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redsmetz · 05-17-2006, 01:24 PM

Here's me at a ballgame

vaticanplum · 05-18-2006, 05:26 PM

Hello

You look friendly. Who is on your hat?

KronoRed · 05-18-2006, 05:33 PM

Nice beard

SeeinRed · 05-18-2006, 06:54 PM

I want a Reds World Series appearance for Christmas..... kidding, kidding.

redsmetz · 05-19-2006, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by SeeinRed

I want a Reds World Series appearance for Christmas..... kidding, kidding.

LOL - don't we all. I play Santa Claus once a year at our parish's food pantry, so I'll see what I can do.

As for the question about whose on my hat, it's just a logo that says (I think - it's down at work right now) Cincinnati Reds est. 1869. I bought it at Sears, I think. My wife said she'd get me a new hat for Father's Day, but I told, only if I get to keep this one. It's getting kind of ratty looking and I'm fond of it.

redsmetz · 12-17-2010, 04:38 PM

I thought I'd update this post. Last Saturday was my birthday, so my wife got me a new Reds hat. I'd left my old hat in Missouri and my brother-in-law said he was going to hold it and desecrate it. We were playing so well, I told him to keep it since clearly it was bringing the club luck in exile out there.

Hence the new hat. It's the hat the club wore for the 1955 season when they became the Redlegs because of the McCarthy era hysteria. After I got it, I realized 1955 would have been my first baseball season. That makes it all the cooler for me.

Also, this is the new svelte me - I've taken off over 40 lbs since last summer.

WMR · 12-17-2010, 04:44 PM

Lookin' good!!

P.S. Can I please have a Red Ryder BB Gun for Xmas?

redsmetz · 12-17-2010, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by WMR

Lookin' good!!

P.S. Can I please have a Red Ryder BB Gun for Xmas?

Last time I posted my pic, someone said the same thing. Tomorrow I play Santa Claus at St. George's Food Pantry, my one gig a year.

Sea Ray · 12-18-2010, 09:09 AM

Are you sure that isn't a Cubs hat???

WMR · 12-18-2010, 11:34 AM

I gotta ask, RM, I know you live in Cincy... doesn't that beard drive you nuts in the summer? Those humid Cincy summers are just brutal...

redsmetz · 12-18-2010, 03:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sea Ray

Are you sure that isn't a Cubs hat???

My wife asked that too, but wrong color blue AND a wishbone C.

Evidence:

redsmetz · 12-18-2010, 03:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WMR

I gotta ask, RM, I know you live in Cincy... doesn't that beard drive you nuts in the summer? Those humid Cincy summers are just brutal...

Sometimes, but I be alot uglier without the beard. My wife's never seen me without it (nor have my kids). Her sister said she doesn't want to see it.

redsmetz · 06-23-2011, 01:25 PM

Looking back over this, the picture I put up last winter was after I'd lost about 40 lbs. I've now taken another 15 off and thought I'd share the results. Still looking to take off another five or so for a total loss of 60 lbs. Then I'd be near my weight from forty years ago. This picture is from my son's graduation from OSU. I'm probably pondering his future.

BTW, the blue Reds hat I have now is becoming more recognizable. Folks are randomly asking me what year it's from or just giving the date a stab. Fewer are mistaking it for a Cubs hat.

cumberlandreds · 06-24-2011, 08:30 AM

That's great RM! What's your secret for the weight loss? A doctor told me if I could get down to around 200 lbs. I may not have diabetes. Those last 15 pesky pounds have been hard to shed.
I suppose you will have to use stuffing now to play Santa Claus?

mth123 · 06-24-2011, 05:54 PM

Wow. What a change. Congrats. Very well done.

05-17-2006, 01:24 PM	#1
redsmetz Redsmetz Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Winton Place Posts: 10,455	Redsmetz Here's me at a ballgame

05-18-2006, 05:26 PM	#2
vaticanplum Has big taste Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 6,704	Re: Redsmetz Hello You look friendly. Who is on your hat? __________________ There is no such thing as a pitching prospect.

05-18-2006, 05:33 PM	#3
KronoRed The Lineups stink. Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: West N. Carolina Posts: 55,343	Re: Redsmetz Nice beard __________________ Go Gators!

05-18-2006, 06:54 PM	#4
SeeinRed Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,182	Re: Redsmetz I want a Reds World Series appearance for Christmas..... kidding, kidding.

12-17-2010, 04:38 PM	#6
redsmetz Redsmetz Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Winton Place Posts: 10,455	Re: Redsmetz I thought I'd update this post. Last Saturday was my birthday, so my wife got me a new Reds hat. I'd left my old hat in Missouri and my brother-in-law said he was going to hold it and desecrate it. We were playing so well, I told him to keep it since clearly it was bringing the club luck in exile out there. Hence the new hat. It's the hat the club wore for the 1955 season when they became the Redlegs because of the McCarthy era hysteria. After I got it, I realized 1955 would have been my first baseball season. That makes it all the cooler for me. Also, this is the new svelte me - I've taken off over 40 lbs since last summer. __________________ “In the same way that a baseball season never really begins, it never really ends either.” - Lonnie Wheeler, "Bleachers, A Summer in Wrigley Field" The Baseball Emporium - Books & Things, that's Rallyonion.com The Baseball Bookstore http://tsc-sales.com/ http://tscsales.blogspot.com/ http://silverscreenbooks.com/

12-18-2010, 09:09 AM	#9
Sea Ray Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 15,255	Re: Redsmetz Are you sure that isn't a Cubs hat???

06-23-2011, 01:25 PM	#13
redsmetz Redsmetz Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Winton Place Posts: 10,455	Re: Redsmetz Looking back over this, the picture I put up last winter was after I'd lost about 40 lbs. I've now taken another 15 off and thought I'd share the results. Still looking to take off another five or so for a total loss of 60 lbs. Then I'd be near my weight from forty years ago. This picture is from my son's graduation from OSU. I'm probably pondering his future. BTW, the blue Reds hat I have now is becoming more recognizable. Folks are randomly asking me what year it's from or just giving the date a stab. Fewer are mistaking it for a Cubs hat. __________________ “In the same way that a baseball season never really begins, it never really ends either.” - Lonnie Wheeler, "Bleachers, A Summer in Wrigley Field" The Baseball Emporium - Books & Things, that's Rallyonion.com The Baseball Bookstore http://tsc-sales.com/ http://tscsales.blogspot.com/ http://silverscreenbooks.com/

06-24-2011, 08:30 AM	#14
cumberlandreds Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Sterling VA Posts: 7,865	Re: Redsmetz That's great RM! What's your secret for the weight loss? A doctor told me if I could get down to around 200 lbs. I may not have diabetes. Those last 15 pesky pounds have been hard to shed. I suppose you will have to use stuffing now to play Santa Claus? __________________ Reds Fan Since 1971

06-24-2011, 05:54 PM	#15
mth123 The Big Dog Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 12,691	Re: Redsmetz Wow. What a change. Congrats. Very well done. __________________ "All I can tell them is pick a good one and sock it." --BABE RUTH Having better players makes "the right time" or "the big hit" happen a lot more often. PLUS PLUS

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