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#1 2009-07-24 13:55:25
- One Trick Pony
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Too much 'Internet', too little 'Ivy'
Some of the threads on here are beginning to make my head spin.
I know, whether as Chet, ISR or OTP, my input has not always been welcome, but I have at least tried to push the envelope. I'd be a lot more enthusiastic about the shape of the forum at the moment if the internecine warfare between 'Talk Ivy' and its rivals (enemies?) could be severely curtailed and we get back to interesting subjects like Ian Strachan's insistence upon vintage - and where we can find it - and anecdotes about the great days of the Ivy Shop. In other words, much more exchange of information and fewer pointless, net-driven slanging matches. If Chensvold or his kind can't stomach Gibson Gardens' passion let them offer something equally invigorating or piss off.
#2 2009-07-24 13:58:39
- Long_Playing
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Re: Too much 'Internet', too little 'Ivy'
+1 to this.
#3 2009-07-24 14:08:50
- Alex Roest
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Re: Too much 'Internet', too little 'Ivy'
That shit has always just about done my crust in and I have expressed that feeling on a few occasions, too. I tend to ignore it most of the time, though, because I don't suppose it'll ever go away which is not to say I don't support you on this one OTP....
#5 2009-07-24 14:49:39
- Alex Roest
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Re: Too much 'Internet', too little 'Ivy'
^Hence my comment Macchiato Man should remain buried.
#6 2009-07-24 14:52:35
- Staceyboy
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Re: Too much 'Internet', too little 'Ivy'
http://thetownoutside.tumblr.com
#7 2009-07-24 16:13:47
- One Trick Pony
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Re: Too much 'Internet', too little 'Ivy'
And now C sends me a message claiming that I'm being manipulated by Uncle Jimmy. Draw your own conclusions, chaps.
#9 2009-07-25 02:47:43
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Re: Too much 'Internet', too little 'Ivy'
Little wonder it drives people away, though. How can Chris H, Kingstonian and Brideshead tolerate it at all? (Just three names out of the hat, gentlemen who strike me as having better things to do with their time than hark to the ravings of Igents).
#11 2009-07-25 07:38:53
- Big Tony
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Re: Too much 'Internet', too little 'Ivy'
TALK IVY is now the property of the British ivy fans? Did I miss the memo? John Simons may have been numero uno in the land that time forgot, but in the happy hunting ground he is/was just some weirdo foreign retailer and importer/exporter. Some of you may remember that I used to be sympathetic to the British viewpoint on ivy style, versus the Amerikan iGent/Tradster cartoon, but now I find myself repelled by both. Even the Japanese are wearing thin - they have nothing new to say, just a better copy of the original. Don't fall into the nostalgia trap. Things were not better in the past, just different.
"What sort of post-apocalyptic deathscape is this?"
"I don't want to look like a cock hungry sailor after all !!!"
"When it comes to infidelity, broken families, and reckless fatherhood, the underclass are amateurs."
#12 2009-07-25 08:02:19
- Alex Roest
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Re: Too much 'Internet', too little 'Ivy'
#15 2009-07-25 13:39:12
- Taylor McIntyre
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Re: Too much 'Internet', too little 'Ivy'
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#16 2009-07-25 15:46:57
- Big Tony
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Re: Too much 'Internet', too little 'Ivy'
"What sort of post-apocalyptic deathscape is this?"
"I don't want to look like a cock hungry sailor after all !!!"
"When it comes to infidelity, broken families, and reckless fatherhood, the underclass are amateurs."
#17 2009-07-25 15:59:40
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Re: Too much 'Internet', too little 'Ivy'
I hope my esteemed friend will forgive me for saying so, but 'The Boom Years' is just dripping with nostalgia. That's why some of us love it so.