To the Owner of this forum, and it's members.
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Do not post multiple copies of the same thread.
I merged them.
Cliff Notes please?
If the internet has taught us anything, it's that nothing lasts forever...Example: Rocketry Online - GONE! Info Central - GONE! Rocketry Planet - GONE! Incidentally, these awesome sights all had one common link, and it was not just rocketry, it was that they were all created by the late Darrel Mobley (GONE!) Enjoy this sight for what it is, because one day it will be GONE... it has already happened once.
Much truth in what you say. ROL was a really good site, but really RP was the best site for rocketry at its peak. I do not think there was, nor is there, anything that was close including TRF.
Darrel, you are missed my friend. RIP.
Ah…the Texas thing. I have an issue with that. Being from Texas myself but living in CT, nobody here knows the TX link unless you actually know me. So when I am trying to come off as a prickly Texan, it's just interpreted as a prick North Easterner and I really don't have any time for that. I need to move back home so my temperament will harmonize with my online persona.
As to the forum thing, I am not sure what is causing it but my feelings are that the proliferation of plastic rockets play a larger role than people are willing to admit. I look back to the "good old days" before I was a member and read all the VERY good build threads where true craftsmen took the time to document their builds. There were some incredibly awesome wood and paper rockets that were built say 5-7 years ago. Due to the materials used, the construction methods on scratch builds varied greatly along with the modified kit stuff. Now it's a steady diet of more or less the same rocket being built over and over, same construction techniques, same glues, same black plastic rocket. Each with all the warmth and compassion of making love to a Coke machine. Not saying they are bad, just the info curve has flattened out greatly because there is little variation. For the most part, the "old school" build threads are gone and when they pop up they get 73 some odd views with a single comment. Now start a "Wildman Something" build thread and you are at 32 post before you even get the kit in the mail. Just an observation. By the way, Cliff Notes are available on request.
Ah the Texas thing. I have an issue with that. Being from Texas myself but living in CT, nobody here knows the TX link unless you actually know me. So when I am trying to come off as a prickly Texan, it's just interpreted as a prick North Easterner and I really don't have any time for that. I need to move back home so my temperament will harmonize with my online.
I moved from the Bronx/Yonkers to Texas in 1974. Yeh, got all the Damn Yankee stuff. To me there wasn't much difference between Texans & Nu Yawkas at the time, both being proud, self-reliant and strong minded/stubborn:wink: The Damn Yankees had an edge on arrogance.
But as time went by, the NYers embraced big government and lost their self reliance:eyepop:to where I now feel more Texan than a Nu Yawker, though I can never be a true Texan
You've always seemed like more of an Ohioan to me.
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