"Secular Humouresque" wrote in message
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On 10/11/10 10:45 AM, JustWaitAFrekinMinute! wrote:
On Oct 11, 10:39 am, Secular wrote:
On 10/11/10 10:35 AM, YukonBound wrote:







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On Thu, 7 Oct 2010 20:27:31 -0700 (PDT),
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On Oct 6, 6:10 am, wrote:
On Oct 5, 12:40 am, I am
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Wow, just got some pics in the email of Tim playing a gig, not
in some
gay'raj either. And there was a huge crowd, not just a couple of
drunk
chicks that had to braid their armpits and move the amps later
in the
night

Cool pics Tim, hope the regular bass player takes a lot of days
off

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OH, I could do the 105 footer, but I would hate to waste the
last few
seconds of my life with my eyes closed, screaming like a little
girl...

Thanks Scotty. The regular bassist, is developing some health
issues
and my be dropping out in the future. And I may really consider it.
They go all over the midwest. travel and expenses are paid plus
some
pretty good jack for a two-hr. show.

I had a nice visit with Mike Porter this evening. might be something
brewing in the future.

?;^ )

What's happening? I've been camping for the weekend and missed the
news.

Tim stood in with a band (and I think he got paid more than just a few
lousy blessings and it was a pretty good size room. Looks like he
may
be able to play out with the band some more in the future..

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...and what's wrong with "a few lousy blessings"
Some may say that's the greatest reward of all........ (not that you
pseudo Christians would agree)

Hey...I got to sit on the stage during a Ray Charles concert at the old
New Haven Arena in the 1960's. I wasn't more than 20 feet away from Ray,
but, sadly, none of his musical talent floated through the air to me. It
was a blessing, to me, at least. :)

Ha, ha ha... sure you did harrie.. Was that right after your fathers
Fireboat welcome to NYC? LOL!!!



There were stage seats, **** for brains, and since the father of one of my
father's best friends *owned* the old New Haven Arena, we were frequently
able to get some of the best seats...for free.

The guy who owned the Area was Maurice Podoloff. From wiki:

Maurice Podoloff was born to a Jewish family in Elizabethgrad, Russian
Empire (now in Ukraine) on August 18, 1890. When he was a young boy his
family emigrated to the United States, where he graduated from Hillhouse
High School in New Haven, Connecticut in 1909. From there Podoloff went on
to Yale University where he got his law degree in 1915.

A distinguished lawyer, Maurice Podoloff was a man of impeccable character
and was instrumental in the development and success of professional
basketball. On June 6, 1946, Podoloff, who was already serving as
president of the American Hockey League, was appointed president of the
newly formed Basketball Association of America (BAA), becoming the first
person to lead two professional leagues simultaneously.

After the BAA signed several of the top names in the National Basketball
League into the league, Maurice Podoloff negotiated a merger between the
two groups to form the National Basketball Association in 1949. As a
lawyer with no previous experience, Podoloff's great organizational and
administrative skills were later regarded as the key factor that kept the
league alive in its often stormy formative years.

In 17 years as president, Podoloff expanded the NBA to as many as 17
teams, and briefly formed three divisions and scheduled 557 games.

During his tenure Maurice introduced the collegiate draft in 1947, and in
1954 instituted the 24 second shot clock created by Dan Biasone, owner of
the Syracuse Nationals, which quickened the pace of games and took the NBA
from a slow plodding game to a fast paced sport. In 1954, Podoloff also
increased national recognition of the game immensely by securing its first
television contract.

As the president of the NBA, he gave lifetime suspensions to Indianapolis
Olympians players Ralph Beard and Alex Groza after they admitted to point
shaving while in college at the University of Kentucky.

Maurice Podoloff stepped down as NBA president in 1963, having increased
fan interest during the NBA's formative years and having improved the
overall welfare of the sport of basketball through his foresight, wisdom
and leadership. In his honor, the NBA would name its annual league Most
Valuable Player trophy the Maurice Podoloff Trophy.

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I never met Maurice Podoloff, but I knew and saw his son, Dickie Podoloff,
many times. Dickie was my father's best buddy *and* a competitor in the
boat business. Here's a snippet from the New Haven Register in 1967:

"Adverse weather conditions along the Eastern seaboard are having an
effect on the multi-million dollar area marina business. "It's killing
us," said Richard Podoloff of Adams-Podoloff Marina in West Haven."


Who did you know growing up, little man? Some midget wrestlers who held up
convenience stores?


Hey... you've just came up with the perfect job for The Freak.... midget
wrestler.
He might last if all the other midgets promised to take it easy on him.