Traveler Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 You and I have been around this lone and dreary forum a long time - looking at our date of beginning here you and I could be considered "Sons of the Morning".The Traveler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snow Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 You and I have been around this lone and dreary forum a long time - looking at our date of beginning here you and I could be considered "Sons of the Morning".The Traveler:) ... and we go back further than that don't we? Seems to me that I came on board about 6 plus years ago and you were already an established (and respected) member then. Then we migrated to the newly rebuilt forum and I think I was member #2 to move over.I have to say that I found this board at the end of a bad and unhealthy time of my life and this website played a pivot role in getting things turned around and pointed in the right direction. We are told to study the scriptures everyday, and in researching topics for discussion I probably went four years and only missed a handful of days of scripture study. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 I do believe Traveler also used to frequent the cgi site with a few of us in the 40's room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skalenfehl Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 Wow, so this site has been around since 2003 or longer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray A Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 Wow, so this site has been around since 2003 or longer?I posted on LDS Talk many years ago. In those days they had a moderator named "bat". Not sure if this is the same LDS Talk. If it is, then it has come a long way since those days. Does anyone know about "bat"? The former moderator of LDS Talk? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lbybug Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 awww i remember the cgi room. *sigh* those were the days. skalenfehl...i started chatting at "this site" (ldstalk previously...and before that, just a chatroom) over 10 years ago. so yep. been around for much longer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snow Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 I posted on LDS Talk many years ago. In those days they had a moderator named "bat". Not sure if this is the same LDS Talk. If it is, then it has come a long way since those days. Does anyone know about "bat"? The former moderator of LDS Talk?Bat and I would bitter constantly.We went to lunch twice when I visited SLC and then he and girlfriend and kids came on vacation to So Cal and we took them to dinner down at the beach.That was a couple years ago but he has posted on the board since then. I suspect he is around somewhere while not building wood carpentry items in SLC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snow Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 Wow, so this site has been around since 2003 or longer?The website was LDSTalk founded by Heather a long time ago, well before 2003. It has gone though several versions before becoming what it is today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillowTheWhisp Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 I was never even aware of any of this until recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 ldstalk.com was made in 1998, and before that it was actually a section on another site that a friend gave me some web space to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Mormon Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 Happy 10 years Heather. It gets better and better!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray A Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 Bat and I would bitter constantly.Seems like we had the same experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traveler Posted March 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 My first experience on an internet forum was a Dr. Laura forum that I was recommended to try. The trashing of Mormons got so bad that Dr. Laura fired her moderator and canceled the forum from her web site. I was attempting to write a novel and that forum was recommended to sharpen my writing skills - which are still horrible. Though I may not ever get something published I have, among other things influenced a screenplay that may show up next year – if it does it will do for camping what Jaws did for beach vacations - we’ll see.During the early years there were harsh things being said non-stop to us LDS. I did not know that there were types like Prison Chaplin. He has been a most pleasant surprise. The interesting thing about those times was that on a weekly basis someone decided to be baptized stating that the Mormons were the only ones on the internet that acted like Christians.Snow: I had no idea that those were hard times for you. I thought I was going through bad times and ended up starting a new business; though for sure I would be declaring bankruptcy. I think there were months I did not sleep. Now it seems that things are out of control the other way. Just bought a new business (last week) and I am trying to finish another contract and finalize another proposal that I cannot possibly complete.All this time I have thought of many on the forum and what has become of them. Someday, Snow, if you are in SLC, Phoenix or Detroit I will have to make time to have dinner with you. The wife and I will be in LA in April to see Wicked (our anniversary). We have been apart a lot the last year and she wants a quiet weekend for just us. Take care Snow.The Traveler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskagain Posted March 12, 2008 Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 Wow, Happy Decade! Who are the other oldtimers out there? The ten-year gift is tin/aluminum. So here's a celebratory image: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maureen Posted March 12, 2008 Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 ...Though I may not ever get something published I have, among other things influenced a screenplay that may show up next year – if it does it will do for camping what Jaws did for beach vacations - we’ll see.Traveler, will you call it CLAWS? PS - I've been on LDStalk since the beginning.M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moksha Posted March 12, 2008 Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 The ten-year gift is tin/aluminum. That's a wrap! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrawberryFields Posted March 12, 2008 Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 I posted on LDS Talk many years ago. In those days they had a moderator named "bat". Not sure if this is the same LDS Talk. If it is, then it has come a long way since those days. Does anyone know about "bat"? The former moderator of LDS Talk? Yeah I know Bat and I am proud to call him friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traveler Posted March 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 Traveler, will you call it CLAWS? PS - I've been on LDStalk since the beginning.M. Sorry I cannot give the title - it would give too much away but it is not called CLAWS. The story is based on a campfire story I started telling my scouts many years ago on our camp outs. They wanted scary camp fire stories so I made up something based on some of my camping experiences as a boy and some ancient Native American Legends. I updated it with some modern evolution concepts to make everything plausible. One of my scouts is now working as a writer in Hollywood and told the story to some associates. The next thing I know, I get a phone call to do some consulting and read the rough draft script. It is intended to be action like Jurassic Park but the opening scene (a dark night in a dense North Western Forest) is quite a shock. I am also doing all I can to keep things PG13. But who knows it may never be produced. It has all been fun.The Traveler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traveler Posted March 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 BTW- Many thanks to all you old timers and some new ones that have put up with the Traveler for all these years. As for BAT - I often wondered about him. I wondered if we were dealing with someone's alter internet ego. I think he lived on the internet to yank people's chain. The Traveler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pushka Posted March 16, 2008 Report Share Posted March 16, 2008 Well I've been around since March 2003, so not doing too bad myself... I remember Bat, The Proud Duck, and many more who's names I can't recall just now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snow Posted March 16, 2008 Report Share Posted March 16, 2008 My first experience on an internet forum was a Dr. Laura forum that I was recommended to try. The trashing of Mormons got so bad that Dr. Laura fired her moderator and canceled the forum from her web site. I was attempting to write a novel and that forum was recommended to sharpen my writing skills - which are still horrible. Though I may not ever get something published I have, among other things influenced a screenplay that may show up next year – if it does it will do for camping what Jaws did for beach vacations - we’ll see.During the early years there were harsh things being said non-stop to us LDS. I did not know that there were types like Prison Chaplin. He has been a most pleasant surprise. The interesting thing about those times was that on a weekly basis someone decided to be baptized stating that the Mormons were the only ones on the internet that acted like Christians.Snow: I had no idea that those were hard times for you. I thought I was going through bad times and ended up starting a new business; though for sure I would be declaring bankruptcy. I think there were months I did not sleep. Now it seems that things are out of control the other way. Just bought a new business (last week) and I am trying to finish another contract and finalize another proposal that I cannot possibly complete.All this time I have thought of many on the forum and what has become of them. Someday, Snow, if you are in SLC, Phoenix or Detroit I will have to make time to have dinner with you. The wife and I will be in LA in April to see Wicked (our anniversary). We have been apart a lot the last year and she wants a quiet weekend for just us. Take care Snow.The TravelerGlad your business is going well. If I plan a trip in your area - I have to be in touch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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