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Joined: Jun 17, 2006 Posts: 1010 Bay City, Michigan 
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Posted on Mar 03 2007 10:16 AM
Brian, maybe you can tell me whats up with me (and a few other members) being 'demoted' to Gremmie again. i was only a Reverb Enthusiast for a couple of days, and didnt get to taste its full glory...hah. its not that big of a deal, but im sure quite a few other people would like to know too. thanks! anyways, i apologize if this isnt in the right place, i just thought it might go better in here than the suggestion box. — |
Joined: Feb 25, 2006 Posts: 19286 Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Mar 03 2007 12:09 PM
I had to adjust the ranks for inflation. Everyone got adjusted, no one was singled out. —Site dude - S3 Agent #202 "It starts... when it begins" -- Ralf Kilauea |
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Joined: Jun 17, 2006 Posts: 1010 Bay City, Michigan
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Posted on Mar 03 2007 02:44 PM
why do i only have 2 stars instead of a gremmie's normal 1? why are there people with 1 star that are hodads? i didnt figure i was singled out, but i was just confused. at least now i know its something that was supposed to happen and not just a glitch of some sort. haha, sorry for making such a big deal about it. — |
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Joined: Feb 25, 2006 Posts: 19286 Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Mar 03 2007 02:49 PM
Man a lot of people ask me about this! I didn't know this was such a big deal. LOL. It goes like this now: Newbie, Hodad, Gremmie, ....... —Site dude - S3 Agent #202 "It starts... when it begins" -- Ralf Kilauea |
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Joined: Jun 17, 2006 Posts: 1010 Bay City, Michigan
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Posted on Mar 04 2007 11:15 AM
Hodad, Gremmie? ok i get it now. even though hodads are totally coller than troublesome gremmies. — |
Joined: Jul 08, 2006 Posts: 460 NorCal |
Posted on Mar 04 2007 11:27 AM
And if you send Brian a donation, you can skip all that and become a Contributer! -outsides- |
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Joined: Feb 25, 2006 Posts: 19286 Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Mar 04 2007 11:46 AM
Hodads were actually the greaser rockabilly kids who didn't like the surfers. Gremmies were the troublesome kids who hung out at the beach. Some of them wanted to be surfers but always got in the way...See "Death of a Gremmie". I figured going from Hodad to Gremmie was a step in the right direction. Seriously though, I accidently switched the ranks and now I'm just making stuff up. —Site dude - S3 Agent #202 "It starts... when it begins" -- Ralf Kilauea |
Joined: Sep 02, 2006 Posts: 3166 Denver, CO
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Posted on Apr 11 2007 02:31 PM
Maybe this is actually a shallow end thread, I dunno. I ran into this sort of terminology in the early 60s in Detroit, where the two main "dress code cliques" (from a 7th grade perspective) were called "greasers" and "frats." Nobody suggested music had anything to do with it, but maybe I was too young and too late to hear that. About the same time in Denver it appears they were called "greasers" and "soshes." I believe the latter must have been short for "society" + something, not "socialist"! Sosh rhymes with gauche. Again, nobody made a musical connection. Just offered to beat me up for being a sosh. Maybe it was the light blue plaid shirt. Actually, the guy was wrong; I was a card carrying nerd then and I still am. I figure "rocker" and "mod" are somewhat parallel in early 60s England. As in the movie Quadrophenia. Definitely both a dress code and a musical connection there. I guess in So Cal it was "hodad" and "surfer." But where does "hodad" come from? And what was the dress code? |
Joined: May 20, 2006 Posts: 2174 PacNW (Vancouver, Wa U.S.A.)
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Posted on Apr 11 2007 03:29 PM
Yes but it also means wanna-be surfers, posers —-Kyle Beyond The Surf YouTube channel |
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Joined: May 20, 2006 Posts: 2174 PacNW (Vancouver, Wa U.S.A.)
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Posted on Apr 11 2007 03:34 PM
Brian for those that have "Contributor" when will this change over for us? -Kyle Beyond The Surf YouTube channel |
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Joined: May 20, 2006 Posts: 2174 PacNW (Vancouver, Wa U.S.A.)
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Posted on Apr 11 2007 03:39 PM
Surfer slang (surfer slang) One of those guys who comes down to the beach and has a surfboard, but never surfs. A poser A wanna-be "The Ratz" Von-zipper gang —-Kyle Beyond The Surf YouTube channel |
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Joined: Feb 25, 2006 Posts: 19286 Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Apr 11 2007 03:44 PM
My understanding of the lingo (based in part on a Paul Johnson explanation he posted on Cowabunga years ago): Hodad: Leather jacket wearing guy stereotypically into cars and rockabilly. If he is at the beach it is just to pick up girls. He does not surf. Kyle, if you donate money to the site I change your rank to Contributor. For people that have given what I perceive as way too much money I may mark them in other special ways. These are the big gold star people. People that help me moderate the forums are called Lifeguards. For everyone else, your rank is based on post count on a completely arbitrary and ridiculous system I pulled out of my butt. Site dude - S3 Agent #202 "It starts... when it begins" -- Ralf Kilauea |
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Joined: May 20, 2006 Posts: 2174 PacNW (Vancouver, Wa U.S.A.)
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Posted on Apr 11 2007 04:09 PM
Brian I can dig it -Kyle Beyond The Surf YouTube channel |
Joined: Mar 06, 2007 Posts: 524 Bay City (Michigan) |
Posted on Jul 24 2007 10:49 PM
I'm interested. —I am super sweet |
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