I unsubscribed from TBL.

[Owen]

I feel kind of sad. It was a beacon of bass back in the olden days.

[BetaFunk]

The pub down my road closed. It used to be the place to go.

Times change. We move on.

[RandomBass]

Ok, Captain Thicko here - what is TBL?

Cheers

Geoff

[Johnm93]

I was just about to be the first to ask that - thanks for taking the place!
Thicko No2.

[BassTractor]

I was planning on being the first thicko originally, but then decided it was better to use Google. So now I know!
The Better Liason!

Thicko No 3

[RandomBass]

Google didn't seem to help me at the time. Must have been on a tea break.

I shall be dishing out Thicko Club numbers soon...

Edited December 31, 2013 by RandomBass

[Kev]

If I say it is The Bottom Line, do I get a prize?

[tauzero]

Steve Manes' list? I didn't realise that was still going.

[Kiwi]

I'm surprised it lasted this long. I unsubscribed back in 2004 after one particular member decided being alpha male meant repressing or undermining any views that didn't agree with his own.

[Happy Jack]

Nope, sorry, that all went past me so fast that it never touched the sides ...

[Hutton]

For the uninitiated/thick/dense/uninformed members among us could somebody spell out what the hell this thread is about.

[RandomBass]

Thicko #1 back again. Does anyone have a link to the mythical world of TBL? Ta muchly. It's not a 'funny handshake' thing, is it?

[RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE]

This thread is hopeless

[rogerstodge]

[quote name='RandomBass' timestamp='1388492235' post='2322551']
Ok, Captain Thicko here - what is TBL?

Cheers

Geoff
[/quote]you beat me to it Geoff

[RandomBass]

In which case it must be Thin Blue Line (http://www.thethinblueline.net/). Some of my playing is indeed criminal, so it's a fair cop, guv. I don't want to end up with a Police record because of it though. I rest my case...

And Rowan Atkinson isn't even a member on there.

I'm bored now.... More wine, Vicar...

[Owen]

The Bottom Line was the original bass-centric email list. In the days before super easy www action it was the place to be. Every day there was an email discussing lots of bass stuff. It was most excellent.

[Owen]

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/the-bottom-line

It would appear that I am older than I think. I thought everyone with a hint of bass geekery knew about it.

[RandomBass]

[quote name='owen' timestamp='1388498036' post='2322668']
[url="https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/the-bottom-line"]https://groups.googl...the-bottom-line[/url]

It would appear that I am older than I think. I thought everyone with a hint of bass geekery knew about it.
[/quote]

Thank you for the link. I started playing long before the Internet Revolution, and even though I now live in the world of Google, this one has passed me by I'm afraid.

[Johnm93]

[quote name='BassTractor' timestamp='1388493821' post='2322582']
I was planning on being the first thicko originally, but then decided it was better to use Google. So now I know!
The Better Liason!

Thicko No 3
[/quote]

I scorn your god Google and rely solely on rumour and overheard goss...

[lowdown]

[quote name='owen' timestamp='1388498036' post='2322668']
[url="https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/the-bottom-line"]https://groups.googl...the-bottom-line[/url]

It would appear that I am older than I think. I thought everyone with a hint of bass geekery knew about it.
[/quote]

Indeed, I also remember doing sessions with Dick Turpin.

It was real analogue Tinterneting - And excellent it twas.

[RandomBass]

[quote name='Johnm93' timestamp='1388498292' post='2322674']
I scorn your god Google and rely solely on rumour and overheard goss...
[/quote]

You are clearly my wife in disguise, and I claim my £5.

[RandomBass]

[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1388498377' post='2322675']
Indeed, I also remember doing sessions with Dick Turpin.


[/quote]

Was that on his famous hit 'Stand And Deliver', covered by Adam Ant many years later?

Edited December 31, 2013 by RandomBass

[lowdown]

[quote name='RandomBass' timestamp='1388498680' post='2322687']
Was that on his famous hit 'Stand And Deliver', covered by Adam Ant many years later?
[/quote]

That's the one - Dick was really a Jazz musician, even back then it did not pay the bills,
so he resorted to pop music when the stage coach business dried up a little.

[BigRedX]

I was on a couple of mailing lists in the early days of the internet (not TBL) and found that they quickly filled up my in-box with messages most of which were of no interest to me. After being away on holiday for 2 weeks I came back to find that the amount of mail I had missed in my absence took over 30 minutes to download on dial up, I unsubscribed.

Forums are better since you can pick and choose what to look at.

[Johnm93]

[quote name='RandomBass' timestamp='1388498570' post='2322682']
You are clearly my wife in disguise, and I claim my £5.
[/quote]

She [I] just spent it on shoes... or something....