UPDATE: Beyond and Bilge Talkback Topic - General Tiki

T thejab Grand Member (1 year) Tradewinds Apartments, Alameda, CA Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 2992	T thejab Posted posted on Wed, Aug 31, 2005 3:39 PM I'm getting a lot of insight from this topic on why people are here and what they get out of it. It's eye opening! Perhaps this is straying off topic but since other folks are explaining what they like most about TC I though I would chime in. Some people think that when people post info on defunct tiki bars it's a dry topic. I feel the complete opposite. It's one of my favorite things about this forum. Some members feel like this is just a place to chat with people in the scene and the events are the main reason why they're here. Not for me. I've loved all the tiki events I've attended and most of the people I've met through here, but just going into a classic tiki bar with one other person or a small group is why I fell in love with Tiki bars, and events can actually distract from that intimate romantic feeling. There are rockabilly events and mod events and punk events and tiki events and I would like to attend all of them if I could! But do a have a preference for one "scene" over another? Not really. They're all scenes with good points and bad. I never felt like the Grand Membership was any kind of elitism. And believe me I know all about elitism being in the mod scene for years. But if so many other people do seem to think so, maybe an anonymous Grand membership would be preferable to a public one. I still don't know why my star is a different color than most members. :wink:

I'm getting a lot of insight from this topic on why people are here and what they get out of it. It's eye opening! Perhaps this is straying off topic but since other folks are explaining what they like most about TC I though I would chime in.

Some people think that when people post info on defunct tiki bars it's a dry topic. I feel the complete opposite. It's one of my favorite things about this forum.

Some members feel like this is just a place to chat with people in the scene and the events are the main reason why they're here. Not for me. I've loved all the tiki events I've attended and most of the people I've met through here, but just going into a classic tiki bar with one other person or a small group is why I fell in love with Tiki bars, and events can actually distract from that intimate romantic feeling. There are rockabilly events and mod events and punk events and tiki events and I would like to attend all of them if I could! But do a have a preference for one "scene" over another? Not really. They're all scenes with good points and bad.

I never felt like the Grand Membership was any kind of elitism. And believe me I know all about elitism being in the mod scene for years. But if so many other people do seem to think so, maybe an anonymous Grand membership would be preferable to a public one.

I still don't know why my star is a different color than most members. :wink:

Post #183441 by thejab on Wed, Aug 31, 2005 3:39 PM