Tell us a little about yourself. Tell as much or as little as you like. Real Name (first name only if you're uncomfortable giving out your whole name), where you're from, age, hobbies, what you do for work, a link to your Facebook Page, etc, etc, etc. I'll start.
Name: Marc
Age: 32
Location: Southington, Connecticut (There was an AMES there)
Employer: To be Determined
Hobbies: Writing short stories, watching sports on TV (baseball Yankees, football Giants, and Nascar), DJing. I was a DJ trainee at a night club for over a year.
Height: 6 ft 2in
Weight: 295 LBS.
Hair Color: Brown (usually shaved off)
Eye Color: Blue
Piercings: one in each ear
Music: Hip-Hop, Oldies, Disco, Country, Contemporary Christian
Other Info: I wear glasses.
Facebook Link: https://www.facebook.com/mpbramhall82
Name: John
Age: 50
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (there were a LOT of Ames here!)
Employer: a small IT service company
Hobbies: Watching/listening to sports (Baseball and Hockey), gardening, taking care of a
100 year old house.
Height: 5 ft. 10 in.
Weight: 185 LBS.
Hair Color: Brown (usually way too long)
Eye Color: Green
Piercings: What, like I need another hole in the head?
Music: Oldies, R&B, Bluegrass, Classic Rock
Other Info: I was born on Friday the 13th. I met my wife in an Ames store (I was her boss at the time....oops! ::) ) My first job was at the Duquesne Incline, a historic Pittsburgh landmark. And Vanilla Ice crashed my sister's wedding.
Facebook Link: Facebook is Evil! I would not do Facebook for all the tea in China.
Name: Matt
Age: 33
Location: Wyandotte, Michigan (there WAS NEVER an Ames here, but there WAS a Neisner Brothers, which Ames acquired and closed in 1978)
Employer: None.
Hobbies: Too many to list here.
Height: Classified.
Weight: Classified.
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Black
Piercings: None
Music: Anything from the 1980's and around that time, anything from Detroit-area artists.
Other Info: I've lived my whole life in Metro Detroit, except for the summer of 2001, when I lived up north in Ogemaw County, Michigan.
Facebook Link: I don't have an account.
Name: David
Age: 27
Location: Tampa, FL (Lived in Watertown, NY my whole life before joining the military, and there were three AMES there, and a Hills)
Employer: US Air Force
Hobbies: Working on computers, playing video games, working out (gotta get back to it, haven't done squat in the past month....)
Height: 5'8
Weight: 163lbs
Hair Color: Brown (sometimes shaved)
Eye Color: Blue
Piercings: None
Music: Pretty much anything.
Other Info: Wear contacts which always trips people out because they are like "you wear contacts" and when I wear glasses instead people go wtf. REALLY hope to get more active here - was active prior to joining the service, the barely was active when living in DC
Facebook Link: https://www.facebook.com/stydawg
Quote from: Marc B on September 11, 2014, 10:25:06 AM
Tell us a little about yourself. Tell as much or as little as you like. Real Name (first name only if you're uncomfortable giving out your whole name), where you're from, age, hobbies, what you do for work, a link to your Facebook Page, etc, etc, etc. I'll start.
Name: Marc
Age: 32
Location: Southington, Connecticut (There was an AMES there)
Employer: To be Determined
Hobbies: Writing short stories, watching sports on TV (baseball Yankees, football Giants, and Nascar), DJing. I was a DJ trainee at a night club for over a year.
Height: 6 ft 2in
Weight: 295 LBS.
Hair Color: Brown (usually shaved off)
Eye Color: Blue
Piercings: one in each ear
Music: Hip-Hop, Oldies, Disco, Country, Contemporary Christian
Other Info: I wear glasses.
Facebook Link: https://www.facebook.com/mpbramhall82
I should update this. Employer: Hobby Lobby
Name: Peter
Age: 19
Location: Highland Heights, KY/Cincinnati, OH
Employer: None currently
Hobbies: Collecting records and tapes, diecast models; photography, biking
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 150 lb.
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Hazel
Piercings: None
Music: Underground stuff from the '60s and early '70s, and a couple of modern bands.
Other Info: Currently attending Northern Kentucky University.
Facebook Link: https://www.facebook.com/peter.huffman.1
Name: Chris Fontaine
Age: 28
Location: Greenfield MA
Job: Lefty's Brewing Company
Hobbies: My kids. Making beer. And making good beer better. And working on my house.
Height: 6 ft
Weight: 195#
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Music: Rock102
Other Info: I own this website and am an outdoorsman.
Facebook Link: https://www.facebook.com/amesfan
Name: Ryan
Age: 35
Location: SW Ohio
Employer: Rather not say
Hobbies: School buses, railroads, traffic signs & signals, retail, photography of aforementioned items
Height: 5' 6"
Weight: too much
Hair Color: Brown (what hasn't turned grey or fallen out)
Eye Color: Brown
Piercings: Nope
Music: Jazz & older country (before they started pouring pop into it)
2016 Update:
Name: Marc
Age: 33 (I'll be 34 in May)
Location: Southington, Connecticut (There was an AMES there)
Employer: Stop & Shop Supermarket
Hobbies: Writing short stories, watching sports on TV (Yankees Baseball, Giants Football, and NASCAR)
Height: 6 ft 2in
Weight: 285 LBS.
Hair Color: Brown (usually shaved off)
Eye Color: Blue
Piercings: one in each ear
Music: Oldies and Hip-Hop (I know strange combination)
Other Info: I wear glasses. I like to travel (even if I don't get to do so very often).
Links:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mpbramhall82
Twitter: https://twitter.com/stopandshopmarc
My writing: http://Writing.Com/authors/slydogg
November 2016 Update:
Name: Marc
Age: 34
Location: Southington, Connecticut (There was an AMES there)
Employer: NONE
Hobbies: Writing short stories, watching sports on TV (Yankees Baseball, Giants Football, and NASCAR)
Height: 6 ft 2in
Weight: 270 LBS.
Hair Color: Brown (Trying to see if it'll grow back. I haven't cut it since early October)
Eye Color: Blue
Piercings: one in each ear
Music: Oldies and Hip-Hop (I know strange combination)
Other Info: I wear glasses. I like to travel (even if I don't get to do so very often).
Links:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mpbramhall82
My writing: http://Writing.Com/authors/slydogg
Name: Patrick
Age: Teen
Location: CT
Employer: Student (None)
Hobbies: Chuck E. Cheese's & Showbiz Pizza, Blockbuster Video, Dead Malls, Ames
Height: 5'7"
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Blue
Piercings: Nope
Music: The Rock-Afire Explosion (http://"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rock-afire_Explosion")
Links: In Signature
Name : Rexx
Age : 32
Location : Fargo ND
Hobbies : Video games, collecting phone books, reading the newspaper
Employer : currently unemployed
Height : 5'7"
Eyes : blue
Hair : brown
Piercings : none
Other info : originally from Seattle WA with family still out there
Name: Justin Hill (Justin Hill/Sponge1987/SpongeBobfan1987/Justin/JustinHill1987/Shopko Fan)
Age: 30
Date of birth: 3-15-1987
Location of birth: Bath, Maine
Location: Green Bay, Wisconsin
Hobbies: Video games, science fiction (especially Star Wars, Star Trek, Back to the Future and Sliders), watching cartoons (including SpongeBob SquarePants, The Powerpuff Girls, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), YouTube, retail archaeology (dead malls/retailers), reading newspapers, LEGO collecting/building and broadcast television.
Employer: Innovative Services (past employers include Big Lots and the Green Bay Packers Pro Shop at Lambeau Field)
Height: 5' 11''
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Hazel
Music: Pop music from the 1980s and 1990s, disco, new wave, R&B, hip-hop, top 40, heavy metal, classic rock, modern rock and jazz.
Other info: I lived in Wisconsin since 1992. My father, Christopher, still lives in Maine, while my mom, Laura and my two sisters, Rachel and Mirandah live in Wisconsin. I lived with my mom from birth up until the fall of 1999, when problems with my mom and stepdad lead me to being put into many different foster homes. I graduated from Green Bay West High School in the Class of 2006.
Links:
-Google+:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/117039633186574070337
-Ames Forums:
http://amesfanclub.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=1057
-Flickr:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/13878970@N06/
-YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQRZb5SjMvRjW5_jqkwSKeg
-DeviantArt:
http://justinhill1987.deviantart.com/
-SatelliteGuys.US:
http://www.satelliteguys.us/xen/members/justin-hill.197611/
-FaceBook:
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100007878427921
-Eurobricks:
http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?/profile/3633-justin/
-SpongeBuddy Mania:
http://www.sbmania.net/forums/user/2312-spongebobfan1987/
-Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sponge1987
Name: Anders
Age: 25
Location: Sweden
Employer: To be Determined
Hobbies: poetry, home decor, aromatherapy, travel, handicrafts.
Height: 6 ft
Weight: 292 LBS.
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: not any
Profession digital marketer, entrepreneur
Business links:
https://rohido.com/
https://svadia.se/products/elephant-aromalampa
https://zao.care/