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06-15-2003, 11:07 PM
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Hello everyone
I'm a Cubs fan - mostly by birth, but I'm also a traditionalist at heart, and now that I live near Wrigley Field, I actually get to go to a few games.
I'm from the Chicago area originally, but I left to go to college in Colorado, and I've been trying to get back ever since. About a year ago, my wife and I moved to Chicago to go to law school. |
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06-16-2003, 08:40 AM
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yay! more Cubs fans and more lawyers. You will find company on both counts. Welcome to NDF.
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06-16-2003, 08:55 AM
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"Welcome!" from me.
Please be sure to read this thread (by clicking on the text): http://www.netshrine.com/vbulletin2/...&threadid=4789 You should find it very helpful. Happy posting!
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06-16-2003, 11:32 AM
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 Well, there goes the neighborhood....Welcome, and enjoy! |
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06-16-2003, 03:00 PM
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Not a lawyer yet, just a law student...
Also, I used to be an engineer, and I'm planning on practicing as a patent attorney (with some excursions into other intellectual property areas), so I'm not one of those regrettable ambulance-chaser types. I like to think that this makes me different from the typical lawyer/law student, but that's probably an illusion. |
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06-16-2003, 03:29 PM
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Molechaser - I'm a patent attorney.
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06-17-2003, 02:02 PM
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mo-le mo-le mo-le mo-le mo-le mo-le mo-le mo-le mo-le mo-le
<that scene in austin powers III had me cracking up> welcome aboard!
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06-17-2003, 02:15 PM
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Me too. I'm a shameless fan of all three of those movies.
Incidentally, a Dodger Dog for the first person who comes up with the origin of "molechaser." (And no, it has nothing to do with that Austin Powers scene.) |
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06-21-2003, 12:13 PM
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Welcome! welcome! Welcome!
I will see my first Cubs game Thursday! Can't wait! Any hints?
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06-21-2003, 12:27 PM
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Sit in the bleachers if you can. There's not a bad seat in the ballpark, but the real Cubs experience comes from taking in a day game from the bleachers. Generally, Wrigley Field is a great place to watch a ball game. Along with Fenway Park, Yankee Stadium, Lambeau Field (probably), and a few other places, it is one of the great shrines of American professional sports. In fact, given that the Cubs have been so consistently mediocre for so long, Wrigley Field is their greatest asset. (Where else in sports can you find a team that hasn't won a championship in 95 years, hasn't played in a championship game in almost 60 years, and has only sporadically made the playoffs since then, but still generally comes in over the league average in attendance?) I sincerely hope you enjoy the game. Athletically, it may not end up being much to write home about, but I guarantee that the dirt and the long grass, the bricks and the ivy, the manual scoreboard, the sun-drenched fans, and the four-part harmony when the crowd sings "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" will warm your heart. I'm interested to know what you think after the game. |
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07-04-2003, 09:40 AM
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It was a great game! Saw Prior pitch a great game. It was just like watching my Red Sox......the bullpen blew it.
 Cub fans are great!!! What a beautiful park, I will never forget it! 
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07-04-2003, 11:46 AM
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All too common an occurrence lately, I'm afraid. Still, I'm glad you enjoyed the game. Although it's not the most comfortable ballpark in the world, Wrigley Field is in the upper echelon of places to watch a game, a true shrine of sport, and everyone should see it at least once. |
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07-04-2003, 01:35 PM
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Don't know why I never said howdy before - I was probably sulking about my status in the Predictions contest. Welcome aboard.
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07-07-2003, 12:25 PM
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Stab in the dark, since you were an engineer, you invented the P7900 mole removal system named molechaser. If this is true I hope you are becoming a patent lawyer because you made millions on the patent and found the process fascinating, not because you got shafted on the patent by some big company.
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07-07-2003, 09:52 PM
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No, but I think I might adopt that story. I'm actually going into patent law because it's significantly more interesting than what I spent my career as an engineer doing.
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