Do We Have an Oldies Check-In Thread?

[Dhalgren150]

There are a few of us still around.

I remember you from those times.

 

[Debbie]

I remember you from those times.

lovetoread, islandman, Queersetti, SaintPeter, gravyrug, Mischka, patient1 and Cheyenne are among some of the other oldies who still post.

 

[Dhalgren150]

lovetoread, islandman, Queersetti, SaintPeter, gravyrug, Mischka, patient1 and Cheyenne are among some of the other oldies who still post.

I see a few of them

 

[BrownEyes26]

Checking in

been a while, how is the GB?

 

[patient1]

been a while, how is the GB?

It's better than it has been in years in some ways.

Of course, some political feuds have polarized over the years to the point that adversaries name call on their first post in somebody else's thread.

Give it a try. Update your ignore list a little as you regain experience, and it reads pretty well.

 

[sigh]

As Bob Dylan said:
ah, but I was so much older then
I'm younger than that now

I think I was crankier, at least, and a more prolific poster

I miss redwave and pp_man. And Problem Child. What a wonderful man he was.

 

[Debbie]

been a while, how is the GB?

Ticking along nicely. Some have grumbles but that hasn't changed has it?


I forgot to mention the Laurel posts more often and that is really catastic.

Now if we could coax Manu out?

Seeing Queersetti post is a reason to for me too.

Hah. I have over emoticoned in excitement.

 

[Debbie]

As Bob Dylan said:
ah, but I was so much older then
I'm younger than that now

I think I was crankier, at least, and a more prolific poster

I miss redwave and pp_man. And Problem Child. What a wonderful man he was.

And sigh.

InternationalFunboy pops in and you know that means trouble.


I miss Summer, Nora, Rubyfruit, lavender and Mouse, Eumenides, cymbidia, RisiaSkye, perky, Dillinger, yogibare, maguy, to name just a few more.

But some of these newbies (to us) are fantastic. Clever, witty, feiry, sassy
and lively.

There are still a few asshats.

 

[sigh]

Ticking along nicely. Some have grumbles but that hasn't changed has it?


I forgot to mention the Laurel posts more often and that is really catastic.

Now if we could coax Manu out?

Seeing Queersetti post is a reason to for me too.

Hah. I have over emoticoned in excitement.

- you used some many emoticons, in fact, that I was limited in how many I could use in return (I had no idea there was a limit at all)

For that you get:
:caning:

I haven't thought of Rubyfruit or cymbidia for forever, it seems. Wow, I do miss them too. And so many others as well. But as you say, there are many others here now who've, if not exactly filled their shoes, brought in some nice shiny new pairs to dance with.

 

[Debbie]

- you used some many emoticons, in fact, that I was limited in how many I could use in return (I had no idea there was a limit at all)

For that you get:
:caning:

I haven't thought of Rubyfruit or cymbidia for forever, it seems. Wow, I do miss them too. And so many others as well. But as you say, there are many others here now who've, if not exactly filled their shoes, brought in some nice shiny new pairs to dance with.

I pooped too many emoticons. I am grinning.

I agree and feel a shoe poem coming on.

 

[sigh]

I pooped too many emoticons. I am grinning.

I agree and feel a shoe poem coming on.

This emoticon: :caning: , reminds me of cym. Remember when she got her labia rings and was so happy she'd be starting her weight-training soon? I wonder how many ounces she's got swinging down there now.

As for shoe poems, please remove yourself to the Octagon thread. (At any rate, it would be appropriate - considering this talk of oldies - to visit Dillinger's thread again. I might go there myself.)

 

[Queersetti]

been a while, how is the GB?

It doesn't move as fast as it used to, and it seems like there are more threads that go on for many posts and fewer new ones popping up.

But overall, it hasn't changed much. In fact, there are some, like LT and Bunny Slippers(formerly Busybody) who are posting, basically, the same posts they were making 10 years ago.

 

[Queersetti]

As Bob Dylan said:
ah, but I was so much older then
I'm younger than that now

I think I was crankier, at least, and a more prolific poster

I miss redwave and pp_man. And Problem Child. What a wonderful man he was.

Sigh, don't you think that, outside of a few of the nut cases, the GB is far less homophobic than it used to be?

 

[sigh]

Sigh, don't you think that, outside of a few of the nut cases, the GB is far less homophobic than it used to be?

Yes. It's like the world as a whole, actually. There's a woman I've worked with for years that I'd never told that I was gay because she once made a nasty comment about a director in the hospital who's a lesbian, but in the last year or so she's been making comments like "who cares if gays get married?". So a couple of months ago I told her I was gay and she hugged me and asked if she were invited to the wedding. How cool is that? (She was quite disappointed that there was none in the works, or even just over the horizon.)

You're dead on about your comment on the number of new threads too.

 

[Debbie]

This emoticon: :caning: , reminds me of cym. Remember when she got her labia rings and was so happy she'd be starting her weight-training soon? I wonder how many ounces she's got swinging down there now.

As for shoe poems, please remove yourself to the Octagon thread. (At any rate, it would be appropriate - considering this talk of oldies - to visit Dillinger's thread again. I might go there myself.)

Yes, ma'am.

I remember her piercings. A little bit of me winced and the rest of me was intrigued and kept peeking.

I forgot Freya too and sunstruck, starfishie. (Her art was ummm creative and like her - one of a kind.)

 

[sigh]

Yes, ma'am.

I remember her piercings. A little bit of me winced and the rest of me was intrigued and kept peeking.

I forgot Freya too and sunstruck, starfishie. (Her art was ummm creative and like her - one of a kind.)

And april_wine. I miss her so bad it hurts. We were nearly a thing, you know. Many times I've thought of taking a ride up to London (Ontario, that is) to see her. I know where she lives (or at least I did once). Remembering april is good for me. It reminds me that I'm not nearly as good a person as I pretend to myself that I am.

 

[sigh]

I saw your shoe poem, by the way. Eventually I'll come up with a proper response. That's an oldies thread all by itself.

 

[Queersetti]

Yes. It's like the world as a whole, actually. There's a woman I've worked with for years that I'd never told that I was gay because she once made a nasty comment about a director in the hospital who's a lesbian, but in the last year or so she's been making comments like "who cares if gays get married?". So a couple of months ago I told her I was gay and she hugged me and asked if she were invited to the wedding. How cool is that? (She was quite disappointed that there was none in the works, or even just over the horizon.)

You're dead on about your comment on the number of new threads too.

I made friends with a lot of young gay and lesbian activists during the marriage equality campaign in Maine, and sometimes it brings tears of joys to my eyes to see them growing up in a world so different from the one I lived in at their age.

 

[pfflyerhot]

Still old...

... Alas, soon to be older.

 

[bill-pix-trade]

checking in

 

[sigh]

I made friends with a lot of young gay and lesbian activists during the marriage equality campaign in Maine, and sometimes it brings tears of joys to my eyes to see them growing up in a world so different from the one I lived in at their age.

We owe you a debt of gratitude, Q. We really, really do. Your generation, the baby-boomer homosexuals, led the way. Some of you paid dearly for it too. I tip my proverbial hat to their memory.

 

[sigh]

checking in

the ladies in you sig are lovely, bill

 

[Queersetti]

checking in

It's good to have you back, Bill.

 

[Queersetti]

We owe you a debt of gratitude, Q. We really, really do. Your generation, the baby-boomer homosexuals, led the way. Some of you paid dearly for it too. I tip my proverbial hat to their memory.

You have a dear heart, sigh, thank you so much.

I have become a sort of eminence grise to a whole gaggle of young folks. I am trying not to go mad with the power.

 

[mrsmiawallace]

Hey kids.