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Hello, Thank you for visiting KarateForums.com. Unfortunately, we removed a post from this thread in error. It is quoted below and was in response to kamahlthedruid's post above. I apologize for the confusion. Thank you for your time and understanding. Sincerely, Patrick

Hello, KarateForums.com recognizes one member every month as the Member of the Month for their positive contributions to this community. The November 2010 selection is... mindsedgeblade. Congratulations! Thanks, Patrick

Welcome aboard, ptr. Patrick

Yeah, that is craziness. Maybe someone should start a college football thread, as well. Bob, I think that he could have. You never know. For us, it was worth a shot because we're a borderline team. If you have a good contending team that is tight, maybe it's not worth a try. I listened to the Dolphins game on the radio (I lucked out) as I drove home from a conference in Raleigh on Sunday. Was happy with the result - we'll see what happens now. Pennington is out for the season, Henne isn't starting and it's Tyler Thigpen, who Brian is familiar with. We signed Patrick Ramsey to back him up. Patrick

Welcome to KF, Jérôme. Patrick

Nominations are now closed. Thank you to everyone who participated. Voting will begin soon! Thanks again, Patrick

Wow. That is amazing. Patrick

Congrats conrad665!

Happy Birthday. Patrick

Congrats. Patrick

Welcome back, stonecrusher69. Patrick

I wish we had put in a claim for Moss. We did pick up Al Harris. Pennington is going to start the next game. Kind of surprised at that. Henne has been OK, but has shown some flashes. We'll see what it means for the future. Patrick

Thank you to everyone who has nominated so far. If you haven't done it yet, please do! It really is a great way to honor some of the great contributors within our community. Thanks, Patrick

Welcome to KF, Elizabeth. Patrick

Thanks Bob.

Hey James. Welcome aboard. Patrick

That's pretty interesting about Molina. Congrats to the Giants and their fans. Patrick

Hello, There is already another thread for this issue, so I am going to close this one and redirect you over there. Thanks. http://www.karateforums.com/hip-pain-vt39720.html Patrick

Hello, There is already another thread for this issue, so I am going to close this one and redirect you over there. Thanks. http://www.karateforums.com/hip-pain-vt39720.html Patrick

Thanks for the replies, all. Great to read. Our pleasure, evergrey. Pretty cool to see connections pop up in the forums, as well. I wouldn't have known that Ashigeru was your Sensei, evergrey. I can see from the registration that Ashigeru joined the community five odd years before you. Is that how you found the site? Or was it just by chance? Thanks, Patrick

Not in the cards for the Yankees this year, unfortunately. Congrats to the Rangers and the Giants and their fans. Good luck. Patrick

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Hello, KarateForums.com recognizes one member every month as the Member of the Month for their positive contributions to this community. The October 2010 selection is... evergrey. Congratulations! Thanks, Patrick

http://yogibear.warnerbros.com Interesting. Fun to see the story come back around again. I'm willing to give it a shot.

Cool. Good to have games that encourage your creativity.