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  • It's all about the TRs.

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  • It's all about something else which I'm gonna explain in my post.

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Thread: Stoke or Joke?

  1. 01-20-2006, 08:46 AM #1
    gincognito
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    Stoke or Joke?

    I'm sure this is season dependant, but was curious as to what brings you back here again and again (and again and again). Is it the trip reports and accompanying stoke? Or is it the occasionally-witty-but-mostly-silly banter, jokes and general goofiness that constitute the rest of the content?

    If I'm being honest (which I sometimes am), I'd have to say that as much as I love the pretty pictures and excited words, it's the "filler" that has made this my cyber hang-out of choice.

    Sick and ashamed and happy (and needing to make use of a pol(l)e),
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    "Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward."
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  2. 01-20-2006, 08:50 AM #2
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    First reply in a gincognito thread!

    yes.
    It's idomatic, beatch.
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  3. 01-20-2006, 08:55 AM #3
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    I come here to embrace foreign cultures such as queebs and guidos.
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  4. 01-20-2006, 08:58 AM #4
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  5. 01-20-2006, 08:59 AM #5
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    I am, in fact, a guido queeb, can we hug? I come here for love advice.
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  6. 01-20-2006, 09:00 AM #6
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    No both option?
    Buy nice things here.
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  7. 01-20-2006, 09:02 AM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by A-wreck
    No both option?
    No. Wishy-washy queebs and guidos need not apply.

    Sick and ashamed and happy (and Cornholio wins the cookie),
    d.
    "Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward."
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  8. 01-20-2006, 09:04 AM #8
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    I come here to check out all the stoke that I'm missing out on by being stuck in the midwest, at least that's what originally brought me to this place. After hanging out here for awhile I became addicted to the constant witty banter and vivid personalities. Thanks to everyone for keeping up the stoke and giving me yet another reason to put off my work for another day!
    I think that the human mind is unique among all other forms of life in that it can spontaneously create unique thoughts and provide unique behaviors. Instead of rewarding that uniqueness we, for some reason probably because of cultural and social necessity, we chastise unique behavior and reward conformity.
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  9. 01-20-2006, 09:04 AM #9
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    This is one of the last places where I have not received a life time ban.
    Yep, seen this before. Crazy liquor & cheeseburger party got out of control.
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  10. 01-20-2006, 09:15 AM #10
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    I can't say it's any one particular thing. It all makes for very effective life support for someone serving out a sentence in cubicle prison. (thank you!!)

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  11. 01-20-2006, 09:19 AM #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by gincognito
    No. d.
    But I come for both.
    So I'm lost with no option that desribes why I come here.
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  12. 01-20-2006, 09:22 AM #12
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    It's all about the wacky members' trip reports.
    I'm just a simple girl trying to make my way in the universe...
    I come up hard, baby but now I'm cool I didn't make it, sugar playin' by the rules
    If you know your history, then you would know where you coming from, then you wouldn't have to ask me, who the heck do I think I am.
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  13. 01-20-2006, 09:24 AM #13
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    The skiing brought me here.

    The jokes kept me here.
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  14. 01-20-2006, 09:31 AM #14
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    There are so many good things going on here: great TRs, TONS of info, sweet hookups/deals, dance parties, and fantastic humor. This is a community and a damn good one -

    This is the first post that made me laugh - and made me know that this was a pretty cool place: http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/s...ht=post+thread

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  15. 01-20-2006, 09:32 AM #15
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    Quote Originally Posted by shmerham
    The skiing brought me here.

    The jokes kept me here.
    Full points to shmerham for summarizing my thoughts in two lines.

    Sick and ashamed and happy (and it's not so much about what brought you here, but what's most responsible for bringing you back),
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    "Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward."
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  16. 01-20-2006, 09:48 AM #16
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    Skiing, wackiness, and the post I am about to start on South Lake Tahoe strip joint recommendations.
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  17. 01-20-2006, 09:50 AM #17
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    Stoke is the main reason I come back but I’ve grown to love the members and community as well.

    Top notch fo shizzle.
    so many mountains...so little time

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  18. 01-20-2006, 09:56 AM #18
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    During the season, I am here mostly for the ski stoke. Whether it be TRs, the personality of the forum, the product info., and/or the general mounterneering knowledge. It's a good place to be to chat with people who share interests. This is not to say that I don't enjoy the wackiness of some of the members and posts, as well as a lot of the non-ski related shiz. Also, for a geezer like me, it is also a way to keep a pulse of what is happenning outside of my little world.
    “How does it feel to be the greatest guitarist in the world? I don’t know, go ask Rory Gallagher”. — Jimi Hendrix
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  19. 01-20-2006, 10:10 AM #19
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    I originally came to message boards when researching skis, but picked this group because of the community feel and of coarse the great stories.

    But like gincognito if I'm to be honest it's the padded room and its amazing pictures that keep me here.

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  20. 01-20-2006, 10:15 AM #20
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    kinky avatars... they help me get the out
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  21. 01-20-2006, 10:34 AM #21
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    I am a TR junky....I look at them all (especially if it has a "pict" in the title).

    For the other threads it is hit or miss....depending on title, time, and work boredom.
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  22. 01-20-2006, 10:47 AM #22
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    I come for the hot coffee and cool service....
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  23. 01-20-2006, 10:49 AM #23
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    I need something ski related to do during class
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  24. 01-20-2006, 10:50 AM #24
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    I'm here for the free beer and to meet chicks.
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  25. 01-20-2006, 11:23 AM #25
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    Quote Originally Posted by gincognito
    Sick and ashamed and happy (and it's not so much about what brought you here, but what's most responsible for bringing you back),
    d.
    You brought here but it sure as hell ain't you that kept me comming back. (it's all about the smilies)

    BTW - If I don't talk to you before you leave have a good trip and say hi to Wronko and your Bro for me.
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