(04-05-2016, 03:20 AM)BFritz21 Wrote: What neighbor?!

We moved to that neighborhood when I was in 7th grade (our house wasn't small, but we weren't super-rich and it's nothing compared to Peko's or any of the other houses by Peko's right at the start), which now my parents live in a condo at the start and my brother moved into their house.  

Peko won't mind at all.  When he moved in, he did things like buy the kids in the neighborhood a bouncy house to play in.

(04-05-2016, 03:02 PM)BengalsRocker Wrote: Nobody can deny that Peko comes off as a genuine and kind human being.

The one thing I think you should have ribbed him about was leaving the sideline in his caped jacket to push a Steeler.

He might have thought you were a dick... but it would've been interesting to hear what lead him to do that.

Thanks for sharing Brad.

(04-06-2016, 09:19 AM)Sled21 Wrote: He's already explained it. He walked out there to tell them the guy it was a dirty hit, which would have been ok, but he simply forgot he had his cape on. Had the cape not been on, there would have been no penalty.

(04-06-2016, 10:06 AM)fredtoast Wrote: I don't think this is correct.

Players are not allowed to come onto the field to confront refs.

(04-06-2016, 12:36 PM)Hoofhearted Wrote: How do you know Peko? Cool story tho. And props to Peko for doing that.

(04-06-2016, 03:03 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: He moved into a house at the beginning of my parents' neighborhood.  He actually bought Bill Erpenbeck's house (Bill's been on national news and I think 60 Minutes because he stole millions of dollars in his homebuilding/banking/loan scam *34 million was the official number, but a lot of people think it's a lot more*).



Our house wasn't small (grey one on the left in that link, not the pictures below), but we got it at a good price, and it's nothing compared to Bill's:




He had a huge pool with a waterfall and I think the pool was worth more than my whole house.

Anyways, Peko's a great guy!

(04-06-2016, 03:03 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: He moved into a house at the beginning of my parents' neighborhood.  He actually bought Bill Erpenbeck's house (Bill's been on national news and I think 60 Minutes because he stole millions of dollars in his homebuilding/banking/loan scam *34 million was the official number, but a lot of people think it's a lot more*).

Our house wasn't small (grey one on the left in that link, not the pictures below), but we got it at a good price, and it's nothing compared to Bill's:




He had a huge pool with a waterfall and I think the pool was worth more than my whole house.

Anyways, Peko's a great guy!

(04-06-2016, 03:03 PM)Sled21 Wrote: He wasn't confronting the ref, he was confronting the Steeler in between plays....

(04-06-2016, 09:47 PM)fredtoast Wrote: I still don't think players can come off the sidelines onto the field.  That is why the refs give "sideline warnings" when players or coaches get too close to the field.

(04-06-2016, 04:28 PM)Sled21 Wrote: A buddy of mine works for a crane company that set something in his backyard. Evidently there is a hole in the bottom of his pool, that you swim down through and then come up inside the waterfall where there is a bar and tv.... I'd love to see that!

(04-06-2016, 05:43 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: When I was 16-20, I dated a girl who lived off of Frogtown Road in Burlington, KY. Her dad worked for Erpenbeck and I had the "pleasure" of meeting him. Of course, this was before he was put away for life. He showed up for my GF's brother's graduation party and handed him a $100 bill. The dirtbag also used to take them on a Caribbean cruise every year with all that stolen loot.

I kinda thought it was funny when Erpenbeck went down, because my GF's family was incredibly snobby and they always acted super proud that they were in with the Erpenbeck's.

(04-06-2016, 11:31 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: It's pretty awesome.  They'd have parties and things before he went away.

Ever hear about his golf cart?  Was something like a 4 seat Cadillac or some other expensive brand.  Pretty sure it had a TV and everything.  It cost more than a lot of cars.

It's hilarious because so many people say they weren't involved, but if you look at most families that were close to them, they're all snobby like that and act like they're on top of the world.  

They might all be clean and just think they're so great because of how well he treated them and all the money spent on him, but it's weird how similar they all act.

There's a story about him showing up at a house at some island in the Caribbean, him walking around to the pool, and there being like 10 or 15 smoking hot women just laying on lounge chairs naked.  I know he told the police about money buried on the golf course and some in a foreign bank, but I gotta wonder how much more he has hidden.  

(04-08-2016, 10:15 PM)Go Cards Wrote: Cool story and am a fan of Peko's as well.

But how does he fit into that little car ?