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b0b
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Larry Dering
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Missouri, USA
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Posted 22 Dec 2016 8:14 pm Cool |
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| Bob, what a wonderful thing you have done for so many great years. Thank you and God bless you. Merry Christmas. |
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Bud Angelotti
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Larryville, NJ, USA
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Posted 23 Dec 2016 5:08 am
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+2. Yes, someone else would have done it, however bOb has kept it legit and kept it clean in an internet world of mostly balderdash. Fun too!
The word that comes to my mind is integrity.
We should all be grateful for this resource.
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Frank Freniere
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The First Coast
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Posted 23 Dec 2016 6:43 am
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| God rest ye merry gentleman, b0b! You have really left a mark on the world - a positive one - and a legacy you should feel proud of. Thanks for keeping a firm and fair hand on the tiller. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! |
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Jerry Overstreet
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Louisville Ky
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Posted 23 Dec 2016 8:19 am
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 I wasn't online until 99, but the Forum was the first place I visited. How much it has grown since. I hope everyone appreciates it all. |
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Jack Stoner
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Kansas City, MO
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Posted 23 Dec 2016 12:27 pm
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| I remember the old AOL Steel Guitar group. Then THE Forum! |
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Steven Hicken Jr.
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Leeds, United Kingdom
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Posted 23 Dec 2016 1:57 pm
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Brilliant! The forum is older than me! 
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Rick Abbott
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Indiana, USA
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Posted 23 Dec 2016 6:15 pm
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b0b!
That's so cool! I deeply appreciate what you have done. This Forum is the place I go, almost every day, to learn and share, to be a part of a community and feel connected in a way I cannot in my everyday life. Steel players are scarce; my wife is a good sport, but cannot identify at all with the addiction.
The SGF is, without a doubt, the most important thing to ever occur within the steel guitar community. Maybe more influential than Buddy Emmons. Though, I feel funny saying that. How many players in the last 20 years have come up and succeeded because of your efforts? Many, I'm sure.
Again, thank you.
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Anthony Lis
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South Dakota, USA
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Posted 23 Dec 2016 9:25 pm Re: 20 years ago on the internet
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Anyway, I thought you all might enjoy this:
Yes, very interesting to see this. |
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b0b
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Ian Rae
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Redditch, England
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Posted 1 Jan 2017 2:48 pm
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| Google was founded in 1998. |
I didn't use the internet before Google. How would people have found the Forum before that? Word of mouth?
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Georg SΓΈrtun
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Mandal, Agder, Norway
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Bob Watson
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Champaign, Illinois, U.S.
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Posted 1 Jan 2017 6:52 pm
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Bob, thanks for all you have done for the steel guitar community! The steel forum is an amazing resource for our beloved instrument! Its really cool that you were ahead of the times and had the insight to start a forum that has stood the test of time!  |
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Jim Reynolds
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Franklin, Pa 16323
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Posted 1 Jan 2017 8:05 pm
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I don't think the web existed, until around 1990. I know in 1984 I was playing around with Commodore 64, the 128, the Amiga. Dos was on a 5 1/4 " floppy disc. The Exec Files, Bat, Files and etc, had to be typed into your system. How would ever think that billions of people would be come addicted to it, ruin our families, cause divorce, reduce our children to the height of laziness. I hate to think of the wonderful musicians that could be if not for them. I remember, Jeff Newman, telling me, when we were there on our motorcycle, the only good young players, they find now, are coming out the hills, in West Virginia and Kentucky. The modern world of instant information. Anything is wrong when it is miss used. Computers is one.
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Ian Rae
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Redditch, England
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Posted 2 Jan 2017 1:39 am
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Thank you, Georg. I dimly remember Altavista.
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Micky Byrne
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United Kingdom (deceased)
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Posted 2 Jan 2017 3:25 am Re: 20 years ago on the internet
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Bob....you have created the best website ever. It is a "must watch" daily,for practically every steel player on the planet. Soooo glad I came across it some years ago. Have a Happy and Healthy 2017
Micky "scars" Byrne U.K. |
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Lee Gillespie
From:
Cheyenne, Wy. USA
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Posted 5 Jan 2017 5:03 pm Bob
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| Like everyone else.. I want to say THANK YOU for what you have done for us people who love and play the steel guitar. May this forum continue for many years to come for the next generation of steel guitar players. Lee |
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