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Knobby
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Joined: May 31 2013
Location: Ontario
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Points: 490
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Posted: July 01 2013 at 11:24 |
Dont laugh.
It just may come to be your misfortune one day to be staring out a Cosy Corners Retirement Home window watching two chipmunks fornicate.
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Dean
Special Collaborator
Retired Admin and Amateur Layabout
Joined: May 13 2007
Location: Europe
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Points: 37575
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Posted: July 01 2013 at 11:27 |
Tune in tomorrow for the next thrilling installment of "Scenes from Wally's Window"...
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What?
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Knobby
Forum Senior Member
Joined: May 31 2013
Location: Ontario
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Points: 490
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Posted: July 01 2013 at 11:36 |
Yep.
You should know that Progbemyname is actually my sidekick wot does his best to keep Yours Truely in the limelight here on Progarchioves - which I loikes (not Prog Archives, but being he center of attention.)
If you haven't worked it out yet us two are from the same part of Ontario.
But that could be a ruse as well - Progbethyname could be me olde Yorkshire mate ,Karney on vacation with me here in Leutonia.
You never know. (Untill the Wallacian begins to roll in.)
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HolyMoly
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Retired Admin
Joined: April 01 2009
Location: Atlanta
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Points: 26138
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Posted: July 01 2013 at 12:07 |
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My other avatar is a Porsche
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased.
-Kehlog Albran
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Gerinski
Prog Reviewer
Joined: February 10 2010
Location: Barcelona Spain
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Points: 5154
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Posted: July 01 2013 at 12:54 |
Knobby wrote:
How many crates man are you, Gerritonski?
How many cds?
How many live tapes?
We see who has the right/background to post here, you or I |
More pathetic at every try, master Wally. Your having 100 times more albums than me won't make me think any less what a pathetic being you seem to be . Why don't you stay in those old psycher's forums you seem to love so much and let us enjoy our nerdy Prog in peace?
Edited by Gerinski - July 01 2013 at 13:02
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CPicard
Forum Senior Member
Joined: October 03 2008
Location: Là, sui monti.
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Points: 10841
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Posted: July 01 2013 at 13:04 |
Come on, isn't it time to ask Knobby if it's an European swallow or an African swallow?
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The Bearded Bard
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Joined: January 24 2012
Location: Behind the Sun
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Posted: July 01 2013 at 13:05 |
Knobby wrote:
You should know that Progbemyname is actually my sidekick wot does his best to keep Yours Truely in the limelight here on Progarchioves - which I loikes (not Prog Archives, but being he center of attention.) |
If you don't like PA, why stick around?
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Gerinski
Prog Reviewer
Joined: February 10 2010
Location: Barcelona Spain
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Points: 5154
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Posted: July 01 2013 at 13:11 |
chopper wrote:
Knobby wrote:
[QUOTE=Knobby][QUOTE=Knobby][QUOTE=chopper][
It's "Taggart" and you have to roll your R's when you say "there's been a murrrderrrr". |
WTF?
That picture looks nothing like me. |
Well I guess he posted this because a self-portrait or self-picture would have been too disgusting for all of us If this is the image he has of us proggers and he thinks he's gonna have fun about it, you know what he deserves being replied = SILENCE!!!
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The Neck Romancer
Forum Senior Member
Joined: June 01 2010
Location: Brazil
Status: Offline
Points: 10185
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Posted: July 01 2013 at 13:40 |
So this is what happens when you take too much acid during youth.
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Knobby
Forum Senior Member
Joined: May 31 2013
Location: Ontario
Status: Offline
Points: 490
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Posted: July 01 2013 at 14:04 |
Its no tha I doan like Progarchives Forum.
This forum has incredible potential.
There are 100 people looking in on these threads at most any given time.
That is pretty damn good going in my book.
The question for the hosts/moderators , myself (and mayhaps even YOU) is: where are we taking all this interest/ what manner of people are looking in?
Are the majority total wet-behind-the-ears novices only interested in the Rush/Porcupine Tree/"best of" posts? Or is there something deeper out there in the audience.
Now, Knobs is pretty sure those running this forum think the fan-base is pretty-well NOOB and its well to pander to them (afterall numbers is numbers). But Knobs submits you this: I have been looking in on active users here at the threads that are actually being followed and - moderators/hosts - if you dont realize already ,a surprizing number of "guests" ARE looking into the deeper (and more specific) posts. By surprizing, Knobs wouls say very roughly...say 25%.
So are you gonna build up that 25% interest or just go with the easy noob-flow? THAT is the question.
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Luna
Forum Senior Member
Joined: July 28 2010
Location: Funky Town
Status: Offline
Points: 12794
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Posted: July 01 2013 at 14:06 |
Knobby wrote:
Are the majority total wet-behind-the-ears novices only interested in the Rush/Porcupine Tree/"best of" posts? Or is there something deeper out there in the audience. |
We're more interested in Yes vs. Genesis posts, thank you very much
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Ambient Hurricanes
Forum Senior Member
Joined: December 25 2011
Location: internet
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Points: 2549
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Posted: July 01 2013 at 14:12 |
Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote:
progbethyname wrote:
Ambient Hurricanes wrote:
Maybe some of us are 18 year old college students who like vinyl but do not have the money to go out and collect a bunch of records. Just maybe.Also, maybe some of us are happy with their CD's or whatever and don't appreciate being mocked for not taking a greater interest in what you happen to be interested in.
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My brother got after me today about why I still buy music and not download. Long story short, at the end of our conversation I he wanted to go to the record store and by some albums.
Yes. I converted my own blood to do the right thing. |
Amen, brother...To me, whether it's vinyl or CD, I simply like to own something PHYSICAL for my money. I'm not much of a data hoarder, and I like to look over the CD booklets or LP sleeves too much!
It's the same for me as a 20+ year comic book collector...there's a big move with them being made on the digital mediums, and believe me, they simply POP on those tablet screens, but it's not the same thing as me having a physical copy to treasure forever.
I don't know how old your brother is, but I guess lots of younger people don't have that thrill of going into a store and discovering some elusive or unexpected musical surprise! I still remember buying a CD and having to wait until school finished, or getting home on the bus to anxiously listen to it! |
I like having physical copies, and have never illegally downloaded a thing in my life. I don't collect vinyl though, Don't have the time or money. It sounds way better on vinyl, though, and maybe someday I'll be able to get myself a record player and start collecting.
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I love dogs, I've always loved dogs
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Knobby
Forum Senior Member
Joined: May 31 2013
Location: Ontario
Status: Offline
Points: 490
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Posted: July 01 2013 at 14:17 |
You see here?
Perhaps this 25% "guests" are not interested in the obvious.
They check this place out then LEAVE , but the 25% mark is maintained because of the high traffic here and influx of new interest.
If those initial 25% were given something to eat - what they actually came here hoping to find, they would stay and the place would smarten-up in content , perhaps not exponentially, but it WOULD.
Do you think the average American audience is as trepan-dumb as the TV industry hopes they are or makes them out to be?
No way.
Something like "House" proved it. The audience may not understand 2/3rds of the technical jabber the characters speak, or that which the alien-like nerd on Big Bang Theory speaks, but that dont matter - they want to better themselves or at least give the impression they are out to bettering themselves.
What Im suggesting to those in charge here: consider moving away from the notion that noobism is the way to go. Sure, noobism is SAFE...but ....fox being safe.
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Knobby
Forum Senior Member
Joined: May 31 2013
Location: Ontario
Status: Offline
Points: 490
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Posted: July 01 2013 at 14:20 |
The first thing Knobs would do is segregate.
Create a noobs corner: discussion of the cornerstone bands area and all that.
AND PUT IN SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LIST.
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Ambient Hurricanes
Forum Senior Member
Joined: December 25 2011
Location: internet
Status: Offline
Points: 2549
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Posted: July 01 2013 at 14:21 |
OCCUPY PROGARCHIVES! WE ARE THE 25%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I love dogs, I've always loved dogs
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Luna
Forum Senior Member
Joined: July 28 2010
Location: Funky Town
Status: Offline
Points: 12794
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Posted: July 01 2013 at 14:22 |
Henry Plainview for admin 2012
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Ambient Hurricanes
Forum Senior Member
Joined: December 25 2011
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Posted: July 01 2013 at 14:22 |
Knobby wrote:
The first thing Knobs would do is segregate.
Create a noobs corner: discussion of the cornerstone bands area and all that.
AND PUT IN SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LIST. |
Yes, of course, separate but equal.
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I love dogs, I've always loved dogs
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Ambient Hurricanes
Forum Senior Member
Joined: December 25 2011
Location: internet
Status: Offline
Points: 2549
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Posted: July 01 2013 at 14:22 |
SolarLuna96 wrote:
Henry Plainview for admin 2012 |
Is he still around?
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I love dogs, I've always loved dogs
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Luna
Forum Senior Member
Joined: July 28 2010
Location: Funky Town
Status: Offline
Points: 12794
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Posted: July 01 2013 at 14:22 |
Ambient Hurricanes wrote:
SolarLuna96 wrote:
Henry Plainview for admin 2012 |
Is he still around?
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In our hearts and minds
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Ambient Hurricanes
Forum Senior Member
Joined: December 25 2011
Location: internet
Status: Offline
Points: 2549
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Posted: July 01 2013 at 14:24 |
I came here too late to get to know him, I guess, but I remember his unique personality. I support Walter to be the assistant admin to Henry Plainview.
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I love dogs, I've always loved dogs
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