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[Lordstan]

Mike,
Great story. It's the type of emotional connection we all have to this stuff. Those are the memories we all cherish.

Many think my name is Stan, but my screen name comes from the Stanley Cup. "Lord Stan" When I grew up my connection to sports was forged, like most I assume, through my father. He was a NY Giants fan that became a Mets Fan in 1962. He was an equally passionate NY football Giants and NY Knicks fan, but I think deep down, the thing that really got him going was the Rangers. He was at one of the Sc final games in 1940(the last time they won the cup prior to 1994) In a sports sense seeing them win the cup in 1994 made his life complete. Later that year, my wife and I got our first dog together. I named him, in keeping with all the fru-fru hoidy-toidy purebread German Shepherd naming tradition, Lord Stanley of The Rangers. Ever since then my internet screen name on every board has been Lordstan. Unfortunately, my father passed away in 1995 and Stanley, as we called him, passed away in 2004. In a sense the name keeps me connected with both.

My avatar is my daughter. It shows her doing a dance/gymnastics move called a ring leap.

Interestingly, neither my screen name nor my avatar connect directly to what I collect. I collect Lou Gehrig items mostly. I connected with him as a young man because he seemed like someone who really lived up to what a hero should be, professionally and personally.

Mark