clubstogie purchase and site changes

[IHT]

i'm pretty damn positive that anita does NOT keep the roladex on the site.

i just asked Frank (over skype) where she keeps the info. it's on an EXCEL spreadsheet, off-site!!

[RGD]

Originally Posted by IHT

a . . . i was told that "I" was the reason most ppl didn't want to post down here, like an animated gif is scary... but that's another story). . . .

I for one miss that ole avatar! Glad to see you around here still - always enjoyed your posts -

And it is ashamed we lost some great elders - people like me still have lots to learn.


Ron

[Ms. Floydp]

Originally Posted by Mister Moo

Far as I know the Keeper of the Rolodex considers it her private property and has always treated it that way. A trust thing. I would be more concerned about the security of the Crown Jewels than the rolodex. This, at least, is my speculation until someone sez otherwise.

Maybe I should speak up here and answer this one although Dan knows his stuff.

The address book is kept on my computer and no where else. It's not online.. no one else but floydp and myself has access to it. I have been very stingy with it and have refused the many offers of help I've had. Never under any circumstance will the address book be used for anything other than what it is used for now. If anyone feels like they want to put their address on hold and not given out can just shoot me a PM and I'll take care of it. I also keep copies of all pm's that I send and receive.. every single one of them.. lol There are some guards in place.. no one can access the addresses if they aren't in the rolodex. Then they have to meet at least 2 of the protocol.. 100 posts/60 days membership/participation in NST or trade.

I hope this answers your questions. Feel free to PM me if you want more info. I don't see threads very often unless they are pointed out to me. I spend all my time in PM's.

[Mister Moo]

Originally Posted by Ms. Floydp

Maybe I should speak up here and answer this one although Dan knows his stuff.

The address book is kept on my computer and no where else. It's not online.. no one else but floydp and myself has access to it. I have been very stingy with it and have refused the many offers of help I've had. Never under any circumstance will the address book be used for anything other than what it is used for now. If anyone feels like they want to put their address on hold and not given out can just shoot me a PM and I'll take care of it. I also keep copies of all pm's that I send and receive.. every single one of them.. lol There are some guards in place.. no one can access the addresses if they aren't in the rolodex. Then they have to meet at least 2 of the protocol.. 100 posts/60 days membership/participation in NST or trade.

I hope this answers your questions. Feel free to PM me if you want more info. I don't see threads very often unless they are pointed out to me. I spend all my time in PM's.

So them - my last, best offer of $10 for a copy of the rolodex is out of the question? Too little - too late.

[Hydrated]

Originally Posted by Ms. Floydp

Never under any circumstance will the address book be used for anything other than what it is used for now.

Absolutely positively good enough for me.

Originally Posted by Ms. Floydp

I spend all my time in PM's.

Could you talk to my wife? She spends all of her time in PMS too...

Oh wait... errr... nevermind...

[Corn Mouth]

Some guy out there is going to be making massive amounts of money everytime someone posts a new pipe smoking tip.

[ultramag]

Originally Posted by Ms. Floydp

Maybe I should speak up here and answer this one although Dan knows his stuff.

The address book is kept on my computer and no where else. It's not online.. no one else but floydp and myself has access to it. I have been very stingy with it and have refused the many offers of help I've had. Never under any circumstance will the address book be used for anything other than what it is used for now. If anyone feels like they want to put their address on hold and not given out can just shoot me a PM and I'll take care of it. I also keep copies of all pm's that I send and receive.. every single one of them.. lol There are some guards in place.. no one can access the addresses if they aren't in the rolodex. Then they have to meet at least 2 of the protocol.. 100 posts/60 days membership/participation in NST or trade.

I hope this answers your questions. Feel free to PM me if you want more info. I don't see threads very often unless they are pointed out to me. I spend all my time in PM's.

We knew we could count on you, it's the other floyd we're worried about. Thanks for taking your task seriously as you guard our private info Anita. Getting to know ya'll a little on FNSH is alot of the reason I hadn't come after my info already.

[islandak]

Originally Posted by clampdown

(ie RG is pretty lame attempt to make people feel important

I know, I can't even give it out yet...

But, I think ring gauge is a very nice "feature." I don't see it as something you collect, it something you can give. You can recognize someone for doing something you approve of or appreciate. I bet RG has something to do with the sense of community that exists here. Just my opinion, but there it is.

[tzilt]

Uhh...erm, isn't puff a slang word in the UK?

[Mister Moo]

Originally Posted by Corn Mouth

Some guy out there is going to be making massive amounts of money everytime someone posts a new pipe smoking tip.

Cha-ch-ching!


My interest here has been based on the personal relationships and the simple fun of sharing a hobby (as much about coffee than anything else) inside a community that has made courtesy, decency and generosity the watchwords. As the essense of the activity moves from a small club to a more focused commercial enterprise I have doubts the "reason-to-be" for this thing will still work for some folks even as it may attract thousands more.

Personally, I didn't get involved to help someone sell shit; and, professionally, I doubt my contributions will be missed in an environment that must, by definition, sell advertisements, sponsor for-profit promotions and effectively manipulate the membership. Not that anything is wrong with having a great for-profit Pipe/Cigar website - but I expect it to lack the appeal that drew many very involved participants. Time will tell. Jon has every chance to make this a better environment, right?

As a side note, Mrs. Moo has been surprisingly pro-Club Stogie over the years (it keeps me off the streets, sometimes) and has enjoyed meeting many of the players. But even Mrs. Moo, when told of the new "puff" name, made a pretty horrible face and said, "Surely not! It sounds like a girl-product or a druggie thing." She also asked me if I could seriously refer people to something called, "puff.com" with a straight face. I did not expect her to take the name matter as anything of importance.

[tzilt]

Reading the original thread it looks like there is a big kerfuffle over the tagline "Inhale Life"

I propose a new one that works for pipes and cigars....

"Absorb life through your mucous membranes."

[DonCarlos]

I agree, PUFF is a seriously stupid name!!!

[Mister Moo]

Originally Posted by DonCarlos

I agree, PUFF is a seriously stupid name!!!

I have no criticism in someone picking what they want for their site name; nevertheless, I'd be unlikely to tell a man with common cigar, pipe or coffee interests to check out something called "puff.com". I told Mrs. Moo about it and he eyebrows hit the ceiling. (Mrs. Moo is ClubStogie neutral or, perhaps, somewhat positive. She likes many of the people we've met via CS and, while she isn't a smoker, she appreciates my enjoyment and use of the site.) She said something like, "You've GOT to be kidding?! That sound so girlie, or druggie. Would you tell someone to go to Puff.com?" She is usually a very good barometer of things like this.

I am interested to see how the name and blowfish logo actually work out.

[tzilt]

Originally Posted by Mister Moo

I have no criticism in someone picking what they want for their site name; nevertheless, I'd be unlikely to tell a man with common cigar, pipe or coffee interests to check out something called "puff.com". I told Mrs. Moo about it and he eyebrows hit the ceiling. (Mrs. Moo is ClubStogie neutral or, perhaps, somewhat positive. She likes many of the people we've met via CS and, while she isn't a smoker, she appreciates my enjoyment and use of the site.) She said something like, "You've GOT to be kidding?! That sound so girlie, or druggie. Would you tell someone to go to Puff.com?" She is usually a very good barometer of things like this.

I am interested to see how the name and blowfish logo actually work out.

Ditto. Well, not ditto verbatim but ditto in spirit.

Puff? Well, what can I say that hasn't been thought, typed or said already.

There seems to be so much resistance to this name that I think the new owner would be well advised to trying out something else.

[tzilt]

okay I am reading through the long arse original thread this morning and just got to the part about personal threats. What the frick? Some people's kids eh?