User:StPeteRays

Formerly known as EaglesFanInTampa since starting in 2005. I'm a longtime editor, but just dipping my toes back into the editing pool after a decade-long hiatus. Go easy on me, please. I'm still working off of 15+-year old wiki-coding I have stored somewhere in a wrinkle of my gray matter I forgot existed.

My thoughts

At some point, I'll be getting back to work on WikiProject Tampa Bay. However, right now, I'm doing odd jobs as there's only 24 hours in a day and I have other, more monetarily gainful goings on. As I get more time, I'll get back to the way things were.

Come see what I'm working on now; it's right here in my sandbox (or what I'm also working on in my 2nd sandbox)!

My user boxes

Sports

TBL

This user is a fan of the
Tampa Bay Lightning

TB	This user is a Tampa Bay Rays fan (just not a fan of the new colors at all).

PHL

This user is a Philadelphia Phillies "phan".

PHL

This user is a Philadelphia Flyers fan.

~~PHL~~

This user was a die-hard Philadelphia Eagles fan, until Jeffrey Lurie refused to pay his bills, and proved he is only about the money by refusing to fix real problems with the team (i.e. O-line, wide-outs, etc.). Until Lurie sells the team, I'm no longer a fan.

Cow Girls

This user dislikes the Dallas Cowboys more than they like da Iggles.

This user cannot believe the Curse of Billy Penn is finally lifted!!!

IRL

This user is an Indy Racing League fan.

N

S

U

X

This user despises NASCAR with a passion.

About Me

This user believes in the pursuit of liberty and freedom of speech, so don't be shocked, surprised, or offended if he speaks his mind.

42Y

This Wikipedian was born on 15 January 1983 and is 42 years, 0 months, and 20 days old.

Wikipedian since November 25, 2005

This user identifies as bisexual.

This user is male.

This user was born on January 15, 1983.

This user supports and encourages the practice of safe sex.

According to The Political Compass this user is:
Economic Left (−1.75) and
Social Libertarian (−3.13)

This user prefers his cheesesteaks with Whiz from Jim's on South Street, and knows that Pat's and Geno's are low-brow, trashy tourist traps.

This user prefers pizza made in
Jersey.

This user loves
Italian cuisine

This user loves chocolate by
HERSHEY'S

This user is a subscriber to Sirius Satellite Radio, and has been since January 2005.

This user loves the history of the United States.

This user is interested in flags and emblems.

This user is a Board Game Geek.

This user likes most types of music.

This user is interested in maps.

This user is a self-proclaimed roadgeek.

This user rejects your reality and substitutes their own!

This user politely asks:
Who are you working for?!

This user does not like getting Philiminated from the Race.

This user has a great sense of humor, so don't take him personal and he won't try to put your goldfish in Dihydrogen Monoxide.

C₂H₅OH-1

This user drinks relatively infrequently. he is probably the better for it.

This user scored 4969 on the Wikipediholic test (revision 154548979).

Geography

This user thinks Philadelphia is one of the greatest cities on Earth.

This user grew up in the state of New Jersey, but cannot afford the taxes to go back.

This user lives in St. Petersburg, but not the one in Russia.

This user has lived in the state of Florida since March 16, 2003. However, while this user is not a native, he is a Floridian at this point.

This user has visited 30 of the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.

30

This user goes down the shore.

Groups

This user is working on
WikiProject Philadelphia.

This user participates in
WikiProject New Jersey.

This user participates in
WikiProject Delaware.

This user is a member of the U.S. Roads WikiProject.

This user edits articles about the Interstate Highway System.

This user edits articles about the U.S. Highway System.

This user edits articles about New Jersey Routes.

This user edits articles about Florida State Roads

This user edits articles about Maryland Routes.

This user participates in
WikiProject Skyscrapers.

This user is a member (and "phan") of the Phillies WikiProject.

This user is a participant in
WikiProject Baseball.

My travels

Airports I have been to:

ABE
ACY
ATL (layover only)
BWI
CLT (layover only)
DAL
DFW
IAH (layover only)
ILG
IND
MCO
MIA
MSY
PHL
PIE
PIT
SNA
TPA

Amtrak stations I have arrived to/departed from:

Interstates that I have completely traveled on:

I-4
I-10: (AL, FL, LA, MS)
- I-210: LA
- I-310: LA
I-12
I-20: (LA, MS)
I-24: (GA, IL, KY)
I-35: (OK)
- I-35E (TX)
- I-35W (TX)
- I-135: KS
- I-235: KS, OK
I-45:
- I-345: TX
I-49: (LA)
I-64:
- I-664: VA
I-65:
- I-465: IN
- I-865: IN
I-68
I-75: (FL, GA, TN)
- I-175: FL
- I-275: FL
- I-375: FL
- I-475: GA
I-76: (NJ)
- I-176: PA
- I-276: PA
- I-476: PA
- I-676: PA
I-77: (NC, SC, VA)
I-78:
- I-278: NJ
- I-478: NY
I-79: (WV)
I-80
- I-180: PA
I-83:
- I-283: PA
I-84 Eastern: (MA, PA)
I-85: (NC, VA)
I-86 Eastern: (PA)
I-87 Northern:
- I-787: NY
I-87 Southern: (NC)
I-88 Eastern
I-90:
- I-190: MA
- I-290: MA
I-95: (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NJ, NC, PA, SC, VA)
- I-195: FL, NJ
- I-295: DE-PA, DC-MD, FL, VA
- I-395: DC-VA, FL, MD
- I-495: DE, DC-MD-VA
- I-595: MD, FL
- I-695: DC
- I-895: MD
I-97

(Italics indicates routes I haven't completed in an entire state yet, but have completed some of their auxiliary routes. If a mainline [i.e. 1- or 2-digit interstate] doesn't have state initials, it means I've clinched the whole route.)

US Routes that I have completely traveled on:

(Italics indicates routes I haven't completed in an entire state yet, but have completed some of their auxiliary routes. If it doesn't have state initials, it means I've clinched the whole route.)

Still something you don't like? Yell at me here...go ahead, I can take it!

My sporting arenas

Here's the home venues I've been to for any professional and college sport:

Pros:

MLB
- Citizens Bank Park – Phillies
- Marlins Park – Marlins
- Oriole Park at Camden Yards – Orioles
- RFK Stadium‡ – Nationals
- TD Ballpark+ – Blue Jays
- Tropicana Field – Rays (and D-Rays before that), Tuskers† (my first pro football game on 10/30/2009)
- Veterans Stadium† – Phillies

NHL
- Amalie Arena – Lightning
- BB&T Center — Panthers
- Nationwide Arena — Blue Jackets
- The Spectrum† – Flyers
- Wells Fargo Center – Flyers

NBA
- Amway Center – Magic

MiLB:
- Charlotte Sports Park — Stone Crabs†
- Hammond Stadium — Mighty Mussels
- Joker Marchant Stadium — Flying Tigers
- McKechnie Field — Marauders (my employer for the 2012-14 MiLB seasons)
- Roger Dean Stadium — Cardinals
- Spectrum Field – Threshers (my first experience with MiLB on 9/5/2009)
- Steinbrenner Field — Yankees
- TD Ballpark — Blue Jays
- Tradition Field — Mets

Miscellaneous pro sports:
- Al Lang Stadium — Rowdies, USL
- Amalie Arena – Storm†, AFL†
- Amway Center – Predators†, AFL†; Solar Bears, ECHL
- Dover Downs – NASCAR Winston Cup Series (around 1995ish, my first — and last — NASCAR event...never going to another!)
- Freehold Raceway – Harness racing
- Hertz Arena — Everblades, ECHL
- Raceway Park – NHRA races
- Streets of St. Petersburg – IndyCar Series

Colleges:

Edmunds Center — Stetson Hatters basketball
FAU Arena — FAU Owls basketball
Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena – JU Dolphins basketball
Moore Gymnasium — B-CU Wildcats basketball
Raymond James Stadium – USF Bulls football
UCF Arena — UCF Knights basketball
UNF Arena – UNF Ospreys basketball

Here are the Spring Training venues I've been to:

Al Lang Stadium – (D-)Rays§
Spectrum Field – Phillies
Chain of Lakes Park‡ – Indians¶ (to watch the final game ever played there)
Champion Stadium‡ – Braves (to watch the Rays' regular season games there)
Charlotte Sports Park – Rays§
Ed Smith Stadium – Reds¶, Orioles
Hammond Stadium — Twins
JetBlue Park — Red Sox
McKechnie Field — Pirates (my employer for the 2012-14 Spring Training seasons)
Space Coast Stadium‡ — Nationals
Steinbrenner Field — Yankees
TD Ballpark – Blue Jays

† - No longer exists

‡ - On its last legs — either close to demolition or mothballed.

§ - moved from old and busted digs (though it still stands in a fantastic location) to new and cheesy digs...seriously, can't $27,000,000 do better than that???

¶ - sold out and moved to Arizona for their spring training.

+ - Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Blue Jays played first half of 2021 season in Dunedin, and therefore counts as a MLB stadium.

My Barnstars

		The Purple Star
		For being wounded in the call of duty - and recovering with grace and aplomb. AnonEMouse ^(squeak) 17:34, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

		The "You've got impersonators" Barnstar
		Awarded for being so good at what you do that vandals pretend to be you-- Horologium (talk) 18:36, 26 November 2008 (UTC)