Feb2004 Posters -- Raise Hand If Alive

[MegacedU]

MegacedU
Dedans Penthouse
GS
DD
BP

Anyone else?

Present!

what happened to MegaceU, I heard she was really cute

You heard right.

She's still around, I still have her on Facebook. Seem to recall seeing her a year or so ago on here, but she doesn't post much anymore.

Thanks for being a loyal Facebook friend.

Why ? does she still play tennis ?

All tennis, all the time I always say. In fact my mixed team won the district championships yesterday, how cool. Wish me luck at sectionals. /brag

 

[Noveson]

Fed 2004 when the board started? Looks like I was 2 years too late.

 

[Nostradamus]

Present!


You heard right.


Thanks for being a loyal Facebook friend.


All tennis, all the time I always say. In fact my mixed team won the district championships yesterday, how cool. Wish me luck at sectionals. /brag

wow,, you must be really good. what level are you ?

 

[MegacedU]

wow,, you must be really good. what level are you ?

I teeter between 3.5 and 4.0.

 

[slice bh compliment]

^Nice. possibly too Humble, though.^ Didn't you play decent level college tennis?

I remember them. Aykhan was a remarkably astute analyst of the game, but his argument for moving Kafelnikov ahead of Safin on the all-time list wasn't his finest hour.

Yes.
Otoh...
Both smart and funny, aykhan keenly observed the federer/nadal dynamic, and immediately promulagated the theory that federer played ok in spurts, but generally trembled at the prospect of closing a match against nadal. i always enjoyed his Confident, dry wit.

 

[norcal]

Ah yes, the good old days. That was some fun stuff.

 

[slice bh compliment]

^^
Ok, how are forgetting norcal?! Feb 04 guy. And heycal?

 

[SoBad]

^^
Ok, how are forgetting norcal?! Feb 04 guy. And heycal?

Yes, heycal was one of those classic pre-2010 intellectuals who obviously felt suffocated in the post-2010 environment marked by abrupt closure of R&R and ongoing chokehold on O&E.

 

[atatu]

I'm really surprised Rabbit hasn't checked in or been mentioned, I know he was around on the old board and in fact was one of the first posters to use Luxilon strings when most of us had no idea what poly was !

 

[slice bh compliment]

Atatu! You deserve a mention!

And yes, Rabbit is a mensch too...such a smart, good guy. Top shelf stringer, and a good player. I do not remember him being from as far back as 04, figured he was more recent. Yeah, well-deserving of a mention. I traded something with him and he not only made good on the trade he threw in something extra...meaningful, too....put me to shame.

Edit:
And i clicked on his profile. Sure enough, rabbit started here in feb of 04. Wow.

 

[Carsomyr]

It is nice to honor those who came before us.

 

[SoBad]

It is nice to honor those who came before us.

I once came across a case-control analysis of mesothelioma deaths among current and retired U.S. railroad employees and found the study fascinating.

 

[Carsomyr]

I once came across a case-control analysis of mesothelioma deaths among current and retired U.S. railroad employees and found the study fascinating.

Phineas Gage: 1
Iron Rods: 0
Mesothelioma attorney commercials: infinite

 

[SoBad]

Phineas Gage: 1
Iron Rods: 0
Mesothelioma attorney commercials: infinite

This is not a tort reform rally. What we need is an objective appraisal of the initial Feb2004 population, before we can objectively assess the rates and modes of exit.

 

[stringertom]

A @SoBad @Carsomyr dialogue! Nothing else could brighten up a day dulled by another burst of Western European summer showers.

 

[Carsomyr]

This is not a tort reform rally. What we need is an objective appraisal of the initial Feb2004 population, before we can objectively assess the rates and modes of exit.

The mode of exit is obvious, especially in a post-RR crossing on this forum: third rails, both both political and literal.

 

[SoBad]

The mode of exit is obvious, especially in a post-RR crossing on this forum: third rails, both both political and literal.

I am thinking about going on a sabbatical after Wimbledon. The ever-diminishing returns have just about reached the breaking point for me around here.

 

[Kevin T]

Still here...sporadically...hoping to break 5,000 posts before I die (another 50 years if I'm lucky). Been here since '98 or '99, can't remember. I still miss Phil. I still check in to see what Dedans is up to. I still wish Rabbit posted more. I still wish all the Suresh posts would stop. I still spend most of my time making and raising babies...

 

[Carsomyr]

I am thinking about going on a sabbatical after Wimbledon. The ever-diminishing returns have just about reached the breaking point for me around here.

I would make more excellent posts around here, but media is an increasingly impossible ship to captain with skeleton crews. And not the fun skeletons, either.

 

[Nostradamus]

I teeter between 3.5 and 4.0.

Yea we should play mixed doubles together. we will play in USTA 9.0 league and win

 

[MegacedU]

Yea we should play mixed doubles together. we will play in USTA 9.0 league and win

You got it, I can hang at 9.0. People get real frustrated because I neutralize their power.

 

[BounceHitBounceHit]

I'm really surprised Rabbit hasn't checked in or been mentioned, I know he was around on the old board and in fact was one of the first posters to use Luxilon strings when most of us had no idea what poly was !

Right!!!