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You probably need to explain what CES was

The Blogs would be in one place similar to a forum.

THE was the viral thread on Waydale. Started by Rafael on the Evening that GreaseSpot Cafe premiered. 4/21/2000 EZboard demanded that it be shut down, too many posts on one thread. Took many emails to convince extwi to split it and continue it. I was Casey Kasem.

One of the things that I explored, without success, was a blog section on a site. I tried it two different ways. A separate site as well as integrating it within these forums. Let me explain what I think as distinct advantages over the forum. If someone wants to tell their story, they can do it uninterrupted. In the forums, when someone takes that chance of telling the story, there is always someone that wants to thwart the story in one form or another. In the blog scenario, the person telling their story has control over all of the comments. You can publish or delete any and all comments. In a thread situation, the story can get lost with comments and off topic replies. I believe that an individual's testimony to what happened is vital for themselves as well as for others reading it. I would be more than willing to keep the blog section active on this site, if some would be willing to try it out. Any opinions?

baba wawa was a character that Gilda Radner did on SNL in the 70's take off of Barbara Walters

Well now that everyone has had a few weeks to ponder the closing of Greasespot Cafe. I've been able to come up with a better timeline. I figured that the initial shock has sunk in. I couldn't think of an easier way to do the whole thing. It is very overwhelming for me as I have invested many years to keep this running. But I need to focus on things in my life. I want everyone to know that I won't leave the community high and dry. The next steps involve figuring out what the community needs and how to get that up and running. GT has been moving everything on the server to a new server and most of that is out of the way. With the donations in the past few weeks, I can keep everything running until the end of February. I am going to start a new forum in here that will focus on what everyone thinks is needed. All current members can be involved. I've sent an email out to all registered members letting them know of the closing. Hopefully, we will see some old faces celebrate the countdown. After the end of February, Greasespotcafe.com will be a ready only site. The forums will be read only. I think that there is a lot of valuable information to be culled. I am considering some type of simple site or addon to GSC that will allow posting of email info for exchange with each other, along the lines of the Cortright page. Totally volunteer with ability for people to email you if you are on the list without giving out your email address, so that you can decide who you want to give your email to you. As a static site, any links to the forum, should work. I will be deleting some threads along the way, mostly in the political forum. I may even just delete the entire thing. So you should start copying now if you have anything that you want to save.

Ah, the demon Pear juice. I remember the look in Rascal's eyes that night. I'm surprised that guest spouse survived the evening.

Two years after the fact, you have decided to say something about an item that I don't think anyone remembers. Gathering your thoughts?

John Lynn has used that phrase for many years, in fact, he probably originated the phrase.

You don't really want another Cafe/Diner/Supper Club/House of Pancakes do you?

Not if it is done for the right reasons.

Even better, bring Oakspear as replacement minister

I know it is a twi, but you were invited by either the bride or groom. It will hopefully be the only wedding that they have in their life. Think about them in your decision. Wedding day is special wherever it is held. That said, always be carrying a glass of red wine. I will send you a list of people that you could "accidently" trip and spill it on.

I remember that. But someone else, who is a squirrel, so we can't mention his name, one night decided to go in and do sounds non-stop for hours. I got home and the cats were going nuts hearing all these animal sounds. I had no idea where the sounds were coming from until I went to my computer and saw the other white meat doing one sound after another. It was late and I think I just told him to shut up, there may have been some other words in there to spice up the conversation.

The first incarnation of the website was going to be a newspaper format called something to the effect of "The Greasespot After Midnight Gazette" And the first article to grace the front page was written by Groucho. The second incarnation, pam and I spend hours on the phone trying to think of a byline or whatever you call it. All of a sudden, she comes out with "Midnight has come and gone" We both knew that that was it. The site was basically just a forum in the first year. On the first anniversary of GS, the new site was unveiled. That April had been traumatic for me, I had a breakup at the beginning of the month, then a week before the site was to be unveiled, my house burned down. I was renting it out at the time. So I flew quite a bit that month from northern CA to Socal. One of the weekends, I flew to see pamsandiego so that we could finalize the site. I remember she was house sitting that had a parrot or parakeet named Fred or something like that. I'll never forget the night of the unveiling, we had to do it AFTER midnight, it was soo much fun and so exciting. The latest incarnation was designed by pamsandiego, rich (who is first a friend of pams and then we became friends and he is NBW) and myself. I wanted a classic 50's diner look. We took a long time before going with what we did. Rich is a Photoshop Wizard. The chrome across the top behind the logo was taken by Rich on the side of those old fashioned stools with red tops. And if you look very closely, you can see pam's cat zephyr in the chrome. The square patterned chrome was a photo that Rich took of the lunch truck where he works..

This will be the third iteration of an impacting web site about the way. exway3.0.com threepointoh.com leavingohio.com hiway3.0.com

I am acquiring a VPS which will be less expensive. GS will still be open, including the forums. The forums will be read only. Let's toss an idea around. I added blogs to this site a few years back. They were used very little. That said, one of the most frustrating parts of the forums, is someone telling their story, pouring out their heart and some jerk coming in and call them liars or other things. A blog would give someone a chance to tell their story. Each person would have control of the comments section leave the comments up or not publish them. reply or don't reply. In my opinion, this would keep someone's story in one place, not strewn in a long thread. And would make moderation minimal.

I'm going to have ask Pam. I'm pretty sure that Waydale was still open at the time, so 2000-2001

How about Rosie's Diner?

Facebook is notorious for severing connections. I think assuming that someone blocked you, is premature. I would check facebook settings. I found out that closing the little GSC button on my page kicked me out.

Sorry Sunesis, You weren't even close in the hated list, now the pita list is another story! The most hated were the ones that preyed on peoples' emotions and used them for their morbid fun. They would take on a screenname and build a fictional life around it over a period of months. Then prey on an individual gain their trust and do some horrendous real life crap. I've never tried to figure out the number, but there were at least 3 different people that did this, humiliating an innocent party. Those were the ones that would make that list. In fact, I think one of them is an active member right now. So if you wonder why I jump at troll-like behaviour, that is why. I have little tolerance for that kind of behaviour

Hate to take that honor from you Clayy but you aren't even on the top 10, close but not quite

One of the funniest episodes happened when pamsandiego called and said that she was at Wierwille Rd. We had heard that chat and the forums were being monitored by the WayGB. It was late at night and snowing in New Knoxville. And we decided to see if they really did monitor things I announced in the chat room that I had pam on the phone and where she was. Less than a minute later, pam saw headlights turn on and a car come down the road. Maybe she will come on and give some of the details. The way cop got out of the car and went over to her asking if she needed any help. It was very funny and proved that they were indeed lurking in the chat room.

I will keep it open as a static site. This week, I have gotten enough to keep it open for another month. I am not very good at soliciting money. I thought that maybe the Google ads would do that, but very few ever clicked on the ads, so the revenue wasnt' that much, about 20.00 month I think is the average. I have not solicited for one simple reason, I don't want anyone to feel that they have to pay to take advantage of what is here. For a number of years, at events like the Texas get together, some folks gave me money to pay for things, of which I am greatly appreciative. I have gotten some wonderful gifts, Rascal gave me a beautiful handmade blanket and herbaljuan gave me a few handmade wooden bowls. So that is why I don't do any overt requests for donations. As for the anguish part, knowing that the site has helped people, makes it worth it. I have never regretted starting this site. One of the nice things about the way it is set up, I really have never any understanding of how it helped folks. Poster A may need help and Poster C and D contact poster A and work through things that help, but it never seen by me. We are like Dead Heads trading concert tapes. No one has any idea how many copies are out there or who has them. My hope is that any one that needed answers got some here. I suppose the only thing that is disappointing is not being able to be myself at times. It seemed that when I posted something on a thread, that was a thread ender or some just have to snipe at me. I don't think that that is something that could be changed. A few have suggested that I take on another screenname to post my thoughts, but I just didn't feel right doing that. When I was in CA, I would fly down to visit pamsandiego so that she could talk me off the cliff of closing GS up. It wasn't until I was able to let go and trust the moderators that I felt comfortable. I think the original chat room on here or on Waydale was where the first birth happened live. I think we can claim it was the first ever on the internet, that was Rascal's youngest.

Shellon wasn't the only mod that used his/her real name. The first 4 years or so all of them did, but there was no "edited by...." inserted. So the mod name just didn't show up.