Can you buy us beer?Sometimes I feel like the 5th year student when all my friends move on, then I make friends with the new freshmen.
So bottom line ... you do you? Figures.People will do what they wanna do. Even I have a list of people I won't do business with. And most of those reasons are from annoyance and petty shit. I guess I wouldn't take it very hard if someone said they didn't wanna do business with me. I'd start laughing and just go on my way.
I'm a sassy bastard tho.
OK let me evaluate this for what I see - and please forgive me but I was not a former CT person I never heard of CT until I came here - but this comes up WAY TOO OFTEN.Hello Friends and fellow addicts. My name is Jim and I love Chips. That’s really why I’m here and have been here since the great migration from Chiptalk which was the start of more than a few of our journeys down this avenue. So, yes, I remember:
I remember when Chiptalk started with the Paulson chips Mold Pharoahs club and casino group buy where the chips sold for .90 cents each.
I remember the following group buys for TR King deadwoods and Rounders that were open to All members.
I remember Puggy from Finland who used to post menus for dinner to each new member.
I remember the GCOP group buy again open to All that in my opinion was the best run group buy ever.
I remember A few Grand Cardroom group buys on differing bcc molds each an epic chance to obtain awesome chips for the entire community.
I remember several Chipco and ABC ceramic group buys again open to the entire community.
I remember the first Chiproom sale where chips sold for dirt cheap because some of the over stamps cracked the chip. I also remember the great deals Jim used to give the forum members until flippers ruined it for everyone.
I remember the upheaval about Greg Cagle charging membership for Chiptalk that eventually lead to CT’s demise and the exodus to PCF.
I remember how Tommy now institutes a charge to get ads off your threads and no one complains.
I remember deaths of revered members who’s integrity is still missed.
I remember Secret Santa and exchanging gifts.
My how things have changed...
It’s sad to see the memories of good times and what we have become. I have left before because of the bullshit that happens regularly between supposed friends who only know each other from our shared passion Unfortunately on this forum and am tempted to do so again. Can we somehow restore integrity and community? I’m giving it 39 days before my decision to stay or go. Let’s have a good, honest look at what we really have and try to make it better.
Thanks for going down memory lane with me. It’s 16 years and counting let’s hope the count keeps growing.
BPT
Nope, just slapped on the wrist and banned temp from one thread for telling @WedgeRock to fuck off
Great movie - see my signature line - yes it's random, yes 1 in 100million knows it.As a follow up to my misplaced wanted ad, I just want to tell everyone what I love most about joining this forum although it really has nothing to do with this thread. Prior to me joining, I never got any packages. My wife and daughter got all the packages, and it came to be expected that when a package came, it wasn’t going to be for me. Since I have joined and started buying chips, boy do I get packages. The best part of this is when the girls go to grab them, and I get to say ... “no no no, those are for me!” The reactions are priceless - which started as surprise (what did you get??) and has moved to annoyance (OMG more chips??). My Mail days are awesome. Getting a package is like seeing ur name in the phone book (Movie reference below)! Keep the packages coming and hopefully one of them will soon contain SB 500s. And btw meeting and interacting with nice people is great as well.
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OK let me evaluate this for what I see - and please forgive me but I was not a former CT person I never heard of CT until I came here - but this comes up WAY TOO OFTEN.
A website is a website. I understand that there are things "the powers that be" can do and not do, but in all reality a website is a website. It has bills to pay just like everyone and everything else. A website is only as good as the people to visit and contribute to it. The people are the end root source of success or failure of a website like this. If you left CT for a reason (whatever that reason is does not matter), came here years later, and loved it at first because it had all the same CT people?!? Wouldn't transplanting the same people also transplant the same end root source of the problems that caused you to leave CT in the first place? What am I missing here?
I'm watching the calories. How about hookers and blow?Can you buy us beer?
Cool, cool.I'm watching the calories. How about hookers and blow?
I can’t believe that, 8 posts into this thread, you decided to randomly post a private message from someone not even involved in the discussion. Until @ReallyGoodUsername posted, I was under the impression that you were complaining about a message from the OP. Bizarre.Is this considered a "community" type of response???
I enjoyed that sale very much lolHere’s one. I remember when The Chiproom sold PCA secondary ones in mint condition for .49 each.
Thought this was funny, remembered posting this awhile back in another bizarre thread, then I had the awesome idea to search for all the times this has been used!Don't let all this drama distract us from the fact that in 1966, Al Bundy scored four touchdowns in a single game while playing for the Polk High School Panthers in the 1966 city championship game versus Andrew Johnson High School, including the game-winning touchdown in the final seconds against his old nemesis, Bubba "Spare Tire" Dixon.
Some of the nicest people I’ve ever met have been through CT meetups. I started collecting chips in 1989 on my first trip to Vegas. Years later I found CT and couldn’t believe there were so many people that shared my interest. I’m sad that they’re not all here but I am grateful for the friendships made and my new PCF friendships.
What am I missing here?
dibs 2xI'm watching the calories. How about hookers and blow?