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LibraryLoser
03-19-2003, 09:10 PM
Just joined the forum after being pointed to it from one of my many baseball email lists.

My user name is actually the name of my fantasy baseball team. I haven't won the league since 1997, so I'm on a long losing streak.

I followed the Indians in the 1970's and 1980's when nobody went to see the games. It's going to be sort of fun to be able to just walk up to the gate on game day and buy a ticket. I follow a number of teams though because I like certain players. Thank goodness for the MLB game package on my cable...

Just call me LL for short!

:)
Max Power
03-19-2003, 09:15 PM
"Welcome!" from me.

Please be sure to read this thread (by clicking on the text):
http://www.netshrine.com/vbulletin2/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4789
You should find it very helpful.
Happy posting!
Craig S.
03-19-2003, 10:03 PM
LL, why that nickname? Are you a librarian?
gyb13
03-20-2003, 10:13 AM
welcome aboard L-squared! hope you enjoy it here...
pathogan
03-20-2003, 10:18 AM
..LL .there are many many fine folks here
TimmyB
03-20-2003, 10:40 AM
Originally posted by LibraryLoser
I followed the Indians in the 1970's and 1980's when nobody went to see the games. It's going to be sort of fun to be able to just walk up to the gate on game day and buy a ticket.

Hey, LL! I went to old Municipal Stadium once in 1987 -- I and, oh, I dunno, five or six thousand others watched the team that SI had picked to win the East that season.
WiredTigress
03-20-2003, 05:57 PM
Originally posted by Craig S.
LL, why that nickname? Are you a librarian?

Welcome, LL. I'm curious myself - I'm a librarian - you?
LibraryLoser
03-21-2003, 07:39 AM
Yes, I'm a librarian.
Craig S.
03-21-2003, 07:55 AM
Originally posted by LibraryLoser
Yes, I'm a librarian.

Public, academic, or special?

I'm a branch head in a public system.
LibraryLoser
03-21-2003, 08:16 AM
Public. I also am a branch head in a public system in northern Ohio.
Max Power
03-21-2003, 08:34 AM
Originally posted by Craig S.
I'm a branch head in a public system.

I had no idea that Mr. Rickey had a Grateful Dead worshiper type fan base..........
gyb13
03-21-2003, 09:56 AM
NetShrine: physicists, lawyers and branch heads

can we start calling it PLABHermetrics?
WiredTigress
03-21-2003, 11:27 AM
Originally posted by Craig S.
Public, academic, or special?

I'm a branch head in a public system.

Awesome! I'm a media specialist working as a special/Internet Librarian.
WiredTiger
03-21-2003, 12:45 PM
LL... welcome to Netshrine. I am sure you'll feel as at home here as you do among the stacks of books.
sweaver
03-21-2003, 01:24 PM
My wife does inter-library loans at a college library.
Craig S.
03-21-2003, 01:30 PM
Originally posted by sweaver
My wife does inter-library loans at a college library.

Thank goodness for the ILL people. That's how I get most of what I read.
Sidewinder
03-21-2003, 02:02 PM
I had no idea there were so many fellow librarians on here. I'm a systems librarian at a medical library.
TGwynn19
03-21-2003, 02:43 PM
I've been to a library once. Once. :read:
SmedIndy
03-21-2003, 03:40 PM
All of this library love...I actually buy books!
Craig S.
03-21-2003, 04:06 PM
Originally posted by SmedIndy
All of this library love...I actually buy books!

So do I, but only if it's something I'll refer back to often - like Win Shares, cookbooks or movie guides.

For fiction, I can't stomach paying $25 for a book that I'll read once before letting it gather dust on the shelf. At least, not when I can get it for free here.
SmedIndy
03-21-2003, 04:11 PM
Fiction - hmmmm....so that's the other side of the bookstore? :D

Welcome, LL, to the forum!
NCFella19
03-21-2003, 08:23 PM
The Greensboro Public Library keeps leaving messages on my machine to return their damn books-on-tape. 8 hour drives to Cleveland through mountains where the only radio we get is either hellfire preachin' or snake charmin' just NEEDS a good book on tape to pass the time. I feel like a prisoner in my own home. I guess I should just return them...

Greetings from an ex-Clevelander living in NC! I too remember the old Cleveland Municipal days, deciding at the spur of the moment to go down and buy a ticket and sit behind the plate. Growing up and playing Little League on the Bedford Kiwanis team with a red Frank Duffy signed bat should tell you what "greats" I grew up with.
deadguy
03-30-2003, 05:40 PM
I volunteered in a library back in high school. Does that count? :-)

Welcome aboard, LL. As a fellow fan and rotisserian mired in futility, I welcome you.