Originally posted by willardguy
okay, how does this work? of the 10 first founding members, 7 of the 10 show zero posts, and two of them started out banned!
I asked Doug about this years ago... and I believe he told me whenever new message boards (forums) pop up, some people (or PCs) just automatically
hitch up... perhaps for spamming purposes? Ones that were obvious spammers got banned. others just never posted. One Nomad ahead of me (from Austria)
posted two questions and never came back.
So, of the Nomads joining after Doug started this forum, I am the oldest at #10... but many joined the next couple of days. Skeet joined just
after me, but that is not the same user name Skeet uses now... If you look it is is full name. I think Skeet lost his password, so he
re-registered as Skeet/Loreto much later.
Many Nomads have dropped off and don't post here anymore and some have passed away, and we miss both a lot!
Anyway, a great forum for Baja lovers and the only distasteful thing (IMO) is that people become offensive to others to bully folks away or people let
themselves get bullied away. I also don't care for Nomad being used by certain business people who try and strong arm others away to get their
property by posting lies and insults about them here. That is just an ugly use of this forum...
But, one must take some of the bad to have the good...
So, on Baja Nomad we have the GOOD, the BAD, and the UGLY!
Originally posted by David K
Did you listen to the whole song...? It is fantastic.
Yes, I listened to the whole thing and they are
obviously excellent musicians....but such a serious piece is diminished by the use of unconventional instruments as ukeleles, as witnessed by the
musician who couldn't keep a straight face. It must have been a concert of odd musical/instrument pairings.
Mom always told me to be different - Now she says...Not THAT different
Wow! Ten years! Thanks Doug for all you do.This board has been a Godsend for me over this past year especially.There are some truely wonderful, caring
people on this board.I was # 32 when I first registered as Msal.Make that #52.I am now #451.
Nothing wrong with having fun... I saw it more as serious musicians doing a comical song, and keeping a straight face through the entire piece is
pretty much impossible... thus great fun!
Wow - 10 years! Congratulations Doug and thanks so much for the forum. Cristina and I are forever indebted to the wonderful people here for all the
support given to us...
Originally posted by Bob H
Wow, 10 years! I registered 8-19-2003 shortly after Amigos de Baja went silent.
I registered in September 2003 under 'Baja Ken'. After forgetting my log-on, password, etc. Doug helped me by re-registering me. This is a great
forum. I literally check it daily - next to Facebook. I love this site!
Ken- you told me last month you kicked the "Facebook" habit
Quote:
Originally posted by Ken Cooke
Quote:
Originally posted by Bob H
Wow, 10 years! I registered 8-19-2003 shortly after Amigos de Baja went silent.
I registered in September 2003 under 'Baja Ken'. After forgetting my log-on, password, etc. Doug helped me by re-registering me. This is a great
forum. I literally check it daily - next to Facebook. I love this site!
Don't tell me you went back!!
That site is worse than heroin for some folks,
glad I never injected (or inhaled)
Thank you all for such kind words. It is the participants here however that create the community that it is. I just try to keep it all functioning,
neutralize the spambots, and act as referee sometimes as best I can. Oh yeah, and post some trip reports now and then.
Glad so many others find information about the peninsula as interesting as I do.
Thank you to all of you who have shared information and pics over the years - and all else that so many of you do to assist others here as much as
you're able. I applaud all of you for what you give to share and support others, and am grateful for the opportunity to help facilitate a place where
we can connect with one-another.
It'll be interesting to see what's ahead of us over the next 10 years in how we connect over the Internet, as this medium evolves.
To all Nomad members, as well as those extended Nomads... you know, our friends and family... wishing you all safe and joyfully memorable travels.
Just remember to post a trip report!
Regards,
-
Doug Means
When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
– Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
We know we must go back if we live, and we don`t know why.
– John Steinbeck, Log from the Sea of Cortez
Congrats and thanks for the 10 years Doug! #392----wasn't too long after I joined that David K set me up with Jack Swords for the Mission San Pedro
Martir hike---thanks again David!
"If it were lush and rich, one could understand the pull, but it is fierce and hostile and sullen.
The stone mountains pile up to the sky and there is little fresh water. But we know we must go back
if we live, and we don't know why." - Steinbeck, Log from the Sea of Cortez
"People don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care." - Theodore Roosevelt
"You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who they think can do nothing for them or to them." - Malcolm Forbes
"Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others
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