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Old 01-12-2010, 06:29 PM   #1
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Prior to 2001 Homerville use to be a quiet little village that only a few of us resided. Then came the boom times when people flocked to Homerville after February 2002.

They enjoyed the fair weather and the free rides offered on the Homerville Transit bandwagon.They stopped by the Homerville Pub where they use to sit in the fair weather and drink the Kool Aid punch. They made deposits in the IBBWT Bank and watched gleefully as their account kept multiplying.

But then the crash came this year and people started to panic.There was a run on the IBBWT Bank and they withdrew all that they had. No longer was there nice fair weather days and the clouds started to appear in the sky that seemed to be falling. The once busy Homerville Transit bandwagon now had empty window seats. And the Homerville Pub is back to just a few of us regulars enjoying the Kool Aid. We go to the TFB Chapel every day to renew our faith.

Will Homerville ever recover? Should it become a gated community where only the faithful are allowed to reside?
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Old 01-12-2010, 06:45 PM   #2
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Prior to 2001 Homerville use to be a quiet little village that only a few of us resided. Then came the boom times when people flocked to Homerville after February 2002.

They enjoyed the fair weather and the free rides offered on the Homerville Transit bandwagon.They stopped by the Homerville Pub where they use to sit in the fair weather and drink the Kool Aid punch. They made deposits in the IBBWT Bank and watched gleefully as their account kept multiplying.

But then the crash came this year and people started to panic.There was a run on the IBBWT Bank and they withdrew all that they had. No longer was there nice fair weather days and the clouds started to appear in the sky that seemed to be falling. The once busy Homerville Transit bandwagon now had empty window seats. And the Homerville Pub is back to just a few of us regulars enjoying the Kool Aid. We go to the TFB Chapel every day to renew our faith.

Will Homerville ever recover? Should it become a gated community where only the faithful are allowed to reside?
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Prior to 2001 Homerville use to be a quiet little village that only a few of us resided. Then came the boom times when people flocked to Homerville after February 2002.

They enjoyed the fair weather and the free rides offered on the Homerville Transit bandwagon.They stopped by the Homerville Pub where they use to sit in the fair weather and drink the Kool Aid punch. They made deposits in the IBBWT Bank and watched gleefully as their account kept multiplying.

But then the crash came this year and people started to panic.There was a run on the IBBWT Bank and they withdrew all that they had. No longer was there nice fair weather days and the clouds started to appear in the sky that seemed to be falling. The once busy Homerville Transit bandwagon now had empty window seats. And the Homerville Pub is back to just a few of us regulars enjoying the Kool Aid. We go to the TFB Chapel every day to renew our faith.

Will Homerville ever recover? Should it become a gated community where only the faithful are allowed to reside?
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There are a lot of people who confuse jumping on a bandwagon and liking a team when it is winning with being a fan.

We have ton's of these guys aboard. It would almost be worth it to have a few losing seasons to have them go away, but of course as soon as the Pats start winning, they'll be back, screaming in anguish not only with every loss but every time another team scores a TD.

The amazing thing is that they think being a homer is a bad thing for a fan, as though somehow a 'real' fan is someone who can dispassionately look at a team and make objective analyses.

Of course, haters aren't dispassionate. I think I respect them more than the self-proclaimed realists.

Homerville is still a place for Pats fans. It is getting empty with all teh Hatervillians moving back home, but is that a bad thing really?
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Old 01-12-2010, 07:14 PM   #6
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2 types of citizens now residing in Homerville:

1. Those who want to find a way out of the economic down turn and hold town meetings to try to improve the situation so employment rates will improve and people can pay their bills. They try to encourage new businesses to relocate so more people can work

2. Those citizens who do nothing but stay in their house...drink beer, watch TV, get fat and say this town is the greatest

isn't there room for both of these citizen types?
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I'm still in Chomerville and still loving it.
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I really don't have anything against most bandwagon fans. The only time I get annoyed is when they act like they are die hard fans. I'll admit I wasn't a football fan prior to 2001 (granted I'm only 22 and didn't like sports when I was a kid) so I don't profess to be a "bigger" or more "knowledgeable" fan than those who have watched ever game for 20 years.

I think the real question is whether or not teams deserve to have a blindly loyal fan base. Teams have to earn their support and that is done by committing to do everything possible to field a winning team. I'm a huge Red Sox fan but I'll be the first to admit that there is no way I would be an active fan back in the 60s-80s. I wouldn't support terrible teams or ownerships that don't put winning as their #1 goal (or are stupid/senile).

Does that make me a bandwagon Red Sox fan? I don't think so. Loyalty has to be earned and the Sox/Patriots/Celtics Franchises have earned it.
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I'm not gonna put you down for your stance, Satch...you are entitled to root for whoever you want any way you want...that's the problem with half the general's staff around here who demand lockstep obedience to their own personal, narrow perception of how we should be.

Myself, I was born here..and as such born a Red Sox fan...I've never really cared whether they win or lose...I became aware in '55...been a fan ever since...same with the C's...same with the B's...and same with the Patriots since DAY ONE of the AFL...I've experienced the full gamut of emotions with each franchise but as a fan I can honestly say my demands have been paltry...you play and I'll watch and root for you..that's how I was brought up, that's how all my friends I grew up with were and that's how we all are today.

I could never explain the perverse pleasure one derives from sitting on an aluminum bench during a lightning/thunder/rainstorm/hail/howling snowstorm in a 1/4 filled Sullivan stadium watching MY team get buried once again during that long death march of a 2-14 season...all I can say is I remember I couldn't wait to get my season's tickets for NEXT season. Those days make me really appreciate THESE days. That's the best way I can explain it.
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My house in Homerville ain't the greatest, what with the leaky basement and all the bodies buried in the backyard. I used to love my skylight until the jerkwad next door kept screaming about the sky falling.

I'm hoping to buy the houses on either side and rent them strictly to cheerleaders.

Still, I'm not going anywhere. I've been an attentive little NFL fan since I got hooked a few years back (2006 - just a year before the biggest nut-smoke of my fanboy career). There are lot's of great players and nifty coaches in the NFL, but I find New England's going's on fascinating and I hope tp physically live in Boston someday. That way I can mow my own homerville lawn instead of having to email PatsNUTme Canadian beer to get him to do it.

Gonna be a fun off-season kids. Enjoy it. BBQ at my place on draft day #2.
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