I think I stumbled on to a good source tonight. Never seen so many free lance jobs listed before, Thats one thing they never really covered in school they would just tell you to get free lance work not how.
I agree that the crew has changed quite a bit, but I don't have a dungeons and dragons errr singles club to run so I'll still be hanging out with the crew.
I'm going to miss poking fun at Allison's "crazy" ideas.
I just stumbled upon his hunting yahoo group and read his long message about posting from there. That is too bad, I thought he always had some very interesting insights. I hope that he is still going to be out and about during the hunt.
What exactly does a singles group do? Doesn't a group of people defeat the "Single" concept? What's the deal with a singles group. There is more than one person right? Wouldn't that make it a plurals group? Just something to think about during this day that has been a barrage of stupid questions from 13 and 14 year-olds.
I really enjoyed that post of AW's. He certainly has a way with words. Too bad the little rabbit won't be stopping by these parts this year. I'm sure I'll stop in to his pad from time to time like I always do.
I would think that OTiS or ares would like to use part of AW's post on there site as an additional CC history lesson.
I'm not a fan KCO. I went on a speed dating one two years ago with some girls for a radio promo thing. (friend worked at radiostation, needed more girls to sign up for the big Vday push)
It was free. The station bought us a drink. It was an experience I can say I lived through.
No offense to the people, they seemed nice, but there was just this feeling of clingy/needy I want to be loved - PLEASE LOVE ME in the air. So much so, it was palatable.
Art - that was kinda my question too - what exactly is a true singles group?
There is a group in New York called Samantha's Table. Out here it's Table of 8. Where 4 men 4 women all have dinner and if something happens it happens.
That's kinda what I do when I throw parties - I try to make sure there are lots of singles and introduce everyone etc.
I've had 2 long term couples from it, and one marraige and another engagement. I guess I'm not all that bad at setting people up.
bleh, I just try to blend in at any gathering I end up at. Usually I don't end up blending in well.. but mainly that's cause I don't think there's many groups out there I'm completely connected with.
I've just equated singles groups with dating/matchmaking services, something I just wouldn't do.
I think AW's group is more of a social group where the people involved are the same week to week. An opportunity for single people to get together and do some cool things: Concerts, picnics, sledding, whatever. And if something clicks between two of them, all the better.
OT - That's right. It is a social group. They do all sorts of fun things. It's really not a dating thing at all...unless, like you said, a couple of people click.
They have even come to our place up north for some camping. Nice people - every one of them that we've met.
but I think some of the singles club people were at that get-together he had a couple summers ago, at that house that was all hard to find and stuff...the one that had the cool little train deal in the backyard.....
Well, I get into work today, and I click on "Check Subscribe" and up pops some new thread of his.
I think that's some sort of glitch, cuz I wasn't subscribed to his folder.
http://www.allcreativeportfolios.com/viewprofile.php?id=147397
It should have been clean, but I saw what was there this morning. Hope you didn't get in trouble.
I don't know why I was suddenly subscribed again.
good luck on that!
   Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 05:14:35 -0000
   From: "David Allison" <allisonwondrland@yahoo.com>
Subject: The "Real" Cooler Crew
First I want to say, I'm not posting this to cause any particular
uproar or to slam anyone. It's just my way of explaining why I'll be
doing what I'll be doing this year.
I first got in the Water Cooler on the old pioneerplanet website in
the 97 hunt. I didn't post much back then as I tend to buy into the
theory that one should take a moment to learn the culture of a place
before delving too deeply into active participation. And so I must
admit that I was one of those "lurkers" you often hear about. It was
through posts I read that I found out what the "line of double
division" was and I never would have known what they meant by a
yellow stone or a sugary loaf had I not stolen the knowledge that was
publically offered by others.
But being able to do that and understand what was happening made it
easier to get involved and get excited about the hunt so that the
following year, for the Conway hunt, I was ready to participate and
offer knowledge to others. That was one part of what being in the
Cooler Crew meant to me.
Another aspect was the sense that you're not alone out there. At
Conway I met Green and Terry Valentine and others who aren't around
as much now. For someone who was still getting used to having moved
back to Minnesota, it added a whole new dimension to the hunt to be
able to go out to the park and recognize people.
But there was another element too, and maybe I'm one of the few that
enjoyed it. The people I've met through the treasure hunt have been
so vastly different. I've met construction workers, computer
programmers, housewives, and ninja clowns. And in the Cooler, it was
almost as if anything went. There were people fighting, people
posting porn, people trying to find romance, and of course people
trying to figure out the clues. Because anyone and everyone could
come in there, anything and everything could happen. It was chaos,
but it was a beautiful chaos. Add into that the emerging sense of
camraderie and the things you learned about the hunt, and you can see
there was a reason not to sleep for 12 days.
The original Cooler Crew was not real big. Nor did it stay long on
the pioneerplanet website as it just became less and less conducive
to their needs. There were about 20 people who met throughout the
year and they're still kind of around doing their own thing.
Meanwhile a second generation of Cooler Crew emerged a couple of
years later. This group was a bit younger and seemed more available
to devote themselves to the hunt and related activities. When the
Merriam Hunt ended early, and I had my Mock Hunt at Phalen, the new
Cooler Crew was going quite strong. But that's when the
pioneerplanet died and TwinCities.com took over. Few people liked
the new format and most of that group ended up at a place called the
People's Forum.
The next year the Puck Posse formed at the PP site while the Cooler
Crew flourished at the new site. There was something of a rivalry
for a bit, but before long the two groups melded together as all
being fellow hunters.
But in the last couple of years the same thing has happened to the
new group as happened to the old group. They've gotten to know each
other so well, that they've actually become friends. But this ups
the ante. It's one thing to put up with people once a year on
a "professional" level. It's another thing to let someone into the
inner circles of your life just because you have one thing in common.
And now even the People's Forum has been abandoned due to let's say
techinical issues. With that and the growing complexity and
deepening of personal relationships, the present day Cooler Crew has
drifted farther and farther from what it once was. Not to imply it's
a bad thing, but it's different, and it's not the spontaneous chaos
that initially appealed to me.
This is also the first year since Merriam that I don't happen to be
unemployed at the time of the hunt (in fact I got a permanent job,
and my ideal one at that!). Add to that my booming singles club I
run with 25 or more events a month, and you can see I don't have a
lot of time to keep up with hundreds and thousands of posts a day.
So this is all just a long way of saying that my plan is to do the
bulk of my posting this year right here on this Yahoo group. In the
past, I've found all of you to be very keen hunters and there were
very few worthwhile ideas I saw posted elsewhere that I didn't see
mentioned here too. So I hope you will all be active here again this
year and that even if none of us ends up finding it, that we all have
a good time trying.
David Allison
aka Allison Wonderland
from aw's site..
fwiw...we din't want to leave there....its just untrustworthy.
I personally just couldn't stand the format.
I'm going to miss poking fun at Allison's "crazy" ideas.
My frind here always say I should start one of those. My response? why? I don't have problems getting a date...
I would think that OTiS or ares would like to use part of AW's post on there site as an additional CC history lesson.
It was free. The station bought us a drink. It was an experience I can say I lived through.
No offense to the people, they seemed nice, but there was just this feeling of clingy/needy I want to be loved - PLEASE LOVE ME in the air. So much so, it was palatable.
There is a group in New York called Samantha's Table. Out here it's Table of 8. Where 4 men 4 women all have dinner and if something happens it happens.
That's kinda what I do when I throw parties - I try to make sure there are lots of singles and introduce everyone etc.
I've had 2 long term couples from it, and one marraige and another engagement. I guess I'm not all that bad at setting people up.
I've just equated singles groups with dating/matchmaking services, something I just wouldn't do.
thats why that station bought you a drink... they knew that it would probably suck....
I made 2006 resolution to stay away from that kind of thing....for a change, this year...its one I intend on keeping.
 :cool:
They have even come to our place up north for some camping. Nice people - every one of them that we've met.
but I think some of the singles club people were at that get-together he had a couple summers ago, at that house that was all hard to find and stuff...the one that had the cool little train deal in the backyard.....
they seemed pretty cool....
twas a fun time anyways...