[JC Jones]

My wife and daughter and daughter on the way.

beer and bbq
Michigan State athletics
Detroit Tigers

Thats about it as golf takes up pretty much all time not devoted to the above 4 interests.

[John Keenan]

Careful Shivas you are starting to sound like a grumpy old man.

[Tom Huckaby]

Mark - Woolwich Arsenal - touche!  Love it.

We need more football battles in this forum.  It does come up from time to time.  We have Chelsea supporters, ManU, and dare I say a few other Gunners.  I seem to recall someone here professing the odd preference for Spurs... can't recall who the poor fellow is.

 

[RJ_Daley]

...this board is my necessary respite from grammarticianism.

Dave, this explains why we seem to be so simpatico...

I guess I have to chime in on this self help, exercise in introspection...

Besides small puppies, warm goosedown comforters with silky covers, and stately oak trees with leaves wafting in the breeze, I am passionate about...

Narrow interests within a category...  

Cooking, but only a narrow range of things.  Particularly things that some might claim I cover up mistakes with garlic.... lots of garlic, basil and tomatoes.  Never make a recipe the same way twice... improvise on things I see on food channel.

Vino, redder the bedder, and not the expensive stuff, necessarily.

Italian folk music (not opera) but more narrowly confined to the classic Neopolitan songs that most identify with as Italian, and all the obscure ones you never heard.  I have this variety of music, home area radio station on often...
http://www.sorrentoradio.com/prova/it.htm

Trying to learn the home area Neopolitan dialect.  I took many Italian language courses, but continue to stumble and am baffled yet drawn to the dialect of Naples.

Naples area culture and people... some might say it is the N'Awlins of Europe.

Watching Badger Hockey and Football, and NHL Hockey...
Can take or leave Packers football and Green Bay in general, believe it or not...

passionate about health care reform, and seeing the people in this country, USA, reclaim authority and power from corporations and greedy special interests....

You asked for it...  

[Bruce Katona]

Tom: Morgan (the 10 year old) got interested in United as Beckham had played for them, Wayne Rooney will again (after he recovers) and the YES (NY Yankees sports network) network used to have replays of the ManU games before we got Fox Soccer Channel last year.  She knows who Thierry Henry is, most of the players are for The US and England National teams, etc.

Being a United fan is like rooting for the Yankees, and we are Yankee fans.

Her school Principal played for Wigan and he is a long-time Liverpool fan....one of our best friends is from Liverpool and is a great Everton fan (go Tim Howard, a former ManU goalie and NJ guy).....we have a great running debate during the season on how each team is playing.

You're allowed to pick any team you like.....I even have friends who are die hard Red Sox and Mets fans and hate the Yankees.  It makes the season much more interesting to tease and razz your friends when their team does a crash and burn when they play your favorite.

[Mike Hendren]

Dick,

After trying to keep up with you on those winding Wisconsin roads, I was expecting you to say "bootlegging."

Mike

[Jon Earl]

Pretty much all sport (especially Chelsea FC who I have had a season ticket for since I was 4), travel, cars and technology / gadgets.

Amazing how many Chelsea fans these days feel duty-bound to say how long they have supported the club to distinguish themselves from the johnny-come-latelys.  

My family
Crystal Palace FC
Hatred of Man Utd
Cricket
Real Ale
The novels of John le Carre

[Tom Huckaby]

Bruce:  you needed say no more after you stated you were Yankee fans.  Do you also root for the Lions against the Christians?  Hurricanes against land masses?  Trump against a homeless person in a poker game?

All in good fun.  It's all understandable, we all come to our rooting interests in our own ways.  My son and I are Arsenal fans primarily because years ago I thought the name was cool, and he picked up on them as being great in a video game we have.

 

Jon - well said re Chelsea fans.  And I must say I have nothing but love and respect for Palace.

TH

[Jon Earl]

Jon - well said re Chelsea fans.  And I must say I have nothing but love and respect for Palace.

TH

Tom

I can tell you are a true connoisseur of the beautiful game.

[Tom Huckaby]

Much obliged, Jon.  I do try my best.

 

[Bruce Katona]

As a life long Yankee fan, you have are required to be a supporter of:
1. Lions
2.Hurricanes
3. I draw the line at Trump.
4. To this day, I can not understand cricket (but I'm an American).

5. I do root for the Cubs as I hope in my lifetime they will again win the pennant....I would be greatly conficted if they played the Yankees in the World Series.....I was hoping in '04 the Cubs and Red Sox would play after the Yankees crashed and burned.

[RJ_Daley]

MIke, that was the 'old family' business.  My generation joined the otherside... for the time being, anyway.    

[Tom Huckaby]

As a life long Yankee fan, you have are required to be a supporter of:
1. Lions
2.Hurricanes
3. I draw the line at Trump.
4. To this day, I can not understand cricket (but I'm an American).

5. I do root for the Cubs as I hope in my lifetime they will again win the pennant....I would be greatly conficted if they played the Yankees in the World Series.....I was hoping in '04 the Cubs and Red Sox would play after the Yankees crashed and burned.

Good stuff, Bruce.  I am definitely chuckling.  And you redeem yourself with secondary rooting for the Cubs... so you do have a soul after all.

 

[Bruce Katona]

I have my fingers crossed the Cubbies come thru this year...they are playing well.

When you root for the NY Rangers in hockey, you have some qualities....after all, 1 Stanley Cup in 60 years ranks right up there with the Red Sox World Series wins (we don't know this years outcome yet).

Beckahm certainly put a buzz into our area this weekend..66,000 came to see him play in Giants Stadium....if a few more international name brands came and played here in the US, soccer would be on track to compete with the other televised sports here.....our kids generation all playe soccer, so it only makes sense.....games done in 2 hours....defined amount of TV time for a match....sounds like a no-brainer to me.

[Tom Birkert]

Jon - well said re Chelsea fans.  And I must say I have nothing but love and respect for Palace.

TH

Tom

I can tell you are a true connoisseur of the beautiful game.

Behave!!! I've lived in Chelsea all my life and the reason I feel I should quantify my support is precisely because there are so many nouveau "supporters" around - and it's not just Chelsea that suffer from that.

On a golfing level, many of the Chelsea players play regularly, although their choice of course won't surprise many - Wentworth and Wisley being very popular due to the facilities on offer.

[Tom Huckaby]

Tom:

Touche, I can live with that.

This also reminds me a conversation I had with another Chelsea fan, regular in this forum, who can identify himself if and when he reads this, and if and when he cares to.  I was giving him the standard ribbing out hopping on the Chelsea bandwagon, only starting to root for them now that they're great, etc. etc. etc.

In his inimitable way, he stated:

"Thomas, I'll have you know I played for the Chelsea Juniors in the late 40s."

I believe I shut the hell up.

 

[Tom Birkert]

Tom:

Touche, I can live with that.

This also reminds me a conversation I had with another Chelsea fan, regular in this forum, who can identify himself if and when he reads this, and if and when he cares to.  I was giving him the standard ribbing out hopping on the Chelsea bandwagon, only starting to root for them now that they're great, etc. etc. etc.

In his inimitable way, he stated:

"Thomas, I'll have you know I played for the Chelsea Juniors in the late 40s."

I believe I shut the hell up.

 

While sadly I don't have as much life experience, I certainly have been attending long enough to go through the bad times and to now appreciate the good times.

My father doesn't play golf - I wish he did - so football is our bond, something which I believe each son needs with his father. I plan on golf and football being that if / when I have children, which is why the cadet scheme at my club is such a great idea.

[Tom Huckaby]

Tom:

You remain good by me, as is the other chap, and really all fans of ManU.  Heck, I can live with you all, as misguided as you may be.  It's Spurs fans I have a tough time with.

 

And that is so well said re father-son bonding... my son and I have a lot of fun with Arsenal, as my own father and I have my entire life re other teams (soccer as we Americans call it isn't his thing).  We all share golf too, or at least are more so now that my son has started more actively playing... It really is a great part of life.

TH

[Mark Pearce]

Tom:

 It's Spurs fans I have a tough time with.

 TH

I'd respond, if only my beloved club weren't making a laughing stock of its self today.  Best manager and team for 15 years and we shoot ourselves in the foot.  You don't get that with Boring Boring Arsenal or Roman's Chelski.

[Tom Huckaby]

We all live and die each week with this, Mark.

And I'd take Boring Boring Arsenal these days.  We do play with flair for sure now, but wow do we have a way of making every game interesting.  See Mad Jens' flubs lately?

I shall continue to pray for Palace, which in fact is my daughter's adopted team.  She decided on this purely based on the name.  Hey, there are worse reasons.

 

[Garland Bayley]

Not a single gardener so far!

Let me be the first. I grow camellia flowers.

[Phil Benedict]

I cook.  I'm a 6 in golf but scatch as a cook in my own, admittedly biased, opinion.

Does anybody play both golf and tennis passionately?  Some years ago (before I joined a club) I was really into tennis, looking forward to my Saturday matches with as much anticipation as I look forward to golf now.  Without making a conscious decision to do so I drifted away from the game and haven't played at all for over 15 years.  It's a great game but I think it's pretty hard to play both golf and tennis seriously and do justice to either.

[Brian Joines]

NFL football (Colts), racing and cars in general

[John Keenan]

Garland,

Add me to the gardener list. Roses are my favorite but in general I just like working around garden. I have some camellias and enjoy them as well. Great color in shaded areas

I have often thought one of the things I like about golf is being out in the general setting. While certainly not a garden in the classic sense if done well a beautiful natural setting.
.  

[Steve Wilson]

Not necessarily in this order:

WVU sports--well football and men's basketball.  I've been bleeding blue and gold since I was eight.

A voracious, eclectic, and unsystematic reader.

Winston Churchill
The Civil War
Most history in fact.  Of late I've been catching up on the Greeks and Romans.  I'm glad they waited on me.

Scrabble--I've played in one tournament and may play in more as I exchange active for more sedentary pursuits as  the aging process continues.

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