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Post by urbino on Mar 8, 2024 1:17:35 GMT -5
Some weeks I participate more than others. Sometimes I just don't have a lot to say, but I do read. My smoking habits a pretty boring. I have a habit of smoking the same tobacco for a long time, and just keep reusing the same old pipes over and over again, so, it's not particularly interesting, at least to me to say what I am smoking. Especially since it's usually only a couple of times a week since I don't smoke when I am working as I don't really have the time. Another thing I've been bummed about is you see new people join, especially someone just down the road from me, they post once, and I don't see them again. I did send a private message in hopes maybe they'll return at some point. I've tried other pipe smoking forums and whatnot, but I like it here, just something about this place I enjoy. May not be the busiest or the fanciest, but I don't care. Yeah, I remember somebody joining who was from your territory. Wonder what happened.
We need somebody from Ed's neck of the woods to join.
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Post by Plainsman on Mar 8, 2024 9:32:11 GMT -5
Any chance we could be happy with what we have, instead of wishing for bigger, bigger, bigger? The American Disease. An interesting thread will get a dozen or more responses, most of them intelligent, reasoned, and well-expressed. New members get 20-30 welcomes. What’s the problem?
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Post by Darin on Mar 8, 2024 12:33:04 GMT -5
Edit ... nope.
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Post by Ronv69 on Mar 8, 2024 13:19:17 GMT -5
Some weeks I participate more than others. Sometimes I just don't have a lot to say, but I do read. My smoking habits a pretty boring. I have a habit of smoking the same tobacco for a long time, and just keep reusing the same old pipes over and over again, so, it's not particularly interesting, at least to me to say what I am smoking. Especially since it's usually only a couple of times a week since I don't smoke when I am working as I don't really have the time. Another thing I've been bummed about is you see new people join, especially someone just down the road from me, they post once, and I don't see them again. I did send a private message in hopes maybe they'll return at some point. I've tried other pipe smoking forums and whatnot, but I like it here, just something about this place I enjoy. May not be the busiest or the fanciest, but I don't care. Yeah, I remember somebody joining who was from your territory. Wonder what happened.
We need somebody from Ed's neck of the woods to join.
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Post by urbino on Mar 8, 2024 16:28:35 GMT -5
Any chance we could be happy with what we have, instead of wishing for bigger, bigger, bigger? The American Disease. An interesting thread will get a dozen or more responses, most of them intelligent, reasoned, and well-expressed. New members get 20-30 welcomes. What’s the problem? Overall, I think the problem is demographics. A lot of us are, like, old. Most of the rest of us are not young. It's gonna get to be not much fun around here as the years progress. |
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Post by urbino on Mar 8, 2024 16:36:12 GMT -5
Yeah, I remember somebody joining who was from your territory. Wonder what happened.
We need somebody from Ed's neck of the woods to join.
Didn't we recently get a new member from the Buffalo area? Don't recall. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Mar 8, 2024 16:40:14 GMT -5
Any chance we could be happy with what we have, instead of wishing for bigger, bigger, bigger? The American Disease. An interesting thread will get a dozen or more responses, most of them intelligent, reasoned, and well-expressed. New members get 20-30 welcomes. What’s the problem? Overall, I think the problem is demographics. A lot of us are, like, old. Most of the rest of us are not young. It's gonna get to be not much fun around here as the years progress. For thousands of years, the aged were the honored elders. In the past 70 years, we have become boomers, stumbling blocks as society runs headlong to disaster. |
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Post by Plainsman on Mar 8, 2024 16:52:27 GMT -5
Any chance we could be happy with what we have, instead of wishing for bigger, bigger, bigger? The American Disease. An interesting thread will get a dozen or more responses, most of them intelligent, reasoned, and well-expressed. New members get 20-30 welcomes. What’s the problem? Overall, I think the problem is demographics. A lot of us are, like, old. Most of the rest of us are not young. It's gonna get to be not much fun around here as the years progress. Rubbish. Age is a number. You can worship it or you can get on with things. Why wouldn’t it be “fun” with all that knowledge and experience being shared with us? |
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Post by urbino on Mar 8, 2024 17:14:06 GMT -5
Overall, I think the problem is demographics. A lot of us are, like, old. Most of the rest of us are not young. It's gonna get to be not much fun around here as the years progress. Rubbish. Age is a number. You can worship it or you can get on with things. Why wouldn’t it be “fun” with all that knowledge and experience being shared with us? I'm talking about as you old coots start kicking off and the numbers dwindle and this place turns into an obituary forum. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Mar 8, 2024 17:28:13 GMT -5
Rubbish. Age is a number. You can worship it or you can get on with things. Why wouldn’t it be “fun” with all that knowledge and experience being shared with us? I'm talking about as you old coots start kicking off and the numbers dwindle and this place turns into an obituary forum. Can't you wait a little while? I'm getting there as fast as I can move, and I still have a couple of things I would like to do. |
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Post by Plainsman on Mar 8, 2024 17:29:36 GMT -5
Urb, there’ll always be Old Coots coming along as replacements. Like you.
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Post by urbino on Mar 8, 2024 17:35:37 GMT -5
Urb, there’ll always be Old Coots coming along as replacements. Like you. Sure, but we need some younger coots than me coming along. Gotta keep coots in the pipeline. |
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Post by urbino on Mar 8, 2024 19:00:42 GMT -5
I will say I think we've just recently added a few really good new members. Hope they stick around.
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Post by just ol ed on Mar 8, 2024 19:09:13 GMT -5
Sure agree Urbs, they have contributed on regular basis, hope stays
Ed-OLD qualifies!!
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Post by urbino on Mar 8, 2024 19:51:03 GMT -5
Sure agree Urbs, they have contributed on regular basis, hope stays Ed-OLD qualifies!! OLD definitely qualifies, but you're still gonna be posting about your Friday fish "dinders" long after most of us are gone. |
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Post by username on Mar 8, 2024 20:00:06 GMT -5
Sure agree Urbs, they have contributed on regular basis, hope stays Ed-OLD qualifies!! OLD definitely qualifies, but you're still gonna be posting about your Friday fish "dinders" long after most of us are gone. And nuking things to to a plateful of mess. |
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Post by trailboss on Mar 8, 2024 20:35:39 GMT -5
Some weeks I participate more than others. Sometimes I just don't have a lot to say, but I do read. My smoking habits a pretty boring. I have a habit of smoking the same tobacco for a long time, and just keep reusing the same old pipes over and over again, so, it's not particularly interesting, at least to me to say what I am smoking. Especially since it's usually only a couple of times a week since I don't smoke when I am working as I don't really have the time. Another thing I've been bummed about is you see new people join, especially someone just down the road from me, they post once, and I don't see them again. I did send a private message in hopes maybe they'll return at some point. I've tried other pipe smoking forums and whatnot, but I like it here, just something about this place I enjoy. May not be the busiest or the fanciest, but I don't care. I remember that poster... pretty sad, but good on you for making the effort.. I understand when people live in remote locations, getting together with others is not an option...however when you have the ability for a few to come together it can really be great...we started out as just a couple of guys and it really has blossomed with the Arizona Pipe club. Send me a PM if you have any desire to grow something in the Reno area, I am betting that a spark could ignite a flame there.  |
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Post by lizardonarock on Mar 8, 2024 20:55:59 GMT -5
So now I am a COOT using derogatory slander will defiantly not win hearts and minds. Maybe look in the mirror and see the toxic WACKEY DODDLE before you stir the unwelcome pot some more. Let people share their stories or knowledge and lose the columns.
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Post by Ronv69 on Mar 8, 2024 21:19:45 GMT -5
Urb, there’ll always be Old Coots coming along as replacements. Like you. Sure, but we need some younger coots than me coming along. Gotta keep coots in the pipeline. It takes a few years to get wise enough to pick up the pipe. Or senile enough. YMMV. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Mar 8, 2024 21:21:15 GMT -5
Some weeks I participate more than others. Sometimes I just don't have a lot to say, but I do read. My smoking habits a pretty boring. I have a habit of smoking the same tobacco for a long time, and just keep reusing the same old pipes over and over again, so, it's not particularly interesting, at least to me to say what I am smoking. Especially since it's usually only a couple of times a week since I don't smoke when I am working as I don't really have the time. Another thing I've been bummed about is you see new people join, especially someone just down the road from me, they post once, and I don't see them again. I did send a private message in hopes maybe they'll return at some point. I've tried other pipe smoking forums and whatnot, but I like it here, just something about this place I enjoy. May not be the busiest or the fanciest, but I don't care. I remember that poster... pretty sad, but good on you for making the effort.. I understand when people live in remote locations, getting together with others is not an option...however when you have the ability for a few to come together it can really be great...we started out as just a couple of guys and it really has blossomed with the Arizona Pipe club. Send me a PM if you have any desire to grow something in the Reno area, I am betting that a spark could ignite a flame there. Does anything there burn? |
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Post by trailboss on Mar 8, 2024 21:31:11 GMT -5
I do...after this last summer, I was the flaming man travelling the southwest...Charcoaled my skin, I tell ya!
As for Reno...a lot of burning holes in pockets when Northern Californian's head up there.
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Post by olbluesmoke on Mar 8, 2024 22:07:31 GMT -5
Let's try and be sensitive to everyone on this forum. Sometimes it's hard to tell if someone is offended or if they're not. In the end, be nice to each other and mindful of everyone's potential sensitivities.
I know I'm not a moderator, but I wanted to chime in since I started this thread.
Let's not use the term Coot again... furthermore, we should endeavor to show respect for everyone at all times.
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Post by trailboss on Mar 8, 2024 22:11:56 GMT -5
I am missing something… sorry if my post offended someone.
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Post by Silver on Mar 8, 2024 22:45:48 GMT -5
Maybe dancing girls, with Ed and his house rags, would lighten the mood.
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Post by trailboss on Mar 8, 2024 22:51:42 GMT -5
Ed raw/ ed unplugged would probably really amp up the program.
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Post by trailboss on Mar 8, 2024 22:56:32 GMT -5
To be clear… my charcoaled skin had nothing to do with race, or people of color… it was a friggin hot summer this last year, set a record of days over 110° in the southwest. I am half native American, so my skin is not fair… tan deep and dark.
But it was just friggin hot, and I felt like the poster boy for Kingsford briquets.
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Post by urbino on Mar 8, 2024 23:09:00 GMT -5
"Old coot" is a term of endearment. I use it in reference to Ed, and if there's anybody here I'd go to war for, it's Ed.
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Post by olbluesmoke on Mar 8, 2024 23:13:21 GMT -5
So now I am a COOT using derogatory slander will defiantly not win hearts and minds. Maybe look in the mirror and see the toxic WACKEY DODDLE before you stir the unwelcome pot some more. Let people share their stories or knowledge and lose the columns. It seems as though this member does not favor the term Coot. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Mar 9, 2024 0:29:04 GMT -5
So now I am a COOT using derogatory slander will defiantly not win hearts and minds. Maybe look in the mirror and see the toxic WACKEY DODDLE before you stir the unwelcome pot some more. Let people share their stories or knowledge and lose the columns. It seems as though this member does not favor the term Coot. It's impossible to know if lizard man is serious. I doubt that he was. I personally identify as an old coot myself. Most of us are old enough to understand the true intentions of the post, or ask for clarification. I don't think any of us should be so thin skinned as to throw our toys over a word or comment, or opinion. But that seems to be what we have degenerated to. I am so sorry you got yourself upset over nothing. Try again in the morning. |
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Post by Plainsman on Mar 9, 2024 8:41:42 GMT -5
I get very uncomfortable when words are picked out for avoidance. Seems like one of those slippery slopes we hear about.
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