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3. Politics - usually a brisk political discussion.
I miss RawAlex - maybe we can import some socialists from the other boards? (or buy them ;-) We need some political drama, where no one is giving in - no matter how far out their arguments are
__________________ "Chaos is the law of nature, order is the dream of man."
~Henry B. Adams (Historian) 1838-1918
there is already a GFY and 10,000 poor clones, so no need for it here...
there's already a place to chat about drinking and tunes amongst a couple buddies in DMPM
the reason I come here is because it isn't like the other places...I don't want to visit places where the conversations are the same every day and even often the same as other boards...
I stay loyal to NetPond and actually do enjoy posting/reading there (minus the nickle whores) and have a lot of friends there
GFY is a place I can let out my inner fratboy and act like an ass
Each place has their own flavor and that's the way it should be...otherwise it's gets boring as fuck
Originally posted by Vick@Dec 14 2004, 10:55 AM Hmmm don't know who this Frank is that will be with full
Serge - Hobby? Nah dining, travel, sex and wine are too much fun to be just a hobby
Funny thing (not in the ha ha way) - when I think of Oprano now for some reason
Opera slippers come to mind
yeah
Oprano - Opera slippers
Frank is a cousin of both
Bill Stickers - who it appears is gonna be prosecuted.
and
Woby Tide - the coolest kid at school.
"Woby tide , the boy that swears"
"Woby Tide , the kid ythat gives me his homework late"
"Woby Tide , the youngman who writes graffetti on these walls here"
Gawd, I hate it when I have to get out of my grumpy, sarcastic mood and say something nice. Grrr. But here goes.
When I think of Oprano I think of Business and I think of Friends.
Now before Serge jumps in and explains again what is and isn't a friend to him. In this particular case I mean Friends in this particular case in the more wide term of everything from very good friends to "just plain" friends to close associates to distant assocates.
However, even if it's someone I have not previously done business with, or have not had very many conversations with in th past, even the most "remote" regular poster on Oprano (the ones we tend to think of as Da Family), tend to be someone who I have seen their name for years, they have seen mine for years, we have close shared experiences just by nature of all the years online. We greet each other like long lost friends at conventions, and they ARE people of honor that I most certainly WOULD definitely do business with (if I haven't already).
And there are few other boards if any at all, that I can say that about the great mass of regular posters, except for here.
Originally posted by Dravyk@Dec 15 2004, 04:01 PM Gawd, I hate it when I have to get out of my grumpy, sarcastic mood and say something nice. Grrr. But here goes.
When I think of Oprano I think of Business and I think of Friends.
Now before Serge jumps in and explains again what is and isn't a friend to him. In this particular case I mean Friends in this particular case in the more wide term of everything from very good friends to "just plain" friends to close associates to distant assocates.
However, even if it's someone I have not previously done business with, or have not had very many conversations with in th past, even the most "remote" regular poster on Oprano (the ones we tend to think of as Da Family), tend to be someone who I have seen their name for years, they have seen mine for years, we have close shared experiences just by nature of all the years online. We greet each other like long lost friends at conventions, and they ARE people of honor that I most certainly WOULD definitely do business with (if I haven't already).
And there are few other boards if any at all, that I can say that about the great mass of regular posters, except for here.
2nd that... if I "know" you from Oprano, I want to know you in real life.
Kind of lost that feeling a little in recent months though.. hoping it comes back stronger with the sultans etc going on.
1 thing I would like to see come back... the days everyone posted links to other boards would be a good change for mine....
There was a time when I could come to Oprano and be pretty sure I would know about most important industry stuff and also any significant event or rumour or piss match that was going on anywhere else.. even if it wasn't spelt out, someone would post some cryptic comment and the info would pass about on icq... maybe I just dropped out of the loop, but it doesnt feel like that anymore.
Most boards seem to censor or frown upon posting links to other boards now... would be good if the opposite was encouraged here again
Originally posted by Dravyk@Dec 14 2004, 10:01 PM Gawd, I hate it when I have to get out of my grumpy, sarcastic mood and say something nice. Grrr. But here goes.
When I think of Oprano I think of Business and I think of Friends.
Now before Serge jumps in and explains again what is and isn't a friend to him. In this particular case I mean Friends in this particular case in the more wide term of everything from very good friends to "just plain" friends to close associates to distant assocates.
However, even if it's someone I have not previously done business with, or have not had very many conversations with in th past, even the most "remote" regular poster on Oprano (the ones we tend to think of as Da Family), tend to be someone who I have seen their name for years, they have seen mine for years, we have close shared experiences just by nature of all the years online. We greet each other like long lost friends at conventions, and they ARE people of honor that I most certainly WOULD definitely do business with (if I haven't already).
And there are few other boards if any at all, that I can say that about the great mass of regular posters, except for here.
and people wonder how you ever win awards for writing ;-))
3rd on Dravyk's post... with some notable MIAs from the current mix,
the best of both YNot board and Netpond have ended up here at Oprano.
I don't do much business with anyone these days, but most of those
I would do business with, are here.
and BTW, Timon... THANK YOU! I have both known and have been repeating
that quote for YEARS, and had not known the original source. Has always been
a earl:
Originally posted by nlphoto@Dec 15 2004, 08:22 AM 3rd on Dravyk's post... with some notable MIAs from the current mix,
the best of both YNot board and Netpond have ended up here at Oprano.
I don't do much business with anyone these days, but most of those
I would do business with, are here.
Old school
old people ;-)
successful
grumpy
antagonistic
interesting
newsworthy
funny
no sugar coating
republican
But not all in that order ;-)
I lurk this board more than anything. If I hear a rumor over something important in the biz, I visit here to see what's being said about it. If some major drama happens (whether relevant or not to the biz) and I have a few minutes or care, I'll visit here. I'll add that Gonzo is one of the funniest guys I know in this biz and he speaks the truth.
12-14-2004
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