll have plenty of *war* stories...

[aapbolt]

OK

Well I guess I should do this now.
Birthplace: Springfield, IL
Lived throughout Illinois- Normal, Pontiac, Washington and Springfield
Home now; Tampa
University: Univ. of Illinois
Ethnic: Greek ( Hellene)
Wife is Sicilian and Cuban
Kids, one boy and one girl
Job: Teacher, examiner for IB and Adjunct at HCC
Fav Hockey Team: Lightning
Old Fav: Blackhawks
Current Fav player: Marty St. Louis
Old School: Bobby Hull, Stan Mikita and Gordie Howe oh and both Espo's
Player on dif team: Richards and Zetterberg
Fav teams, Rays and Bucs and GO Illini
Music, Clapton, Jethro Tull, CSN and CSNY, Doors and others
TV: Battlestar Galactica, Eureka and Numbers, Heroes and Dr. Who
Hobbies: reading Sci Fi, history and some biographies, also WEB Griffin and Ludlum.
Progressive Republican in the T.R. mode.
Fav movies: A Beautiful Mind, Casablanca, Lord of the Rings, Indiana Jones, any movie that makes you think and of course Animal House and great comedys.

[Sotnos]

agreed

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[the_narrow_way]

FWIW, I think this discussion should either be taken private, or at least to the OT forum. Keep this thread clean, y'know?

[ThorBolt]

Where were you born? Tampa FL
Current hometown: Tampa FL
Ever live anywhere else?: Tallahassee (while in college)
Nationality/ethnicity: Polish/Sicilian
Job: Computer Programmer

Favorite hockey team: The Tampa Bay Lightning
Why do you like them? They are my hometown team.
Favorite hockey team as a kid (if different): Living in Tampa I didn't see much hockey on TV. But what little I saw was I think on NBC and featured Peter Puck. But I enjoyed watching the games with my dad and that's what started my liking of the sport.
Least favorite: Florida Panthers
Favorite active player on your favorite team: Vincent Lecavalier
Favorite active player on another team: Brad Richards
All time favorite player if different: Gretzky
Favorite teams in other sports: Bucs, Rays, Noles

Favorite video/other games: Space Quest/Kings Quest and back in the day Dungeons and Dragons
Favorite music: 70s and 80s pop
Favorite movies: Foreign - The Quiet Earth; American; Canadian Bacon, Silent Running, Soylent Green
Favorite TV show: All time - The Prisoner; Current - Life on Mars, Doctor Who and Torchwood
Favorite beer or alcoholic beverage of choice: Vodka
Have any interesting hobbies? Being an avid reader with over 4000 books may not be "interesting" but show a life long passion for reading. My reading specialties in the categories of classic literature and science fiction.

[chad]

Welcome aboard, Scobo. And Mr. Koules likes that you like the Saw movies. haha

[Scobo_24]

hello all and nice forums you guys got runing here; great to see people still active in the off season. well im new here and i had a friend at work tell me about this site so i finallyhad a chance to get on....


Where were you born? Tampa, FL
Current hometown: Dover, FL
Ever live anywhere else?: Nope
Nationality/ethnicity: 99% American, 1% Cuban
Job: Outback Steakhouse
Favorite hockey team: Tampa Bay Lightning
Why do you like them? Guess just because it is our local team. I couldnt imagine rooting for any other team.. =)
Least favorite: Pittsburgh, Carolina, Calgary, and Philly <- In that order
Favorite active player on your favorite team: Jeff Halpern
Favorite active player on another team: Datsyuk/Lidstrom
All time favorite player if different: Marty St Louis
Favorite teams in other sports: Bucs, Rays
Favorite video/other games: NHL 08, RB6:V2
Favorite music: All Music
Favorite movies: Saw I,II,III, SWAT, Anchorman, Saving Private Ryan, Black Hawk Down, and of course 2004 TBL Stanley Cup Video
Favorite TV show: Family Guy, 24
Have any interesting hobbies? hockey, motorcycles, paintball

Welcome Alexander and Bassassin.

BP has a distinct European feel now.

Ditto on that

[alexander]

Thanks, Chad. This is a nice place

[chad]

Welcome Alexander and Bassassin.

BP has a distinct European feel now.

[alexander]

Where were you born? Oslo, Norway
Current hometown: Trondheim, Norway
Ever live anywhere else?: Grew up in a small town in Western Norway
Nationality/ethnicity: Norwegian
Job: Computer Science Student

Favorite hockey team: Bolts
Why do you like them? Some friends suckered me into adopting them as a favourite team during the 95/96-season. "This is a team of the future," they said. As we all know, the following years turned out a little different, but I was hooked all the same
Least favorite: Florida, Philly
Favorite active player on your favorite team: Lecavalier
Favorite active player on another team: Richards

Favorite teams in other sports: Aafk and Rosenborg(Norwegian soccer teams)

Favorite video/other games: Football Manager, NHL 2008
Favorite music: Mountain Goats, Bonnie Prince Billy, Radiohead and a lot of other obscure indie bands.
Favorite movies: Groundhog Day, Star Wars 4-6, Clerks, Magnolia and several others
Favorite TV show: Sopranos, I guess. Don't watch a lot of TV
Favorite beer or alcoholic beverage of choice: No specific favourite really.
Have any interesting hobbies? Not really. Hobby musician (tries to write songs and play some guitar)

Anything else to share? I've been a lurker on different Bolt-message boards since 1995/96. I don't get to see much hockey, just online radio the last few years, so I'd like to show my appriciation for all the hockey knowledge that you guys have shared with a noob like me over the years.

[bassassin]

Where were you born? Cheltenham, England
Current hometown: Oxford, England
Ever live anywhere else?: Nope
Nationality/ethnicity: British
Job: ahaha (student)

Favorite hockey team: Bolts
Why do you like them? Went to Tampa in 2003
Favorite hockey team as a kid (if different): Senators
Least favorite: hmm Carolina/Florida
Favorite active player on your favorite team: Lecavalier
Favorite active player on another team: Havlat
All time favorite player if different: Lecavalier
Favorite teams in other sports: Oxford Stars, Cheltenham Town, Gloucester

Favorite video/other games: Battlefield 2142, would say NHL but have it on pc and EA really screw the pc
Favorite music: Story of the Year, Anberlin, Saosin, Monty Are I
Favorite movies: Kingdom of Heaven, Wedding Crashers and Bulletproof Monk (or favourite title film isnt as good)
Favorite TV show: Spooks, Shameless, Without a trace and Neighbours
Favorite beer or alcoholic beverage of choice: No specific favourite really.
Have any interesting hobbies? Play field hockey, tennis and swim but learning ice hockey. Poker and other card games (anyone else play on fulltilt poker?).

[RSchmitz]

I actually am a little more radical than that, I believe in global unification and equality. I think the natural evolution of society(abolition of slavery, individual rights, sanctity of life) will lead us all to accept one another. Unfortunately the world is a good two or three hundred years away from casting aside their differences. When that happens we can all look toward grander achievements; imagine the resources of the entire world going toward things that can help everyone. Genetics, nano-technology, interstellar colonization. No military. Everyone sharing a common language, a common currency, hell the world doesn't even share the same system of measurements. Anything that brings the world closer towards that I am for.

[RSchmitz]

Like everybody else, I don't think my ideals fall directly inline with any one group of people. I am very open minded. However, because of that I often times find myself directly opposed to most conservative viewpoints.