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Title: This is Captain Spaulding
Post by: Gern on January 07, 2013, 06:33:24 AM
Hello

I am Captain Spaulding.   

Many of you know me by another name, although I have not posted anywhere for many years, having been very busy with other things.  As such, I felt it fitting to reincarnate myself...somewhat.

I see many familiar faces here up to familiar antics.  I am pleased to see the lampooning of the craziest collection of reprobates, miscreants, and other various and sundry losers on the planet; the DUmp, has been carried on in fine tradition here.

I am hoping I can contribute to the derision and mockery.

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Title: Re: This is Captain Spaulding
Post by: wasp69 on January 07, 2013, 06:37:23 AM
Hello

I am Captain Spaulding.   

Many of you know me by another name, although I have not posted anywhere for many years, having been very busy with other things. 

No kidding?  Been around here before?  Under what name?
Title: Re: This is Captain Spaulding
Post by: Eupher on January 07, 2013, 08:19:42 AM
An ISP check on Captain Spaulding might be in order.

And yeah, add me to the list of those who are wondering under what name you posted under. Several come to mind already....
Title: Re: This is Captain Spaulding
Post by: Gern on January 07, 2013, 01:44:20 PM
No kidding?  Been around here before?  Under what name?

I have never posted here before. 

In a previous incarnation I was Gern at CU.  I think I posted a while at Neutralunderground, too, until Melissa made us all wear floaties and kid gloves and wouldn't let us smack the liberals around to my liking. 

So I kind of retired, I guess.

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Title: Re: This is Captain Spaulding
Post by: IassaFTots on January 07, 2013, 01:48:50 PM
Welcome!   :cheersmate:
Title: Re: This is Captain Spaulding
Post by: wasp69 on January 07, 2013, 01:57:29 PM
I have never posted here before. 

In a previous incarnation I was Gern at CU.  I think I posted a while at Neutralunderground, too, until Melissa made us all wear floaties and kid gloves and wouldn't let us smack the liberals around to my liking. 

So I kind of retired, I guess.

Holy shit!  Gern the Killer Clown?  The Hell you say!

What have you been up to?  Gonna see a lot of familiar faces here.
Title: Re: This is Captain Spaulding
Post by: Freeper on January 07, 2013, 02:07:13 PM
Everyone can relax the clown man is cool.

Welcome Gern.
Title: Re: This is Captain Spaulding
Post by: DumbAss Tanker on January 07, 2013, 02:09:12 PM
Captain Spaulding?  The African explorer?

 :cheersmate:

I kinda remember Gern, but nothing specific.  Welcome!
Title: Re: This is Captain Spaulding
Post by: USA4ME on January 07, 2013, 02:14:40 PM
I have never posted here before. 

In a previous incarnation I was Gern at CU.

Cool!

Hey buddy!  Hope all is well.

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Title: Re: This is Captain Spaulding
Post by: Traveshamockery on January 07, 2013, 03:13:46 PM
Well, I'm not sure if Tots nearly had a heart attack like I did, but we both know of a poster who went by the name of Evil Clown on several boards who died several years ago.  When I saw Capt. Spaulding's photo, I thought maybe he had come back to life.

Welcome, Capt. Spaulding. 

Just to be clear though, your wife's name isn't Rochelle, is it?   :hammer:
Title: Re: This is Captain Spaulding
Post by: IassaFTots on January 07, 2013, 03:17:48 PM
Well, I'm not sure if Tots nearly had a heart attack like I did, but we both know of a poster who went by the name of Evil Clown on several boards who died several years ago.  When I saw Capt. Spaulding's photo, I thought maybe he had come back to life.

Welcome, Capt. Spaulding. 

Just to be clear though, your wife's name isn't Rochelle, is it?   :hammer:

Yes, Yes I did.  Glad to know I am not alone.   :-)
Title: Re: This is Captain Spaulding
Post by: J P Sousa on January 07, 2013, 03:24:14 PM
I have never posted here before. 

In a previous incarnation I was Gern at CU.  I think I posted a while at Neutralunderground, too, until Melissa made us all wear floaties and kid gloves and wouldn't let us smack the liberals around to my liking. 

So I kind of retired, I guess.

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Hmmmmm, seems to be a lot of that going around on "supposedly Conservative sites". I'm a refugee of RO.

Welcome.
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Title: Re: This is Captain Spaulding
Post by: Eupher on January 07, 2013, 04:14:30 PM
Okee-doke.

Welcome Cap'n. Forgive the Doubting Thomas bit, but we've seen a steady influx of trolls and their sock puppets.
Title: Re: This is Captain Spaulding
Post by: Gern on January 07, 2013, 04:45:50 PM
Holy shit!  Gern the Killer Clown?  The Hell you say!

What have you been up to?  Gonna see a lot of familiar faces here.

Yes, it has been a long time since those CU days.  Good to see you as well.
Title: Re: This is Captain Spaulding
Post by: Gern on January 07, 2013, 04:47:16 PM
Everyone can relax the clown man is cool.

Welcome Gern.

Thank you my friend.  Good to see you again, I see you are still wielding the DUhmmy Cluebat with the same ferocity.
Title: Re: This is Captain Spaulding
Post by: Gern on January 07, 2013, 04:50:03 PM
Cool!

Hey buddy!  Hope all is well.

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Greetings my old friend, USA.  It certainly has been a long time...   :wink: Daveman, SarasotaRepub, Gator...Where are they now, eh?

 
Title: Re: This is Captain Spaulding
Post by: franksolich on January 07, 2013, 04:51:17 PM
I kinda remember Gern, but nothing specific.  Welcome!

Me too; I'm not placing it.

Of course, I didn't join our old home until about May 2005, and so maybe this was before then?

Either that, or I have a bad memory?
Title: Re: This is Captain Spaulding
Post by: Gern on January 07, 2013, 04:57:21 PM
Okee-doke.

Welcome Cap'n. Forgive the Doubting Thomas bit, but we've seen a steady influx of trolls and their sock puppets.

Quite understandable.  

Fear not:  I am as authentic as they get; I was once known as the Scourge of DU; the originator of the infamous 40 page DU picture thread at Conservative Underground; The Sultan of Sarcasm; The Thrasher of Liberals in the Thunderdome, and Bloviator Extraordinaire.

These days, I'm retired.  Like a good Capitalistic Pig, I sit like an ogre upon a pile of my money, and knit a lot.  Occasionally, I devour a small child for yuks.
Title: Re: This is Captain Spaulding
Post by: Minky on January 07, 2013, 04:59:49 PM
Welcome!
Title: Re: This is Captain Spaulding
Post by: chitownchica on January 07, 2013, 05:04:49 PM
Welcome Captain.   :-)
Title: Re: This is Captain Spaulding
Post by: USA4ME on January 07, 2013, 05:35:05 PM
Greetings my old friend, USA.  It certainly has been a long time...   :wink: Daveman, SarasotaRepub, Gator...Where are they now, eh?

 

SaraR pops over from time to time and I think he runs CU now, gator hopped on the Ron Paul freak wagon, and I think daveman hangs out at some forum that AdamWood started.

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Title: Re: This is Captain Spaulding
Post by: USA4ME on January 07, 2013, 05:41:17 PM
Quite understandable.  

Fear not:  I am as authentic as they get; I was once known as the Scourge of DU; the originator of the infamous 40 page DU picture thread at Conservative Underground; The Sultan of Sarcasm; The Thrasher of Liberals in the Thunderdome, and Bloviator Extraordinaire.

These days, I'm retired.  Like a good Capitalistic Pig, I sit like an ogre upon a pile of my money, and knit a lot.  Occasionally, I devour a small child for yuks.

 :rotf:

Let me tell you, fellow CCers, if we can get the good Captain (gonna be hard not to call you Gern) to stick around, we're all in for a treat.  Smart guy and he goes for the throat, but in an English Major sort of way.

He was there right after things really got going in the Best/Worst of DU forum at CU in 2004 and 2005.  This guy's a trip.  And the pic thread was a classic.  It was right after they started their DU Gallery that the good Cap't started bringing over their pics and ripping them to shreads.  Caused such a stir that RobCrook said we couldn't bring their pics over to CU anymore, but it was worth it at the time.

Stick around, Gern.  You just gotta.

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Title: Re: This is Captain Spaulding
Post by: Big Dog on January 07, 2013, 06:26:05 PM
Welcome, Captain Spaulding.

I was also skeptical, due to a recent infestation of lice (all with the same ISP, I believe). I am happy to say I was wrong. It's going to be good to have you here.

Title: Re: This is Captain Spaulding
Post by: wasp69 on January 07, 2013, 06:28:01 PM
It was right after they started their DU Gallery that the good Cap't started bringing over their pics and ripping them to shreads.  Caused such a stir that RobCrook said we couldn't bring their pics over to CU anymore, but it was worth it at the time.

Holy crap, I remember that!   :lmao:
Title: Re: This is Captain Spaulding
Post by: Gern on January 07, 2013, 06:52:43 PM
Holy crap, I remember that!   :lmao:

Gator had pm'd me, apparently they were emailing Rob left and right, demanding that the thread be taken down or else they would sue!  Pfhahaha!  What a bunch of crybabies....

Too bad they don't still have the gallery up...  Seems like Frank would be way more accomodating...:)
Title: Re: This is Captain Spaulding
Post by: NHSparky on January 07, 2013, 06:59:33 PM
It's good to have you here, sir.  Sounds like I missed a lot over at CU.
Title: Re: This is Captain Spaulding
Post by: franksolich on January 07, 2013, 07:45:51 PM
Too bad they don't still have the gallery up...  Seems like Frank would be way more accomodating...:)

We've always been eminently comfortable with decent and civilized people ridiculing the primitives.
Title: Re: This is Captain Spaulding
Post by: franksolich on January 07, 2013, 07:52:10 PM
Sounds like I missed a lot over at CU.

Yeah, I probably did too; when I first joined, I didn't pay much attention to the personalities.

I had this rather vague notion that daveman, Dark Halo, and Demonic Underwear ran it, although I was aware some reticient guy actually owned it.

And there were these constant tussles with that bitch, Melissa or Marjorie or Melanie or Melinda or whatever her name was.  I guess she was married to one of the powers there.

I came on board there during the Scamdal, and was rather more preoccupied with that, than with anything else. 

For me, it seemed the place started going downhill, alas, after discussion of the Scamdal was forbidden, but I was around long enough to become good friends with many, including SarasotaRepub, who now owns the site.

I heartily recommend www.conservativeunderground.com to anyone and everyone, but I found my own cup of tea in a place where discussion of primitives is, uh, rather more spirited, and encouraged.  One should try it out; one might like our old home.
Title: Re: This is Captain Spaulding
Post by: Conservative Libertarian on January 07, 2013, 08:29:29 PM
I have never posted here before. 

In a previous incarnation I was Gern at CU.  I think I posted a while at Neutralunderground, too, until Melissa made us all wear floaties and kid gloves and wouldn't let us smack the liberals around to my liking. 

So I kind of retired, I guess.

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Gern Blanston???


 


Title: Re: This is Captain Spaulding
Post by: Gern on January 07, 2013, 09:05:11 PM
Gern Blanston???


 




Indeed, 'Tis I,  CL...

Good to see you again!


Title: Re: This is Captain Spaulding
Post by: Gern on January 07, 2013, 09:16:02 PM
Yeah, I probably did too; when I first joined, I didn't pay much attention to the personalities.

I had this rather vague notion that daveman, Dark Halo, and Demonic Underwear ran it, although I was aware some reticient guy actually owned it.

And there were these constant tussles with that bitch, Melissa or Marjorie or Melanie or Melinda or whatever her name was.  I guess she was married to one of the powers there.

I came on board there during the Scamdal, and was rather more preoccupied with that, than with anything else. 

For me, it seemed the place started going downhill, alas, after discussion of the Scamdal was forbidden, but I was around long enough to become good friends with many, including SarasotaRepub, who now owns the site.

I heartily recommend www.conservativeunderground.com to anyone and everyone, but I found my own cup of tea in a place where discussion of primitives is, uh, rather more spirited, and encouraged.  One should try it out; one might like our old home.

The site was owned by Robcrook, and run by a guy named Gator.  There were a handful of originals; Sarasotarepub, Saint Louis Woman, Gator, DarkHalo, Daveman, a guy named Coach, USA4me, Freeper, myself, and probably a few others that I can't remember, but not many more.

Originally mockery of DU was encouraged and spirited, but slowly grew too restricted; don't post pics and make fun of them, don't do this, that, etc.  They would sign up and try to refute a lot of the threads where we called them out, and we had even more fun goofing on them one on one, until that got more restrictive, too.

You are referring to Melissa, who signed on as a conservative but was really a stealth centrist with what turned out to be leftist tendencies.  She started a site called Neutralunderground, where both sides were encouraged to post, and I started posting there because I thought I could have free reign to bitchslap DUmmies again. It ended up more like NeuteredUnderground, when she established all these draconian rules against "personal attacks" and other silly garbage. 

So I stopped posting altogether, anywhere.  That was close to 5 or 6 years ago.

Probably more history than you wanted, but that's the whole story.

Title: Re: This is Captain Spaulding
Post by: franksolich on January 07, 2013, 09:18:25 PM
Probably more history than you wanted, but that's the whole story.

No, not at all, thank you!

By the way, I heard a rumor somewhere that neutralundergound exists no more.
Title: Re: This is Captain Spaulding
Post by: Gern on January 07, 2013, 09:24:10 PM
No, not at all, thank you!

By the way, I heard a rumor somewhere that neutralundergound exists no more.

Yes it's been mercifully mothballed.  That's what happens when you straightjacket a site that has both liberals and conservatives posting on it and try to make it all kum ba ya.

I warned her of this in my last pm to her, when I left.  Now look..."Poof"...gone like a fart in the wind.
Title: Re: This is Captain Spaulding
Post by: franksolich on January 07, 2013, 09:54:39 PM
Yes it's been mercifully mothballed.  That's what happens when you straightjacket a site that has both liberals and conservatives posting on it and try to make it all kum ba ya.

I warned her of this in my last pm to her, when I left.  Now look..."Poof"...gone like a fart in the wind.

Well, we have a few sob-sisters here, who insist sometimes we're being "too mean" to the primitives.

You know, the kind who think that if we were nice to the primitives, the primitives would be nice back to us.

Yeah, sure.

It's never happened.

<<knows.

It's never happened.

Fortunately, we got a good group here with a more-realistic view of the primitives; BadCat, USA4ME, GOBUCKS, Tucker, wasp69, Karin, delilahmused, &c., &c., &c., and if you're that way, Hell, you should fit in fine.

Nothing good comes out of trying to be nice to the primitives.

<<knows.
Title: Re: This is Captain Spaulding
Post by: franksolich on January 07, 2013, 09:59:00 PM
I need to add before I hit the sack:

There's others with realistic perceptions of the primitives, such as formerlurker, thundley4, Chris_, SGT Snuggle Bunny, Freeper, &c., &c., &c., but they tend to cover an iron fist with a velvet glove.

Some of us don't even want to mess with making any blows softer.
Title: Re: This is Captain Spaulding
Post by: wasp69 on January 07, 2013, 09:59:55 PM
Yes it's been mercifully mothballed.  That's what happens when you straightjacket a site that has both liberals and conservatives posting on it and try to make it all kum ba ya.

It was worse than that.  Not only were we supposed to play nice with the ****heads but the libs had full reign to do as they damn well pleased while the conservatives were muzzled and straight jacketed.

Predictably, after the libs shit all over the carpet and tore up the furniture, it ended with little more than a whimper.
Title: Re: This is Captain Spaulding
Post by: Conservative Libertarian on January 08, 2013, 06:43:00 AM
Indeed, 'Tis I,  CL...

Good to see you again!




Cool. Nice to see you again.

Gern Blanston was the name Steve Martin said was his real name in his old stand up routine. Of course, he went into a few minutes about aftewards.  :rotf:
Title: Re: This is Captain Spaulding
Post by: Freeper on January 08, 2013, 07:38:35 AM
Thank you my friend.  Good to see you again, I see you are still wielding the DUhmmy Cluebat with the same ferocity.

Yep they still make me sick lol
Title: Re: This is Captain Spaulding
Post by: Gina on January 08, 2013, 07:41:48 AM


Fortunately, we got a good group here with a more-realistic view of the primitives; BadCat, USA4ME, GOBUCKS, Tucker, wasp69, Karin, delilahmused, &c., &c., &c., and if you're that way, Hell, you should fit in fine.




Always leaving me out  :rant:  that's okay....I remember  :mad:
Title: Re: This is Captain Spaulding
Post by: Freeper on January 08, 2013, 07:44:38 AM
I need to add before I hit the sack:

There's others with realistic perceptions of the primitives, such as formerlurker, thundley4, Chris_, SGT Snuggle Bunny, Freeper, &c., &c., &c., but they tend to cover an iron fist with a velvet glove.

Some of us don't even want to mess with making any blows softer.

I can be as mean as bat cat if I think the DUmmy deserves it. :D:
Title: Re: This is Captain Spaulding
Post by: Eupher on January 08, 2013, 08:45:12 AM
Well, Cap'n, as you have likely already surmised, CC is multi-faceted and open to all sorts of opinions and positions on the issues.

franksolich et. al. have talked at length about the primitives and how they are not to be trusted, how they are generally uninformed, ill-kempt, and generally unworthy, despicable critters.

I have to assume all that is true because I, and perhaps one or two more, make it a practice not to visit the DUmp, not to negotiate the turgid, brackish waters of Skin's Island (whatever the **** that is) and otherwise bother too much with the primitives and what they're saying.

I'm comfortable right here in other areas, happily posting away and otherwise having a good time.

Just the word "primitive" has a decidedly caustic flavor. Sorta like used skivvies that have been blown out one too many times. Just not worth the effort.

 :-)
Title: Re: This is Captain Spaulding
Post by: CG6468 on January 08, 2013, 12:38:57 PM
Well, Cap'n, as you have likely already surmised, CC is multi-faceted and open to all sorts of opinions and positions on the issues.

franksolich et. al. have talked at length about the primitives and how they are not to be trusted, how they are generally uninformed, ill-kempt, and generally unworthy, despicable critters.

I have to assume all that is true because I, and perhaps one or two more, make it a practice not to visit the DUmp, not to negotiate the turgid, brackish waters of Skin's Island (whatever the **** that is) and otherwise bother too much with the primitives and what they're saying.

I'm comfortable right here in other areas, happily posting away and otherwise having a good time.

Just the word "primitive" has a decidedly caustic flavor. Sorta like used skivvies that have been blown out one too many times. Just not worth the effort.

 :-)

DITTO!
Title: Re: This is Captain Spaulding
Post by: Splashdown on January 08, 2013, 01:28:15 PM
Welcome!

Btw. I always found your avatars scary as hell...
Title: Re: This is Captain Spaulding
Post by: Freeper on January 08, 2013, 05:17:41 PM
Welcome!

Btw. I always found your avatars scary as hell...

Wuss.  :tongue:
Title: Re: This is Captain Spaulding
Post by: Splashdown on January 08, 2013, 05:28:16 PM
Wuss.  :tongue:

Clowns, leprechauns, and moving lips on still pictures freak me out.

:panic:
Title: Re: This is Captain Spaulding
Post by: Gern on January 08, 2013, 06:47:29 PM
Btw. I always found your avatars scary as hell...

Not to worry.  I won't disappoint you, I still have them all qued up for the coming months...
 :-)
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Title: Re: This is Captain Spaulding
Post by: Splashdown on January 08, 2013, 06:57:37 PM
Not to worry.  I won't disappoint you, I still have them all qued up for the coming months...
 :-)
.

I was a noob when you were at CU, but I'm glad you're here!
Title: Re: This is Captain Spaulding
Post by: Kimberly on January 08, 2013, 07:23:36 PM
Glad to see you back.  You've been missed. I might actually like scary clown avatars again.  :-)
Title: Re: This is Captain Spaulding
Post by: Freeper on January 08, 2013, 09:10:31 PM
Clowns, leprechauns, and moving lips on still pictures freak me out.

:panic:

Hey man DU is that way <------- they like girlie men there.  :tongue:
Title: Re: This is Captain Spaulding
Post by: ColonelCarrots on January 09, 2013, 04:01:51 PM
Like a big happy family reunion here. Aaaaaaaw...

Welcome home. I'm the Colonel. I'm Sgt Snuggle's son. I'm the biblical side of CC, but still rough around the edges. I get it from him.
Title: Re: This is Captain Spaulding
Post by: IassaFTots on January 09, 2013, 04:16:38 PM
Like a big happy family reunion here. Aaaaaaaw...

Welcome home. I'm the Colonel. I'm Sgt Snuggle's son. I'm the biblical side of CC, but still rough around the edges. I get it from him.

The biblical part, right????   :-)
Title: Re: This is Captain Spaulding
Post by: Chris_ on January 09, 2013, 04:28:34 PM
 :bday: happy birthday.
Title: Re: This is Captain Spaulding
Post by: Gern on January 10, 2013, 05:14:16 PM
:bday: happy birthday.

 :-)  thank you!