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Brian

Nov 25, 2008, 6:29 AM

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It looks like chapalaforum.com has given up the ghost. Perhaps some of the folks who camped out there will return and/or begin contributing to this list.

bournemouth

Nov 25, 2008, 7:21 AM

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Sparks from Melaque has kindly started another one to replace Steve Miller's forum:

http://expatsmexico.setbb.com/

Gringal

Nov 25, 2008, 8:12 AM

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Mexconnect is the "civilized" forum, and is much too thoroughly moderated for some of the folks' taste who were on Steve's forum. I understand the new forum will be the same kind of free-for-all.

No politics or religion discussed here on Mexconnect. The two likliest causes of conflict know to humankind.

Rolly

Nov 25, 2008, 8:52 AM

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I think of the NewsHour on PBS as the thinking person's newscast. I view MexConnect the same way -- the place for serious seekers of knowledge about México. I visit those other boards and sometimes join in, but this one is "home."

Rolly Pirate

Brian

Nov 25, 2008, 9:11 AM

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I said that I hoped "some" of the members would migrate back here. This forum has seen too many internecine battles to go back to the good old days which weren't so good :-)

bournemouth

Nov 25, 2008, 10:08 AM

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That's how I see it too Rolly. It's been a wonderful place to meet people and feel that they are friends. Plus which is the best source of information around.

Oscar2

Nov 25, 2008, 1:58 PM

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I visit those other boards and sometimes join in, but this one is "home."

Sentiments, well taken Rolly. It’s kind of hard to pin point but for some reason or another, I too tend to recline here as a place where us ol’birds hang out. We swap tales, listen, give, and receive advice with mixed antidotes, and yes , at times, it can get a bit dicey but MC has an ongoing backdrop of civility, no less encouraged by our supreme intelligence and moderated with just the tiniest, wee bit of couching.. Laugh

It must be attractive and more, because many have stuck around for sometime now, and although some leave, some come back. I guess in many ways, nostalgia and just not knowing what to do with ourselves anymore, makes the sofas at MC feel just like home….

Blackjack Davie

Nov 25, 2008, 4:44 PM

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Greetings all...I have been on this forum for over eight years and I have always enjoyed it. I enjoyed it more when Bubba was around, as well as that dude, Don, from Michoacan. Yes, they were a pain at times, but they were both bright and informed. If Michael Vick gets to return to the NFL, maybe we could invite those two back in. I'm certainly not attached to the idea but it would work for me. Happy Thanksgiving everbody. David

Carron

Nov 27, 2008, 6:25 AM

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I have been around on Mexico Connect since late 1997 or early 98. Miss many of our old friends and wonder what has happened to them. I probably would not have been able to complete our own life-long dream of moving to MExico if it were not for these forums. I said this years ago and still wish it: a real time convention where old e-friends can meet face-to-face as we have met on line for many years.

Have been off-line at the ranch for 3 1/2 years and am glad to be back to "civilization" a few days each week, but I wish more of the really opinionated people I used to "know" here were still posting.

I have lived a rather off-beat life for many years and sometimes doubt my recent or even-outdated personal experiences are of value to anyone else considering a visit or a move to Mexico. No problems with border crossings, no advice on bus schedules or FM3s, no observations about real estate values or vacations in touristy resorts. Just a very simple, ordinary everyday life. But in great appreciation for the role Mexico Connect has played in my life and in that of my family, I try to post as frequently as I can, hoping to stimulate more interest and activity in these forums. (Remember when the burning question here was whether we should call them "fora" or "forums"????)

I too miss such icons as Bubba and wonder what happened to him while I myself was out of touch. Please all of you keep posting.

wendy devlin

Nov 27, 2008, 1:07 PM

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Carron>I said this years ago and still wish it: a real time convention where old e-friends can meet face-to-face as we have met on line for many years.

I too, hark back on these forums to 1997.

Although there hasn't been any real time 'convention' of a big group of old e-friends, that I'm aware of, there have been countless, mini-reunions of people who met each other, first, on forums.

Been to a few reunions, myself. Missed a few.
Heard about more meet-ups from both friends and acquaintenances.

When I used to write articles frequently for this web-site, made a point, to meet as many of the forum moderators and a number of regular posters face-to-face.
Was very curious as to what they would actually be like in person.

Had some great chats over drinks, several meals and even the odd, hook-up, for some kind of little adventure, like a day trip, attendance at a fiesta etc. Some became friends in real-time, to be met up with again every year. With others, it was a one time meeting.

Formed an opinion during that period.

If someone wasn't keen to meet up at least once in Mexico, chances were they were more interested in that person as an internet 'personae' than a real person. Discovered that a number of people love to interact with others online, a huge amount of time(often daily) but they wouldn't necessarily have the time of day for the same people, outside of their net life.

Of course, that was in my early Mexico days, when I didn't really know many Mexicans or ex-pats. Now have old friends and sometimes make, new ones along the way. Sometimes from the net, but mostly just from spontaneous meeting or introduction by other people.

Haven't totally lost my curiousity about some of the forum's most 'interesting' people. Might even, if travelling through their town, invite them out for a drink or try to arrange a meet.

Many ex-pats have gone in for writing on their personal blogs.
Web 2 and all that:)

Giving frequent readers, a daily or less often, daily fix of their lives.

Public forums(and free for alls) seem less popular than in the past.

However I've always enjoyed the exchange of differing views, from people from all parts and walks of life. Even if it gets right, rough and tumble at times.

smokesilver

Nov 27, 2008, 4:43 PM

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I don't contribute much to these forum although I occassionally comment but I read them often...I'm always lurking. I, too, have been a 'member' since about 1999. I don't live in Mexico but I have visited many times and always enjoy the discussions. Yes, I miss many of the old timers as well.