Calling You Old Timers

“hahaha, treebeard, I impersonated the wench and posted "new" terms of participation in her name that got this place riled up; I posted pics of two very fat nude people having sex in a pool; I recreated the "I hate Christians" thread, not once but twice, after the mods deleted the original; i have biotched about the new admins and their rules; lamented that this site is going the way of Backpacker, and other things that weren't favorable to the new regime. yet, I am still here and buddha isn't. because when I was warned, and discovered the boundaries, I backed off. He persisted with his stupid claims about fascism and other stupid stupid stuff until he got what he wanted.”

“BB brought in on himself. However, it is clear that the new owners are not going to grant the same latitude as Matt did. I see it as the first wave of reform.”

“Again, what did he do that the board bigot doesn't do on a day-to-day basis. It's ok if you say, "I don't know."”

“he attacked the mods and the company. Don't be naive.”

“in bb's case it was a matter of quantity over quality. it wasnt as much what he said, as how often he was making provoking statements and threads”

“TB - he was asking for it. It was very obvious to me that he was going out of his way Friday to see what it would take to get banned. I wish I'd saved the threads before they were deleted.”

“The point I was trying to make, TB, is that I am sure he was warned, but persisted anyway.”

“I'll buy that, Hyway. But, if these "bastions of decency" are walking such high moral ground, then why are the standards so ambiguous to the point where a guy who uses an ethnic slur to describe everyone who isn't like him allowed to keep posting without said warnings?”

“You younguns should move that discussion to another thread -- there's probably like 30 others complaining about the new owners. This here thread is to celebrate oldtimers ... and their pets.
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“PS> Anyone heard from Pamster and/or mel?”

“like i said, tree, its a matter of quantity. if we're going to be empirical about it, xl doesnt use slurs all that often”

“I disagree, Crash. In deference to Kleety's plea, I said what I think and I'm done. I'm sticking to it and letting that old fart have his thread back! :)”

““I'll buy that, Hyway. But, if these "bastions of decency" are walking such high moral ground, then why are the standards so ambiguous to the point where a guy who uses an ethnic slur to describe everyone who isn't like him allowed to keep posting without said warnings?”
Treebeard

There is to much to choose from on TT when it comes to bannable offenses. I can understand the inconsistency. But when someone stands up on a soapbox and scceams, "I am a whiney biotch and no matter how many times you fascist pigs tell me to shut up I won't stop screaming!!!!" Well that makes the decision pretty cut and dry.

BTW, didn't you once post a thread where you used the term wetback? we all use "offensive" terms. Who gives a crap. Let the easily offended grow a pair or go post on backpacker.”

“Since when is 29 old, Treebeard?
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“oh god please do not bring that back up again hyway. old water under the bridge.
he got racked over the coals for saying that and has yet to live it down (how many times can one person say sorry) while others get away with saying stupid s h i t.”

“I've been around a while, can I be an old timer now?”

“it was still a fun thread if you weren't under fire lol :)”

“well i have been here since 2001. well even before that but Matt did away with the old format and I lost my sign in name. remeber how the threads were back then? kinda like how backpacker is today


I posted something about volunteering my vacation. i never got an answer you bastards! i am still wating!”

“How long have I been here?

March of 03
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“Yeah. This site has taken on a rather negative tone in recent months...”

“July '03.

Wow 4 years already.”

“wounded knee, ive been ehre since 02....under this name LOL longer before that under another name---”

“it got real bad when sarge was here.he brought out the devil in some people, then he got banned then it got better but now im not so sure”

“that statements has been posted many times since I began here in 2002. So I doubt that TT has really changed all that much”

“Thats what I was thinkin' hyway!”

“yo i am sometimes here.

And still offensive”

“I'll miss BB, but he was the clear outlier. Tarpy is the only one I can think of who did more to get himself banned than BB did.

It seemed like the the deletion of the "I hate Christians thread" ticked him off and he decided it was worth going down in a blaze of glory by posting more and more stuff that the administrator of the day wouldn't accept.”

“What constitutes an oldtimer?
'01 here.”

“I was first here in early '99 - just for some backpacking info. I came back and quickly became a chronic in Spring of 2000. Pam, Phil, AmyG, Obi, Om, Radagast, Gojo - can't remember when Chili (I think under chili76 or something), Birch and Sass (Hyperpacker and Joy), Chili, Arclite and others whose names slip my mind made this place interesting. Rad could be funny as hell.”

“Chili36”

“Okay, what happened to Matt? Did he sell TT for millions of dollars and retire?”

“LOL wingding. Matt sold. Still has at least one other gig:

http://www.lattaoutdoors.com/forum/

If you search "Elise" here you'll find a thread started by hime explaining the sell out.......er.......off....of thebackpacker.

;)

I was here in '99. Under another name.”

“"I was here in '99. Under another name.”
bearmagnet
12:06:04 PM
7/23/07

Yeah?
What was it, "Butthead"?
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“I first started looking at Trail Talk almost ten years ago(hangs head......)
http://thebackpacker.com/trails/wv/trail_263.php”

“Gol durn whippersnappers! I was here afore Al Gore invented the INTERNET!
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“kleety = newbie”

“So what ever happened to to grunt, Idiot Bob, nature kid, wannnderrr (or however he spelled it) who was once known as LaTuer (or however he spelled it), and of course peakbagger, all seemingly lost to the last century, in fact millenium now? Well, at least nigal is still here, bless his heart.
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“Biz and I are happily married and living in Honduras. We have twelve kids, I'm a stay-at-home dad, and she still works at the strip club.”

“LMAO”

“What are you laughing at? She can still shake it! So can my skwerl for that matter...”

“I'm sure she can. tell her to come back. you're a poor substitute.”

“What never happend to Aint Om? Did she get a hubsand that is pacpac and they had some baybes?”

“Idiot bob's posts were a riot - back in the days of my innocent internet youth, I didn't quite know how to take him, but he grew on me.
His page with some of our bios is still out there somewhere...LOL...”

“C'mon twigeater, Google is your friend.

Be sure to post that URL! I could use a good laugh, and Idjit Bob's posts would be just the ticket.”

“I hiked to Roaring Plains West Virginia with Idiot Bob in December 1998.

He wanted to see Thunderstruck Rock.

That was my first Trail Talk hike and I didn't die.”

“That was my first Trail Talk hike and I didn't die

But did it leave you scarred for life like the rest of us?”

“Hmmmm, in weird ways it did.

The dude had a mullet.

I schit you not!”

“yes, google is my friend - someone did post a link not to long ago...

I wish we could resurrect the "braless is seattle" thread, that was the first one that cracked me up...”

“Wanted: Hot Babe -w- Loose Morals

Wasn't that was one of Idiot Bob's efforts?

You can see what TT used to look like if you click here.”

“Ah... "Nippin' on the Trail"...

At least the title is still there.”