The dog days of summer has officially hit us. The roster seems pretty much set and there's really not much left to discuss until training camp rolls around so I thought now would be a good time for us to maybe just share some fun facts about ourselves?

Age:
Favorite Blue of all time:
Favorite Non-Blue of all time:
Favorite musician of all time:
What kind of work do you do:
Favorite non-Hockey passed time:
Favorite book:
Where are you located:
Best vacation location you've be to:
Favorite Presidential candidate:
What super power would you want:

Age: 31
Favorite Blue of all time: Mike Eastwood
Favorite Non-Blue of all time: Adam Foote
Favorite musician of all time: Bob Dylan
What kind of work do you do: IT
Favorite non-Hockey passed time: Hiking
Favorite book: Walden and Civil Disobedience
Where are you located: St Louis city
Best vacation location spot you've be to: Lake Tahoe
Favorite Presidential candidate: Bernie Sanders
What super power would you want: Teleport

One time...I was at a game...and Super Fan Pat was ripping Mike Eastwood a new asshole because he was getting food from the concession stand.

Age: 40
Favorite Blue of all time: Gillie Gratton
Favorite Non-Blue of all time: Pavol Bure
Favorite musician of all time: Frederick Nathaniel "Toots" Hibbert
What kind of work do you do: Inspiration to mankind
Favorite non-Hockey pastime: Making brisket and ribs
Favorite book: DUNE
Where are you located: Earth
Best vacation location you've be to: North Carolina
Favorite Presidential candidate: Mr T
What super power would you want: The ability to compel married women give blowjobs. ( I would be a Billionaire over night.)

Good thread. I always enjoy learning some more about the people who post here.

Age: 23
Favorite Blue of all time: Pronger
Favorite Non-Blue of all time: Niedermeyer
Favorite musician of all time: Led Zeppelin
What kind of work do you do: Public Health, specifically Epidemiology. Although I'm technically a student working on a PhD, but I get paid for it so I guess its work?
Favorite non-Hockey passed time: Playing guitar and sports betting, especially on soccer.
Favorite book: This one is tough, but I'll say The Road by Cormac McCarthy.
Where are you located: Crestwood area
Best vacation location you've be to: Grand Canyon and Lake Powell
Favorite Presidential candidate: Can I say none of the above?
What super power would you want: Super speed. So much to do in a day and transportation just takes so long.

Age: 44
Favorite Blue of all time: Al MacInnis
Favorite Non-Blue of all time: Joe Sakic
Favorite musician of all time: Tie between Van Halen and Phish
What kind of work do you do: Software Project Management
Favorite non-Hockey pastime: Travel
Favorite book: Star Wars Novels
Where are you located: Fayetteville, GA
Best vacation location you've be to: Rome
Favorite Presidential candidate: Ronald Reagan
What super power would you want: The Force

UMSLBlues12 wrote:Good thread. I always enjoy learning some more about the people who post here.

Age: 23
Favorite Blue of all time: Pronger
Favorite Non-Blue of all time: Niedermeyer
Favorite musician of all time: Led Zeppelin
What kind of work do you do: Public Health, specifically Epidemiology. Although I'm technically a student working on a PhD, but I get paid for it so I guess its work?
Favorite non-Hockey passed time: Playing guitar and sports betting, especially on soccer.
Favorite book: This one is tough, but I'll say The Road by Cormac McCarthy.
Where are you located: Crestwood area
Best vacation location you've be to: Grand Canyon and Lake Powell
Favorite Presidential candidate: Can I say none of the above?
What super power would you want: Super speed. So much to do in a day and transportation just takes so long.

Rob?

Age: 57
Favorite Blue of all time: Brian Sutter
Favorite Non-Blue of all time: Espo
Favorite musician of all time: ZZ Top
What kind of work do you do: Supply Chain Management
Favorite non-Hockey pastime: Golf
Favorite book: Shut Up, Stop Whining and Get a Life
Where are you located: Decatur IL (by way of Chicago)
Best vacation location you've be to: Caribbean
Favorite Presidential candidate: N/A...they all suck
What super power would you want: Time Travel

Age: Well over 50
Favorite Blue of all time: Jacques Plante
Favorite Non-Blue of all time: Keith Magnuson (but I don't hold a grudge against Rob Ramage)
Favorite musician of all time: N/A
What kind of work do you do: Busy
Favorite non-Hockey pastime: Does planning next season's hockey road trips count? If not, then "None."
Favorite book: "Putting A Roof On Winter," by Michael McKinley
Where are you located: Right now I'm at work, but I live in NoCo.
Best vacation location you've been to: Tie: Ottawa/Gatineau for skating on the Rideau Canal & attending one each NHL & QMJHL game; Central Quebec for more outdoor skating & to attend two QMJHL outdoor games in a rodeo arena.
Favorite Presidential candidate: "None of the above"
What super power would you want: I always thought having super speed like The Flash would be pretty cool. But since UMSLBlues12 seems to have far more practical uses for it, I'd settle for becoming super-small like DC Comics' Atom.

Age: 45
Favorite Blues player of all time: Hull
Favorite non-Blues player of all time: Gretzky
Favorite musician of all time: 80's Metal genre - Dokken, Ratt, etc
What kind of work do you do:Marketing
Favorite non-Hockey pastime: Following Cards baseball on a daily basis
Favorite book: The Noticer
Where are you located: St. Louis in Spirit
Best vacation location you've be to: Caribbean
Favorite Presidential candidate: None - I hate how American politics are jacked up these days.
What super power would you want: Invisibility

I truly admire a man who can list someone as his "Favorite non-Blues player of all time," when said player is featured prominently wearing a Blues sweater (even if it's the ugly one) in said man's signature block. Or maybe he meant Brent ... or Keith ...

haha....I deserved that. Obviously, The Great One will never be known for his time in StL as a Blue. That's why I chose him.

But, if the criteria is for "Favorite player to never have worn the Note", then I'll go with .... Mario Lemuck....errr....Lemieux.

Age: 46
Favorite Blue of all time: Al MacInnis
Favorite Non-Blue of all time: Steve Yzerman. To play for that team when they were as bad as they were for as long as they were bad and stick with them just impressed the hell out me. It does bother me though because he was a Red Wing.
Favorite musician of all time: Muscian-Jerry Garcia. Band (tie) Led Zeppelin/Pink Floyd/Grateful Dead
What kind of work do you do: Automotive Field Inspector-basically I inspect off lease cars at people's homes, place of work or the dealership (did one in Federko's driveway the day of the Stillman group new ownership press conference). I also audit dealerships Certified Pre-Owned programs (GM/Cadillac, Honda/Acura, Ford/Lincoln, BMW/Mini).
Favorite non-Hockey passed time: Watching Premier League soccer, casually following the Cards, Mizzou football. Spending a year tweaking my dual boot laptop, screwing something up and wiping the hard drive and starting over.
Favorite book: Stephen King's The Stand.
Where are you located: LA (lower Arnold)
Best vacation location you've be to: Cruise to Cozumel.
Favorite Presidential candidate: The one that refuses to air any commercials of any kind at any time and when asked what he/she plans to do if elected says nothing more than "The best I can. I can't make any promises because I really have no idea what I'm in for if I get elected." When he's born and comes of age, I'll vote for him or her as long as I'm not in a home drolling on myself and soiling my Depends because that qualifies me for a job in congress.
What super power would you want: The ability to transport from point to point with no limit on distance.

Age: 24
Favorite Blue of all time: Turgeon
Favorite Non-Blue of all time: Jagr
Favorite musician of all time: Frank Sinatra
What kind of work do you do: Content Strategist for the University of Missouri
Favorite non-Hockey passed time: College Football/Cooking
Favorite book: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Where are you located: Columbia, MO
Best vacation location you've be to: Amsterdam
Favorite Presidential candidate: Bernie Sanders
What super power would you want: Teleportation

Age: 43
Favorite Blue of all time: Geoff Courtnall
Favorite Non-Blue of all time: Mark Messier
Favorite musician of all time: Warren Zevon, favorite band: Rush
What kind of work do you do: software testing
Favorite non-Hockey passed time: video games
Favorite book: Noble Red Man
Where are you located: St. Louis
Best vacation location you've be to: Just got back from Disney World
Favorite Presidential candidate: none of the above
What super power would you want: healing

Age: 70
Favorite Blue of all time: Ab McDonald (friend) - Red Berenson (better player), Chris Pronger (better player)
Favorite Non-Blue of all time: Gordon Howe, Bobby Orr, Rocket Richard
Favorite musician of all time: too many to list - I have over 500,000 songs recorded, and each of my favourite 500 artists is as good as the next - Robert Johnson, Elmore James, Jimmy Rogers, Robert Murphy, Hubert Laws, Eddie Harris, Pinetop Perkins, little Walter Jacobs, Big Walter Horton, Eubie Blake, Nat "King" Cole, Earl "Fatha" Hines, Beans Bowles, Pistol Allen, Benny Benjamin, Andrew "Mike" Terry, Robert White, Joe Messina, Albert King, Sonny Boy Williamson II, Johnny Allen, Joe Hunter, Herbie Mann, Louis Satterfield, Johnny Pate...

Favourite singer: too many to choose - Ray Pollard, Rudy West, Nat "King" Cole, Lenny Welch, Richard Street, Gaynel Hodge, Jesse Belvin, Johnny Moore (Cleveland), Sonny Til, James Ingram (Leaping Flames), Dee Dee Warwick, Mary Wells, Carolyn Crawford, Barbara Green, James Ellis (Satintones), Willie Jones (Royal Jokers), Otis Leavill, Gloria Lynne, Barbara Lewis, Betty Everett, Darlene Love, Tobi Lark, Brenda Holloway, Arthur Prysock, Tony Williams...

What kind of work do you do: Cartoonist (strips/comic books/2d traditional hand-drawn animation

Favorite non-Hockey pastime: Ski mountaineering-mountain climbing/snow camping

Favorite book: too many to choose one - "Most Dangerous Game", "Things To Come", "Kidnapped", "The Pickwick Papers", "The Count of Monte Cristo", Oliver Twist", Martin Chuzzlewit", "A Tale of Two Cities", "The Time Machine", "The Hound of The Baskervilles", "Fall of The house of Usher", "Robinson Crusoe"....

Where are you located: Oude Niedorp, Netherlands (House-own), Muenchen, Germany Apartment)-rent, Lilleroed, Denmark (guest House-rent), West Kildonan, Manitoba (Sister's house) (divide each year among those 4 places

Best vacation location you've been to: too many to choose - Skiing in The Atlas Mountains, The High Tatras, The Bugaboos, Jasper National Park, The Alps, The Dinaric Alps, The Colorado, Montana and Idaho Rockies, Glacier National Park, Yosemite national Park, Yellowstone National Park, Fishing in north-Central Manitoba, seeing the polar bears in Churchill, Manitoba

Favorite Presidential candidate: haven't the foggiest, but want a liberal government in USA, as well as in my home countries (Netherlands, Denmark, Germany and Canada).

What super power would you want: The power to bring peace and harmony to The World

Age: 31
Favorite Blue of all time: Al MacInnis
Favorite Non-Blue of all time: pavel bure
Favorite musician of all time: ozzy osbourne/black sabbath
What kind of work do you do: inventory specialist
Favorite non-Hockey pastime: disc golf
Favorite book: anything about corvette's
Where are you located: rural st louis
Best vacation location you've been to denver
Favorite Presidential candidate: arnold Schwarzenegger im hoping
What super power would you want: invisibility, ya im a perv

stlblues1226 wrote:Age: 46
Favorite Blue of all time: Al MacInnis
Favorite Non-Blue of all time: Steve Yzerman. To play for that team when they were as bad as they were for as long as they were bad and stick with them just impressed the hell out me. It does bother me though because he was a Red Wing.
Favorite musician of all time: Muscian-Jerry Garcia. Band (tie) Led Zeppelin/Pink Floyd/Grateful Dead
What kind of work do you do: Automotive Field Inspector-basically I inspect off lease cars at people's homes, place of work or the dealership (did one in Federko's driveway the day of the Stillman group new ownership press conference). I also audit dealerships Certified Pre-Owned programs (GM/Cadillac, Honda/Acura, Ford/Lincoln, BMW/Mini).
Favorite non-Hockey passed time: Watching Premier League soccer, casually following the Cards, Mizzou football. Spending a year tweaking my dual boot laptop, screwing something up and wiping the hard drive and starting over.
Favorite book: Stephen King's The Stand.
Where are you located: LA (lower Arnold)
Best vacation location you've be to: Cruise to Cozumel.
Favorite Presidential candidate: The one that refuses to air any commercials of any kind at any time and when asked what he/she plans to do if elected says nothing more than "The best I can. I can't make any promises because I really have no idea what I'm in for if I get elected." When he's born and comes of age, I'll vote for him or her as long as I'm not in a home drolling on myself and soiling my Depends because that qualifies me for a job in congress.
What super power would you want: The ability to transport from point to point with no limit on distance.

By far my favorite Stephen King book. Easily.

And Fred, yup, Rob. I just love those third line grinders.

Should be fun.

Age: 33
Favorite Blues player of all time: Hullie.
Favorite non-Blues player of all time: Hard to call. Either Lemieux, Fedorov, or Sakic.
Favorite musician of all time: Nine Inch Nails
What kind of work do you do: Retail
Favorite non-Hockey pastime: Painting, sculpting, reading, drinking myself blind on occasion.
Favorite book: Lord of the Rings
Where are you located: St. Charles
Best vacation location you've be to: Colorado (I don't do tropical climate).
Favorite Presidential candidate: Bernie Sanders
What super power would you want: Immortality

Age: 35
Favorite Blue of all time: MacInnis
Favorite Non-Blue of all time: Forsberg, Neely, Lemieux
Favorite musician of all time: Dave Matthews Band and Green Day
What kind of work do you do: Corporate risk management analytics BS
Favorite non-Hockey passed time: Love to travel, stay actI've, getting into triathlons. Do some comedy writing on the side.
Where are you located: West Des Moines, IA
Best vacation location you've be to: Phang-gna, Thailand
Favorite Presidential candidate: If you're a politician I probably don't like you
What super power would you want: Hmm...The ability to time travel or see the future would be nice...as long as it wouldn't create a hole in space/time continuum and destroy us all of course.

LrdStnly wrote:Age: 44
Favorite Blue of all time: Al MacInnis
Favorite Non-Blue of all time: Joe Sakic
Favorite musician of all time: Tie between Van Halen and Phish
What kind of work do you do: Software Project Management
Favorite non-Hockey pastime: Travel
Favorite book: Star Wars Novels
Where are you located: Fayetteville, GA
Best vacation location you've be to: Rome
Favorite Presidential candidate: Ronald Reagan
What super power would you want: The Force

PLEASE tell us that wasn't Rome, GEORGIA ...

Age: 59
Favorite Blue of all time: Garry Unger and Moose DuPont
Favorite Non-Blue of all time: the Greatest a Ever, Robert Gordon Orr
Favorite musician of all time: Elton John 1969-1973, current is Buddy Miller
What kind of work do you do: Sell Bang and Olufsen on Rodeo Drive in beautiful Beverly Hills, CA
Favorite non-Hockey past time: singing Cash, Jones Hank, Leadbelly and Lowell George songs at the finest clubs and Honkytonks in the San Fernando Valley
Favorite book: To Kill a Mockingbird. I spent birth though fourth grade with my people in East Tennessee
Where are you located: Encino, Man. Cute house right next to Balboa Sports Center. When my youngest began playing travel hockey at nine, we dragged the net down the Hill at six am (HIS idea) so he could shoot against me. Every year I needed to add pads as his shots got more dangerous
Best vacation location you've be to: Cabo San Lucas, but Johnson Shut-ins was the coolest thing ever when I was thirteen.
Favorite Presidential candidate: the Bern
What super power would you want: Teleportation sounds like a blast.

JMC-STL wrote:

LrdStnly wrote:Age: 44
Favorite Blue of all time: Al MacInnis
Favorite Non-Blue of all time: Joe Sakic
Favorite musician of all time: Tie between Van Halen and Phish
What kind of work do you do: Software Project Management
Favorite non-Hockey pastime: Travel
Favorite book: Star Wars Novels
Where are you located: Fayetteville, GA
Best vacation location you've be to: Rome
Favorite Presidential candidate: Ronald Reagan
What super power would you want: The Force

PLEASE tell us that wasn't Rome, GEORGIA ...

Hahaha! No, Italy. Hard to tell the difference between the two, really.

Age: 28
Favorite Blue of all time: Demitra
Favorite Non-Blue of all time: Peter Forsberg
Favorite musician of all time: So many favorites, right now Tame Impala
What kind of work do you do: business analyst
Favorite non-Hockey passed time: Soccer
Favorite book: The Things They Carried
Where are you located: Tower Grove
Best vacation location you've be to: China
Favorite Presidential candidate: Whichever one I hate the least that day
What super power would you want: The blues to win the stanley cup

Age: 44
Favorite Blue of all time: Past = Hull Current = Tarasenko
Favorite Non-Blue of all time: Past = Teemu Selänne Current: Stamkos
Favorite musician of all time: Band: Rush & Led Zeppelin Solo: Billy Joel (edit: and Johnny Cash)
What kind of work do you do: NYB (JK; I have my own marketing company and also a FT dad)
Favorite non-Hockey passed time: Space stuff; family time, beach, outdoors,
Favorite book: Anything by Louis L'Amour and currently just finished the "Martian" (excellent, cannot wait for movie!)
Best vacation location you've be to: Puerto Rico and St. Thomas both were awesome.
Where are you located: Florida (Sarasota area)
Favorite Presidential candidate: None yet announced.Independent/Libertarian.
What super power would you want: Immortality

Age: 28
Favorite Blue of all time: Craig Conroy
Favorite Non-Blue of all time: Lemieux for a player I've seen in my lifetime, Orr for a player I haven't.
Favorite musician of all time: Elton John
What kind of work do you do: People Analytics
Favorite non-Hockey past time: back country backpacking and camping
Favorite book: Anything Grisham
Where are you located: South County
Best vacation location you've be to: Negril, Jamaica or Vancouver BC
Favorite Presidential candidate: That rug really tied the room together.
What super power would you want: Ability to afford glass seat season tickets.

Age: 68
Favorite Blue of all time: Bobby Plager
Favorite Non-Blue of all time: Bobby Orr
Favorite musician of all time: Waylon Jennings
What kind of work do you do: Retired Trucking Supervisor
Favorite non-Hockey passed time:Writing
Favorite book: The Winds of War - Herman Wouk
Where are you located: Monroe County
Best vacation location you've be to: Switzerland
Favorite Presidential candidate: John F. Kennedy
What super power would you want: All of them.