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GW........... [Mr. Buckeye] - 05:41pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#1 of 400)
This is kind of unexpected.
This board is a way of life for me....an online community that keeps me company during the work day.
I'm really gonna miss this place.
"The ground is no place for a champion" [conrad_too] - 05:42pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#2 of 400)
It was a fun ride.
[Biker Thug] - 05:43pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#3 of 400)
When did you first show up GW? I think I was about number 46 poster back in early 96.
GW........... [Mr. Buckeye] - 05:44pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#4 of 400)
Mark: I found this place sometime in '95....
I don't remember exactly when.
I've seen a lot of history come through here.......
[Sacerdotal] - 05:49pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#5 of 400)
It was a long time coming, but I think most of knew it couldn't last in it's present form.
Not much politics here, and a lot of socializing.
But, we will miss those Personal Attacks.
Some of them took a great deal of thought.
GW........... [Mr. Buckeye] - 05:51pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#6 of 400)
I never had a chance to consummate my relationship with lara croft...................................
[dollc] - 05:51pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#7 of 400)
Hm. Too bad. If anyone's interested in some other boards, let me know. My e-address should be under my profile.
Why can't you tolerate an opposing point of view ? [whyfret] - 05:51pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#8 of 400)
Lets find another company to pick it up........... I think a weekly summary of all this talk woud make a good syndicated
colum or section to any published news media........
[FAUFORDE] - 05:56pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#9 of 400)
No WAY!!!!!
I don't know what I did before I came here!!!!
Dance as if no one were watching [~Libby~] - 05:56pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#10 of 400)
GW..it really is sad. These boards have become a part of many of us. I came here shortly after you did, I think, in late
1995, right before the elections. I've posted here regularly, ever since. I am going to miss everyone who posts here,
even those with whom I've had disagreements. This is too sad.
GW........... [Mr. Buckeye] - 05:59pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#11 of 400)
Oh, geez, Libby.........
What are we gonna do?
We're all addicts.
Living well really is the best revenge. [Birdz] - 06:00pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#12 of 400)
Maybe I'll get a life now, clean out the basement, etc.
[Talooga] - 06:02pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#13 of 400)
It has been a good experience for me. Before I came here, I really couldn't TYPE. LOL, some of the stuff I saw here,
compelled me to become proficient on the keyboard.
I have learned a great deal about how people feel, and why I may not feel the same way. I have learned that there are
ways for people to disagree, and not try to destroy one another. I have also learned, that some people enjoy attacking
others, for reasons that are not always clear.
The most important thing I have learned, is that as powerful as the pen (or keyboard) is, the actions or acts people
perform, are (by far) the most powerful. In many cases, the actions which took place in our society, lead to some very
good discussions here on Pathfinder.
There is no doubt in my mind, that another company WILL fill the void which this board leaves. I'm sure a few
political types have been here, who like this sounding board or forum. The feedback here is not scientific, but it was
a rather interesting cross-section of opinions which were expressed.
Peace to you all in Jesus Christ, and for those who have an aversion to that, may good luck follow you in future days.
Regards, Talooga (aka SHAH).
Deja Moo! I've heard THAT Bull before. [TallTimber] - 06:02pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#14 of 400)
Maybe I'll get a life now, clean out the basement, etc.
Good Grief, Birdzy.
I'm glad my wife won't read that post.
[FAUFORDE] - 06:05pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#15 of 400)
This whole place has just been a part of my online life for so long, I've taken it for granted.
I, too, will miss EVERYONE. Even the irritating ones, the ones I disagree with. If it weren't for them, I probably
wouldn't be here.
GW........... [Mr. Buckeye] - 06:10pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#16 of 400)
I'm gonna miss Panama Hank's devastating wit.
And Oregon Jim's rapier-like wit.
I'm gonna miss the humanity of many of the lefties.....fauforde....rob....Peter Cammann......Libby.......GreenHag.......
I'm gonna miss the outrageousness of Mark the Biker Thug.....
Oh, geez.......
Dance as if no one were watching [~Libby~] - 06:15pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#17 of 400)
GW...yes, we are addicts! LOL I'm sure we'll all find other places to post, but it just won't be the same.
Birdz, I don't have a basement. lol (Gosh, is that how you get a life? Get a basement? I'll have to look into that. lol)
Fauforde...agreed, it was in large part the "irritating ones" that kept me coming back. ;-)
[FAUFORDE] - 06:16pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#18 of 400)
I'm gonna miss Panama Hank's devastating wit.
I've always thought Hank had one of the sharpest sense of humors on here. I really do. Doesn't mean I take his side on
much, tho.
[La Lil'One] - 06:20pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#19 of 400)
Well, this is fascinating to say the least.
I doubt we will see anthing like this board again, mainly becuase of the political diversity here as well as the format.
I doubt I will follow anyone to another board as I dont think this online community can ever be reproduced.
I guess Im fortunate to follow the board through a major presdintial campaign...Twillards polling report and related
links was fascinating to follow, as where the debate play-by-play and postmortems. I also liked some of the more
issue-specific debates.
In a way I became a little more sophisticated politically by reading and posting, and have clarified my politics via the
discussions here. I think Ive moved more to the right while being here, and also see more clearly some of the
political threats I'm facing
The social aspect & online personas where fascinating...folks like OJ (of course), Ken Stammerman, Mr Buckeye/GW,
Ferret Mike, Hayek, Panama Hank, DaveGin, McDuffy, and others (all of you, actually)...thanks for sharing. It's been a
fun three years or so
[EFI] - 06:21pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#20 of 400)
There are lots of other boards to post on, but PLEASE don't screw them up like this one was.
There are many sites that would die for the opportunity that this board squandered. The name of the game is
numbers, and this board was so hostile and inbred, that the numbers actually decreased over time.
Try not to do that to any new sites you find. You might want to change your handles as well. This board has a bad
reputation in general on the other boards.
Dance as if no one were watching [~Libby~] - 06:21pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#21 of 400)
Hank, has a great wit. So do you, Fauforde. But one of the people who consistently cracks me up is Blue Lime. That man
is amazing with the words.
I'm going to miss soooo many of you, I hestitate to even start naming names.
But Shah...you are one of the ones from whom I learned so much. We went down many paths together. I loved every
minute of it. You are a dear, sweet person and I'll never forget you.
[La Lil'One] - 06:22pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#22 of 400)
I recall spening a New Years Eve online here...how pathetic but fun.
Dance as if no one were watching [~Libby~] - 06:25pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#23 of 400)
GW...I've always enjoyed you, as well, even when you were obviously baiting the liberals...lol. You have been a
mainstay of the board, starting with the RR.
GW........... [Mr. Buckeye] - 06:30pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#24 of 400)
Libby: The amazing thing to me is how my political thinking evolved as a result of the discussions here.
If you remember, I was a bedrock conservative when I came here.
And now, I'm a liberal on abortion, and the death penalty, and I've modified my position on so many other issues.
Interacting on this board has changed me, a lot.
I wonder how many others have found that, also......
Fundamentalist Hindu Pentacostal Sufi of the Kabalistic Order of Atheist Shamans [Nigel] - 06:36pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#25 of 400)
And now, I'm a liberal on abortion, and the death penalty, and I've modified my position on so many
other issues.
And, you're gay now, too. Don't forget that.
[Johnnyba] - 06:37pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#26 of 400)
GW I was a full blown left wing radical when I started posting here.
Now I'm all over the place. My opinions changed on a whole lot of things over years. Some of my friends actually
think of me as conservative now. lol
GW........... [Mr. Buckeye] - 06:39pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#27 of 400)
I think a farewell Time Politics party is in order, friends.....
A cyber party to end all cyber parties......
March 31.
Be there.....
[FAUFORDE] - 06:43pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#28 of 400)
But one of the people who consistently cracks me up is Blue Lime.
He's the best. If he doesn't do it for a living, I hope he really loves whatever his job is.
[FAUFORDE] - 06:44pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#29 of 400)
dave s hard headed attempt to forge society after the liberal ideal has driven all but the far left and a few harder
heads off of the board.
But, I notice you didn't leave.
Dance as if no one were watching [~Libby~] - 06:45pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#30 of 400)
GW...yes, I know what you mean...and I remember your much more conservative views in the earlier days. I have
changed a lot of my views as well. Like Johnny, I'm kinda all over the place these days, depending on the issue.
Cyber party sounds cool. But I'll probably be more in the mood for a "wake". 'sniff'
[Jared7] - 06:46pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#31 of 400)
Well, I'll miss Fauforde, who always cracks me up by ignoring me, my threads and all of my great points (and he's
doing it even as I type!)
Hiya Fau!
J
Blue Lime Rules!
Dance as if no one were watching [~Libby~] - 06:49pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#32 of 400)
He's the best. If he doesn't do it for a living, I hope he really loves whatever his job is.
Yes, I could totally see Blue Lime as a standup comedian. I've thoroughly enjoyed his whimsical humor. :)
[La Lil'One] - 06:49pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#33 of 400)
Does anyone remember Fiat Lux. He was alot of fun. I recall we used to argue with the conservatives that the Nazis
wherent really socialists....and that "generational theory of politics" of his...whoah!
All of life is a blur of Republicans and meat! [TireBiter] - 06:50pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#34 of 400)
I've always liked me.
But then, who doesn't?
[FAUFORDE] - 06:51pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#35 of 400)
I wish Jared would show up, because I'd like to tell how much I'll miss him and what an intelligent and fun guy I
always thought he was. And also, "thanks".
[La Lil'One] - 06:52pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#36 of 400)
TireBiter and Rocketman...seperated at birth.
[FAUFORDE] - 06:53pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#37 of 400)
Jared!!!!!!!
I was just talking about you!
So nice to see you before the End comes!
[Bear Armstrong] - 06:53pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#38 of 400)
I've been posting on political boards for over 4 years now, ever since I first got a PC. It's probably time to get a new
'puter. LOL ! I've been here for 4 years this month.
I remember watching more TV and hanging out in the bars on weekends. In a sense I've matured in the four years
I've been here (though you'd probably never know it from some of the things I say LOL!). Just from being a little
older I'm not particularly interested in going to bars anymore.
I suppose I'll eventually find another board where I'm comfortable. I didn't post here a lot when ThePeopleSpeak was
at its peak.
It'll probably take some time before I find one though.
Again, I hope to see many of you someplace else.
My email address is sirchris@penn.com as I'm open to suggestions.
GOPers define Count the way Clinton defines Sex [ElPrimo] - 06:53pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#39 of 400)
I predicted this about 2 months ago... remember when I asked 'where will we go?"
Now's the time to start looking for the answer.
[Jared7] - 06:53pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#40 of 400)
I wish that extraordinarily handsome, cute and intelligent fauforde would show up (on MY thread!!) because he's so
witty and kind and considerate and thoughtful of my feelings ...
J
Dance as if no one were watching [~Libby~] - 06:55pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#41 of 400)
LLO...Fiat Lux has a wonderful mind. I always enjoyed his posts. He's still around, far as I know (or at least was, up
until recently)..
[Bear Armstrong] - 06:56pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#42 of 400)
Hey you two, get a room.
LMAO !
[lz] - 06:57pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#43 of 400)
You know, I used to post on the EW boards,and when they closed down I started posting here. Do I have bad luck or
what?! So even though I've only been here a couple months I still enjoyed the discussions and hopefully we can find
another forum, but it won't be the same.
[La Lil'One] - 06:59pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#44 of 400)
How about TOLs greatest hits.... ...one of my favorites was Babette debating the "Chicom takeover" of the Panama Canal
with Panama Hank.
"There's a rat under my bed, and there's a little yellow man in my head..." [hoeker] - 07:00pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#45 of 400)
Some people who I've never instant-messaged that I will really miss...
Nessus, Blue Lime, Fiat Lux, Linguist, El Primo, cenorris, more as I think of them.
This is very sad.
large_d@hotmail.com
[Rosco] - 07:05pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#46 of 400)
http://www.npr.org/yourturn/
NPR Online seems to be a pretty good spot. I think they lift their pinky while sipping tea over there so an onslaught
of ruffians may meet a little resistance.
[FAUFORDE] - 07:09pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#47 of 400)
Some people who I've never instant-messaged that I will really miss...
And if I ever get the 'flower' back, hopefully I can have a sane MI person to talk with.
[FAUFORDE] - 07:10pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#48 of 400)
a sane MI person to talk with
That post didn't come out right...
"a sane MI person to talk with AGAIN!"
"There's a rat under my bed, and there's a little yellow man in my head..." [hoeker] - 07:11pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#49 of 400)
You too, FAUF...
We'll be in touch.
"That is beyond the valley of the lame." [Haverchuck] - 07:16pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#50 of 400)
A very sad day indeed...
GOPers define Count the way Clinton defines Sex [ElPrimo] - 07:20pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#51 of 400)
Thanks for the mention, hook. Same here
You know what is another bummer is that whereever I go someone will have stolen my name. I know I was the first,
however. I wanted El Tigre but it was taken so I invented ElPrimo instead. Primo was a name we used for some
spectacular Afghan hashish when I was a hippie back in SanFran around 1969. sigh
Oh well, nothings permanent.
[Duffy] - 07:26pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#52 of 400)
Libby,
Like I said in the long ass email I just sent you (lol) You and Kari have been my best friends for a while now. Thanks.
For everything. We've all been through a lot of 'stuff' and I'm glad I always had you 2 to talk to and to cry to and to
lean on. You've been like 'motherly sisters' to me. lol And I love you both. Of course, I will always keep in touch. I talk
to you guys more in email anyhow. :-) I hope I get the chance to meet you 2 one day.
And thanks to the others who were always polite and respectful to me. Susan first comes to mind. That is something
that sticks in my mind and I have to thank you for it. I remember long ago you told me why you felt it was always
important to be respectful to others..and I never forgot that. So... thanks. You're a great lady. :-) I also enjoyed several
others. Their wit and their humor. I loved reading Linguist. So, if you're reading Linguist, I say 'hey' :-)
And my politics -- I've sure learned a damn lot. I wasn't even interested in politics when I first came in June of 99
when I was 20. I've certainly learned and researched a great amount of information (social issues and political issues)
the past couple of years.
--Duffy
Mr. Zack [Dingaka] - 07:35pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#53 of 400)
First, the AOL/TimeWarner mafia joins with other crime syndicates to close down Napster, now they are closing down
this board.
Ya know, back in my dice throwing ghetto days, I never allowed certain spectators to stand behind me as I "rolled
them bones". They brought me bad luck.
Does anyone get the feeling, that a certain hill billy spectator living at 1600 Pennsylvannia Ave, Washington D.C. has
brought all of us, and this country, a whole lot of bad luck.
I ain't superstitious now, but too many bad things been happening of late.
Why is Harlem enjoying a renaissance...
GOPers define Count the way Clinton defines Sex [ElPrimo] - 07:37pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#54 of 400)
Jeez... now Clinton is to blame for PF shutting down? LMAO
Or do you mean GW? *G*
Mr. Zack [Dingaka] - 07:44pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#55 of 400)
GW of course. He is the one who has people starting to look at every penny.....
[La Lil'One] - 07:45pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#56 of 400)
Cliton? Bush? THey both sound like good old boys...but Clinton looks to be the luckier while in office, to-date.
Trevor The Biker Dude @ theopinionsite.com [b-bart] - 07:49pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#57 of 400)
GW of course. He is the one who has people starting to look at every penny.....
This is what I love about this board. As we morn the loss of our board we still have those that can put a good political
spin on it? LOL Why didn't I think of that? Its that half wit in the White House's fault..
[Rosco] - 07:50pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#58 of 400)
I heard Bush talking about this after he got elected. Sure enough it's come to pass. Though blame will be cast on Bush
this baby was on the slide during the Clinton administration. It was a good run but like all things it's time has come.
[linguist] - 07:53pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#59 of 400)
Duffy:
I loved reading Linguist. So, if you're reading Linguist, I say 'hey' :-)
I am reading this, sweetheart. And thank you.
Many thanks to so many of you on here. This was the first public bulletin board I ever posted on. I learned a lot from
many of you. And I enjoyed the opportunity to do my fair share of pontificating.
Many, many, many thanks to Dave, who has been a gem. In my humble opinion, we couldn't have asked for a fairer
and more understanding moderator.
I tend to post on a few other boards, usually under the same nickname of "linguist".
Till we meet again...
:-)
primal screamer [primal screamer] - 07:56pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#60 of 400)
What happened is that the educational material suffered as more and more threads turned into social threads.
At first it was too much flaming. Then it became too clanish.
My sole purpose is to serve as a warning to others [Duh_] - 07:59pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#61 of 400)
Educational? Welll.... I missed class a lot, then....
[_Me_] - 07:59pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#62 of 400)
This hasn't always been my favorite place. Sometimes I have loved it and other hated it, but I have always felt weirdly
comforted knowing it was here and I could see the faces I had come to love and hate. It's been a constant in my life
since 97, despite my many bannings, and some of the most influential people in my life I met here, for better or
worse.
I am going to miss Hanks razor sharp wit. I'm going to miss logging in and watching Libby's quiet dignity. I am going
to miss Cooter's endless quest for the perfect lay, Ray's news about the birds, Duffy's struggle to hang in there, Duh
and OJ talking computers and yes, even Sherrie and Bill.
I'm going to miss most of you, and wanted to chime in and wish you all the best wherever it is you end up. I apologize
to those I stupidly hurt in my endless immaturity, and bury the well used hatchets others and I have used to hack
eachother up.
And I thank those of you who have helped me to grow and be a better, smarter person. Those of you who gave me
things to think about and just a place to shoot the breeze.
All the best,
Liz
primal screamer [primal screamer] - 08:01pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#63 of 400)
And BTW, Freerepublic is going strong, 50,000+ members, and will take great pleasure in your demise. LOLOL!!!
Trevor The Biker Dude @ theopinionsite.com [b-bart] - 08:04pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#64 of 400)
Jeez Liz, I'm going to cry?
[Jared7] - 08:06pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#65 of 400)
Hey primal, how's the freeper site doing??
J
[Duffy] - 08:07pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#66 of 400)
This hasn't always been my favorite place. Sometimes I have loved it and other hated it, but I have
always felt weirdly comforted knowing it was here and I could see the faces I had come to love and
hate. It's been a constant in my life since 97, despite my many bannings, and some of the most
influential people in my life I met here, for better or worse.
I am going to miss Hanks razor sharp wit. I'm going to miss logging in and watching Libby's quiet
dignity. I am going to miss Cooter's endless quest for the perfect lay, Ray's news about the birds,
Duffy's struggle to hang in there, Duh and OJ talking computers and yes, even Sherrie and Bill.
I'm going to miss most of you, and wanted to chime in and wish you all the best wherever it is you end
up. I apologize to those I stupidly hurt in my endless immaturity, and bury the well used hatchets
others and I have used to hack eachother up.
And I thank those of you who have helped me to grow and be a better, smarter person. Those of you
who gave me things to think about and just a place to shoot the breeze.
All the best,
Liz
Thanks Liz. And thanks for the help you've given me in the past. Much appreciated. :-)
You have my mail.
primal screamer [primal screamer] - 08:07pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#67 of 400)
Couldn't be better, Jared. Sorry about your little experiment here going under, as well as TPS!!!
Isn't Salon on its last leg????
Is Our Children Posting? [N. Tufnel] - 08:07pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#68 of 400)
Oregon Jim
Hoeker
Rocket Man
TireBiter
El Primo
Blue Lime
Just want to let you guys know that you are some of the funniest and cleverest people I've ever read.
Thanks for all the belly laughs.
boo hoo.
[La Lil'One] - 08:09pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#69 of 400)
I wonder if other boards talk about this one...like the Free Republic site for example, or Salon. I know we talk about
them.
[Jared7] - 08:11pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#70 of 400)
No problema primal! Please feel free to post your favorite memories (or lack thereof) on my Memories thread!
J
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are [fred69] - 08:21pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#71 of 400)
Here's some URLS..
MSNBC Discussion Boards
I really don't like their format for the threads...
Salon Table Talk
I like the format of this site, almost like good ol' TOL.
And lastly...
Spintimes Reader Forum
I really don't like their format because you can only read one response at a time.
Suggestions/comments anyone?
primal screamer [primal screamer] - 08:26pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#72 of 400)
"I wonder if other boards talk about this one...like the Free Republic site for example, or Salon. I know we talk about
them." LLO
Not hardly. They don't know this board exists. I have seen mention of Ferret over there a couple of times.
BTW, there is a site called Democrats.com that they sometimes talk about.
GW........... [Mr. Buckeye] - 08:30pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#73 of 400)
Oh, man, even Liz showed up.
She's part of the lore of this board.
And linguist........the only one besides Ms. Robbie (and me) who gave a crap about the serial comma.
[La Lil'One] - 08:30pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#74 of 400)
I guess there are alot of boards out there. I've posted on a few others, but they didnt quite have the diversity or action
this one had.
I know me and Ken Stammerman used to post on Louisville.com, but I dropped after they became dominated by flamey
right wingers, lost their moderator, and they changed their format.
[_Me_] - 08:31pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#75 of 400)
How are you, GW?
[iconoclast] - 08:31pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#76 of 400)
Ah yes, the freeper boards....how well this site came to resemble them...
Or, as Simon and Garfunkel so prophetically penned:
"People talking without speaking, People hearing without listening ----
People writing songs, that voices never share...."
Yada yada yada
So, long, Time-Warner. It was a swell place while it lasted.
Thank you, Dave Gin and Marcus Bales for doing such an excellent and (no doubt) thankless job of herding fleas.
Many of us appreciated your efforts.
(Signed)
The fleas
AOL instant mesgr: littlemac558 or fourlittlemac [lilmac5] - 08:33pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#77 of 400)
Wow, this is sad news.
I found this site sometime in 1997. I lurked for a couple of years before raising havoc with the Liberals. I'm going to
miss that. I'm even going to miss Bill.
Trevor The Biker Dude @ theopinionsite.com [b-bart] - 08:36pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#78 of 400)
No one will miss Bill? LOL
3/31/01-Tear the goalposts down, boyz! [babblingbrook] - 08:39pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#79 of 400)
Bill will...lol.
Beannachtam na Feile Padraig! [SherrieG] - 08:41pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#80 of 400)
This Place has POSSIBILITIES....
Do crack, get the pen; do powder, get 1600 Penn. [Mark_pacof1] - 08:41pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#81 of 400)
This is a shocker. And just when I was starting to find a home here. Hope they find a way to keep it alive in something
resembling its current form.
Trying to understand the move still. With Time-Warner-AOL being one of the biggest entities on the planet now, how
much of an investment is it to have the forums running a single (?) server, and a couple of people staffing? Maybe I
don't grasp the infrastructure involved... I will peruse the other posts, maybe Dave has spelled these details out
somewhere.
Editor...Publisher...and Hamburger Salesman... [R. W.] - 08:55pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#82 of 400)
"Trying to understand the move still.
Me too. Could it be this Board was just another tool in the Clinton-Gore quiver? Like the Sand Wedge or Putter?
[Duffy] - 08:57pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#83 of 400)
Talooga - 06:02pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#13 of 84)
It has been a good experience for me. Before I came here, I really couldn't TYPE. LOL, some of the stuff
I saw here, compelled me to become proficient on the keyboard.
LOL, that's funny. I'm glad you did because I've enjoyed your posts.
I have learned a great deal about how people feel, and why I may not feel the same way. I have learned
that there are ways for people to disagree, and not try to destroy one another.
You were always so polite and I admired that.
I have also learned, that some people enjoy attacking others, for reasons that are not always clear.
Yep...
The most important thing I have learned, is that as powerful as the pen (or keyboard) is, the actions or
acts people perform, are (by far) the most powerful. In many cases, the actions which took place in
our society, lead to some very good discussions here on Pathfinder.
There is no doubt in my mind, that another company WILL fill the void which this board leaves. I'm
sure a few political types have been here, who like this sounding board or forum. The feedback here is
not scientific, but it was a rather interesting cross-section of opinions which were expressed.
Peace to you all in Jesus Christ, and for those who have an aversion to that, may good luck follow you
in future days.
Regards, Talooga (aka SHAH).
Peace to you too Shah. I've learned a lot from you. You, along with Linguist, are one of my favorite posters. Thanks
and good luck to you as well.
GW........... [Mr. Buckeye] - 09:00pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#84 of 400)
And Duffy.......
We never had sex.
Alas.........
[La Lil'One] - 09:02pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#85 of 400)
And Duffy.......
We never had sex.
Alas
...and Columbus and Cincinnati are so close. Pity.
(there sure seemed to be a funky little buckeye contingent here...me and Tirebiter from Dayton, Mr B from Cols,
McDuff from Cincy, and crazy Paul K from Toledo (and I think one or two others).
WANTED: Double jointed blonde with no gag reflex! [Blackricco] - 09:03pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#86 of 400)
Not so fast there, Buckaroo...
Robbie, TreeTop, and I had a very interesting discussion on the serial comma just last month!*G*
So this is it? Who woulda thunk it? [fred69] - 09:06pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#87 of 400)
Although I have only been here about a year and I don't often post as much as I'd like to.
Work doesn't leave me much Internet time.
I've enjoyed cybermeeting you guys.
[Bear Armstrong] - 09:07pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#88 of 400)
GW, I'm beginning to think you've never had sex.
No, this isn't an offer.
GW........... [Mr. Buckeye] - 09:09pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#89 of 400)
Bear: You're wrong.
I've had sex at least 5 times.
I remember the first time I ever had sex. Boy, was I scared.......
I was all alone.
[La Lil'One] - 09:09pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#90 of 400)
Bear, Bear, Bear...tsk tsk ;)
Do crack, get the pen; do powder, get 1600 Penn. [Mark_pacof1] - 09:10pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#91 of 400)
there sure seemed to be a funky little buckeye contingent here...me and Tirebiter from Dayton
Me too, born and raised in Dayton. I got better, though (kidding!).
[La Lil'One] - 09:16pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#92 of 400)
"Me too, born and raised in Dayton. I got better, though (kidding!)."
Oh Noooo!
(Im not a native)
[Duffy] - 09:22pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#93 of 400)
And Duffy.......
We never had sex.
Alas.........
You know, it's funny you say that because JUST this morning I was thinking "you know, I never did have sex with GW
- What has this world come to?"
Here's one last pic of me *sniff* I'm sad (NOT..lol)
Picture
My mom is on the left. Good pic of us. Kari says that I should cherish those moments for when she's not around years
from now. I wanted to say "Kari, don't say that!!" :-)
And GW, all those threads you started made me laugh. I would see some people getting mad and it would just crack me
up because your threads were so silly.
...and Columbus and Cincinnati are so close. Pity.
lol
(there sure seemed to be a funky little buckeye contingent here...me and Tirebiter from Dayton, Mr B
from Cols, McDuff from Cincy, and crazy Paul K from Toledo (and I think one or two others).
Yeah Paul is from Ohio. I had forgotten. I remember when he first came, I would start practicing my Spanish.
Dance as if no one were watching [~Libby~] - 09:29pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#94 of 400)
Like I said in the long ass email I just sent you (lol) You and Kari have been my best friends for a while
now. Thanks. For everything. We've all been through a lot of 'stuff' and I'm glad I always had you 2 to
talk to and to cry to and to lean on. You've been like 'motherly sisters' to me. lol And I love you both.
Awww, I love you too, sweetie. I got your email and will get back to you soon. Yes, we certainly have been through a
lot of "stuff". Some of it good, some not so good. I'm still gonna miss these boards, because of and despite all that has
passed here.
Trevor, thanks for the mention. I've always seen you as a voice of reason. Can't think of any reason why Dave would
have considered banning you. :)
Liz...nice to see you...a lot of memories, eh? *sigh* I remember the "Ellen" thread..it was a good one! I also remember
when you were starting about four or five highly controversial threads almost everyday! Those were the good times.
*G*
[La Lil'One] - 09:35pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#95 of 400)
Paul K was something else...I recall him going off about that Masonic home in Springfield as being some sort of
conspiracy center....was he serious? Or just skipped his lithium for that day?
He knew his Spanish, though.
Whoever "they" are, they OWE me. [Rebel Rebel] - 09:38pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#96 of 400)
Here's a clone (of sorts) of TOL:
Not TOL
I built it a few months back, when it looked like this place might go down the tubes.
It's got a pain-in-the-ass first-time signup and login, but then you never have to log in again, which is kind of cool.
It's also got other neat stuff - check it out!
Evolution - The Greatest Story Ever Told... [BrujaVerde] - 09:43pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#97 of 400)
Babump... That was the sound of my gut hitting the floor.
This is too sad, this is not fair, this is really the only place in all of cyberspace I spend anytime. I have no time for
chat rooms, but I have time for you guys.
I'm shocked, we will scatter like the wind, and never see each other again! \ 8O
[jetfuel] - 09:45pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#98 of 400)
It's too bad this place is closing. :-(
Unlike many of you who have computers at work, I do not. So my time here is after hours and on weekends.
I have been able to have conversations here that would be totally impossible amongst my very dear friends in the
real world. I have learned alot of things here and feel I have an appreciation of where the American Nation(seperate
from the government) is today.
It's been fun. Peace to you all.
[Duffy] - 09:47pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#99 of 400)
Greenie,
I was just about to wish you, and your babies, and your hubby all the best. I hope you can work things out. You seem
like such a dear person and I always enjoyed reading over some of your gossip. LOL (I remember that Cybersex thread
you started last year - that was interesting)
I pray that your friend and her child (the one that is sick) will be ok too. (How are they btw?)
Evolution - The Greatest Story Ever Told... [BrujaVerde] - 09:48pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#100 of 400)
Well, I think I came here in late 1995, the '96 election was looming and GW had a thread about Dole "clobbering"
Clinton, LOL!
That is a long time, 6 years, I am really going to miss y'all!!
(for my southern friends)
GOPers define Count the way Clinton defines Sex [ElPrimo] - 09:49pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#101 of 400)
Hey Duffy, I remember several of your threads... wasn't there one about your Breast reduction?.. OL
[Duffy] - 09:50pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#102 of 400)
LOLOLOL
"Pardon me, I've come to see a man about a Tardis" [warpsmith] - 09:51pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#103 of 400)
Folks, I've been lurking on this board for at least three years. I want to thank you all for the insights, the humor, the
anger, and especially the knowledge you've all passed on. You had a bigger audience than you realized. :)
Evolution - The Greatest Story Ever Told... [BrujaVerde] - 09:59pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#104 of 400)
Oh, guys. I think I'm going to cry! Thanks, Duffy.
I guess for reminiscing purposes, I want to thank all of you, everyone, who was so supportive of me when I was going
through infertility, then my pregnancy, then their shaky birth! That is my fondest memory, the love and support I
received from every political corner. That was so important to me.
I really am going to miss here. I took this place for granted! I disappeared for awhile when i was on my maternity
leave, and was so psyched to let you know if I was going for postgraduate work to Europe. I even had a thread title,
"Greenie's ExPatriot Party!" LOL
[Duffy] - 10:00pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#105 of 400)
Primo,
I had to think about that. I started a thread called "The Beauty Myth" last year. I found some of the intro.
Comments about "The Beauty Myth"
'This is for women who believe their thighs are too big, their breasts are too small, their hair is
boring, their skin is flawed, their body is shaped funny, or their clothes are outdated. This month's
column is for women who believe their life would improve if they could lose 15 pounds; if they
could afford contact lenses, that new perfume or anti-cellulite concoction; if they got a nose job, a
face lift, a tummy tuck, etc. This is for women who feel shame or unhappiness when they ponder
some part (or all) of their body. In other words, this is for 99.9% of the women reading it!
Why is it that so many women feel they just don't measure up when it comes to their looks? ...
The issue she is bringing to our attention needs to be addressed by both sexes, for women are not
the only ones being manipulated by the media into feeling insecure and unhappy with themselves.
This book will hopefully spark more discussion and research on how our culture cultivates the
stereotypes of women as sex objects and men as success objects, to the detriment of all of us.'
How harmful can the pursuit of good looks and sexiness be?
I did mention my surgery there. It was only approved because it was considered a 'medical
necessity' but it was also for cosmetic reasons. I think most women who've had that surgery
approved as a 'medical necessity' would agree it's partly for cosmetic reasons.
I will miss all of you, really!!! [BrujaVerde] - 10:04pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#106 of 400)
That was a good thread, Duffy.
I am thinking about so many good threads! There was a time when we had a battle for cyberparties here. I remember
dancing with Duh in a long red dress, and having a Halloween party with Armyman, Bricklayer, and Kadien. And I
drew a cheesy picture for OJ, Sherrie, Kadian, and Ol Perf., about our "ship o0f liberal destruction."
Those were good times! I think I even remember when then when the Rumpus Room was started. It was in response to
the "Liberal Laff Lounge," (where Dusty and I were dancing) which didn't last!
Typical left-wing disorganization. LOL!
I will miss all of you, really!!! [BrujaVerde] - 10:06pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#107 of 400)
My first friends on the boards, Tony Keuber, (wish you all the best my friend), Don (glad we are in touch, especially
now!), Isis, may your Goddess within keep you strong, OJ - a man who lives up to his madness! Sherrie, you are a sister,
dear. And GW, I will miss you, Mr. Ohio!!
[Duffy] - 10:10pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#108 of 400)
Awww, I love you too, sweetie. I got your email and will get back to you soon.
Oh no problem. I know the emails are hard to get into sometimes. (especially that long one I sent lol)
But I got the reply to my short one. :-)
Yes, we certainly have been through a lot of "stuff". Some of it good, some not so good.
Yep, and we got through it all. And that's the most important. You and Kariann are angels. :-)
"The Truth is the Highest thing a Man can Keep" [Shroom] - 10:14pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#109 of 400)
Duffy...
Now just what when am I gonna be able to harrass you about JJ's kneepads? *G*
GOPers define Count the way Clinton defines Sex [ElPrimo] - 10:16pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#110 of 400)
You started many good threads Duffy... but it is not just women. I know a guy who had his ears moved back. And look
at all the wigs and Rogaine that men buy. And men get persecuted for their size as well.
However, I think women must bear the brunt of cruelty is this area. Look at the jokes they tell about Janet Reno. At
least men can often overcome this looks thing with power and money.
[Duffy] - 10:17pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#111 of 400)
And Shroom, when am I going to be able to tell you to stuff those kneepads down your throat? Along with your 'girl
scouts in prison' thread LOL :-)
[Duffy] - 10:21pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#112 of 400)
Tony!!! LOLOLOL
Take down my email. duffy246@yahoo.com
Primo, that's one of the ones I use now. You take it down too!!! :-) Accessible from anywhere in the world. LOL
I remember when I first emailed you. That was so funny.
Michael_H is really Dave! [Lookinglassman 777] - 10:22pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#113 of 400)
TIME AND BUSH SUCKS!
Is Our Children Posting? [N. Tufnel] - 10:26pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#114 of 400)
I remember teaching GWashington how to recognize humor back in 1996 (sigh). Prior to that, he was absolutely
flummoxed by anything remotely funky.
Back then; my handle was "EC". Oregon Jim and I were big on references to Phyllis Schlafly and Ralph Reed.
Dittophile was Rush Limbaugh s lover and Top Ten lists ruled the day.
I slowly explained to GW the meaning and purpose of things like irony and sarcasm, et cetera.
Jump to a few months ago. The first day I came back to Pathfinder I found old Gwash giving someone the same lecture
I gave him five years earlier. The tears welled up in my eyes as I realized that I had touched someone s life in such an
important way.
"My little Gwashington is all grown up now." I said.
"Fly, Gwash! Fly!"
[Duffy] - 10:26pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#115 of 400)
Thanks Greenie/Primo. I did enjoy that thread too. It was fun.
LGM
YOU ARE GOING TO HELL!
[Duffy] - 10:28pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#116 of 400)
Oh and GW,
I STILL recommend that movie called "Saved the last dance" It may be out of the theaters now, but I hope you see it
when it comes out on video! :-)
GW........... [Mr. Buckeye] - 10:28pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#117 of 400)
Greenie: You'll always be my favorite witch.
Duffy: Nice pic. We could still have sex.
Bill Russell: Are you going to be a horse's patoot to the very end?
lookingglassman: No one over here appreciates you. They would have to go to the Faith board to appreciate your
manic humor.
Is Our Children Posting? [N. Tufnel] - 10:33pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#118 of 400)
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GW........... [Mr. Buckeye] - 10:28pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#122 of 122) Greenie: You'll always be my favorite
witch.
Duffy: Nice pic. We could still have sex.
Bill Russell: Are you going to be a horse's patoot to the very end?
lookingglassman: No one over here appreciates you. They would have to go to the Faith board to
appreciate your manic humor.
atta boy.
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"There's a rat under my bed, and there's a little yellow man in my head..." [hoeker] - 10:35pm Mar 19,
2001 EST (#119 of 400)
Do tell...
[Excepcional Africana-Hombre] - 10:24pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#118 of 120)
I would say I'm going to miss this place but I would be lying. I feel victorious.
Victorious about what? That you outlived a bulletin board in cyberspace? What an extremely insipid triumph.
You're a moron, Tony...a racist fool of a hateful bigot. I have never seen one redeeming message posted by you in any
of your identities.
GW........... [Mr. Buckeye] - 10:35pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#120 of 400)
Bill Russell: I've got what all black women want.
A big......................................
GW........... [Mr. Buckeye] - 10:35pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#121 of 400)
heart.
Ted Kennedy-a great senator but a lousy date [u16girl] - 10:36pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#122 of 400)
Well,I know I've had my differences with various people on these boards.For the most part I can forgive people's
quirks.
This place has been a blast.I've enjoyed all the different incarnations of the Rumpus Room and all the interesting
conversations that were had on the Night Owl thread(Duffy,Kari,Red,Libby,et al know what I'm talking about. *g*)
pretty much anything was game for discussion on there.
I'd love to stay in touch with you guys.My email is:
katerskater@hotmail.com
[Duffy] - 10:45pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#123 of 400)
This place has been a blast.I've enjoyed all the different incarnations of the Rumpus Room and all the
interesting conversations that were had on the Night Owl thread(Duffy,Kari,Red,Libby,et al know what
I'm talking about. *g*) pretty much anything was game for discussion on there.
Yep, we've had fun there! With Sonybabe and Edrie as well. Very interesting conversations. :-)
Greenie: You'll always be my favorite witch.
What about Samantha? Can Greenie wiggle her nose and make things happen like Sam did? :-)
Duffy: Nice pic. We could still have sex.
LOL
Well, let's get it on! :-)
Actually, you have a very nice pic as well. I never got into soccer though. My dad loves it. He was glued to the set
during the World Cup. It was alright actually. If I watch any sport, it's usually basketball. I used to love watching
Jordan play. I saw an article on Salon yesterday that says he's thinking of coming back?? Is that true?
I will miss all of you, really!!! [BrujaVerde] - 10:47pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#124 of 400)
What about Samantha? Can Greenie wiggle her nose and make things happen like Sam did? :-)<
Well, I could wiggle my ass, and it works just as well! LOL
GW........... [Mr. Buckeye] - 10:49pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#125 of 400)
greenie: That would make things happen, all right........
LOL!!!!
[Duffy] - 10:50pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#126 of 400)
LOL Greenie!
Duffy, you're offering yourself to an albino mutant and not an African King like myself?
LOL, Ok you come by at midnight for dessert. LOL
Silly
The Shrub, from CO2, to see you later [Ferret Mike] - 10:51pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#127 of 400)
I never have and never will use anything that has anything to do with AOL.
Mergers do this, creation of a homogenized product is AOL's forte. They fucking suck for doing this.
The lack of asking for input from us sucks.
The patronization of such a goodbye makes me feel like they think they are merely fumigating the walls for fucking
cockroaches.
The President of AOL can kiss my father fucking hairy white ass, the shitbrained fucking bastard.
"There's a rat under my bed, and there's a little yellow man in my head..." [hoeker] - 10:52pm Mar 19,
2001 EST (#128 of 400)
Big Toe...
King of the Pygmys.
Ted Kennedy-a great senator but a lousy date [u16girl] - 11:02pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#129 of 400)
Duffy,I just had a brainwave.I sent you an email earlier and another idea *just* occured to me-something that I think
would be a lot of fun for us Night Owl refugees. Email me back and I'll tell you what it is =)
Les personnes faibles ne peuvent tre sinc¿res. [surferchicklet] - 11:06pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#130 of 400)
Mike... It's not good to hold things in like that... tell us how you really feel.... *s*
Well, going to miss some of you (you know who you are)... and just as soon never *see* some others (and you probably
know who you are) again...
Have a good one folks...
GOPers define Count the way Clinton defines Sex [ElPrimo] - 11:08pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#131 of 400)
'Well, I could wiggle my ass, and it works just as well! '
LOL... I don't doubt it for a minute. It could probably raise the dead... (not that I'm talking about anyone in particular
:-)
[Duffy] - 11:11pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#132 of 400)
Ok U16,
I almost called you Kt. I have to email the other Kt (KT9/Purewine). She doesn't come around that much anymore.
She's getting married next year! (If you haven't heard)
I'm getting to that email.
[Duffy] - 11:21pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#133 of 400)
U16,
I didn't get it. But some message came up that said my account can't be accessed and try again in 10 minutes. So... try to
send it again in a few minutes. Maybe it went down for a few minutes.
[Duffy] - 11:55pm Mar 19, 2001 EST (#134 of 400)
Well it's more than that yahoo account. I think the server may be down. Oh well. It'll probably work later.
[natrona] - 12:01am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#135 of 400)
bye, all.
Ted Kennedy-a great senator but a lousy date [u16girl] - 12:14am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#136 of 400)
Well,I'll just tell you-and anyone who's interested-they don't have to be Night Owls-that I started a list for us!
Les personnes faibles ne peuvent tre sinc¿res. [surferchicklet] - 12:18am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#137 of 400)
I've been checking these out the last few weeks... http://community.cnn.com/cgi-bin/WebX?13@@ ...
Dave... is CNN/ Time connected and will the CNN boards go away as well?
[Duffy] - 12:22am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#138 of 400)
Thanks U16, I'll take a look.
For all that I gave that yahoo email, if it doesn't work in the future, try mcduffy@mail.com
Ted Kennedy-a great senator but a lousy date [u16girl] - 12:28am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#139 of 400)
argh,I couldn't post that link-do a search for "night owls" and it should come up.
BTW,I'm the list moderator,which means I approve who gets on the list.You're approved already =)
No real rules.Anything goes.I like a list that's fairly rule-free,Following the example of one list I'm on though: no
spamming with relgious or poltical stuff.That's the only rule!
Yeah, I'm not really here...... [Crimson] - 12:37am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#140 of 400)
Well hell.
.
hell
hell
.
Hell...
They're selling postcards of the hanging... [DaveGin] - 12:42am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#141 of 400)
Pretty much sums up my feelings as well, Crimson.
[Blue Lime] - 12:48am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#142 of 400)
Geez.
I've met such a lot of nice folks here.
And, damn it all, I'll be travelling and won't be able to be on the boards again until the 28th.
There's no time tonight to even begin to say proper goodbyes to so many people.
Please, before you guys leave, make sure to leave a prominent thread about where everybody's going. Like somebody
said, today's just too soon...
:(
Yeah, I'm not really here...... [Crimson] - 12:54am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#143 of 400)
Ya know, I don't think I can do this again. Join a community like this. I'm not much of a 'joiner', or I'm shy, or I'm
just plain weird...whatever. (I just stumbled into this place to start with.) But I don't know that I can....or maybe I'm
just too old to start over again.
But I'd come here and at least read when I was feelin' a bit blue, or feel a bit of the hermit coming on. I was like
reading one loooong continual book with such a great cast of characters.
And I shall miss it (and you all) very much.
[_Me_] - 12:58am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#144 of 400)
Liz...nice to see you...a lot of memories, eh? *sigh* I remember the "Ellen" thread..it was a good one! I
also remember when you were starting about four or five highly controversial threads almost
everyday! Those were the good times. *G*
Yeah, a lot of memories. My favorites are the ones with good friends, and the ones where I learned to respect someone
I previously disliked. It was a good place in its heyday.
I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night... [The mighty Red] - 01:02am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#145 of 400)
EEP!!
I Just get back from vacation and what do I find out?
Ick.
They're selling postcards of the hanging... [DaveGin] - 01:04am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#146 of 400)
You got two weeks left, Red. Make them count.
We're all looking for a home like orphans in the storm. Any ideas?
[lara croft] - 01:07am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#147 of 400)
My house is available.
Plenty of room, cheery atmosphere in a quite cul-de-sac; a fully stocked bar, a fish pond for sitting near in the
evenings, listening to the water falling while sipping wine or scotch, smoking fine cigars and laughing about
nothing, laughing about everything, all the while playing in the background is fine 70s rock.
All your base are belong to us. [Ken Stammerman] - 01:08am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#148 of 400)
I predicted this about 2 months ago... remember when I asked 'where will we go?" (ElP)
Yep. I suspected it was coming by then as well. Once EW went, the other TW boards were likely to follow. No free
lunches, that's one thing Freidman was right about.
All your base are belong to us. [Ken Stammerman] - 01:18am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#149 of 400)
I know me and Ken Stammerman used to post on Louisville.com, but I dropped after they became
dominated by flamey right wingers, lost their moderator, and they changed their format.(LLO)
Likewise.
A small outfit like Louisville.com does not have the resources to maintain full-time sysops to block the rightie flames
which disrupt so many online boards. I left that place after gunnies (Kentucky is full of them) started wishing gun
violence on my family. Since I am one of the early adaptors who uses his real name, those guys knew where I lived.
A larger organization like AOL/TW, OTOH, tends to have hierarchies which measure each corporate activity against
the bottom line. That's their strength and their weakness.
Dance as if no one were watching [~Libby~] - 01:44am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#150 of 400)
Crimson, I will miss you. We fought the dragons together many times. Laughed about our "twin lives"...lol. Wherever
everyone ends up (and looks like it might be various places) it will never be quite the same. I wish you the best. Drop
me an email now again, will ya? :)
Yeah, I'm not really here...... [Crimson] - 01:47am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#151 of 400)
I will, Libby. You're in my address book. I just can't imagine arguing on a women's issue topic without you there too.
If you find an interesting 'fight' out there somewhere, drop me a line, and I'll peek in (fer ol' time's sake). ;)
Dance as if no one were watching [~Libby~] - 01:59am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#152 of 400)
If you find an interesting 'fight' out there somewhere, drop me a line, and I'll peak in (fer ol' time's
sake). ;)
I will, Crimson. I will. *G*
[kariannhopes] - 05:14am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#153 of 400)
For me, the MOST interesting topics on the Politics threads have been about MUSIC!!!
There are so many knowledgeable people here! I especially enjoyed the "Jazz" thread and the "Napster" thread! Plus, it
gave me and others a chance to put away the labels RWW and LWW. Just lovers of music--the best kind of people!
Yes, I have learned a lot from the political threads and made some friends along the way. I also enjoyed Red's "Night
Owls" threads!
Bush stole the election fair and square.. [lucky085] - 06:30am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#154 of 400)
I will miss these boards, but I'm a little confused as to the reasoning behind getting rid of them.
The Shrub, from CO2, to see you later [Ferret Mike] - 06:37am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#155 of 400)
Greed. It doesn't serve AOL's bottom line. Hopefully enough hackers and crackers can and wil make their cyper life
miserable and cost them alot of money.
We may be vulnerable, but I assure you, so are they.
Tim [twillard] - 07:30am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#156 of 400)
TOL is pulling the plug.
Now I'm depressed.
This is worse than when they got rid of wabbit and I fled to the ancient sites for--what--all of three days before
coming back.
[BillCostley] - 07:47am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#157 of 400)
Q: R @ll bo@rds in @ll c@tegories being discontinued?
[Maggie345] - 07:49am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#158 of 400)
March 31st at 11:59pm everyone saying their good byes and crying and then just as the boards are about to go down
Dave jumps in and types "APRIL FOOLS"!! oh the joy! oh the tears of happiness, halleluyah praise the Lord we've been
saved!!
Okay so maybe that not what's going to happen but I can dream can't I?
"The Truth is the Highest thing a Man can Keep" [Shroom] - 07:50am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#159 of 400)
Maggie,
Don't we all wish that would happen....
Tim [twillard] - 07:51am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#160 of 400)
Bill--y[$
Herb [knitknee] - 07:57am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#161 of 400)
For my usual mind-numbingly pedantic analysis of this tragedy, try ...
herb_and_otis@email.com
Meanwhile, Cousin Otis asked me to pass along these trenchant thoughts ...
THIS BITES THE BIG ONE!
Susan [sjscruby] - 08:05am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#162 of 400)
Thank you, Duffy. You have, indeed, grown up a lot *gggg* in the time you have been here---some of it was probably
forced on you. It's amazing what a year or two of maturity will do, huh?? Take care of yourself.
I'm collecting email addresses as I see them. I will reallllly miss so many people here. I started with TSMS on TOL on
AOL, followed to CIS, and then to PF. This has been a part of my life for so long (as have so many of you), that I really
can't imagine internet life without it (and you).
Susan [sjscruby] - 08:08am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#163 of 400)
Linguist, thanx for the memories---I have always enjoyed reading you. ;)
[Jesse's girl] - 08:16am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#164 of 400)
Thoughts from a newbie - I found this board in 2000:
Go to a coffee shop, corner bar or barber shop and you'll often see a group of retired men sitting around jawing
comfortably with each other about the issues of the day. Sometimes the conversation focuses on serious political
policy, sometimes on whether the Reds shoulda paid so much for so-and-so.
Where in non-net life we're separated by geography, gender, sexual orientation, etc., here we can all pull up a chair
and join the conversation. The women aren't subtly segregated to the beauty parlor gossip, a guy who doesn't follow
sports doesn't have to bluff it just to fit in with the other guys in the office. To this day I don't know whether La Lil
One is a man or a woman, but I sure had fun on his/her Halloween thread and funny posts about being stuck in
Dayton. :->
[FAUFORDE] - 08:24am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#165 of 400)
Crimson writes:
But I'd come here and at least read when I was feelin' a bit blue, or feel a bit of the hermit coming on. I was like
reading one loooong continual book with such a great cast of characters.
Last night, lying in bed, I was thinking about this place, and thought the same thing. This place was/is like a good
book you don't want to put down.
You love all the characters, good/evil, antagonist/protagonist, you follow the plot lines, the sub plots. Some of them
keep your interest and some aren't as interesting.
And when you reach the last page, where it says "The End", you're a little sad for having to leave all those charaters
and all their "humanism".
And that's how I feel. Like I'm very near the end of a really great book that I don't want to end.
Susan [sjscruby] - 08:33am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#166 of 400)
Welcome home, Red, pretty sad, huh?? ;(
Susan [sjscruby] - 08:38am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#167 of 400)
Agreed, Fauforde. *sigh*
Power is the only Issue--Isn't it Obvious! [Lucque] - 08:46am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#168 of 400)
I was was well on my way to developing a self-generating energy source when I discovered Pathfinder.
I got distracted and today we have an energy crisis.
Back to work.
Susan [sjscruby] - 08:49am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#169 of 400)
Another possibility. It DOES have a nice News Feed link section built in. You can join or start an "open" board, or you
can join or start a "limited" board. Here is an Open Board that was started, but which has no discussion yet. It doesn't
have the traffic you can generate at a place like this, or CNN, etc...
GW........... [Mr. Buckeye] - 09:00am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#170 of 400)
Would somebody see if they can get Mel Fayard to come back for the final days?
He's such a crotchety old bastard, though, it'd be just like him to say no.
How about JCIL? BOK (Bearer of Knowledge)? Reinheit?
Anton [Anton] - 09:00am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#171 of 400)
March 31st?
Geezus!
Which of the twelve steps is "making amends"?
OK. Start with buckeye, GW.
I am sorry I offended you, but it was all in fun.
You do believe that don't you?
Let's see, who else?
March 31st? So little time. So much forgiveness to beg!
Today is the first day of the rest of my life. [geogent] - 09:26am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#172 of 400)
Fauforde, re your post #167, Amen!!
This place and reading fiction are my two primary sources of entertainment, especially in the winters like this past
one in NH.
I've read some of the most humerous exchanges and one liners in these threads. They would make a sell-out routine
for a stand-up comic.
My thanks to many who have contributed to my education over the past 5-6 years. While I've disagreed with some on
various issues, that disagreement forced me to do research and become somewhat more enlightened than I was when
I started out here.
Someone mentioned that being here was like sitting around with a group of friends and acquaintances and discussing
the issue of the moment. I couldn't have stated it better.
I've often wondered. I'll be 73 come April 28. Am I the 'senior citizen'?
I've been saving the e-mail and site links that have been posted thus far and have the fond hope that I'll meet you all
again at some 'place'.
For anyone interested, my e-mail is richard236@aol.com.
Needless to say, I'll be around on March 31.
Besides, I haven't finished collecting all that Social Security owes me.
Dick H
GW........... [Mr. Buckeye] - 09:29am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#173 of 400)
anton: Apology accepted.
I also apologize to any left-wing wackos I may have inadvertently offended by exposing their idiocies,
rationalizations, and lies.
GW........... [Mr. Buckeye] - 09:30am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#174 of 400)
Just kidding, liberal friends.
I love you all.
Civilized Societies Are Easily Conquered [Q] - 09:31am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#175 of 400)
"Besides, I haven't finished collecting all that Social Security owes me."
- Then plan on living to a 103.
- I just wanted to mention that Dick has always been one of my favorite posters. I can only hope I have such a bright
mind when I reach his age.
- Good luck to you and yours.
Q
Proud "First Time Poppa" as of 2/3/01... [guy montag] - 09:38am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#176 of 400)
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anton [Anton] - 09:40am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#177 of 400)
I am weeping uncontrollably!
Who did this - AOL?
They want us all to go there!
All this happened after AOL took over.
Peter Cammann [streamline] - 09:42am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#178 of 400)
Calm, Jay. Calm.
Go to the Rumpus Room and have a slice of coffee.
"There's a rat under my bed, and there's a little yellow man in my head..." [hoeker] - 09:42am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#179 of 400)
Yup!
Susan [sjscruby] - 09:58am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#180 of 400)
ROFL---hmmmmmmmmm...wonder if THAT one will last???
But I agree with the sentiment, Jay!
Dick, thanx for posting your email. I am trying to collect as many as I can. ;)
Breaking up is hard to do [FAUFORDE] - 09:58am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#181 of 400)
It's hard, isn't it Guy?
I know. But, we'll find a new place to bitch and moan...really we will. Hang in there.
Breaking up is hard to do [FAUFORDE] - 09:58am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#182 of 400)
Finnis4@hotmail.com
Fundamentalist Hindu Pentacostal Sufi of the Kabalistic Order of Atheist Shamans [Nigel] - 10:00am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#183 of 400)
AOL fucks up damn near everything it touches. They unleashed clueless users with a POS newsreader on Usenet. They
destroyed Netscape. ICQ gets worse with each release as they slowly incorporate advertising into it. Winamp is the
only thing they haven't yet ruined, and it's probably only a matter of time.
GW........... [Mr. Buckeye] - 10:02am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#184 of 400)
gw_17@hotmail.com
A chicken is an egg's way of producing more eggs [kchuck] - 10:05am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#185 of 400)
kcjones@yahoo.com
All of life is a blur of Republicans and meat! [TireBiter] - 10:08am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#186 of 400)
OilemFirchen@hotmail.com
Proud "First Time Poppa" as of 2/3/01... [guy montag] - 10:08am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#187 of 400)
Susan
ROFL---hmmmmmmmmm...wonder if THAT one will last???
Dunno... What are they going to do? BAN me???
[bite my tongue, bite my tongue, OUCH!]
Fauforde
It's hard, isn't it Guy?
It sucks. It feels like I've been sucker-punched in the stomach.
I'm serious. I didn't feel this hurt when I lost my job, fer crissakes. Jobs come and go. You people are wonderful, and
I'm afraid that I'll lose touch with you...
guy743@yahoo.com
I know. But, we'll find a new place to bitch and moan...really we will. Hang in there.
I hope so. Note the address above. Feel free to use it.
And that goes for anyone, and I mean anyone, that wants to drop me a line...
I will miss all of you, really!!! [BrujaVerde] - 10:14am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#188 of 400)
Well, going to miss some of you (you know who you are)... and just as soon never *see* some others
(and you probably know who you are) again... N
Same here! I was thinking of this tragedy all night. I will miss so many of you, I can't think of everyone's names but
a few come to mind: Libby, Ms.Robbie, Duffy, Cajun and Crimson (we go so way back!), Duh and Jolly Ollie,
Surferchicklet (kisses to Chickleta); Shroom, Ferret Mike, Cooter, Wardaddy, even you, BikerThug.
I guess Mike is right, AOL is trying to herd us somewhere else.
sniff* But it won't ever be the same. You can't create a community that easily, it took a long time to be what we are
over here.
Even though this last election totally sucked, and seemed to bring out the worse in everyone, and Russell is so proud
that his efforts to destroy everyone's fun have met with such stellar success, I still think this place had a "small town"
quality, that made me feel that, even if I was away for awhile, I could come back here to find my friends.
Oh, How I wish we had had one of those great in-face parties we always talked about!
Cyberspace is too big, this witch will never find you all, still can't get the broom to fly too well, out there!
sniff sniff*
Fundamentalist Hindu Pentacostal Sufi of the Kabalistic Order of Atheist Shamans [Nigel] - 10:28am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#189 of 400)
I guess Mike is right, AOL is trying to herd us somewhere else.
There's no doubt in my mind that the new Time-Warner-AOL entity wants to slim down their operations, and since
AOL already has a large established message board system populated by paying customers the obvious thing to do is
get rid of the freebie message board supported by shrinking advertising revenue. And, no doubt, they would love to
herd us all into becoming paying AOL users.
Herb [knitknee] - 10:28am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#190 of 400)
"The folks at TIME Online are in the process of looking for other means for a sense of community to
continue. "
Dave ... does this have anything to do with that rumor about Bill Clinton opening up a chat room? LOL!
Breaking up is hard to do [FAUFORDE] - 10:32am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#191 of 400)
And, no doubt, they would love to herd us all into becoming paying AOL users.
Over my sputtering and smoking hardrive...
Breaking up is hard to do [FAUFORDE] - 10:34am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#192 of 400)
Guy -
I'm trying to save as many email adds as possible. If I find out anything, I'll let everyone on the list know....
Some poor unsuspecting Bulletin Board is going to find themselves overflowing with TOL Refugees....hehehehe. This
COULD be kinda fun, when you think about it.....
Breaking up is hard to do [FAUFORDE] - 10:34am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#193 of 400)
Finnis4@hotmail.com
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! [guy montag] - 10:36am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#194 of 400)
And, no doubt, they would love to herd us all into becoming paying AOL users.
I'll drive a goddamn Ryder truck full of fertilizer through their HQ before I give those slimy bastards a dime.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! [guy montag] - 10:39am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#195 of 400)
Fauforde
I'm trying to save as many email adds as possible. If I find out anything, I'll let everyone on the list
know....
Feel free to drop a line anytime...
Some poor unsuspecting Bulletin Board is going to find themselves overflowing with TOL
Refugees....hehehehe. This COULD be kinda fun, when you think about it.....
HEY!!!
We could become like a roving gang of gypsy posters, roaming from BBS to BBS, flitting from newsgroups to
chatrooms... Heh heh heh... the possibilities are endless...
[Talooga] - 10:44am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#196 of 400)
>But Shah...you are one of the ones from whom I learned so much. We went down many paths together.
I loved every minute of it. You are a dear, sweet person and I'll never forget you.<
Libby, I have learned a great deal from you as well. And I know you love people, which is what turned me on to the
things you had to say. BTW, Mike is doing fine, and I'm sure the next Black woman he brings home will be ready for
his parents (so will he). ;)
Feel free to email me anytime, and let me know (via the same) if you find any other great boards. Perhaps, someone
can start a topic about where all of us addicts and semi-addicts can meet again. :)
Please stay in touch Libby.
Peace/love, SHAH
Breaking up is hard to do [FAUFORDE] - 10:48am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#197 of 400)
I like the way you think Guy!
Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves, we hear it from the Freepers in Town they call us....
3/31/01-Tear the goalposts down, boyz! [babblingbrook] - 10:53am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#198 of 400)
Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves, we hear it from the Freepers in Town they call us....
lololo...it appeals to my *Irish*....a tinker's life for me...
full of sound and fury and signifying greatness... [ashcan] - 10:58am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#199 of 400)
Well, damnit all to Hell!
...this really blows chunks!!!...this place means so much to me...even if I only come past to lurk for fifteen minutes,
the boards have been a daily part of my life for the past three years!...
...Guy, GW, OJ, Libby, Duffy, Nessus, Tire Biter, Rocket Man, Hardigan, Fauforde, Hank, Lucky, Vulgus,
Babblingbrook, and so many others are the reasons I came back...some of you taught me things, some of you pissed
me off, and some of you are just plain loco; yet it all came together and formed a community that I'm really going to
miss--more than I thought would ever be possible...
...I apologize to all those whom I was nasty to--I did it to bring you to a plane of higher understanding and
elightenment...
:~)
...seriously, though, I love you all...may Peace and good blessings always find their way in to your lives...
...for anyone who cares: anrjr@excite.com...
Truly yours,
Alvin Richardson (Ash)
[Talooga] - 11:01am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#200 of 400)
Names I'll certainly remember:
Libby, Tony, Laura, Hank (Panama), RobNY, David (The Noble Savage), Vulgus, Doug McCollough, .....
These come to mind for now. I'll add them, as I remember more.
Breaking up is hard to do [FAUFORDE] - 11:09am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#201 of 400)
Awwww ashcan, I'll miss you too....at least until we find the Next Bulletin Board. Which we will.
3/31/01-Tear the goalposts down, boyz! [babblingbrook] - 11:18am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#202 of 400)
Ash...I'll miss you too. Thing is, I'm gonna miss the antagonists almost as much as the protagonists...<G>...truth is, there
are folks here I never interacted with who still caught my interest and who made me think or look more deeply into
issues...
baycitybabe@hotmail.com...in case anyone wants to let me know about any *invasion* plans...or just say *hi*.
HELP! Gore Lost. Now tell me what to think! [MindlessDemocrat] - 11:25am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#203 of 400)
What are we brainwashed LWW freaks going to do??!!
First the CoffeeCam and now this. I don't know where I'll go to regurgitate what I saw on the mainstream media the
night before!
get off this, get on with it. If you want to change the world, shut your mouth and start this minute [RobNY34] - 11:29am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#204 of 400)
This is sad. For me, this board has been the one constant over the last 7 years or so, in a online world filled with
constant changes.
I am trying to remember the very first time I posted here, and how I even stumbled across this board....to be honest, I
can't. All I can remember is lots and lots of arguements, going all the way back to "Mel". Boy, he was a treat. ;)
I believe I first found this board back sometime around the '94 midterm elections. I could be wrong, but, it was
sometime around then.
These boards were especially meaningful to me when I was coming to grips with my sexuality. I stumbled onto these
boards right about the same time I was going through my "coming out" process. It allowed me a chance to write out
my thoughts and feelings during a time when many of my thoughts and feelings were a big jumbled mess.
Writing, for me, has always been the best way for me to get my thoughts straight and to think through an issue.
These boards gave me an entertaining way to do that. I will miss that.
I consider myself of the "old-timer" group here. There are a good handful of us still around. Those are the folks I've
gotten used to seeing and agreeing with or battling with over the years. Those will be the folks I miss.
These boards have been a great way for me to think through my positions on a whole range of issues, and many times
to force myself to REthink my positions on a whole range of issues. Since 1994, and due in part to these baords, my
beliefs and thoughts have changed. Probably more to me getting older than anything else, but I came in here a
20something year old idealistic liberal, and I leave a 36 yr old somewhat jaded, somewhat more conservative liberal. I
know, I know, conservatives pick yourself up the floor and stop laughing. ;) But, it is true.
I'm still a big flaming liberal at heart, but, some of that wide-eyed liberalism has been beaten out of me by life and
experience. But, at the same time, life and experience has also taught me, if you allow yourself to get too jaded, and let
life beat you down too much, what you are left with is a conservative.
We still have several days to go, and I'm sure many more arguements to get through, but just let me take a sec to tell
everyone I wish them the best, and to thank Dave and the guy before him (what was his name...Mark???) for keeping
this insane asylum from going too insane.
Herb [knitknee] - 11:30am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#205 of 400)
I don't know where I'll go to regurgitate what I saw on the mainstream media the night before!
GO HERE
Herb [knitknee] - 11:33am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#206 of 400)
But, at the same time, life and experience has also taught me, if you allow yourself to get too jaded, and let life beat
you down too much, what you are left with is a conservative.
Whew! What a relief!
I thought it was something I ate!
[Jared7] - 11:40am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#207 of 400)
Typical, typical ... Robny emulates fauforde and ignores my memory thread. GW must be cuter than me or
something:-(
J
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! [guy montag] - 11:46am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#208 of 400)
Fauforde
I like the way you think Guy! Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves, we hear it from the Freepers in Town they
call us....
Heh heh heh...
I like this...
Let's see just how much damage we can do... They'll reinstate PF just to keep the internet safe from us...
[Talooga] - 11:48am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#209 of 400)
>and to thank Dave and the guy before him (what was his name...Mark???) for keeping this insane
asylum from going too insane.<
Ditto!
get off this, get on with it. If you want to change the world, shut your mouth and start this minute [RobNY34] - 11:49am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#210 of 400)
Jared??
I didn't understand your last post.
Aren't you still mad at me for supporting Bill Bradley?? ;)
BTW......TOLD YA SO!!! ;)
I will miss all of you, really!!! [BrujaVerde] - 11:52am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#211 of 400)
but I came in here a 20something year old idealistic liberal, and I leave a 36 yr old somewhat jaded,
somewhat more conservative<
Rob, indeed you are an "old-timer." And I've always admired your positions, and your convictions.
This is a sad day indeed, we've fought some good battle together. I remember when we had 20 or so threads devoted to
gay-bashing and you were one of the Champions!!
get off this, get on with it. If you want to change the world, shut your mouth and start this minute [RobNY34] - 11:53am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#212 of 400)
Jared??
I didn't understand your last post.
Aren't you still mad at me for supporting Bill Bradley?? ;)
BTW......TOLD YA SO!!! ;)
The Compassionate Liberal - Kinder & Gentler [Oregon_Jim] - 11:55am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#213 of 400)
I must have lived a sheltered life - prior to arriving on this board I was not aware that so many people were that
concerned about how other folks expressed their interest in others - I just found/find it bizarre.
I'm hoping that the homophobic element witnessed around here is a minority view.
[BillCostley] - 11:56am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#214 of 400)
{re:#207} I'll definitely miss U [RobNY34] Don't apologize about your liberalism's evolving; everyone's does
acc2their reactions2events. How U vote in 2002/4 will matter as much/more than what U wrote here for/against
others who weren't changed all that much.
[Bobbyc] - 11:57am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#215 of 400)
This was not what I was expecting when I got home form work.
I really did have visions of saving some of our misguided friends from the errors of their ways - but I thought I had a
little more time.
Things have a way of correcting themselves - perhaps even before Dave and Time turn out the lights.
I predict that eventually Hillary will straighten out Bill and he will spend the rest of his career singing the National
Anthem at sporting events as a soprano.
I also predict that we will discover that GW really lost the election but how in the world do you fix that?
I find it interesting that the Christian Right is probably responsible for electing Bush based on their stand on Pro
Life. Yet the Left, with the exception of abortion, is probably closer to traditional Christian values in terms of charity
and forgiveness. (70 X 7 and turn the other cheek doesn't seem to support the death penalty or maintaining an
personal arsenal just in case :-)
I think we owe a special thanks to DUH and her picture emporium - who would have ever guessed that we looked like
that?
get off this, get on with it. If you want to change the world, shut your mouth and start this minute [RobNY34] - 11:58am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#216 of 400)
greeny!
yep, you are one of the "old timers". We had some battles over the years. I'm just glad I was usually on your side. ;)
[Jared7] - 11:59am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#217 of 400)
Yes, rob, I remain *furious* at you, but this time it's for ignoring "my" thread (the Memories Light the Corner of My
Mind thread) and constantly posting your memories on GW's thread. Like I said, I think that you consider GW to be
much cuter than me and I am hurt and emotionally depressed about the whole thang (especially when I haven't
shown up here for months).
J
[cajun] - 11:59am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#218 of 400)
Yes, Duhsty--THANK YOU!
--cajun unhappy
[Talooga] - 11:59am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#219 of 400)
>I'm hoping that the homophobic element witnessed around here is a minority view.<
One thing is for sure: Homosexuals are PEOPLE (just as heterosexuals are), not the monsters and lab rats that some
people try to paint them as.
Peace.
get off this, get on with it. If you want to change the world, shut your mouth and start this minute [RobNY34] - 12:02pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#220 of 400)
J,
ahhhhhhh....ok, now I understand. You have started your own thread devoted to memory lane!!! Sorry, this was the
first one I saw, and I have not even looked at any other thread today.
Me busy working. But, I promise to post some insipid inane post on your thread too!!!
Next election....you must listen to ME! ;)
[BillCostley] - 12:03pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#221 of 400)
{re: #218} I agree w/U completely. [DUH's picture-emporium? I must@missed it.]
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. - Arthur C. Clarke [smartalix] - 12:03pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#222 of 400)
I'll miss you all, even (maybe especially) the ones I don't agree with.
There's always Salon...
I will miss all of you, really!!! [BrujaVerde] - 12:06pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#223 of 400)
B!LL C@stley, I will miss your own special language! :)
[Jared7] - 12:08pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#224 of 400)
Yeah, like Bradley would've won! Sorry, but I have now morphed into the Anti-Jared freeper that I truly am and am
in favour of Timothy McVeigh in the next election!!
Me semi-retired! Work is this evening - I get to play during the day!
J *anxiously awaiting your usual insipid and inane comments*
[kariannhopes] - 12:12pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#225 of 400)
CHECK THIS OUT!
Hi folks! Some of us are going to the Boomers International Board! You might check it out. There
are a variety of topics and I am sure you don't have to be a Baby Boomer to post there.
Unfortunately, Jeri was kicked off the Board yesterday, but there is a Politics Board. I will try to
link this.
http://boomersint.org/discus/
[Cleve] - 12:13pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#226 of 400)
'Bye good Republicans. Hope to catch up with you elsewhere...Dems get over Al taking a part-time teaching job and
support our new president. Greens, may help find you soon.
Adios.
I'm voting for Mr. Roosevelt [Mr. Serious Summer] - 12:14pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#227 of 400)
Well pan rhea or diarrhea or whatever.
I'd just about completed my post-election recovery when they shut the sucker down.
At it's best, this board reminded me of John Dos Passos's USA Trilogy--but even that came to an end.
The difference between this board and any other I've seen was the wide variety of opinions and the balance between
freedom and control.
I'll miss it.
If I don't see y'all around the boards, then it's someday at El Rancho de Suenos.
SeriousSummer@Excite.com
Living well really is the best revenge. [Birdz] - 01:12pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#228 of 400)
There are a lot of people I've fought with, but I do feel bad about having fought with GW. Hey, Bucky, I apologize for
being a snot towards you.
[Jesse's girl] - 01:26pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#229 of 400)
OMG, did anybody else just hear Rush Limbaugh talking about the board closing? He read Dave's message and said he
"knows" it's because (paraphrase) "Nobody goes there because ... the moderator probably keeps conservative views
weeded out."
I'm just quoting, folks. :->
[bc2] - 01:28pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#230 of 400)
When Time dies come on over and check out Grassroots.com
http://disc.grassroots.com/community/bbs/Ultimate.cgi?action=intro
It has a good interface for discussions and links to many organizations.
GW........... [Mr. Buckeye] - 01:29pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#231 of 400)
robny34: It's been a pleasure interacting with you all these years.
We've been on opposite sides of a lot of issues, and on the same side of a number of issues.
And we've had some good interchanges on the sports threads.
My style in recent years has been confrontational and inflammatory, and I think I've gotten you going a few times.
I don't know if you remember, but I used to be the genial host of the Rumpus Room, and I'd abstain from the political
wars and be strictly neutral.
But over time, I found that my true calling was partisan politics, so I abandoned the Rumpus Room, eventually selling
it to Guy Montag. (I burned him on the price....Don't tell him.)
Does anyone remember when I was the genial, non-partisan innkeeper? It seems so long ago.....
The Shrub, from CO2, to see you later [Ferret Mike] - 01:36pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#232 of 400)
No GW, but it would be refreshing if you would stop playing games and go out capitalizing account names of at least
those of us who have asked you to.
GW........... [Mr. Buckeye] - 01:39pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#233 of 400)
Jesus, Mike, you get anal about the stupidest things.
There, I capitalized your name. I don't capitalize names because it's a pain hitting the <shift> key.
birdzeye: It's not a problem.
Pitbull on the pant leg of opportunity [DaveGin] - 01:40pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#234 of 400)
You're a bright and articulate guy, Bucky. And it always seemed to burn some synapse in my frontal lobe to see you
waste in on some of the goddawfullest stupid stuff in the world.
Which is why I would kick you in the knees. That and your whining.
Wait...this is supposed to be a mea culpa...OH hell, give us a big wet one you loveable midwesterner.
[cajun] - 01:43pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#235 of 400)
GW--now where else am I gonna find a loveable ol' Repubba like YOU?! Gonna miss you, hon--unless we all find
ourselves drawn to yet another land of fairy dust and strong libations and hazy memories of the 1960s....
--cajun
Herb [knitknee] - 01:44pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#236 of 400)
I disagree with Dave, GW.
Your talents were wasted on all those touchy-feely efforts at coalition-building.
I like you much better as a fellow Right-Wing Wacko.
get off this, get on with it. If you want to change the world, shut your mouth and start this minute [RobNY34] - 01:45pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#237 of 400)
I gotta say it, when I think of these boards, the first name that pops in my mind is GW. Whop can forget his stunning
predictions! No one could call 'em like GW could. ;)
A good man, who likes to go for the cheap score. ;) And, then again, who doesn't!
Living well really is the best revenge. [Birdz] - 01:45pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#238 of 400)
Bucky - If you don't mind -- I liked you better as a genial conservative.
When I was still just lurking, it was about the time leading up to the Clinton impeachment. Some of your remarks had
me LOLing so hard. The most memorable one was something you said about the Clinton (would you believe I almost
typed that "Clingon?" Freudian slip, no doubt) encounter with Paula Jones. You said something like he was "dangling
the gubernatorial salami."
That was a classic.
The Shrub, from CO2, to see you later [Ferret Mike] - 01:48pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#239 of 400)
Wow GW, I knew you would have it in you to be big.
IT is my real life nickname, and besides, if I can't get anal with you one last time, what am I going to do for memories.
Now at least I have a copy of a typical exchange by us. Think about it.
Now, pose one last time with your old Kewl, longtime Nickname. ;-D
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. - Arthur C. Clarke [smartalix] - 01:59pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#240 of 400)
I think Time will take a credibility hit from this.
The Shrub, from CO2, to see you later [Ferret Mike] - 02:01pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#241 of 400)
I know right now it's hard to want to banter politics on this now lame duck board.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! [guy montag] - 02:09pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#242 of 400)
cajun
GW--now where else am I gonna find a loveable ol' Repubba like YOU?!
Look east.
:)
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. - Arthur C. Clarke
[smartalix] - 02:23pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#243 of 400)
We still need to get together again, Guy.
The Shrub, from CO2, to see you later [Ferret Mike] - 02:25pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#244 of 400)
"Did you write the book of love?
And do you have faith in God above... if the Bible tells you so,
Now, do you believe in rock and roll, can music save your mortal soul, and can you teach me how to dance real slow..."
-Don McLean, American Pie
A song that comes to mind today. :-(
GW........... [Mr. Buckeye] - 02:28pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#245 of 400)
birdz: Thanks for the memory.
That was a great phrase, wasn't it?
"Waggling the gubernatorial salami."
Living well really is the best revenge. [Birdz] - 02:36pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#246 of 400)
Yes, it was, Buckeye. A classic.
And weren't you the instigator of the Gen. Noodlenipper crusade?
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! [guy montag] - 02:38pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#247 of 400)
Alix
We still need to get together again, Guy.
Yes. Yes we do. Even more so, now.
Perhaps a summertime BBQ???
Mike
Don McLean, American Pie A song that comes to mind today. :-(
Dude, you totally read my mind on that one... As soon as I read Dave's intro, American Pie just kept running around in
my head, over and over and over...
"The Truth is the Highest thing a Man can Keep" [Shroom] - 02:57pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#248 of 400)
Well,
I am composing my good-bye post...
It may be four or five posts long by the time I get it put up...
I haven't told my wife yet that these boards are shutting down yet. I don't want her to start planning stuff for me to
do during those newly free hours every day!
I will say this right now tho.
I am really gonna miss alot of you people. Even people that I rarely, if ever agree with, they were always good for a
laugh. *G*
This place going down is going to really mess up my political knowledge data bank. I got to be dependent on these
boards to know what is going on beyond what is reported on TV.
Just a quick question... How many still here were members of PoliticsNow and AllPolitics?
GW........... [Mr. Buckeye] - 02:58pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#249 of 400)
Noodlenipper himself started the first General Noodlenipper Homosexual Recruitment thread.
I started subsequent threads, hoping to draw noodlenipper back to the board.
Alas, he has not been seen for years.
get off this, get on with it. If you want to change the world, shut your mouth and start this minute [RobNY34] - 02:59pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#250 of 400)
me go back to 1994, if I remember correctly.
GW........... [Mr. Buckeye] - 03:00pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#251 of 400)
shroom: Gonna miss you, dude.
I got here sometime in '95, don't even remember what it was called then.
Marcus was the host. He acted like somebody had stuck a broom up his ass.
The Shrub, from CO2, to see you later [Ferret Mike] - 03:01pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#252 of 400)
If someone has Snow Pea's E Addy, I hope they let him know. I miss him too.
I am also worried about Wandering Bear.
"There's a rat under my bed, and there's a little yellow man in my head..." [hoeker] - 03:03pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#253 of 400)
Snow was just here, Mike...
I'll bet he'll show up during these "end times".
get off this, get on with it. If you want to change the world, shut your mouth and start this minute [RobNY34] - 03:03pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#254 of 400)
I'm gonna miss the virus's shroomy loved to pass out amongst fellow board members.
The Shrub, from CO2, to see you later [Ferret Mike] - 03:05pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#255 of 400)
Is that Marcus' broom you've been using to alter your strut GW? I hope you cleaned it first.
"The Truth is the Highest thing a Man can Keep" [Shroom] - 03:10pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#256 of 400)
Sheesh,
I get infected one time and some people will never let me forget it! *G*
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. - Arthur C. Clarke [smartalix] - 03:27pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#257 of 400)
It's been cool, and I'll miss most of you guys.
My handle is my email is my URL, so I'm always easy to reach.
[Bear Armstrong] - 03:32pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#258 of 400)
Damn Shroom, my first introduction to political boards was PoliticsNow. Several months later the board shut down and
I ended up here.
Les personnes faibles ne peuvent tre sinc¿res. [surferchicklet] - 03:37pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#259 of 400)
Hi Bear...How's it going?
Mike... Do you have any way of reaching W Bear? Like any cafe or store or something where he goes from time to
time?
He was posting from a library at one time he said...
The Shrub, from CO2, to see you later [Ferret Mike] - 03:38pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#260 of 400)
Is "The People Speak" still online?
[Bear Armstrong] - 03:41pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#261 of 400)
Wondering if I can find another board as comfortable as I found this one, SC.
Breaking up is hard to do [FAUFORDE] - 03:45pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#262 of 400)
dependent on these boards to know what is going on beyond what is reported on TV.
Oh, man me, too. The political networking that goes on here in invaluable.
Just a quick question... How many still here were members of PoliticsNow and AllPolitics?
Me.
[Duffy] - 03:47pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#263 of 400)
I forgot about Babette! Hi Babette, if you're reading. I didn't agree with you on one thing, but believed you had a right
to say it. Hope Sierra is doing great.
And Wada who is fairly new after returning after a few months. You're a cool chick. It was nice reading your
professional posts -- especially on medical subjects which you have expertise in. :-) It was fun reading some of those
posts on Dr. Ruth's before it shut down. I read some 'interesting' stuff over there. LOL
Red welcome back! Hope you had a great time. Thanks for starting the Night Owl thread. You brought a bunch of cool
people together. You have a sort of 'unifying' spirit about you. Not bad for an anarchist, eh? :-)
Today is the first day of the rest of my life. [geogent] - 03:54pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#264 of 400)
It was AllPolitics when I started if I recall correctly.
Dick H
RMM [Myrl] - 03:57pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#265 of 400)
Hi Mike
Now that we are getting down to the end I can tell you that Myrl is my middle name. I have been back for over a year
now and up till last week I stayed off the Gay threads. I watched you call other posters me from time to time and one
time I even asked you how do you know that poster was I?
You came back with !!!!!!! that s how!!!!!!!
If we don t talk again Mike have a good life and stay safe in the trees!!!
RMM [Myrl] - 04:05pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#266 of 400)
Dick H
It was AllPolitics when I started if I recall correctly.
That s what it was called when I first came on board but the format was different. I think I liked the old format better
then this last one because you could see the whole thread and it was easy to go back to your last post!
I will miss you all. It's been wonderful... [Duh_] - 04:09pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#267 of 400)
Bush stole the election fair and square.. [lucky085] - 06:30am Mar 20, 2001 EST (#156 of 268)
I will miss these boards, but I'm a little confused as to the reasoning behind getting rid of them.
I ditto that whole heartedly...
The Shrub, from CO2, to see you later [Ferret Mike] - 04:27pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#268 of 400)
I knew it was you Rich. When I get around your neck of the woods I'll give a call to say hello.
You take care yourself.
get off this, get on with it. If you want to change the world, shut your mouth and start this minute [RobNY34] - 04:30pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#269 of 400)
so after all this.....who won?
Peter Cammann [streamline] - 04:30pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#270 of 400)
Shroom asked: "Just a quick question... How many still here were members of PoliticsNow and AllPolitics?"
Oh yeah, Allpolitics with that nifty access from allpolitics.com, off the CNN site. That was how I used to find this board
back in the fall of '96 when I first showed up.
[Jesse's girl] - 04:35pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#271 of 400)
Maybe I have been reading this board too much. Today I was interviewing a gardener and whenever he mentioned
shrubs, I thought of the Politics board! :->
I will miss you all. It's been wonderful... [Duh_] - 04:46pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#272 of 400)
I 'member AllPolitics...
****deep sigh***
(wading through the beer cans to find an unopened beer)
RMM [Myrl] - 04:51pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#273 of 400)
Mike
I knew it was you Rich. When I get around your neck of the woods I'll give a call to say hello.
What I find hard to believe is it only took one post from me for you to pick me out. I went out of my way to make the
nicest post possible and you still picked me out. The welcome matt will always be out for you Mike. You might be
surprised how things have changed for the better!
[Duffy] - 04:56pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#274 of 400)
I want to send out BIG *smooches* to Sundance -- since I can and there are only a few days left here.
My (sexy) buddy! Thanks for being such a great friend. Such an interesting guy. I remember some
of the stories you told around the time I first met you on the boards. One was on a thread called
"RACIST AMERICA". You probably don't remember it. That is when I started joking around with you
about going on a honeymoon and all that other flirty stuff. LOL It was after you told one of those
sad 'break up' stories. You had all these interesting stories. (I remember one about a female
roommate you had) I had never had so much fun on the boards before. (Sundance=fun) LOL I also
admired your passion about politics and social issues. (The Dems take back power in 2004) I've
learned a lot from you as well over the past year. That Mariah Carey song "Anytime you need a
friend..." comes to mind. (for all of my online buddies) I hope I haven't made you blush too much.
Ok, I'm lying. I hope I made you blush. :-)
Also, thanks for all of the dating/romance advice. If you have any more PLEASE send it my way. LOL
You know how shy and scared I am. I think I let this one (dashing) guy slip past me and now I m
regretting it. I told you about him before. Maybe I can send him a few signals. But geez, how do I do
that? He probably thinks I m not interested. I m too shy to be going around wiggling anything. :-)
Peace,
Duffy
The Shrub, from CO2, to see you later [Ferret Mike] - 05:16pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#275 of 400)
AOL/TIME ONLINE Ending their Bulletin Boards Midnight 31 March 2001
Trevor The Biker Dude @ theopinionsite.com [b-bart] - 05:39pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#276 of 400)
I just want all of the right wingers to know that wherever you post I will be there watching.
Whenever you dump on Bill or Hillary I will be there ready to pounce on you like a large Dog covered with Fleas.
When you attempt to privatize SS I will be there chopping your flawed logic to shreds.
If you talk about controlled logging I will call you names and make fun of yo momma.
Ask for a tax cut and I will point out your insidious greed.
Just remember, you will never and I mean never be alone when you post?
I will be watching?
BTW, have you ever noticed that I have the only hyphenated name on the board???
I will miss you all. It's been wonderful... [Duh_] - 05:42pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#277 of 400)
Fuck freeper land....
[_Liz__] - 05:58pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#278 of 400)
Would somebody see if they can get Mel Fayard to come back for the final days?
laughing...I saw someone had linked our names on one of the thread headers and thought, oh boy, wouldn't he love
*that!
[_Liz__] - 05:59pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#279 of 400)
One and all...I have about a bazillion archived threads on a zip disk somewhere....if anyone wants a particular one, I
can look and see what I have and e mail it.
get off this, get on with it. If you want to change the world, shut your mouth and start this minute [RobNY34] - 06:00pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#280 of 400)
THAT'S IT!!!
Let's all become FREEPERS!!!!
only problem is, whenever I go there and they find out I'm a liberal, I get banned.
ahhh...the righties love of freedom of speech is so selective.
God bless Chocolate City and its Vanilla Suburbs [Prophet of Rage] - 06:03pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#281 of 400)
Looks like somebody will have to create a new forum for us intelligient folks to battle on.
Well Dave, you have done a great job, my thanks and good luck.
Peace.
Les personnes faibles ne peuvent tre sinc¿res. [surferchicklet] - 06:05pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#282 of 400)
Eew Duh... that'd be icky-poo...
[_Liz__] - 06:08pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#283 of 400)
Does anyone remember when I was the genial, non-partisan innkeeper? It seems so long ago.....
Yup. Back when the RR was still a flame free zone ; )
[_Liz__] - 06:08pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#284 of 400)
I have one better for you, GW...do you remember the wedding of Robbie and Cooter? She had me wearing a lime green
tafetta dress....
[_Liz__] - 06:15pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#285 of 400)
Is "The People Speak" still online?
For now. Cybersites is redoing the entire network and everything will be writing for pay. They convinced people
that if they advertise their writing well, a zillion people will hit their pages and they'll get paid per hit.
Susan [sjscruby] - 06:19pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#286 of 400)
Mike---TPS, as we know it, also dies on 3/31...it ALL seems like a bad April Fool joke! *sigh*
[Duffy] - 10:01pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#287 of 400)
I forgot to email KT9/Purewine. And I don't know if anyone emailed Edrie, so I'll send her a message.
"There's a rat under my bed, and there's a little yellow man in my head..." [hoeker] - 10:09pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#288 of 400)
The header on the new politics board...
Welcome to TIME's Politics Bulletin Board. This is a forum for lively discussions about current events,
public policy, and all things political. All ideas are welcome, but we ask you to keep your posts
reasonable and to remember that this is a family-friendly place. Your host for the revelry is
Nonexistant. E-mail if you have a question, suggestion, comment or problem, and we'll laugh our butts
off.
[La Lil'One] - 10:29pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#289 of 400)
For some reason this song makes me think of DaveGin and the end of this board and our impending many
departures(probably because Dave is working out of San Antone)
Midnight Moonlight
[suthrn_mn] - 10:32pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#290 of 400)
I am sure there is another left run bb somewhere on the net. Might be hard to find one with a moderator so biased as
this one. I have been here for about four years and I have just about stopped comming to the site. It has just turned
into a left circle jerk. I have found there are lots off bbs out there that are not as biased as dave has been around here
anyway. I can name you fifteen to twenty posters here from the left that have been here long as I have. But I can
name maybe five conserv. But I am sure yall can get on Clintons site and keep the faith. They are not allowing
conserv. to say anything about Clinton there. Should be Nirvana.
"There's a rat under my bed, and there's a little yellow man in my head..." [hoeker] - 10:37pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#291 of 400)
"...But I cant name maybe five conserv..."
Surprise, surprise. You post a message about once a quarter. It's such a shock that you don't know what's going on.
Which you don't.
I will miss you all. It's been wonderful... [Duh_] - 10:46pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#292 of 400)
Suthrn_mn....
I don't think you understand some of the sadness of leaving this board - leaving our memories and our history with
this community. You have to be a member of this community to understand what it means to see it shut down. Its not
just a matter of politics or a bbs. Its a matter of people that I won't see anymore and a community spirit that I found
comforting and special that will cease to exist.
RMM [Myrl] - 10:48pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#293 of 400)
b-bart
I just want all of the right wingers to know that wherever you post I will be there watching.
Without Dave to protect you how long do you think you will survive in the real world?
[suthrn_mn] - 10:55pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#294 of 400)
Hey hoeker, I read the threads at least twice a week, just most of the times it is people like you since dave has ran most
of the old posters off so I do not see a reason to take the time to post.
[Duffy] - 10:58pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#295 of 400)
<Cheers tune>
Sometimes you want to go
Where everybody knows your name,
And they're always glad you came;
You want to be where you can see,
Our troubles are all the same;
You want to be where everybody knows your name
</Cheers tune>
"There's a rat under my bed, and there's a little yellow man in my head..." [hoeker] - 10:58pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#296 of 400)
Uh-huh...
Whatever you say, little buddy. We've never agreed on anything before, so why start now?
[suthrn_mn] - 11:03pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#297 of 400)
Also duh, I HAVE been here quite awhile. I would guess around four years. But you get tired of seeing your post
attacked and being personally attacked instead of addressing the issues and nothing happens, but if it is a poster from
the right, his posts got yanked, or threads taken off for just the same reason.
[Duffy] - 11:08pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#298 of 400)
Hi Suthrn,
100 bottles of beer on the wall
100 bottles of beer
Take one down
Pass it around
99 bottles of beer on the wall...
(Remember when that was? :-))
***300***
Les personnes faibles ne peuvent tre sinc¿res. [surferchicklet] - 11:09pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#299 of 400)
But you get tired of seeing your post attacked and being personally attacked instead of addressing the
issues and nothing happens, but if it is a poster from the right, his posts got yanked, or threads taken
off for just the same reason.
Yup... There's that clarity of thought... Can I make a guess as to the basis of the *attacks* on your posts?
Is Our Children Posting? [N. Tufnel] - 11:12pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#300 of 400)
Hi Duffy.
We have ten days left, so,
Million bottles of beer on the wall
Million bottles of beer
Take one down
Pass it around
Nine hundred ninety-nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine bottles of beer on the wall...
3/31/01-Tear the goalposts down, boyz! [babblingbrook] - 11:14pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#301 of 400)
LOL...surfer...
[Duffy] - 11:23pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#302 of 400)
Nine hundred ninety-nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine bottles of beer on the wall...
Hey, that still won't be enough for Suthrn. LOL
He was downing several New Year's Eve night 99/00...
Is Our Children Posting?
LOL, Bushism? :-)
Trevor The Biker Dude @ theopinionsite.com [b-bart] - 11:26pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#303 of 400)
RMM [Myrl] - 10:48pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#295 of 303)
b-bart
I just want all of the right wingers to know that wherever you post I will be there watching.
Without Dave to protect you how long do you think you will survive in the real world?
Bout as long as I choose?
Is Our Children Posting? [N. Tufnel] - 11:57pm Mar 20, 2001 EST (#304 of 400)
LOL, Bushism? :-)
Jusy trying to "make the pie higher", Duf.
[lara croft] - 12:14am Mar 21, 2001 EST (#305 of 400)
And, no doubt, they would love to herd us all into becoming paying AOL users.
Well, while there are some of you I adore, there ain't a one of you that I adore enough to join AOL.
Fuckers, everyone one of em.
Wanna start a new cussing thread? We could rip AOL a new one. LOL
Don't make me bite you in hard-to-reach places [wada] - 12:14am Mar 21, 2001 EST (#306 of 400)
Gooood Bye for now! An early g'bye!
As I am going out of town around march 26.
Perhaps we'll be seeing each other on some other boards? I'll try to keep the same NAME and hope others will 2, so be
can recognize each other.
A few bulletin boards (not sure how many are promising): If I don't have a direct link ,look em up on
a search engine.
NY TIMES
Free Speech America: has a moderated Politics Board, a moderated Women's issues Board (Men are
welcome in), and a NASTY SLEAZY UNMODERATED - dont-hold-back Board/18 and over only where
flaming and personal attacks are welcome.
http://pub53.ezboard.com/bnottol <=I think created by Rebel Rebel/Davka
http://www.delphi.com
CNN
http://www.salon.com
Fox News
MSNBC
Free Republic (they seem to oppose too much govt intervention)
http://www.advocate.com <= has bulletin boards somewhere on the site (I haven't found 'em yet.)
GAY-oriented!
http://www.npr.org/yourturn Hey, its' NPR - could be intriguing *wink
http://www.gay.com Look under Communities to get to Discussion Boards. Gay-oriented.
Les personnes faibles ne peuvent tre sinc¿res. [surferchicklet] - 12:20am Mar 21, 2001 EST (#307 of 400)
That font and all is really irritating wada..
BTW... Just curious... are you the same *wada* who claimed to be a lesbian doctor over on the Dr Ruth boards a while
back (before their demise of course) yet used the highly technical *jiz* or *cum* or something like that in posts?
And gave really(edit) less than sensible advise?
[lara croft] - 12:20am Mar 21, 2001 EST (#308 of 400)
Just a quick question... How many still here were members of PoliticsNow and AllPolitics?
PoliticsNow.
What to do, yeah... [ex-glencarr] - 12:21am Mar 21, 2001 EST (#309 of 400)
I want a moderated site that has a variety of opinion. Those like NPR.com & Salon.com really blow.
Les personnes faibles ne peuvent tre sinc¿res. [surferchicklet] - 12:21am Mar 21, 2001 EST (#310 of 400)
Brook, darlin'... I'm going to miss you...*S*
The Compassionate Liberal - Kinder & Gentler [Oregon_Jim] - 12:22am Mar 21, 2001 EST (#311 of 400)
AllPolitics.............
[spangler] - 12:26am Mar 21, 2001 EST (#312 of 400)
AllPolitics.............
That's the most intelligent thing you have said in 17 months.
I will miss you all. It's been wonderful... [Duh_] - 12:33am Mar 21, 2001 EST (#313 of 400)
NPR sounds attractive.... After a brief period of mourning, I may slink over there and see that one...
[Crimson] - 12:37am Mar 21, 2001 EST (#314 of 400)
Just a quick question... How many still here were members of PoliticsNow and AllPolitics?
AllPolitics.
I will miss you all. It's been wonderful... [Duh_] - 12:39am Mar 21, 2001 EST (#315 of 400)
AllPolitics (or did I answer this question already?)
Don't make me bite you in hard-to-reach places [wada] - 01:20am Mar 21, 2001 EST (#316 of 400)
That font and all is really irritating wada..
Mission Accomplished!
And no, I'm not a doctor. Lesbians could never make it through the ranks of academia to become accomplished
physicians board certified in their specialty.
I'm a candy striper.
Pleased to meet you!
**Cheers!!!**
[Par5] - 01:26am Mar 21, 2001 EST (#317 of 400)
Well! Back from business trip and see that settling in here will very quickly be no more.
So long Dems. Maybe one day you'll get over picking Albert for the presidential run.
So long fellow Republicans. Keep on shining truth into the darkness. Enjoyed the time.
What to do, yeah... [ex-glencarr] - 01:27am Mar 21, 2001 EST (#318 of 400)
Take care, Mr. 5! It's been a pleasure.
Is Our Children Posting? [N. Tufnel] - 01:28am Mar 21, 2001 EST (#319 of 400)
CNN/Time Allpolitics.com 1995 or 6
Les personnes faibles ne peuvent tre sinc¿res. [surferchicklet] - 01:29am Mar 21, 2001 EST (#320 of 400)
Well, I knew that *wada* wasn't a doctor... I said *claimed to be*... Or was it *played one on the boards..* LOL
backatcha.
NPR might work out... I like Sher's except for a couple things... I'll mail ya... maybe we can find something similar yet
faster... That instant gratification thing is a weakness of mine..*S*
[Duffy] - 01:30am Mar 21, 2001 EST (#321 of 400)
Lesbians could never make it through the ranks of academia to become accomplished physicians board
certified in their specialty.
LOL Wada,
I think Kerberos is a doctor as well. He sure sounds like one! I don't know if you're run into him.
(Yep, and lesbians can't be doctors, blacks can't graduate from top ten schools, etc. etc. -- Or at least that's what
several people here think - that's why they try so hard to 'disprove' it - it threatens some folks - doesn't fit into their
deep rooted stereotypes - esp. about blacks and education)
Good luck to ya gal :-)
Duffy
duffy2468@yahoo.com
I will miss you all. It's been wonderful... [Duh_] - 01:31am Mar 21, 2001 EST (#322 of 400)
NPR... I went there and signed up - posted a message.... it seems a groovy place....
Les personnes faibles ne peuvent tre sinc¿res. [surferchicklet] - 01:33am Mar 21, 2001 EST (#323 of 400)
G'night folks...
Les personnes faibles ne peuvent tre sinc¿res. [surferchicklet] - 01:34am Mar 21, 2001 EST (#324 of 400)
Oops... Too cool.... I'll have to check it out tomorrow Duhoney... tired tired me...*S*
G'night babes...
In the Logic Freezone [SV_Doug] - 01:46am Mar 21, 2001 EST (#325 of 400)
I've been here since March of 1996 when the Buchanan Brigades were here in full force. I'm going to miss this site
when I'm overseas as a link to what people are thinking...
[frankzzz] - 03:27am Mar 21, 2001 EST (#326 of 400)
Back in the fifties, one of the places my father would take us kids on a Sunday afternoon was the Boston Common.
Back then, a walk around The Common meant a walk between many small groups of people who were gathered around
others who were speaking their mind on just about anything.
As a kid, I rarely paid much attention to what was being said but I did enjoy the back-and-forth that went on between
speaker and audience. These "discussions" could get rather heated, and I doubt if too many minds were changed
because of them. But, in the end, people got to say what was on their mind while others joined in and somehow, that
made them seem important.
I find these message boards to be similar to those walks I took around the Boston Common over forty years ago. I don't
have to stop to listen and I don't have to say anything when I do stop. And, should I decide to add my two-cents, I
should be prepared to have someone disagree with me.
I started coming here about three years ago and I continued to do so because I found it to be everything from
entertaining to frustrating. All in all, a unique and good experience. I feel I have learned a lot and also grown a little
from this experience and like the rest of you, I will miss it when it's gone.
[kariannhopes] - 04:09am Mar 21, 2001 EST (#327 of 400)
It's been nice meeting you, Frank!
[frankzzz] - 04:40am Mar 21, 2001 EST (#328 of 400)
Re#327
Thanks kariannhopes and back at you.
It has been a pleasure.
And, who knows, maybe someday, I will actually get my Disco Dancing lesson.
Today is the first day of the rest of my life. [geogent] - 09:38am Mar 21, 2001 EST (#329 of 400)
RMM, I liked the old format. If I recall, when you selected a particular thread, every post in that thread would be
listed. The nice part was once you identified a poster with whom you did not want to discuss an issue, you could just
ignore their posts by not opening them.
Frankzzz, the 'soap boxes' on Boston Common. That brings back some memories. Remember the old Tremont Theater?
My mother used to listen to Jerry O'Leary's quiz show on radio in the early 1940s. We were in Boston one day and she
was determined to see him in person, and we did. A major even for her.
Dick H
Oro, se do beatha 'bhaile! [Nessus2] - 09:48am Mar 21, 2001 EST (#330 of 400)
I think that this is what the word "Bummer!" was coined for.
Nessus
I'm voting for Mr. Roosevelt [Mr. Serious Summer] - 10:57am Mar 21, 2001 EST (#331 of 400)
ex-glencarr - 12:21am Mar 21, 2001 EST (#309 of 330)
I want a moderated site that has a variety of opinion.
On this I agree. I don't want to spend my time talking only with people with whom I already agree.
Too much of the world remains unenlightened by me.
[Jared7] - 12:52pm Mar 21, 2001 EST (#332 of 400)
AllPol, since 1996. I want a board that entirely agrees with me and shouts "Right on JBoy" after each and every post!
Uh, all of you (even Nessus) are invited to my Memory thread to post fave and not-so-fave memories!!
J
I'd love to stay but I have to annoy someone else. [MsRobbie] - 03:42pm Mar 21, 2001 EST (#333 of 400)
Right on, JBoy! *G*
Oh man, this is just too sad. I haven't been able to read these threads since Dave's announcement, and I went right to
the end on this one.
I've been posting here since the late winter or early spring (can't remember exactly when) of 1996. You've all
become extended family to me, right down to the annoying cousins. I'm going to miss everyone.
*snif*
Pitbull on the pant leg of opportunity [DaveGin] - 03:51pm Mar 21, 2001 EST (#334 of 400)
And everyone will miss you, Ms. R. Especially me.
[dynamax01] - 05:32pm Mar 21, 2001 EST (#335 of 400)
Well it looks as though Father Time is pulling the plug. It's been a good run, I enjoyed it. Hope to see you all on a new
board. You can go to ezboard at:
http://pub53.ezboard.com/bnottol
This looks to be as good as anything out there, and its being set up by some good folk you will recognize from these
boards.
Good Luck,
Dynamax
AKA SGTTAG, [gandolf] - 05:42pm Mar 21, 2001 EST (#336 of 400)
"Pitbull on the pant leg of opportunity"
That's funny Dave, because I just traind my Pitbull to grab my pant leg with her teeth everytime I walk by her
position. Of course I mean the portion of the pant leg which is between my ankle and the bottom of my chin. Then
when her teeth are firmly grasping the pant leg I shake my leg violently and she growls vicsiously
visciously?(whatever). It's kinda cool.
GOPers define Count the way Clinton defines Sex [ElPrimo] - 05:52pm Mar 21, 2001 EST (#337 of 400)
Robbie and Sgt Tag. I gave you a thanks on the amends thread but since you might not see it, let me reiterate it here.
Both of you showed some kindness when I was down once and I truly appreciated it. You revealed something about
yourselves that I never mentioned and showed you are both bigger than any political ideology.
Best wishes to you both
[Rosco] - 05:52pm Mar 21, 2001 EST (#338 of 400)
How many regular posters actually read Time or have made a purchase from one of the banners herein?
Me thinks this is the root of the demise.
The tease period for the net is over and now it's time to pay to play. The hoax about the house bill that would put a tax
on e mail was just that but with so many free services not cashing in on their advertising it is time to change course.
TOL will be back and with a toll. They may even tie a one year subscription to access.
The only time I ever even see a Time is at the dentist office and I usually bypass it for Popular Science.
AKA SGTTAG, [gandolf] - 05:59pm Mar 21, 2001 EST (#339 of 400)
I've been stating for a couple of years now that I thought eventually the Internet will become the Internet Store
soon.
[Rosco] - 06:06pm Mar 21, 2001 EST (#340 of 400)
http://venus.beseen.com/boardroom/d/16428/
Hell, Jerry Springer has message boards, I bet a third end up ova dare
Pitbull on the pant leg of opportunity [DaveGin] - 06:26pm Mar 21, 2001 EST (#341 of 400)
Sarge, I didn't always agree with you (but then, I didn't alway disagree with you) but you were always an original.
Take care.
BTW: The tag comes from a poem composed solely of statements made by Our President. It's called "Make The Pie
Higher." It goes something like this:
MAKE THE PIE HIGHER
by George W. Bush
I think we all agree
The past is over.
This is still a dangerous world.
It's a world of madmen
And uncertainty
And potential mental los