Bittersweet pill

[md4958]

Todd, why not sell the tickets to the games you dont want to go to? You still retain the "tradition" but its a bit easier on the wallet. Im assuming you could probably even get a premium for some of the games.

[RevSmoke]

Originally Posted by md4958

Todd, why not sell the tickets to the games you dont want to go to? You still retain the "tradition" but its a bit easier on the wallet. Im assuming you could probably even get a premium for some of the games.

I do sell a few tickets. *I* cannot sell at a "premium," something inside won't let me do that. Also, have to be very careful who I sell too. If someone gets kicked out from our seats, we lose them - and the seat license fee that was paid years ago (about $3,000), which we'd get back if we ever let the tickets go.

I am not trying to complain about the cost, I guess the last was supposed to be just comic musings about why I pay the cost.

If you consider, whether it is Lambeau field or Fenway Park, aren't the seats better at home? the beer better (and cheaper)? no wait for the bathroom?

.... and the list could go on and on.

How about looking at it this way, and yes, I did bring this up once in a newsletter article. It was amazing how many people commented on that article.

Amazing how small a one dollar bill looks at the ball park, and how overly large a $20 bill is at church when the plate is passed.
Amazing how many people will people will complain that the Sunday service was 2 minutes over an hour, but brag about how cool it was to be at the game that went 15 innings.
Amazing how 2 inches of snow will have people call the church office to see if church is cancelled, but will complain when 20 inches of snow made them cancel the football game.
Amazing how 8:00am is too early for church to start, yet those same people have no problem leaving home on a Sunday morning before 7:00am to get the good tailgating spots at Lambeau for a 12:00 game time.

I was not trying to complain, nor talk about it as if it were a problem, just rambling.

Peace of the Lord be with you.

How about looking at it this way, and yes, I did bring this up once in a newsletter article. It was amazing how many people commented on that article.

Amazing how small a one dollar bill looks at the ball park, and how overly large a $20 bill is at church when the plate is passed.
Amazing how many people will people will complain that the Sunday service was 2 minutes over an hour, but brag about how cool it was to be at the game that went 15 innings.
Amazing how 2 inches of snow will have people call the church office to see if church is cancelled, but will complain when 20 inches of snow made them cancel the football game.
Amazing how 8:00am is too early for church to start, yet those same people have no problem leaving home on a Sunday morning before 7:00am to get the good tailgating spots at Lambeau for a 12:00 game time.

I was not trying to complain, nor talk about it as if it were a problem, just rambling.

Peace of the Lord be with you.[/quote]


This is so very true REV!!!!

[md4958]

Originally Posted by RevSmoke

I do sell a few tickets. *I* cannot sell at a "premium," something inside won't let me do that. Also, have to be very careful who I sell too. If someone gets kicked out from our seats, we lose them - and the seat license fee that was paid years ago (about $3,000), which we'd get back if we ever let the tickets go.

I am not trying to complain about the cost, I guess the last was supposed to be just comic musings about why I pay the cost.

If you consider, whether it is Lambeau field or Fenway Park, aren't the seats better at home? the beer better (and cheaper)? no wait for the bathroom?

.... and the list could go on and on.

How about looking at it this way, and yes, I did bring this up once in a newsletter article. It was amazing how many people commented on that article.

Amazing how small a one dollar bill looks at the ball park, and how overly large a $20 bill is at church when the plate is passed.
Amazing how many people will people will complain that the Sunday service was 2 minutes over an hour, but brag about how cool it was to be at the game that went 15 innings.
Amazing how 2 inches of snow will have people call the church office to see if church is cancelled, but will complain when 20 inches of snow made them cancel the football game.
Amazing how 8:00am is too early for church to start, yet those same people have no problem leaving home on a Sunday morning before 7:00am to get the good tailgating spots at Lambeau for a 12:00 game time.

I was not trying to complain, nor talk about it as if it were a problem, just rambling.

Peace of the Lord be with you.

Those last few lines really are the truth arent they?

I didnt see your post as complaining Todd. I was just offering a suggestion about helping you defer the cost. I understand that youre the type of person that feels bad about marking up a game ticket, but if you look at it as "Im helping ensure I can pass these tickets to my children" then perhaps it will help the guilt.

I agree that watching a game from the comfort of your living room is nice. However, there is something special about watching a game in the those stands. I imagine sitting in the same seats your grandfather sat in much make it that much more special.

[RevSmoke]

Originally Posted by md4958

Those last few lines really are the truth arent they?

I didnt see your post as complaining Todd. I was just offering a suggestion about helping you defer the cost. I understand that youre the type of person that feels bad about marking up a game ticket, but if you look at it as "Im helping ensure I can pass these tickets to my children" then perhaps it will help the guilt.

I agree that watching a game from the comfort of your living room is nice. However, there is something special about watching a game in the those stands. I imagine sitting in the same seats your grandfather sat in much make it that much more special.

Oooops, hope I didn't give the impression that these were grandpas seats? Those seats went to step-grandchildren. The tickets we have are the tickets my dad got after grandpa had gotten his.

Don't worry, the tickets won't get sold, at least not if I can help it. Gotta grouse about something, right? I figure grousing about the price of tickets is a pretty small thing.

As for selling tickets for more... As I sell to people I trust (for the reason stated earlier), usually good friends, that makes marking up tickets even harder.

It hasn't gotten to be a hardship, but parting with money is never easy. When I paid the bill, I then had to go to two different cigar sites and empy "dream carts" that are not going to happen now or any time in the next few months. Probably not a bad thing anyway.

As for the truisms in those few lines, it is too true. How about some others.

Amazing how the guys can get together every day for a week after the big game, and talk for hours about it, going over individual plays and players in great detail - but won't remember much of anything about the sermon, even over lunch on Sunday afternoon.
Amazing how the guys get together at the local hang-out over coffee every morning, and in the course of the conversation talk about Fred's latest operation, but none of them will say, "Hey, maybe we ought to have a prayer for Fred's healing," much less say the prayer.

Peace of the Lord be with you.

[md4958]

Originally Posted by RevSmoke

Oooops, hope I didn't give the impression that these were grandpas seats?

I meant for your children

God bless you my friend.

[RevSmoke]

Originally Posted by md4958

I meant for your children

God bless you my friend.

OK, gotcha - sorry I wasn't tracking.

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