May be closing this BBS
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Topic: May be closing this BBS
Posted By: Rontini599
Subject: May be closing this BBS
Date Posted: 07 May 2023 at 1:58pm
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Facebook has caused the demise of many older Web sites. This BBS may be soon departing. No posts since March and I have done the last 3. What say you?
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Posted By: FTGC(SS) Lane
Date Posted: 07 May 2023 at 2:40pm
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Bye-bye!
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Posted By: GaryKC
Date Posted: 07 May 2023 at 3:42pm
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I'll contribute financially to help keep this playground online. ------------- SS484 SS426 SSBN618 Joined this BBS: May 25 2007 Website http://www.usstusk.com" rel="nofollow - USS Tusk SS 426 |
Posted By: PaulR
Date Posted: 07 May 2023 at 6:16pm
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Cerainly has changed since I 1st found this place. So many on Eternal Patrol. Your call. We'll understand SHIPMATE ------------- Paul http://ss-407.net" rel="nofollow">  ETN2(SS) 63-67 |
Posted By: Bob T
Date Posted: 07 May 2023 at 7:32pm
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Your site was part of my first venture into the Web. I have been inactive for years because of medical problems. Many of the people I have "met" here are gone. I would be sad to see the site go, but you gottta do what you gotta do. |
Posted By: JrKrup, Skimmer
Date Posted: 08 May 2023 at 10:20am
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I'll be sorry to see the BBS closing, Ron. I check it every day. Like you said, no posts since March, and they were yours. Thanks for having me along for the ride. Jon ------------- Jon Krup, Skimmer - Minesweeps |
Posted By: gerry
Date Posted: 08 May 2023 at 12:56pm
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Gary - It isn't financial. All of the expenses for this site are taken care of. The real issue is that younger submariners are less interested in this form of communication, preferring Facebook or Reddit. As a result, each year we see less and less participation here. What was once a flood is now note even a controlled leak. More like after-watch condensate in the bilge. I've talked Ron out of closing the place down a couple of times in the past, but there just doesn't seem to be much interest "out there" to keep it going. I'm one of the youngest members here and had several friends here go on eternal patrol. So, Ron is asking you if you want to keep this BBS going. 5 responses so far (which is a LOT compared to recent traffic), but 4 of the 5 don't care if it gets closed down. If you don't care, that's perfectly fine. But if you do care and want to keep it, I'd suggest convincing Ron that it is a good idea. You'll also need to show your support by actually posting here once in a while. ------------- MT2/SS SSBN 641 (B) SSBN 730 (B) USSVI - Wyoming Base USSVI National Webmaster |
Posted By: Dantini
Date Posted: 08 May 2023 at 1:40pm
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I would definitely like for Ron to keep this website going for personal reasons. I had Gerry put up the links to the Silent Service videos, and Dex Armstrong's After Battery stories that I copied off Ray Stones web page after he passed away, some almost 180 pages; and the other authors of other similar stories because I didn't want those pieces of history to vanish in the ethernet. And I also keep the list of Reactor Hulls berried at Hanford dup to date for those who want to know where their ustafish's reactors are in Pit 19. So I vote for Ron to keep these information sources available for all us ole farts. Dan Martini
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Posted By: gerry
Date Posted: 08 May 2023 at 2:03pm
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Hi Dan, There is a plan to keep that information available to all in the event that this site closes, albeit in a different location. G ------------- MT2/SS SSBN 641 (B) SSBN 730 (B) USSVI - Wyoming Base USSVI National Webmaster |
Posted By: Tom McNulty
Date Posted: 08 May 2023 at 3:27pm
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I check the site each day. Been here since June 1997. Would be sorry to see it end but I get it. ------------- SSBN599B,SSBN600B,SSBN611G USNR Beaumont, TX, USSVI Life Member Mid Atlantic Base Holland Club |
Posted By: oldsubs
Date Posted: 09 May 2023 at 9:43am
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Ron I understand your reasoning and your decision. Thank you for all the good reads, good friends met, good times and particularly the hard work you have put in to keep us 'in the loop'. BZ Very Respectfully Jim Christley Tucson, AZ ------------- Be Well Oldsubs |
Posted By: Bruce
Date Posted: 09 May 2023 at 2:34pm
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Ron- I certainly understand you considering closing the BBS. I still check it several times a week, but like most everyone else, I haven't posted but just visited. Thank you for hosting all of us for so long. The Torsk Work Weekends would have never occurred, if you hadn't given us a place.
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Posted By: Rontini599
Date Posted: 13 May 2023 at 1:14pm
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Finances is not the issue. Just lack of participation Gary. ------------- My heroes wear dog tags, not shoulder pads |
Posted By: Dantini
Date Posted: 13 May 2023 at 1:34pm
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Posted By: Curt
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2023 at 8:50am
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Fair Winds and Following Seas ------------- Thanks, Curt |
Posted By: Billybob
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2023 at 12:01pm
 I know that I've been absent a long time, but hey now I've visited a few times since the advent of Facebook. This place is the bubblehead main stay. There has been others, but THIS IS the place to go to. I know that you're getting up there in years, long in the tooth, old and grey, etc.... please consider keeping the joint active as long as possible.Thanks for hearing me out, or reading this Respectfully, Ol' Billybob, aka Launcher Lary
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Posted By: Jim Mandelblatt
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2023 at 6:33am
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I know I've not been around for awhile..(life, family emergencies, etc., losing my job twice within the past three years) but this is where this avowed NQP has been made to feel like a member of this great community. Thank you for doing what you do.. would like this to stay open. ------------- http://ss481.com/ |