Still alive! lol I never hated anyone. Maybe our personalities are just not suited for each other. I mean I would think even you could admit there was some obnoxiousness flying from all sides back then. We started the new forum really because of the whole “it’s me and Holiday in a bar and all the rest of you are just background noise”or something like that and the whole banning episode. Not the most welcoming environment. Oh well I am sure we all older and wiser now
Plus that guy what was his name - the guy that didn’t have any posters of his own and then skipped out on someone’s posters? Eric or something…The troll…
I still collect regularly.
Matt and David pretty much moved on from VMPF… I just pay for it now so a bunch of Aussies can post quizzes and then ignore my posts. I’d shut it down but I think it’s keeping some folks happy. I also still get a lot of linen backing questions. I think one guy is now backing all of Morris Everett’s posters using my threads.
Mel came to visit me in Houston - he let me drive his BMW convertible. Doesn’t do much poster collecting that I can tell. Just hung on to a few.
I think Chris CSM is still around (had kids). I haven’t checked Ari’s forum in a long while but Ves probably knows how he is doing. I think he had moved a few years back.
There was a lot of conflict, for sure. I don’t remember ever having a problem with you specifically, Charlie. Maybe I’m wrong, but I don’t. I did not like the other guy you created your forum with, that is true. I can’t remember his name now. He was using “my” forum to sell his stuff, he was not transparent about pricing and was privately messaging members to raise his prices. The kind of dealers I can’t stand. I called his shit and he called me the poster police, which was fine by me. I was happy to see him go.
Eric was the moderator, right? A terrible choice on my part. I chose him. I think he ended up ripping people off and disappeared. He also made a lot of people mad, including some lady he had a crush on, can’t recall her name either. I did not handle this well. Live and learn.
Mel was a little too intense for me. He tried to befriend me, he wanted to come and visit, and I kind of pushed him away. I didn’t really care about his car and all the ladies he was telling me about.
The political debates were also a big turn off for some. The banter between Rich, Ted and myself was not necessary. The name calling wasn’t either.
And ADZ hahahaha completely forgot that dude. Omg, it brings back memories. He was so annoying with his “I’m a nice guy, my friends love me, why won’t you?” And his fathers Bond collection he was constantly bringing up.
But yeah, we were younger, the scene was new, it was a different time for sure. A lot of things could have been handled differently, by me for sure and I guess everyone else.
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