Picture and brief summary...

Jim jr. and Jim sr. smallmouth fishing in Pennsylvania last May. Second picture is just to show how good the fishing is in the spring in Pennsylvania

had to post one more pic-my oldest daughter wanted it to be known she can catch fish too-Janna

It looks like she can handle the fish better than your boy, priceless expression.

Lee

Well, let's see...I'm a lifetime Red Sox fan and my main vintage card collection reflects that. Besides baseball and baseball cards, my main hobbies are wine tasting and collecting, and guitar playing and collecting. (Everything eventually becomes a collection with me ).

Here's a photo of me with my better half at a monumental wine tasting event in Seattle:

https://i.servimg.com/u/f61/13/21/05/30/blair_13.jpg

Been a while since someone posted in this thread. How about some recent ones from the El Limon waterfalls, located in the Samana peninsula of the Dominican Republic:




It was about an hour and a half horseback ride up some pretty rough terrain to get there. Quite a view up the 170 ft falls. There were some little caves behind the falls that were fun to swim around in

Amazing waterfall. I'm sure that was more than worth the ride

Jay

pics Ben...

Here is me, my son and daughter at Halloween...

looks like paradise ben...i really wanna do some volunteer work to one of these places but it probably sounds better than it actually is.

here's me with my dad, brother, and jackie chan in asia a couple months back (not pictured...jackie chan)

also brian in the pic below you look like a dead ringer for alexei yashin...russian first ever hockey first rounder, and (former?) mr. carol alt.

this is the 1st pic off google, i have hockey cards with head shots that are even better matched! scary...

terjung wrote:



-Brian

Wow Quan I have to agree, the Alexei Yashin resemblance is uncanny. I'm a far bigger fan of Brian than I am of Yashin though (what a bum).

Interesting! I am not familiar with him. My wife says that there is some resemblence in that ping pong picture, so you guys must be right. Can I have his paycheck?

I have no idea how big of a schmuck he is, but I do appreciate your vote of confidence, Ben!

terjung wrote:I have no idea how big of a schmuck he is, but I do appreciate your vote of confidence, Ben!

Well if you weren't aware, Yashin was a star hockey player in the 90's and most of the 00's. He had all the talent in the world, but never lived up to it.

A couple reasons why he is/was a schmuck. First, he decided to make a 1 million dollar donation to the National Arts Center in Ottawa, only to rescind that donation shortly after, citing lack of support for Russian artists as his reason. He also refused to play for an entire NHL season for the Ottawa Senators because he felt he wasn't getting paid enough. His hold out for that year cost him nearly $4 million. He signed with the New York Islanders the following year, 10 year contract worth 87 million smackaroos. That turned out to be a crippling contract for the Islanders franchise and it didn't seem like Yashin even tried very hard after signing that deal. He's retired from the NHL now, doing god knows what.

All in all, he's not a very likable character to say the least.

I see. I hadn't heard of him before that. Thanks for the 411.

So, he is a jerk that makes millions of dollars and sleeps with supermodels. That sounds about right.

For better or worse I thought I'd revive this thread, as I'm new on the forum and it seems there are a few others. I always like these anyway...good to see who you're dealing with.

Anyhow, the pic is me and the GF a couple of weeks ago on the ferry in NY harbor after a long, hot day on governor's island.

As far as other stuff, I work for a production company in nyc making commercials...not the greatest, but it helps keep me in cards. I also do some leatherwork on the side, which really is the thing that helps with the cards. Some of what I do:

http://www.etsy.com/shop/RHolmesCustomLeather

Ray

Nice leather work Ray...do you make gun holsters also. I own a CZ 9mm and Taurus 45 and would love to buy a nice leather holster for them.

Can't help it when i look at you name near the avatar (rholmes) thinking of Rupert Holmes (Pina Colada song).

Maybe i should update my pic and brief summary....Still a stay at home dad with 2 kids boy(9) Girl(3). Used to be a tool and die machinist. I enjoy Golf, texas hold'em, beach and summer here in CT. Spring, summer and fall are great here but i hate winter.

Collect M116, T204 ans whatever i like that month.

Updated pic of me and my girl at Old Orchard beach ME.

mark you have one cool talent--being able to look like a bad-ass in every picture.

and since i'm on a roll--ray you look like a skinny, hairier john malkovich. very cool leather work. another hobby of mine is watches and i've bought a few aftermarket straps from calfskin or wwII ammo pouches so i can appreciate the craftsmanship.

Thanks, Mark. I haven't done any holsters yet, but I think I pretty easily could. The thing that has held me back is the stitching...as of now whatever I do it all by hand, old-school saddle stitching, and it's hard on my hands, not to mention time consuming. Need to get a machine when I have more space. But yeah, one of these days when I get some time maybe I'll do something for you as as test, for the price of materials. Though I guess we'd need a dummy to get the moulding right as well...hm. Anyway, I'll think about it.

Nice pic, btw! I used to go to Maine every summer as a kid and went to Old Orchard Beach a number of times. Good memories.

Ray

Yah, Quan, you wouldn't be the first with the John Malkovich reference. At least I like him...

And hey, I just noticed I've become a Full Count major-leaguer. Awesome.

Yes, i you would need my gun to mold it...CZ have a particular shape. Will figure something out down the road. Maybe i can shape my gun from a piece of wood.


Ha,Ha Quan...i'm no "bad ass", just keep to myself.

Mark

Fair is fair, so here I go with my photo:



Went from the north rim down to the bottom of the Grand Canyon that day (and back up!) The walk down was beautiful, the walk back up - quite grueling!

I thought I was the only fool that ever went to the north rim. It really is great view and walk.

Jay

Now that's a bad ass look Jamie...