Why I love this forum

[skymike]

This board, overall seems to have posters about 20 years older on average, who seem to have jobs, and not live in their mother's basements. But that really doesnt apply to everyone at site-X, just the loudest. You can tell by the 15 year old comic-nerd vocabulary of their prominent members. (I wonder if they still "pwn" each other?) I dont know. It may have changed. I know the political hate was insufferable, even before politics heated up.

It just caught me off guard, because I come from a time, when if you were a Saints fan, anyone else brave enough to be seen in Saints stuff was automatically your friend. The internet, and its ugly, was new to me. I come to this board here and I find grownups who had nothing to prove, and had a sense of humor, and they got mine.

Im different from the rest of the posters here, now, because I know very little of college prospects, if anything. I cant name the whole roster. I dont know the 40-times of each player, or all the various nuances of coverage, zones, etc.

My knowledge is mostly retro- I can name the 84 O-line, and I have a list of the saddest losses in our history- most of my knowledge is historic. Im also interested in stories from our older posters about Tulane stadium, and training camps past. I once had lunch with former Saint All Pro Tommy Myers, who played in the 70s, and he had a wealth of stories, some I cant tell.

As some of you know, I sometimes organize real life events with us-- we've had a crawfish party every year for 10 years. Our tailgate parties in Houston are legendary, and I've traveled with the team from San Francisco to Tampa. Maybe a reason I may be more responsible with my words here, than some people on the internet, is because I expect to be face to face with some of you.

I'm a Brees-ist, and a Payton-ster, and I love Amer'ca. I have friends who disagree with me about everything.