I feel I know many of you frequent forum contributors even though I've never actually laid eyes upon you; along these lines, I'm wondering if maybe we could arrange a Long Course Nationals get-together, perhaps raise a cup of grog so that when we correspond via this forum in the future, we'll actually be able to put a face to the words we are reading (and which I personally have found so helpful about all things swimming).
I signed up for the meet via the online registration process, incredibly easy, by the way; unless something unforeseen occurs between now and August 15th, I plan to be in Cleveland along with some of my teammates from Sewickley, PA (we'll be swimming for Allegheny Mountain Associations Masters). Anyhow, if anyone out there is up for it, perhaps we could decide upon a rendezvous spot poolside, then go out for a beer when the day's events are over.
Hope to meet some of you guys.
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for those who have not been paying close attention and may think Ion is being paranoid, he is referring at least to me. I have three aliases at the moment: this one, another based on my home computer, and another that I use for humor/parody (and is a remnant of a controversial thread from the old forum - It was the best of threads, and the worst of threads.) None is secret, and I would be surprised if anyone is not aware that I am the author of all of them.
The ease of creation of alternate aliases in the old forum added humor and perspective to the postings which is not present in this more cumbersome format. And no, I do not agree that the fewer number of postings is all of a good thing. Yes, things are more civil, but that does not seem that high a priority, to me. This is a pretty civil group, anyway; have a look at the flames in rec.sport.swimming !
But I must say, Ian's (Ian with an a) post made me laugh!
for those who have not been paying close attention and may think Ion is being paranoid, he is referring at least to me. I have three aliases at the moment: this one, another based on my home computer, and another that I use for humor/parody (and is a remnant of a controversial thread from the old forum - It was the best of threads, and the worst of threads.) None is secret, and I would be surprised if anyone is not aware that I am the author of all of them.
The ease of creation of alternate aliases in the old forum added humor and perspective to the postings which is not present in this more cumbersome format. And no, I do not agree that the fewer number of postings is all of a good thing. Yes, things are more civil, but that does not seem that high a priority, to me. This is a pretty civil group, anyway; have a look at the flames in rec.sport.swimming !
But I must say, Ian's (Ian with an a) post made me laugh!
