Sound Off !!! - Introduce Yourself

[BuckNutty]

RLC, Mili knows the answer.

[CharlotteBuckeye62]

Thanks Mili, yeah twas me with my Uncle at the 1947 Indiana game. Would you like to post a picture of my cousin and I with Bill Hackett? Bill was the Buckeye captain in 1945.

Man, I liked the Bucknuts Sound Off but I really love this one.

At some point I will add a bit about my life.

Guys, you don't need to be brief. This is great stuff.

[BuckNutty]

At some point I will add a bit about my life.

Lookin forward to it, Clt. I would add more but I'm not sure my life has been all that interesting.

[gbearbuck]

Nice thread...helps to get to know folks... nice that we can do this (onlarger boards it becomes difficult to really try to get to know the posters... well get to know as well as one can on a board)...

[Oh8ch]

it becomes difficult to really try to get to know the posters... well get to know as well as one can on a board

Was that a come on? Did you just invite us all back to your room?

[gbearbuck]

guess that was a bad sentence... if you all want to come over, that's fine with me... it's up to you to figure out where I live, and then get past my wife...

On a serious note, this IMO is a good thread... I feel I've gotten to know a few folks a little better...

[BIGJW]

I was born, raised, and still live in the Cincy area. I did not go to tOSU, but I've been a "bucknut" since the late 80's. I attened a high school football camp in the summer of 89 and I was hooked!

We got to work out in the weight room, learn how to break down film at the WHAC, and got to practice in the SHOE. We acctually sat in the old locker room and ran out of the tunnel on to the field, that still gives me the chills.

The best moment of the camp was on the first day we were early and lost so we walked around St. Johns and walked into Archie's office. He was behind his desk working and took us over to where the camp was meeting. I was like a little bitch seeing Elvis or something, I'll never forget it.

I have three children (2 step-daughters and a son) and I took my boy to his first game this year and it was one of the greatest days of our lives. I've been married for 6+ years and she still doesn't get it all the way, but she's coming around.

I don't post much, but I realyy enjoy reading other people's thoughts. I think this post contains more words than 20 of my post on Bucknuts.

Best games:
03 Northwestern , son's first game.
00 michigan, first michigan game.
01 Outback Bowl, first bowl game.

[kippy1040]

Nice thread here and read all of the posts in it and I have t o agree it is better than the one "Sound off in Bucknuts" Hope it will continue thru the Holidays to get us reved up for the bowl
games.

Came to live in Struthers Ohio in 1949 of summer from Pennsylvania due to my fathers job being re-loacted. But my real introduction to Buckeye Football was 1957 and watching the Rose Bowl that year as OHio State beat Oregon 10-7 for thier 3rd national championship. From then on I was hooked and have been ever since.

Was too small to play football so the coaches at Struthers wanted me to be a manager and so I did. My passion for football was steeped in Red and Black for the Wildcats as well as Scarlet and Gray of OSU.

Sat in on many of saturday morning films session with Mike Gottfried (now an ESPN analyst in college football) in the 70's
when he coached at Struthers. He and I became friends and have been ever since.

Also I am very good friends with Bob Stoops who is the uncle to
Bob and Mike Stoops of Oklahoma. We still play many rounds of golf when I go back to visit friends and family in Struthers Ohio.
Jim Tressel to this day considers Bob Stoops one of the most knowledgable men in football. His brother Ron Stoops was defensive co-ordinator at Mooney High in Youngstown before his un-timely death in 1988. I knew him well also and what a great man he was too.

I am now retired from CSX (old B&O railroad) and living here in Jacksonville, Florida. I keep busy playing golf most every day and
my part time job is working at the golf course as a starter and even sometimes going out on the range- in the picker - to retrieve the range balls. It s great to be out in mother natures backyard and have some needed time and thoughts to yourself.
I am living the life of riley & still have hopes of seeing our beloved Buckeyes bring home a couple more N/C's in my remaining years.

[gbearbuck]

Kippy,

With your user name I figured you were an accountant...

[MililaniBuckeye]

Kips: "I am now retired from CSX (old B&O railroad) "

My dad worked for the Erie-Lackawana railroad for 30+ years as a conductor/brakeman until he passed in 1981. I've always thought trains were cool...

[kippy1040]

My monicker "Kippy1040 comes from the nickname my dad gave me when I was a kid. and the 1040 is when i was born, October 1940. I spent 35 years as a piggyback manager, mobile agent, stores agent, and the last 13 years as customer service representative in revenue accounting and retired in February of 2001.
Mili, your dad had to be one tough guy to be a conduc/brakemen
in those days. Remember the center bridge ? 5 railroads crossed underneath that bridge. B&0, Erie, P&le, NYC and the Pennsy. God almighty, the fights that broke out, trying to gain control of the switch. He would have remembered that for sure. Guys in those days didn't care, they would have busted your skull in a heartbeat. Even football coaches were tough in those days. I've seen coaches do worse things to players and never complain. And they talk about Bobby Knight ???? But I guess our society and culture is changing and maybe thats good. Anyway, I come from old school and still have priorities and compassion for others........ when it comes to the Good side of Life. Sorry to longwinded here. "Go BUCKS"

[CharlotteBuckeye62]

Kippy anr Mili, My dad was an engine dispatcher for the New York Central in Ashtabula for 35 years. Once told me "don't ever work for the railroad". But then he did get me a job as a fireman every summer while I was at Ohio State. A fireman on a diesel engine had nothing to do but it sure paid great. I never got to work on a steam engine, probably just as well.
I did , however, learn how to run a diesel engine. On christmas eve in 1960 I got a call to work on an engine in the Colinwood yards in Cleveland. Colinwood was the biggest yards between New York and Chicago in those days. I forund my engine about 11PM and waited about a hour till my engineer showed up. He was [censored] faced drunk and asked me " hey kid, do you know how to run her"? Of course I said yes. He promptly took the firemans seat and went to sleep. My crew showed up a while later ( I think they were drunk also).
Anyway, I switched cars in that giant yard for the next 6 hours. I was scared out of my mind the whole time.
The most interesting railroad experience was when we would take a 100+ cars of iron ore to Youngstown and return with a train of coal to be shipped to Canada.
My dad died a very bitter man because of the demise of the NYC.
The railroads were king when he was younger and he lived to see the NYC fade and then die.

Kippy, Mili is very right. The job a breakman was a very dangerious back then. Many were killed and most lost fingers or a hand.

Go Bucks

[MililaniBuckeye]

Kips and Clt: My dad wasn't all that big...about 5'9" and maybe 150-160, and for the most part was a fun-lovin' guy. But, he took no [censored] and had a temper, and wouldn't back down from anyone. Guess that's I get my personality from...

[brewtus88]

born and raised in Columbus. not far from where OH8ch resides (Hoggy's on Stringtown is my favorite restraunt). was brought up a buckeye and have been one for 32 years now. i remember as a young child my parents would be listening to the games on the large floor based turntable/radio that had the little red light at the bottom which i found so interesting

didn't go to college, but love the Bucks all the way. currently work 50 hrs a week at a drive thru beer dock as manager. and in the fall, i make sure my Saturday afternoons are free

also a big fan of Astronomy and Physics. again no formal education, i just like to read and learn about it

[RAMdrvr1]

I was born/raised in Willard, Ohio. I met my wife 9 1/2
years ago at the Billy Graham Crusade in Cleveland. We
were married a year later and, since she lived in Euclid at
the time, I moved up here. That may have been the
hardest thing I've ever done in my life. I'm a sports
fanatic, and couldn't stand Cleve. sports. I believe that
the Cavs made Michael Jordan, the Browns made John
Elway, and that the Indians were a Yankee farm team.
The only thing I did like about Cleveland, Munincipal
Stadium, they tore down. As far as I know, Cleveland
is the only city that's had a river catch fire.
I've been an Ohio State fan since I first saw Woody.
I've hated USC since White fumbled on the 1 and the
officials still giving them the TD. (It didn't help Cleveland
when they drafted White.) I've hated scUM since I first
saw Woody.