Introductions

BGO - The road less traveled
Hello, bird.

This place is a tad over 3 months old. Still smells new, huh?

Glad to see you found your way here!
 
Hey Jethro and bird, glad you guys found us. Everyone who can post intelligently and civilly is welcome here brother - I'd say you qualify :)

Let us know if you need help getting around the place...
 
So do you guys accept refugees from CPND?

I’ve been a Skins fan since 1971 when George Allen was fired by the Rams and became coach of the Skins. (I grew up in Anaheim, California and was a Rams fan until then.)

I have lived in Anchorage, Alaska since 1976 except for a short stunt back in Southern California from 1979-1983.
 
Great to have you Alaskan. One of my favorite people grew up in Alaska...I secretly envy you - must be a great place to live.

Welcome :cheers:
 
Thanks for the welcome Boone.

Yes, it’s a great place to live provided that you like the outdoors and can handle 6 months of winter.

I guess this site doesn’t allow custom Avatars. Too bad. I have my animated Groucho Bear that I really like. It’s in my profile.

This place seems to be very vibrant although I guess it’s only been around a few months.

Are most of the members ones that used to post at Extreme Skins?
 
I'd say it's about a 50-50 mix...we have a lot of friends here and at ES. We haven't promoted it over there, firstly because we think that would be in poor taste, but more because we think the two communities and where they're going are distinctly different.

'Vibrant' is nice though - and we're pretty happy with where the site has gone in just a few months...thanks for the kind words.

We do have a little different take on the use of 'avatars' - not to restrict member's freedom (that's definitely not a goal), but more to keep a certain look and feel to the place that's important to us. We'll keep an eye on member feedback on that topic though. Ultimately this place is about our members, not the mods or owners.

Glad you found us!
 
Well well.

I knew this place existed somewhere.

Not particularly well hidden if you really try to find it, and I'm glad I did.

I still have some allegiance to ES, even though the Stadium is an absolute cluster-**** at times, I have some friends there that I've really enjoyed "getting to know".

I am DarrellsMyHero28 on ES, so feel free to boo or cheer as appropriate :)

I'm a senior at Virginia Tech, so Blacksburg is my home for the immediate future but I'm from Springfield, VA and I was born in the great city of Washington, DC.

Being a native District of Colombian (if that's even a real term), I was raised a Skins fan and I have suffered through what seems like the worst times this franchise has been through. Being 21, I don't remember any of the Super Bowls and the best Redskins team I've ever seen was probably the 2005 team.

I'm still here, still a fan, still watch all the games and love the team...but for my own mental health I'm begging for a winning season.

I see some familiar faces, and some legends of ES that I never met because I hadn't joined yet.

Site looks amazing, good work so far guys.
 
Ut Prosim, welcome. I must admit a fascination with your handle. I'm assuming it comes from the VaTech Ut Prosim Society-but it's Latin for "That I may be of use" which intrigued me since mine "servumtuum" meaning "thy servant" comes from the Latin version of the Nunc Dimittis prayer.

Cool similarity.
 
Thanks brother and welcome to our little oasis :cheers:

I am a geezer, but I grew up in Franconia, just down the road from you, in the 1960's-70's. I remember when there was nothing but a 2 lane road all the way from where we lived to Springfield. They built Springfield Mall when I was a teenager, and they've been building ever since. I can remember high times were when they'd bring the 'Super Slide' to the Giant Food parking lot in Springfield, and you paid $1 to ride as many times as you wanted down it on burlap sacks. Good times :)

Anyway, number of Hokies about here - and some of the enemy (myself included). Glad you're here and let us know if there's anything we can do to make the site more enjoyable. We have got a bunch of great members here, and even though the conversations are spirited, we're all friends here and we're pretty committed to keeping the conversational tone polite and friendly.
 
servumtuum said:
Ut Prosim, welcome. I must admit a fascination with your handle. I'm assuming it comes from the VaTech Ut Prosim Society-but it's Latin for "That I may be of use" which intrigued me since mine "servumtuum" meaning "thy servant" comes from the Latin version of the Nunc Dimittis prayer.

Cool similarity.
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That is one translation.

Ut Prosim, as far as Virginia Tech is concerned, is our motto and can also be translated as "That I may serve" (pretty similar to yours). The Ut Prosim society is basically big dollar donors to Virginia Tech.

I'm planning on going to grad school and getting a certificate in Non-Profit Management, hopefully working in disaster relief. Tech's commitment to service is just one of the million things I love about this university, I've always done my best to commit to serving others, through Boy Scouts, my church etc.

Boone said:
Thanks brother and welcome to our little oasis :cheers:

I am a geezer, but I grew up in Franconia, just down the road from you, in the 1960's-70's. I remember when there was nothing but a 2 lane road all the way from where we lived to Springfield. They built Springfield Mall when I was a teenager, and they've been building ever since. I can remember high times were when they'd bring the 'Super Slide' to the Giant Food parking lot in Springfield, and you paid $1 to ride as many times as you wanted down it on burlap sacks. Good times :)

Anyway, number of Hokies about here - and some of the enemy (myself included). Glad you're here and let us know if there's anything we can do to make the site more enjoyable. We have got a bunch of great members here, and even though the conversations are spirited, we're all friends here and we're pretty committed to keeping the conversational tone polite and friendly.
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I assume you've been back recently and seen the changes? Just in my 21 years its exploded population-wise and unfortunately is trending downhill. They're going to try to make Springfield Mall into a Reston Town Center type deal, we'll see how that goes...they just got approved a few months back.

From this, and your other handle I assume you're a UNC fan?

MikeSr619 said:
hahaha..im such a redneck i thought your name was like "servum tuum" i was going to ask you "what is tuum and how do i serve em?"
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Hey there big sexy. How have you been? Its alot different over there without you and HH around, has he made it over here?
 
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Well, I just posted this in the "welcome" thread, before I found this one, so I'll just do a little C&P.


Hi, I'm SonOfWashington (known in real life as DC), and I come from a long posting history over at ExtremeSkins (since March 2007) under the same name. I already recognize many of you, some of which I don't see anymore (BigMike I think I saw already).

For those of you who don't know me, I'm a 17 year old lifelong Skins fan from snowy northeast Ohio (aka Browns/Steelers country...Lord help me), and I'm probably one of the biggest around these here parts. I was born fifteen days before Super Bowl XXVI, and, well, you all know how this team has been since then. Sucks for me. =\

I'll try to stop over here from time to time in between my visits to ES. So consider this my self-welcome. =)
 
My username should be familiar to most here, and I'm hoping that I'm the first to sign up from the deep south - southern hemisphere, that is!

How good is this? Somewhere that has all the basics, but none of the bells and whistles trying to keep up with the neighbours (yes, we spell neighbours like that down here).

I wasn't much of an NFL fan in my 'early' years, but happened to catch the 1982 (?) SB were the 'Skins tore Denver new ones (42-10), and I was hooked.

I'll try to participate in forums, but as I have very little knowledge of 'Skins history, my participation will most likely relate to current issues.
 
Crikey Mike, you're up early! It's 8pm here, so it must be about 5am where you are.

Then again, I used to be awake at 3am (Aust time) on a Monday morning waiting for a 1pm kick-off.
 
We're excited to have you here Aussie :)
I think you're going to find there's a lot to do and read about here - we have some great member blogs, and a LOT of features you won't find on other sites.

Do me a favor, and add yourself to our BGO Member Map when you get a chance!
 
We've got some ideas coming to maybe make this place a little more 'international' :) Meanwhile, my wife is from South Carolina. That's about as close to the 'Outback' as we have near me ....
 
Well hello everyone, I'm sure some of you recognize my ID from Extremeskins. So not much needed to say really, for those who don't know me.

I'm in Alexandria, VA, love the Washington Redskins to death just as I do all D.C teams.
 
Welcome! Have a look around. I am sure you will recognize a few folks by familiar names and some by unfamiliar names.

Glad to have you here.
 
hi i,m jason a lifelong redskins fan win,lose,or draw i,m all about the burgundy and gold.i reside in north carolina in chocowinity nc . i can,t get thru a day without knowing what my skins are up too.so folks i hope to meet some more interesting skins fans in here that share the same common goal in the redskins.

a;so some of you might know me from the THN message board or even the warpath.net message board if not thats okay too.

glad to be a part of this board and thanks

jason poe:)
 
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