{"id":6353,"date":"2008-08-02T08:45:35","date_gmt":"2008-08-02T08:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=6353"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","slug":"oldbtb_99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/?p=6353","title":{"rendered":"Snapshots"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kingab has been Mike’s number one man for so long, most of you probably don’t remember any different.\u00a0 He had some big shoes to fill, coming after Unbridled and Tanico but he did it admirably.\u00a0 I remember when he first joined the Sim, shortly before his retirement, and his wife asked us if we could put\u00a0Larry to work writing for the Sim Racing Form, the forerunner of the Black Type Bugler, as he needed something to do.\u00a0 We did and he became one of our staunchest supporters.\u00a0 I met Larry at one of Mike’s first parties and he is truely a fun loving, enthusiastic, wonderful person.\u00a0 Here is Kingab’s snapshot.<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/P>

First name?<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P>

Larry<\/O:P><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P>

<\/O:P><\/FONT><\/SPAN>\u00a0<\/P>

How long have you been in the Sim?<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P>

week 348, around June of 1999<\/O:P><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P>

<\/O:P><\/FONT><\/SPAN>\u00a0<\/P>

Favorite food?<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P>

pasta<\/O:P><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P>

<\/O:P><\/FONT><\/SPAN>\u00a0<\/P>

Dog or cat?<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P>

dog-don’t remember ever not having one<\/O:P><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P>

<\/O:P><\/FONT><\/SPAN>\u00a0<\/P>

If you were to take a solo road trip which would you rather drive – a convertible or a motorhome?<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P>

convertible – have had one for many years<\/O:P><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P>

<\/O:P><\/FONT><\/SPAN>\u00a0<\/P>

Hobby – other than horseracing?<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P>

a number of them. swimming, golf, pistol shooting, bike riding, travel, and I walk my dog 3 miles just about every morning.<\/O:P><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P>

<\/FONT><\/SPAN>\u00a0<\/P>

Favorite band or singer?<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P>

Don’t have one favorite as there are so many I like.<\/O:P><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P>

<\/O:P><\/FONT><\/SPAN>\u00a0<\/P>

Last book you read?<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P>

The second book in the Genghis Kahn series called Lord Of The Bows by Conn Iggulden<\/O:P><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P>

<\/O:P><\/FONT><\/SPAN>\u00a0<\/P>

What’s playing in your cd player or Ipod right now?<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P>

The sound track from the movie Lightening In A Bottle. It’s a history about blues.<\/FONT><\/P>

<\/FONT>\u00a0<\/P><\/O:P><\/SPAN>

If you were stuck in a hospital room for 6 months and could chose one person, past or present, other than husband\/wife, relative or in-law,\u00a0to be in the bed next to you – who would it be?<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P>

6 months? Would have to be a female. Lets go with Charlize Theron<\/O:P><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P>

<\/O:P><\/FONT><\/SPAN>\u00a0<\/P>

If you were to take a day trip in your area – where would you go?<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P>

Keeneland<\/O:P><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P>

<\/O:P><\/FONT><\/SPAN>\u00a0<\/P>

Favorite real life racehorse?<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P>

Secretariat<\/O:P><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P>

<\/O:P><\/FONT><\/SPAN>\u00a0<\/P>

If you could meet one person in the Sim – who would it be?<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P>

I have met so many and I am about to meet two more that I have wanted to for some time now in Rich (littlebit) and Paul (irish)
<\/FONT><\/SPAN>\u00a0<\/P>

<\/FONT><\/SPAN>\u00a0<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kingab<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":364,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/364"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6353\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}