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Location: Utah | We're at the 43rd annual family vacation at the Jersey Shore this week, and after telling my wife about Mike's great news on his songs charting, my sister asked how I had met him.
I said, "On the Ovation Fan Club internet forum".
She asked, "Why would people want to be on a forum like that"?
I tried to tell her about how members get together at weekend Matt guitar clinics, or scope out guitars nearby so a distant buyer can decide if he/she wants to bid on it, or will hand carry a guitar overseas to help a member out, etc.
But in the end, the OFC is un-explainable. I just said "I've made some great friends that I've never seen".
Thanks guys and gals for being beyond description. |
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Location: NJ | where are you in jersey? |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | It is hard to esplane. |
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Location: Utah | Stone Harbor. Mile 10 on the Parkway, just north of Wildwood, just south of Avalon. |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | Are you doing the gig again this year? |
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Location: Utah | No, the girls don't want to. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | When I first announced to my family I was heading up to Smokey's Jam, the kids asked how I heard about it. They were somewhat leery about their Dad getting involved with an 'on-line' group.
Of course after I broke my ankle up yonder, there was even more concern. But since then, all of my family members have met and been truly impressed with one or more of ya'll.
So yes, 'unexplainable' is true. Ya have to experience the OFC!  |
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Location: Upper Left USA | I just tell them that it's a group of mostly middle aged men that enjoy swapping pictures, telling lies on the Internet and looking forward to meeting each other out of State.
What could go wrong with that? |
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Location: Vernon CT | Originally posted by MWoody:
I just tell them that it's a group of mostly middle aged men that enjoy swapping pictures, telling lies on the Internet and looking forward to meeting each other out of State.
What could go wrong with that? Good thing you didn't mention the
(guitar) PORN! ;) |
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Location: Michigan | Funny stuff but true. I sit there with my laptop in the evenings and my wife will stroll by and remark "I think I have lost you to that Ovation place".
Not true, but I do have fun telling her the funny stuff that happens here as well as the heartwarming stories. And... she has a lot of fun at my expense when I take photos of my guitars. :) |
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | Originally posted by twistedlim:
Funny stuff but true. I sit there with my laptop in the evenings and my wife will stroll by and remark "I think I have lost you to that Ovation place".
Not true, but I do have fun telling her the funny stuff that happens here as well as the heartwarming stories. And... she has a lot of fun at my expense when I take photos of my guitars. :) Is this really true? Or have you been spying on my home? :p |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Ditto, but I don't get how anyone can play solitaire on the computer for hours, either. SWMBO just worries about how much the next guitar will cost after a get together. |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
SWMBO just worries about how much the next guitar will cost after a get together. That's the reaction I get from my wife as well. Of course, the only gathering she attended I DID come home with a new guitar. ;) |
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Location: SoCal | My wife says that she's glad that I have people to talk with regarding guitars who actually care about what I'm say (shut up Witko!) as opposed to her listening. And when I make reference simply to "the Board", she knows I'm talking about the OFC.
I've made friends here who will be friends long after the Board ceases to exist..... |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | It can't get any weirder than meeting a German guy in the lobby of an old little hotel in Rothenberg, who brings two beautiful Adamas guitars and spending the next several hours playing and singing American songs from a book he put together, eventually joined by the rest of the Americans in our tour and closing down the bar that night. Loved it. Thanks again, Karl. |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Originally posted by moody, p.i.:
And when I make reference simply to "the Board", she knows I'm talking about the OFC.
I've made friends here who will be friends long after the Board ceases to exist..... Hmm. When I reference "The Board", I'm usually talking about The Wife! The OFC is just the Club.
The rest of it I TOTALLY agree with. |
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by moody, p.i.:
who actually care about what I'm say (shut up Witko!) Yes, we do. Once we decrypt it. |
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Location: Cicero, NY | I prefer to think of the decrypting as almost a crossword without the boxes. It's a tough game but, once you get the hang of it, it's kinda fun. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | It's like trying to talk your way out of the mental ward.... |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | You can check in anytime you like but you can never leave! |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Eclectic.
That's how you 'splain it!
We got pros, prose, players, phascilitators, agitators, and cogitators.
Wisdom, experience, and the lack of both from all over the world. This is the U. fricken N. of guitar players! |
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by Jeff W.:
It's like trying to talk your way out of the mental ward.... ...with a mouthful of Cheetos. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | It's like summer camp all year long. A bunch of buddies playing and working on projects and pulling pranks on each other. When one of us gets a care package from home we share it with each other. When one of us gets the homesick blues, we all gather 'round to give comfort. And when summer is over and we all go back home, we stay in touch because the friendships that we made this summer will last a lifetime. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Originally posted by The Wabbit Formerly Known As Waskel:
...with a mouthful of Cheetos. oh, right . . . the mouth, . . . the mouth! |
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| Well, when I told friends that I was going to Poughkeepsie (about 1 hour and 15 minutes from my home)just to try out guitars owned by a guy I met on the internet, they thought I was nuts!
Turns out that guy (Patch) is completely harmless (and great to deal with)!
I've had people help me with my accounting homework too. This forum is truly a great place to be.
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The OFC is ... un-explainable
