Who is Trinity?

[Visian]

Just curious, with all this discussion about moderation and administration, who is Trinity?

It would seem to me to be appropriate that all of the BMW MOA Forum Moderators & Adminstrators be identifiable to the membership.

JMO.

Ian

[kbasa]

We're not telling.

:)

dave

[Visian]

Is that the last word? :evil

[kbasa]

:rofl

It is in this case. :brow

[Visian]

Hmmm...

Well, then this just may be my last post, too.

As the member who installed this forum with the vision of it playing an instrumental role in the evolution toward an open-architecture BMW MOA, please let me register my disagreement with this position.

Ian
BMW MOA Ambassador

[fish]

I am Trinity. :mona

[kbasa]

Well, OK then.

We built Trinity about 6 months ago during the Jugheads assault (such as it was). We felt we needed a blind way to shut down threads without having the moderators have to take personal shots from folks that have had their thread locked.

A few of the moderators have access to the Trinity ID. So, the answer to your question is that nobody is actually Trinity.

Dave

:mona

[Visian]

Originally posted by the Daves
:mona


I see. Thanks.

[fish]

Originally posted by KBasa
nobody is actually Trinity.



Who are you calling nobody, buddy boy?:mad

[kbasa]

Originally posted by fish
Who are you calling nobody, buddy boy?:mad

:uhoh

[Wade Ogle]

I'm not a very religious person but I think the Trinity is The Father, The Son & The Holy Ghost. I'm not sure which of those three is responsible for closing dead threads here (perhaps they share the resposibility) but...wait a minute...did I completely misunderstand the question? :bliss

[MarkF]

I thought she was the tough chick in the Matrix.

Well, now we have an anonymous moderator to better censor free speech without fear of being held responsible. What's next?

MarkF

[BradfordBenn]

I wasn't even thinking of the movie, a women dressed in black leather riding a Ducati. Something about computers.

I thought about the Trinity Project, you know the thing to build the atom bomb. The Manhattan Project was the primary one, iirc the Trinity Project was the team actually responsible for loading the charge into the bomb itself.

Okay who believes that one?

[BradfordBenn]

Originally posted by Visian
Hmmm...

Well, then this just may be my last post, too.

As the member who installed this forum with the vision of it playing an instrumental role in the evolution toward an open-architecture BMW MOA, please let me register my disagreement with this position.

Ian
BMW MOA Ambassador

Actually quite a few forums do this stuff, it is much the same way the Fletch wrote under the pseudonym Jane Doe. It is hard to be a member and a moderator cause it changes the way people deal with you.

[fish]

Originally posted by MarkF
I thought she was the tough chick in the Matrix.

That's our Trinity.

Well, now we have an anonymous moderator to better censor free speech without fear of being held responsible. What's next?

Paranoia setting in, Mark? :brow



Do you even know who Magwa really is?

[lorazepam]

Try the last of the Mohicans

[MarkF]

Originally posted by fish
Paranoia setting in, Mark? :brow


I wouldn't be so paranoid if everyone wasn't out to get me.

MarkF

[1flyer]

Trinity Site was the location of the first test of the atom bomb, not the team that loaded the material.

[lancew]

IIRC, that's how the mods work anyway, right? I've been told that if there's a thread that needs killin, it gets at least a little bit of moderator discussion then the locks go on. Might as well reflect that, it's no big deal.

Freedom of speech is a pretty misunderstood concept anyhow (on web forums anyhow)- on other forums I've seen, anytime a mod shuts a thread down, people start hollering about fascism and how anti-American they are. Not the case- the mods are just picking up the trash. If you want to spout all day about the Chromeheads, that's fine- you just can't do it here. It's like somebody who, say, supports "Ralph Nader for President" suing me for not letting me put his signs in MY yard.

I think the mods do well- believe me, you don't want this board turning into a rubbish-tip. Aside from looking stupid, there is nothing more boring and useless than a 44 page flame war where the same arguments and personal shots get repeated over and over again.

If the "anonymous" part bugs people, maybe change the name to "near-unanimous group of moderators"? :dunno

[The_Veg]

No, it's a muddy ditch that goes past downtown Dallas.

[BradfordBenn]

Originally posted by 1flyer
Trinity Site was the location of the first test of the atom bomb, not the team that loaded the material.

Knew I shouldn't have slept in history class.:p

I'll admit I was fuzzy about their exact role.

[MarkF]

Originally posted by lancew
Freedom of speech is a pretty misunderstood concept anyhow (on web forums anyhow)- on other forums I've seen, anytime a mod shuts a thread down, people start hollering about fascism and how anti-American they are. Not the case- the mods are just picking up the trash. If you want to spout all day about the Chromeheads, that's fine- you just can't do it here. It's like somebody who, say, supports "Ralph Nader for President" suing me for not letting me put his signs in MY yard.

Technically, you are correct. But, I think the concept that a forum is private property when it was created by an organization for it's members with it's members dollars might be flawed. On newsletters and email lists the need to clean up the trash is very real. Otherwise members unsub. But, on a forum such as this you can read only those threads that interest you. So what is the harm if 4 or 5 members post and repost the same argument on one thread? Of course the posting of insults and personal attacks are never justified.

MarkF

[fish]

Originally posted by MarkF
Technically, you are correct. But, I think the concept that a forum is private property when it was created by an organization for it's members with it's members dollars might be flawed. On newsletters and email lists the need to clean up the trash is very real. Otherwise members unsub. But, on a forum such as this you can read only those threads that interest you. So what is the harm if 4 or 5 members post and repost the same argument on one thread?

I tend to agree with you, Mark, but...(and there's always a butt).


Of course the posting of insults and personal attacks are never justified.


Not true, just not here. If you wanna flame someone, go talk to Jo Momma.

[jgr451]

Hmmm...what little I know and think about Trinity is the character on the matrix.Was he/she the hot(sort of) mannish chick?

Who cares?

I have seen the mods here lock 1 thread that had clearly run its course,in the ? year or so I have been a member.

At some point someone has to say Enough a that stuff.Let us move on.

Fish and Kbasa do it.Any other takers for the responsibility?No doubt;but would you bring the same level of equanimity that they have brought? Or sang froid?

Shut the f... up and quit compaining about nothing.
JMHO of course.

[Visian]

Originally posted by jgr451
Shut the f... up and quit compaining about nothing.


Friend -- this thread started as a question regarding the identity of an anonymous Administrator, Trinity. It then became apparent that the purpose of Trinity was for anonymous thread killing. To me, anyway, that isn't "nothing."

Without saying anonymous thread killing is right or wrong, please let me say that I completely understand its purpose and it is different from how I would choose to handle it. Indeed, the existence Trinity incents me not to participate in our clubs forum. That will be my own personal decision. And it's not a complaint.

This certainly isn't saying that there aren't any threads that deserve killing.

So... since we're using movie metaphors here, please let restate my point by bending a line from a favorite movie of mine, The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean:

"Threads need to be hung out in public, not in a barn like you're ashamed of it."

And that's JMO.

Ian Schmeisser
BMW MOA Ambassador

[MarkF]

definition: any opinion that you don't agree with

[fish]

Jeebus kids...I already admitted I was Trinity. Thanks for the others for trying to take the heat off me, but I can take it. I'm trinity and let's just let it go, okay?

If you want to complain about me having multiple personalities, then that's another topic for another thread.

In the meantime...let's just try to get along without getting our panties all knotted up, okay? Thanks.

As you were.

[crvalley]

Geez, here I was thinking Trinity was some leather-clad vixen in a dark room watching everything I post, impressed with the notion that I'm so clever and witty - maybe even wanting to meet me over a cup of coffee during a motorcycle ride someday...

Now, I find out "she" is a guy who thinks I'm clever and witty and wants to meet me over a cup of coffee during a motorcycle ride someday...ugh!

I love this forum!!!

[jgr451]

Geez Fish,I never knew.

Double personalities;secret,hidden agendas;a stealth thread killer,lurking and striking when and where we least expect....what next?

If we didn't actually have a Trinity we would have to invent one,huh!!

BTW GI Jane is on.I consider Demi Moore to be ULTRA HOT in that movie.

[kbasa]

Originally posted by jgr451
If we didn't actually have a Trinity we would have to invent one,huh!!


Her name is MrsKbasa and she didn't choose that Supergirl avatar by accident....

:brow :)

[Rob Nye]

Originally posted by jgr451
BTW GI Jane is on.I consider Demi Moore to be ULTRA HOT in that movie.

:brow Not going there......

[Rayment6239]

If the radiance of a thousand suns were to burst at once into the sky that would be like the splendor of the Mighty One... I am become Death, the Shatterer of Worlds.

J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904 - 1967), Quoting "The Bhagavad Gita",Alamogordo, New Mexico, 1945

[jgr451]

Beautiful...and "I love the smell of napalm in the morning".

Like Mark,just because I am paranoid does not mean they are NOT out to get me (and him) (and you) ,cuz they are!!

You know who I mean by they.

I liked the explanation that trinity is terrence stamp;or an amalgam of all the helpful moderators.

Free speech aint free,there is a price to be paid for it!!!

[Kevin910]

I saw the mention of a "jugheads assault"............give me a break, you people have no clue what a real Jugheads assault is...................................

[lancew]

...and nobody cares.

:rolleyes

[kbasa]

OK, kids. We're running a family board here.

No swearing, please.

Thanks for your cooperation.

[Kevin910]

Kbasa,

where was this supposed Jughead "assault"? You people are just as incredible as AlanZ and his Chromeheads. You have all the posts, where was the assault? I remember it as one group of MOA members raising questions about another club and criticizing the way they operate. So don't blame your tactics of locking threads on some Jugheads scapegoat, that's pure nonsense and spin. Ridiculous, you people have become just like the Chromeheads, when the conversation doesn't go the way you deem fit, you come up with a anon moderator to do the dirty work. I always suspected Fish was trinity, that mutated miscreant always did seem a little light in his loafers to begin with...........

[knary]

Originally posted by Kevin910
Kbasa,

where was this supposed Jughead "assault"? You people are just as incredible as AlanZ and his Chromeheads. You have all the posts, where was the assault? I remember it as one group of MOA members raising questions about another club and criticizing the way they operate. So don't blame your tactics of locking threads on some Jugheads scapegoat, that's pure nonsense and spin. Ridiculous, you people have become just like the Chromeheads, when the conversation doesn't go the way you deem fit, you come up with a anon moderator to do the dirty work. I always suspected Fish was trinity, that mutated miscreant always did seem a little light in his loafers to begin with...........

It is this exact approach of making personal attacks that is frowned upon. Even if someone else "started it", the high road is still the correct response (admittedly, I don't always pass this test).

If you'd prefer more of a saloon than a campfire, there are plenty of other forums where this kind of pointed bickering is welcome (and I participate in one of the more volatile). The BMW MOA forum is going to continue to strive to be a warm and welcoming place to all BMW enthusiasts. If you wish to continue attacking those that volunteer to keep this place up and running, perhaps you should go elsewhere.

And before you ask: yes, I consider both Daves (Fish and Kbasa) to be friends and some of the best people I've ever known. And, yes, I'm one of those people that work to keep this place functioning.

[kbasa]

Not much happening on the Jughead board these days, Kevin?

;)

[Cliffy777]

Or some mutation thereof. Man, people are badmouthing folks in this thread and in the one that was started about finding Osama in time for an election.
This kinda trash talk makes me want to hurl. I like the exchange of ideas and opinions, but name calling and insinuations really suck canal water. (No offense to anyone living on or near a canal!)

CUT IT OUT. (He said with all the power vested .....)

[kbasa]

Canal water's not bad if you take the big chunks out.

[knary]

I have the perfect solution: Go for a ride. :D

too cold? Then go sit on your bike and vroom-vroom sounds. vroomvrrooooommmmVROOOOOOOOOMMMMMMvroomvrrooooommm mVROOOOOOOOOMMMMMMvroomvrrooooommmmVROOOOOOOOOMMMM MMvroomvrrooooommmmVROOOOOOOOOMMMMMMvroomvrrooooom mmmVROOOOOOOOOMMMMMM.

and if you've got a newer Beemer, don't forget to add the occasional "calack-calunk" to simulate the ABS testing itself. :D


Me? I just went rode over to a friend's house, changed the oil in my bike, and waxed philosophic about the R1200GS.

Note to self: be happy you don't live in Brad's neighborhood (Indiana).
(sorry Brad :bliss)

[BradfordBenn]

Originally posted by knary
Note to self: be happy you don't live in Brad's neighborhood (Indiana).
(sorry Brad :bliss)

Could be worse... then again if someone lived in my neighborhood, we could have our own winter rally with beer. Cause Beer is the key ingrident to a successful rally.

You're buying first round in Spokane Scott. :beer

[knary]

Originally posted by BradfordBenn
Could be worse... then again if someone lived in my neighborhood, we could have our own winter rally with beer. Cause Beer is the key ingrident to a successful rally.

You're buying first round in Spokane Scott. :beer

So you like PBR, right? (I think you can get it for under a buck a pint):eek

(I'll be having guinness if any can be found)

[BradfordBenn]

Originally posted by knary
So you like PBR, right? (I think you can get it for under a buck a pint):eek

(I'll be having guinness if any can be found)

There are two types of beer, good and free. Very rarely do the two meet. Me I'll be looking for Newcastle.

[knary]

Originally posted by BradfordBenn
There are two types of beer, good and free. Very rarely do the two meet. Me I'll be looking for Newcastle.

I used to LOVE Newcastle but it seems fruitier these days than I remember. And I could never stand a fruity beer (those fruit infused Belgian Lambics are, IMHO, positively revolting). But you've got me thinking...-drool-...Sam Smith's Nut Brown or...grggrlguhlll....Oatmeal Stout...yummmmmmm


Trinity? screw Trinity. Pass me another pint.

[The_Veg]

Make mine an Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout, or no, maybe a Total Disorder Porter, or maybe my dad's old mead, or a Buffalo Bill's Pumpkin Ale, or macTarnahan's Blackwatch Cream Porter, or Yuengling Traditional Lager, or or or...

Screw it, I'll have a New Glarus Raspberry Tart! :D

[knary]

Originally posted by The Veg
Make mine an Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout, or no, maybe a Total Disorder Porter, or maybe my dad's old mead, or a Buffalo Bill's Pumpkin Ale, or macTarnahan's Blackwatch Cream Porter, or Yuengling Traditional Lager, or or or...

Screw it, I'll have a New Glarus Raspberry Tart! :D

http://eric.eekhof.net/fun/beer.jpg

[BradfordBenn]

Try this one instead http://www.bmwmoa.org/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1971 :beer

[kbasa]

I'm actually kind of happy this thread got hijacked off to something less contentious....

:beer

[ian408]

Originally posted by knary
I used to LOVE Newcastle but it seems fruitier these days than I remember. And I could never stand a fruity beer (those fruit infused Belgian Lambics are, IMHO, positively revolting). But you've got me thinking...-drool-...Sam Smith's Nut Brown or...grggrlguhlll....Oatmeal Stout...yummmmmmm


Trinity? screw Trinity. Pass me another pint.

About the only "fruity" beer I don't mind is Pyramid's
Apricot Ale. Not too bad. But then again, I wouldn't
drink more than one of them.

Might have to cruise the Safeway and get some more
beer tho...

Ian

[knary]

earlier this evening, my wife handed me a perfectly assembled Black & Tan. A little later, she handed me another. And just a few minutes ago, yet another. I love my wife.

[fish]

Originally posted by Kevin910
I always suspected Fish was trinity, that mutated miscreant always did seem a little light in his loafers to begin with...........


You suspected correctly, however...are you coming on to me? :huh

[ian408]

Originally posted by knary
earlier this evening, my wife handed me a perfectly assembled Black & Tan. A little later, she handed me another. And just a few minutes ago, yet another. I love my wife.

I'm beginning to love your wife :D

What a nice thing to do. Are we using traditional ingredients
or something local?

Ian

[knary]

Originally posted by ian408
I'm beginning to love your wife :D

What a nice thing to do. Are we using traditional ingredients
or something local?

Ian

I wonder what I did to deserve such love from her.

The ingredients are semi-traditional. Exactly how traditional, I don't know. Our preferred black & tan is made with Guinness and Harp.

[ian408]

Originally posted by knary
I wonder what I did to deserve such love from her.

The ingredients are semi-traditional. Exactly how traditional, I don't know. Our preferred black & tan is made with Guinness and Harp.

I think it's supposed to be Guiness and Harp.

One of the local brew pubs makes a nice stout that might hold
in a B&T. Always wondered if there'd be an alternative.

Go give the misses a bug hug and a kiss now :)

Ian

[knary]

Originally posted by ian408
I think it's supposed to be Guiness and Harp.

One of the local brew pubs makes a nice stout that might hold
in a B&T. Always wondered if there'd be an alternative.

Go give the misses a bug hug and a kiss now :)

Ian
Erin is sleeping, but I'll let her know how you feel. :)

Many places make them with Guinness and Bass. This is, IMHO, not even close to as yummy as the Guinness/Harp combo. Some places are very confused and make them with Guinness and a cider (what I'd call a "Black Velvet").

[ian408]

Originally posted by knary
Erin is sleeping, but I'll let her know how you feel. :)

Many places make them with Guinness and Bass. This is, IMHO, not even close to as yummy as the Guinness/Harp combo. Some places are very confused and make them with Guinness and a cider (what I'd call a "Black Velvet").

I suppose if I went to Scruffy Murphy's, it'd be "and Bass" but
seeing how Harp is a favorite...

Bed time. It's just starting to rain here. I love that sound
(except when tent camping).

Ian

[fish]

I thought a Black & Tan was Bass/Guinness and a Half & Half was Harp/Guinness? :dunno

[ian408]

Originally posted by fish
I thought a Black & Tan was Bass/Guinness and a Half & Half was Harp/Guinness? :dunno

With my family lineage, you'd think I knew that answer :)

I just know what I like....

Ian

[knary]

Originally posted by fish
I thought a Black & Tan was Bass/Guinness and a Half & Half was Harp/Guinness? :dunno

That sounds right. I dunno. I've heard it both ways - Bass= 1/2&1/2, Harp = 1/2&1/2.

How goes life in balmy San Jose?

[ian408]

Originally posted by knary
That sounds right. I dunno. I've heard it both ways - Bass= 1/2&1/2, Harp = 1/2&1/2.

How goes life in balmy San Jose?

Him or me?

It's raining. Actually, spitting. Kentfield (North of SFO--more
kbasa country) got 4" of rain yesterday and today. We've got
something like an inch or so.

Just came back from the beach. It's blowing like you would
not believe. Saw a guy riding a K bike too. I bet he's wet
all the way through...here's a small sample.

http://ian408.smugmug.com/photos/2428500-M.jpg

[knary]

wow

Can I have that as my backyard?

[ian408]

Here is the front yard.

http://ian408.smugmug.com/photos/2428732-M.jpg

The last shot is from a walk way behind the lighthouse and
just above the ocean.

Ian

[kbasa]

Pelican Point

http://kbasa.smugmug.com/photos/124360-M-1.jpg

http://kbasa.smugmug.com/photos/124352-M-2.jpg

Sure is pretty down there....

[ian408]

Originally posted by KBasa
Pelican Point

Sure is pretty down there....

It is indeed. You can stay at the hostel just to the right
of the light house. The point is called Pigeon Point.
As you round curve Southward, you'll see why there's a light
station. The water is shallow and there are a number of
exposed rocks.

On a nice day, it looks like this...

http://ian408.smugmug.com/photos/896568-M.jpg

ian

[kbasa]

Right, right, Pigeon Point.

Thanks! I love that stretch of PCH.

[ian408]

Originally posted by KBasa
Right, right, Pigeon Point.

Thanks! I love that stretch of PCH.

We are really lucky that the CA coast is so near and
getting there is 3/4 of the fun.

I might have to sprint north to the border and then ride
1 down. Passing through Prarrie Creek and across at
Leggett and then South. Maybe no farther than Santa
Barbara or so.

Ian

[kbasa]

The stretch of 1 between Leggett and the coast has been repaved recently and is just stupendous.

[knary]

Originally posted by KBasa
The stretch of 1 between Leggett and the coast has been repaved recently and is just stupendous.

It is beyond luscious. The last time I rode it, I didn't see any other vehicles. It was just me and a perfect ribbon of pavement.

I feel so bad for our midwestern brothers and sisters. :D

[fish]

Originally posted by KBasa
Pelican Point

http://kbasa.smugmug.com/photos/124360-M-1.jpg

Sure is pretty down there....


stunning image, sausageboy!

[BradfordBenn]

Originally posted by knary
I feel so bad for our midwestern brothers and sisters. :D

That's it you now owe me a black&tan. :stick

[fish]

just can't help myself...

[BradfordBenn]

You too Fish, owe me a black&tan :stick

If you start up Kbasa it will be appletinis.

[kbasa]

Originally posted by fish
stunning image, sausageboy!

Thanks, man. I took that with my crappy old Mavica back in the winter of 2000. Tina and I had only been here a few months and really hadn't been anywhere. So we piled in the car and took a ride down south one Sunday. I saw the lighthouse and the sun filtering through the clouds and had to stop and shoot it.

It's one of my faves.

[kbasa]

Originally posted by BradfordBenn
You too Fish, owe me a black&tan :stick

If you start up Kbasa it will be appletinis.

Got the stuff to make them right here, Brad.

Had bourbon tonight, though. Eagle Rare 17 yo. Yummy. Not quite enough for PUI.

[knary]

west....move west....

http://www.conary.org/bike/assets/trip/baptism_big/11.jpg

[BradfordBenn]

Anyone need to hire an audio dude? Also do VB and CF coding.

[knary]

Originally posted by BradfordBenn
Anyone need to hire an audio dude? Also do VB and CF coding.

:clap

So how much time off do you have for the spokane rally?


(I sorta like how this thread is mutating into a friendly ramble about any subject. very cool)

[fish]

Originally posted by BradfordBenn
You too Fish, owe me a black&tan :stick


Done....but you have to ride west to collect it :D

[ian408]

Originally posted by knary
west....move west....


Very nice! Where's it taken?

Ian

[BradfordBenn]

Just to save up enough hours, I am working when the plant is officially closed. So I think I have almost two and a half weeks at the moment and growing.

Plus I have lots of weekend favors I can call in.

[BradfordBenn]

Originally posted by fish
Done....but you have to ride west to collect it :D

July! If not sooner.

[knary]

Originally posted by ian408
Very nice! Where's it taken?

Ian

I took it on my maiden voyage on my GS somewhere north of Ojai, CA on CA 33. It was an amazing amazing trip until the last day.

One of my favorite photos from the trip out on Soda Lake road a bit north of the earlier pic...
(note the beetle in the corner)
http://www.conary.org/bike/post/beetle.jpg

The rest can be seen here...
baptism by deer (http://www.conary.org/bike/index.php?report=baptism)

[knary]

Originally posted by BradfordBenn
Just to save up enough hours, I am working when the plant is officially closed. So I think I have almost two and a half weeks at the moment and growing.

Plus I have lots of weekend favors I can call in.

So let's start assembling your trip for you. :D

What's on your immediate list? Obviously the first goal is to get through the plains as fast as possible. Devil's tower, Grand Canyon, Grand Escalante, Badlands, Rocky Mt. NP? Soooo many things to see.

[BradfordBenn]

Part of the plan is to hit some of the Bradford locations on the way. (http://www.bmwmoa.org/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1975) One in Minnesota, One in Illinois, Two in Iowa. Then the next one is Bradford Island... Somewhere in Oregon:p

Also avoid South Dakota. (http://www.bradfordbenn.com/MainSite/SouthDakota.cfm)

The way the schedule falls I may have as long as ten days to get out there. Wonder if anyone would be around for riding?

[Fang]

Scott:

Great pics, man! You are very fortunate to have such a gift;
what I mean is that great pics originate in the eye and mind
of the beholder. Those of us burdened by more primitive genes
than your artistic ones are merely left to marvel at the
heightened sensitivities of those more evolved than ourselves.
Slobber slobber drool.......... Good job!;)

[BobFV1]

There have been a couple porn stars named 'trinity" - something about three, er, um, use your imagination......

[Cliffy777]

okay fine, but what i wanna know is who shot liberty valance?

[Braddog]

okay fine, but what i wanna know is who shot liberty valance?

That is was the Jimmy Stewart character, but in reality, it was the John Wayne character... :doh

[alien_hitchhiker]

okay fine, but what i wanna know is who shot liberty valance?


I know who shot him! He was the bravest of them all.

BTW - thumbs up :thumb to the moderators of this forum. They do an excellent job keeping it fun & informative while warding off flaming-ranting-cyber-chaos. I find a little civility now & then is refreshing (like a good ride).
Steve

[manicmechanic]

And to think that I've got that song on (gasp!) vinyl! Oh, the horror of it all!BTW, whatever happened to Gene Pitney? Is he still around?

[Rob Nye]

Hey now,

We had a very productive weekend here in St. Louis. Unfortunately I live in New England and the current weather conditions mean I will be spending the day here. This is far better than getting stranded in Pittsburgh although there could be some entertainment value :stick of being a rabid Pat's fan in Pittsburgh this afternoon.

Ok, so Trinity didn't actually make me a hat. Helen 2 Wheels likes to knit and she is producing one hat per meeting. The rest of the board felt that her first design had colors that would suit me best. Hold on tight for the photo, I finally have one that is even *worse* that the one I used for my position statement / bio in the last election issue of the Owners News.

Check me!

http://RPB.smugmug.com/photos/14591276-M.jpg

A big tip of the keyboard to my colleagues on the board for their efforts, a full report will be in the clubhouse as soon as we approve the minutes (conference call in early Feb). While we don't always agree (a good thing) we are able to present our differing views without animosity and after we are all done we like to go out and have some fun. A lot of work goes into our efforts, but there are good times and new friends to be found too. As always the board meetings are open and members are invited to attend.

[tommy]

Rob Nye
04R1150GSADV 79R100RS
Secretary, BMW MOA
Bristol, Rhode Island
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I was think-in secretary's were girls - man i must be gettin old - now we have boy secretary's - wonder if boy secretary's get paid mo money than girl secretary's - or if they do it for free does one get more free than the other - Hmmmmmmmmmmmm

[bmwcliff]

Rent the Matrix series to meet the "TRINITY", then think about poor me who lives with her twin. No wonder its been a thilling 23 years. :clap

[GregFeeler]

Hey now,

Ok, so Trinity didn't actually make me a hat. Helen 2 Wheels likes to knit and she is producing one hat per meeting. The rest of the board felt that her first design had colors that would suit me best. Hold on tight for the photo, I finally have one that is even *worse* that the one I used for my position statement / bio in the last election issue of the Owners News.

Check me!

http://RPB.smugmug.com/photos/14591276-M.jpg




The only thing worse than that picture - is the real thing up close and personal!

[username]

rob - what exactly are you doing with your hand?

[Helen]

rob - what exactly are you doing with your hand?

He's cooling off his fingers! He burned em cuz that's hat's SO hot!!

This is H2W and I'm trying out this thread forum thing for the first time. The Nyster gave me private lessons in St Louis on how to work this thing...

Soooo here I am... somebody said I'm supposed to become Trinity now because nobody else really wants to do it and they know I won't put up with any crappola!

Whaddya think? Black leathers and hand knit stocking caps! How moderate is THAT!!

Helen :D

[JetDoc]

Ok, so Trinity didn't actually make me a hat. Helen 2 Wheels likes to knit and she is producing one hat per meeting. The rest of the board felt that her first design had colors that would suit me best.

AHA!!! More unreported schwag! Where's Flash when we need him? :wave

[GregFeeler]

AHA!!! More unreported schwag! Where's Flash when we need him? :wave


I'll bet H2W would make him his own hat - provided he'd post the picture here. :D

[Helen]

I'll bet H2W would make him his own hat - provided he'd post the picture here. :D

Not sure I could do that... the little I know of this Flash person I'm thinking one of those Hannibal Lechter ski mask hats would be most appropriate... my cute, girly, wool hats might not be right... but if Flash wants some unreported swag I think I could come up with something!
:D

Helen
The Evil Queen

[gambrinus]

Trinity Rides!!

[Rob Nye]

rob - what exactly are you doing with your hand?


Something pretty silly. :p I guess you had to be there.

[Chacifer]

http://img116.exs.cx/img116/1626/pictureflash2bz.gif Nice picture, Rob! I'm sure that hat will keep you nice and warm if you ever manage to make your way back to New England.