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Re: CT
« Reply #40 on: June 30, 2011, 10:10:43 PM »
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Maybe in a year or two we can schedule a cruise ship vacation for the forum.

Find me a place with one o' those jet-pack thingys from the other thread, and I'm halfway there!

Quote from: Pandora on June 30, 2011, 08:56:17 PM
Maybe we can just schedule a meet-up then on dry land somewhere?

Wouldn't that be something? For some reason, the idea simultaneously thrills me and scares the sh*t outa me.

 Why would you be scared Pan won't hurt you. I think. ::thinking::
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Re: CT
« Reply #41 on: June 30, 2011, 10:42:02 PM »
Quote from: John Florida on June 30, 2011, 10:10:43 PM
Quote from: IronDioPriest on June 30, 2011, 09:31:52 PM
Quote from: trapeze on June 30, 2011, 07:56:50 PM
Maybe in a year or two we can schedule a cruise ship vacation for the forum.

Find me a place with one o' those jet-pack thingys from the other thread, and I'm halfway there!

Quote from: Pandora on June 30, 2011, 08:56:17 PM
Maybe we can just schedule a meet-up then on dry land somewhere?

Wouldn't that be something? For some reason, the idea simultaneously thrills me and scares the sh*t outa me.

 Why would you be scared Pan won't hurt you. I think. ::thinking::

I think it has to do with actual relationships and friendships being built here, over time, based solely on this kind of interaction. We are who we are, but we are also who we are here, as presented and perceived in text-only. Actually crossing over into face-to-face interaction after "knowing" someone here would add a whole new dynamic - and it would likely be the most important dynamic in determining actual interpersonal compatibility vs online interaction.

I can say for myself that I am pretty much "me" here. I lay it out there. But I can also say that there are many facets of me as a human being interacting with people that cannot possibly be conveyed in text. I would guess that is more or less the same for everybody.

So, the prospect simultaneously intrigues the heck out of me and scares the chit out of me.
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Re: CT
« Reply #42 on: June 30, 2011, 11:35:34 PM »
Quote from: IronDioPriest on June 30, 2011, 10:42:02 PM
Quote from: John Florida on June 30, 2011, 10:10:43 PM
Quote from: IronDioPriest on June 30, 2011, 09:31:52 PM
Quote from: trapeze on June 30, 2011, 07:56:50 PM
Maybe in a year or two we can schedule a cruise ship vacation for the forum.

Find me a place with one o' those jet-pack thingys from the other thread, and I'm halfway there!

Quote from: Pandora on June 30, 2011, 08:56:17 PM
Maybe we can just schedule a meet-up then on dry land somewhere?

Wouldn't that be something? For some reason, the idea simultaneously thrills me and scares the sh*t outa me.

 Why would you be scared Pan won't hurt you. I think. ::thinking::

I think it has to do with actual relationships and friendships being built here, over time, based solely on this kind of interaction. We are who we are, but we are also who we are here, as presented and perceived in text-only. Actually crossing over into face-to-face interaction after "knowing" someone here would add a whole new dynamic - and it would likely be the most important dynamic in determining actual interpersonal compatibility vs online interaction.

I can say for myself that I am pretty much "me" here. I lay it out there. But I can also say that there are many facets of me as a human being interacting with people that cannot possibly be conveyed in text. I would guess that is more or less the same for everybody.

So, the prospect simultaneously intrigues the heck out of me and scares the chit out of me.

As it ought.  One never knows.  Things went well between John et al. and me et al. -- no surprises that weren't pleasant -- but I can tell you from further experience that isn't always the rule.

Better to deal in the reality, I say, than to protect one's pretty fantasies.  For instance, I WILL bark at anybody that isn't able to deal with not dragging a tablecloth off the table via elbows whether we've "known" each other for half an hour or less.

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Re: CT
« Reply #43 on: June 30, 2011, 11:45:14 PM »
There it is the damned tablecloth. She can't help being female. ::exitstageleft::
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Re: CT
« Reply #44 on: June 30, 2011, 11:51:40 PM »
Quote from: John Florida on June 30, 2011, 11:45:14 PM
There it is the damned tablecloth. She can't help being female. ::exitstageleft::

Female, hell.  The women are just as bad as the men.  One would think y'all were raised in a barn.

And don't drip water on my floor or I WILL kill you.  And put the toilet seat down.  And take your shoes off when you come in the house.  And don't harass the cat.

Otherwise, you're fine.  Mi casa, su casa.
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Re: CT
« Reply #45 on: July 01, 2011, 12:17:00 AM »
Quote from: Pandora on June 30, 2011, 11:51:40 PM
Quote from: John Florida on June 30, 2011, 11:45:14 PM
There it is the damned tablecloth. She can't help being female. ::exitstageleft::

Female, hell.  The women are just as bad as the men.  One would think y'all were raised in a barn.

And don't drip water on my floor or I WILL kill you.  And put the toilet seat down.  And take your shoes off when you come in the house.  And don't harass the cat.

Otherwise, you're fine.  Mi casa, su casa.

 Yes Maam!I'll bring the cannolis.
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Re: CT
« Reply #46 on: July 01, 2011, 06:52:32 AM »
Heh.

JF sure straightens up well for Pan, don't he?

Hee hee!

 ::stirpot::
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Re: CT
« Reply #47 on: July 01, 2011, 08:22:17 AM »
Looks like CT may be dead.

http://conservativetalk.com/
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Re: CT
« Reply #48 on: July 01, 2011, 08:26:14 AM »
Well, it seemed self-inflicted anyway...

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...so, whatever...
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Re: CT
« Reply #49 on: July 01, 2011, 08:53:02 AM »
Quote from: RickZ on July 01, 2011, 08:22:17 AM
Looks like CT may be dead.

http://conservativetalk.com/

I don't think it was ever called that officially. It was just the name nano entered into the auto-generated ProBoards banner. I believe the url was always nanosecondinvestments.proboards.com.
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Re: CT
« Reply #50 on: July 01, 2011, 09:38:03 AM »
Yep.  Wrong link on my part.
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Re: CT
« Reply #51 on: July 01, 2011, 11:12:39 AM »
Doh!

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Re: CT
« Reply #52 on: July 01, 2011, 12:40:35 PM »
Quote from: Libertas on July 01, 2011, 06:52:32 AM
Heh.

JF sure straightens up well for Pan, don't he?

Hee hee!

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 Keep it up keep on talking crap but you haven't met her have you.
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Re: CT
« Reply #53 on: July 01, 2011, 08:28:17 PM »
Quote from: John Florida on July 01, 2011, 12:40:35 PM
Quote from: Libertas on July 01, 2011, 06:52:32 AM
Heh.

JF sure straightens up well for Pan, don't he?

Hee hee!

 ::stirpot::

 Keep it up keep on talking crap but you haven't met her have you.

I'm safely far away.

Or am I?

 ::exitstageleft::

I'll behave now, honest!

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Re: CT
« Reply #54 on: July 01, 2011, 08:43:03 PM »
I joined FreeRepublic after 9/11 (actually, I had been lurking there and reading the news stories but just hadn't signed up to post). After about a year I discovered that they have state~by~state pinglists so I signed onto the Washington state board. Within a couple of months I saw a notice where one of the more prominent WA FReepers was hosting a get-together. I requested an invite and soon enough got a chance to meet about a dozen and a half folks whom I had previously only known through posts.

It was the first (and so far only) time I had ever met any of the people I have corresponded with in cyber-space. The element of being able to put a face and especially put the characteristic 'body-language' to someone's words was fascinating.

I definitely wasn't disappointed.
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Re: CT
« Reply #55 on: July 01, 2011, 09:17:39 PM »
Cool.  Maybe we should have an annual IAF gathering in a central location somewhere, reserve rooms in a quiet out of the way neck of the woods for a weekend of food, drinks and fellowship?  A mini Bilderburg's if you will.

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Re: CT
« Reply #56 on: July 01, 2011, 10:07:24 PM »
Quote from: Libertas on July 01, 2011, 09:17:39 PM
Cool.  Maybe we should have an annual IAF gathering in a central location somewhere, reserve rooms in a quiet out of the way neck of the woods for a weekend of food, drinks and fellowship?  A mini Bilderburg's if you will.

 ::beertoast::



There you go.  We can beat them at their own game.  Bwahaahaa!
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Re: CT
« Reply #57 on: July 01, 2011, 10:16:40 PM »
Quote from: Libertas on July 01, 2011, 09:17:39 PM
Cool.  Maybe we should have an annual IAF gathering in a central location somewhere, reserve rooms in a quiet out of the way neck of the woods for a weekend of food, drinks and fellowship?  A mini Bilderburg's if you will.

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 Will there be Pie?
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Re: CT
« Reply #58 on: July 01, 2011, 10:32:33 PM »
Quote from: John Florida on July 01, 2011, 10:16:40 PM
Quote from: Libertas on July 01, 2011, 09:17:39 PM
Cool.  Maybe we should have an annual IAF gathering in a central location somewhere, reserve rooms in a quiet out of the way neck of the woods for a weekend of food, drinks and fellowship?  A mini Bilderburg's if you will.

 ::beertoast::



 Will there be Pie?

Sure, and ice cream.

 ::whoohoo::
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Re: CT
« Reply #59 on: July 01, 2011, 11:35:54 PM »
Quote from: John Florida on July 01, 2011, 10:16:40 PM
Quote from: Libertas on July 01, 2011, 09:17:39 PM
Cool.  Maybe we should have an annual IAF gathering in a central location somewhere, reserve rooms in a quiet out of the way neck of the woods for a weekend of food, drinks and fellowship?  A mini Bilderburg's if you will.

 ::beertoast::



 Will there be Pie?

Ha!  "Come to the conservative side; we have pie!"
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