Forum nostalgia thread :-)

Yorkshire · Postby **Yorkshire** » Mon Nov 27, 2017 1:08 am

Creating this new thread to keep the discussion on forum nostalgia here, instead of hijacking the Ashes thread (2nd Test at Adelaide). :-)
Please continue with nostalgia discussion here.

Boycs · Postby **Boycs** » Wed Nov 29, 2017 7:43 am

Maybe raja could pad up and go out there to bolster our middle order

Loose halo · Postby **Loose halo** » Wed Nov 29, 2017 9:18 am

Boycs wrote:Maybe raja could pad up and go out there to bolster our middle order

Not a bad choice Raja often posted a wordy century on this forum in the good old days.

He is a better wordsmith than most when he gets his eye in. :cool:

Paddles · Postby **Paddles** » Wed Nov 29, 2017 11:03 am

Loose halo wrote:
Boycs wrote:Maybe raja could pad up and go out there to bolster our middle order

Not a bad choice Raja often posted a wordy century on this forum in the good old days.

He is a better wordsmith than most when he gets his eye in.

The closest if not actual wordsmith I've encountered here was striped lungi. Yes I know he fooled around and talked a lot of crap, displaying cricket was rarely his forte, but he did so while utilising and demonstrating a vast vocabulary with excellent use thereof (as well as an impressive general knowledge). His command of the English language would put most if not almost all native speakers to shame.

The word you're looking for to describe raja is presumably raconteur.

There's a difference between the two. One is skilled with words themselves, one is skilled at telling (cricket) anecdotes.

Loose halo · Postby **Loose halo** » Wed Nov 29, 2017 11:24 am

Wordsmith was the metaphorical choice using words as in accumulating runs. Raconteur did not fit.

Boycs was after Raja to bolster the middle order.

Paddles · Postby **Paddles** » Wed Nov 29, 2017 11:29 am

Loose halo wrote:Wordsmith was the metaphorical choice using words as in accumulating runs. Raconteur did not fit.

Boycs was after Raja to bolster the middle order.

A raconteur accumulates stories to tell. It fits your attempted metaphor.

A wordsmith on the other hand is not 'wordy'.

Boycs · Postby **Boycs** » Wed Nov 29, 2017 11:30 am

Another term could be oleaginous cirripedia :confused:

Paddles · Postby **Paddles** » Wed Nov 29, 2017 11:36 am

Boycs wrote:Another term could be oleaginous cirripedia

Interesting, but Lungi wouldn 't have left ambiguity to his meaning

bolero · Postby **bolero** » Wed Nov 29, 2017 3:24 pm

How many of you guys know that Striped Lungi is the inspiration for creating this forum ? Boycs (SGGH will know.

Paddles · Postby **Paddles** » Wed Nov 29, 2017 3:30 pm

bolero wrote:How many of you guys know that Striped Lungi is the inspiration for creating this forum ? Boycs (SGGH will know.

The forum outside match and selection threads is poorer without him.

bolero · Postby **bolero** » Wed Nov 29, 2017 3:55 pm

Paddles wrote:
bolero wrote:How many of you guys know that Striped Lungi is the inspiration for creating this forum ? Boycs (SGGH will know.

The forum outside match and selection threads is poorer without him.

Absolutely. Striped Lungi, Asterix, Going South, Squarecut, Shalini (me too) are founder members. Raja joined in immediately after the forum was created alongwith Ankur. Oldtimer, Scud , ITG and Bharath.

Most of the forum's development (hard work put in) is because of Striped Lungi, Going South, Asterix and Ankur.

Loose halo · Postby **Loose halo** » Wed Nov 29, 2017 8:36 pm

Paddles wrote:
Loose halo wrote:Wordsmith was the metaphorical choice using words as in accumulating runs. Raconteur did not fit.

Boycs was after Raja to bolster the middle order.

A raconteur accumulates stories to tell. It fits your attempted metaphor.

A wordsmith on the other hand is not 'wordy'.

We all know what a Raconteur is and does besides it was my metaphor :grin:

word·smith

/ˈwərdˌsmiTH/

noun

1.
a skilled user of words.

Paddles · Postby **Paddles** » Wed Nov 29, 2017 9:41 pm

Loose halo wrote:
Paddles wrote:
A raconteur accumulates stories to tell. It fits your attempted metaphor.

A wordsmith on the other hand is not 'wordy'.

We all know what a Raconteur is and does besides it was my metaphor

word·smith

/ˈwərdˌsmiTH/

noun

1.
a skilled user of words.

wordy
ADJECTIVE

1 Using or expressed in rather too many words.

Boycs · Postby **Boycs** » Thu Nov 30, 2017 7:52 am

Paddles wrote:
bolero wrote:How many of you guys know that Striped Lungi is the inspiration for creating this forum ? Boycs (SGGH will know.

The forum outside match and selection threads is poorer without him.

I was horrified the other week when I noticed how long ago I joined this forum. (Edit: oh my god SEVEN YEARS!)

I remember the names you put in your other post, and used to converse regularly with lungi via PM I believe he’s the only one here who ever knew my first name and vice versa.

Underneath his lunacy he always seems a real nice bloke.

Of course everyone is nice here

apart from misty

squarecut · Postby **squarecut** » Thu Nov 30, 2017 8:24 am

I joined this forum in may 2005. 12 years have passed.

During these 12 years period, I have met Raja and Asterix in 2010. I have stayed within 150 km of Striped Lungi for some three years (without meeting him).

Boycs · Postby **Boycs** » Thu Nov 30, 2017 8:43 am

I don't actually know if anyone else here is actually in the UK. You're all in the states or India or in Middle Earth (Paddles)

Paddles · Postby **Paddles** » Thu Nov 30, 2017 8:54 am

Boycs wrote:I don't actually know if anyone else here is actually in the UK. You're all in the states or India or in Middle Earth (Paddles)

There's some West Islander's too.

bolero · Postby **bolero** » Thu Nov 30, 2017 9:28 am

Boycs wrote:I don't actually know if anyone else here is actually in the UK. You're all in the states or India or in Middle Earth (Paddles)

Asterix was always in UK. He had been in India for some time but currently in UK, I believe.

You know Asterix, right ?

bolero · Postby **bolero** » Thu Nov 30, 2017 9:29 am

squarecut wrote:I joined this forum in may 2005. 12 years have passed.

During these 12 years period, I have met Raja and Asterix in 2010. I have stayed within 150 km of Striped Lungi for some three years (without meeting him).

I met Striped Lungi once. Couldnt meet any of my other online friends.

Katto · Postby **Katto** » Thu Nov 30, 2017 10:37 am

Weather forecast is not good for this one.
Shame for all those who bought tickets.

Loose halo · Postby **Loose halo** » Thu Nov 30, 2017 10:42 am

Boycs wrote:I don't actually know if anyone else here is actually in the UK. You're all in the states or India or in Middle Earth (Paddles)

Ted Ward a fine raconteur from England made a brief reappearance recently. :grin:

Loose halo · Postby **Loose halo** » Thu Nov 30, 2017 10:53 am

Remember the old forum? I had another handle then.

Bolero, Raja, SuperGLS.Ankur, I could go on were here then and others like Shorty are gone.
Shorty PM'd me about joining another forum but it was pretty average.

Been away myself nice to be back.

Maybe Ted Ward will write a few of his stories for us again.

bolero · Postby **bolero** » Thu Nov 30, 2017 11:23 am

Loose halo wrote:Remember the old forum? I had another handle then.

Bolero, Raja, SuperGLS.Ankur, I could go on were here then and others like Shorty are gone.
Shorty PM'd me about joining another forum but it was pretty average.

Been away myself nice to be back.

Maybe Ted Ward will write a few of his stories for us again.

Yeah, yeah. What was your ID then ? Roy ?

squarecut · Postby **squarecut** » Thu Nov 30, 2017 11:45 am

Andrew Hughes, who went on to become a celebrated columnist in cricinfo, was a member of this forum back then.

Yorkshire · Postby **Yorkshire** » Thu Nov 30, 2017 11:59 am

bolero wrote:
Boycs wrote:I don't actually know if anyone else here is actually in the UK. You're all in the states or India or in Middle Earth (Paddles)

Asterix was always in UK. He had been in India for some time but currently in UK, I believe.

You know Asterix, right ?

He is in India

squarecut · Postby **squarecut** » Thu Nov 30, 2017 12:04 pm

Yorkshire wrote:He is in India

Do you have to comment on topics you know nothing about ?

Loose halo · Postby **Loose halo** » Thu Nov 30, 2017 12:08 pm

bolero wrote:
Loose halo wrote:Remember the old forum? I had another handle then.

Bolero, Raja, SuperGLS.Ankur, I could go on were here then and others like Shorty are gone.
Shorty PM'd me about joining another forum but it was pretty average.

Been away myself nice to be back.

Maybe Ted Ward will write a few of his stories for us again.

Yeah, yeah. What was your ID then ? Roy ?

There was a Roy an Aussie but I was Gabbadan.

Andrew Hughes used to call me Gabadine.

Boycs · Postby **Boycs** » Thu Nov 30, 2017 5:05 pm

Katto wrote:Weather forecast is not good for this one.
Shame for all those who bought tickets.

Off topic. We’re reminiscing now

bolero · Postby **bolero** » Fri Dec 01, 2017 3:19 am

Loose halo wrote:
bolero wrote:
Yeah, yeah. What was your ID then ? Roy ?

There was a Roy an Aussie but I was Gabbadan.

Andrew Hughes used to call me Gabadine.

Yeah, I remember you. One of the nice members of the forum, Dan.

Loose halo · Postby **Loose halo** » Fri Dec 01, 2017 5:05 am

Thanks maybe compared to fellow Aussies Roy and Verity at the time

A bit of a secret for you.

I had Carl Rackemann and Alvin Kallicharan staying at our house but at different times and they both posted for fun two or three times.

Alvin replied to raja without his knowing who it was in one post I remember.

Alvin really liked the forum and read it bigtime.

bolero · Postby **bolero** » Fri Dec 01, 2017 5:44 am

Loose halo wrote:Thanks maybe compared to fellow Aussies Roy and Verity at the time

A bit of a secret for you.

I had Carl Rackemann and Alvin Kallicharan staying at our house but at different times and they both posted for fun two or three times.

Alvin replied to raja without his knowing who it was in one post I remember.

Alvin really liked the forum and read it bigtime.

Wow. Fan of both Kallicharan and Rackemann. Saw a few old videos of both. Kallicharan , known name among cricket lovers in India, especially those following cricket in the 70's.

Katto · Postby **Katto** » Fri Dec 01, 2017 5:48 am

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Loose halo · Postby **Loose halo** » Fri Dec 01, 2017 6:36 am

Alvin a nicer man you will never meet.He is a friend of Dad from way back and was Queensland's Sheffield import player.

Maybe I will throw in a Viv Richards story later on and Botham as well.

Alvin is still promoting world cricket and is based in the US.

Katto · Postby **Katto** » Fri Dec 01, 2017 6:53 am

Roy was the worst. Good riddance to him.

bolero · Postby **bolero** » Fri Dec 01, 2017 7:05 am

Katto wrote:Roy was the worst. Good riddance to him.

Yup. Then there was VFE. God knows where they are.

There was one Leo (not to be confused with current Leo). The earlier Leo was a terror.

squarecut · Postby **squarecut** » Fri Dec 01, 2017 7:36 am

Somehow I liked that other Leo. But he tended to go off the handle when provoked.

Boycs · Postby **Boycs** » Fri Dec 01, 2017 8:03 am

Scud used to get argumentative sometimes didn’t he?

Loose halo · Postby **Loose halo** » Fri Dec 01, 2017 8:27 am

VFE cut his own throat in the end I believe.Had good knowledge but strong opinions not always right.

Never did see the posts that finally got him the chop but got a whisper via PM that he went way too far.

Sometimes you need a character with strong opinions as long as they are well founded.

Katto comes closest IMO currently.

Boycs · Postby **Boycs** » Fri Dec 01, 2017 11:47 am

Apparently Moeen may not be fit to bowl now....

Paddles · Postby **Paddles** » Fri Dec 01, 2017 12:17 pm

Boycs wrote:Apparently Moeen may not be fit to bowl now....

Don't worry Boycs, this hasn 't stopped him taking wickets in the past

Boycs · Postby **Boycs** » Fri Dec 01, 2017 12:26 pm

Oooooo BURN!

raja · Postby **raja** » Sat Dec 02, 2017 4:56 am

Just to add a bit to the nostalgia comments on this thread - will just say we've had many interesting characters, each adding his (and the occasional her) flavour to the forum. Been here 12-and-a-half years now, starting with that disastrous 2005 summer when we were cheated.

Looking back, despite the odd difference of opinion, I think I got along with practically everyone here. Heck, I even get along with Misty! :-)