Author Topic: Does census trend = RIP OWA? (Read 10725 times)

Snuffy · « **on:** July 16, 2019, 08:07:11 am »

Am I reading the census wrong?
According to the forum history,... (scroll down.)

1. Only 21 new registrations since 2016! None in 2018 or so far in 2019.
2. Of the 21 in 2017, there were 11 since Aug 2017. My 1 Sep 17 "registration" was not "new". It was a due to ISP change from a move that blocked my access to FLSnuffy.

Since 1 Sep 2017, the OWA population appears to have only grown by 10.
How many OWA members have croaked or retired from the site?
This is a great site for folks that love the Astros!
Hope I am wrong, but I would hate to see it die due to negative pop growth.

JimR · « **Reply #1 on:** July 16, 2019, 08:19:34 am »

Of course people come and go, and we had at least one death I remember well. OWA will last as long as the Astros do.

Mr. Happy · « **Reply #2 on:** July 16, 2019, 08:20:52 am »

Quote from: JimR on July 16, 2019, 08:19:34 am

Of course people come and go, and we had at least one death I remember well. OWA will last as long as the Astros do.

I think that it's time to remember Mihoba, who left us far too young.

homer · « **Reply #3 on:** July 16, 2019, 08:29:30 am »

I think registration was (or is) disabled for a long time.

Snuffy · « **Reply #4 on:** July 16, 2019, 08:29:58 am »

Quote from: JimR on July 16, 2019, 08:19:34 am

Of course people come and go, and we had at least one death I remember well. OWA will last as long as the Astros do.

Hope so, JimR.

Snuffy · « **Reply #5 on:** July 16, 2019, 08:32:27 am »

Quote from: homer on July 16, 2019, 08:29:30 am

I think registration was (or is) disabled for a long time.

No data available prior to 2007 and 951 registrations in 2010.
I would have expected a surge with the 2017 WS.

toddthebod · « **Reply #6 on:** July 16, 2019, 08:41:40 am »

It's that damn Twitter.

MRaup · « **Reply #7 on:** July 16, 2019, 09:03:58 am »

Quote from: Snuffy on July 16, 2019, 08:32:27 am

No data available prior to 2007 and 951 registrations in 2010.
I would have expected a surge with the 2017 WS.

There was an avalanche of bots at one point, so they definitely closed registration for a while.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #8 on:** July 16, 2019, 09:06:28 am »

Registration is not disabled, it's just controlled due to the thousands of undesirables who try to sneak in. Perhaps everyone who is anyone is already here?

We've had births, deaths, and marriages. As Steve Earle said:

Fall turned to winter, another year gone
Over and over again
Some took their lives from the land and moved on
Some stayed on to plow it back in
The good Lord he giveth, and he taketh away
And the restless shall go, and the faithful shall stay.

Snuffy · « **Reply #9 on:** July 16, 2019, 09:11:15 am »

Quote from: HudsonHawk on July 16, 2019, 09:06:28 am

Registration is not disabled, it's just controlled due to the thousands of undesirables who try to sneak in. Perhaps everyone who is anyone is already here?

We've had births, deaths, and marriages. As Steve Earle said:

Fall turned to winter, another year gone
Over and over again
Some took their lives from the land and moved on
Some stayed on to plow it back in
The good Lord he giveth, and he taketh away
And the restless shall go, and the faithful shall stay.

Helpful. Thanks.
Curious about zero new registrations since 2017.

JimR · « **Reply #10 on:** July 16, 2019, 09:46:13 am »

Quote from: HudsonHawk on July 16, 2019, 09:06:28 am

Registration is not disabled, it's just controlled due to the thousands of undesirables who try to sneak in. Perhaps everyone who is anyone is already here?

We've had births, deaths, and marriages. As Steve Earle said:

Fall turned to winter, another year gone
Over and over again
Some took their lives from the land and moved on
Some stayed on to plow it back in
The good Lord he giveth, and he taketh away
And the restless shall go, and the faithful shall stay.

The last line should be on the OWA masthead.

MusicMan · « **Reply #11 on:** July 16, 2019, 11:09:59 am »

I was worried this was somehow about the 2020 census.

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David in Jackson · « **Reply #12 on:** July 16, 2019, 11:33:10 am »

We do need new blood but I really appreciate the people who make this site run and plan to be here another twenty years.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #13 on:** July 16, 2019, 11:36:16 am »

Quote from: David in Jackson on July 16, 2019, 11:33:10 am

We do need new blood but I really appreciate the people who make this site run and plan to be here another twenty years.

Amen.

Waldo · « **Reply #14 on:** July 16, 2019, 11:50:21 am »

Quote from: Snuffy on July 16, 2019, 09:11:15 am

Helpful. Thanks.
Curious about zero new registrations since 2017.

So this caught my attention and motivated me to try registering a dummy account myself. Results in a database error. Well, fuck.

MRaup · « **Reply #15 on:** July 16, 2019, 12:07:59 pm »

Quote from: Waldo on July 16, 2019, 11:50:21 am

So this caught my attention and motivated me to try registering a dummy account myself. Results in a database error. Well, fuck.

Stupid databases. Always letting us down.

Snuffy · « **Reply #16 on:** July 16, 2019, 01:27:45 pm »

Quote from: MusicMan on July 16, 2019, 11:09:59 am

I was worried this was somehow about the 2020 census.

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Some click bait added/small smile/
More like the 2016 OWA census.

EasTexAstro · « **Reply #17 on:** July 16, 2019, 01:53:49 pm »

Well, even though I don't comment very often, I am still here.

Mr. Happy · « **Reply #18 on:** July 16, 2019, 03:35:15 pm »

Quote from: EasTexAstro on July 16, 2019, 01:53:49 pm

Well, even though I don't comment very often, I am still here.

And I, for one, am glad of that.

Ebby Calvin · « **Reply #19 on:** July 17, 2019, 10:56:46 am »

Quote from: EasTexAstro on July 16, 2019, 01:53:49 pm

Well, even though I don't comment very often, I am still here.

Same

Fredia · « **Reply #20 on:** July 17, 2019, 11:06:12 am »

here and ready to be accounted for

PCOL2000 · « **Reply #21 on:** July 17, 2019, 12:16:35 pm »

I’ve got 124 posts in close to 10 years. I’ll reach the high order of the ferret in a thousand years or so at that pace. Here every single day though and y’all all feel like my dysfunctional internet family.

Ty in Tampa · « **Reply #22 on:** July 17, 2019, 12:19:51 pm »

Quote from: PCOL2000 on July 17, 2019, 12:16:35 pm

y’all all feel like my dysFUNctional internet family.

AstroAndy · « **Reply #23 on:** July 17, 2019, 01:38:39 pm »

You wouldn't know it, but I'm here every day. Have been for a decade, and I'm grateful for the "company." "Read more, post less" has been a good guiding principal for me on these boards and in many other parts of life, so I guess I'll chime in again sometime in the 2020s.

Snuffy · « **Reply #24 on:** July 17, 2019, 02:04:10 pm »

Curious, when did each of you last post?
This may become a roll call of OWA lurkers....

D.WARD · « **Reply #25 on:** July 17, 2019, 02:30:56 pm »

I am here daily and have been since this site was created. I read quite a bit and am always ready to blast a Clark if it is needed.

EasTexAstro · « **Reply #26 on:** July 17, 2019, 02:33:06 pm »

Quote from: Snuffy on July 17, 2019, 02:04:10 pm

Curious, when did each of you last post?

Today?

Before that was April 6th.

bubba · « **Reply #27 on:** July 17, 2019, 03:07:37 pm »

Been here since Kevin and Scott ran things.

Snuffy · « **Reply #28 on:** July 17, 2019, 03:16:31 pm »

Quote from: EasTexAstro on July 17, 2019, 02:33:06 pm

Today?

Before that was April 6th.

Yah, tks! All help appreciated!

(Try again) "Curious, when did each of you last post - b/f today?"

BTW, what part of East Tx?
Ever heard of Colmesneil or Lake Tejas?

MRaup · « **Reply #29 on:** July 17, 2019, 03:38:14 pm »

Quote from: D.WARD on July 17, 2019, 02:30:56 pm

I am here daily and have been since this site was created. I read quite a bit and am always ready to blast a Clark if it is needed.

U FOO.

D.WARD · « **Reply #30 on:** July 17, 2019, 04:00:44 pm »

Quote from: MRaup on July 17, 2019, 03:38:14 pm

U FOO.

IF U THINK D.WARD IS A FOO THEN U FOO!

MRaup · « **Reply #31 on:** July 17, 2019, 04:16:50 pm »

Quote from: D.WARD on July 17, 2019, 04:00:44 pm

IF U THINK D.WARD IS A FOO THEN U FOO!

No doubt about it, I FOO.

Bench · « **Reply #32 on:** July 17, 2019, 04:27:14 pm »

Quote from: Snuffy on July 17, 2019, 03:16:31 pm

(Try again) "Curious, when did each of you last post - b/f today?"

I'm going to go out on a limb and say the last time ETA posted before today was April 6.

Mike S. · « **Reply #33 on:** July 17, 2019, 04:27:46 pm »

Quote from: bubba on July 17, 2019, 03:07:37 pm

Been here since Kevin and Scott ran things.

Me as well, and I'm so grateful I found this place. I've come to view the folks here as my rather eccentric, yet (mostly) articulate extended family.

Snuffy · « **Reply #34 on:** July 17, 2019, 05:57:59 pm »

Quote from: Bench on July 17, 2019, 04:27:14 pm

I'm going to go out on a limb and say the last time ETA posted before today was April 6.

You obviously have a very high risk tolerance.....

JimR · « **Reply #35 on:** July 17, 2019, 08:27:45 pm »

Quote from: bubba on July 17, 2019, 03:07:37 pm

Been here since Kevin and Scott ran things.

I have been also. I do not remember the year, but Mark was a kid.

MusicMan · « **Reply #36 on:** July 17, 2019, 08:35:23 pm »

Quote from: JimR on July 17, 2019, 08:27:45 pm

I have been also. I do not remember the year, but Mark was a kid.

I arrived in 98, right before the Unit deal, and I’m pretty sure you were here..

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JimR · « **Reply #37 on:** July 17, 2019, 08:42:49 pm »

Quote from: MusicMan on July 17, 2019, 08:35:23 pm

I arrived in 98, right before the Unit deal, and I’m pretty sure you were here..

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Oh, yeah. Mark graduated from HS in ‘97, and I found the site when he was around 10, maybe younger.

doyce7 · « **Reply #38 on:** July 17, 2019, 08:48:20 pm »

I've only been around since April of 2015. I've told this story before but the short version is, the George Springer grand slam robbery was the day I joined, I was at that game and was so jazzed up about the Astros I had to find a community share that. Glad I found this wonderful place. It's made watching Astros games much more enjoyable from enemy territory.

I'm not going anywhere, no matter how many times I disagree with Jim.

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EasTexAstro · « **Reply #39 on:** July 17, 2019, 09:02:03 pm »

Quote from: Snuffy on July 17, 2019, 03:16:31 pm

Yah, tks! All help appreciated!

(Try again) "Curious, when did each of you last post - b/f today?"

BTW, what part of East Tx?
Ever heard of Colmesneil or Lake Tejas?

I was in Nacogdoches when I first started posting. Yes, I am familiar with both. I still have an old driver's license from there that has my address listed as "5 miles south of Nacogdoches on hwy 59"

Now, I am in the Houston area, but live just off the EasTex freeway, so I figured it would still count.

And yes, April 6th was my last post before today.

I should probably go back to lurking before I say something stupid.

Snuffy · « **Reply #40 on:** July 17, 2019, 10:25:21 pm »

Quote from: EasTexAstro on July 17, 2019, 09:02:03 pm

I was in Nacogdoches when I first started posting. Yes, I am familiar with both. I still have an old driver's license from there that has my address listed as "5 miles south of Nacogdoches on hwy 59"

Now, I am in the Houston area, but live just off the EasTex freeway, so I figured it would still count.

And yes, April 6th was my last post before today.

I should probably go back to lurking before I say something stupid.

Nacogdoches, beautiful sound but the devil to spell.
Moved from Colmesneil to Velasco. Later hurricane Carla pushed us back to Colmesneil for a little vacation.
Regarding saying sumthing stupid, it's a good place to learn. Never thot I would learn so much gammer at a baseball forum.....

Ty in Tampa · « **Reply #41 on:** July 18, 2019, 06:56:10 am »

I lurked for about a year but started posting around when Ensberg and the rest got robbed during Spring Training. I think I helped confirm what a shithole Kissimmee is.

Grew up in Galveston, then school in San Antonio before moving to Tampa 30+ years ago.

Dark Star · « **Reply #42 on:** July 18, 2019, 07:38:41 am »

Love this place, and I still check in occasionally.

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dicks.

JimR · « **Reply #43 on:** July 18, 2019, 07:44:01 am »

Quote from: Dark Star on July 18, 2019, 07:38:41 am

Love this place, and I still check in occasionally.

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dicks.

You are missed.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #44 on:** July 18, 2019, 07:50:49 am »

I think I started reading often and posting rarely back around '97 or '98. I didn't start posting often until '05.

Way back I remember JimR posting on the usenet at alt.fan.mlb.astros prior to '97. In fact, I think I remember we had an argument or two. I lost.

JimR · « **Reply #45 on:** July 18, 2019, 07:55:19 am »

Quote from: Col. Sphinx Drummond on July 18, 2019, 07:50:49 am

I think I started reading often and posting rarely back around '97 or '98. I didn't start posting often until '05.

Way back I remember JimR posting on the usenet at alt.fan.mlb.astros prior to '97. In fact, I think I remember we had an argument or two. I lost.

Man, I do not remember posting there or arguing with you. If I won, I must have been lucky.

MusicMan · « **Reply #46 on:** July 18, 2019, 08:10:44 am »

Quote from: Dark Star on July 18, 2019, 07:38:41 am

Love this place, and I still check in occasionally.

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dicks.

Joshua Dicks?

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juliogotay · « **Reply #47 on:** July 18, 2019, 08:28:09 am »

I can't remember how long I've been hanging around here but I've lived in Corpus, Shreveport, north Texas and now Georgetown as a member.
I was definitely here in the '90s and several of you were well established by then. It is kind of mind-boggling to think how long it's been.

Fredia · « **Reply #48 on:** July 18, 2019, 08:33:24 am »

i have lived in two different worlds...literally Zwolle la and Austin tx. still have occasional culture shock.

GreatBagwellsBeard · « **Reply #49 on:** July 18, 2019, 08:51:30 am »

I joined so that I'd sound smarter when I wrote about the 'stros for Houstonist (RIP). Went to my first opening day with the group 10 years ago, a few weeks after getting married. Now I'm taking my oldest son (who loves Straw and Yordan) to his own baseball games.

Astroholic · « **Reply #50 on:** July 18, 2019, 09:02:16 am »

Quote from: bubba on July 17, 2019, 03:07:37 pm

Been here since Kevin and Scott ran things.

Me as well. Still standing.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #51 on:** July 18, 2019, 09:11:50 am »

Quote from: JimR on July 18, 2019, 07:55:19 am

Man, I do not remember posting there or arguing with you. If I won, I must have been lucky.

Perhaps it was someone else with a lot of baseball knowledge and a little inside info that posted under the pseudonym coach.

Mr. Happy · « **Reply #52 on:** July 18, 2019, 10:40:45 am »

Quote from: Astroholic on July 18, 2019, 09:02:16 am

Me as well. Still standing.

I for one am glad you're still here.

JimR · « **Reply #53 on:** July 18, 2019, 10:41:32 am »

Quote from: Col. Sphinx Drummond on July 18, 2019, 09:11:50 am

Perhaps it was someone else with a lot of baseball knowledge and a little inside info that posted under the pseudonym coach.

Dunno.

Mr. Happy · « **Reply #54 on:** July 18, 2019, 10:43:30 am »

Quote from: JimR on July 18, 2019, 10:41:32 am

Dunno.

Come on, Coach. You know you argued with him and bested him. I know this because I lost a few arguments to you in the early going. But you're always as respectful as your opponent is willing to be.

JimR · « **Reply #55 on:** July 18, 2019, 10:45:54 am »

Quote from: Mr. Happy on July 18, 2019, 10:43:30 am

Come on, Coach. You know you argued with him and bested him. I know this because I lost a few arguments to you in the early going. But you're always as respectful as your opponent is willing to be.

Thanks, Paul

JimR · « **Reply #56 on:** July 18, 2019, 11:01:25 am »

Quote from: Mr. Happy on July 18, 2019, 10:43:30 am

Come on, Coach. You know you argued with him and bested him. I know this because I lost a few arguments to you in the early going. But you're always as respectful as your opponent is willing to be.

My memory is of battles with Ray Kerby, King Doofus.

Lefty · « **Reply #57 on:** July 18, 2019, 11:15:47 am »

Quote from: JimR on July 18, 2019, 11:01:25 am

My memory is of battles with Ray Kerby, King Doofus.

That was back in my RMPL days, under a different username. Quality entertainment.

Hetero Doxy was...something.

JimR · « **Reply #58 on:** July 18, 2019, 11:23:16 am »

Quote from: Lefty on July 18, 2019, 11:15:47 am

That was back in my RMPL days, under a different username. Quality entertainment.

Hetero Doxy was...something.

I watched a game in Houston with HD once. Nice guy, but he was wound very tightly.

Kerby knew nothing but numbers.

BizidyDizidy · « **Reply #59 on:** July 18, 2019, 12:14:29 pm »

Who was it who wrote the "novel" about himself?

hostros7 · « **Reply #60 on:** July 18, 2019, 12:16:58 pm »

Quote from: BizidyDizidy on July 18, 2019, 12:14:29 pm

Who was it who wrote the "novel" about himself?

Barzilla?

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BizidyDizidy · « **Reply #61 on:** July 18, 2019, 12:21:43 pm »

Quote from: hostros7 on July 18, 2019, 12:16:58 pm

Barzilla?

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Bingo, thank you (aka Jack Sutherford)

geezerdonk · « **Reply #62 on:** July 18, 2019, 12:39:07 pm »

A Proust worthy thread. HD and Barzilla - those were the days. Things seem tame now.

JimR · « **Reply #63 on:** July 18, 2019, 12:59:52 pm »

Quote from: geezerdonk on July 18, 2019, 12:39:07 pm

A Proust worthy thread. HD and Barzilla - those were the days. Things seem tame now.

Barzilla was Kerby’s, but HD was all ours.

MusicMan · « **Reply #64 on:** July 18, 2019, 01:07:02 pm »

Quote from: geezerdonk on July 18, 2019, 12:39:07 pm

A Proust worthy thread. HD and Barzilla - those were the days. Things seem tame now.

BRING BACK SLAM ZONE

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Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #65 on:** July 18, 2019, 01:53:09 pm »

Quote from: BizidyDizidy on July 18, 2019, 12:14:29 pm

Who was it who wrote the "novel" about himself?

Wasn't it about a teacher by day and a super hero/spy at night? Saving lives and winning hearts and minds 24/7.

MusicMan · « **Reply #66 on:** July 18, 2019, 02:44:59 pm »

Quote from: Col. Sphinx Drummond on July 18, 2019, 01:53:09 pm

Wasn't it about a teacher by day and a super hero/spy at night? Saving lives and winning hearts and minds 24/7.

I can’t believe it’s not a Netflix movie yet.

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das · « **Reply #67 on:** July 18, 2019, 02:57:30 pm »

I got my start "here" in 1997. It was shocking to me that there would be a community of Astros fans since I had been an Astros fan since 1978 but had never lived in Astros territory so never had a meaningful discussion with another Astros fan. Completely foreign to me. Pandora's box was surely opened.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #68 on:** July 18, 2019, 05:08:44 pm »

Quote from: MusicMan on July 18, 2019, 01:07:02 pm

BRING BACK SLAM ZONE

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Two words: Shit Zone

Snuffy · « **Reply #69 on:** July 18, 2019, 06:25:34 pm »

Quote from: das on July 18, 2019, 02:57:30 pm

I got my start "here" in 1997. It was shocking to me that there would be a community of Astros fans since I had been an Astros fan since 1978 but had never lived in Astros territory so never had a meaningful discussion with another Astros fan. Completely foreign to me. Pandora's box was surely opened.

Amen!

I did not get the humor of introducing the newly drafted Colt .45s via the Sunday comics section until years later, but I kept them in a scrapbook for decades. Later I listened to their games on Cinn, Chicago, New Orleans, St. Louis, Atlanta, and Miami stations - some had very strong signals. It was great to SEE them in the playoffs on nationwide TV. Love the Game Zone to actually share the ebb and flow of the games. Next best thing was reading the HC or HP in the local library if they carried it - or subscribing to the SN when it was a baseball paper.

There are some Second Hand Lions here, but it's still a great place for those that love the Astros.

(Look forward to seeing more being able to join the fun - especially those that live so far away. This makes the Astros so much closer.)

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #70 on:** July 18, 2019, 06:49:14 pm »

Quote from: Snuffy on July 18, 2019, 06:25:34 pm

There are some Second Hand Lions here, but it's still a great place for those that love the Astros.

I've eaten BBQ at the fight scene location. It's Cele's Store in the country between Pflugerville and Manor.

Snuffy · « **Reply #71 on:** July 18, 2019, 07:52:17 pm »

Quote from: Col. Sphinx Drummond on July 18, 2019, 06:49:14 pm

I've eaten BBQ at the fight scene location. It's Cele's Store in the country between Pflugerville and Manor.

That movie was one of the best ever...

Dark Star · « **Reply #72 on:** July 18, 2019, 08:02:02 pm »

Quote from: MusicMan on July 18, 2019, 02:44:59 pm

I can’t believe it’s not a Netflix movie yet.

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http://www.spikesnstars.com/forums/index.php?topic=110661.msg336740#msg336740

Combating Low OBP With Replacement-Level Little Leaguers by Jack Sutherford

Oh, and

Quote from: Jack Sutherford's autobiography, "Combating Inferiority"

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"Jack Sutherford awoke from a dark slumber, to realize it was 6:45 am out. “Holey smokes!’ he thought, out loud. He had to hurry. For most folks, waking up at 6:45 on a weekday wasn’t reason to worry. They’d still have plenty of time to get ready and reach their boring, meaningless jobs on time or somewhat late but not too much so. Which, that didn’t matter anyway. But for Jack Sutherford, waking up at such a late time was nothing more than a major tragedy. For you see, Jack Sutherford wasn’t just any body, and his job was not just a boring, meaningless job. Jack Sutherford, standing there now, looking coolly out his window at the dawn rising over the sparkling dirty waters of Tranquility Bay, the filtered sunlight coming in and glinting off of the dark, chiseled visage of his hirsute naked chest, Jack Sutherford was something like a New American Hero. Jack Sutherford, you see, was a teacher; a teacher, through and through, and now, in the dawn’s early light, he quickly prepared himself for his daily task, his cross to bear so to speak, in fact that is a pretty apt metaphor, because, like Jesus before him, Jack went out each day, armed only with his wits and his hirsute, tanned and chiseled chest, and he COMBATED IGNORANCE."

Quote from: Jack Sutherford's "Book of Incredibly Erudite And Sexy Poetry By Me"

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‘I love you,’ said the rain
Kissing the ground with her raindrop kisses
Embracing him with her dark, heavy, pendulous, sagging clouds
Caressing him here and there with her winds that she blew from her tiny mouth
Somewhere, a volcano was erupting with the force of a ten thousand megaton atom bomb. . . "

Bench · « **Reply #73 on:** July 25, 2019, 09:13:36 pm »

10 years ago tonight I was part of an OWA group outing to watch the Astros lose to the Mets 10-3 and it was one of the greatest life changing nights of my life. Thanks to all, especially those who keep this community going.

JimR · « **Reply #74 on:** July 25, 2019, 09:19:26 pm »

Quote from: Bench on July 25, 2019, 09:13:36 pm

10 years ago tonight I was part of an OWA group outing to watch the Astros lose to the Mets 10-3 and it was one of the greatest life changing nights of my life. Thanks to all, especially those who keep this community going.

Congrats!

Mr. Happy · « **Reply #75 on:** July 26, 2019, 06:35:58 am »

Quote from: Bench on July 25, 2019, 09:13:36 pm

10 years ago tonight I was part of an OWA group outing to watch the Astros lose to the Mets 10-3 and it was one of the greatest life changing nights of my life. Thanks to all, especially those who keep this community going.

Awesome story, counselor. You're one of those who've helped keep OWA the unique, priceless place it is.

Duman · « **Reply #76 on:** July 26, 2019, 07:12:40 am »

I joined this crazy bus ride in the void of 05 after the Astros brought their rookie league team to Greeneville looking for some Astros minor league news.

I left Greeneville right before the Astros did but I am still hanging around here.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #77 on:** July 26, 2019, 08:45:32 am »

Quote from: Bench on July 25, 2019, 09:13:36 pm

10 years ago tonight I was part of an OWA group outing to watch the Astros lose to the Mets 10-3 and it was one of the greatest life changing nights of my life. Thanks to all, especially those who keep this community going.

Did you meet someone special or something?

Snuffy · « **Reply #78 on:** July 26, 2019, 09:18:36 am »

Quote from: das on July 18, 2019, 02:57:30 pm

I got my start "here" in 1997. It was shocking to me that there would be a community of Astros fans since I had been an Astros fan since 1978 but had never lived in Astros territory so never had a meaningful discussion with another Astros fan. Completely foreign to me. Pandora's box was surely opened.

Quote from: Bench on July 25, 2019, 09:13:36 pm

10 years ago tonight I was part of an OWA group outing to watch the Astros lose to the Mets 10-3 and it was one of the greatest life changing nights of my life. Thanks to all, especially those who keep this community going.

So true, Das. It points to the uniqueness of this site and longevity, where baseball is loved and taught (I learn something almost every time I log in) and Astros fanatics thrive (and ~~sometimes~~ enjoy bantering w/ each other). Glad you had this experience, Bench. Thanks for sharing it. For those of us that live in other time zones, this board is the closest thing to seeing other Astros fans face to face, much less enjoying a game together.

Thankful for OWA. Hope registration is fixed or opened again, so more can experience this and this site can become more like Second Hand Lions rather than Edge of Darkness. The last exchange at the end of the clip highlights the future of OWA with a closed registration: "No one is left to bury you."

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Jedburgh: I don't know what it means to have lost a child, but I know what it means never to have had one.
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cougar · « **Reply #79 on:** July 31, 2019, 10:28:59 pm »

Quote from: EasTexAstro on July 16, 2019, 01:53:49 pm

Well, even though I don't comment very often, I am still here.

Same. I wander in and out and think about the salad days of 100 loss years and franchise type players traded away in their near prime and think, "Where does the time go?" Then I realize that I'm really old now.

I don't remember what year it was I joined this band of merry misfits, but it was the days of the BFT. My loathing for HD ran deep, and many were the days that I wished to punch him in his face until he peed himself. Then I realized that I didn't really have anything to offer most conversations (I may have killed more threads than anyone in history), so now I mainly just lurk. The last post I remember making was WS game 7, but I may have something since then. No idea for sure though.

Mr. Happy · « **Reply #80 on:** August 01, 2019, 12:03:00 am »

Quote from: cougar on July 31, 2019, 10:28:59 pm

Same. I wander in and out and think about the salad days of 100 loss years and franchise type players traded away in their near prime and think, "Where does the time go?" Then I realize that I'm really old now.

I don't remember what year it was I joined this band of merry misfits, but it was the days of the BFT. My loathing for HD ran deep, and many were the days that I wished to punch him in his face until he peed himself. Then I realized that I didn't really have anything to offer most conversations (I may have killed more threads than anyone in history), so now I mainly just lurk. The last post I remember making was WS game 7, but I may have something since then. No idea for sure though.

Thanks for still keeping the faith and being here.