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Title: Roll Call 2015
Post by: Dave Gray on March 28, 2015, 03:33:50 pm
It's been a while since we did one of these.

Tell us about yourself.

- how you found this site
- what you do for a living
- interests
- what you're all about


Title: Re: Roll Call 2015
Post by: masterfins on March 28, 2015, 05:17:40 pm
I can't remember how I found this site, just stumbled across it several years ago.  I live in upstate New York and work as a tax accountant.  I golf in a couple leagues during the summer and bowl in a league during the winter; in between never ending home improvement projects.  "I like fast cars and fast women, I guess that's why the guys in my car club call me the cruiser."  I've been a Dolphins fans since the early 70's (I'm 49), and have seen them play in four different NFL stadiums (multiple times), but have never been to Miami.


Title: Re: Roll Call 2015
Post by: Dave Gray on March 28, 2015, 06:00:30 pm
I found the site by creating it.
I'm 37, married with 2 girls.
I'm the office manager of a law firm in S. Florida.
I'm pretty easy going, enjoy sports, music, technology, science and pop culture.

I've been a fan just from growing up down here and having my family and friends all follow the same team.  I've had season tickets on and off throughout my life (off now).  I've also had on and off season tickets for the HEAT (on now).  I try to attend at least one away game per year.  Usually it's New York Jets, but I've also seen Dallas, Houston, Tampa & Jacksonville.


Title: Re: Roll Call 2015
Post by: dolphins4life on March 29, 2015, 12:05:01 am
Found this site on the internet freshman year of college

I am 27 and live in Massachusetts.  I work three jobs, though lately it has been just two, because I'm getting so many hours at one.  I am a phlebotomist, a cashier,and a proctor.

I'm interested in sports, music, art, theater, lifting weights, playing the piano, good food,  and good desserts

I think that also applies for the fourth topic too.


Title: Re: Roll Call 2015
Post by: DenverFinFan on March 29, 2015, 03:02:19 am
26 recently moved to Alaska where I will be a laborer. Found this site because Dave Gray posted a link to it on Gamespot years back, I'm from Colorado and the reason I like Miami is because I Watched ACE VENTURA when I was in 2nd grade stupid reason I know but it stuck.

Seen only two games in person that gutsy Fiedler comeback against Denver on a Sunday night and a forgettable loss at Denver in one of the bad years.

I like horror fiction and sci-fi.


Title: Re: Roll Call 2015
Post by: Pappy13 on March 29, 2015, 07:22:28 am
I don't remember how I found this site. Perhaps the Dolphins made me cry and I was looking for others with the same issue? LOL
I'm 51 and I'm a mainframe programmer (COBOL and NATURAL mostly) who works in maintenance for Southwest Airlines. We keep the jets you ride on in good working order, make sure that the oil gets changed and the wings stay on. :)
Been rooting for the Dolphins since I was a kid, probably around late 70's because I grew up in Illinois and the Bears were so bad then I had to find another team to root for. Dolphins were an easy choice in the 70's cuz I just loved the way they played. So well coached, just plain fun to watch. When Marino arrived in '83 my love for them grew and when I moved away from Illinois to Dallas in 84' Miami became my only team and I've stuck with them. Been some rough times lately but there were a lot of great times in the '80s and most of the 90's. I think Tannehill is the real deal, now all we need is a real coach and I think we can get back to the playoffs on a regular basis.


Title: Re: Roll Call 2015
Post by: dolphins4life on March 29, 2015, 10:34:01 am
26 recently moved to Alaska where I will be a laborer. Found this site because Dave Gray posted a link to it on Gamespot years back, I'm from Colorado and the reason I like Miami is because I Watched ACE VENTURA when I was in 2nd grade stupid reason I know but it stuck.

Seen only two games in person that gutsy Fiedler comeback against Denver on a Sunday night and a forgettable loss at Denver in one of the bad years.

I like horror fiction and sci-fi.

I have always wanted to visit Alaska.  Where in it do you live?

Looking at the United States on a map or globe and seeing how far it is stretched out is actually quite eye catching


Title: Re: Roll Call 2015
Post by: Tenshot13 on March 29, 2015, 11:19:51 am
I think I found this site by googling Dolphins Forums

I'm 32 and married, no kids

I'm a data analyst for a company that facilitates electronic payments of alcohol deliveries

Been a Dolphins fan since I saw Dan Marino and the phins beat the Bears in 84

I like to fish, play video games, anime, go out with friends for drinks.


Title: Re: Roll Call 2015
Post by: Fau Teixeira on March 29, 2015, 11:30:04 am
I found the site by programming it. and by sharing a school bus sophomore year of high school with Dave

I'm 37, married and have a son

i'm he lead software architect for a travel booking SaaS company

Been a dolphins fan as long as i can remember, went to elementary school in ft. lauderdale so i'm almost a local.

I like sports, video games, vacations, travelling. helping raise a kid that won't turn out to be an asshole (that's our goal) .. I'm somewhat of a foodie in that i'm adventurous ... I enjoy professional meetups and conferences  of which i attend regularly. I also help contribute to open source projects as i have time.


Title: Re: Roll Call 2015
Post by: Buddhagirl on March 29, 2015, 12:14:57 pm
I found this site by registering the domain for Dave and Fau when I worked with them many, many years ago.

I'm 39 (turning 40 in a month!). I live in the middle of fucking nowhere Wyoming. Like, we are the biggest town for at least 2 hours in all directions. The "big city" near us has 60,000 people. I am what people here call "an oil wife" since my guy works in the oil fields.

Right now I work a PT job at a local DVD rental/video game/ bookstore just to get me out of the house. On the side I'm working on selling organic pet products and freelancing. (I'm a web developer, but there are no jobs like that here.)

I like to run, read, sew, play video games. Planning some epic trail running and camping adventures this summer once the snow clears in the mountains. I'm crazy about growing stuff and can't wait until we buy land in the near future.

I hate football.


Title: Re: Roll Call 2015
Post by: Sunstroke on March 29, 2015, 05:10:02 pm

I got in trouble one night back in 2003 after slurping down too many Jägermeister and rubbing alcohol jello shots, and I beat up a homeless crack junkie who happened to be wearing an old Miami Dolphins cap. Unfortunately, a passing police cruiser saw the assault happening, and after an exhausting 3-county high speed chase on my mountain bike, I was finally caught and arrested.  As part of my punishment, the sadistic bitch of a judge ordered me to become a member of a Miami Dolphins website until I had made 20,000 posts worth of contrition.  This is how I arrived at TDMMC. I've got 140-something posts to go, and then I can finally be free of this loony bin...

As for my occupation, I am a freelance writer who specializes in writing comedy that isn't funny. Just ask MikeO...he never laughs at my jokes.

As for my hobbies, I already mentioned beating up homeless crack junkies, though now I avoid any who are wearing NFL licensed apparel. Lesson learned. I also enjoy pointing and giggling at extremely short people and ridiculing religious zealots.

As for what I'm all about, I am a staunch advocate for equal rights, unless you're a Holy roller midget crack junkie, of course.



Title: Re: Roll Call 2015
Post by: DenverFinFan on March 29, 2015, 06:43:12 pm
I have always wanted to visit Alaska.  Where in it do you live?

Looking at the United States on a map or globe and seeing how far it is stretched out is actually quite eye catching

I live near Fairbanks right in the interior. It's nice but there are far pretty parts of the State, the good news is you can spend years here and still have more to see.


Title: Re: Roll Call 2015
Post by: BuccaneerBrad on March 29, 2015, 09:07:57 pm
I found this site because my friend Tenshot who I went to high school with told me about it.  He said they welcome fans of other teams, so I wanted to see what fans of the team south of mine are up to.  I've been lurking for a while and I finally decided to join.

I grew up in Bradenton but I live in St. Petersburg.  I work as a hearing aid specialist at Audibel Hearing. 

I love sports that involve full body hitting, so I'm a big Bucs and Lightning fan. 



Title: Re: Roll Call 2015
Post by: dolphins4life on March 30, 2015, 12:15:09 am
I got in trouble one night back in 2003 after slurping down too many Jägermeister and rubbing alcohol jello shots, and I beat up a homeless crack junkie who happened to be wearing an old Miami Dolphins cap. Unfortunately, a passing police cruiser saw the assault happening, and after an exhausting 3-county high speed chase on my mountain bike, I was finally caught and arrested.  As part of my punishment, the sadistic bitch of a judge ordered me to become a member of a Miami Dolphins website until I had made 20,000 posts worth of contrition.  This is how I arrived at TDMMC. I've got 140-something posts to go, and then I can finally be free of this loony bin...

As for my occupation, I am a freelance writer who specializes in writing comedy that isn't funny. Just ask MikeO...he never laughs at my jokes.

As for my hobbies, I already mentioned beating up homeless crack junkies, though now I avoid any who are wearing NFL licensed apparel. Lesson learned. I also enjoy pointing and giggling at extremely short people and ridiculing religious zealots.

As for what I'm all about, I am a staunch advocate for equal rights, unless you're a Holy roller midget crack junkie, of course.



I thought our constitution was supposed to outlaw cruel and unusual punishments


Title: Re: Roll Call 2015
Post by: Brian Fein on March 30, 2015, 01:05:21 am
I really like this thread, by the way...

I found this site because a friend of mine since college IM'ed me one day and told me he was making a satirical site about the ugly side of the Miami Dolphins and he wanted to know if I'd be interested to help out.  I said "sure!"

I'm 37, married, no kids.  I am a state-licensed mechanical engineer who works for a mobile device handset manufacturer.  Not Apple.  F them and their crap products.  I design external protection systems for sensitive electronics of mobile devices.  I can confidently say that our products are among the toughest in the world.

I love watching NHL hockey (shocked, I know) and have season tickets for the Florida Panthers.  I occasionally dabble in a video game here and there.  I have fun in GTA5 now and then.  I enjoy travelling, but wish I could do more of it.  I am a hobbyist in photography - nowhere near professional.  I like to write editorially, as I do sometimes on the TDMMC blog.  I am a craft beer junkie, and love visiting local breweries anywhere I go.  I really enjoy the variety that craft breweries have to offer.  Chili pepper beer is my new favorite.  I enjoy all kinds of music but play no instruments.  I have always wanted to learn bass guitar, but that is extremely low on my current priority list.


Title: Re: Roll Call 2015
Post by: Rich on March 30, 2015, 08:07:06 am
- how you found this site - Someone told me on another forum that I had a guy imitating me on here.
- what you do for a living - I am an account executive for a fortune 500 company. I'm also working on my real estate license.
- interests - Fishing is my biggest interest.
- what you're all about - I'm all about the truth. Nowadays, politically and as a society, we're put into two teams who don't listen to each other and all they want to do is destroy each other. The days of civil discourse are dead. No one can disagree with someone else without ridiculing the other person rather than discussing their ideas. It is this way in politics and in main street. And that's exactly what the politicians and the media want to create and we're the lemmings that have fallen for it. We're all basically walking around reciting talking points from party memos at each other.


Title: Re: Roll Call 2015
Post by: ArtieChokePhin on March 30, 2015, 10:43:15 am
- how you found this site - I saw the mention of it on Finheaven.com and decided to check it out. 

- what you do for a living - I own and run an HVAC installation and repair business and have enjoyed 16 years of success since being at the helm.   My uncle founded it in 1961 and I began working for him in 1988 after attending trade school to get my certification.  He retired in 1999 and passed the torch to me.   

- interests - I enjoy fishing and gambling, particularly poker and bingo at the Miccosukkee Casino on Tamiami Trail and Krome Ave

- what you're all about - I'm all about a quiet peaceful life with a little fun mixed in.  Yes, I'm your average Joe and I'm happy to be just that. 


Title: Re: Roll Call 2015
Post by: Dolphster on March 30, 2015, 10:51:57 am
Awesome thread.  Good to learn a little bit about the folks who post here.

I'm a 51 year old with no kids, but married to the most wonderful woman in the world. Don't tell our dogs that they are not actually human children as this would be a shock to them. I am employed by Uncle Sam in the national security bidness (not as exciting as tv shows make it look), doing a job that is both maddening and supremely rewarding at times. 

I grew up in South Florida (hence my lifelong love of the Fins), but my career has me currently residing in Dallas.  I got my undergrad degree at FIU and my Master's at FAU and still have a lot of family and friends in South Florida so I still have strong ties there. 

Hey Pappy, I didn't know you were in the DFW area too, we'll have to meet up at a sports bar during football season to watch a Dolphins game!


Title: Re: Roll Call 2015
Post by: Rich on March 30, 2015, 10:53:18 am
- what you do for a living - I own and run an HVAC installation and repair business and have enjoyed 16 years of success since being at the helm.   My uncle founded it in 1961 and I began working for him in 1988 after attending trade school to get my certification.  He retired in 1999 and passed the torch to me. 

I sent you a PM.


Title: Re: Roll Call 2015
Post by: Phishfan on March 30, 2015, 11:12:22 am
Great idea Dave. It has been a while and we have so many newer members and have older ones who have had changes.

I think I found this site because a friend told me about it. It seems so long ago that I'm not sure. I've been a Dolphins fan since my youth although they were not the stand alone favorite until I got out of the practice of following favorite players and decoded to start following a favorite team solely (I blame my football card obsession of my youth for that). I'm a huge sports junkie and my other favorite teams are WVU, New York Islanders, LA Lakers, and of course Orlando City Lions. I also enjoy a wide range of music and going to shows is always a blast but now that I'm getting older I tend to travel shorter distances for music. I am also a pool player and spend three nights a week playing competitively usually. The less exciting part of my life is work. I work for a marketing/PR company and work exclusively as a contractor for a technology firm.


Title: Re: Roll Call 2015
Post by: Dolphin-UK on March 30, 2015, 03:28:35 pm
I found this site back in '04 whilst looking for a UK based fan site to share my rediscovered love of football but fortunately stumbled across this instead, I sit somewhere between lurker and occassional poster generally trying to be the voice of reason. I think my most significant contribution has been to Sunstroke's Terry Farrell mental imagery (that sounds really dodgy but isn't)  ::) and my never published work on why the 2008 seaqson 11-5 record was wildly misleading.

As you can tell from the name I'm based in the UK, and I'm a Chartered Engineer.

Interests are sports, pretty much anything. I play tennis, I watch football (soccer), tennis, football, motorsports. I like gaming, music (punk rock mostly, but I like what I like and don't rule out any particular genre). In an amusing twist I'll be out in Florida later in the year and the weekend I return will be watching the Dolphins play at Wembley.


Title: Re: Roll Call 2015
Post by: Brian Fein on March 30, 2015, 06:01:56 pm
In an amusing twist I'll be out in Florida later in the year and the weekend I return will be watching the Dolphins play at Wembley.
If you have a chance to catch a game at SunLife, you will have to let us know. 


Title: Re: Roll Call 2015
Post by: Thundergod on March 31, 2015, 04:18:12 am
- how you found this site
I found this site with another member (JVides) while looking up some info on Yatil Green.

- what you do for a living
I'm in sales.

- interests
Sports (NFL NHL NBA MLB), video games and movies

- what you're all about
I'm 40, recently married, and bought my first house a few months ago. Born in Puerto Rico, but grew up in Colorado. Been in S. FL for the last 20 years. Became a huge Dolphins fan in '86 through my dad. And as the years passed and Miami got expansion teams, I became fans of those teams because I felt it was important to stick with one city. (respect to people who do the same)

I like to unwind when life let's me (which isn't all that much nowadays) by playing single player campaigns in video games. They're my books. (Some great stories out there) Every once in a while some multiplayer with friends. I'm mostly a PC gamer, but I do own the consoles for the titles that aren't released on PC.


Title: Re: Roll Call 2015
Post by: Brian Fein on March 31, 2015, 10:48:28 am
- how you found this site
I found this site with another member (JVides) while looking up some info on Yatil Green.


Where is JVides, dude?  I haven't seen him on here in a while...


Title: Re: Roll Call 2015
Post by: Thundergod on March 31, 2015, 02:55:41 pm
^^ yeah he posts once in a blue moon. His job at the moment has him tied down. Pretty hectic. I'll get on him about coming back though.  ;D


Title: Re: Roll Call 2015
Post by: Dolphin-UK on March 31, 2015, 04:50:57 pm
If you have a chance to catch a game at SunLife, you will have to let us know. 

Afraid not this time. Looked at it but it just made it too expensive and difficult to do the bits we wanted to do within the time we had. Will do the trip to Miami separately and will give you a shout when we do.