Possible? Living, Loving?

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Is it possible we can have a great thread in one section of the forum and not both?

Sound simple?

I see paralysis and confusion about threads. Gee, where do they belong?

"We all live in a Yellow Submarine, yellow submarine
Yellow Submarine, yellow submarine
and we live a life of ease
everyone of us has all we need
sky of blue, sea of green,
in our yellow submarine"

A thread is started in one place, second thoughts, movement. Pretty soon there's a double image, echo, duplicate energy. And why is this? Someone step forward and explain where this hesitation and apology comes from? A person from another forum said HI forumites were reluctant to speak unless they had breath mints in their mouths, lest they offend.

There has been no high fiving, no multiple threads of mutual congratulations since the rules changed here.

We don't want any.

I want people to talk again and not worry if their thread is slightly askew from what they percieve to be status quo.


We must adhere to Spark's forum. It's his deal. But it is also OUR deal- our forum. Somehow, the real rules about Blade forums have been lost into HI rules.

Does anyone really believe you can't ask your friends a question about life and a blade in HI forum- The GOD Damn well-spring of freedom of thought begun here- in us, in HI??

Other forums duplicate what happened here.

look, All I'm saying, is that this forum has the opportunity to live. To build something new.

We can't return to the past.
I'm the pathetic Hi booster. you remember me. The fool who loved HI no matter what.
Rusty showed me you could stretch the horizan, you could reach the sky. Yes, that's right, The Big Heart. Rusty loved that concept.
And Rusty was Bill's right hand man- the only one who could verbalize what Bill thought.

perhaps some of you thought I'd left HI. I had to leave the forum because the current status was nothing I could grow with. But all of this time, yangdu had been writing me, asking for advice, for sales ideas, blade construction, information to customers.... that's right.

I never could leave the business I believed in, and the spirit of that presence. I'm proud to know you. I'm proud of guts. And kindness.
So now when I visit this forum, when I see duplicates, fear, anxiety-
Well,

We all live in a Yellow Submarine.


And we are all of us here alone with only our friends.

Best I can do.
if my words falter, sorry: My mom is dying and I'm not the man I used to be. Ted and Steely are the best turn.
we need to take this path.
That's right.
We need to talk to each other without concern about which forum, thread, idea or heart belongs where: because we can always sort the pattern later, it is the humans we can't replace.


munk
 
come into my mind quite a bit. Every drifting, off topic, rambling thread here harkens back to his wisdom. "What has this to do with khukuris? Everything".

Hang in there, Brother.

Frank
 
Things change, but the core of this place is still here. Your words do not falter, Munk. Not in my opinion. The past will indeed not come again, but the future can be even more bright and beautiful. As I've said many times before, this is an amazing, special place. It will continue to be, if we let it and if we want it to happen.

Well-said, Munk. Physically separate as we may be, I've always believed that we're all here together. Somebody once told me when I was very new here to pull up a seat near the fire and stay a while. I liked that metaphor, and it always felt like an apt description of this place. Sitting around a fire, extremely well-armed with beautiful knives, observing and openly pondering the many mysteries of life.

And I was always impressed, from the very first, at how this place could handle virtually any kind of discussion that happened by. I loved the fact that here, people could talk about tough and multifaceted topics like reasonable adults. We could state our point or opinion respectfully, and no matter how contrary it was, as long as it was respectful and thoughtful, people would respond in kind. It wouldn't be a flame war or some awful taboo. It would be an engaging conversation of something important, with everybody sharing and learning something.

I think that spirit is still here. I know that this place is full of good people who want to make that happen. I know that I have learned much from this place, and I hope that I've added something, too. I think that we've all been able to put our differences aside and openly consider the broad spectrum of experience that the members here have to offer. I always loved that part. And the fact that, in hard time for myself or others, there is literally smoke rising from every corner of the world is an amazing thing.

HI means much more to me than just the knives. I must admit that I don't fell trees or hack out a shelter in the woods as often as I like. But, joined by this common interest, we have found each other out here, and found some common ground. And then we found more common ground than just that, and this place became something amazing. I love khukuris and own several, don't get me wrong, but they're certainly not the sole reason I hang around here.

This place is what we make it, and we can go either way with it. I certainly hope that this Cantina will remain what it always was. I was here briefly at the same time as Uncle Bill and Rusty. From what I saw, they were both amazing guys and added valuable insight to the conversation whenever they could. There were a few trolls (Oh, Burafan...), but for the most part, the discussions and insights were incredible.

It's my own fault that I don't go to the other forums here much, but I have no desire to do so. I feel that this is my community, and I've always felt free to put forth my ideas and questions--not just about knives. And I want to be clear that I'm really not complaining--I just think that it's important, time to time, for a place to re-examine what it is and what it wants to be.

This place is amazing, in so many ways. It's been great to share ideas and insight with all of you, and I'm confident that this will continue unabated for a long time to come. I think that we have some of the greatest people we could hope for, some of the greatest leadership you could hope for, and surely the greatest underlying spirit that a forum could ask for. We just have to occasionally remind ourselves of what we are, what we have, and what we want to be. When you look at it that way, it's a truly beautiful thing. :)

Here's to a great forum--may it ever be so.


Chris
 
This isn't about knives but about people. I don't consider myself an "old timer" here but I do consider this place to be a kind of family. People here care about one another and take care of one another and that is an important thing that is too rare in my world. I don't need a seat near the fire but if you all don't mind I will stand around and enjoy the warmth.
 
kamkazmoto said:
This isn't about knives but about people. I don't consider myself an "old timer" here but I do consider this place to be a kind of family. People here care about one another and take care of one another and that is an important thing that is too rare in my world. I don't need a seat near the fire but if you all don't mind I will stand around and enjoy the warmth.
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There's ALWAYS room around the fire. Pull up a seat;)
 
Dr. Mudd said:
No, we don't. Is it smoky there in your submarine?
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Huh?

I may have missed you meaning, but I thought munk's post was perfectly coherent if you were implying the contrary. Munk always has a way of saying things that I really find cool. Very thought-provoking and articulate. Posts that make you stop for a minute and really read, and afterward, really think. I guess I could have misunderstood your meaning, but I will say that I wish I could absorb a bit of munk's poetic nature myself.

Chris
 
We had problems before Bill and Rusty left us. People got banned.
(I mean we had some BIG problems, competing khuk company in the forum type problems..) Burafan was an absolute rectal polyp...
However, and this is a lesson I have learned from living amongst the modern Japanese, you can protect the body so well that the spirit dies.
My great grandmother used to say "You can fix a broken arm but you can't fix a broken spirit." (She had three fingers missing from a childhood axe prank gone awry)

For a long time though, the Cantina was like a meeting of the knights of the round table, except the knights came from all countries and time periods.
And they smoked and drank and cursed.

My friend Munk and many others here have been and are in serious pain and this is one of our few sanctuaries. I am ready to put my balls on the chopping block and start talking once again if everybody else is.
All it takes is for us all to agree to put on our caring, adult hats when we take our seats.

I don't know nothin bout no rules...
 
Count me in, Danny. Although I think I'll avoid the whole "balls on the chopping block" thing. That doesn't sound like too much fun... :D :D

But seriously, I couldn't agree more with what you said. Knights we were, but all very human. Hell, we are a veritable cross-section of humanity. And yet, we connect on an awesome level and share and create ideas. We all learn and teach. We all grieve and comfort. This is our place, and incredible things happen here. And if you ask me, it's just getting started. :)

Let's do this.

Chris
 
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