Original Met Owner in the House

[Willets Point]

Congratulations to Cooby on achieving Joan Whitney Payson status.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Congrats cooby - I know you've wanted to be Mrs. Payson for a long time!

[MFS62]

I noticed that when looking in another thread.
Congrats, Cooby.
When I grow up I want to be Mrs. Payson, too.

Later

[Guest mlbaseballtalk]

I may have been bitched to by an old socialite friend of Mrs. Payson once!

Long story... Lets just say don't tell a socialite that she is the reason the Mets just gave up a few runs in the top of the first...

[Guest cooby]

Hard to believe I've said 11,000 things, but there's the proof...

Don't you just love her picture? I do!

[Zvon]

lol--that looks kool.
Congrads cooby!

^Z bows to the queen of the CPF*

[metirish]

Congrats Cooby, you deserve to be the first.

[Guest Edgy DC]

House avatars go at 100X100. I'm letting her glide at 150X150.

Maybe we do have pets.

[Guest cooby]

Well, when I remember it took five years to say 11,000 things, I feel a little better

That is a beautiful picture of her, I will wear it proudly!

[metsmarathon]

i have such a lot of catching up to do...

[Guest mlbaseballtalk]

mlbaseballtalk wrote: I may have been bitched to by an old socialite friend of Mrs. Payson once! Long story... Lets just say don't tell a socialite that she is the reason the Mets just gave up a few runs in the top of the first...

Might as well tell this tale.

I'm sitting on the field level right on the opposing dugout, we are getting pounced upon in the first, I want to say it was against the Braves. Shortly after the Alomar trade.

This elderly couple (woman actually looked a bit like Joan Payson) comes and sits in the box right next to us, she is right next to me.

Oh wait, now I remember, the Braves tied and went ahead just as they sat down. So I give the woman a little grief. Nothing profane, just a joking "See what happened because you came late!" She looked annoyed so I stopped talking to her. Then as the inning was progression I ended up talking to myself, nothing profane but I was clearly bothering her.

So she asks the girl sitting RIGHT BEHIND ME to tell me to shut up! I'm not kidding, she had someone else tell me to shut up! As soon as I heard her speak I began to move and made sure I sat in the aisle seat for the rest of the game!

Now if you want me to shut up, fine, just do so to my face, don't ask another spectator to shut me up!

At least she didn't signal to security!

Steve

[Guest cooby]

Old people are mean.
Next time, kick her in the shins, and tell her Joanie P. told ya to!

[Guest mlbaseballtalk]

cooby wrote: Old people are mean. Next time, kick her in the shins, and tell her Joanie P. told ya to!

Actually, I was thinking of Joanie P. at the time. Wondering if this was a family associate or something.

The fellow she was with looked a little like one of Fred's associates Saul Katz though.