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Topic: Ten (Continuous) Years of the 8mm Forum!!
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Steve Klare
Film Guy
Posts: 7016
From: Long Island, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted June 20, 2013 09:42 PM
The thought struck me recently that this Forum has been up and running ten years now. I know that it was operating before that, but then came the Great Crash and ten years ago this month it all started again! This is when I graduated from lurker to Member.
To me this is a very special place on the 'net. It's a real community of people who help each other and generally get along quite well. It doesn't matter where in the world I go: If they have two tin cans and a string and one end is connected to the 'net, I am on here every day.
The single most remarkable discussion thread I've ever encountered is "What Films did you show last night?" which Lee Mannering started five years ago. Rarely far from the top of the front page and over 3,000 posts, yet never a harsh word in any of them! Any discussion thread I've ever seen never passes a hundred posts without people calling each other things they never would if they had to do it face to face. In this case it's just year after year of people sharing what they enjoy doing.
The Internet has made a huge difference in the hobby of film collecting. It has allowed us to access merchants we wouldn't even have known about without it. Online auctions have allowed people selling films and equipment to find us, the buyers that want them. We've also been able to to access information that would have been headed to the dumpster years ago if it came to finding it at a library or bookstore.
-that's important, and I honestly couldn't be doing this without these resources, but what is great about this place is the daily interaction we have here. Without it I might just think I'm the sole surviving film collector on the planet! (Me, my one silent projector and maybe twenty films! Circa 2000 AD that was it!) With it, I've had the chance to make friends both online, and in recent years get together in the 3 dimensional world of Wildwood, New Jersey at CineSea and have a great time!
So, to all: thanks for a great ten years!
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All I ask is a wide screen and a projector to light her by...
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Hugh Thompson Scott
Film God
Posts: 3063
From: Gt. Clifton,Cumbria,England
Registered: Jan 2012
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posted June 21, 2013 06:28 PM
Totally agree with these sentiments,and I'm a relative "new kid
on the block" regarding membership.This forum, set up by Brad
& Doug, is a boon,the wealth of knowledge and goodwill thats
available,colour or creed,it doesn't matter,someone needs help
that shares the hobby,and it's there.It is suprising how this little
guilty pleasure becomes a part of your life,tapping in to see if there's any posts of interest,and there invariably are,long may it
be so.Happy Ten Years Forum.
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Laksmi Breathwaite
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 771
From: Las Vegas
Registered: Nov 2010
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posted June 23, 2013 11:32 AM
Thanks Doug and Brad ! Yes the best forum on the net. Everyone is friendly and helpful in selling, questions, and answers. I was on another forum about the famous movie 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea but everyone was proud and vain. I hated it everyone was almost evil and hateful with their sarcasm. As Steve said this is a very special place on the 'net. It's a real community of people who help each other and generally get along quite well. It doesn't matter where in the world I go: If they have two tin cans and a string and one end is connected to the 'net, I am on here every day.
Steve also said the single most remarkable discussion thread I've ever encountered is "What Films did you show last night?" which Lee Mannering started five years ago. Rarely far from the top of the front page and over 3,000 posts, yet never a harsh word in any of them! Any discussion thread I've ever seen never passes a hundred posts without people calling each other things they never would if they had to do it face to face. In this case it's just year after year of people sharing what they enjoy doing.
I love this forum I visit everyday and love talking to people Like Pat, Osi, Hugh, Graham, Dino, Vidar, Doug, Janice, Terry, David ,Gerald and all you folks! ![[Smile]](smile.gif) I think I would need a book to write all I would like to say to you guys . I can only say I LOVE YA!
[ June 24, 2013, 11:46 AM: Message edited by: Laksmi Breathwaite ]
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