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Earthmen, Bond fans, friends!
Many of us visit the MI6Community on a daily basis and understandably so. For are we not one of the strongest Bond fan communities in this spiral arm of the Milky Way? (For the record, I have no information about the Andromeda Galaxy but when last I checked, UDFj39546284's Bond fan community is all but swallowed by the supermassive black hole that resides at its centre). And as we come in for a conversation, a drink, a game of blackjack or a spoonful of Beluga Caviare, we make friends and lots of them too. Naturally we know them mostly by their nicknames but then that's the nature of the medium. Even without a face or the sound of a voice, even without a handshake or a home address, we can still develop friendly bonds.
Yet what if one of us encounters a tragic event that upsets his or her life to the point where he or she can suddenly no longer drop by? Even the unspeakable is not outside the realm of the possible and, statistically speaking, the probable - if I may advance such a frightening thought.
So what if suddenly, unexpectedly and without any foretelling sign, one of us were to break all links with the forum? At first we might imagine that a person received such an insult from another member that an old-fashioned sense of pride prevents any further participation on the forum, but then wouldn't we somehow be able to figure that out? To be frank, any sudden disappearance without omens, warnings or threats, causes me to think bad thoughts, especially when PM's do not get answered.
How do you feel about that? Mightn't it be wise to entrust at least one of your closest co-members with some personal details or even to leave behind the email address or something of a good friend or relative? That way, should something terrible unexpectedly come your way, someone here might contact said friend or relative, inquire after your whereabouts and, if so desired, alert the rest of us. This is merely one option: I'm eager to learn about other options from you all.
Good grievance! What if indeed we find out one day that one of our good members has been taken away from us for good? A) Do we believe it? What if it's a prank or one last blow from an ill-tempered member? Can we verify the news? Would we want to? B) Would we rather not know about such things and assume the member has lost his interest in the forum but is otherwise doing well in life? ...
... Questions. I still have them after all those years when dealing in my mind with such issues. Sharing them with you felt like the right thing to do!
Many of us visit the MI6Community on a daily basis and understandably so. For are we not one of the strongest Bond fan communities in this spiral arm of the Milky Way? (For the record, I have no information about the Andromeda Galaxy but when last I checked, UDFj39546284's Bond fan community is all but swallowed by the supermassive black hole that resides at its centre). And as we come in for a conversation, a drink, a game of blackjack or a spoonful of Beluga Caviare, we make friends and lots of them too. Naturally we know them mostly by their nicknames but then that's the nature of the medium. Even without a face or the sound of a voice, even without a handshake or a home address, we can still develop friendly bonds.
Yet what if one of us encounters a tragic event that upsets his or her life to the point where he or she can suddenly no longer drop by? Even the unspeakable is not outside the realm of the possible and, statistically speaking, the probable - if I may advance such a frightening thought.
So what if suddenly, unexpectedly and without any foretelling sign, one of us were to break all links with the forum? At first we might imagine that a person received such an insult from another member that an old-fashioned sense of pride prevents any further participation on the forum, but then wouldn't we somehow be able to figure that out? To be frank, any sudden disappearance without omens, warnings or threats, causes me to think bad thoughts, especially when PM's do not get answered.
How do you feel about that? Mightn't it be wise to entrust at least one of your closest co-members with some personal details or even to leave behind the email address or something of a good friend or relative? That way, should something terrible unexpectedly come your way, someone here might contact said friend or relative, inquire after your whereabouts and, if so desired, alert the rest of us. This is merely one option: I'm eager to learn about other options from you all.
Good grievance! What if indeed we find out one day that one of our good members has been taken away from us for good? A) Do we believe it? What if it's a prank or one last blow from an ill-tempered member? Can we verify the news? Would we want to? B) Would we rather not know about such things and assume the member has lost his interest in the forum but is otherwise doing well in life? ...
... Questions. I still have them after all those years when dealing in my mind with such issues. Sharing them with you felt like the right thing to do!
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I am quite a private person, really, and I do not share my personal emails publicly or even give them out often. But two other members here have my private email and my best friend (of something like 40 years) is in charge of my own emails if I am incapacitated in any way (coma or worse; you know, life throws us things at times we never guess ...).
So if I do go AWOL here I will let you know first, if I am able to, like if I need a hiatus. But that is unlikely. If I seem to drop off for no reason given, give it some time. But I have authorized my friend to contact this forum as well as send out to all of my contacts in my personal email a message; just to let people know.
Well, anyway that is what I have done. It does give me some peace of mind. Thanks for this thread.
If you or the admins could help with the case of the missing Kerim that would be great for me.
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it is good to know i have friends on here that will say a prayer for me
Yes, it is a weird thing to debate, isn't it? We are so used to paying our respects to famous men and women in our Rest in peace threads on here, but what if one day it was one of our own agents we had to mourn?
It's quite funny reading this now, because my girlfriend was going to head out to do some early college unpacking at home after brunch today, and we had a bit of a disagreement over something very idiotic. She stormed off and returned to me as I was smoking, and told me the exact same thing about regretting last words and all of that. It's nice to hear it from you all, too, but on a lighter note, it's too much 'If this is the last time...' talk for me in a 24 hour span!! :))
In case some unfortunate thing should happen (heaven forbid) there should always be someone here who is able to give notice.
I wonder, that this big forum, much larger then mine, didn't really get that done so far. There are enough people, I would imagine, that live in one country and where it is not such a hazzle to actually get together. try it, what's to loose? I have experienced, that people. whom you like here are likable in real life as well. :)
In my forum, I have given orders to my daughter, who has access, to give notice.
@Brady: I think and hope, that Dalton/Craig has been banned.
It would indeed be an interesting affair if some of us met up. I seriously couldn't imagine a more cracking experience than getting all the veterans here together for a complete Bond marathon of all the films back to back.
Someone just has to take over, suggest the way and location to do it and that's it. You could do it. Maybe someone has a big house and can have them at his place. Or have some and others at a hotel. That's how i did it.
I would love to do that when I am older as well. I feel like I am meant to be in London.
@DaltonCraig007 at one point decided to take another path but he wasn't banned. I have tried to talk him into coming back but it didn't help.
Oh. Well, I assume he is good then? That is the only matter I care about.
I would love to do that!
I'm fairly confident he's doing all right.
Sorry, couldn't resist. I kid you not though, I have recently been thinking it would be good to somehow meet people with the same level of passion for all things Bond. I meet a lot of people all the time and many of them like the Bond movies but very few, infact hardly any that I meet, like it so much as to be able to talk about it for hours on end without them starting to get worried about you!
I know I'm not a frequent poster here and don't really "know" anyone here but all the more reason to arrange a meet up? I have even in the past looked for Bond related "meet ups" at meetup.com to no avail, at least not anywhere in my area/country (UK). Personally I'd be up for it even it meant travelling quite some distance within my country. The fact we love Bond wouldn't guarantee we would get on but it would give us a good chance!
As a suggestion I could start a meet up group on the above mentioned website and then if anyone wants to join they can!? To be honest I'll probably do this regardless.
Finally, sorry for taking this thread in a slightly different direction than was intended!
I hate to spoil the fun but you joined yesterday. It may take a little longer to make friends... ;-)
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