(Lynn10) WINNERS OF TONITE'S TOURNEY >>>> **DRUM ROLL** COPD/DEDA
(ptrish) well that's sumthin everyone wins then and you don't get to interview Bruce lol!!
(Lynn10) CONGRATS U2 !!!!!!
(BruceM1) lol
(deda01) FINALLY
(WHAMMYx2) so tell us about your childhood
(deda01) lol
(ImJustMe) CONGRAT COPD DEDA!!
(deda01) THX
(COPD) not over yet
(deda01) yes it is
(Lynn10) YEP.. COPD/DEDA WON THE TOURNEY!!
(COPD) i mean childhood
(deda01) LMAO

How long have you and the partner you played with in tonight's tourney been playing together?? If the person you partnered with tonight is not your usual partner, who is your usual partner?
(deda01) about a month. WHAMMY is my other favorite but he is too busy to play with me :o)
(COPD) this is actually our 2nd tourney

Where did your GPP nickname come from?
(deda01) My lil sista couldn't say Linda so deda stuck
(CalamityS) deda, linda... yep that is close enough for me :D
(deda01) She is a precious sister
(COPD) mine came from a lung problem i have
(deda01) I am her maid of honor in Aug.
(CalamityS) Um er or may you are a police office for Colorado LOL
(billherm) "get down with COPD" <--- yeah, you know me!
(COPD) chronic obstructive pulmonary diease

Do you have any other (or old) GPP nicknames that you'd like us to tell people about?
(deda01) BayBee, Bucktailz. luv2fish, Zingara,CaptBud,...lol

Where are you from originally? Where do you live now?
(deda01) I have lived in southern Maryland my whole 38 yrs.
(WHAMMYx2) but i thought u where only 28
(deda01) LOL oh thats right
(Lynn10) OOPS?
(deda01) memory laps
(COPD) columbus ohio, off an on all my life

Are you married? Do you have any children? (If so, you can put their gender, names, ages, and occupations if you'd like)
(WHAMMYx2) is this the inquizition?
(Lynn10) ROFL.. IT'S BEEN CALLED WORSE
(deda01) I am married...1 son ..17 ... honor student ... and a jock ... BIG TIME
(COPD) have 3 childrn, 2 boys girl
(deda01) He is soooo smart
(COPD) divorced 23yrs
(deda01) it skips a generation you know :o)
(COPD) also have 4 grandchildren
(deda01) Dang...I have been playing with grand pa

What is your age?
(deda01) 38ish...will be having my last b-day soon
(Lynn10) DEDA MAY NOT BE REQUIRED TO ANSWER THIS ROFL
(COPD) 53 older u thought

What would your dream vacation be and who with?
(deda01) wonder if hubby will read this
(deda01) On a 40' Hatteras with ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm?????????
(deda01) with lots of fishing poles :o)
(COPD) i can't think of any where i havent been or nothing i havent done except 1 thing an i cant say that

Do you have a home page that you'd like us to send people to (or a favorite web site that you like to visit)?
(deda01) www.geocities.com/yosemite/rapids/9831
(COPD) id rather u send them to my house pretty ladys
(Lynn10) AWWW.. COPD JUST MADE THE NEWSLETTER BIGGG TIME!! HEHE

What is your favorite snack food while playing euchre??
(deda01) sunflower seeds and BUDWEIZER!!!!!!
(COPD) lately its been whatever i eat for breakfest, lunch, or dinner

If you could have any job in the world, what would it be and why???
(deda01) A tv show about fishing so i can catchem and get paid fer it

How long have you been playing euchre (on or offline)?
(deda01) 3 yr.
(COPD) 40yrs off 2mo on
(COPD) ur dam good for only 3yrs pard

What do you contribute your winning abilities to.. luck, skill, pards skill, pards luck, homage to euchre gods, etc?
(deda01) I win when I don't feel like playing....if I am excited about playing I get hands that smell like feet
(COPD) lol thats right she said she didnt feel good tonite
(deda01) I have a hangover from playing last night

What is your favorite song?
(deda01) Fishing in the dark...by...ditty gritty dirt band
(COPD) anything by gloria estafon im sure thats wrong spelling

THIS IS OUR "INTERVIEW AWARD".. SO PLEASE THINK ABOUT AN ANSWER :) Do you have a most embarrassing moment (online or off) that you'd care to share with us for the newsletter? ;))))
(deda01) tooooo dangerous!!!!!!!!!!!
(Lynn10) THAT'S WHY WE MADE IT AN AWARD, DEDA LOL
(deda01) I had a reg pard that got on my last nerve....so I went to the lobby when we lost the tourney and jumped into a table with another pard I play with and Bltched about him...and he told me it was his father I was talking about
(Lynn10) ROFL DEDA... YOU BAWLED OUT A DADDY? ROFL

Congratulations you two . . . GREAT playing!! ;)))

(CalamityS) We were on second, who won first?
(ImJustMe) NOW YA GLAD WE GAVE YA BILL? :)
(CalamityS) ROFL .... Why I begged for Bill . didn't I Lynn?
(billherm) LOL... that'll teach her to cry in her beer too early, eh?
(CalamityS) Hurry Lynners I am starving LOL

How long have you and the partner you played with in tonight's tourney been playing together?? If the person you partnered with tonight is not your usual partner, who is your usual partner?
(CalamityS) Well, my partner tonight used to be my regular partner but now he just comes around now and then 
(CalamityS) AND you can answer the how long part p
(billherm) LOL. what, about.... 10 months? or has it only seemed youve' been laboring with me that long?
(CalamityS) Yep this baby gonna be a biggen :D
(billherm) BUT... we've played on-line together about 4 years
(CalamityS) Yep he fell in love with me over at INN where I used to be nekid :D
(billherm) thank GOD for vid-cams
(Lynn10) DID SHE SAY "LOVE" OR LUST?
(CalamityS) With red pigtails and an Indian headband

Where did your GPP nickname come from?
(CalamityS) Boy I wish I could give a different answer but my name says it all about me :D
(CalamityS) Just like our ranch, it is called Broken M cause something always broken
(billherm) I messed up my login and just got stuck with first and most of last name! boooooorinnngggg
(billherm) I won the imcompetence award that night though :)
(CalamityS) Actually Bill did the same thing on AOL and got stuck with my *old* boy friend's name
(billherm) Give me a system and some time, I can mess it up

Do you have any other (or old) GPP nicknames that you'd like us to tell people about?
(CalamityS) None for me unless HoSpice counts LOLOL <--- is that HO SPICE (Spice Girl?) or Hospice?
(Lynn10) UMM THAT SHOULD COUNT LOL
(CalamityS) not mine HeHe

Where are you from originally? Where do you live now?
(CalamityS) Michigan then ..... Albuquerque NM now
(billherm) Born in Philly 41 yrs ago, now in Houston
(CalamityS) And you have been in Houson, what 30 years now Bill?
(billherm) um... no. More

Are you married? Do you have any children? (If so, you can put their gender, names, ages, and occupations if you'd like)
(billherm) do I HAVE to answer this?
(CalamityS) Keith Duke Miller (he likes the Duke part) ...... Shawn 27, working for masters... Tracie 25 (just got hired by Southwest) Kerry 24 (in college) 
Brianna 6 and Josh 1 (grandkids)
(billherm) married since I was six, oodles of kids

What is your age?
(CalamityS) Hmmmmmmmm I will be one year older than I am now next month
(Lynn10) OK CALAMITY.. THX FOR ALL THAT INFO
(CalamityS) LOL that would be 49...... next month that is :D
(Lynn10) BILL??? 
(billherm) 41
(CalamityS) Cradle snatcher I am :D

What would your dream vacation be and who with?
(billherm) a dangerous question
(CalamityS) On a deserted beach with just my computer (safe answer)
(billherm) can deda be a part of it?
(Lynn10) NO BILL.. YOU CAN'T TAKE ALL OF US
(CalamityS) And for the real answer .......... my Hubby IS watching LOL
(billherm) LOL. Well, I would like to visit Aberdeen. don't ask me why. the WHERE is the easy part
(billherm) Aberdeen DOES have a red light district, right? LOL

Do you have a home page that you'd like us to send people to (or a favorite web site that you like to visit)?
(CalamityS) Um Bill want to answer that one for me ??? ROFL
(CalamityS) I actually have one, but actually don't have one and if Bill and I ever finish it I will let you know the url ROFLMAO
(Lynn10) OOOO GREAT... I THINK.. LOL
(billherm) lol... <== duly chastised.
(billherm) I just hang around blizzard waiting for Diablo II to come out

What is your favorite snack food while playing euchre??
(billherm) like a buzzard over a starving cow
(Lynn10) YOU SNACK ON COW?
(CalamityS) It used to be mashed potates until it wrecked my keyboard . still expermenting with alternatives
(Lynn10) HAHA CALAMITY!!! UMM TRY PUTTING THEM IN A BOWL NEXT TIME
(CalamityS) I knew I was forgetting something :X
(Lynn10) ROFLLL KEYBOARDS MAKE TERRIBLE FOOD HOLDERS LOL
(billherm) Friday's usually my bourbon and coke night, unless Sue is actually trying to win. then its coffee
(billherm) and baileys'

If you could have any job in the world, what would it be and why???
(billherm) I guess "Playboy Photographer" is taken? hmmmm
(CalamityS) I would probably own Victoria's Secret so my clothes would be free :D
(billherm) I would be the president. Can't have enough Bill's in the white house
(billherm) I think I meet all the qualifications... I'm tall, I smile alot, and 
I'm crooked

How long have you been playing euchre (on or offline)?
(CalamityS) I have been playing for 30 years, was a prerequsite to graduating ... had to play a hand of euchre with the Dean
(CalamityS) And that is the truth LOL
(billherm) about 5 years, all told
(Lynn10) ROFL.. ARE YOU SERIOUS CAL??
(CalamityS) Dead Serious
(CalamityS) You didn't get to graduate if ya didn't play one hand of euchre with him

What do you contribute your winning abilities to.. luck, skill, pards skill, pards luck, homage to euchre gods, etc?
(CalamityS) I mostly attribute our winning to the big mirror behind my head :D
(billherm) My pard. She gets 100% of the credit, for being good, patient, and good. In that order <----- We know Bill must have been joking here . . . I mean c'mon, Cal patient??

You won . . . it's time to brag . . . anyone you want to brag to or give a hard time? (Or just a general brag . . . LOL!!)
(CalamityS) Well I only wish that BRUCE were still here :D
(CalamityS) And thank Bill soooooo much for honoring me with his presence tonight :D
(CalamityS) And a little brag about our new little filly that was born a couple weeks ago :D
(billherm) Well, Sue is my pard now, but JoAnne was my first pard ever and deserves SOME of the blame for my game ;p

What is your favorite song?
(CalamityS) Favorite song . hmm ..... how bout The Lady is A Tramp? LOL
(billherm) High Hopes, by Frank Sinatra
(CalamityS) Ohhhhhh I love that song Bill make you feel happy :D
(Lynn10) WHO SINGS THAT ONE CAL? ROFLLL
(CalamityS) Bing Crosby DUHHHHHHHH
(CalamityS) Oh Lady is a Tramp... Frank Sinarta LOL
(CalamityS) Bing sings it better Bill

THIS IS OUR "INTERVIEW AWARD".. SO PLEASE THINK ABOUT AN ANSWER :) Do you have a most embarrassing moment (online or off) that you'd care to share with us for the newsletter? ;))))
(CalamityS) I think everyone knows my online one ......... Joanne assigned me a partner, went to table to play, partner asked if she
(CalamityS) could bid blind nill, I didn't know about whispering and yelled to whole room about it
(billherm) an award in sheep's clothing
(Lynn10) ROFLL CALAMITY.. HAVE U EVER SEEN HER AGAIN? ROFLL
(CalamityS) What I meant was I didn't know you couldn't whisper while at table
(CalamityS) Yep she plays almost every week now and is a very good player 

(CalamityS) Thanks all ........ Bill was great being by your side again.......... and I need to get my hubby some dinner
(CalamityS) before I become your roomate
(billherm) LMAO... well, feed him quick... nighters all :)
(CalamityS) COW too :D

Congratulations you two . . . NICE playing!! ;)))