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Viking Chat => Viking Chat => Topic started by: bigallan on May 08, 2024, 01:28:48 pm
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Makes my blood boil when everyone comes out of the cracks when we're doing great and on the verge of greatness eco full to rafters on Friday and come next season there gone
Be proud and support the rovers full time not part time !!!!!
RANT OVER
RTID
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Makes my blood boil when everyone comes out of the cracks when we're doing great and on the verge of greatness eco full to rafters on Friday and come next season there gone
Be proud and support the rovers full time not part time !!!!!
RANT OVER
RTID
There are plenty of reasons why people can’t go all the time as frustrating as that might be, so celebrate the fact we’ve filled the stadium rather than have a go, I mean that kind of attitude is bound to make people feel welcome isn’t it?
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I understand the sentiment. Such is life, unfortunately.
Is it annoying? Yes. Would I rather we had 6500 there on Friday? No.
Let's hope this is a sign that people are engaging again. As has been discussed on the other thread, we only had 11,100 against Charlton in the L1 play-offs in 2019, 4000 of which were Charlton fans. Hard to put your finger on why this campaign has captured the imagination more than that one, let's hope we can put on a performance and convert some of these floating fans into regulars.
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Well this club has managed to capture a Wednesday fan and made him part with his money for a ST next season! I've been hypnotized! :lol:
League One or League Two - Bring it on! :scarf:
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Well this club has managed to capture a Wednesday fan and made him part with his money for a ST next season! I've been hypnotized! :lol:
League One or League Two - Bring it on! :scarf:
Welcome aboard, I hope that you enjoy the ride.
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I haven't paid to get to a single game this season, or last. I can't afford to use that much money on diesel never mind the cost of tickets. I have been twice on a freebie from a friend, one of which was the Morecombe game. I have won money from the bookies over the season, that pays for two tickets to the Crewe game and a trip to Wembley (as long as Rovers win, I am confident). I listen to every game through ifollow, am I not allowed to support Rovers bigallan?
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Really weird thread and weird attitude to have.
Im absolutely buzzing to experience it full again.
Weird.
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Don't think he's having a go at those who want to watch Rovers but can't. Rather those that could but would rather spend 3pm watching some annoying YouTuber watch a game or fake some fake passion for MU or Liverpool. Those who think buying every replica citeh or MU shirt makes you more of a fan. Get behind your local team.....and not jist when they're in the playoffs.. means more and matters more :scarf:
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Rant or not going to the footy regularly is a life choice. And a reasonably hefty financial commitment to boot. Plenty of other things to distract people’s attentions and avert their wallets. I welcome all and any support to drfc.
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Can someone tell Margaret that her husband Big Allan needs reeling back in….
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I should imagine that most exiles with the ability and means to get there on Friday will be there (me and my lad included), I can't do every game for financial and work reasons, but I've done 8 home games this season ( with a 5 game flexi-membership) - I guess they'll be southern based exiles that have done similar numbers - its just that usually we wont be at the same game. Can not wait to see the ground full again - excited and bricking it in equal measure.
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Ah but a true fan.............
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What an attention seeking hissy fit of a post... sort your life out fella..
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Whoooooosh!
You have never read my posts on this subject!
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I won’t be there.my dad and brother will be though. i was lucky enough to be at Crewe. I could have made it, but it clashes with something else I had planned this weekend. And I can’t do both. I hope it’s a great occasion. I thoroughly enjoyed Crewe. A proper footy day out. Who imagined we would be in the playoffs ? And I’ll be needing to look after the pennies for W also if all
Goes to plan.
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Not a fan of this attitude tbh. Next it’ll be cancelled those school/junior club tickets and kids for a quid because they are glory supporters!!
Every team has way more fans than can or would ever attend most games it’s normal and doesn’t mean they aren’t legitimate supporters. All should be welcomed and if the its half as good as the last home game a decent number will stick around.
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Calm down littleallan
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Up to 3 years ago I was a season ticket holder of more years I can remember going back to Belle Vue, travelling from Hertfordshire even on Tuesday nights. Stayed to the end of the 8 -0 drubbing bu Bournemouth, soaked to the skin at the Withdean at Brighton, frozen at Oldham etc etc etc.
But due to work and other circumstances I’ve not attended a match for 3 years.
Am I a plastic fan, far from it, it’s just circumstances and situations change.
Will I be there on Friday, yes but not physically.
If we should progress will I be at Wembley, course I will.
Rovers are my team and always will be, the fact I can’t get at the moment is irrelevant.
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Whoooooosh!
You have never read my posts on this subject!
If that was aimed at Metalmicky in the post above yours, I think he was referring to the original poster. I concur, the OP does need to get some help if this really makes his blood boil!
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Isn't that just how it works across most clubs.
You do well and people want to be a part of it and less so when what's dished up is no good.
Id love to get to more matches but living in Hertfordshire and Andy in Cambridgeshire makes it hard to coordinate and justify financially at times.
Doesn't make us any less of a fan
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Makes my blood boil when everyone comes out of the cracks when we're doing great and on the verge of greatness eco full to rafters on Friday and come next season there gone
Be proud and support the rovers full time not part time !!!!!
RANT OVER
RTID
Would you be happy if only 6000 turned up from Donny tonight then?
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It would only annoy me slightly if we didn't capture more of those who drifted away over the last few seasons, even if it's another 10 to 15% on more recent average attendances etc.
Of course, what we're fortunate to be witnessing is the final chapter of a wonderful story...for which we hope there's a few sequels.
Definitely surpassed what I hoped for plus it's a rare thing the stadium being sold out days in advance of the match. Would also echo the praise for the ticket office staff, working those long hours recently, plus having the RL semi final to contend with too.
Always proud to be a Rover and even more so now.
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End of day for many people it's not life or death it's entertainment. It's a reasonably expensive hobby if youre not died in the wool keen and has not represented vfm for the casual visitor in comparison to the mass of other choices out there for a few years in fairness.
You can even watch every game at home now if you so wish . We know that it's the bad that makes the good even sweeter, but in a Man City era it's easy to why a night in front of tele watching de bruyne outstrips a dismal 2-0 loss on a cold wet sat aft. This could be the start of a lifetime supporting Rovers, or just a nice day out - but we are filling the place for the first time in years, short of cloning the die hards how else are we going to do it . No one who comes regularly has been disadvantaged tickets wise by a first timer so why worry
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That is the problem with forums. There are always some numpties that think everyone is in the same situation as them. I have barely got enough time in my life as it is.
You spout on about let’s fill the stadium. Get it rockin. So people make an effort. Bring family and friends that haven’t really got much of an interest to help get bums on seats. To have morons spouting LOOK AT ME I GO TO RVERY MATCH. WHY CANT EVERYONE ELSE?
Blah Blah Blah
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We have filled the stadium and probably could have done a few thousand more. It shows the scope of the club given the support that is out there.
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Makes my blood boil when everyone comes out of the cracks when we're doing great and on the verge of greatness eco full to rafters on Friday and come next season there gone
Be proud and support the rovers full time not part time !!!!!
RANT OVER
RTID
Would you be happy if only 6000 turned up from Donny tonight then?
Thats dedication 6k in the queue, 48 hours from kick off lol!
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We have filled the stadium and probably could have done a few thousand more. It shows the scope of the club given the support that is out there.
It's good to show GM and current/future player targets the potential is there. It might factor into their thinking if approaches are made from other clubs.
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I can never get my head around the attitude of the OP.
As a Rovers fan I want as many people as possible to get down and support the club financially and vocally.
Of course I want to see them back every week and hopefully we'll do enough on Friday night to make some of the occasional fans consider a season ticket. The last few years have been awful and it's felt like a duty going to watch the Rovers. I can't blame anyone who has decided not to bother but we've done something quite remarkable since January and the more people caught up in the surge of positivity the better!
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It’s fabulous we’ve got a full house on Friday. I won’t be there, but I’ve watched every league match in the last 3 seasons on IFollow, it’s been tough.
My only live match this season was Notts County away.
Spain to Newquay to Nottingham to Newquay to Spain (took my youngest who’s also a huge fan), he will be there Friday with his girlfriend who’s never been to Rovers. How can that make anyone’s blood boil.
I have two other son’s who used to be season ticket holders, they can’t be there as they now live in Sydney.
Everyone has different circumstances, but one things for sure me and my 3 lads are ‘real’ fans.
Even though only one of us will be ‘there’ in person. The rest of us will be screaming at a TV screen.
As for the Wednesday fans coming along to support, I think that’s the biggest compliment we could ever have- Brilliant!
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Bizarre post.
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This thinking was far more prevelant back in the day. I remember being stood on the town end first season back in the football league - rovers fans were singing and guy turned to me and said 'half these weren't here in the conference'. This kind of thinking also seeped its way onto this forum through the years.
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When I first began going to the Rovers in the mid/late 70’s we were getting crowds of around 1500 I think. At school I was probably the only Rovers fan as everyone else followed Leeds, Liverpool and to a lesser extent, Notts Forest. To be fair to the OP, I suspect that I had the same feelings as him when we were promoted in 1981. Where’d all these people come from? Where were they when we were getting tonked at home by Torquay in an empty stadium?
It took me some time to understand that Rovers are in competition with quite a few other clubs for our support, so anything that gets more people through the turnstile is a good thing!
Nowadays, I must be one of the very few people on this forum who doesn’t give a toss what our attendances are! There’s Jack all that I can do about it so why worry? When we lose I’m pissed off whether there’s 1000 or 10,000 there!
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When I first began going to the Rovers in the mid/late 70’s we were getting crowds of around 1500 I think. At school I was probably the only Rovers fan as everyone else followed Leeds, Liverpool and to a lesser extent, Notts Forest. To be fair to the OP, I suspect that I had the same feelings as him when we were promoted in 1981. Where’d all these people come from? Where were they when we were getting tonked at home by Torquay in an empty stadium?
It took me some time to understand that Rovers are in competition with quite a few other clubs for our support, so anything that gets more people through the turnstile is a good thing!
Nowadays, I must be one of the very few people on this forum who doesn’t give a toss what our attendances are! There’s Jack all that I can do about it so why worry? When we lose I’m pissed off whether there’s 1000 or 10,000 there!
HA, my first game, I looked it up recently, we bear Bristol Rovers 2-0 at home, one of the last games of 86/87 season.
I genuinely couldn't care less what league we're in, how many turn up, I just feel connected to MY club.
I wouldn't wanna repeat the last two or three years, & indeed the last time I didn't bother was under Fergue I think.
At the same time I do chuckle at all the Johnny come lately's.
At the same time, I recognise we have a lot of fans that go now & then, & at times like these, we're gonna sell out ish. Us hard-core have to embrace it, I guess :-D
There were two or three of us Rovers fans at school too, I still don't understand all the utd, Liverpool, Leeds, spurs, arsenal etc..
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Makes my blood boil when everyone comes out of the cracks when we're doing great and on the verge of greatness eco full to rafters on Friday and come next season there gone
Be proud and support the rovers full time not part time !!!!!
RANT OVER
RTID
Why? If you still got a ticket then it’s better to be in a full ground than half empty?
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It’s great that the magic of this incredible run has caught the imagination of the public. There will be some conversions from those attending who haven’t before or maybe sporadically.
A win win IMHO
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Strange attitude to have about the club that you support.
I'd say most fans would love to have as many more fans in as we could muster, its 2024 not 1924, people now have so many other things vying for their attention that we should just be accepting that some will come and go as they please.
If this spell of magic that we have produced in such a short period of time has the City as enthused as it has then let's hope going all they way and seeing this thing through will attract a great many back for another bash next season.
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People follow success, that’s why we have so many Leeds fans in donny, they are close and we’re at one point champions of Europe ( they were weren’t they? :saywhat:)
There is a few blades and Wedensdeh fans too, same reasons.
General fans that don’t really attend games will support Liverpool, Man U, Man City… watching from home.
We need to make these floaters feel welcome, part of a team, and hope they want to continue to follow their home team. There is loads of people that like football but never really attend, I get loads of people asking me about rovers, and how they played, they seem genuinely interested, and I always feel they are on the edge of coming but never do. ( that’s not the best end to a sentence ever, matron!)
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Not sure that they would like being called floaters. ;)
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Hope they don’t make too much noise, I like it nice and quiet as usual :lol:
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My eldest hasn't been to a match for a decade. Fair broke my heart, it did. He's coming on Friday, and after a very tough last couple of years, I'm filling up just thinking about it.
Or, he and 7000 others could be told they're not welcome.
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Thankfully reading all the posts it seems we only have 1 person who thinks like this, can't be there myself in Friday but will be with my parents to watch on sky cheering on the lads. Pretty sure we will be able to hear the fans from cantley really hope the fans sing and cheer from beginning to the end
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Notice how the OP hasn’t had the guts to come back and justify his rant having seen the replies..
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Two flush floaters
Not sure that they would like being called floaters. ;)
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I can never get my head around the attitude of the OP.
As a Rovers fan I want as many people as possible to get down and support the club financially and vocally.
Of course I want to see them back every week and hopefully we'll do enough on Friday night to make some of the occasional fans consider a season ticket. The last few years have been awful and it's felt like a duty going to watch the Rovers. I can't blame anyone who has decided not to bother but we've done something quite remarkable since January and the more people caught up in the surge of positivity the better!
Well said Mike, agree totally.
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Not sure that they would like being called floaters. ;)
Especially if the reason they've missed Rovers games is that they've chose to work instead, having been offered overtime rates of time and a turd.
OK, Idler, I'll get mi coat.
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Not sure that they would like being called floaters. ;)
Especially if the reason they've missed Rovers games is that they've chose to work instead, having been offered overtime rates of time and a turd.
OK, Idler, I'll get mi coat.
They came when they didn't want to, just going through the motions
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What a negative first post. Back to usual already and we haven't even lost to Crewe.
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Why would we not want people to turn up, might just sway someone into coming to watch more or buy as season ticket. And the reality is of course more people turn up when we're playing well, hardly likely to come spend money watching dross
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Makes my blood boil when everyone comes out of the cracks when we're doing great and on the verge of greatness eco full to rafters on Friday and come next season there gone
Be proud and support the rovers full time not part time !!!!!
RANT OVER
RTID
Each to their own, I’ve attended a few games this season due to illnesses and away on holiday and will miss Fridays game, success and playing we’ll bring more support so everyone as a right to go when they want. Rant over
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Hope they don’t make too much noise, I like it nice and quiet as usual :lol:
.... true and Id like also to be able to walk up to BVB get served and hear myself think , and get served in timely fashion at start of game and HT .
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The same sentiments expressed on the train home from Crewe by one of our ‘faithful’ supporters, only he was F’ing and blinding to the whole carriage, including the women and children.
A great advert for our club and for football as a whole. Now that does make my blood boil.
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Notice how the OP hasn’t had the guts to come back and justify his rant having seen the replies..
As much as I disagree with the OP, you do realise that this is a forum for people to discuss opinions, which will often be different?
Respectfully, I think your post is provocative and unnecessary.
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Notice how the OP hasn’t had the guts to come back and justify his rant having seen the replies..
As much as I disagree with the OP, you do realise that this is a forum for people to discuss opinions, which will often be different?
Respectfully, I think your post is provocative and unnecessary.
Oh I agree - folks can post radical opinions on a forum, but the more bizarre the argument, the more folks will disagree. It’s just as valid on a forum for folks to post counter arguments, even more so if there is more reason in those.
It’s not unexpected for someone to back up or defend themselves when they face opposing views, so therefore it’s not wrong to point out when they don’t have the courage to do so.
I don’t agree I was provocative, more challenging to the OP.
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Not sure that they would like being called floaters. ;)
Especially if the reason they've missed Rovers games is that they've chose to work instead, having been offered overtime rates of time and a turd.
OK, Idler, I'll get mi coat.
They came when they didn't want to, just going through the motions
Let's hope this good run doesn't turn out to be a busted flush.
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I'm still here and stand by my comments as they are my opinions
In retrospect the ppl that come or are coming will moan that the board aren't putting in money
The budget will eventually fall on the season tickets sold which Im told won't be over 5 thousand
Wich in turn will probably give us a gate of around 8 if we're doing well that's 5 thousand short of this gate
I'm not denying or saying that I'm not for ppl not to attend but to attend more frequently than just this one game and then 20,000 plus at wembley sorry if I offended it's just a opinion of my 50 yrs in supporting the mighty reds thru thick and thin
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I’m sure many or most of the folks (me included) who will probably go to Wembley if we get there, would LOVE to go to regular fixtures more often, but for all sorts of reasons can’t.
You are entitled to your beliefs but it does rile somewhat.
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I’m sure many or most of the folks (me included) who will probably go to Wembley if we get there, would LOVE to go to regular fixtures more often, but for all sorts of reasons can’t.
You are entitled to your beliefs but it does rile somewhat.
Same here IDM. Maybe I'd better cancel the flights and accommodation I've booked in case I bump onto Mr Angry of Doncaster.
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I'm not angry not at all just want more of these ppl to support the club more that's all it's not a lot to ask
Or maybe it is
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What happens to your blood when you ARE angry?
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I'm not angry not at all just want more of these ppl to support the club more that's all it's not a lot to ask
Or maybe it is
Makes your blood boil, is that not angry?
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I'll tell you what makes my blood boil... Crematoriums.
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I'm not angry not at all just want more of these ppl to support the club more that's all it's not a lot to ask
Or maybe it is
But that's exactly the point, for a lot of people it IS a lot to ask, for a whole host of reasons. Rather than being critical of people not being there every week just be grateful they're there when they can be.
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My blood would be boiling if 3,100 fans turned up on Friday night instead of 13,000.
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I was a Season Ticket holder at both OBV and at the KM. Living abroad I can’t get to any home and away games, but I passionately follow the Rovers at every game through the Lucky Pint and the BBC. We can’t be at every game physically, but are there by spirit. RTID.
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Not forgetting all the rovers fans who have passed, who will have definitely be there in spirit.
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Not forgetting all the rovers fans who have passed, who will have definitely be there in spirit.
In fairness to the op, I reckon he was accepting of death as reason for absence ,,
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Makes my blood boil when everyone comes out of the cracks when we're doing great and on the verge of greatness eco full to rafters on Friday and come next season there gone
Be proud and support the rovers full time not part time !!!!!
RANT OVER
RTID
Is this your first job in PR?
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Makes my blood boil when everyone comes out of the cracks when we're doing great and on the verge of greatness eco full to rafters on Friday and come next season there gone
Be proud and support the rovers full time not part time !!!!!
RANT OVER
RTID
This is why I stopped going to church.