New Guy Hi
fhmaneely
fmaneely at fhmaneely.yahoo.invalid
Mon Aug 27 23:29:31 UTC 2007
Hi Mike---I usually do not post be read posts fairly frequently!
Welcome to the group. Not a pilot myself, but my father was a fighter
pilot in WWII in the army air corp.
Fran
--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "Mike" <mcrudele78 at ...> wrote:
>
> Hi Y'all,
>
> Kelley invited me into your group, and she said lots of folks make
> introductory posts. So, here's mine.
>
> ****Name: Mike Crudele, aka Phlytie Elf @HPfGU
> ****Age: 51 and I have the same birthday as akh, Jan 14, yay us
> ****Sex: Not near as often as I'd like
>
> ****Home: Loosely speaking, Plymouth, Michigan. About 10 miles from
> JudySerenity I'd guess, though I've never met the lady and after
> reading this I doubt she'd want to see that change.
>
> ****Profession: None, do I sound like I'm professional? Though I do
> have a job as a staff accountant. I used to be a fighter pilot in
the
> USAF, so if anyone wants to talk flying, I'm game.
>
> ****Marital Status: Divorced, twice, but I'm not counting that
second
> one cause it only lasted two years and the second one we spent more
> time in counselling than in the marital bed. And we still split.
>
> ****Chillens: From my first marriage, I have a 25 year old son that
> tries my patience and a 23 year old daughter who doesn't try
anymore.
> I have a 2-1/2 year old grandson from my daughter.
>
> ****HP stuff: I started reading HP in 2003, just before OotP came
> out. I decided I liked these stories after reading PoA. Then I
found
> I had a lot of time on my hands, as I was, erm, between jobs. So I
> reread the first five books about a dozen times each trying to
solve
> the mysteries. And I was hooked.
>
> I'm relatively new to on-line Potterdom. Though I'm old, I'm not
> really an old_crowd in Potter years. So if y'all want to kick me
> right back out, I'll understand. I started checking out sites and
> corresponded with Red Hen in early 2006. Then I discovered HPfGU
and
> joined in June '06. Hell, here was a place I could argue with lots
of
> different people at the same time.
>
> ****OK, the obligatory favorite character admission: Sirius Black.
> I admit to being a hellraiser when I was in High School, like he
was.
> I would have prodded the knot for Severus Snape myself, then walked
> away muttering "I wonder if you can see any difference this time".
>
> ****SHIPS: I'm not a sailor, I'm an Air Force guy. I gave a damn
> about Quidditch cause that was flying. I didn't and don't give a
> damn about the love lives or lack thereof amongst these teenagers.
>
> ****Favorite Book: Still PoA, though DH pulled into a close second.
> I loved all the backstory about the Marauders, including the
> Marauders Map. Anybody that can still insult Severus Snape from the
> grave is alright by me.
>
> ****My take on the Series: In a nutshell,...Almonds. Oh, yeah, the
> series; damn fine fantasy, adventure, mystery. Lots of plot holes
> that for the most part don't bother me. If you write a mystery
series
> and spread it out over ten years, people are going to pick it apart
> for clues. That means they'll discover all the plot holes right
along
> with the clues. That's to be expected, and I like bitching about
them
> as much as the next guy. But like I said, they don't bother me that
> much and I don't let them ruin the story for me.
>
> OK, that's enough BS from me.
> Thanx for the invite,
> Mike
>
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