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| Tweet Topic Started: Oct 29 2005, 12:23 AM (1,545 Views) | |
| jgoo | Oct 29 2005, 12:23 AM Post #1 |
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How the Coffee Room got started: Some months before the coffee room even started, I emailed Frank asking him for an area to discuss off-topic things at Piano World. This email was never answered. In February of 2002, AndrewG made a thread about Canada winning a second gold medal in the olympics. It was an off-topic thread in a forum specially setup to discuss the events which took place on 9/11/2001 (as AndrewG said, he was sorry to bring the topic up there, but he didn't know where else to put it, as all other forums at the time were all music related), and the third reply, made by Samejame, noted that it was cool that we had a non-piano thread. I quoted that comment, and said that I had asked Frank in the past for a non-piano thread for off-topic stuff, and AndrewG seconded my suggestion, pitching the name "the coffee room." Between myself, AndrewG, and another member named "Shadorunnr" in that thread, Frank officially opened the coffee room on February 20, 2002. (Here is a link to the thread I mention here: http://www.pianoworld.com/ubb/cgi-bin/ulti...topic/9/60.html ). The Coffee Room at Piano World then had a life of just over three years, closing on April 21, 2005, in which time over 200,000 posts were made there. During this time, the coffee room slowly evolved into what it was when it closed, and what it has become now in it's branch off forums of The New Coffee Room, The Well Tempered Forum, and Fat Shirley's. We've all gone through good times, bad times, happy times, and sad times together. We've all celebrated birthdays together, mourned deaths together, fought and argued with eachother, laughed with eachother (and sometimes at eachother), shared our good days, our bad days, our good fortunes, and our bad fortunes with eachother. We have inside jokes with eachother (does anybody remember how the whole "secret message to" thing started, or how the whole "carp" thing started? I do!*) Whether one wants to admit it or not, we really have become something like a big family, some even meeting in person. * IIRC, the whole "secret message to" thing started when PM boxes started to fill up. Someone (I don't remember specific names here) started a thread titled "Secret Message to [member's name]" because that member had a full PM box. IIRC, another member parodied the thread (a thing we saw many times in TOCR. Remember all of those "My [x] almost died" threads, for example?) and before long everyone started doing it. The use of the word "carp" started when some of the members started to cross over to "the other side" (aka pianoforum.net) and one of our members used the word "crap" over there. A pianoforum member told our member to watch their language. Our member reported back to us on that comment, and another member said jokingly that the first member should have said that they meant to say "carp," not "crap," IIRC, thus starting that whole thing. I think that the specific members involved in this one were Cindy and Katie, though I could not be remembering correctly on that. (Anyone who remembers want to confirm? Or I'll just search for the actual thread later, but it's nearly 1:30 AM now and I want to get some sleep soon). Anyway, anybody else have anything to add? There's a lot of history to cover here, for anyone who's interested, but for now we have a start. I'll add some more things myself at another time. |
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| Freedom | Oct 29 2005, 02:12 AM Post #2 |
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cool jgoo! I think apple was involved in the carp thing as well.Lets hope this Coffee room stays open for a long time eh?
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| kluurs | Oct 29 2005, 04:19 AM Post #3 |
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Apple said that her children read posts here and that she forbad them from using the word. I often used fish pictures as a way of signalling that a thread had somewhat run its course and now was wallowing in repetitive bickering. A couple of us suggested "carp" as an alternative. |
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| bachophile | Oct 29 2005, 04:47 AM Post #4 |
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posted February 20, 2002 16:57 This forum was created at the suggestion of some of our regular members as a place to discuss topics that aren't related to music. Because I like to think of Piano World as a place for friends from around the world to meet I decided to go ahead with a general topic forum. Please remember the rules! Our web site is family oriented. No foul language, no bad-mouthing other members. The main idea of our forums is to be able to help each other (and to stay in touch). My 3 jobs prevent me from having much time to participate in the forums, but I will be watching you Frank B. Piano World -------------------- - Frank B. Piano World www.PianoWorld.com PianoSupplies.com See what's in store for your piano! www.PianoSupplies.com ---------------------------------- "The most important trip you take in life is meeting people half way." - Henry Boyle |
| "I don't know much about classical music. For years I thought the Goldberg Variations were something Mr. and Mrs. Goldberg did on their wedding night." Woody Allen | |
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| apple | Oct 29 2005, 04:51 AM Post #5 |
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wow - and the first private message., started that too. monumental moments? don't know about that. i remember the beginning of the show us your picture thread.. i had no idea how to post a picture.. there was this troll in the conversation.. Gryphon and his car was pic #1 and commemmorating posting milestones.. I had so many plans for a big one and Crash stole it from me with a time question. |
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| Freedom | Oct 29 2005, 05:13 AM Post #6 |
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has there been a 'show us your picture' thread here yet? |
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| apple | Oct 29 2005, 05:26 AM Post #7 |
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and quirky characters.. remember that chic from Oklahoma.. the skinny girl that was so into promoting her self and singing.. i used to have all these private discussions with Benedict about what life meant and AndrewG has been very influential in my musical education.. we are good friends. |
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| ***musical princess*** | Oct 29 2005, 06:11 AM Post #8 |
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Maybe you should start one. ![]() x |
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| Freedom | Oct 29 2005, 07:00 AM Post #9 |
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i've got to find my camera first
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| ***musical princess*** | Oct 29 2005, 07:35 AM Post #10 |
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You mean you are going to keep waiting even LONGER... :rolleyes: x |
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| sue | Oct 29 2005, 09:43 AM Post #11 |
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Samejame? Is that Jamie from Newfoundland? I remember him from my early days on Pianoworld......is he still around? sue |
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| kenny | Oct 29 2005, 09:52 AM Post #12 |
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Remember that time when I posted a PM from apple. I honestly didn't know it was such a big violation of netiquette She was livid. I really got a forum flogging for that one. I remember flying to Dallas to go to a piano party at Cork's probably 5 years ago. I think that was the first one for me. Then I had the first California Piano Party, and the rest is history. Now we don't even have to advertize we get so many people. I may hold the record for meeting the most people in person. |
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| Fizzygirl | Oct 29 2005, 10:36 AM Post #13 |
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Ok....I'm giggling a bit over here. Well Tempered Forum? Isn't that Cindi's new (now not so new) room? Hahahahaha Since I am not a member of the WTF forum, I always thought it meant "What The F***". I seriously thought that is how everyone one referred to her room when they posted about WTF. Have I been on another planet or what??????????/ Sheeeesh do I feel stupid.
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| ***musical princess*** | Oct 29 2005, 10:49 AM Post #14 |
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Don't worry Fizzy, at first i thought everyone meant that too. Then i twigged. ![]() x |
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| sue | Oct 29 2005, 10:54 AM Post #15 |
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me too :rolleyes: but even now, when I see WTF, I think of the former. it's stuck
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| ***musical princess*** | Oct 29 2005, 10:55 AM Post #16 |
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Yeah - over use of the term's first meaning has left too big an impression in my head. ![]() x |
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| jgoo | Oct 29 2005, 11:47 AM Post #17 |
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Indeed there has been. You're going to have to do some digging for it though, due to the lack of a working search engine here. |
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| ***musical princess*** | Oct 29 2005, 11:48 AM Post #18 |
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![]() I'll try hunt it down. Inspector Kill on a mission.... ![]() x |
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| justme | Oct 29 2005, 11:54 AM Post #19 |
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MP, Plays made this slideshow of the old Coffee Room. You may be interested in it. I think you'll have to download it. Enjoy! http://www.pcsincnet.com/music/OurCoffeeRoomAlbum.wmv |
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| jgoo | Oct 29 2005, 11:54 AM Post #20 |
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Okay, I re-ordered the threads by alphabetical order to search for it, and it turns out I lied. Well, kind of. We had a show us your baby picture thread here, not a show us your [current] picture thread. http://s10.invisionfree.com/The_New_Coffee...p?showtopic=159 |
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| ***musical princess*** | Oct 29 2005, 12:13 PM Post #21 |
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Thanks jgoo. I just spent the past 20 minutes going through page after page after page after page after page after page after page afte page afterr page after page after page after looking for it. Boy did it get monotonous. ![]() x |
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| Freedom | Oct 29 2005, 12:15 PM Post #22 |
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Should I post my photo MP? and start a new 'show up your picture' thread? Or should I keep it just for you
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| ***musical princess*** | Oct 29 2005, 12:16 PM Post #23 |
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Whoa apple!! Thanks!!! It's just started so i've just paused it to say thankyou so much for putting this togetehr and sharing it! See you in 20 minutes ![]() x |
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| ***musical princess*** | Oct 29 2005, 12:17 PM Post #24 |
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Well i do feel awfully special being the only one but then i think everyone should get to see how hot you are so... Your choice. x |
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| ***musical princess*** | Oct 29 2005, 12:23 PM Post #25 |
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:o: ![]() I just had to pause it again for a sec. OMG!!!!! I totally never pictured Dol to look like that!!!! This is by far one of the coolest things i have seen in a LONG time. I keep going 'WOW' or 'OH MY!' or 'WHOA!!!!!!' ![]() ![]() You deserve a MASSIVE round of applause peggy!!!!![]() x |
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cool jgoo! I think apple was involved in the carp thing as well.


Sheeeesh do I feel stupid.

You deserve a MASSIVE round of applause peggy!!!!
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