Tennessee Dave
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Just read on SF that it will be closing down at some unstated time in the future. I know some members here also post there. Interesting as it has been around a long time.
Tennessee Dave":4aq603jq said:Just read on SF that it will be closing down at some unstated time in the future. I know some members here also post there. Interesting as it has been around a long time.
Carlos":lf83a072 said:Tennessee Dave":lf83a072 said:Just read on SF that it will be closing down at some unstated time in the future. I know some members here also post there. Interesting as it has been around a long time.
Do you have a link for where you read that? I am looking but not seeing.
Huh??? :shock: :xjhuggett":ubcofu3y said:Not yet! :lol:
just interfered with some friendships and that I didn't like.
Ron has/had a way of being way to sensitive to differing opinions or statement thatearl":zfgewqtb said:It appears the owner got tired of dealing with folks who had bad attitudes-he even mentioned getting death threats. ale: earl
I'm not sure how running a forum works, but if it's his forum, then it's his forum to run or in this case close. I feel for the people that called that place home.Buck":fn4c6io9 said:Ron has/had a way of being way to sensitive to differing opinions or statement thatearl":fn4c6io9 said:It appears the owner got tired of dealing with folks who had bad attitudes-he even mentioned getting death threats. ale: earl
didn't reflect his proper British outlook.
I missed the place but it's still sad that Ron can't (won't ?) sell the site to someone else
to run. :mrgreen:
My sentiments as well. I also joined BOB prior to discovering SF and tended to hang around there more due to greater activity. But both of these forums are fine places-the only 2 I like. earlNumber 6":g4wpxl6l said:I actually joined BOB before SF, but the more frequent posting on SF has led me to spend more time there than here. (The people here are just as wonderful as they are there. SF simply has more people posting regularly). I've mostly lurked here, but I must admit that my first thought on hearing about SF was, "Well, at least BOB is still going strong."
I've visited a number of pipe forums, and while all have something going for them, BOB and SF are the only ones I've found that have a sense of community strong enough that the atmosphere is more like a gathering of long-term friends than a bunch of semi-anonymous postings in cyberspace. Forums like that are rare, and while we can mourn SF's passing*, we should also be glad that there are still congenial forums like this one around.
*Probable passing. No one over there is giving up, and there may yet be some way to keep it going.
I agree sorry to see it go and hope they can keep it going but this will give me a chance to spread out a bit to discover new places and meet new pipe smokersNumber 6":q7m8to7k said:I actually joined BOB before SF, but the more frequent posting on SF has led me to spend more time there than here. (The people here are just as wonderful as they are there. SF simply has more people posting regularly). I've mostly lurked here, but I must admit that my first thought on hearing about SF was, "Well, at least BOB is still going strong."
I've visited a number of pipe forums, and while all have something going for them, BOB and SF are the only ones I've found that have a sense of community strong enough that the atmosphere is more like a gathering of long-term friends than a bunch of semi-anonymous postings in cyberspace. Forums like that are rare, and while we can mourn SF's passing*, we should also be glad that there are still congenial forums like this one around.
*Probable passing. No one over there is giving up, and there may yet be some way to keep it going.
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