Meeting ASD - Andy and The Historian

I met Andy yesterday at a cafe in the Raddison Hotel in Valley Forge,
PA. We had a pleasant two hours conversation on diet, exercise,
motivation, and ASD, although I fear I talked too much. Andy's as good
natured as his newsgroup posts, a rugged outdoorsman type. He carries
his excess weight well, and had I not been reading his posts wouldn't
have guessed he was overweight. I'm glad he's posting at ASD, and I was
happy to have met him.

Neil
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I met Andy yesterday at a cafe in the Raddison Hotel in Valley Forge,
PA. We had a pleasant two hours conversation on diet, exercise,
motivation, and ASD, although I fear I talked too much. Andy's as good
natured as his newsgroup posts, a rugged outdoorsman type. He carries
his excess weight well, and had I not been reading his posts wouldn't
have guessed he was overweight. I'm glad he's posting at ASD, and I was
happy to have met him.

Neil
385/345/200


Neil,

Thanks for your kind words. 'Rugged outdoorsman type"??? Maybe if I drag
the La-Z-Boy into the driveway and attach a mechanical bull-riding
mechanism to it. VBG

All the best and thanks!!! It was a pleasure of my life to meet you.

Andy

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The Historian wrote in news:9UVQf.3268$k75.2858
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I met Andy yesterday at a cafe in the Raddison Hotel in Valley Forge,
PA. We had a pleasant two hours conversation on diet, exercise,
motivation, and ASD, although I fear I talked too much. Andy's as good
natured as his newsgroup posts, a rugged outdoorsman type. He carries
his excess weight well, and had I not been reading his posts wouldn't
have guessed he was overweight. I'm glad he's posting at ASD, and I was
happy to have met him.

Neil
385/345/200


Neil,

Thanks for your kind words. 'Rugged outdoorsman type"??? Maybe if I drag
the La-Z-Boy into the driveway and attach a mechanical bull-riding
mechanism to it. VBG

All the best and thanks!!! It was a pleasure of my life to meet you.

Hey you two, how about a summer job herding sheep?

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The Historian wrote in news:9UVQf.3268$k75.2858
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I met Andy yesterday at a cafe in the Raddison Hotel in Valley Forge,
PA. We had a pleasant two hours conversation on diet, exercise,
motivation, and ASD, although I fear I talked too much. Andy's as good
natured as his newsgroup posts, a rugged outdoorsman type. He carries
his excess weight well, and had I not been reading his posts wouldn't
have guessed he was overweight. I'm glad he's posting at ASD, and I was
happy to have met him.

Neil
385/345/200


Neil,

Thanks for your kind words. 'Rugged outdoorsman type"??? Maybe if I drag
the La-Z-Boy into the driveway and attach a mechanical bull-riding
mechanism to it. VBG

All the best and thanks!!! It was a pleasure of my life to meet you.

Andy

I love meeting people I've met on ASD, too. I've had the pleasure of
meeting Chris and Volleyballchick. I'll be in Philadelphia later this year
and hope we can arrange a meeting of members at that time.

If you re-work that La-Z-Boy be sure to post pictures!

Beverly

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The Historian wrote in news:9UVQf.3268$k75.2858
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I met Andy yesterday at a cafe in the Raddison Hotel in Valley
Forge, PA. We had a pleasant two hours conversation on diet,
exercise, motivation, and ASD, although I fear I talked too much.
Andy's as good natured as his newsgroup posts, a rugged outdoorsman
type. He carries his excess weight well, and had I not been reading
his posts wouldn't have guessed he was overweight. I'm glad he's
posting at ASD, and I was happy to have met him.

Neil
385/345/200


Neil,

Thanks for your kind words. 'Rugged outdoorsman type"??? Maybe if I
drag the La-Z-Boy into the driveway and attach a mechanical
bull-riding mechanism to it. VBG

All the best and thanks!!! It was a pleasure of my life to meet you.

Hey you two, how about a summer job herding sheep?


Carol,

I appologize in advance!

http://www.tinyurl.com/pvax6

Andy

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The Historian wrote in news:9UVQf.3268$k75.2858
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I met Andy yesterday at a cafe in the Raddison Hotel in Valley
Forge, PA. We had a pleasant two hours conversation on diet,
exercise, motivation, and ASD, although I fear I talked too much.
Andy's as good natured as his newsgroup posts, a rugged outdoorsman
type. He carries his excess weight well, and had I not been reading
his posts wouldn't have guessed he was overweight. I'm glad he's
posting at ASD, and I was happy to have met him.

Neil
385/345/200


Neil,

Thanks for your kind words. 'Rugged outdoorsman type"??? Maybe if I
drag the La-Z-Boy into the driveway and attach a mechanical
bull-riding mechanism to it. VBG

All the best and thanks!!! It was a pleasure of my life to meet you.

Andy

I love meeting people I've met on ASD, too. I've had the pleasure of
meeting Chris and Volleyballchick. I'll be in Philadelphia later this
year and hope we can arrange a meeting of members at that time.

If you re-work that La-Z-Boy be sure to post pictures!

Beverly


Beverly,

I'd love to meet you. It's a bicycle race you mentioned. I'll go out of
my way to give you a push to get you started and meet you at victory lane
(is that what they call it?).

There's a bicycle race I hope to get in shape for on May 21 to help a
center for the blind. So i gotta get my bike fixed, get a route map and
start pedalling around portions of the 13-mile route. I've seen them from
the sponsor's booth as they take off in their skin-tight zero bodyfat
shapes. I don't expect to come in first, but i expect to finish!!!

Keep reminding us about September, as the time nears and we can meet up
before your launch and after you land! OK?

An aside: Philadelphia hosts one of the most noted pro cycling races in
the world. I went down and watched them. Those cyclists don't attend
a.s.d. The BUMS!!!

All the best,

Andy

"The Historian" wrote in message
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I met Andy yesterday at a cafe in the Raddison Hotel in Valley Forge, PA.
We had a pleasant two hours conversation on diet, exercise, motivation, and
ASD, although I fear I talked too much. Andy's as good natured as his
newsgroup posts, a rugged outdoorsman type. He carries his excess weight
well, and had I not been reading his posts wouldn't have guessed he was
overweight. I'm glad he's posting at ASD, and I was happy to have met him.

It's great that you two got together. As Beverly mentioned, she and I met
this summer and on the same trip I met up with Chris and two other women
from ASD who used to post here but don't anymore. It was a terrific
experience for me and my DH.
--
the volleyballchick

Nunya B. wrote:
"The Historian" wrote in message
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I met Andy yesterday at a cafe in the Raddison Hotel in Valley Forge, PA.
We had a pleasant two hours conversation on diet, exercise, motivation, and
ASD, although I fear I talked too much. Andy's as good natured as his
newsgroup posts, a rugged outdoorsman type. He carries his excess weight
well, and had I not been reading his posts wouldn't have guessed he was
overweight. I'm glad he's posting at ASD, and I was happy to have met him.

It's great that you two got together.

It was until I read the "Brokeback Mountain" joke another poster made. :-(

As Beverly mentioned, she and I met
this summer and on the same trip I met up with Chris and two other women
from ASD who used to post here but don't anymore. It was a terrific
experience for me and my DH.

I've generally had a good experience meeting people I've corresponded
with on the newsgroups. The only exception was a nutcase from the chess
newsgroups named Sam Sloan - but then what else could I have expected
from the chess groups?

Neil
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The Historian wrote:

The only exception was a nutcase from the chess newsgroups named Sam
Sloan - but then what else could I have expected from the chess groups?

You couldn't tell by looking at his websites that he's a total
kook?!?!?!

"The Historian" wrote in message
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I've generally had a good experience meeting people I've corresponded with
on the newsgroups. The only exception was a nutcase from the chess
newsgroups named Sam Sloan - but then what else could I have expected from
the chess groups?

I've also had mostly good experiences from meeting people I've dealt with
online. Many moons ago I was quite active on IRC and our channel had a
major meet-up of 35 people from 12 states, 2 provinces, and one from
overseas - it was the best 3-day party I ever threw. That was back in the
old days of Internet though, when all you could get was UNIX shell accounts.
Nowadays since any moron can get online I would be a lot more cautious
though I knew Bev, Chris, and the others were safe
--
the volleyballchick