Ducky13 Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 I thought it was dead around here cause they killed pay it forward (the PIF). I miss that thread. I still check other threads like Got a comic room (the reason I joined) comic spinners and the yard sale flea market thread. I do peruse the sales thread and what hot in current and and copper thread occasionally Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan510 Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Pfft. This place is just fine. Saying this place lost members to the Comic Book Forum or Ditch's forum is a joke, those forums are so dead they make a ghost town feel like party central. Larryw7 and Old Fashion PB and J 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan. Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 2 hours ago, HarveySwick said: TJI Friday’s Thank Justin It's Friday's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizards2 Posted February 19, 2018 Author Share Posted February 19, 2018 testing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizards2 Posted February 19, 2018 Author Share Posted February 19, 2018 3 hours ago, HarveySwick said: I’m on Page 7 and have a lot of catching up to do and don’t even know if I’m jumping in the middle of a big back and forth, but here goes... To me, this place is dead. Meaning, it’s not my go to place anymore. I rarely even log in these days and it’s mainly to see if friends have PMed me (instead of just texting) and I need to respond. And I don’t say that without having a heavy heart. I miss this place. A lot. I found this place doing a Google search for a DD #254 9.8 and finding a long dead sales thread and jumping in with a total noob move and throwing out a I also started WTB threads in Comics General. It was bad. But I took my lumps, lurked and watched and learned as best I could how the place ticked and what was what. It was easier because the old timers kept noobs in check and kept this place running smoothly. I feel like they’re all gone now for the most part. The only analogy I can come up with is that this place was a fun hang out or bar like Cheers. The old-timers had been in this place for a long time. They all knew each other. You could “trust” them in that if they were loons, would they really be around all that time without being chased away? They all had their seat at the bar and you wanted to be part of it and their conversation. It was worth investing time and energy getting to know people because they’d be there next month. It was like moving to a small town and getting to know your neighbor: the good, the bad, and the future HOS member. But you knew who you were talking to for the most part or someone did. It wasn’t ALL just based on money. But I feel like things started to change even before the “New Boards”. I don’t know if it was CBCS and the splintering of the Boards into the Comic Book Forum, CBCS Or Ditch’s Forum. But all of those old, familiar “faces” were disappearing more and more and being replaced by the latest “Joined: January 18, 2018” who was just trying to sell you his latest Variant cover and had no interest in really seeing how his place ticked. So, what was once the comfortable local watering hole where people knew each other became the hotel bar where you didn’t know if the guy sitting next to you was going to try to scam you or had dead hookers in his trunk. You also didn’t know if that fellow patron would be there in a month so why bother. We used to have Friday night threads, pernts, Locked Thread Points Challenge and comedic epic meltdowns. Then bums got hurt so those all went away. I honestly do miss this place a lot, but what was already starting to feel less and less like “Home” really felt like they tore down “Cheers” and put in an TJI Friday’s instead. The place was loud, busy and never felt right and you had to ask the hostess where the bathroom was because everything was different. Gone were familiar faces and replaced by the latest noob standing on top of a chair with his shirt off making an of himself for attention and then crying when he didn’t get the attention he wanted. That made it easier to adjust to life without the Boards. I’m not going to throw any sort of “I’m done with this place” because I don’t think I can ever fully walk away. But never really checking out has changed in to checking in very sporadically. I noticed all the cool books you had on eBay, and I was wondering why they weren't sold here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizards2 Posted February 19, 2018 Author Share Posted February 19, 2018 1 minute ago, lizards2 said: testing I keep trying to respond to HarveySwick's post, and it keeps getting hidden. What's up with that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan510 Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 5 minutes ago, lizards2 said: I keep trying to respond to HarveySwick's post, and it keeps getting hidden. What's up with that? You're only allowed so much whining per topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizards2 Posted February 19, 2018 Author Share Posted February 19, 2018 40 minutes ago, Logan510 said: 46 minutes ago, lizards2 said: I keep trying to respond to HarveySwick's post, and it keeps getting hidden. What's up with that? You're only allowed so much whining per topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patriot6 Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 5 minutes ago, lizards2 said: Liz, Since you started this thread I feel like you spend all of your time here and I miss your disruptions elsewhere. Basically what I'm saying is I got a fever and there only cure for that fever is more Lizard around the boards. Mystafo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizards2 Posted February 19, 2018 Author Share Posted February 19, 2018 1 minute ago, Patriot6 said: 8 minutes ago, lizards2 said: Liz, Since you started this thread I feel like you spend all of your time here and I miss your disruptions elsewhere. Basically what I'm saying is I got a fever and there only cure for that fever is more Lizard around the boards. I've been out of town for four days and on an IPad - basically down to one finger and not cut/paste/jpeg/etc. That being said, maybe I need to spend more time away from this ****hole board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patriot6 Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 3 minutes ago, lizards2 said: I've been out of town for four days and on an IPad - basically down to one finger and not cut/paste/jpeg/etc. That being said, maybe I need to spend more time away from this ****hole board. That would be like Pilsbury doughboy giving up baking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR.X Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 9 minutes ago, Patriot6 said: Basically what I'm saying is I got a fever and there only cure for that fever is more Lizard around the boards. He has not learned a the process of splitting himself in several pieces like an amoeba yet, but I am trying to teach him some of my secrets. porcupine48 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patriot6 Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 1 minute ago, DR.X said: He has not learned a the process of splitting himself in several pieces like an amoeba yet, but I am trying to teach him some of my secrets. The more pieces, the more you get around eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizards2 Posted February 19, 2018 Author Share Posted February 19, 2018 8 minutes ago, Patriot6 said: 12 minutes ago, lizards2 said: I've been out of town for four days and on an IPad - basically down to one finger and not cut/paste/jpeg/etc. That being said, maybe I need to spend more time away from this ****hole board. That would be like Pilsbury doughboy giving up baking Patriot6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patriot6 Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 1 minute ago, lizards2 said: NOOOO!!! I love PBD I collect PDB stuff........I know, I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizards2 Posted February 19, 2018 Author Share Posted February 19, 2018 1 minute ago, Patriot6 said: NOOOO!!! I love PBD I collect PDB stuff........I know, I know. try googling Pillsbury doughboy meme - good stuff there. I'm out - I'll be on eBay, just like HarveySwick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patriot6 Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 1 minute ago, lizards2 said: try googling Pillsbury doughboy meme - good stuff there. I'm out - I'll be on eBay, just like HarveySwick. So that's how it is. I whip out my Pilsbury doughboy and you just leave, mmmhmmm. Pfff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tv horror Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Yes they are away to spend some of their hard earned DOUGH! (ouch) 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR.X Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Larryw7 and Patriot6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR.X Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Patriot6 and Larryw7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...