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Johnny_Blaze_47
10-09-2006, 10:39 PM
So I see he just made a bulletin on MySpace about him arriving at his new home, so glad to read he and his wife got there safely.

Wait'll he sees the Beno threads.
Johnny_Blaze_47
10-09-2006, 10:41 PM
He's gonna be pissed about my sig, though.
T Park
10-09-2006, 10:44 PM
Gonna miss you at the GTGs Mikey :depressed :(
katyon6th
10-09-2006, 10:46 PM
Joe, direct me to the Beno threads. I've heard about them, I must read. Please and thank you.
Pistons < Spurs
10-09-2006, 10:48 PM
Welcome to Michigan MikeyP!!! Hope you and the wife enjoy your stay!
Vizzini
10-09-2006, 10:54 PM
Welcome indeed! You caught the state at a lucky time as it is consumed with Tigers fever. You also caught Michigan State at the time of year that their season self destructs, so enjoy. And, if by chance the Mighty Michigan Wolverines are undefeated heading into Ohio State, you will be in for a treat.
IceColdBrewski
10-09-2006, 11:23 PM
Good luck in Michigan SAMikeyP. :tu
nickbroken
10-09-2006, 11:26 PM
He's gonna be pissed about my sig, though.
:lol
Johnny_Blaze_47
10-09-2006, 11:39 PM
Joe, direct me to the Beno threads. I've heard about them, I must read. Please and thank you.

http://spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=51146&page=1&pp=40

Posts # 26, 27, 31 and 32 are a stitch-and-a-half.
DisgruntledLionFan#54,927
10-10-2006, 01:44 AM
Welcome, and it looks like the snow is coming with you. Yay?
Kori Ellis
10-10-2006, 02:04 AM
Good luck to Mike and Erica in Michigan!
Slomo
10-10-2006, 06:23 AM
Good Luck Mikey.
katyon6th
10-10-2006, 06:26 AM
http://spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=51146&page=1&pp=40

Posts # 26, 27, 31 and 32 are a stitch-and-a-half.

:lmao and no response from T Park? Unreal.


Mikey, good luck to you and your wife. Drink some sweet apple cider for me, it's so delicious up there.
Taco
10-10-2006, 07:34 AM
Good Luck Samikeyp!!!!
JoeChalupa
10-10-2006, 07:38 AM
Best of luck to you and your family Mike.

Go Big Ten!!!
Marklar MM
10-10-2006, 07:53 AM
Enjoy Michigan. Beautiful this time of the year.
easjer
10-10-2006, 08:32 AM
Good luck up there, Mikey!
katyon6th
10-10-2006, 09:15 AM
Enjoy Michigan. Beautiful this time of the year.

I was in Michigan this time last year and fell absolutely in love with it. I'd never seen so many different colored leaves. It was gorgeous, almost didn't want to leave. Almost.
JoeChalupa
10-10-2006, 10:00 AM
Yeah, the fall/autumn colors rock in the mid-west.
spurs_fan_in_exile
10-10-2006, 10:13 AM
So the "SA" at in his screen name will stand for Saginaw now?

Best luck up north, Mikey.
Marklar MM
10-10-2006, 10:20 AM
Yeah, the fall/autumn colors rock in the mid-west.

Nothing beats a Michigan autumn. But for the best, you have to go to the Upper Peninsula.
Good 'N Plenty
10-10-2006, 10:30 AM
Good luck!
angel_luv
10-10-2006, 10:57 AM
Best of luck, Mikey.
Vizzini
10-10-2006, 11:04 AM
Enjoy Michigan. Beautiful this time of the year.


Yup, very beautiful, but that should only last until Thursday, when the forecast changes to a high in the low 40's and snow. Gotta love Michigan weather!
Marklar MM
10-10-2006, 11:25 AM
Yup, very beautiful, but that should only last until Thursday, when the forecast changes to a high in the low 40's and snow. Gotta love Michigan weather!

You know the day after the snow, we will have a 98 degree scorcher. :)
Mr Dio
10-10-2006, 01:25 PM
Mikey left SA?
WTF, whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy??????????????????????
Marklar MM
10-10-2006, 01:59 PM
Mikey left SA?
WTF, whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy??????????????????????

Cuz Michigan is better...duh!!!
Mr Dio
10-10-2006, 02:03 PM
Cuz Michigan is better...duh!!!


Uhhhhh, yeah!
Uh huh!
That's gotta be it!!! :lol
Vizzini
10-10-2006, 02:03 PM
Cuz Michigan is better...duh!!!


No, he left for a job I believe, and it needs to be recognized and applauded b/c if someone moves to Michigan for a job, it is a rare and spectacular feat.
Mr Dio
10-10-2006, 02:10 PM
Man!

How much did it pay?

What kind of job?

Isn't the wife from Mich?
FromWayDowntown
10-10-2006, 02:54 PM
Good luck to you and Erica up there in Meeechigan, Mike.

We'll miss those 4 margarita nights on the patio at Mirasol. . . .
ShoogarBear
10-10-2006, 04:52 PM
No, he left for a job I believe, and it needs to be recognized and applauded b/c if someone moves to Michigan for a job, it is a rare and spectacular feat.

I think he got hired as one of Flip's assistants. "Hand Coach for Nazr", I believe.
Johnny_Blaze_47
10-10-2006, 04:55 PM
I think he got hired to thug-out Tayshaun Prince.

http://myspace-406.vo.llnwd.net/00404/60/47/404177406_l.jpg
ShoogarBear
10-10-2006, 04:57 PM
^Looks to me like some hand exercises.
samikeyp
10-10-2006, 07:54 PM
Thank you all for the kind wishes. We made it up here safe and sound and all is well. It was a beautiful drive, albeit long, and we really enjoyed the time together.

Actually they needed me up here because they have two mexican food restaurants near me and they need a South Texan to authenticate their food. Went to one saturday and had their breakfast "burritos" (tacos to those of you in SA) not bad but you have to pay extra for handmade tortillas.

Some stats and observations from the trip:

Hi temp when we left SA...94
Hi temp when we arrived in Lansing...65

Miles traveled: 1429

Major cities encountered: Austin, Dallas, Oklahoma City, Springfield (MO), St. Louis, Indianapolis, Fort Wayne and Lansing.

Times I have already had to scrap frost off my car: 1 :lol

Distance from our house to Hooters: 1.27 miles

Hours it took me to get to Hooters from when we arrived: 19 thumbs up (got in at 5:30p on thursday, at Hooters 12:30 on friday)

Observations: Missouri is gorgeous, Eastern OK is not bad either, Indy blows, Ft. Wayne has a Taco Cabana and Michigan's trees have a lot of color already.

There are two Cowboys fans living in the same section of our complex as us including one guy who just moved here from Ft. Sam.

Also NO state loves their flag like Texas does. In Texas you see the state flag everywhere, Oklahoma almost as much, I saw a few flags in Missouri, None in Illinois, and a smattering in Indiana and Michigan.

Meijer (pronounced "meyer") is Wal-Mart on Steroids.

and yes...there is snow showers predicted for Thursday.

Blaze...thanks for the thread bro...I better see you go national really soon so I can say I knew you when.

TPark...I waved at the new Busch Staduim for you.

Dio...I flipped off the entire city of Norman for you! :)

FWD: I will miss them too bro. The four of us had a blast.

Kori and Katy...my first trip to the local grocery store...I wore the Spurstalk softball shirt and was complimented for it.


I may have moved but the SA will always refer to the 210. You can take the boy out of Texas but can never take Texas out of the boy.

Pistons fans....where we gonna have the Spurs-Pistons GTG? I recommend the Lansing Hooters...I already know some of the waitresses! :smokin
Johnny_Blaze_47
10-10-2006, 08:10 PM
Funny that you mention Ft. Wayne, I was considering putting an application in at their paper during the summer of a friend's recommendation, but decided against it with some ownership things I heard once I did some talking to people.
ShoogarBear
10-10-2006, 08:26 PM
They have Taco Cabana in Ft. Wayne????????????
Mr Dio
10-11-2006, 09:25 AM
Dio...I flipped off the entire city of Norman for you!

FUCK YEAH!!!
Sorry Batasrds!!!
Vizzini
10-11-2006, 10:35 AM
It is nice to see you made the trip safe and sound. Here are a few things you need to know:

Michigan turns: they are found on a divided highway or major roadway. Simply put, they are turn lanes that force drivers to go beyond an intersection they wish to turn left on, which they turn left onto the opposite way from which they were coming from, and thus have to turn right onto the road that they were originally going to turn left onto. (I know it is a complicated definition, but you will know what I am talking about when you see it.)

Lake Effect: Snow showers that are caused by cold air blowing across the warm waters of Lake Michigan. They might not reach as far inland as Lansing most of the time, but if you have to do any business in Grand Rapids or along the Lake Michigan shoreline, you will encounter them.

Yoopers: Anyone that resides in or is from the Upper Peninsula.

The Bridge: Mackinac Bridge (Pronounced Mackinaw) is the bridge that connects the Lower and Upper Peninsulas.

Also, prepare to go weeks, sometimes even as long as a month without seeing much of the sun. Michigan winters are notoriously gray and dark.

If you have any questions or are wondering why certains are the way they are, don't hesitate to ask.
Marklar MM
10-11-2006, 10:36 AM
Meijer (pronounced "meyer") is Wal-Mart on Steroids.


We call it Meijers. :)
Marklar MM
10-11-2006, 10:39 AM
To add to Vizzini's thing...NEVER and I mean NEVER wear Ohio State gear.
samikeyp
10-11-2006, 10:46 AM
We call it Meijers.

I did too...but then I got corrected! :)
Vizzini
10-11-2006, 11:01 AM
To add to Vizzini's thing...NEVER and I mean NEVER wear Ohio State gear.


Actually, I see enough Suckeye gear around to let me know that there is a small and loyal contingent in our lovely state. As for Meijer, I am always correcting my family when they add the "s" on to the end of the name. For what is worth, most people add it and no one really catches that it was added.
JoeChalupa
10-11-2006, 11:02 AM
I used to live in Ft. Wayne. Taco Cabana?
You'll grow to live it. Michigan that is.
JoeChalupa
10-11-2006, 11:03 AM
To add to Vizzini's thing...NEVER and I mean NEVER wear Ohio State gear.

How 'bout them Buckeyes!! I always wore my Ohio State gear when in MI.
Marklar MM
10-11-2006, 11:06 AM
How 'bout them Buckeyes!! I always wore my Ohio State gear when in MI.

Ohio State blows balls.
sa_butta
10-11-2006, 12:08 PM
Welcome indeed! You caught the state at a lucky time as it is consumed with Tigers fever. You also caught Michigan State at the time of year that their season self destructs, so enjoy. And, if by chance the Mighty Michigan Wolverines are undefeated heading into Ohio State, you will be in for a treat.I wish I was there. Im already getting pumped for the OSU game. And the Tigers are looking great.
JoeChalupa
10-11-2006, 12:17 PM
Ohio State blows balls.

All the way to the National Championship baby!!!!
Marklar MM
10-11-2006, 06:17 PM
All the way to the National Championship baby!!!!

OVER-RATED
ducks
10-11-2006, 06:26 PM
good luck
SequSpur
10-11-2006, 08:07 PM
Congratulations on getting out of this shithole called San Antonio.

The got damn poser city.
bigzak25
10-11-2006, 08:49 PM
goodluck mikey.
ShoogarBear
10-11-2006, 10:21 PM
Isn't Michigan like the bowling capital of the world?
samikeyp
10-12-2006, 09:08 AM
I'd be ok with that Shoog.


Oh and its snowing now! :)
ShoogarBear
10-12-2006, 09:58 AM
I'd be ok with that Shoog.

That was for Sequ's benefit. Maybe we can get him to move. :)