How about a sticky thread onmember location?
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How about a sticky thread onmember location?| M Gibson |
Posted: December 04, 2006 01:02 pm
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 The Sgt. Schultz of the audio world  Group: Charter Member Posts: 482 Member No.: 15 Joined: July 03, 2006  |
I see posts frequently that it would be helpful to know what part of the country or world the poster lived in. For example a thread about Afforable Audio doing a vintage speaker of the month/quarter review. Since it's harder to get older equipment for evaluation if we knew where someone lived we could offer our gear. Or maybe know of someone in their area that might be able to help.
This goes for members looking for gear, selling or needing help in general. The frapper map is cute but not very helpful for that kind of thing. -------------------- Sgt Schultz- "I know nuth-ink"
" Life is too short to be taken Cirrus" |
  
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| bolly |
Posted: December 04, 2006 02:33 pm
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 ElectrohomePA100mk1Guy!1! Group: Charter Member Posts: 1018 Member No.: 11 Joined: July 01, 2006 |
interesting
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| cubdog |
Posted: December 04, 2006 03:30 pm
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 Living with Max Group: Charter Member Posts: 1324 Member No.: 18 Joined: July 05, 2006 |
I know it's not feasible but I wish a member location was required to join forums.
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| Charivari |
Posted: December 04, 2006 06:11 pm
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 Millenium Member  Group: Forum Founder Posts: 2213 Member No.: 1 Joined: June 29, 2006 |
Mike, I'm not sure how your suggestion could be implemented satisfactorily. Those who would post their location have already added it to their profile, which can be accessed with a click from any of the member's posts. For making it easy to see where people are relative to you, such would require going through each post of such a thread. Currently, nearby ST members can be seen at a glance in our Frappr map.
- JP -------------------- After silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.
"Ordinary people who listen to music on the radio all day long do not know that it is all a lie. It is all noise, the noise of money. I pity people who have grown up never having heard honest music." - Márta Sebestyén |
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| OvenMaster |
Posted: December 04, 2006 08:49 pm
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 Piece of Work Group: Charter Member Posts: 693 Member No.: 10 Joined: July 01, 2006 |
Some of us have family-imposed internet privacy rules that must be followed. Depending on certain circumstances, locations can be revealed in PM if warranted. Also, approximate locations can be guessed with reasonable accuracy when radio station call letters are mentioned, or certain shops or restaurants.
For example, NPR station WFCR is nearby for me, as well as Connecticut Public Radio. Looking up both would get you in the "close enough for 'net purposes" ballpark of where I am between the two, yet I've not said a single word about specifics.  -------------------- Tom
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| hifi_nut |
Posted: December 06, 2006 04:51 pm
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 Giving it another try Group: Charter Member Posts: 3384 Member No.: 6 Joined: June 30, 2006 |
I don´t have any such restrictions.
I´ll let you all know I´m in Portugal. The whole country is little bigger than NYC. Jorge |
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| Charivari |
Posted: December 06, 2006 05:19 pm
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Millenium Member Group: Forum Founder Posts: 2213 Member No.: 1 Joined: June 29, 2006 |
As to my location, I'm not in the middle of nowhere, just two hours from anywhere. (Except for Yakima, but no one counts that as somewhere.)
- JP -------------------- After silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.
"Ordinary people who listen to music on the radio all day long do not know that it is all a lie. It is all noise, the noise of money. I pity people who have grown up never having heard honest music." - Márta Sebestyén |
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| dingus |
Posted: December 06, 2006 05:28 pm
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 How can people be so cruel?  Group: Admin Posts: 4734 Member No.: 3 Joined: June 29, 2006 |
... which is in the middle of nowhere. -------------------- Teledyne AR9, Yamaha B-2x, Yamaha M-2, Hafler DH-110, EAD DSP 1000, Wadia WT-3200.
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| blue_lateral |
Posted: December 06, 2006 05:30 pm
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 Glorified Fridge Magnet Group: Members Posts: 297 Member No.: 62 Joined: August 21, 2006 |
I am in the middle of nowhere. I guess you're about two hours from me, too. John -------------------- People do follow people, so if you think you're being followed by someone and you're not, thats not being loopy, it's just being wrong---being loopy is if you think you're being followed by purple elephants, unless you are of course.
------Sarah Caudwell The Sirens Sang of Murder |
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| Charivari |
Posted: December 06, 2006 05:32 pm
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Millenium Member Group: Forum Founder Posts: 2213 Member No.: 1 Joined: June 29, 2006 |
Hmm, so being between Yakima and Wenatchee means that I'm in the middle of nowheres.
 - JP -------------------- After silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.
"Ordinary people who listen to music on the radio all day long do not know that it is all a lie. It is all noise, the noise of money. I pity people who have grown up never having heard honest music." - Márta Sebestyén |
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| OvenMaster |
Posted: December 06, 2006 09:06 pm
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Piece of Work Group: Charter Member Posts: 693 Member No.: 10 Joined: July 01, 2006 |
I've been to NYC. Twice. I'll bet anything that Portugal's nicer.  -------------------- Tom
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| hifi_nut |
Posted: December 07, 2006 05:29 am
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Giving it another try Group: Charter Member Posts: 3384 Member No.: 6 Joined: June 30, 2006 |
I was in NYC once at the end of 1994.
I was overwhelmed by the place, but I´m sure I wouldn´t like to live there. Anyway I don´t like living in big cities. I´ve managed to live all my life on the outskirts of big cities. Jorge |
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