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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