I thought about buying it just because its handmade and worth the $60, but I could not display it.

Ugly

Btw, my neighbor is selling a handmade Ravens Tiki for only $60. It looks like something that you would pay $500-600 for.

Thanks for keeping Rock alive. It is definitely dying off in my area. We are down to ONE rock station in Orlando

SW is still valuable and I dont see myself going away from it completely.

My only complaint about Mangolassi is the lack of questions, which of course stems from a lack of users.

@RAM.

I never doubted you, buddy.

People post pictures of their fish with everything completely blurred out except them and the fish. What is the point of even posting a picture. I can understand not wanting to give your spots away but grow up

@Hubtech said:

that's okay. seems to be the culture in forums. Get to the top (or close) of the mountain, get big britches, start upsetting the very folks that carried you to the top...branch off, small new forum with a high density of originals, tech talent, etc. Heck, this is going on in one of my automotive forums as we speak! it's funny the similarities, just the parts/pieces/lingo are different.

Fishing forums are the worst. A bunch of lying secretive bastards haha

At least one of the SPs is watching this thread and reporting back to the OGs

@scottalanmiller said:

@IRJ said:

@Minion-Queen said:

The fanboy mentality is going strong for many. But eventually I am sure people will wise up and get smart

I dont think so. The fanboy mentality is kind of built in to the whole geek culture.

Consumer geek tech yes, I don't see it at all in serious IT.

Well at least half of the other website's users arent serious IT

@scottalanmiller said:

@IRJ said:

There are a few Spicy Peppers that avoid me now because of my participation on here. Anyone else on Mangolassi experience this?

Yes. Some less. Some much less. Some more. It's clear that many people treat it like a cult and you must drink the Koolaid or else. They forget or don't understand that it is the support forum for a specific vendor and not something magical. The community reactions to a lot if things are very weird. Very fanboy over there.

There are some that are very cult-like and I think we know who those people are.

@Minion-Queen said:

The fanboy mentality is going strong for many. But eventually I am sure people will wise up and get smart

I dont think so. The fanboy mentality is kind of built in to the whole geek culture.

There are a few Spicy Peppers that avoid me now because of my participation on here. Anyone else on Mangolassi experience this?

@RAM. Thanks for the mentioning me, buddy.

I post on that other website less for a few reasons:

Quality over Quantity. The people over here are top problem solvers for the other website.

The other site is now run by vendors. Every thing they do is sponsored by a vendor. To me that means that there is an obvious motive for every event. No vendor is going to pay for sponsoring an event and receive nothing in return.

The power struggle a few months ago showed that money was the number one concern of the other website now. You can see they are just hiring like crazy. You cant hire the best people anymore when you are constantly hiring. From my understanding, Everyone that was employed with them in the past was highly technical. If you have observed some of the new employees, you will know that is no longer the case. They are just like the sales people that haunt us on a daily basis.

Loss of vision and backbone. They definitely lost their original vision. They are no longer good guys that sell ads just to pay for development of their helpdesk software. There is money being passed around like crazy. When you have so much money from different places coming in, you dont want to offend anyone. That is why you are starting to see less and less heated discussions.

There are a ton of IT jobs in my area right now. I live an hour directly east of Orlando. The odd part is that there are no jobs in Orlando, but plenty here.

I live too close to the beach sometimes. Especially during the Spring Break Season

The US government is really out of control.Whether you are a democrat, republican, or third party you cant argue this.

That is a very scary thing.

More Shark activity in the area

http://www.kltv.com/story/25343784/now-you-see-it-three-boys-catch-700-pound-shark

@scottalanmiller said:

@IRJ said:

Where is everyone going in FL? I can let you know some of the good the less known beaches

Sanibel Island

I would check out Venice beach (which is just north of Sanibel). It is one of the few places you can find shark teeth by combing the beach. They tell you that the shark teeth that are washed up are ancient, but I can tell you that I have never seen more sharks there than I have anywhere else. I remember being a teenager and fishing on the beach one morning with my dad. We would always go out just before sunrise. We started catching sharks left and right as soon as we got there. As the sun started to rise, We saw sharks everywhere. They were so hungry that they were swimming on the beach and flopping back in when the wave came back. I have never seen anything like it before or ever again in my life.

Sharky's is a cool place to bring the family the food there is pretty good (Captain Eddie's is better). Its on a long pier so you get a nice view of the water and the beaches. I recommend Captain Eddie's if you really like seafood. I love that place.
http://sharkysonthepier.com/