Author Topic: So....Anyone Here Know Any Good Astros Boards? (Read 5951 times)

Alkie · « **on:** March 03, 2006, 12:52:18 pm »

"I don't know if it'll make any change, but I figure it's time for me to start playing ball." - Jimmy "Alkie" Chitwood

It's been five months since my monumental meltdown, where I had my annual attack on someone who didn't deserve it because, as usual, I took Astros baseball far too seriously.

It was then that I realized I was also taking this board waaaaaaaaaay too seriously. So I thought it was time for me to step down for awhile.

Had a decent offseason. Became a CPA. Became a PFS. Started a successful consulting firm. Went to LA to watch my alma mater win some sort of football game. Did some travel. Calmed down a bit.

Anyway, I see they're playing ball again, so I figured maybe I'd come back, take some well-deserved shit, and move on.

For the record, as someone who left the fold for awhile, I can tell you...it's incredible what you can accomplish when you're not spending 16 hours a day on this site. Worse than drugs, I tell you.

astro pete · « **Reply #1 on:** March 03, 2006, 01:00:40 pm »

Quote:

"I don't know if it'll make any change, but I figure it's time for me to start playing ball." - Jimmy "Alkie" Chitwood

It's been five months since my monumental meltdown, where I had my annual attack on someone who didn't deserve it because, as usual, I took Astros baseball far too seriously.

It was then that I realized I was also taking this board waaaaaaaaaay too seriously. So I thought it was time for me to step down for awhile.

Had a decent offseason. Became a CPA. Became a PFS. Started a successful consulting firm. Went to LA to watch my alma mater win some sort of football game. Did some travel. Calmed down a bit.

Anyway, I see they're playing ball again, so I figured maybe I'd come back, take some well-deserved shit, and move on.

For the record, as someone who left the fold for awhile, I can tell you...it's incredible what you can accomplish when you're not spending 16 hours a day on this site. Worse than drugs, I tell you.

Welcome back!

pravata · « **Reply #2 on:** March 03, 2006, 01:03:03 pm »

BizidyDizidy · « **Reply #3 on:** March 03, 2006, 01:03:54 pm »

Don't mind pravata - he's been pissy ever since his favorite stomping grounds got taken down.

Alkie · « **Reply #4 on:** March 03, 2006, 01:04:06 pm »

Thanks, and for the record...I never read the thread from October where I exploded. No desire to read it.

Whatever was said at the time, I'm sorry for what I said and if anyone said anything about me, I'm sure it was deserved.

BizidyDizidy · « **Reply #6 on:** March 03, 2006, 01:05:25 pm »

I just re-read it and I am pretty pissed. I hate it when I have to take Jim's side in anything.

OldBlevins · « **Reply #7 on:** March 03, 2006, 01:06:55 pm »

You didn't miss much. What's a PFS?

Alkie · « **Reply #8 on:** March 03, 2006, 01:07:33 pm »

Wasn't kidding. Not interested. (edit: And for the record, Jim was right.)

I was grossly out of order. I acknowledged that and left for 5 months.

Zat time. Has passed.

BizidyDizidy · « **Reply #11 on:** March 03, 2006, 01:11:49 pm »

I don't know if you've seen this but it's a pretty nifty tool.

I'm guessing Personal Financial Specialist.

Alkie · « **Reply #15 on:** March 03, 2006, 01:13:56 pm »

Well, so case closed. Good to see my chemical imbalance was still well represented here.

I'll go back to my cave. See you all in October.

Fredia · « **Reply #17 on:** March 03, 2006, 01:18:44 pm »

everyone here marches to their own drummer.. glad you are back from your self imposed time out

David in Jackson · « **Reply #18 on:** March 03, 2006, 01:18:44 pm »

Well, while you were becoming a CPA, I watched all of season one of The Shield on DVD. So there.

MikeyBoy · « **Reply #21 on:** March 03, 2006, 03:13:36 pm »

Good to have you back, Alkie. You missed nothing, even the barzilla threads were only one page...S-L-O-W.

NeilT · « **Reply #22 on:** March 03, 2006, 03:41:27 pm »

Alkie, nice to have you back. Were you gone?

das · « **Reply #23 on:** March 03, 2006, 03:42:42 pm »

Wrong Eric. Eric Anthony was going to be the savior of the Astros. Not Eric Yelding. Problem: No one hits HR's in the vast expanse of the Astrodome. Solution: Find guy who hits balls 500'.

JimR · « **Reply #24 on:** March 03, 2006, 05:34:02 pm »

welcome back. i missed you.

UpTooLate · « **Reply #25 on:** March 03, 2006, 06:01:42 pm »

Welcome back Alkie. Are you still in El Paso?

WulawHorn · « **Reply #26 on:** March 03, 2006, 06:34:55 pm »

Welcome back Alkie- and I still think that this 2005 astros team has a run left in them and is fundamentally about a 90 win team.

Missed your blend of comic insanity.

Mr. Happy · « **Reply #27 on:** March 03, 2006, 07:15:14 pm »

Zak:

You better stay your ass here. Your meltdown was classic entertainment.

Congrats on becoming a CPA. That's a mutha of an exam.

Foghorn · « **Reply #28 on:** March 03, 2006, 07:44:45 pm »

Who ya bullshittin'? A CPA? Horseshit. I saw you hanging out on Telephone Road sellin' your ass to the tourists for beer money.

Alkie · « **Reply #30 on:** March 06, 2006, 12:10:57 pm »

Yeah, any ape can pass that exam. Passed the thing on the first try with an average of 82. I don't know what everyone is complaining about.

As for everyone else, thank you very much for the kind words or whatever they were.

As for Foghorn, shut the fuck up...I WAS GETTING...MY...CPA. Don't you know when to keep your trap shut?

I'll be around again, but it won't be ANYTHING like the old days. I really am busy as fuck about 6-7 hours a day now.

Foghorn · « **Reply #32 on:** March 06, 2006, 06:00:26 pm »

Well, next time you are in Houston, stop by and let me kick ya in the nuts for ol' time sakes.

Better move to Houston soon before the Republicans secure our borders with 20 foot fences and razor wire. I'm not sure Dan Patrick and his friends know where Mexico ends and El Paso begins.

Breedlove · « **Reply #34 on:** March 09, 2006, 02:26:33 am »

For the record, as someone who left the fold for awhile, I can tell you...it's incredible what you can accomplish when you're not spending 16 hours a day on this site. Worse than drugs, I tell you.

No kidding.

David in Jackson · « **Reply #35 on:** March 09, 2006, 10:43:49 am »

Breedlove a Clark? No respect, I tell you. Those Brushbacks don't count for nothin'?

Alkie · « **Reply #40 on:** March 09, 2006, 11:07:53 am »

Sounds like a win-win to me.

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