Ooh... I like the new discussion board

[ovyyus]

Hi Scott,

Just thought I'd be the first to post a new subject :)

I do like this new forum. Great features, hope the animation loads OK - well done Scott!

Regards, ovyyus

[chap]

looks a lot like TechStuff's version! I bought spring steel to try it but haven't had time yet to do it. When I finally get out of school next spring I will keep this in mind.

[Jonathan]

Is Techstuff the only one to get a wheel like that to work? It seems like a saw it somewhere(from Bessler's time), I thought it had been tried (by him?) and didn't work. It obviously doesn't fit the descriptionsof Bessler's.

[Jonathan]

It's exciting to be here now that there is a newborn forum. I've been to forums before where they've been around for a while and it is overwhelming. Thousands of people, thousands of threads and posts. This new forum has simplicty and structure.
Is there going to be any posting at the old forum? Will there be a direct link here from the home site?

[ovyyus]

'Techstuf', or more to the point 'Mitch Robinson', never got anything to work. Certainly he would have you believe otherwise. That fruitcake's been somewhat overbaked, IMO.

[Jonathan]

I've seen 'fruitcake' bouncing around this and the other forum. What does that mean?

[scott]

Hi Ovyyus, thanks a lot for posting the first topic! Plus, it's nice to see the file upload feature working already. What a great animation! One of the oldest tricks in the book...
Best,
Scott

[scott]

I have added links to here from the old board and disabled posting of new threads on the old board. Once I figure out how I'm going to archive the old board, I will link directly here from the main site...

A clean break and a blank slate!

[ovyyus]

Hi Jonathan,

From the dictionary:

Fruitcake

1) n. A heavy spiced cake containing nuts and candied or dried fruits.
2) Slang. A crazy or an eccentric person: “a fruitcake under the delusion that he was Saint Nicholas” (John Strahinich).

Take your pick :)

Regards, ovyyus

[Jonathan]

Oh, I assumed it was an esoteric term, possibly related to an inside-joke, so I didn't even consult the dictionary.

[ovyyus]

'esoteric term' - now that's funny :)

[Jonathan]

I don't get it? How is that funny? Maybe I should look 'esoteric' up, but then again, my connection has been failing, and I don't know how much time I have.

EDIT: I just did, I still don't get it, I though maybe there was some sort of pun, but I don't see one.

[ovyyus]

Hi Jonathan,

Perhaps you should look up "humour" - you'll need one dealing with fruitcakes (esoteric term) such as Mitch Robinson.

From the dictionary:

Humour

n.&v. Chiefly British

Oops, lets try that again :)...

Humor

n.

1) The quality that makes something laughable or amusing; funniness: could not see the humor of the situation.
2) That which is intended to induce laughter or amusement: a writer skilled at crafting humor.
3) The ability to perceive, enjoy, or express what is amusing, comical, incongruous, or absurd.
4) One of the four fluids of the body, blood, phlegm, choler, and black bile, whose relative proportions were thought in ancient and medieval physiology to determine a person's disposition and general health.
5) Physiology.
a. A body fluid, such as blood, lymph, or bile.
b. Aqueous humor.
c. Vitreous humor.
6) A person's characteristic disposition or temperament: a boy of sullen humor.
7) An often temporary state of mind; a mood: I'm in no humor to argue.
8) a. A sudden, unanticipated whim.
b. Capricious or peculiar behavior.

Once again, take your pick - they all apply. LOL

[Michael]

Hi Jonathan,

: As in Nut/e/er than a fruitcake. You really didn't know that term? It's one of the oldest in modern day slang. How long have you been in that ivory tower? Do you need rescuing? - No seriously, ivory tower is also a slang...but it escapes me of its exact meaning.

[Michael]

Seriously Scott. So cool to even see how many times a topic has been looked at. One thing, as for the garbage section your right it would be to time consuming. You could make it a rule though that if someone feels the need to flame-or potentially flame someone else, that they start a new topic thread. That way only the interested would look at it if they wanted, and it wouldn't interfere with the information in the original thread. Just an idea.

Mike