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Admin
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Location: Renton, WA | Subject: 10 years ago yesterday...
... I got an inspiration from Don Shelton's USS Ray website to put up a site with all the boats ever built and an opportunity to enter you personal data and relate it to any boat of the Navy... and a several years later, put up a BBS - this one - and here we are, ten years from day one. Just a quick note of thanks for the priceless memories over the past ten years... this site has afforded me so many friendships that I did not earn in the traditional way... but there/here they are.. and continue to grow. It's the ten year anniversary of the website... YOUR website, not mine... thanks so much and let's do another ten, eh? All the best and a great 09/10!! Humbly... Don |
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COMSUBBBS
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Location: Wappingers Falls, NY | Subject: RE: 10 years ago yesterday...
Happy Anniversary and kudos to you for keeping the site up and running. It's a great place...even for an NQP like lil ole me.
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Master and Commander
Posts: 1405
Location: Houston, TX (Best state in the US) | Subject: RE: 10 years ago yesterday...
And I for one, am damned glad you got that wild hair! I still have some partial html from the days when you had a blue background and yellow letters if memory serves!
Thanks, Don, for one great board! |
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Master and Commander
Posts: 2254
Location: Foothills of the Ozarks | Subject: RE: 10 years ago yesterday...
BZ and thanks for all the work you do on this. Got me to thinking about all the guys I have had the opportunity to meet, personally, because of this BBS and Ron's. Kind of like reporting aboard your new boat and getting to know the crew.
I'll sign up for another ten,
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Master and Commander
Posts: 2357
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It has indeed been something else to have stumbled on your website ( along with Rontinis and Olgoats ) back in '99/00 when I first bought a home pc.
I too have made some amazing friendships and of course that trip across the USA in '04 which was put into a diary onboard this here BBS.
I have a lot to be thankful for due to the three websites I have mentioned.
Keep up the good work mate, and.....
...Thanks!
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Master and Commander
Posts: 1892
Location: Patterson, New York | Subject: RE: 10 years ago yesterday...
This is by far one of the better sites I go to every day.
And, you cannot put a price on having a daily connection to other boat sailors.
Thanks Don. |
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COMSUBBBS
Posts: 3673
Location: Kansas City Missouri | Subject: RE: 10 years ago yesterday...
Don, My thanks go out to you for providing a cyberplace for many of us to play in. Your help with my Tusk website has been fantastic. I'm sure the future of this website holds many wonderful experiences. Heck, maybe a cyber smell add on....
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Great Sage of the Sea
Posts: 561
Location: Belleview, Fl | Subject: RE: 10 years ago yesterday...
Congrats Don for 10 years of maintaining this tree house for us miscreants to pay in, it is hard to believe that it has been that long already. Keep up the good work shipmate
Darrin
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Master and Commander
Posts: 1269
Location: Hopewell Junction NY | Subject: RE: 10 years ago yesterday...
Don you've created my "go-to" place for my daily sub-fix.
Thanks
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Great Sage of the Sea
Posts: 597
Location: Tucson, Arizona | Subject: RE: 10 years ago yesterday...
Don it is great to see i last, thrive and strive to be a voice for the submarine families to share and enjoy the pride of serving. We are all proud and glad you founded it and have kept it going
for these 10 years. I hope all will continue to use it, sound on it, and support it.
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COMSUBBBS
Posts: 3202
Location: Alexandria, Virginia | Subject: RE: 10 years ago yesterday...
Great achievement....Wonderful creation...."Build it and they will come.", and the sonuvabithes came, like a Huidson Bay trading post where old tattered and torn rapcallions can come and trade products fashioned from pure horse manure...a place where lonely old coots can gather in the shade and thumb through their memories and share the crainial debris they've accumulated over their lifetimes. Nobody knows more that me, it is a place where the stupid, careless and thoughtless can come and be forgiven. Don, You've handcrafted a wonderful Holland Club waiting room. No one is indebted to you, sir more than me...I don't know how I would have survived after I lost my Solveig if it hadn't been for your magic clubhouse and all the regular limb swingers who turn up. My only failure to live up to a promise made to you, was burying the hatchet with Corabelle...Tried without success...Guess this old coot comes packaged with too many fleas, But, I want to add my sincere thanks to your Mother for turning out such a son and shipmate. You're OK...No better than that you're what submarine sailoring is all about. Proud to be your friend, DEX |
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COMSUBBBS
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Location: Rapid City, SD | Subject: Gee, Dex-
I thought we had buried the hatchet. Is there something I don't know?
I've been kinda delinquent posting of late. I'm submerged (how 'bout that?) in writing about the submersible ship USS Sterlet (Submersible Ship - 392). It's going slow, but well. A friend, involved with helping me with some of the technical stuff - you know, computer stuff - said it's shaping up to be a coffee table book. Is that what they're called? The help for all the other technical stuff - submarine stuff - came from youse guys.
I really am going to call you one of these days. Be expecting it. Maybe some 4:00 a.m. Let's see, what time would that be for me? What time zone are you in? I'm in Mountain Daylight Time.
Oh, and yes, Don, the BBS kept me and my brother going for a number of years, and since 2006, me alone out here in this landlocked state. Thank you so much. Is this the year you're coming back to the Rally? Seems as though, when we parted, you said, "Not next year 2008, but the year after. Nine comes after eight.
Cora
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COMSUBBBS
Posts: 3202
Location: Alexandria, Virginia | Subject: RE: 10 years ago yesterday...
Corabelle, I'm a notorious sporadic sleeper....Since Solveig died I have a hellu7va time going to sleep and by 4am I am usually up roaming around or watching a late night naughty movie....you know, those wee hour of the morning nekkit lady no discernable plot barn burners. My phone is (703) 971-3092....Don't leave a message if I don't pick up...I'm a cromagnon and I don't do voicemail. Be good and hope you get your book published so I can buy a few copies. DEX |
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Plankowner
Posts: 9165
Location: Upper lefthand corner of the map. | Subject: Cora
He means that, a couple of books. I've never seen anyplace but bookstore have more than one copy of anything in a book case but Dex's place. |
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COMSUBBBS
Posts: 2540
Location: Wappingers Falls, NY | Subject: RE: Cora...ME TOO...
WHAT HE SAID...put me on that list of those wanting a copy(s) of that wonderful book you are putting together. I wouldn't miss putting a copy of it in our "library"!!! |
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Master and Commander
Posts: 1011
Location: NE Florida | Subject: RE: 10 years ago yesterday...
BZ, Don
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Old Salt
Posts: 431
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Thanks Don you are a true Prince among Shipmates |
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