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[esquire]

Originally Posted by rrskylar

PS Seems like most of the active forum members who posted in here around the time I joined have all become extinct!

Still a few of us old timers around

[rrskylar]

Originally Posted by esquire

Still a few of us old timers around

Yeah, sadly you, me, Vike, 1ajs, Drew, Biff are about the only guys from our ''era'' still posting...

[HomeInMyShoes]

Bah, humbug.

[Cyro]

Originally Posted by rrskylar

Obviously, anyone supposedly moderating a forum should be an active participant. Seems reasonable to remove someone as a mod if they haven't been active in a forum they are supposedly moderating for over a fricking year!

PS Seems like most of the active forum members who posted in here around the time I joined have all become extinct!

I don't think many would disagree. So what do you do to facilitate a change?

Good question. Why don't they stick around?

[Biff]

Originally Posted by rrskylar

Yeah, sadly you, me, Vike, 1ajs, Drew are about the only guys from our ''era'' still posting...

Thanks for not including me in your "old guys group".

[HomeInMyShoes]

Sometimes life changes and one doesn't have as much time for things. That happens. Members do come and go. Sometimes members take breaks. I took a break for a few years before coming back again.

[Cyro]

What was it like in the old days of the forum? When the old time members used to all post?
It's actually a serious question? Is it nostalgia, etc. which of the old timers can explain it to new members? Anyone?

[rrskylar]

Originally Posted by Biff

Thanks for not including me in your "old guys group".

Your now ''officially" in the ''old guys group"!

[HomeInMyShoes]

Originally Posted by Cyro

What was it like in the old days of the forum? When the old time members used to all post?
It's actually a serious question? Is it nostalgia, etc. which of the old timers can explain it to new members? Anyone?

It can be summed up in "cat now."

[esquire]

Originally Posted by Cyro

What was it like in the old days of the forum? When the old time members used to all post?
It's actually a serious question? Is it nostalgia, etc. which of the old timers can explain it to new members? Anyone?

Not that much different, really. The fundamentals haven't changed. The big difference was that there were way fewer subforums which was kind of nice because it was easy to keep tabs on everything going on across Canada... but then again, there wasn't a lot happening across Canada in the early 00s when I joined. There are probably more highrises going up in Calgary alone now than there were in all of Canada back then.

When I joined, the big Winnipeg discussion point was the MTS Centre and whether it would happen or not, the new RRC downtown campus, as well as chatter about the Millennium Library and what it would ultimately look like... the only other buildings going up at the time were the Humphry Inn on Main and the Cambrian CU office on Broadway. Considering how little was going on at the time in Winnipeg, the amount of projects that got built from 2001 to now probably would have astonished us in 2001... at the time, Winnipeg was just coming out of its late 90s doldrums and there was still a lingering cloud of pessimism.

Just think, in the last 14 years we got Manitoba Hydro, MTS Centre and the Powerhouse development, CMHR, a new airport terminal, a new stadium, a greatly expanded library, HSC expansion, the CanadInns HSC, Waterfront Drive condos, a highrise apartment block on Assiniboine, numerous new condo and apartment buildings in the Osborne Village area, the Buhler Centre and soon-to-be apartments behind it, the other new U of W buildings, various new U of M buildings, bus rapid transit, convention centre expansion, CentrePoint, the renovation of the Met, many Exchange District renovation projects, now the Sport for Life Centre, the United Way Building on Main and its hideous older sister the WRHA Building on Main, various residential blocks on Tache, Union Tower renovation, Red River College Princess Street Campus, Assiniboine Park and zoo renovations, and other projects I'm sure I've missed. It may not seem like all that much next to what cities like Toronto and Vancouver have built, but it would have blown me away to know back in 2001 that all this would happen.

[Cyro]

Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes

It can be summed up in "cat now."

Straight to the point.

Is there a special code hidden in posts from long time users that only members from 2006 and earlier would understand?

Anyway, there is a great thread here for members, Something about are you still here...It's on page 2...

EDIT: posted before I read Esquires post..to be con't...

[HomeInMyShoes]

Originally Posted by esquire

Not that much different, really. The fundamentals haven't changed. The big difference was that there were way fewer subforums which was kind of nice because it was easy to keep tabs on everything going on across Canada... but then again, there wasn't a lot happening across Canada in the early 00s when I joined. There are probably more highrises going up in Calgary alone now than there were in all of Canada back then.

This. Now when anyone tries to bring up relevant issues across cities it's just a shout down and why are you posting [insert city] stuff in a [insert city] thread. It annoys me beyond belief because the issues there are in development and city design run across the country and we can learn good and unfortunately bad stuff from every city. It was part the reason I left for a while.

City photos used to be one big colony and there was more traffic in the threads. Around when I stopped posting photothreads I would be lucky to get 300 views and 10 replies in a couple of weeks when you used to get 1000+ views in a couple of weeks.

There's certainly been a boom and some subdivision needed to happen, but we did lose a lot in that subdivision.

[Biff]

Originally Posted by rrskylar

Your now ''officially" in the ''old guys group"!

Can I start yelling at some of these young-in's to get off my lawn and turn down that infernal rock and roll?

[Cyro]

Originally Posted by esquire

Not that much different, really. The fundamentals haven't changed. The big difference was that there were way fewer subforums which was kind of nice because it was easy to keep tabs on everything going on across Canada... but then again, there wasn't a lot happening across Canada in the early 00s when I joined. There are probably more highrises going up in Calgary alone now than there were in all of Canada back then.

When I joined, the big Winnipeg discussion point was the MTS Centre and whether it would happen or not, the new RRC downtown campus, as well as chatter about the Millennium Library and what it would ultimately look like... the only other buildings going up at the time were the Humphry Inn on Main and the Cambrian CU office on Broadway. Considering how little was going on at the time in Winnipeg, the amount of projects that got built from 2001 to now probably would have astonished us in 2001... at the time, Winnipeg was just coming out of its late 90s doldrums and there was still a lingering cloud of pessimism.

Just think, in the last 14 years we got Manitoba Hydro, MTS Centre and the Powerhouse development, CMHR, a new airport terminal, a new stadium, a greatly expanded library, HSC expansion, the CanadInns HSC, Waterfront Drive condos, a highrise apartment block on Assiniboine, numerous new condo and apartment buildings in the Osborne Village area, the Buhler Centre and soon-to-be apartments behind it, the other new U of W buildings, various new U of M buildings, bus rapid transit, convention centre expansion, CentrePoint, the renovation of the Met, many Exchange District renovation projects, now the Sport for Life Centre, the United Way Building on Main and its hideous older sister the WRHA Building on Main, various residential blocks on Tache, Union Tower renovation, Red River College Princess Street Campus, Assiniboine Park and zoo renovations, and other projects I'm sure I've missed. It may not seem like all that much next to what cities like Toronto and Vancouver have built, but it would have blown me away to know back in 2001 that all this would happen.

Well written post, sincere and informative, It shows a poster that is truly interested in this forum and one who has invested much of his time keeping many threads going and interesting with both answers/questions/opinions when they may have died ages ago.

You have encapsulated much of this Cities progress in the last decade and a half. You've kept this local breathing at times.. Well done.

[rrskylar]

Originally Posted by Cyro

Well written post, sincere and informative, It shows a poster that is truly interested in this forum and one who has invested much of his time keeping many threads going and interesting with both answers/questions/opinions when they may have died ages ago.

You have encapsulated much of this Cities progress in the last decade and a half. You've kept this local breathing at times.. Well done.

Well said Cyro! Don't always agree with esq. but have to agree, guy does contribute in a meaningful way!

[1ajs]

biguc still posts. we all haves to dont forget cant live on here 24/7 like i once did


been 10 yrs since i joined here

witch is around when i picked up a camera and started shooting






anyone remeber the first forum meet herd stories about it where u guys all met up at portage place for a beer

[1ajs]

Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes

It can be summed up in "cat now."

i miss the cat

[esquire]

Originally Posted by Cyro

Well written post, sincere and informative, It shows a poster that is truly interested in this forum and one who has invested much of his time keeping many threads going and interesting with both answers/questions/opinions when they may have died ages ago.

You have encapsulated much of this Cities progress in the last decade and a half. You've kept this local breathing at times.. Well done.

Originally Posted by rrskylar

Well said Cyro! Don't always agree with esq. but have to agree, guy does contribute in a meaningful way!

Aw, you guys

The forum has been a fun obsession over the years... it's a very interesting way to keep tabs on what's going on. The cast of characters here is what makes it really enjoyable.

[Bdog]

Originally Posted by esquire

Not that much different, really. The fundamentals haven't changed. The big difference was that there were way fewer subforums which was kind of nice because it was easy to keep tabs on everything going on across Canada... but then again, there wasn't a lot happening across Canada in the early 00s when I joined. There are probably more highrises going up in Calgary alone now than there were in all of Canada back then.

When I joined, the big Winnipeg discussion point was the MTS Centre and whether it would happen or not, the new RRC downtown campus, as well as chatter about the Millennium Library and what it would ultimately look like... the only other buildings going up at the time were the Humphry Inn on Main and the Cambrian CU office on Broadway. Considering how little was going on at the time in Winnipeg, the amount of projects that got built from 2001 to now probably would have astonished us in 2001... at the time, Winnipeg was just coming out of its late 90s doldrums and there was still a lingering cloud of pessimism.

Just think, in the last 14 years we got Manitoba Hydro, MTS Centre and the Powerhouse development, CMHR, a new airport terminal, a new stadium, a greatly expanded library, HSC expansion, the CanadInns HSC, Waterfront Drive condos, a highrise apartment block on Assiniboine, numerous new condo and apartment buildings in the Osborne Village area, the Buhler Centre and soon-to-be apartments behind it, the other new U of W buildings, various new U of M buildings, bus rapid transit, convention centre expansion, CentrePoint, the renovation of the Met, many Exchange District renovation projects, now the Sport for Life Centre, the United Way Building on Main and its hideous older sister the WRHA Building on Main, various residential blocks on Tache, Union Tower renovation, Red River College Princess Street Campus, Assiniboine Park and zoo renovations, and other projects I'm sure I've missed. It may not seem like all that much next to what cities like Toronto and Vancouver have built, but it would have blown me away to know back in 2001 that all this would happen.

The nostalgia is kicking in. I can't believe I'll be getting my 10-year pin in a couple months, but was also a lurker for a while before I officially signed up. Very good overview of how things differed back then. In the early 2000s, we were getting excited about things like Confusion Corner Bar and Grill and Credit Union Central. It was amazing watching those photo-threads of Waterfront Drive coming up out of nothing. Back then we would have killed to see the types of projects that are under construction or proposed today.

Back around 10 to 12 years ago, the sense of anticipation and excitement was quite similar to what it's like now. That's when a lot of the projects Esquire mentioned were either getting underway or being announced - the difference was then most were institutional, now we're finally seeing more private investment.

As for forumers, in my early days, other than those mentioned by RRskylar, it was guys like pootkau, OTL, WpgGuy, rgalston, Smron, Archiseek, Newflyer, Andy6, Reed Solomon, Vid, and Grumpy old man. I know a few of them still lurk and post occasionally, but some have disappeared.

[Cyro]

Originally Posted by Bdog

The nostalgia is kicking in. I can't believe I'll be getting my 10-year pin in a couple months.

It's always great to look back at the past and reminisce, but important to look at the present and live in the here and now and realize that life must inevitably change for anything to progress...Some choose to stay and live in the past others are more open to change..


10 year pin? I'll never make it..