In Memory of Our Lounge Machine

[Rikk]

Ahh...I did not think to check prior to posting. Glad that it was taken care of! Thanks for the heads up. Of course, if we want to merge or close this or whatever, that's totally cool.

Thanks!

Actually...I hope they're not merged. This, to me, is almost a separate statement...plus, it showcases the return of an old war hero from the Army.

Glad to see you back, my friend (not that I don't talk to you outside of this site...but nice to see you here too)!

[Terry]

Today’s social media makes anything that went down in here look tame.

You know what's fucked up?

Early 1990's, I'm talkin'.

First semester in college, we're all told that all term papers have to be typed and all students have to take a basic computer course - on IBM computers, no less - so we can learn Word Perfect and print out our papers via the Computer Lab if we didn't have a computer of our own.

Simultaneously, that was also the first semester there were multi-page guidelines in place for how to negotiate intimacy with another student and the term 'politically correct' was creeping into the lexicon.

When I think back to 1992 and think about all the stuff that has changed (and not for the better) in the last 30, 32 years...my mind is fucking blown. I mean, Gen Xers were looked down on by the Baby Boomers, but when I look at these useless Gen Z fuckwits of today...shit, Gen X seemed positively robust by comparison.

Anyway. at one point I thought this whole site was just me and a thousand Lounge aliases. I was pretty sure Kristy was/is a Lounge alias.

[bueno bob]

https://www.rotharmy.com/forums/show...Lounge-Machine

Ahh...I did not think to check prior to posting. Glad that it was taken care of! Thanks for the heads up. Of course, if we want to merge or close this or whatever, that's totally cool.

Thanks!

[Nitro Express]

I never back down from a fight...
...but I can't imagine being so gun-happy, with a squad of Sam-hating officers & soldiers & fellow generals, if it all happened today.

But then again...it would be so much fun if a Sam/Wolf-loving idiot came to this site looking for a fight...
...and we opened the Sheep Pen for business again. :D

Such good times. I can name a large list of human beings I am real friends with to this day who I met at this site...including GuitarShark, Bueno Bob, Matt White, Jim (POJO) and so many others. And I still think of Jer (MAX) almost every day. He & I used to talk literally almost every night.

And we all loved a good fight...

Today’s social media makes anything that went down in here look tame.

[Terry]

Very saddening to hear this.

[Rikk]

Never! :D

I never back down from a fight...
...but I can't imagine being so gun-happy, with a squad of Sam-hating officers & soldiers & fellow generals, if it all happened today.

But then again...it would be so much fun if a Sam/Wolf-loving idiot came to this site looking for a fight...
...and we opened the Sheep Pen for business again. :D

Such good times. I can name a large list of human beings I am real friends with to this day who I met at this site...including GuitarShark, Bueno Bob, Matt White, Jim (POJO) and so many others. And I still think of Jer (MAX) almost every day. He & I used to talk literally almost every night.

And we all loved a good fight...

[Von Halen]

...which, with what Sesh just said...damn, are we all mellowing as we get older...or what?

Never! :D

[Rikk]

Well said, my old compadre. Your statement actually emotionally affected me...

...which, with what Sesh just said...damn, are we all mellowing as we get older...or what?

[Seshmeister]

About a year later when my car was breaking down and I was still struggling, I woke up to find $100.00 from him, which kept me on the road long enough to get to my next paycheck and repair my vehicle.

I shouldn't laugh but this did pop into my head...

[Seshmeister]

Hi Bob nice to see you again. Von posted the link above which was a thread about this in the Main Forum which Ted's longstanding impact here more than deserved.

I hope you can take some comfort and pass on the messages in there.

And no asshole turned up that needed to be kicked to your Sheep Pen. Actually there is a lot less of that shit these days as people have mellowed in their old age, I'm sometimes shocked when I read some of the old threads here even in the mod room. :D

[Von Halen]

https://www.rotharmy.com/forums/showthread.php?76554-Rest-in-Peace-Lounge-Machine

[bueno bob]

As a final note from myself, I want to share this much: when I was effectively homeless for a small amount of time, I kept in constant contact with Ted and when I was able to find a permanent place in late 2015, Ted invited me to meet up with him at a show he promoted for The Iron Maidens in Eugene. He got me into the green room, introduced me to the girls, got me in for free, got me a CD and an autographed photo with them, all as a bit of a "welcome to your new home" gift. About a year later when my car was breaking down and I was still struggling, I woke up to find $100.00 from him, which kept me on the road long enough to get to my next paycheck and repair my vehicle. No matter how many times I tried to give it back to him, he simply refused, saying it was a gift and it wasn't expected back. When I was struggling with my romantic life, Ted provided me with some much needed clarity and insight in ways I never would have come to on my own.

This is the kind of salt of the earth guy he was. Even as we talked in our last days, he had a very "Let's get this shit done with" attitude about the inevitable, and I told him I'd put up his memorial here. He remarked to me that more than a few people might be somewhat happy about it - I promised him I would absolutely wreck anyone's ass that did and would throw SO many people in the Sheep Pen. We absolutely roared about that, remembering all of the good times...and that's what Ted was always about - good times, good feelings, and taking care of people.

I will miss him a lot.

[bueno bob]

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