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The details of my life are quite inconsequential... very well, where do I begin? My father was a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner from Belgium with low grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery. My mother was a fifteen year old French prostitute named Chloe with webbed feet. My father would womanize, he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. My childhood was typical. Summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring we'd make meat helmets. When I was insolent I was placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds- pretty standard really. At the age of twelve I received my first scribe. At the age of fourteen a Zoroastrian named Vilma ritualistically shaved my testicles. There really is nothing like a shorn under the butt nut hut... it's breathtaking- I highly suggest you try it.

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Who: Jay, JB, Buck, Buck Denim among other things

What: Programmer/Analyst at a very large, very reputable telephone/communications company. nudge-nudge say no more..

When: Late 1970, making me 35.

Where: St. Louis Missouri or Missourah if ya like.

Why: Are you kidding? Actually, there's nothing better than sitting with a group of 12 retards(myself included), going through 192 picks of a draft that they'll all hear trash talk about for the next 6 months. Oh, and drives the wife crazy too.

Fantasy Bio: Man..lost the viginity in '98 I believe. Been a Huddler for 6 years. Decided to jump into the boards this year. Don't have a reason for not doing it before now. Currently in 2 leagues. Ultimately my goal, is to have a year of TOTAL fantasy domination of KordellStewartSux4Life and PunkMC. Give them the throttling they deserve...

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The details of my life are quite inconsequential... very well, where do I begin? My father was a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner from Belgium with low grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery. My mother was a fifteen year old French prostitute named Chloe with webbed feet. My father would womanize, he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. My childhood was typical. Summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring we'd make meat helmets. When I was insolent I was placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds- pretty standard really. At the age of twelve I received my first scribe. At the age of fourteen a Zoroastrian named Vilma ritualistically shaved my testicles. There really is nothing like a shorn under the butt nut hut... it's breathtaking- I highly suggest you try it.

 

I think I know where Skins has been hiding... :D

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Where else could you go to find the likes of gay cabelleros like Bronco Billy, spain, blitz, BR, sarge, TimC and not get f'in infected by a virus !

 

 

I thought it had cleared up...I swear. :D

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Starting to see a lot of new faces around here already, just wondering who, what, when, where & why you are. Somebody does this sort of thing every season, figured I'd jump the gun. First word of warning, never take ANYTHING seriously here. Any Vets wanna put theirs in they are more than welcome as well.

 

Example:

Who: rajncajn, your friendly neighborhood Saints fan

What: Program Analyst by day, SuperHuddler by night. Saints fan always & forever.

When: 31 yrs of age. Although Blitz thinks I'm around 50 or so.

Where: Hail from the Missippi Gulf Coast.

Why: Cuz I'm a fanatic, just like everyone else here.

Fantasy Bio: Been playing FF for 7 yrs, been a Huddler for 6. Been on the boards for 5. Didn't take me long to figure out this is the best **** FF site on the net. I'm in 4 leagues now (this is beginning to read like an AA meeting) 1 local 12 team keeper and 3 BOTH (Born Of The Huddle) leagues, one a 16 team dynasty another a 32 team modified redraft, and last but definately least, a 12 team survivor league.

 

 

 

WHO: Atlas, NY Giants and Yankees fan

WHAT: Chiropractor, Sports specialist

WHEN: 46 yo father of 2 ...15yo boy and 5 yo girl (yes, I'm going thru puberty and potty trainig simulaneously)

WHERE: The swamps of Jersey, home of The Sopranos

WHY: A great bonding experience for my son and me

FANTASY BIO: Tried Fanatasy Baseball last year and won our league first time out (and leading again this year). Tried FFB for the first time last year and got smoked. Not as easy as baseball. We'd like to get confident enough to try a national tournament in the near future. Read about THE HUDDLE in Msaints' book.

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WHO: Atlas, NY Giants and Yankees fan

WHAT: Chiropractor, Sports specialist

WHEN: 46 yo father of 2 ...15yo boy and 5 yo girl (yes, I'm going thru puberty and potty trainig simulaneously)

WHERE: The swamps of Jersey, home of The Sopranos

WHY: A great bonding experience for my son and me

FANTASY BIO: Tried Fanatasy Baseball last year and won our league first time out (and leading again this year). Tried FFB for the first time last year and got smoked. Not as easy as baseball. We'd like to get confident enough to try a national tournament in the near future. Read about THE HUDDLE in Msaints' book.

 

Sweet, a sports physician in our midst. Ever do any work on players?

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Sweet, a sports physician in our midst. Ever do any work on players?

 

 

 

A couple. Nothing high profile. An olympic shooter. A reserve from the Rams.

More HS and college. Need to get a hold of Damon's back, though. He's killing my fantasy scores

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who: cdj7k- CindyDaveJ7Kids- cdj7k- get it? just kiddin', i dont care either

 

what: building facilities manager last 16 years

 

when: 46 with 7 kids and feel it. ages 21F, 19F, 17M, 14F, 10M, 6M, 3F. i deal with every childhood issue on a daily basis. i see all you FF veterans, but newbie dads out here, you need advice about kids, ask me. i need advice about football, i'll ask you. married 22 years to same crazy woman

 

 

21F 19F

 

Have any pictures? :D

 

 

that's just flat out wrong :D

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A couple. Nothing high profile. An olympic shooter. A reserve from the Rams.

More HS and college. Need to get a hold of Damon's back, though. He's killing my fantasy scores

 

Just the technical knowledge will be a bonus to The Huddle. :D

 

Better than the gynecologist we have now. :D

 

JK Chargerz... :D

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WHO: Jesse, Falcons and UT fan (Hook'em bitches)

WHAT: Legal Assistant

WHEN: 25

WHERE: DC via FL via Milwaukee

WHY: It's frikkin football.

FANTASY BIO: Started on fantasy basketball in 2002 (2nd place). It was fun but took up way too much free time.

2003 started on FF in a 12 team IDP league, 6th place.

2004 same league, 2nd place.

2005 same league, 2nd place AGAIN (I swear I'm becoming the Buffalo Bills of my IDP league).

2005 another FF league (non-IDP), 6th place.

 

:D

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I just rifled through 24 pages to find out I never posted in this thing. That's actually kinda weird. BJ, you can skip this, you know all this stuff already.

 

who: Kid Cid. Giants fan. Nittany Lions Alumnus. Got my moniker from 1 night, 3 chicks and a boat load of acid.

what:Today I'm an engineer supporting IP Telephony management software. Corvette Enthusiast. I have more hobbies than I can reasonably afford.

when: forty something. I long ago lost count.

where: DC Suburbs. But I'm WAY out there.

why: Good god rajn are ye daft? What a stupid question...

bio: I've been playing FF since 95. It seems like I've been here since then. Like Muck used to say, an original original. Multiple leagues every year, but I've only had one losing season. went 2-11 with an 11 game losing streak to start the season. Won the last two games and knocked two teams out of the playoffs in the process. Oh and there was a 5 and something season in the Core too. Although that came after beating DMD two years running for the championship so I didn't feel too bad.

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  • 3 weeks later...

Ok, so I'm a semi-newbie. I was around here some last year, probably did more lurking than posting...

 

WHO: Bring Back Pat!!! (Old-School Patriots logo. Used to be the avatar, but when you find confirmation of what Simpson's fans have long suspected, you gotta go with it) Life-long Pats fan, also a Skins fan.

 

WHAT: Kitchen Designer by, well....I get paid for doing it, but always seem to have FF on the brain.

 

WHEN: Soon to be 29

 

WHERE: Manch-Vegas, NH. Cause when the lights go down, the freaks come out.

 

WHY: As if any of us can answer that!! Cause I'm a slow white guy that can't play the game. Cause I don't have enough money to buy a real franchise. Cause I can't inagine watching football on Sunday's without it. But most of all, because I'm addicted.

 

BIO: Play two locals, one a dynasty entering year 16, the other a re-draft I'm playing for the 2nd. Play three leagues at ESPN, re-drafts, for between 2-4 years each. And any other leagues that come around....

 

Maybe it's time for an update:

 

WHO: Bring Back Pat!!! (Old-school Pats logo, they NEED to bring back, the flying ELVIS is awful)

 

WHAT: Kitchen & Bath Designer

 

WHEN: Now soon to be 30. Ouch. Now Married. Double Ouch.

 

WHERE: Still in Manch-Vegas, NH

 

WHY: I'm addicted. I know it. And I'm ok with it.

 

BIO: Still in same two locals. Down to one league at ESPN, just because. Now in 4 BOTH leagues, Bling Bling, Weapons of DMD, 32 Homaaarrrrs (not sure the proper # of a's and r's) and Home Field Advantage.

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WHAT: Kitchen & Bath Designer

 

BBP, I'm going to be doing my kitchen soon. Have any tips, maybe what I need to have when I go to the cabinet place etc? I've already done up a rough CAD sketch with all the dimensions with the exception of my appliance dimensions. Mostly wondering how the whole process works.

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Although every store will run the process differently, I do have some tips. First, look at lots of pictures. Things you like as well as things you don't like. Anything you can bring with you to the designer is such a help and speeds the process along so much. Even if it's something mimor, like, I like this molding treatment, or I hate this colr door. Anything like that will make the design process so much less painfull. Second, go to an independant dealer. Meaning, stay out of the box stores like HD and Lowes. The experience level typically is much greater at an local shop, and the level of attention you'll get is much greater. Also, your near garaunteed to deal with the same person or couple of people for the entire job. I couldn't tell you how many times a customer comes to me and says they got a design from HD, went back with some questions and their designer was selling plywood. Third, start looking at appliances now. Go to a good dealer, and pick out as much as you can ahead of time. Again, makes the design process faster.

 

As far as the timeline. You should meet with someone and they should want to come to your house and take field measurements. (I just got back from a measure when I read this post). Then they should do a design or two for you on a CAD program specifically for kitchens. I use 20/20, but Planit is also popular. Then once a design is agreed upon, the cabinets and counters are priced up. As a remodel kitchen, a good rule of thumb to use for future re-sale is the value of the kitchen should be between 10-15% of the value of the house. That's cabinets, counters, appliances, etc. Spend a lot less than that and you're not doing the house justice, spend way more and you'll never get it back in additional sale price.

 

Hope this helps, and feel free to ask any questions along the way!!

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Silver & Black 6/26/03 9:56pm Post #59

 

 

Huddler Pro

 

 

Group: Members

Posts: 1,003

Joined: Aug 9, 2001

Member No.: 291

 

 

 

Who: Silver&Black, Raider fanatic (Dad grew up in California)

 

What: GIS Analyst (go here or here if you care to know what that is...)

Fantasy Football Mock Drafter extraordinaire, Survivor League aficionado

 

When: 34 years old, living with 25 year old girlfriend

 

Where: Alexandria, Virginia but grew up in Maryland.

 

Why: Because it's cheaper than Alchohol and everybody needs an addiction, or two or three...

 

Fantasy Bio: Been playing Fantasy for 7 yrs. I've been a Huddler for 4 years and have

been on the boards for 3. I frequent many football sites during the on and off season

but I always end up back at the Huddle for the definitive word on Football, Fantasy Football, everything related, and unrelated...I've been playing in 2 leagues 7 years each, one which is a 12 team league that comprises of coworkers and ex-coworkers which is pretty competitive and the other which is a 24 team league that comprises of old friends that is cut-throat. By the time the season starts, I will probably have 50+ survivor league teams...2 minute speed mocks are my newest addiction.

 

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Ah, memories.... Now if I could only remember that stupid password I wouldnt have had to start over with my current username :D

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Just the technical knowledge will be a bonus to The Huddle. :D

 

Better than the gynecologist we have now. :D

 

JK Chargerz... :D

 

That's it, rajn, no free Pap smears for you!!!! :D:D

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