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is this dead or what?
On Oct 6, 6:33*pm, Dan Valleskey wrote:
I miss my RBP. *Okay, maybe I don't miss it all that much. *Are there any old timers still lurking about? -Dan V. in Indy not dead exactly but it seems that no one actually talks much in summer and fall. during the winter it seems to pickup a bit. |
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Dan Valleskey wrote:
I miss my RBP. Okay, maybe I don't miss it all that much. Are there any old timers still lurking about? I check it periodically. Nothing much happening. Steve |
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Steve Cramer wrote:
Dan Valleskey wrote: I miss my RBP. Okay, maybe I don't miss it all that much. Are there any old timers still lurking about? I check it periodically. Nothing much happening. So, where'd everybody go? It's not like kayaking is less popular than before (just the opposite, IMHO). Is there a web-based watering hole where everybody gathers now? That's what happened to the sailing and skiing newsgroups that I participate in. Where's the rbp web substitute? //Walt |
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Walt wrote:
Steve Cramer wrote: Dan Valleskey wrote: I miss my RBP. Okay, maybe I don't miss it all that much. Are there any old timers still lurking about? I check it periodically. Nothing much happening. So, where'd everybody go? It's not like kayaking is less popular than before (just the opposite, IMHO). Is there a web-based watering hole where everybody gathers now? That's what happened to the sailing and skiing newsgroups that I participate in. Where's the rbp web substitute? //Walt Looks like there are now a lot of web-based forums that not only cater to specific groups of boaters (fla****er, sea, rodeo, river running etc.), but that are aiming at boaters from individual countries and even regions as well. The greater numer of people online nowadays sure help to make even pretty small forums seem as active as RBP once was. That does come at the price of splitting an international community into such tiny bits that not a lot of folks seem to even know that there are others on boating forums as well any more. The interface of those forums is different and the messages in some forums are dropping off the page quickly. I also find the atmosphere very different from RBP, but that may be due to a greater number of participants influencing it. A good thing is that with many of those forums, there are active admins who can actually do something about most trolls. Still, IMO, they are not a real substitute to the atmosphere of the old RBP community of the middle to late 90's. I will remember that time fondly, and I still am in touch with several friends from back then. Alas, it's no more, and it's time to move on. -- Wilko van den Bergh wilkoa t)dse(d o tnl Eindhoven The Netherlands Europe ---Look at the possibilities, don't worry about the limitations.--- http://kayaker.nl/ |
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Here I am in bored waiting for a call and decide to have a peek at rbp
for the first time in months and what do I find but old familiar friends like Galen and Tom and Myron. I miss the old days of RBP, but like many others I've move on. Moved on a couple of times in fact, first to NPMB and later to P.net. Nowadays though I'm less and less interested in spending time on paddling message boards. But I still miss my old rbp friends. |
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Dan Valleskey wrote:
I miss my RBP. Okay, maybe I don't miss it all that much. Are there any old timers still lurking about? -Dan V. in Indy Yep Dan, it doesn't look like there's much life left in it... It was good while it lasted though. -- Wilko van den Bergh wilkoa t)dse(d o tnl Eindhoven The Netherlands Europe ---Look at the possibilities, don't worry about the limitations.--- http://kayaker.nl/ |
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On Oct 6, 8:33*pm, Dan Valleskey wrote:
I miss my RBP. *Okay, maybe I don't miss it all that much. *Are there any old timers still lurking about? -Dan V. in Indy Hi Dan, and all! Yes, there are still a few of us RBP old timers around. Ahhhh, for the heyday of RBP, huh? Scott Bristow (RIP) lending his wise advice, me beating up on Corran Addison for Riot's (IMHO) crappy color selections and goading him into actually molding me a PINK 007 (which I heard he/Riot actually produced, but I unfortunately never got to possess :-( ), and of course the ubiquitous rantings of...who was that (Scott something?) that owned property on and across Boulder Creek, who called me the Ivory Tower Anarchist? Hee hee! I don't get to boat much anymore, what with the price of gasoline and the fact that I'm still trying to fight my way through nursing school after an abrupt segue interruption in my progress to becoming an RN (which I'm still mired in, unfortunately.) I do get up to Indy once a year, for the Indy 500. I've become quite the racefan after inheriting my brother's (RIP) ticket. Email me and maybe we can hook up at the race or the race party some year! :-) John Kuthe... |
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On Oct 16, 9:32*pm, John Kuthe wrote:
On Oct 6, 8:33*pm, Dan Valleskey wrote: I miss my RBP. *Okay, maybe I don't miss it all that much. *Are there any old timers still lurking about? -Dan V. in Indy Hi Dan, and all! Yes, there are still a few of us RBP old timers around. Ahhhh, for the heyday of RBP, huh? Scott Bristow (RIP) lending his wise advice, me beating up on Corran Addison for Riot's (IMHO) crappy color selections and goading him into actually molding me a PINK 007 (which I heard he/Riot actually produced, but I unfortunately never got to possess :-( ), and of course the ubiquitous rantings of...who was that (Scott something?) that owned property on and across Boulder Creek, who called me the Ivory Tower Anarchist? Hee hee! I don't get to boat much anymore, what with the price of gasoline and the fact that I'm still trying to fight my way through nursing school after an abrupt segue interruption in my progress to becoming an RN (which I'm still mired in, unfortunately.) I do get up to Indy once a year, for the Indy 500. I've become quite the racefan after inheriting my brother's (RIP) ticket. Email me and maybe we can hook up at the race or the race party some year! :-) John Kuthe... Yup! RBP is dead :-( John Kuthe... |
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On Oct 6, 9:33*pm, Dan Valleskey wrote:
I miss my RBP. *Okay, maybe I don't miss it all that much. *Are there any old timers still lurking about? -Dan V. in Indy Sponsons.... |
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On Oct 21, 10:20*am, wrote:
On Oct 6, 9:33*pm, Dan Valleskey wrote: I miss my RBP. *Okay, maybe I don't miss it all that much. *Are there any old timers still lurking about? -Dan V. in Indy Sponsons.... *roll eyes* --riverman |
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