nixluva wrote:Nixluva may seem obvious, but actually Nix was the name of my dog, an Airedale Terrier, that I bought to fill the emotional hole after my wife and I lost our 1st child back in 1988. I loved that dog and he did help to ease some of the pain. I spent hours training him and he was so obedient. I could instruct him to stay in the middle of Jamaica Park full of kids and walk out of the park, out of his sight and he wouldn't budge until I came back and gave him the command. Great dog. He did more for us than we did for him, tho he never knew it.

Great story, nix. Sorry to hear about your loss.

Panos wrote:

nixluva wrote:Nixluva may seem obvious, but actually Nix was the name of my dog, an Airedale Terrier, that I bought to fill the emotional hole after my wife and I lost our 1st child back in 1988. I loved that dog and he did help to ease some of the pain. I spent hours training him and he was so obedient. I could instruct him to stay in the middle of Jamaica Park full of kids and walk out of the park, out of his sight and he wouldn't budge until I came back and gave him the command. Great dog. He did more for us than we did for him, tho he never knew it.

Great story, nix. Sorry to hear about your loss.

From wikipedia:

"Gustav Mahler (German pronunciation: [ˈɡʊstaf ˈmaːlɐ]; 7 July 1860 – 18 May 1911) was a late-Romantic Austrian-Bohemian composer and one of the leading conductors of his generation. As a composer, he acted as a bridge between the 19th century Austro-German tradition and the modernism of the early 20th century. While in his lifetime his status as a conductor was established beyond question, his own music gained wide popularity only after periods of relative neglect which included a ban on its performance in much of Europe during the Nazi era. After 1945 the music was discovered and championed by a new generation of listeners; Mahler then became one of the most frequently performed and recorded of all composers, a position he has sustained into the 21st century."

GustavBahler wrote:Cause I love music and bball...

From wikipedia:

"Gustav Mahler (German pronunciation: [ˈɡʊstaf ˈmaːlɐ]; 7 July 1860 – 18 May 1911) was a late-Romantic Austrian-Bohemian composer and one of the leading conductors of his generation. As a composer, he acted as a bridge between the 19th century Austro-German tradition and the modernism of the early 20th century. While in his lifetime his status as a conductor was established beyond question, his own music gained wide popularity only after periods of relative neglect which included a ban on its performance in much of Europe during the Nazi era. After 1945 the music was discovered and championed by a new generation of listeners; Mahler then became one of the most frequently performed and recorded of all composers, a position he has sustained into the 21st century."

Neat, I alway wondered about your handle. Nix, thanks for sharing your story about the dog too. Glad you are raising 3 young knick fans!

loweyecue wrote:

Neat, I alway wondered about your handle. Nix, thanks for sharing your story about the dog too. Glad you are raising 3 young knick fans!

Thanks loweyecue and thanks as well to Nixluva for sharing your story with us. Best wishes to you and your family.

GustavBahler wrote:

loweyecue wrote:Everyone here knows about my iq level by now ---

I thought bringing Marbury to NY was a great idea. Mensa hasn't called me yet.

I think most people thought that Marbury coming to NY was a good idea.

GustavBahler wrote:

loweyecue wrote:Everyone here knows about my iq level by now ---

I thought bringing Marbury to NY was a great idea. Mensa hasn't called me yet.

I thought going to work today was an good idea, then I actually got there. Mensa sucks, I think they ran out of genius types and took their recruiting mainstream.

Paladin55 wrote:
From the old TV show.

55 is year of birth.

I don't live in San Fran, although I do own an antique railroad telegraph sender/receiver... which would have been used to "wire" people at some point in history.

Now that's a letdown, I thought you were one of the 12.