RIP: HO

[Rhode]

Wal-Mart Wins...

[Rhode]

Herb O'Brien, Paul O'Brien and Brian Gardner have resigned their positions with HO Sports Company, Inc...

[Rhode]

Bob Archer in negotiations with Toys-R-Us...

[aaron]

sorry , i dont get it .Why is Bob in nego with Toys r us?to sell HO to them....i dont think so.

[jzwake]

Me thinks Rhode is joking about that.

Rhode,

Archer will not negotiate with anyone, nor take any prisoners. He will mearly purchase Toys R US, Boaters World, Costco, or Amazon.com and sell his boards there.

All hail President Archer.

The only way to defeat Bob Archer now is for all of us to sell our nautiques and take up rollerblading right away. Then Archer would buy Rollerblade and the joke would be on him.

[Rhode]

JZ's correct, I was just kidding about Toys-R-Us...

I'm now hearing that Uncle Bob bought out the O'Briens' stake in Mc-Wakeboard-Donald's and, with capital in hand and no-non-compete, the two gear pioneers have the unfettered ability to do something totally new.

Please let me know if anyone hears more.

Rhode

[bkhallpass]

Rhode, you crack me up dude. Based upon the $5 words you often use, and
the esoteric sense of humor, I'm thinking liberal arts major, Chicago or east
coast, perhaps even Ivy league.

BKH

[Rhode]

BKH,

Just a plain spoken man from the Midwest (Indianapolis, IN) originally, via California during most of the heady vert dog skateboard years of the early '80s, and since then living in the Washington, DC metropolitan area (Annapolis, MD now) where it is my job often times to frustrate and confuse garden variety grifters and other self-promoting moneyed interests on Capitol Hill when they lie, cheat and trade diamond rings like a bunch of Texas oilmen hopped up on Lone Star Beer and peyote caps. BA or BS degree (not sure) from Indiana University, political science and history...

Rhode

[bkhallpass]

Well, Indianapolis wasn't far off from Chicago, California explains the
irreverance, and hanging out with the bohemes in Georgetown will
add that Ivy League flavor. Good stuff, appreciate the humor.

BKH

[Rhode]

You certainly have my number and, hopefully, my sometimes sardonic humor will not be lost on others and/or taken too seriously. It was never my intention to upset fellow board members in the past.

Rhode