Is it just me or does the Bash seem more subdued this year?

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Smitty37 said:
Well I haven't had a fight with the moderators lately --
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Smitty: We are gonna blame you. Get someone riled up. If you need any help, let me know. I can usually get Dean going, pretty easy. He doesn't play fair, though, he just deletes my post!!:wink: The wink is for you Dean! I still loves ya! :biggrin:
 
joefyffe said:
Smitty37 said:
Well I haven't had a fight with the moderators lately --
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Smitty: We are gonna blame you. Get someone riled up. If you need any help, let me know. I can usually get Dean going, pretty easy. He doesn't play fair, though, he just deletes my post!!:wink: The wink is for you Dean! I still loves ya! :biggrin:
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Anybody can get Dean going!!!!!
 
I have not been a member to long. This is a great forum. I may be one of the slower members. I use an IPad and do not know if everything is available to me. The site looks different on my desk top. But I do not use it very much any more.
I did not even know there was a bash place to go to. So I think the people who have been here a long time assume that every one else knows what to do. I did say I was slow, right.
Also it seems that a lot of people know people really well. Us new guys do not, so it is hard to banter with some one you do not know. It is difficult to banter when you do not know to much about turning pens. There are some really smart people on this sight. We need you in government.
 
Tom T said:
I have not been a member to long. This is a great forum. I may be one of the slower members. I use an IPad and do not know if everything is available to me. The site looks different on my desk top. But I do not use it very much any more.
I did not even know there was a bash place to go to. So I think the people who have been here a long time assume that every one else knows what to do. I did say I was slow, right.
Also it seems that a lot of people know people really well. Us new guys do not, so it is hard to banter with some one you do not know. It is difficult to banter when you do not know to much about turning pens. There are some really smart people on this sight. We need you in government.
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:biggrin:Hey! you don't think I'd admit to ever actually meeting any of these turkeys do you?:biggrin: Seriously, I have exchanged emails and talked to some of the folks by phone but I've not personally met any of them. Just act like you know what you're talking about.
 
Tom T said:
I have not been a member to long. This is a great forum. I may be one of the slower members. I use an IPad and do not know if everything is available to me. The site looks different on my desk top. But I do not use it very much any more.
I did not even know there was a bash place to go to. So I think the people who have been here a long time assume that every one else knows what to do. I did say I was slow, right.
Also it seems that a lot of people know people really well. Us new guys do not, so it is hard to banter with some one you do not know. It is difficult to banter when you do not know to much about turning pens. There are some really smart people on this sight. We need you in government.
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Are you viewing through Safari or Forum Runner? I like keeping up with things using Forum Runner on my iPad, but the site looks a lot more "Normal" when viewing through the browser.

I think because of this I've missed out on a lot of the BASH stuff this year as well. Along with being plenty busy without sitting down to the computer lately. It's almost like you have to track down the bash threads.
 
Tom T said:
Thank you Smitty.
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Tom: Smitty said it! I've been around here for a couple or three years, I guess and have actually, face to face met one member, other than my daughter and son in law. We are a world of cyber-friends. We keep it clean, but if someone gets angry about some triviality, that's their problem. Just let your hair down, joke, ask questions, learn, offer suggestions and HAVE FUN!!!!!
 
mbroberg said:
. Maybe the law of unintended consequences kicked in and people are not venturing into the Birthday Bash area.

I had no idea until just a couple of days ago where to find the Bash area, but that is my fault for not being very observant and a very busy schedule. The new folks who haven't done a Bash or two, I'm sure would really not know what to look for.

The Ugly Pen contest will return next year. There are a couple of reasons why it was omitted this year. The primary reason, in my opinion, is that the Ugly Pen contest is no longer what it was intended to be. It has morphed from "The Ugly Pen Contest" to become "The Grossest, Most Disgusting Pen I Can Possibly Make Contest". The original intent of the Ugly Pen contest was to display the pens you made during the previous year that didn't turn out the way you planned. Either through error or poor vision the pen, which was turned in good faith, turned out UGLY.

Hey, I recognize this one. I was putting a CA finish on a Jr Gent today that I planned to submit, mostly on whim, for the Beautiful pen contest, but after many good successes with CA finishes, This One Was Horrible! Not once, not twice, not three times, after sanding it down for the fourth time, I decided a friction finish and a final buff with canoba wax was good enough and now I have a new carry pen....Boy it looks ugly! Maybe I'll save it for next year!

Please share your ideas about how to improve our annual party. Next year will be the big ONE-ZERO. We need to do something really special for the 10th Anniversary. Feel free to post your comments in the Activity Managers forum or PM them directly to me. Believe me, the Bash Planners WANT people to be excited about and during the Bash. How can we assure that wil happen?

One last thing, if you are looking for help with next year's Bash, I would be very happy to volunteer to help out. :eek:
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Brad, you are full of BS as usual!!:tongue:

But just to clarify my situation...:wink:

My participation ( or lack there of ) in this year's Bash is plagued by the same excuses and circumstances that so many people have made already.
No time, money, getting old, too busy at work etc etc.

February last year also wasn't a good month for my family and this month we have also simply just chilled out in our own company to remember stuff.

Yes, I was a bit vocal and grumpy with my original opinions about this year's Bash, and I won't make any excuse for that behaviour except to repeat that I was wrong.
Every single member of the Bash Team works hard for IAP and our entertainment every year and in my not so humble opinion are doing a great job this year too, especially considering the current global financial climate that most of us are struggling with.

I love the Birthday Bash Time and hopefully I will be able to take a far more active part in it next year.:smile:

There are however FOURTEEN THOUSAND other members !!!:wink:
 
Well Steven to liven things up a bit next time you're in that place where you can't have a camera just pull one out and take a picture of something you aren't supposed to.:eek: and when they let you out into the sunlight once a year from the place they put you that they won't admit exists you can give us a yearly update on how life is like on the inside. :biggrin:
There is always next year. I always have big plans to enter several contests then things happen, great ideas explode into little pieces all over the shop, and after I'm left wishing there was a contest for the best pen that didn't make it.
 
I think there are a huge number of new members and many have not been through the bash previously and may not be as enthusiastic as members in the past for the bash.
 
Now that I'm not a manager, I have to say....wasn't it better when the Managers had avatars instead of REAL PICTURES?? What an UGLY bunch..

Tom
 

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Lately, the bash seems more like an infomercial that a celebration. I know times have been hard and we are all trying to make a living.... BUT, good grief, Charlie Brown:(

But then, I always liked racing better when it was just the "Daytona 500" better when it was just "Daytona",,,,,the Sprint Cup Challenge of the Budweiser Daytona 500 edition of ESPN speedweek, brought to me by NAPA.

Frankly, it makes me want to puke.
 
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I had no idea the bash was supposed to be full of banter. It was with a certain amount of fear that I posted the first "banter" about the inky crossword puzzle. I had no idea what PR_princess would think and just hoped it would be well received. So banter on the forum is not modeled well by those who have been here before.

The bash is SERIOUS BUSINESS. We can win PRIZES. YOU are my enemies during the bash. I NEED more blanks to go with the HUNDREDS already collecting dust in my garage. You expect me to have FUN while OTHERS win stuff?

And besides, until this week it has been too cold in my shop to turn anything and enter any of the contests so I've been too depressed to poke fun at anyone.

I'll rejoice with those who rejoice and weep with those who weep after the bash is over. For now I just want to WIN.
 
SMJ1957 said:
I had no idea the bash was supposed to be full of banter. It was with a certain amount of fear that I posted the first "banter" about the inky crossword puzzle. I had no idea what PR_princess would think and just hoped it would be well received. So banter on the forum is not modeled well by those who have been here before.

The bash is SERIOUS BUSINESS. We can win PRIZES. YOU are my enemies during the bash. I NEED more blanks to go with the HUNDREDS already collecting dust in my garage. You expect me to have FUN while OTHERS win stuff?

And besides, until this week it has been too cold in my shop to turn anything and enter any of the contests so I've been too depressed to poke fun at anyone.

I'll rejoice with those who rejoice and weep with those who weep after the bash is over. For now I just want to WIN.
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I BELIEVE you are catching on!!:biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:
 
SMJ1957 said:
I had no idea the bash was supposed to be full of banter. It was with a certain amount of fear that I posted the first "banter" about the inky crossword puzzle. I had no idea what PR_princess would think and just hoped it would be well received. So banter on the forum is not modeled well by those who have been here before.

The bash is SERIOUS BUSINESS. We can win PRIZES. YOU are my enemies during the bash. I NEED more blanks to go with the HUNDREDS already collecting dust in my garage. You expect me to have FUN while OTHERS win stuff?

And besides, until this week it has been too cold in my shop to turn anything and enter any of the contests so I've been too depressed to poke fun at anyone.

I'll rejoice with those who rejoice and weep with those who weep after the bash is over. For now I just want to WIN.
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If it's too cold to make something to enter in one of the contest and have us make fun of it:rolleyes: then just enter the daily trivia contest or the daily name that wood contest , I'm sure we can then make fun of your guesses:wink::biggrin:
 
PenMan1 said:
Lately, the bash seems more like an infomercial that a celebration. I know times have been hard and we are all trying to make a living.... BUT, good grief, Charlie Brown:(

But then, I always liked racing better when it was just the "Daytona 500" better when it was just "Daytona",,,,,the Sprint Cup Challenge of the Budweiser Daytona 500 edition of ESPN speedweek, brought to me by NAPA.

Frankly, it makes me want to puke.
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Well Andy, are you suggesting that the sponsors of the contests put up a couple of hundred dollars for prizes and get nothing in return?
 
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