BajaNomad - Some interesting forum stats.

Some interesting forum stats.

Braulio - 7-19-2005 at 06:37 PM

I just checked out the stat link that's at the top of every page - it reinforced something I already suspected:

1764 total members

Average number of posts per day - about 62

The average member has about 36.5 posts

In the past day JR has 19 posts.

I bet over half the posts are made by the same 6 or 8 people.

This forum has become like one of those rundown congales (bars) you see in Baja - where you drop by every now and then hoping that the rundown hoars have been replaced by some nice sweet 19 year old things.

But it never happens. Life just doesn't work that way.

Braulio

Mike Humfreville - 7-19-2005 at 06:54 PM

Now that you've done the stats and know who to avoid you can still participate without being burdened with people you don't want to read. Hang in there bro...

Braulio

Baja Bernie - 7-19-2005 at 07:20 PM

How many posts did "SIR" have. He seems to be everywere.

So glad I will always be--just Normal Nomad. It relieves one of the need to post much about nothing in order to score.

[Edited on 7-20-2005 by Baja Bernie]

bufeo - 7-19-2005 at 07:23 PM

I agree Mike,

I rarely visit here anymore, and, when I do, I assiduously avoid those ubiquitous posters.

rpleger - 7-19-2005 at 07:53 PM

That would be a lively bar to hang out in and the discussians would be a riot.
I would hang there every day and have a ball bull sh*ting with these guys.

Braulio - 7-19-2005 at 08:00 PM

Mike - I read your lastest offerings today - you're one of the reasons I keep coming back - don't get me wrong - I'm not calling you a hoar or anything.

bufeo - people with vocabularies like yours are the other downfall of this forum.

Baja B - I'll dedicate a thread to you later this evening - I've got to run now - it's one of those things I'd best think thrice before I post...

rpleger - a man has to dream.

As always Braulio

jrbaja - 7-19-2005 at 08:30 PM

another brilliant post. Would you like some cheese to go with your whine? Ever consider making your own narrow minded bored?

Apparently, there are some on here who are interested in parts of Baja other than tourists trips to the gringo enclaves :light:

At least according to the number of people who do open and reply to my posts. :lol:

I like to refer to them as humans. :light:

surfer jim - 7-19-2005 at 08:32 PM

Let the show begin..... :spingrin:

yankeeirishman - 7-19-2005 at 08:33 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Baja Bernie
How many posts did "SIR" have. He seems to be everywere.

So glad I will always be--just Normal Nomad. It relieves one of the need to post much about nothing in order to score.

[Edited on 7-20-2005 by Baja Bernie]

I am everywhere EXCEPT Baja!!!! :fire:

Sir has spoken :lol:

[Edited on 7-20-2005 by yankeeirishman]

oh oh!

yankeeirishman - 7-19-2005 at 08:36 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Braulio
Mike - I read your lastest offerings today - you're one of the reasons I keep coming back - don't get me wrong - I'm not calling you a hoar or anything.

bufeo - people with vocabularies like yours are the other downfall of this forum.

Baja B - I'll dedicate a thread to you later this evening - I've got to run now - it's one of those things I'd best think thrice before I post...

rpleger - a man has to dream.

bufeo - people with vocabularies like yours are the other downfall of this forum.

Baja B - I'll dedicate a thread to you later this evening - I've got to run now - it's one of those things I'd best think thrice before I post...

vocabularies like thrice is choking! Thought I spell check since DK is out of town :lol:

JZ - 7-19-2005 at 08:47 PM

Braulio: agree 100%. And look, head Bambozo says the same anti-American crap on this thread as well.

I'm going to need

jrbaja - 7-19-2005 at 08:49 PM

more cheese!

And how you groupers turn that into anti-american is beyond me. It's more like anti idiot and it has nothing to do with nationality. Remember the huarache fitting? Yer a regular Cinderella.

[Edited on 7/20/2005 by jrbaja]

Sallysouth - 7-19-2005 at 09:30 PM

Nevermind....... Go at it and take up the whole board again, again, etc.

Sorry Sally

jrbaja - 7-19-2005 at 09:49 PM

But when the coop groupers we seldom hear from, unless it's to start their usual clucking, mention my name, I tend to respond.
There's only a few though. Funny how we don't hear from them and all of a sudden there they all are. Funny.

Just do what they do, don't open the posts :light:

There must be a whole in the fence somewhere

jrbaja - 7-19-2005 at 09:54 PM

It's like old coop night around here! :lol:

Let me guess, everyones returning from bola> :light:

[Edited on 7/20/2005 by jrbaja]

Packoderm - 7-19-2005 at 09:58 PM

"1764 total members"
"The average member has about 36.5 posts..."

I don't think this is an accurate picture of the typical member. There are many members who joined this forum but soon stopped visiting. Go to "Baja Nomad" and then scroll down to "Who's Online" then you will see the more accurate picture of who frequents this board.

My Two Cents...

lindsay - 7-19-2005 at 10:05 PM

I was just "de-juniorized" in my nomad rating this past week so all I can say from my time here is that the board has many posters and day in and day out, I find posts I'll never get to due to time, some that I offer up and others that I comment on. So Braulio, I hope that you can find something that will bring you back. My own recommendation for a post to check out from today is Osprey's Good Cop/Bad Cop which I read a bit earlier tonight. If you enjoy stories that are vivid, he's one to not pass up.

if you cant find...

eetdrt88 - 7-19-2005 at 10:22 PM

something pretty interesting to check out on this site on a regular basis then youre probably just a bored cybergeek that needs to get a life....i'll admit, it has its ups and downs but usually theres something to hold my interest and occasionally i even toss in my own 2 cents...probably what most keeps me coming back though is the bizzare collection of personalities to be found here...thats including myself :lol:

Bambozo

JZ - 7-19-2005 at 11:04 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by jrbaja
more cheese!

And how you groupers turn that into anti-american is beyond me. It's more like anti idiot and it has nothing to do with nationality. Remember the huarache fitting? Yer a regular Cinderella.

[Edited on 7/20/2005 by jrbaja]

Wow, you went back and gave me some more after the fact...did I get to you... you are the grouper, Bambozo, and yes, you are anti-American

David K - 7-20-2005 at 12:10 AM

Braulio, I would be very interested if you would post a daily piece on what you did in Mexcali or what others did in Mexicali, each day, of interest... Include the day's temperture as well!

I have a new Mexican amigo who IM's and emails me from Mexicali... an engineer with a Jeep. Another amigo is a hunting guide and owns a guest ranch near Laguna Hanson, and recently purchased the Matomi canyon where we go (my web site photos inspired him to buy the place)... interesting people to be sure!

Anyway, Mexicali seems such an uncomfortable place to be, yet there are so many who call it home. Please think about it, daily posts from Baja and about Baja are interesting!

Braulio - 7-20-2005 at 07:01 AM

David - When I'm in Mexicali (I'm not now) in the summer I usually wake up about 2:30 and I 'm at my office by 4am or earlier - a lot of times my work day is over by 11 or 12 noon. It makes it kind of nice in a way.

I've tried on a couple occasions to get mexican friends of mine interested in this forum but they don't seem to stick to it - I don't think they understand some of the stuff we post here - or the concept of people having so much extra time on their hands.

To kind of change the theme here a little - I noticed early on that the people from the Imperial Valley - either side of the border - are extremely friendly and giving (as long as you're not a total ahole type) - it's one of the things that attracted me to it years ago. I think it has to do with a basic survival necessity - from back before things were developed and they brought in the water and all that - people have to help each other to survive.

It really reflects itself in the friendliness of the people - in fact you can probably see it in my presence on this board....I'm such a positve fella and all...

Braulio - 7-20-2005 at 07:05 AM

PS - Grover - I haven't seen you around here much - watcha been up to man?

Braulio of Mexicali from Sir Yankeeirishman

yankeeirishman - 7-20-2005 at 07:28 AM

Hey! You work/live there? You know...it would be excellent if you were to do postings on Mexicali! You know...places to eat at, things to see, where to get building supplies, what NOT to do there(!)..da da da I always wanted to know in detail about this town. It really would help me, and I am sure, a few hundred otheres here.

Bruce R Leech - 7-20-2005 at 07:39 AM

I would like to know more about Mexicali. for some reason nobody post much about it. it would be grate if some one who lives and works there could tell us more about it.

Braulio - 7-20-2005 at 07:54 AM

I've made the offer several times here to answer any questions about Mexicali - it stands. A lot of folks may not realize how complete a city it is - that is if you want to experience a mexican city with less border influence than TJ it's right there. People will welcome you.

The Fiestas del Sol will be happening late summer - I'll make a pitch for it then

The thing is I don't really trust people who post constantly (DK's an exception imho - I suppose there are others)- to me it's an indication that they don't really have a life - or somethings out of balance with them. Their view is kind of out of whack. I have the sense that some people on this board go around the BC peninsula just looking for things they can post - I think it screws up their whole perspective.

Yankee - We touched base a while ago over a bag of baseballs. If you want a piece of Baja there in Sacramento go to a bar on Marconi just west (or north) of Bus. 80. It's the real deal - narcos and all.

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yankeeirishman - 7-20-2005 at 08:15 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Braulio
I've made the offer several times here to answer any questions about Mexicali - it stands. A lot of folks may not realize how complete a city it is - that is if you want to experience a mexican city with less border influence than TJ it's right there. People will welcome you.

The Fiestas del Sol will be happening late summer - I'll make a pitch for it then

The thing is I don't really trust people who post constantly (DK's an exception imho - I suppose there are others)- to me it's an indication that they don't really have a life - or somethings out of balance with them. Their view is kind of out of whack. I have the sense that some people on this board go around the BC peninsula just looking for things they can post - I think it screws up their whole perspective.

Yankee - We touched base a while ago over a bag of baseballs. If you want a piece of Baja there in Sacramento go to a bar on Marconi just west (or north) of Bus. 80. It's the real deal - narcos and all.

.

No more! Jerry's got busted two years ago with an host of Gun , drug, and health violations. He was forced to sell out. That was a nice little wanna be biker joint, wasnt it!

Here's a question for ya. Where in Mexicali do I purhase color glazed tile for interior?

Braulio - 7-20-2005 at 08:46 AM

Yankee - it's open now - right there where Auburn Blvd. becomes Roseville Rd. - corner of Marconi circle - they have a bunch of bees painted on the walls - it's called Pa?uelos or something like that - I just can't recall.

There are some tile places on L?zaro C?rdenas in Mexicali with show rooms - let me know when you're headed down and I'll be more specific.

bajalou - 7-20-2005 at 08:55 AM

I enjoy Mexicali - it seems to be a great city and as Brauilo says has much of everything. I go up regularly for VW parts and machine shops. Like to just drive around and look at the town. I'm regularly suprised.

Brauilo, maybe we can share a taco or something one of the next times I come up?

Barry A. - 7-20-2005 at 09:32 AM

Having lived in El Centro for 13 years prior to 1986, I can tell you that Mexicali is a wonderful and exciting city. We went down there at least once a week----there are so many fine restaurants-----and great shopping for truly Mexican stuff---good stuff, not junk. We were always treated well there, by lots of very friendly people. It is a huge city!!!

Braulio is probably right, they are friendly out of mutual respect for surviving in a harsh invironment-----summers for 5 months are hellish, but for the 7 months of winter it is perfect, weatherwise.

I have nothing but fond memories of Mexicali, and I too wish there were more posts about it.

In response to Me No--------I find David K's posts to be the most helpful of any (and I have never met him)----there are many more fine posters, but Davids are the most helpful to me. The folks that insist on shooting arrows at others I find the most uninteresting, counter-productive, and tedious. The motives that folks have for posting is of no interest to me---I only want to learn more about Baja CA.

Barry

Braulio - 7-20-2005 at 12:46 PM

bajalou - let me know when you're passing through - it'd be my pleasure.

MeNo - nice post man - in fact I'm going to give you the Nomad Baja Analyst of the Day Award for such a well thoughtout response.

All I did to start this thread was point out some stats - L - that's just reality. If you're embarrassed by the reality then change it.

I mean it's not like I tried to spin it or anything.

Oh no.

Not me.

yankeeirishman - 7-20-2005 at 01:26 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Braulio
Yankee - it's open now - right there where Auburn Blvd. becomes Roseville Rd. - corner of Marconi circle - they have a bunch of bees painted on the walls - it's called Pa?uelos or something like that - I just can't recall.

There are some tile places on L?zaro C?rdenas in Mexicali with show rooms - let me know when you're headed down and I'll be more specific.

Ya ya! Off to a slow start they were. Now the joint seems to be going at it well. That Mom and Pop store is own by a buddy of mine...so I go there alot to shoot the breeze at the store, and to shoplift whatever I can :lol:

Hows the food in there anyhow? Normally I force feed my crews to the taco wagons...in my book...the best damn tacos are in at these wagons. North of Mexico that is.

[Edited on 7-20-2005 by yankeeirishman]

What the hell happened to this thread?

bigzaggin - 7-20-2005 at 01:43 PM

It degenerated from a perfectly useful b-tch/whine-fest into a totally useless conversation about Baja. :-(

Let's turn the corner: Man, I sure do hate it when gringos come down here and play loud music! Anyone else? Who's with me?

P.S. What's your favorite beer?

Me No - 7-20-2005 at 02:27 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Braulio

bufeo - people with vocabularies like yours are the other downfall of this forum.

I have to admit Braulio, You totally lost me on this one. On one hand you are kissing DK's butt, and on the other you are slamming Bufeo. Who happens to be one of the nicest, most respectful, intellegent, gentelmen, god ever saw fit to put on this planet. Not to mention a few other things. Man, have you got this one screwed up. :lol:

bajaruby - 7-20-2005 at 02:45 PM

Hey Y.I.M. SIR, :lol:

You got that right about the wagons. I used to have to drive all the way to Bradshaw to get a taco, but we finally got one up here. UMMMM YUMMMM GOOD! :bounce:

bajalou - 7-20-2005 at 02:50 PM

When I was still in Fremont CA, the VERY best burritos and taco's were at a wagon parked a block off Fremont Blvd and Peralta. I'd pass up any other food spot in town for them - wow -

Oh well, that was then and this is now. Have to have the great ones in Mexicali and San Felipe!

capt. mike - 7-20-2005 at 02:50 PM

Bufeo IS a class act!!! anyone who slams him is an ignorant turd. if you don't know him - get to before you criticize. El esta un hombre con corazon.

Most all the good wagon food

jrbaja - 7-20-2005 at 02:52 PM

here in Rosarito have done so well they now own restaurants. :light:

These are the ones to eat at!

Me No - 7-20-2005 at 07:44 PM

There is no substitute for hard work....Thats ....Period. :mad:

whats my favorite beer...

eetdrt88 - 7-20-2005 at 07:48 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by bigzaggin
It degenerated from a perfectly useful b-tch/whine-fest into a totally useless conversation about Baja. :-(

Let's turn the corner: Man, I sure do hate it when gringos come down here and play loud music! Anyone else? Who's with me?

P.S. What's your favorite beer?

that would be budweiser "E"....it has caffiene,mmmm yummmy beer and caffeine.... :lol:

Me No - 7-20-2005 at 07:55 PM

Thats not beer, that is an energy drink that is important to everyday life. Think, happy Latie. HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dave - 7-20-2005 at 08:00 PM

How about beer with Viagra? Kind of a Yin/Yang thang.

for energy and intoxication...

eetdrt88 - 7-20-2005 at 08:03 PM

try Sparks...its a great alternative to a real breakfast :lol:

Oso - 7-20-2005 at 08:27 PM

Bud "E"??!! Aauughhh, gotta talk to Raaaalph about the Buuuuiick... I was in Famous Sam's in Yuma today, having a Killian's draft and a pastrami samich (not as good as u-no-hu's, but edible), there was a display thingee there for this OTC syrup and I asked the young lady behind the bar if they actually sold much of it. She said some... on the weekends. Some people liked it mixed with vodka... Cada loco con su tema...

As for Mexicali, I agree. I have a native Cachanilla bud here. We go over to the Calafia ring for the bulls in the Fall sometimes if any of the top killers are in town, and I saw Luciano Pavarotti there with someone who knew from whence he spoke, Roberto; "That ain't singing in the shower". Says a lot about how far the town has come to pull off something of that international stature. Is it a major TOURIST attraction? No. That's what I, and I speck Braulio, like most about it. It is a complete Mexican City in its own right which is NOT dependent on tourism. Therefore, the people there are not always fawning upon, nor trying to con gringos, nor are they hostile to them. As long as one does not do the "Ugly American" thing, people are as friendly, straightforward, unpretentious and helpful as oh, let's say midwesterners.

As for the original direction of this thread... Yeah, but that's what the "scroll wheel" on the mouse is for.

Braulio - 7-20-2005 at 09:24 PM

MeNO and Cap Mike - I was just kidding around a little - jeez Louise - are you guys like retarded or something. bufeo has an extensive vocabulary - I respect that.

Haven't you taken note of the way I treat Oso? - He's probably the guy I respect most on this board - right after JR.

You guys need to grab a couple of brewskis or something.

Un-freaking-believable.

Me No - 7-20-2005 at 10:28 PM

Ma ssugina!!!! Ohi,, Ohi.. At least a few of us r phinally gittenn it. :lol:

SORRY BRAULIO

capt. mike - 7-21-2005 at 03:47 AM

i ran out of my script for 5HT supplements and got edgy i guess......

better get back to bajahaha!

Braulio - 7-21-2005 at 08:06 AM

Maybe I'm the one who needs the brewski...

..thanks to you guys for calling it to my attention...sometimes I go overboard on the sillyarse humor side of things.

And disculpas to bufeo for the bad Don Rickles (sp?) impersonation.

bufeo - 7-21-2005 at 02:32 PM

Braulio,

No apology necessary. I didn't feel pilloried by your comment, but after Me No's and Mike's comments (BTW, thanks guys.) I did re-read it to see if I had suffered an attack of dull-wittedness (not uncommon lately).

Allen, good thing I didn't see any

beercan - 7-21-2005 at 03:12 PM

whining, or you may have had to leave for canuckville early !!!!!!!!!

:lol:

Braulio - 7-21-2005 at 04:28 PM

Pilloried.

Thanks for proving my point bufeo.

This forum's going right down the crapper.

JESSE - 7-21-2005 at 06:07 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Braulio
This forum has become like one of those rundown congales (bars) you see in Baja - where you drop by every now and then hoping that the rundown hoars have been replaced by some nice sweet 19 year old things.

Corky - 7-21-2005 at 06:22 PM

Duh...

THis is the original Corky.... Just want to add to my post total.

que tenga un buen dia

Sharksbaja - 7-21-2005 at 06:45 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Corky
Duh...

THis is the original Corky.... Just want to add to my post total.

que tenga un buen dia

Actually there are three. Corky

Breaking news according to ?

jrbaja - 7-21-2005 at 07:11 PM

"This forum's going right down the crapper."

Even you are entitled to an opinion witch yo spanish speakin self. :lol:

No wonder we never see you on here anymore unless it's to whine, you've found something better. Now, why are you still here?

pokey - 7-21-2005 at 08:02 PM

To quote the late HST- "when the going gets weird the weird turns pro."

Bruce R Leech - 7-21-2005 at 08:24 PM

I love this forum :tumble:

pokey - 7-21-2005 at 08:35 PM

Yeah man I love it too. I been up in OB for the last few days negotiating a pricve on a surf board and drinking Argentinian vodka till the morning hours wondering how the hell am I gonna log onto bajanomads if I'm gonna be a beach bum?????????