Random Guy, You have met a lot of forumites..

[Wilbur ★]

How do the live versions compare to the online persona?  Who surprised you the most?  

[Randomguy]

7 minutes ago, Wilbur said:

How do the live versions compare to the online persona?  Who surprised you the most?  

That is a tough question, so much variety.  I am probably close to meeting 50 people from here and the LF, but I lost exact count when I got to the mid 30's.  

Some people are exactly as they seem, some are drastically different.  Some I have met in group situations where I didn't get anywhere near the amount of time I wanted to spend with them, and I have met a few when I had a sinus infections, colds, PRI or whatnot, so I wasn't lively at all.  Ralph and Phoenix I met when I was on death's door, for instance.  Some people are way more reserved in person, but you see elements like the quick minds or sense of humor, and you know they would loosen up if you saw them again.  Some people behave differently around spouses, too, due to any number of factors.

All have been worth meeting, though, it is nice to put a face to a personality!

[bikeman564™]

6 minutes ago, Randomguy said:

I am probably close to meeting 50 people

 

dang I've met 14 peeps IIRC. Including you of course

[Razors Edge ★]

And how do they stack up in the sack? Do tell 

Tom

[Square Wheels]

14 minutes ago, Razors Edge said:

And how do they stack up in the sack? Do tell 

Tom

He'll need to wait until he vacates pp's house to answer that.

[Zephyr]

50+  Wow that is impressive.  I have not met any, but I think I was in Whistler the same time as Dirtyhip once.

[Razors Edge ★]

36 minutes ago, Randomguy said:

That is a tough question, so much variety.  I am probably close to meeting 50 people from here and the LF, but I lost exact count when I got to the mid 30's.  

Let's be clear, there AREN'T 50 people here or there (there is gone - R.I.P.).  

Tom

[bikeman564™]

Speaking of meetups.  I got a fb memory, that 6 years ago today @KrAzY
And I had a nice evening at BW3

[Wilbur ★]

2 hours ago, Zephyr said:

50+  Wow that is impressive.  I have not met any, but I think I was in Whistler the same time as Dirtyhip once.

Has Whistler recovered yet? 

[Wilbur ★]

3 hours ago, Razors Edge said:

And how do they stack up in the sack? Do tell 

Tom

He is awaiting your visit. 

[Randomguy]

4 hours ago, Wilbur said:

Who surprised you the most?  

Honestly, it was Rick5234, but only because he was so different between visits.  I met him at the GLBC first time, and he was quiet and a bit withdrawn.  He was wearing a hoodie and baseball cap and was scruffy and not super talkative, mostly hunched over his beer.  A few years later, I met him and a bunch of other forum people in Youngstown while on the way to Cleveland.  I didn't even recognize him at first, it took me a while.  He was social and smiley and dressed in a button down shirt and looked kind of respectable even.  Not sure why he seemed so different, but he looked and seemed vastly different to me.

I wish he posted here more.

[Wilbur ★]

1 minute ago, Randomguy said:

Honestly, it was Rick5234, but only because he was so different between visits.  I met him at the GLBC first time, and he was quiet and a bit withdrawn.  He was wearing a hoodie and baseball cap and was scruffy and not super talkative, mostly hunched over his beer.  A few years later, I met him and a bunch of other forum people in Youngstown while on the way to Cleveland.  I didn't even recognize him at first, it took me a while.  He was social and smiley and dressed in a button down shirt and looked kind of respectable even.

I wish he posted here more.

Me too.  I like his posts. 

[Green Grass]

Mookie and Pixie made a well publicized visit to my city once.  I learned from a later posting that I was in the same restaurant as them at about the same time.  Had I known, I'd have bought them some soup to cry in.

[Airehead]

I have met a good many folks and all have been very special in their own ways.  PP needs to come back when I don't have unexpected guests from England.  Kirby isn't green at all.  Couch loves the Airedales and I would trust him in an emergency.  @F_in Ray Of Sunshine Made the best food I have ever tasted.  Baron is a genius.  The list goes on and on.  @smarterblonde is confident and smart--- also not as very good snowshoe volleyball player as I remember.  

[Voodoo Child]

1 hour ago, Wilbur said:

Has Whistler recovered yet? 

Yes, and what about his mother?

[shootingstar]

Well, if one goes back in history, I did meet Sue from New Mexico, when we went there.  Her Down's Syndrome son was there too, having dinner with us.  I met Ellen(different nickname) from Toronto.

My partner almost met Phoenix chef in California.  However something got messed up in scheduling. Can't remember.  Anyway, being in Canada, makes the likelihood of meeting a lot you, a very low probability.  Unless you're drawn to Canadian mountains and then willing to drive out 100+ kms. into the city. 

I have met several amazing woman cyclists from another international, but female dominant cycling forum...2 from Vancouver, different ones from Washington state, New York. One of the cyclists was also a gifted portrait watercolour painter...she painted one of Prez. Obama ...1 month before he won his first presidency. It was featured later after I saw it,  in the Times Magazine.