CSB 2 no longer exists.
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All joking about the triumvirate aside, what about Sean and the CSBs? He keeps paying for them to be up - has anybody heard anything recently about his plans (or not) to move forward with merging and reactivating?
eta: I wasn't really looking for them, to clarify. I've known a long time that editec posts at US Message Board, and I gather maybe Steve does too, now - last time I visited there was back when I was unemployed in 2009. I suppose it might be interesting to visit again and see editec's take on recent politics, etc. - despite his personal animosity toward me, I actually found many of his arguments to be interesting, and I agree there is a 'MOTU' - albeit perhaps not exactly as he described.
It's very quiet here at Plan B from how it used to be, not a lot of activity - I'm quite glad the period of unrest is over and I guess it did take booting LoCa, but the discussions don't have much 'oomph' these days. Nice to see old friends, but the days of pages-long discussions seem to gone by the wayside with just a handful of folks visiting regularly.
eta: I wasn't really looking for them, to clarify. I've known a long time that editec posts at US Message Board, and I gather maybe Steve does too, now - last time I visited there was back when I was unemployed in 2009. I suppose it might be interesting to visit again and see editec's take on recent politics, etc. - despite his personal animosity toward me, I actually found many of his arguments to be interesting, and I agree there is a 'MOTU' - albeit perhaps not exactly as he described.
It's very quiet here at Plan B from how it used to be, not a lot of activity - I'm quite glad the period of unrest is over and I guess it did take booting LoCa, but the discussions don't have much 'oomph' these days. Nice to see old friends, but the days of pages-long discussions seem to gone by the wayside with just a handful of folks visiting regularly.
For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
~ Carl Sagan
~ Carl Sagan
Re: CSB 2 no longer exists.
CSB I is back up...
Still not functioning, but back up...
Not getting the logic as to why Sean bothered to bring back a non-functioning website...
Still not functioning, but back up...
Not getting the logic as to why Sean bothered to bring back a non-functioning website...




Re: CSB 2 no longer exists.
DGS and I are also at USMB. And we're not even in the top 20 weirdos there.bigskygal wrote:All joking about the triumvirate aside, what about Sean and the CSBs? He keeps paying for them to be up - has anybody heard anything recently about his plans (or not) to move forward with merging and reactivating?
eta: I wasn't really looking for them, to clarify. I've known a long time that editec posts at US Message Board, and I gather maybe Steve does too, now - last time I visited there was back when I was unemployed in 2009. I suppose it might be interesting to visit again and see editec's take on recent politics, etc. - despite his personal animosity toward me, I actually found many of his arguments to be interesting, and I agree there is a 'MOTU' - albeit perhaps not exactly as he described.

I'll take some blame for that.It's very quiet here at Plan B from how it used to be, not a lot of activity - I'm quite glad the period of unrest is over and I guess it did take booting LoCa, but the discussions don't have much 'oomph' these days. Nice to see old friends, but the days of pages-long discussions seem to gone by the wayside with just a handful of folks visiting regularly.

Treat Gaza like Carthage.
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Jarl, I did some reading there recently - it seems very conservative. I felt like I'd be pummeled if I expressed a progressive viewpoint. Is it always like that?
For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
~ Carl Sagan
~ Carl Sagan
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it seems very conservative. I felt like I'd be pummeled if I expressed a progressive viewpoint.
Well, editec's got over 40,000 posts there, and he ain't exactly Mr. Conservative...
But then, he's used to being pummeled...




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There are plenty of liberals, from the reasonable, to the polite (if kooky), to the nasty, to one who I truly believe is pure evil on the level of John Wayne Gacy or Jeffery Dahmer. Some of the conservatives are pretty out-there, a couple are absolutely batshit insane. It's a fairly well-balanced insane asylum.bigskygal wrote:Jarl, I did some reading there recently - it seems very conservative. I felt like I'd be pummeled if I expressed a progressive viewpoint. Is it always like that?

One (irregular) poster is nuttier than Steve, DBA, Mediator, and loCA put together.
Treat Gaza like Carthage.
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I'm having a difficult time getting my mind around that concept...One (irregular) poster is nuttier than Steve, DBA, Mediator, and loCA put together.




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He posts as "Anathema". Search USMB for posts by him and you'll see. He...honestly, he defies description, except "batshit". He's not a troll, he's dead serious--I remember him from the old Argue With Everyone forum. (IIRC, he was "Masquerade" there.)
And he lives ~35 miles from me!
And he lives ~35 miles from me!

Treat Gaza like Carthage.
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Well, things are batshit insane at work in my one lawyer county at present - but when my load lightens, I'll make a point to spend a little more time there.
For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
~ Carl Sagan
~ Carl Sagan
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If someone on this board knows what the handle for our old Chester Vermont Tinfoil Hatter friend is on USMB, I'd appreciate it if they would PM it to me...
(I have no interest in harassing him; I'm just curious to see what he has to say...)
(I have no interest in harassing him; I'm just curious to see what he has to say...)



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Steve.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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He was Sparky when he first went over there but that handle hasn't posted in a while. I have no idea if he has another one.
“I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.” ~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg, paraphrasing Sarah Moore Grimké
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Last log-on was last June for "Sparky".
(Note: I thought Steve was in upstate NY.)
(Note: I thought Steve was in upstate NY.)
Treat Gaza like Carthage.
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Not unless he's moved; he informed us all publicly on CSB that he lived in Chester, VT.
eta: a Google search informs me that there is a 'Sparky Electric' contractor in Chester, VT. I'm thinking that's our Chicken Steve.
eta: a Google search informs me that there is a 'Sparky Electric' contractor in Chester, VT. I'm thinking that's our Chicken Steve.
For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
~ Carl Sagan
~ Carl Sagan
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I don't think that's the right Steve.
I won't tell you the name of his business but it has to do with the type of work he does and the city, Chester, where he lives.
And he looks something like this...

I know this because he stalked me once upon a time...
I won't tell you the name of his business but it has to do with the type of work he does and the city, Chester, where he lives.
And he looks something like this...



I know this because he stalked me once upon a time...

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His business name, address, and phone number are pretty easy to find.
(We could all start making prank phone calls!)
(We could all start making prank phone calls!)

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No no no no I didn't say that. That was my Evil Twin.
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Just to clarify, I never prank called Steve.
(I have a very strong suspicion as to which other female CSB poster might have done so, and then sat silently by while I was accused at length without stepping up to take responsibility . . . but that's water long under the bridge, as far as I'm concerned.)
I hope that folks aren't still suffering from any delusion that I committed any such act - as an attorney, I do tend to keep my behavior on the right side of the law.

(I have a very strong suspicion as to which other female CSB poster might have done so, and then sat silently by while I was accused at length without stepping up to take responsibility . . . but that's water long under the bridge, as far as I'm concerned.)
I hope that folks aren't still suffering from any delusion that I committed any such act - as an attorney, I do tend to keep my behavior on the right side of the law.

For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
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For the record, BSG, I never for a minute thought or suspected that you made that call, and I'm pretty sure almost nobody else there thought so either. (I too had/have a suspicion as to which other female CSB poster did it; it might even be the same one you suspect. But that's all way too far in the past, and way too inconsequential to worry about anymore.)
And I'm intensely sorry that I...errr, I mean my Evil Twin...brought up the subject.
And I'm intensely sorry that I...errr, I mean my Evil Twin...brought up the subject.

People who are wrong are just as sure they're right as people who are right. The only difference is, they're wrong.
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