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Ten to go...
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Wehell: Let the countdown begin! I am saving a good one for the big number. That is if I remember to watch out for it. |
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01/27/2010
7000 posts...get a life ! :) There, I said something stupid ! Keep fightin the good fight Sven ! |
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Dustycajun
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01/27/2010
Dang Big Bro you are just a little early. Tiki Central is going to hit the 500,000 post mark in a little bit, but with your prolific fingers that timing won't work for the perfect 7,000th post on the 500,000 post mark. Thanks for the effort and here's to the next 7,000. DC |
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01/27/2010
I know I stand in line |
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01/27/2010
Yes and no, Jim. This IS my life...not all of it, but it is the "cheap fun" part. But I am also a dad, a husband, a mid-century modern archeologist, and a free-lance cameraman. You know how it is as a freelancer, lots of time between jobs (for me usually in the winter) and NO time when working. But the great thing is that Tiki Central keeps me thinking and musing about this, my favorite subject, and that is part of my OTHER work: Writing. And TC has helped shape ideas and concepts in my head like no other writing tool, Thank you all! |
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01/27/2010
Sorry Bigbro i don't know how to say anything Stupid, :) But how bout this, I found this newspaper add in the Sarasota Herald Tribune. Ever heard of this place? Know who Ray Johnson is?
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Sophista-tiki
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01/27/2010
I appreciate all of your contributions and your purist sense of the subject matter. |
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Coco Joe
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01/27/2010
Sven's books suck! |
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abstractiki
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01/27/2010
Oh come on Bigbro! lets do this thing! Post already! :) |
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01/27/2010
Wow Dawn, let's not get too emotional here now! :lol: That reads like a fortune cookie. :) David, such a cool ad is certainly worth a reply! Never heard of it, but it can be seen as further proof for the Florida Gulf coast threatening California's status as THE Polynesian pop state in America. It's more of a question for our resident Florida researcher,Mo-Eye, whose fantastic work has opened our eyes to this neglected area: http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=32631&forum=1&vpost=459455 Question is: But WHY did all these places disappear without leaving a trace? Possible answer: The Tiki phenomenon was a shorter blip on the screen, an intense spike that went away as fast as it came. |
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01/27/2010
HOLY CRAP!!!!! 7000, I only got two to go until 1000. Keep on posting Sven. |
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tikiyaki
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01/27/2010
Indeed ! I was (as we say in NY) Bustin your Balls ! Thanx for years of valuable insight, eye candy and tons of Tiki info ! Now...about that 10,000th post....:D |
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01/27/2010
Remember.... " It's ELI not ELY!!!!! " (bustin your balls also! :wink: Keep up the good fight you Freak of Tiki!!! |
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abstractiki
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01/27/2010
come on bigbro, at this rate it's gonna take all night! |
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Trader Tiki
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01/27/2010
I don't think I've posted 7,000 of anything, anywhere, ever. Even if you nail it down to words! I think the easiest way to get to 7,000 would have to be to embark upon a discussion of why Oriental Trading Company's tiki party gear is just so insanely awesomely tiki. ... he said with a sly grin. |
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Bora Boris
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01/27/2010
Congratulations Sven! Long live the Tiki B's ~ Buffett, Bahama and Bigbro! I think I just threw up on my balls. :D |
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01/27/2010
hmmm, maybe THIS will get him to post. Actually it's not YOUR life. You are life, in other words, the minute we think we are "separate" from LIFE is when the trouble begins. heheh. Jungle Freud |
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01/27/2010
I still don't get the Witco, I'm tryin, but it ain't happening for me. Keep it pure...come on 7000!!! |
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Coco Joe
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01/27/2010
Awesome! Has anyone read this? |
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Dustycajun
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01/27/2010
Some vitals: Bigbrotiki joined Tiki Central on May 25, 2002 Bigbrotiki was 33rd member of Tiki Central Bigbrotiki has accounted for 1.41% of the posts on TC Bigbrotiki has averaged 2.41 posts per day since May 25, 2002 to approach the milestone of 7,000 posts If he could just write a book or take some photos or something that would be great. DC |
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Zeta
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01/27/2010
Come on you Bum! |
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SilverLine
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01/27/2010
SOON TO BE RELEASED "The Book of Tiki Central" by Sven Kirsten Containing all 7000 posts by bigbrotiki! Order your's TODAY! |
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TIKI DAVID
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01/27/2010
just thinking ouy loud here, |
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Or Got Rum?
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01/27/2010
....But wait! The first to order gets a complete tour of the local Tiki sights provided by Sven in a bitchin' 1960 BUICK! Sven buys the drinks...Sven drives the car. |
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The Gnomon
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01/27/2010
OK. Here they are Sven. Just like you asked. I don't see what the big hurry is, but it's your gig. Now what? |
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bigbrotiki
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01/27/2010
The Buick's been in the garage for a while: Transmission's shot, gas too expensive... :( 7000...10,000...it's just a number :D
It is the CONTENT that counts, too. I admittedly have the advantage that I can look back at over 20 years of Tiki observation, being that I discovered Oceanic Arts in 1989. I really try to be as visual in my posts as in my books. Every picture tells a story --and the right sequence of pictures really tells it even better. :) |
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GROG raise you. (Had to include this last one because it have picture of GROG' mother) So, 1 million is the bid. |
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Or Got Rum?
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Big Bro, Sorry about the Buick (I love the 59 and 60..my faves)and sorry about the lack of visuals. How about a rear end shot.... ...oops, I meant a rear VIEW shot :blush: |
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01/27/2010
The Tiki Magazine spread on BigBro's house was epic but I know there are a ton a other great shots in there. You could always just post picks of some photos we haven't seen in the next couple posts. They are all like gold. Anyone have a Sven baby photo? |
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01/27/2010
I'm somehow still in the top 10 posters. No one will ever catch Benzart, but LLT is trying hard! I approach 4k posts myself. |
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GROG
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Found one: |
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bigbrotiki
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Here's a picture of it in its better days, in 1986: Are we seeing double? Indeed! The story is that I was working as the gaffer on a movie called "Slamdance", and the production designer liked my car and proposed it for the lead character (played by Tom Hulce) to director Wayne Wang. But because the car was my daily driver, and I needed it to get to the set, they simply rented another of the same make and model for the film. Now that's Hollywood for ya! |
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Or Got Rum?
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01/27/2010
Sweet...clean uncluttered space age design....sigh |
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GatorRob
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01/27/2010
Florida is very transitional. People come and go. Very few native Floridians from birth, relative to the population. And as a retirement destination, well... many of those folks don't stay too long. :wink: Having lived here since 1978, there is still not a firm sense of "place" here, an identity, like in California. So places, too, come and go and there are relatively few people around to remember they ever existed. Sorry to spoil the SvenFest with Florida tiki talk... :D |
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Sabu The Coconut Boy
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01/28/2010
There were 666 views to this thread, which I thought might be unlucky for bigbro, so I felt the need to post. |
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01/28/2010
Good times. -Randy |
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01/28/2010
looks like ur close |
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abstractiki
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01/29/2010
Here is an image I found in an Archive from Washington State a few months ago. Bar cost $60.00 Looks a little cramped, but cool to see what they were doing in the home Tiki Bars back then. They sure have changed over the years. What do ya think big bro? Pre Tiki, Linoleum on the floor? any comments??? |
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GROG
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01/29/2010
GROG just pass 3,500, so GROG about half as many as bigbro. |
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RevBambooBen
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01/29/2010
about 1/2 height too. :wink: ( arrrr! :) |
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GROG
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01/29/2010
Hey, GROG much taller when GROG not knuckle walking. |
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pablus
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01/29/2010
I post in your honor, Sven. |
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JOHN-O
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01/29/2010
Remember kids, it's the quality of your posts that give you Tiki street cred, not the quantity. Example: The Jab's recent post of "1960 HiFi / Stereo Review 5-page article on Exotica". That's worth 1000 posts of "What you watched on TV last night" or one sentence golly-gosh fan boy ramblings. I'm just sayin'..... :) |
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twitch
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01/29/2010
Damn! Sven takes his laptop EVERYwhere! Explains why he responds so fast... |
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Thomas
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01/30/2010
Is "I Sailed to Tahiti with an All-Girl Crew" any good? |
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pablus
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01/30/2010
That's the single greatest sentence ever constructed. |
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Jetson
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01/31/2010
Haha, I don't think I've even broken 100. Good for you Sven. |
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The Gnomon
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02/01/2010
We can see you're having trouble getting that last one out, |