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    #62
    Necro
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 51,217 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    FourFourFM wrote: »
    The term “boardsies” is so cringe

    I dunno, I kinda like it tbh. Gives a sense of community...ish. :D


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    #63
    EmmetSpiceland
    Registered Users Posts: 10,612 ✭✭✭✭EmmetSpiceland


    knucklehead6 wrote: »
    I know of 2 couples who met at beers. Not too sure how many boardlets are running around.

    Boards babies? Jaysus, wouldn’t you be mortified finding out your parents “met” on here?

    “It is not blood that makes you Irish but a willingness to be part of the Irish nation” - Thomas Davis



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    #64
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Necro wrote: »
    I dunno, I kinda like it tbh. Gives a sense of community...ish. :D

    Like a family :D


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    #65
    artanevilla
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 10,438 Mod ✭✭✭✭artanevilla


    Was the Brown Wedding not a Boards wedding?


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    #66
    Ted_YNWA
    Registered Users Posts: 71,799 ✭✭✭✭Ted_YNWA


    I been to two boards meetups. Enjoyable times.

    I would class a lot of posters from various forums as friends. I was chatting with one last year about a holiday I was thinking of doing to Tallinn. He had location on his bucket list too. We ended up there around the same time with a couple of overlapping days. We met up for a while over there. That must be the furthest people have travelled to meet up :D

    I have met a couple of posters unknowingly too. I was chatting with a random person at a running event before. I noticed a poster had mentioned an anecdote from that convo on thread here. I know a couple of work colleagues have accounts here too. Recognised them from things they said. Forgotten their boards handle since. Feels a bit like reading someone's diary if you know them & lurk through their posts.


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    #67
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,687 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    There was a tradition in the beer guts forum that you had to bring s can of condensed milk as proof that you were part of the gang when going to their beers for the first time

    Think they brought it in when a newbie inadvertently joined a group of swingers out for beers rather than the beer guts mob who were having beers in the same pub


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    #68
    Necro
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 51,217 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    Stheno wrote: »
    There was a tradition in the beer guts forum that you had to bring s can of condensed milk as proof that you were part of the gang when going to their beers for the first time

    Think they brought it in when a newbie inadvertently joined a group of swingers out for beers rather than the beer guts mob who were having beers in the same pub

    :pac: That was there at my first few meet ups too, I remember wondering what the frick was going on with someone bringing condensed milk to a pub :D


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    #69
    Ted_YNWA
    Registered Users Posts: 71,799 ✭✭✭✭Ted_YNWA


    Necro wrote: »
    :pac: That was there at my first few meet ups too, I remember wondering what the frick was going on with someone bringing condensed milk to a pub :D

    I'd assume they were pulling my leg if they said it to me in advance of a meetup.

    Just like sky-hooks & glass hammers.


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    #70
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,687 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    Necro wrote: »
    :pac: That was there at my first few meet ups too, I remember wondering what the frick was going on with someone bringing condensed milk to a pub :D

    Yeah it was a bit strange alright:D

    Depending on how many new people were at the beers you ended up with a pile of tins of condensed milk


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    #71
    [Deleted User]
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    Stheno wrote: »
    Yeah it was a bit strange alright:D

    Depending on how many new people were at the beers you ended up with a pile of tins of condensed milk

    :D That's gas


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    #72
    HBC08
    Registered Users Posts: 3,367 ✭✭✭HBC08


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Allegedly a category mod took an upskirt photo of another boardsie. Or something like that. It's part of the 'dark history of Boards we aren't allowed talk about'.

    Whoah!
    Wasn't expecting that,i was thinking along the lines of somebody assumed someone else's gender.


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    #73
    Unknownability
    Registered Users Posts: 928 ✭✭✭Unknownability


    Stheno wrote: »
    Yeah it was a bit strange alright:D

    Depending on how many new people were at the beers you ended up with a pile of tins of condensed milk

    Wasn't there also something about the name on the table or the book G reference? Like a transport company or something.


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    #74
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers Posts: 47,284 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    greenttc wrote: »
    Wasnt there are boards wedding at some stage and possibly even some boards babies? or am I imagining memories again....

    Quite a lot of Boards weddings. In addition to chopperbyrne meeting his wife at the epic Night of a 1000 Corsets, there were at least another four weddings from the BGRH forum alone.
    knucklehead6 wrote: »
    I know of 2 couples who met at beers. Not too sure how many boardlets are running around.

    I know of a good few Boardlets at this stage.
    Stheno wrote: »
    There was a tradition in the beer guts forum that you had to bring s can of condensed milk as proof that you were part of the gang when going to their beers for the first time

    Think they brought it in when a newbie inadvertently joined a group of swingers out for beers rather than the beer guts mob who were having beers in the same pub

    Actually we had that from the very first BGRH beers because none of us knew each other in RL. Still didn't help the guy who ended up with the swingers though. :D
    Unknownability wrote: »
    Wasn't there also something about the name on the table or the book G reference? Like a transport company or something.

    Brian Garry Road Haulage (BGRH ;))


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    #75
    Unknownability
    Registered Users Posts: 928 ✭✭✭Unknownability


    Zaph wrote: »
    Quite a lot of Boards weddings. In addition to chopperbyrne meeting his wife at the epic Night of a 1000 Corsets, there were at least another four weddings from the BGRH forum alone.



    I know of a good few Boardlets at this stage.



    Actually we had that from the very first BGRH beers because none of us knew each other in RL. Still didn't help the guy who ended up with the swingers though. :D



    Brian Garry Road Haulage (BGRH ;))

    That's the one, that is a long time ago now.


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    #76
    boombang
    Registered Users Posts: 2,108 ✭✭✭boombang


    All this talk of dating. Aren't we 95% neckbeards?


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    #77
    Day Lewin
    Registered Users Posts: 4,641 ✭✭✭Day Lewin


    Speak for yourself!


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    #78
    PmMeUrDogs
    Registered Users Posts: 708 ✭✭✭PmMeUrDogs


    Went to a few beers many years ago, all lovely people. Met up with others as mates, still mates years on. Dated a couple too so I guess I got the token boards shag in too.


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    #79
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,360 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    FourFourFM wrote: »
    The term “boardsies” is so cringe

    Its the URL for the site.


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    #80
    Church on Tuesday
    Registered Users Posts: 3,858 ✭✭✭Church on Tuesday


    Dravokivich wrote: »
    Its the URL for the site.

    Now Ye're Cringin'


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    #81
    El Gato De Negocios
    Registered Users Posts: 6,810 ✭✭✭El Gato De Negocios


    Been to many beers, had relations with many people, met some really decent people, a couple of dipsticks and made some good friends. The social element of the site peaked about 7 or 8 years ago imo. There were some epic beers had on the back of TGC, one had probably 50 or 60 people at it. I think alot of people ended up settling down / getting sense, became friends IRL so pints were taken off site and with the proliferation of Facebook and smartphones the need for the social element of the site largely has dwindled. Pity really as some really good times were had.


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    #82
    knucklehead6
    Registered Users Posts: 6,767 ✭✭✭knucklehead6


    El Gato De Negocios wrote: »
    Been to many beers, had relations with many people, met some really decent people, a couple of dipsticks and made some good friends. The social element of the site peaked about 7 or 8 years ago imo. There were some epic beers had on the back of TGC, one had probably 50 or 60 people at it. I think alot of people ended up settling down / getting sense, became friends IRL so pints were taken off site and with the proliferation of Facebook and smartphones the need for the social element of the site largely has dwindled. Pity really as some really good times were had.

    Those tGC ones were great.


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    #83
    Lynn Door
    Closed Accounts Posts: 141 ✭✭Lynn Door


    I attended one about maybe 10 years ago. Fun times were had and a gagging order followed. When is the next one?


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    #84
    SineadSpears
    Registered Users Posts: 2,645 ✭✭✭SineadSpears


    I like the idea of it, but I'm not sure if it's something I'd do myself.

    Maybe over time if I 'got to know' certain posters a bit better, I might be up for a meet up. But a free for all meet up, I think i wouldn't be interested in


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    #85
    Strumms
    Registered Users Posts: 24,980 ✭✭✭✭Strumms


    One of my friends is on boards. Neither of us knew each other posted here till last year till I mentioned a topic being discussed and he just goes.. “ohh yeah, you are Strumms right !?” How the fûck he could have copped it.... I think he is mostly a reader, he mightn’t appreciate the term ‘lurker’ but I can’t remember whatever username he told me he uses, didn’t ring a bell anyway.

    We have threatened to join the next meetup.


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    #86
    .anon.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,094 ✭✭✭.anon.


    I attended one meet up, a few years back. No offence, but there were too many creeps and weirdos for my liking. Well, I say 'attended' - I sat outside the venue subtly masturbating in my car while watching all the creeps and weirdos arriving. That was enough for me.


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    #87
    Parentalunit
    Registered Users Posts: 47 ✭Parentalunit


    Only met one boardsie in RL and only found out he was a boardsie by accident. I was at a client's site and looked behind me and saw a guy on boards and could see his username in the top right. I recognised the username immediately as he's a very prolific poster and he looked exactly like I imagined. I didn't say anything to him.

    It's nice to be able to put a face to a username, it's one of the few things Twitter has to offer.


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    #88
    Graces7
    Registered Users Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    Deleted User wrote: »
    That's lovely. You must have been so grateful to them :)

    Oh I was and they all got royally and well fed... Just heartwarming.


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    #89
    cj maxx
    Registered Users Posts: 13,645 ✭✭✭✭cj maxx


    You should never meet your heroes


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    #90
    un5byh7sqpd2x0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,862 ✭✭✭un5byh7sqpd2x0


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    That could have happened at any gathering or occasion. I've been to a number of beers and meet ups. Every one of them was positive and some were very memorable :)

    In the last 3 months?!


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    #91
    Kylta
    Registered Users Posts: 15,457 ✭✭✭✭Kylta


    cj maxx wrote: »
    You should never meet your heroes

    I agree when people meet me, I go from hero to like god status, its unbelievable, many a mortal can't take the admiration, but I fu¢king love. After that then the gifts come.
    Fu¢k yeah meet me if im your hero


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