I deleted the thread

[cw_]

In my day we had to walk uphill both ways to and from school.  ;)

You got to walk? Lucky!



We had to run uphill both ways otherwise a wolf, bear or skunk-ape might catch and eat us.

I had suberbian (sic) privilege:



S is for superb, a great attitude about life.



U is for uncanny, the way you know what to do.



B is for bygone, never forgetting golden memories.



E is for enamoured, forever will your children be with you



R is for rational, the way you think.



B is for buoy, you encourage those you see.



I is for inventor, how many things will you create?



A is for achievements, the many over a lifetime.

[Anonymous]

No hurt feelings ever got deleted back when *I* had a forum.  

I've deleted negative stuff about you and Poofer.  If anything, I should have moved it to Rejected. Seeing as I'm the one who made the thread, I felt I had to delete it.

Not every decision will please everyone.  We live and learn and forget and have to go through it again later.

[Garraty_47]

All be damned. I worked around Cold Lake on the rigs.

I was in the USAF and we went there for a joint exercise... forget what it was called.



Didn't get to see much of the area; mostly I remember eating a lot of delivery baked ziti. Heh

[Anonymous]

You were a good admin. You had a good forum. I believe it would've been the dominant forum if you had the time and patience.

I'm pretty fair.  If I ever started a forum again, I wouldn't do it unless I made sure I could attract some new blood to mix with the old.  Php forums are not as popular as they once were, and I doubt anyone here wants to use Reddit etc, even if it might solve some problems with recruitment.



Other than an easy fix via software/venue change, major SEO and word of mouth would be required to expand this pond.  Tbh, I wouldn't mind making the rules again.

As good a forum as you had, with a terrific mix of posters, I really don't see a growth strategy. Forums are not going to grow,



Do you really think any 18 year old wants to read the sordid details of the KM/Dove affair? They don't. They're sickened by the thought of old people fucking.

[Garraty_47]

I had suberbian (sic) privilege:



S is for superb, a great attitude about life.



U is for uncanny, the way you know what to do.



B is for bygone, never forgetting golden memories.



E is for enamoured, forever will your children be with you



R is for rational, the way you think.



B is for buoy, you encourage those you see.



I is for inventor, how many things will you create?



A is for achievements, the many over a lifetime.

Um.



Ever felt like a thread zigged but you zagged and now you're lost and flipping a coin to decide which road to take at the next fork?

[Anonymous]

I'm pretty fair.  If I ever started a forum again, I wouldn't do it unless I made sure I could attract some new blood to mix with the old.  Php forums are not as popular as they once were, and I doubt anyone here wants to use Reddit etc, even if it might solve some problems with recruitment.



Other than an easy fix via software/venue change, major SEO and word of mouth would be required to expand this pond.  Tbh, I wouldn't mind making the rules again.

As good a forum as you had, with a terrific mix of posters, I really don't see a growth strategy. Forums are not going to grow,



Do you really think any 18 year old wants to read the sordid details of the KM/Dove affair? They don't. They're sickened by the thought of old people fucking.

That's a fair point. Lol



And I don't really want to be associating with teenagers either.  Everyone in between already knows whether they like these types of sites or not.



Politics are the big discussion now, but I can't stomach it.  Let Gen Z make Tik Toks about that shit.

[Anonymous]

As good a forum as you had, with a terrific mix of posters, I really don't see a growth strategy. Forums are not going to grow,



Do you really think any 18 year old wants to read the sordid details of the KM/Dove affair? They don't. They're sickened by the thought of old people fucking.

That's a fair point. Lol



And I don't really want to be associating with teenagers either.  Everyone in between already knows whether they like these types of sites or not.



Politics are the big discussion now, but I can't stomach it.  Let Gen Z make Tik Toks about that shit.

This is the problem I'm having with forumz. I don't want to touch North American politics.  It makes me ill. So, what do I talk about.



I know it seems strange on a forum with a zillion threads about True Dope.

[cw_]

I had suberbian (sic) privilege:



S is for superb, a great attitude about life.



U is for uncanny, the way you know what to do.



B is for bygone, never forgetting golden memories.



E is for enamoured, forever will your children be with you



R is for rational, the way you think.



B is for buoy, you encourage those you see.



I is for inventor, how many things will you create?



A is for achievements, the many over a lifetime.

Um.



Ever felt like a thread zigged but you zagged and now you're lost and flipping a coin to decide which road to take at the next fork?

No. My zag is swag.   (there, you've been quoted)   ac_sothere

[Anonymous]

All be damned. I worked around Cold Lake on the rigs.

I was in the USAF and we went there for a joint exercise... forget what it was called.



Didn't get to see much of the area; mostly I remember eating a lot of delivery baked ziti. Heh

Did you get down to Muster Point. Old Herman has tipped a few pints there.

[Garraty_47]

This is the problem I'm having with forumz. I don't want to touch North American politics.  It makes me ill. So, what do I talk about.

Well, since you asked:



<ahem>



Are you aware of the... Death Fractal?



**maniacal laughter**

[Garraty_47]

Did you get down to Muster Point. Old Herman has tipped a few pints there.

I'm almost 100% sure I never left the base during that whole 2 weeks.

They kept us pretty busy.



It wasn't like the trips we took to Arizona, Florida, etc.

Those had at least some partying.

[Anonymous]

This is the problem I'm having with forumz. I don't want to touch North American politics.  It makes me ill. So, what do I talk about.

Well, since you asked:



<ahem>



Are you aware of the... Death Fractal?



**maniacal laughter**

Maybe I was wrong. Maybe you were ahead of the times. Perhaps fractals are the saviour of forumz.

[Anonymous]

This is the problem I'm having with forumz. I don't want to touch North American politics.  It makes me ill. So, what do I talk about.

Well, since you asked:



<ahem>



Are you aware of the... Death Fractal?



**maniacal laughter**

Is that where you see it and seven days later, Poppy crawls out of your monitor and calls you GAAAAAY?

[Anonymous]

Did you get down to Muster Point. Old Herman has tipped a few pints there.

I'm almost 100% sure I never left the base during that whole 2 weeks.

They kept us pretty busy.



It wasn't like the trips we took to Arizona, Florida, etc.

Those had at least some partying.

It aint like you would have got laid. Like any oilfield town, Cold Lake aint got many eligible gals.

[Garraty_47]

Maybe I was wrong. Maybe you were ahead of the times. Perhaps fractals are the saviour of forumz.

Oh no. No no no.

That was very much a joke.

I haven't even made a fractal in a while, much less put on my protective goggles and welder's gloves to make a Death Fractal.



Fractals are like masturbation...

...best enjoyed in the privacy of your own home, not in public where people tend to scream and call the cops.