Why is DMF so great? Americans/Ducatisti/???

[Statler]

ROFL... If you remember correctly from TOB, I was the one who pointed out that you and the other guy acted like the old farts from the muppet show, that was back when you were "Lawyer".  Next I know you changed your name and avatar.

hahahahhaha.  I didn't remember it was you.  I used to tell it as 'some person' said.....   now I can give you credit for creating 'statler'

awesome.

[Howie]

Folks, it's not the bikes, it is us and the Flounders.  Ask anyone who remembers the Ducati Index.

[Grampa]

'tis true. BP has teh AWSEOM!!!

I just sell pictures of him at the airport

still waiting on my cut   

[DoubleEagle]

It seems to me that when we had the old Forum , most of us were for the most part very happy to be a part of that community.

Then all of a sudden when we the proliteriate found out that we were being sold out so to speak, we posted a 28 page thread and poured out our emotions about how could this be happening to our happy little Ducati community.

I felt like my best girl had just written me a Dear John letter telling me it was over.

It smacked me right between the eyes. I didn't want to believe it was possible .

It was depressing loosing my Ducati family. I was at a lose and thought about the great times and the times I got hammered for some of the things I had said or done with my bike.

When the new owners emailed me to come back I took a look and Iit made me sick. I couldn't go there .

I had communicated w/ some old members as to the likelyhood of putting a new Forum together but didn't hold out much hope.

Then one day I got word of this DMF link and when I got here and recognized old names and the Flounders and read the rules I felt like I had died and gone to Heaven !

I think many of us are so glad that we were given another chance to be w/ our Ducati friends and we were in on the making of a new entity and we the members were going to make it our own Forum w/ the Flounders at the helm steering us in the right direction without a heavy hand.  Therefore we  ( I ) felt that what was going to make this the best Forum was RESPECT of other members which in turn would mean RESPECT for each individual member.

We have been given a lot of RESPECT and we only need to be RESPECTIVE of each other.

That to me is what makes us  ( DMF ) different from the rest.   RESPECT and a love of all things Ducati.  Dolph

[teddy037.2]

still waiting on my cut   

it's a slow start... I sould hand them out w/cheezy bacon taters to drum up interest 

[ducatiz]

It seems to me that when we had the old Forum , most of us were for the most part very happy to be a part of that community.

Then all of a sudden when we the proliteriate found out that we were being sold out so to speak, we posted a 28 page thread and poured out our emotions about how could this be happening to our happy little Ducati community.

I felt like my best girl had just written me a Dear John letter telling me it was over.

It smacked me right between the eyes. I didn't want to believe it was possible .

It was depressing loosing my Ducati family. I was at a lose and thought about the great times and the times I got hammered for some of the things I had said or done with my bike.

When the new owners emailed me to come back I took a look and Iit made me sick. I couldn't go there .

I had communicated w/ some old members as to the likelyhood of putting a new Forum together but didn't hold out much hope.

Then one day I got word of this DMF link and when I got here and recognized old names and the Flounders and read the rules I felt like I had died and gone to Heaven !

I think many of us are so glad that we were given another chance to be w/ our Ducati friends and we were in on the making of a new entity and we the members were going to make it our own Forum w/ the Flounders at the helm steering us in the right direction without a heavy hand.  Therefore we  ( I ) felt that what was going to make this the best Forum was RESPECT of other members which in turn would mean RESPECT for each individual member.

We have been given a lot of RESPECT and we only need to be RESPECTIVE of each other.

That to me is what makes us  ( DMF ) different from the rest.   RESPECT and a love of all things Ducati.  Dolph

don't forget that some of the old admins are still over at TOB.. i wonder if they lurk here?

[bigiain]

I've been fortunate enough to have met a couple DM(L)F'ers since joining in '02.  I've ridden with and welcomed them (sometimes even complete strangers) into my home and vice-versa.  I've made several life-long friends in here!

I'm currently sitting in another members house on the opposite side of the planet from where I live, borrowing bandwidth from a different DMF members wireless network, with yet another DMF members truck that's been lent to me parked outside :-)

In general, I find a _much_ higher percentage of people on here just *ROCK!* compared to "the real world"...

big

[hooligan machinist]

I'm currently sitting in another members house on the opposite side of the planet from where I live, borrowing bandwidth from a different DMF members wireless network, with yet another DMF members truck that's been lent to me parked outside :-)

In general, I find a _much_ higher percentage of people on here just *ROCK!* compared to "the real world"...

big

  That is awesome!
I've had longer, friendlier phone conversations with sponsors and board members than with my close friends.
Parts loaned to me. And a thousand helpfull sugestions when i needed them.
This group is by far the best there is.

[DuciD03]

I don't know if its limited to americans though. I have a tendency to believe its the folks that set up this place. They treat people with respect and expect others to do the same.

THSAT is whats key; "give respect to get respect" .... oh and a couple of friendly europeans and canadaians too; ah.

[Xiphias]

Most of the people everywhere....

[ellingly]

I'm currently sitting in another members house on the opposite side of the planet from where I live, borrowing bandwidth from a different DMF members wireless network, with yet another DMF members truck that's been lent to me parked outside :-)

In general, I find a _much_ higher percentage of people on here just *ROCK!* compared to "the real world"...

big

Considering I managed to walk down Oslo, spot a Monster, and talk to Stopintime for about 3 hours despite the fact he was probably wet and cold from standing out for a while, yes, I'd agree with that sentiment. 

P.S. normally jetlag isn't bad, but Typhoon Nuri destroyed my attempted sleeping pattern, so I'm currently ~12 hours out.

[Murdered Monster]

Haven't been here long, but I've learned a lot and I love this place. Member for life! 

[Danmack_98]

I've been eyeballing the m696 for a few months now.  I finally  sold my suzuki, so I'm ordering the 696 tomorrow!  I've been reading on this forum for months and have learned a ton about the bike before I've even seen it in person.  It's awesome to have this wide of a knowledge base before you have the bike in your possession!  Thanks to everybody!

[stopintime]

Bumpity bump

More love, anyone?

[Grampa]

mucho grande love