Bristol Rob Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 19 minutes ago, RED4LIFE said: Is there one in Diversity that plays bowls and loves driving minibuses to London? Yes. A committee of them do that. Ashley's quango. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 For a medium that is based on user generated content, I think we can collectively be proud of our efforts. From the nonsense to the sensible and back again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Team Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 I think it's all about the people that contribute and moderate the forum. Whether you agree with them or not (and by God I don't at times) you have value all of it. I go back as far as the City List and even then with the 18 or so on that it was well supported and managed. I find it the number one source for Bristol City news to be honest; even above the official site and Twitter feed. There have also been memorable posts and threads and memorable people, e.g. Robbo's classic 'Gary Johnson Conference Manager' one. Still to this day my mates and I refer to this! Absolute belter! I used to contribute a lot years ago but prefer to sit back and enjoy reading now and join in the Chat Room; which is also superb by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 4 minutes ago, One Team said: I think it's all about the people that contribute and moderate the forum. Whether you agree with them or not (and by God I don't at times) you have value all of it. I go back as far as the City List and even then with the 18 or so on that it was well supported and managed. I find it the number one source for Bristol City news to be honest; even above the official site and Twitter feed. There have also been memorable posts and threads and memorable people, e.g. Robbo's classic 'Gary Johnson Conference Manager' one. Still to this day my mates and I refer to this! Absolute belter! I used to contribute a lot years ago but prefer to sit back and enjoy reading now and join in the Chat Room; which is also superb by the way. I also migrated from the City List. Salad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiled Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 Thanks to @Tomarse 's continual efforts to keep the hardware and software ticking over efficiently we have a forum that is better to use than any other club forum I've had a look at. OTIB is actually a pleasure to read compared to most (not making any comment on content). As with most things in life, you only realise what you've got when it's gone. If I'm stuck for an Internet connection I soon realise how much of my time is spent scanning threads. A big thanks from me to all who contribute and the diligent work of the moderators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedLionLad Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 You won't find one post on here of mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leadman Posted January 12, 2017 Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 5 hours ago, Septic Peg said: Coincidentally I've just been on archive.org looking at 'old otib'. Can go back as far as 2000 and although I can't read posts I could see certain characters whom have stood the test of time such as @leadman and @Bat Fastard. Gluttons for punishment obviously... I had a small chuckle at the old web address too... http://forum.bcfc.co.uk (which doesn't redirect to here or even work...) and thinking how often I typed that in to IE back in the day... use to get banned every other week back then, even got a 3 monther once, ive mellowed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olé Posted January 12, 2017 Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 8 hours ago, Bristol Rob said: I also migrated from the City List. Salad. In addition to the salad, wasn't there a Cider Squid? It seems surreal now to think that a drawing of such a creature was actually printed in the programme as matchday sponsor once. Was a brilliant group that had many of the qualities of the present day OTIB - intelligent debate and irreverent banter. The Net Centre site/message board was also regularly one of the top 5-10 most active in the UK on Rivals (including Premiership teams) so it must be that City fans have always been disproportionately argumentative or bored compared to many other cities and fans. Bristol, capital of procrastination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted January 12, 2017 Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 4 minutes ago, Olé said: In addition to the salad, wasn't there a Cider Squid? It seems surreal now to think that a drawing of such a creature was actually printed in the programme as matchday sponsor once. Was a brilliant group that had many of the qualities of the present day OTIB - intelligent debate and irreverent banter. The Net Centre site/message board was also regularly one of the top 5-10 most active in the UK on Rivals (including Premiership teams) so it must be that City fans have always been disproportionately argumentative or bored compared to many other cities and fans. Bristol, capital of procrastination. Yeap, there was also the cider drinking squid on the mailing list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted January 12, 2017 Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 5 minutes ago, Olé said: In addition to the salad, wasn't there a Cider Squid? It seems surreal now to think that a drawing of such a creature was actually printed in the programme as matchday sponsor once. Was a brilliant group that had many of the qualities of the present day OTIB - intelligent debate and irreverent banter. The Net Centre site/message board was also regularly one of the top 5-10 most active in the UK on Rivals (including Premiership teams) so it must be that City fans have always been disproportionately argumentative or bored compared to many other cities and fans. Bristol, capital of procrastination. Did you ever update your betting app/guide? (Fires?) - I think it was called. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTone Posted January 12, 2017 Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 11 hours ago, WestonRobin said: "Think" - Big Tone I'm afraid it would seem that you aren't that memorable...at least, not in Dolly's world. Little bit harsh to find out this way if you ask me - it's like being dumped by text The little minx is just playing the hard to get Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olé Posted January 12, 2017 Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 16 minutes ago, Bristol Rob said: Did you ever update your betting app/guide? (Fires?) - I think it was called. Wow - at risk of breaking all the going off topic rules - you have an incredible memory, I honestly forgot all about that more than 10 years ago. As it happens, I still had the documentation in my bookshelf - with state of the art Windows 95 graph for City league position under Tony Pulis. Took about 5 minutes to predict 1 match, but on it's first run it's 8 highest rated draws were all correct, £13,000+ return from £1 bet. Unfortunately I only bet on 4 draws Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted January 12, 2017 Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 27 minutes ago, Olé said: Wow - at risk of breaking all the going off topic rules - you have an incredible memory, I honestly forgot all about that more than 10 years ago. As it happens, I still had the documentation in my bookshelf - with state of the art Windows 95 graph for City league position under Tony Pulis. Took about 5 minutes to predict 1 match, but on it's first run it's 8 highest rated draws were all correct, £13,000+ return from £1 bet. Unfortunately I only bet on 4 draws Maybe it's time for it to make a comeback! Fill in the missing 10 years worth of results and see what it comes up with. Might save a lot of arguments on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Maesknoll Red Posted January 12, 2017 Admin Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 You absolute bastards, I am in work now and cannot concentrate as I try to remember what happened to my City List T shirt, C/W aforementioned squid. There is every possibility it went the way of my 'No More Tears' T shirt which being white, did not recover from a particularly messy after match curry one Saturday.... but I can't be sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lack of Action Man Posted January 12, 2017 Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 This will be my 9th year as a poster, with about 2 years in the shadows before that. Ironically what prompted me to start writing on here was how Lee Johnson was letting Marvin Elliott down as his central midfield partner! How times change. I think what makes Otib so good for me is there odd poster who posts nonsensical ramblings, but at the same time chats more sense than the majority of Geoff Twentyman's callers on RB - Majorisewater springs to mind. And the "Right Hon..." well I forget the rest. Occasional recognition that you've been here a while is nice, but it's also nice that new posters come in and usually have something new to talk about, which always adds to a social forum. Rolling back the years there was "Malone FM" who I never really understood but was entertaining, and the ever irritating "Cheese". Lastly, recently I posted on a thread as a light hearted but truthful post that Christmas had wiped me out and that I didn't have a spare £10 to go watch the Fleetwood game. Fortunately a mate came with me so helped out, but prior to that a member of this forum (who I did not know of personally) PM'd me saying if all else failed they would buy me a ticket. I think you'd be hard pressed to find another forum where such generosity is shared between fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Hucker Posted January 12, 2017 Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 11 hours ago, Charliesboots said: He's aged a little but Nurse has taken a shine to him. 11 hours ago, Bristol Rob said: I AM that nurse. Had you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abraham Romanovich Posted January 12, 2017 Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 My knowledge of vocabulary has been extensively expanded since joining this site. In my daily business I'm pretty sure I have never heard of Unan and would not know even which continent it was based but now freely drop into conversations which impresses both friend and foe alike. Not that my up bringing did not have colourful language, it most definitely did but the expansion of the vocabulary has been second to none since I joined OTIB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted January 12, 2017 Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 6 minutes ago, Rudolf Hucker said: Had you. This is true. In fact, for the small number of you Rudolf hasn't had, be warned. He has Desso pubes. One in 8 of his un-manscaped thatch is plastic. Makes for an interesting experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt-Hertz Posted January 12, 2017 Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 6 minutes ago, Abraham Romanovich said: My knowledge of vocabulary has been extensively expanded since joining this site. In my daily business I'm pretty sure I have never heard of Unan and would not know even which continent it was based but now freely drop into conversations which impresses both friend and foe alike. Not that my up bringing did not have colourful language, it most definitely did but the expansion of the vocabulary has been second to none since I joined OTIB What about "polrumptious daffock"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lack of Action Man Posted January 12, 2017 Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 19 minutes ago, Mike Hunt-Hertz said: What about "polrumptious daffock"? Don't forget Colossal cockwomble! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Hucker Posted January 12, 2017 Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 24 minutes ago, Bristol Rob said: This is true. In fact, for the small number of you Rudolf hasn't had, be warned. He has Desso pubes. One in 8 of his un-manscaped thatch is plastic. Makes for an interesting experience. Indeed. Only yesterday I broke the blade of the strimmer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted January 12, 2017 Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 5 minutes ago, Rudolf Hucker said: Indeed. Only yesterday I broke the blade of the strimmer. I was more concerned when you decided to leave your nads under an ultraviolet 40w light bulb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Orns Posted January 12, 2017 Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 I was on Rivals as CamRed back in the day, loved that site and was gutted when it closed, and steadfastly refused to move onto here I think it's 10 years this Christmas Eve that I signed up on here. Tend to stay away if we're on a bad run nowadays, but do love a transfer window We've certainly lost some characters on here through the years, but we've still got some good ones around. And some people who are genuinely ITK, which adds something, and a few that really know their football. I don't go on other forums, but I can't imagine there are too many out there that top this place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted January 12, 2017 Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 1 hour ago, Bristol Rob said: Maybe it's time for it to make a comeback! Fill in the missing 10 years worth of results and see what it comes up with. Might save a lot of arguments on here. Perhaps Red Yoshi could help us ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son of Fred Posted January 12, 2017 Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 14 hours ago, BigTone said: who's easy ? Rudolph.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted January 12, 2017 Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 We are famous in Devon too . http://m.plymouthherald.co.uk/bristol-city-fans-delighted-with-progress-of-argyle-loanee-paul-arnold-garita/story-29730262-detail/story.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledAjax Posted January 12, 2017 Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 7 minutes ago, Major Isewater said: We are famous in Devon too . http://m.plymouthherald.co.uk/bristol-city-fans-delighted-with-progress-of-argyle-loanee-paul-arnold-garita/story-29730262-detail/story.html Enjoying your 15 minutes Major? Have we all signed something saying that these "journalists" can quote our posts without our prior consent? *Yes I am just bitter that they didn't pick mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 12, 2017 Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 2 hours ago, Olé said: In addition to the salad, wasn't there a Cider Squid? It seems surreal now to think that a drawing of such a creature was actually printed in the programme as matchday sponsor once. Was a brilliant group that had many of the qualities of the present day OTIB - intelligent debate and irreverent banter. The Net Centre site/message board was also regularly one of the top 5-10 most active in the UK on Rivals (including Premiership teams) so it must be that City fans have always been disproportionately argumentative or bored compared to many other cities and fans. Bristol, capital of procrastination. Mad to think the CL managed to sponsor many a boxing day game. What's the cost now, over £3.5k I think. It's a shame the CL has pretty much died now, I think only 2 emails in the past 12 months. It's still good to look through the files on there - you can still see the sponsorship photos and the like from 2002. Was it really 15 years ago, yikes. I remember during the pulis fall out, the board 4 v 3 split one month it topped 3'500 emails. Crazy. I still shake my head at how Rivals ended up. It was an absolutely superb idea. I don't think there has been anything as sucessful for having a cross platform/single sign website for all 92 clubs. 606 was perhaps closest thing and the BBC went and killed that off too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted January 12, 2017 Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 9 minutes ago, ExiledAjax said: Enjoying your 15 minutes Major? Have we all signed something saying that these "journalists" can quote our posts without our prior consent? *Yes I am just bitter that they didn't pick mine. Good question , where's OTIB's royalties ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt-Hertz Posted January 12, 2017 Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 1 hour ago, OddBallJim said: Don't forget Colossal cockwomble! Or "the callus on the w***ing hand of Beelzebub's retarded brother"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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