San Jose Bills Fan Posted July 20, 2012 Posted July 20, 2012 Yep. Basically those people you always suspected of being a-holes haven't bothered posting in this topic. I wasn't trying to paint everyone with the same two brushes. I understand that some people only check in every several days/weeks/months. I'm speaking more to some of the people I've seen posting since this thread started…who are here on a daily basis. Apologies to those who might have been offended. eball did a much better job with his post than I did with mine (if in fact he was suggesting the same thing). Actually apologies to everyone. My comments had no place in this thread.
machine gun kelly Posted July 20, 2012 Posted July 20, 2012 Nice post. I'm with many of you in that I open this site up every morning before work. It's a passion or sickness depending on perspective. The best part of this wall is you just maintain that excitement much longer for the season to start again. I'm flying up for the Patsies game. Hopefully, we'll be 3-0 at that point. 19-0 Baby
SouthernMan Posted July 20, 2012 Posted July 20, 2012 If the wall crashed tomorrow, life will still go on as always. The Bills message boards were more important to me 15 or so years ago, when having a Buffalo News newspaper article mailed to me was the previous means of harvesting Bills info. The Rochester D&C Hyperbills was the original message board from which many of us were first exposed to virtual exchange of thought regarding the Bills. Hyperbills was to Two Bills Drive what The Quarrymen were to The Beatles. Back then, there was little Bills information immediately available for us out-of-towners. There was no NFL network or much in the way of football content on this brand new internet thing. Suddenly, there were newgroups! Then message boards, digital images, etc. ooooo! (just read where it was 20 years ago this week that the first photo image was uploaded to the internet - holy cow!) In the early days, before everyone over the age of 3 owned a computer, there was a greater percentage of knowledgeable football fans talking football. It was a semi-exclusive club of people who actually owned a PC. In 1997, probably less than 30% of households had a PC. Hard to believe how much has changed in 15 years. There was also a fair amount of comedy from Hogboy and company in the early days of TSW. The witty comedy has been replaced by inane polls and redundant questions like "who's your favorite all-time Bill?", and "How Important is Wall to You?". :-) Thanks to Scott et al for making this available to us. Many hours of enjoyment for sure. But if he packed it in tomorrow, I'd shrug and go back to some porn site. :-)
millbank Posted July 20, 2012 Author Posted July 20, 2012 If the wall crashed tomorrow, life will still go on as always. The Bills message boards were more important to me 15 or so years ago, when having a Buffalo News newspaper article mailed to me was the previous means of harvesting Bills info. The Rochester D&C Hyperbills was the original message board from which many of us were first exposed to virtual exchange of thought regarding the Bills. Hyperbills was to Two Bills Drive what The Quarrymen were to The Beatles. Back then, there was little Bills information immediately available for us out-of-towners. There was no NFL network or much in the way of football content on this brand new internet thing. Suddenly, there were newgroups! Then message boards, digital images, etc. ooooo! (just read where it was 20 years ago this week that the first photo image was uploaded to the internet - holy cow!) In the early days, before everyone over the age of 3 owned a computer, there was a greater percentage of knowledgeable football fans talking football. It was a semi-exclusive club of people who actually owned a PC. In 1997, probably less than 30% of households had a PC. Hard to believe how much has changed in 15 years. There was also a fair amount of comedy from Hogboy and company in the early days of TSW. The witty comedy has been replaced by inane polls and redundant questions like "who's your favorite all-time Bill?", and "How Important is Wall to You?". :-) Thanks to Scott et al for making this available to us. Many hours of enjoyment for sure. But if he packed it in tomorrow, I'd shrug and go back to some porn site. :-) - my apologies to yourself and others for my redundant thread, in sincerity simply wished to facilitate a means by which a voice of appreciation could be extended to all those who do the work of keeping site running. Generally agree regarding early days of D&C, the inception of wall , the difference that universal access to internet has made to such forums. It a broad area of discussion the positives and negatives as to the effect that internet and universal access for all as to how it has effected us as a people and culture. I also remember the beginnings, frankly what i see apart from the newness and mystique of a technology, there are more of both redundant and profound, given i one who was around from the beginnings as well it likely testimony to the fact the redundant not exclusive to the present but was in evidence from day one.
San Jose Bills Fan Posted July 20, 2012 Posted July 20, 2012 If the wall crashed tomorrow, life will still go on as always. The Bills message boards were more important to me 15 or so years ago, when having a Buffalo News newspaper article mailed to me was the previous means of harvesting Bills info. The Rochester D&C Hyperbills was the original message board from which many of us were first exposed to virtual exchange of thought regarding the Bills. Hyperbills was to Two Bills Drive what The Quarrymen were to The Beatles. Back then, there was little Bills information immediately available for us out-of-towners. There was no NFL network or much in the way of football content on this brand new internet thing. Suddenly, there were newgroups! Then message boards, digital images, etc. ooooo! (just read where it was 20 years ago this week that the first photo image was uploaded to the internet - holy cow!) In the early days, before everyone over the age of 3 owned a computer, there was a greater percentage of knowledgeable football fans talking football. It was a semi-exclusive club of people who actually owned a PC. In 1997, probably less than 30% of households had a PC. Hard to believe how much has changed in 15 years. There was also a fair amount of comedy from Hogboy and company in the early days of TSW. The witty comedy has been replaced by inane polls and redundant questions like "who's your favorite all-time Bill?", and "How Important is Wall to You?". :-) Thanks to Scott et al for making this available to us. Many hours of enjoyment for sure. But if he packed it in tomorrow, I'd shrug and go back to some porn site. :-) I'm glad for you that you can more or less take it or leave it. Speaking for myself, I have a good, challenging, fulfilling life so I'm not huddled in the corner of some basement obsessing on this site for 24 hours a day. That said, there would be a considerable void in my life if TSW didn't exist. I'd eventually be fine but if I wasn't able to come here to read and write, it would be a huge hole in my routine. Like another poster said, this is the only fan forum I participate in and I personally don't equate reading and writing with watching pornography.
SouthernMan Posted July 20, 2012 Posted July 20, 2012 - my apologies to yourself and others for my redundant thread, in sincerity simply wished to facilitate a means by which a voice of appreciation could be extended to all those who do the work of keeping site running. Generally agree regarding early days of D&C, the inception of wall , the difference that universal access to internet has made to such forums. It a broad area of discussion the positives and negatives as to the effect that internet and universal access for all as to how it has effected us as a people and culture. I also remember the beginnings, frankly what i see apart from the newness and mystique of a technology, there are more of both redundant and profound, given i one who was around from the beginnings as well it likely testimony to the fact the redundant not exclusive to the present but was in evidence from day one. BTW - wasn't referring to your OP. :-) meant I was pulling your leg. I don't recall the question being asked previously. There have been a lot of polls and questions posted numerous times, not to mention the know-it-all grammer police and others who are quick to show their intellectual prowess by jumping on any slight inaccuracy. And did I mention the R.I.P - threads? eg: the guy who played the 3rd chimney sweep in Mary Poppins died today...RIP Johnny Nobody. I'm glad for you that you can more or less take it or leave it. Speaking for myself, I have a good, challenging, fulfilling life so I'm not huddled in the corner of some basement obsessing on this site for 24 hours a day. That said, there would be a considerable void in my life if TSW didn't exist. I'd eventually be fine but if I wasn't able to come here to read and write, it would be a huge hole in my routine. Like another poster said, this is the only fan forum I participate in and I personally don't equate reading and writing with watching pornography. You watch pornography? As in moving pitchures? Holy crap! I gotta dump this IBM 486 one of these days. I'm still dealing with the unwanted glare from glossy print fold outs. :-)
SouthernMan Posted July 20, 2012 Posted July 20, 2012 Sell me that 486 so I can sell this 386 for CASH! A 386? Whoa! Get with the program pal. Back then, nobody knew how to install programs, download, or do much of anything with a compuer. Hogboys famous words were "(________) doesn't know a modem from a scrotum". Somewhere, somebody has photos from that first tailgate party in 1997. There were only about 10 of us - if that. Paula, Mr Paula, Greg D'ville, Hogboy, Lori?, you, me, and some others I guess. It was an unusually early season opener, Aug 31, against the Vikings. The Bills lost of course. The night before, I was at Rooties Pump Room with Hogboy when the images of Princess Diana were flashed onto the projection big screen TV. The always dramatic birth year to death year graphic....1961-1997. We laughed like hell. Strange to think there are probably readers and posters of the current forum who were not even born then!
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