I see jeff welch is a new memeber

Cats15 · Post by **Cats15** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 6:00 pm

just wondering if this is actully jeff welch or if someone just used his name. We know that he has been looking at this board for quite some time now with out having a screen name.

Post by **kmax** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 6:15 pm

It is in fact Jeff Welsch from the Bozeman Daily Chronicle. I have had a conversation with him via email today talking about his article, this site and the response of our members to his article. For the record he indicated that his reasoning for initially getting in touch with me was "in part because I wasn't ripped to the extent I was accustomed while covering Oregon State." It was a very good conversation and I feel like we both came out with a better understanding of each others' position.

I have invited him to come on the board and share some of the points that he brought up to me with the rest of the board and he has indicated that he may do that in the future. I will withold some of the other comments that he made(which he indicated I could share) until I see if he takes me up on the offer of responding in person to the board.

velochat · Post by **velochat** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 9:08 am

For confusion sake, there is a Jeff Welch who writes a column in the Chronicle's business magazine. Like I said before, I took no offense whatever to Jeff Welsch's column on this and other message boards. Newspapers have a responsibility to strive to be objective and accurate (which of course is not completely possible). Message boards have little in common with that, as few here are objective and what's presented is a wild melange of facts and fallacies. What's important is that everyone knows the difference. It's also important to know the difference between a column and a report when reading a newspaper. I'd welcome Jeff's words here, but I might also consider it "slumming"; it might also be a no win proposition. Of course, he wouldn't have to tell us who he is.

mslacat · Post by **mslacat** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 10:15 am

Yea but, his handle

put some imagination in to it!! Jeff Welsch! Thats a name not a handle!
Here are some Alternatives:

Welchcat (you can rarely go wrong buy putting "Cat" after any thing.)
jwcat (Ditto above, but less obviuos)
catchronicle (I kind of like this Cat=>Catch thing going on)
catcoverage (reference to Cats and his job)
I-cuvr-da-cats (hip hop message handle)
Idontplagerise (reference the former Chronical Staff)
Jeffcatgriz (Unbias handle)
Manschwho (Defiant / Asian kind of feel)
Lookingforluvinabiggermarket (typical Montana newsman/tv reporter handle)
Kramerwho (oops that Geise 's handle!)
Iwishwaskornhieser (pay tribute your (or Mslacat's) favorite sports writer)

Under no conditions use these handles
Helenacat, helcat, or any combination that involves the word Helena, damn we have enough of them and they are irritaing.

I may have more ideas later, anyone else!

Post by **rtb** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 10:20 am

That is too funny!! I haven't seen your wit come out until this point mslacat. Thanks for the morning humor.

velochat · Post by **velochat** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 10:23 am

I love Manschwho?!

Better yet Foo'Manschwho

mslacat · Post by **mslacat** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 10:24 am

rtb wrote:That is too funny!! I haven't seen your wit come out until this point mslacat. Thanks for the morning humor.

OUCH!

I have been posting for how long!

Post by **rtb** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 10:26 am

mslacat wrote: OUCH!

I have been posting for how long!

That wasn't a dig at you. You usually just give us great information and a well balanced and informed opinion. I am now also impressed by the humor. Your story about the USPS was good stuff and now this...keep 'em coming mslacat!

Post by **kmax** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 10:35 am

mslacat wrote:
rtb wrote:That is too funny!! I haven't seen your wit come out until this point mslacat. Thanks for the morning humor.
OUCH!
I have been posting for how long!

Only took about 735 posts or so, no biggie msla! Some people are just late bloomers.

velochat · Post by **velochat** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 11:22 am

Maybe the humor was obscured by the "creative" spelling?

Lydell · Post by **Lydell** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 1:10 am

Mslacat - That building you are currently designing will probably collapse due to the large amount of brain power you diverted to the post!!

BTW greetings from Murdo, South Dakota in the midst of a family basketball junket. Waiting for the next ice storm to blow through.

mslacat · Post by **mslacat** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 8:51 am

Oh heck I have plenty of Brain cells left it is sanity that I am worried about.
BTW How are you sons doing, this year in there respective sports?

Lydell · Post by **Lydell** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 10:21 am

Msla - I'll pm you sometime. Thought I'd mention Concordia is now 18-3 and 8th ranked in NAIA Div. II, but son plays JV mostly. When they beat Montana-Western on New Year's Eve, Alex took a charge from ex-cat Bo Segeberg. Ouch!

Gotta go now. I'll drive straight south to Valentine and try to get out of this fog.