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Skriven 2009-02-18 15:26:15 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 20993 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
Ärende: Basey-ball
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Hi Hap,

->  hn> Yeppers, only reason I'd ever want to have a
->  hn> "do over" would be to use that 20/20 hindsight!

-> Well, it's too late now. For all you know, you might have gotten some
-> rotten apples in the deal.

 hn> Well the way Murphy's law works for
 hn> me is like this...if there's a 50/50 chance
 hn> on something going wrong...for me it will go
 hn> wrong 90% of the time (grin)
 hn> So yeah, there's every liklihood that I would
 hn> have gotten some rotten apples in the deal...
 hn> about 90% chance of it I'd say (grin)

But, you didn't know at the time that this one would also produce some
golden apples. (At least that's what some people tink of Microssoft.)
(G)

->  hn> Well you aren't in the land of low humidity anymore!

-> I know, and there aren't enough trade winds here to keep it blown off.

 hn> That's why it's called the low country!
 hn> Funny thing though, when I was a kid
 hn> I didn't mind it a bit! I'm happy to be
 hn> aclimated to my particular climate now
 hn> though!

I've been in so many climates over the years--but have come to the point
where I don't want a hard winter any more. The occasional cold snap,
maybe snow with one of them (but gone the next day) will be tolerable
but none of this October to April snow, ice, freezing temperatures, etc.

->  hn> True, but without hope I'd be depressed! (grin)

-> Most people would be that way.  Got to keep looking forward to the light
-> at the end of the tunnel--and hope it's not an on coming train.

 hn> There we go with the 90% probability again!

Then hope the tunnel has a spot hollowed out so you can slip into it
before the train goes by.


->  hn> Nope, I give the cards away to kids at
->  hn> the ballpark! Attendance was down a  bit
->  hn> last year, so I didn't manage to give away
->  hn> as many as usual...hence the smaller outlay
->  hn> for the cards this year. (grin)
->  hn> I usually manage to give out 500-1000 cards
->  hn> a game.

-> All Mariners or some of the other teams too? Sounds like it's nice PR
-> for the kids; they'll wnat to come back and sit in your section again.
-> Of course if you have the inside story on where the best places to eat
-> in the stadium are as well,................

 hn> So far none of these cards have been
 hn> Mariners...the guy I bought them from
 hn> told me they had not been "gone through"
 hn> but I'm not thinking that was a truthful
 hn> statement at this point...but I'll still
 hn> manage to give them away! Lots of
 hn> folks call me the "card guy" and they
 hn> often come looking for me when they
 hn> come to a game. I don't mind at all!
 hn> I'm happy to add to the enjoyment!

And you wondered why you got the "Rookie of the Year" award a couple of
years ago?  Sounds like the ball park was on the ball when they hired
you.  Besides, had you not gotten in with the Mariners, you nver would
have met Tom Seaver and found ut he owns a winery. (G)

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Catch you later,
Ruth
rchaffly@earthlink.net  FIDO 1:396/45.28


... Mind... Mind... Let's see, I had one of those around here someplace.

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