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Quote from: HAL 9000 on March 06, 2011, 01:46:34 AM
Prediction: Since the recent (roughly March 4, 2011) demise (deletion)of the George Noory Sucks thread at GLP, I expect many new visitors/members here. I suspect the paying members there are pretty pissed, though you have to be pretty stupid to pay just to have an avatar

Consider CG as your GNS lifeboat

by the way... why was the thread deleted again?

Quote from: EvB on March 06, 2011, 12:15:53 PM
Agreed.  When I refer to the web population of posters, I'm talking about general human (I think they are human) behavior on the web.  someperfectly nice, sane and intelligent people go nuts on the web.  I'm told it has to do with the fact that we are not face to face with, or thinking of, a person in particular and therefore our usual filters often don't kick in as they should.

i think that's right.  it's like road rage.  if you bump carts with someone in the supermarket, you're not going to give them the finger and wish cancer upon their children.  you'll probably chuckle and say, "oops!  sorry about that," even if it's not your fault.  when driving, the entire context of our interactions with others is thrown on its head because there is no body language to be observed, no eye contact... nothing.  just a shit-box on four wheels pissing you off.  the same applies to human interaction online... only it's exacerbated online because there are virtually ZERO consequences for your actions.

Quote from: Silent on March 06, 2011, 09:27:18 AM
As for social networks I can't stand them.  They encourage narcissistic behavior in a society that is all too self important already.

i couldn't agree more.

Quote from: HAL 9000 on March 06, 2011, 01:46:34 AM
Prediction: Since the recent (roughly March 4, 2011) demise (deletion)of the George Noory Sucks thread at GLP, I expect many new visitors/members here. I suspect the paying members there are pretty pissed, though you have to be pretty stupid to pay just to have an avatar

Consider CG as your GNS lifeboat

i'm not interested in repeating history.

Quote from: onan on March 06, 2011, 06:33:34 PM
ok here is an "icky" one: In the normal human body there are actually more cells of bacteria than there actual cells that make a person.

wow.  that was difficult for me to believe until i did some poking of my own.

Quote from: onan on March 06, 2011, 01:10:14 PM
You mean it is now?

haha

'Stache shines in dull sun,
Blinding slow slaves with black beams,
Now the dark toupee.


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hal... thank u, sir.

Quote from: Marc Knight on March 03, 2011, 11:27:01 AM

This picture was almost chub-worthy... but I didn't like her elbows.

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Quote from: ourobouros2k2 on March 04, 2011, 09:04:58 AM
Hell, this thread alone is quite legendary and book worthy.

agreed.

Quote from: anagrammy on March 03, 2011, 05:26:43 PM
BELLITES!  I love the sound of that... cult? 

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Quote from: aldousburbank on March 03, 2011, 12:49:37 PM
I still think, wonder maybe, what the difference would be if I just stopped by more often.  I never just went over with a sixer of Dos Equis, always stopping on my way somewhere, short hellos.  But what if I had just called more?

suicide is utterly counter to every self protection mechanism that nature and upbringing have instilled in us.  it ignores every instinct or fear for the purpose of "alleviating" something greater than all of the aforementioned stabilizers.  for one to consciously... deliberately... explicitly bypass all self preservation instincts implies an incomprehensibly powerful urge over which external influences can have very little to no effect.  if an individual has incrementally but decidedly evolved (or devolved) to a state of mind consumed with bypassing all of those protection mechanisms we walk around with from birth, there is no number of heineken bottles or phone calls that can overcome it.  it's natural to ask questions of yourself in search of an answer after a friend commits suicide... but there's nothing one can gain from it.


suicide makes me angry.  while i understand the sickness associated with it, i feel like it's the ultimate act of selfishness.  it doesn't consider the pain to be felt by friends and loved ones... only self.  it punches the time-clock before the whistle has blown... which i think is something the universe forbids any of us to do.  i have a friend whose dad committed suicide when she was a teenager.  i think we were in the 8th grade when he did so.  try telling me this did not ruin her life.

Quote from: anagrammy on February 24, 2011, 04:54:44 PM
Here are my gifts for the George Noory goodbye nutgiftfest:

Rogets Thesaurus
The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy
A bag of marbles
Book "Radio Hosting for Dummies"

Anagrammy

how about we just start with the basics:  "speaking for dummies"

i just found this thread.  this is a hoot.


george noory sucks.

Quote from: robey1129 on February 27, 2011, 11:57:25 PM

I must be seein' things.,,,sorry!

At least I don't REMEMBER saying anything.

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Quote from: Marc Knight on February 27, 2011, 12:26:06 AM



I miss Frys Girl.  Come back.

you'd have a better chance of getting mayor bloomberg to enjoy vag.

Quote from: aldousburbank on March 01, 2011, 07:49:56 AM
dim voice in the night
while signifying nothing
makes no sense at all

when i was a kid, i thought words like "while" had two syllables.

Quote from: anagrammy on March 01, 2011, 12:44:17 PM
HAHAHAHAHA!

(for more delicious articles just google "beck backlash")

Conservatives Turn Against Glenn Beck Over Caliphate Conspiracy

Over the past 18 months Glenn Beck has become something akin to the Rush Limbaugh of television.  Like Limbaugh, many conservatives and Republicans likely disagree with much of Beck’s harsh rhetoric and ultra-conservative positions.  However, few, if any, are willing to speak out against the two men for fear of the backlash that may result. 

it's hard to bring myself to finish this article because the opening paragraph is rooted in fantasy.  the only conservative republicans who fear speaking out against rush are elitist country-club blue-blood mccain types who fear loss of power and influence.  the run of the mill average joe conservative republican is generally very supportive of rush and cheers as he attacks "republicans" like john mccain, lindsey graham, and charlie crist.  this paragraph appears to have been written by someone who has no business commenting on the state of conservative politics because what's been written here is a hope/wish rather than a reflection of reality.  i mean... ok... i get the whole "beck is crazy" thing... but this writer totally misses the mark in evaluating the conservative base's perception of rush.  if there IS a backlash against "republican" politicians/elitists who fall out of favor with rush, ask yourself why.

Quote from: Camper on March 02, 2011, 12:04:25 AM
I'm new here but recognize some of you. I was an occasional poster at the old GNS forum. I just found this place when I was searching google to see why Art didn't do the New Years show. I didn't know that they had removed his name from the website and all that. It's inexcusable to remove Art from C2C without at least some kind of statement to longtime listeners.

I've listened to Art from the beginning (I was 41 in 1997!)  I was always a night owl and rarely missed shows over the years. Nothing will ever compare to the old C2C with Art Bell 5 or 6 nights a week. Good times. I like George Knapp and he would be my choice for host. Ian is ok and I usually enjoy his shows. I despise Noory and think anagrammy nailed it when when she referred to him as a radio whore. George is a simple minded idiot. He would be more suited doing those paid advertisements that pass themselves off as talk shows early saturday mornings.

Anyway, hi everyone and I'm glad I found this place!

it's a pleasure you've found your way back.  please return frequently!

Quote from: HAL 9000 on March 02, 2011, 01:04:26 AM
In a day or two I'll be spewing forth some "boiling pits of sewage"...

haha

Quote from: haloedorchid on March 01, 2011, 07:37:12 PM
Thanks, I'll check it out. Also, vitamin D research has shown some promising results.

Do a google search for "steve Gibson vitamin d" and listen to that episode of his podcast. Fascinating. I now take vitamin d daily.

Quote from: anagrammy on February 28, 2011, 09:53:13 PM
Written in sanskrit
which means written in sand, right?
awkward silence shrieks

Anagrammy

Quote from: HAL 9000 on March 01, 2011, 12:47:47 AM
As a service to Coastgab members, maybe I'll upload them all into just a couple of ZIP files for easy downloading...

please do.

here's a much better shot:

Quote from: Michael V. on February 28, 2011, 02:09:08 PM
are you talking about this house?

ok, it's this house... across the street.  god... the exposure on the google street view car is AWFUL.  you'd think they'd have used better equipment for this.

Quote from: mib12890 on February 28, 2011, 12:04:50 PM
use street view and go right up to his house. it's art's house. you can see the poles for his loop antenna and his front yard.

are you talking about this house?

Quote from: Fort Rock on February 28, 2011, 11:43:33 AM
OH ONE THING GOT LEFT OUT!

Many of you have mentioned Richard C. Hoagland, here is his email addy: enterprisemissionmail@yahoo.com.

For those who are Fantastic Forum Members, PLEASE spread this information around liberally!

hoagland is using a yahoo email address? 


figures.

Quote from: Fort Rock on February 28, 2011, 11:33:11 AM
Art Bell
9041 Desert Lane
Pahrump, NV. 89048

This may start the ball rolling!

are you sure this is right?  google street view doesn't show there to be a 9xxx block on that street.  furthermore, none of the houses in street view look like art's house to me.  i've seen pictures of it several times... and these are not it.

Quote from: misssirveaux on February 27, 2011, 04:51:43 AM
I'm in the same boat as Sy-Klone and Michael.  I, too, was 17 in 1997.  I started listening to the show during the summer of 1996.  I was hooked from the moment I heard Art.  The first time I listened, if I recall correctly, was during open lines.  It sucked me in.  I went to school with little or no sleep throughout most of my junior and senior years of high school, thanks to Art Bell.  I remember listening to Ghost to Ghost in 1997 and being unable to go to sleep that night.  I went to school on empty the next day. 

I wrote in another post earlier that Art Bell was one of my idols when I was a teenager.  I guess he still is, and I say that because he had such a huge impact on my life.  He opened my mind up to so many ideas and concepts that had been foreign to me because I had a very sheltered childhood.  I had always had an interest in ghosts and UFOs, which drew me to the show originally, but there was much more than that to Art's program.  He truly changed my mindset when I was young, and for that I'll always look up to him.  And I miss him very much now.  I often think of how great it would be to hear Art providing commentary on all of the mess going on in the world right now instead of you-know-who.

Like Sy-Clone said of himself, I feel nostalgic for the '90s all the time.  I remember being pretty miserable throughout most of my teenage years, but looking back on it now, I did have some very good times.  Simpler times.  We had no ISP at our house until I was close to graduating high school, so I do have plenty of memories of listening to C2C on hot summer nights with just a book, or outside with my telescope, or just lying in my dark bedroom.  Now, most of the time when I listen, I'm online and multitasking.  In fact, I'm pretty much online and multitasking anytime I'm not sleeping.     I miss the days before the Internet sometimes.

Anyway, sorry to ramble.  Just wanted to share a few memories and to share why I'm here.  Glad to have found this place.

A great post. Thx for joining, and post often.

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Quote from: timpate on February 27, 2011, 02:57:37 PM
Damn this thread is still hot. 

Yup. I told u u had a hit on your hands with this one. Personally, this is my favorite thread.

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