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  1. DawgTheDon

    DawgTheDon New Member

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    I've been a Fulham USA member for awhile but now I finally have the extra time to become active on the forums!

    My name is Jason Gatties. I'm 32 years old and live in Southwest Michigan. I'm married with a 12 year old son and work as a Business Manager & Consultant in the security industry. I'm also heavily involved in politics and plan on running for office locally in 2008 for the first time.

    I'm a supporter of both Fulham & Chicago Fire. Thats the best thing about having 2 teams to support, the season never ends. In addition to soccer, I enjoy Rugby, Football, Mixed Martial Arts & College Basketball.

    I've been to 1 Fulham match back in 2003 when I visited England. I had a blast. My dream is to live in West London during my retirement years and become a season ticket holder. What a way to spend your later days eh?

    Looking forward to interacting with everyone here.
     
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  2. BarryP

    BarryP New Member

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    Hello and welcome Dawg!
     
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  3. DawgTheDon

    DawgTheDon New Member

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    Thanks BarryP
     
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  4. HatterDon

    HatterDon Moderator

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    DtheD! Welcome aboard; congratulations on wanting to give something back to your community. Best of luck in 2008!
     
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  5. DawgTheDon

    DawgTheDon New Member

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    Thanks I'll need it, I'm a Libertarian Party member (local vice chairman), so my chances fall between slim and none. But, it will be fun.
     
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  6. ChicagoTom

    ChicagoTom Administrator

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    Welcome Don! What made you become a Fulham supporter?
     
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  7. DawgTheDon

    DawgTheDon New Member

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    My wife basically. She's a huge Fulham supporter before I met her. Prior to getting Dish, her family would send us VHS tapes of previous matches so she could stay in the loop. We had one of those "multi-region" VCR's. So, Fulham just grew on me in the late 90's until now.

    You're from Chicago? I live almost directly across the lake from you. I stated I supported the Fire, but I'm also a huge Bears fan.
     
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  8. DawgTheDon

    DawgTheDon New Member

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    ooops, I should have made that a little more clear. My wife was living in England when I met her, although she's South African.
     
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  9. MisfitKid

    MisfitKid New Member

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    Dawg-
    Nice to have you here!!
    You must have a wonderful wife, if I could get mine to follow Fulham...
    MK - COYW
     
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  10. americanmike

    americanmike Administrator

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    Welcome to FUSA Dawg...hope you enjoy and you've picked a great team. But I guess you already knew that.
     
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  11. ChicagoTom

    ChicagoTom Administrator

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    Indeed I am from Chicago. I had a few friends from college that were from right around St. Josephs, Michigan. That is not far from here. If you ever in town to watch a match let me know ahead of time and we can possibly meet up and watch together.
     
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  12. pettyfog

    pettyfog Well-Known Member

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    Good to have ya.. DtD {though that sounds like a description of me, posted by some idiot on the 'Offal'}

    Even if you're in Michigan {ptuuii!} and a Fire fan {ha-w-w-wk, ptuuuii!}...

    Never mind.. hope you and Tom can meet up at a Fire match next season.. and drag a few more in with you.
    We had a great Fulham meet-up in July at Crew/TFC match.
     
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  13. omsdogg

    omsdogg New Member

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    Welcome DtheD. that's great that your wife got you hooked on Fulham. Good luck in your campaign for '08.
     
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  14. Fern72

    Fern72 Member

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    DtHED, welcome to the board. Have family in Chicago, actually Sandwhich, Aurora area. I'm a big Bears fan myself, rough season so far. I also played rugby(OC Bucks) great sport, i actually enjoyed it more than football. Well, hope to see you post and maybe hook up sometime. PS good luck in 2008
     
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