klipsch4life Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 Happy 10th anniversary on the forum WF! Thanks for all your contributions! Kevin G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WMcD Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 Thank you. I blush at the mention. But a big grin too. The first post was on A Dark and Stormy Night. I had a pawn shop laptop and a dial up connection through a small college account on the south side. The work area was an old desk illuminated by a dim, swinging bulb. The modem wire ran across the floor of a drafty apartment and the Chicago wind whistled in the windows. Trash blew down the street in search of a destination it would never find. A blind dog in the alley howled at the moon he could not see. [Edit] I lurked for several days before signing in. Many thanks to the Klipsch organization for making this place possible and many thanks to my buddies here for many enlightening conversations. Wm McD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klipsch4life Posted November 4, 2009 Author Share Posted November 4, 2009 Sounds like a novel and blockbuster movie in the making. Where is Jimmy Stewart when we need him... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill H. Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 Now he is just like the Jeffersons................... Up on the North Shore......................Swanky Digs, cool Tunes.................... Thanks for all your Help....................[H] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksonbart Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 George Jefferson: If I paid you to think, you could cash your check at the penny arcade. Florence Johnston: Where do you think I cash it now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WMcD Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 The comment by Bill H. deserves some comment and a reminiscence of a meeting with Bill. In that time I had just moved to my condo from a rental. For years I'd thought that I'd buy when the time was right. A seminar with mortgage broker and real estate agent sort of gave me the right push. The little condo has a wonderful view of the park and I fell in love with it. Bill was looking to purchase some KG 4.2's (right?) from a buyer in a Chicago neighboorhood and he asked for someone who could look them over and help navigate. Actually, the street where the seller lived was not continuous and we had to drive around a while. I'm not a native Chicagoan. Evenutally we found the seller and the units sounded good. Bill purchased them and put them in Bill's van. Actually I was carrying one them (know when to walk away, and when to run) and almost slipped on some ice. (Gosh if the speaker got smashed in a fall Bill would have been very unhappy with me.) Later I gave Bill a tour of my condo and the neighboorhood and he bought me lunch -- as a gesture for services. Bill described that he is a fan of the Beethoven Network, and of cause he is a very nice fellow Somewhere in here I recounted what one of moving men had said. "You really are moving on up. Looking out the window, you could be anywhere." So it was the moving man who quoted The Jeffersons. I believe that Bill has moved up to Forte? and to Florida from Indiana? Maybe Bill will tell us of his adventures. It is always good to meet someone from the forum. Wm McD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrWho Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 Wow, 10 years is quite a long time. This place wouldn't be the same without your prose and volumes of PDF's/research....and of course the occasional "smile". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnA Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 Wow! 10 years is a long time! And it's gone by much faster than that! Kudos to Gil! The place is much better because of you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallMeJoe Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 I'm a very junior member of your forum, but already have had opportunity to express my gratitude to Mr. McDermott. He's the kind of member that make visitors to your forum decide to stay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 I'm not a native Chicagoan. Are you related to the McDermotts from Peoria, IL., by any chance?Bruce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
consistent Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 Time flies when you are having fun...thanks for your help Gil All the best for another 10! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel's wife Posted November 9, 2009 Moderators Share Posted November 9, 2009 Congratulations! Ten years IS a long time. Thank you for hanging out here and putting up with all the B$ these guys throw around![] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel's wife Posted November 9, 2009 Moderators Share Posted November 9, 2009 Geez, I thought the forum wouldn't let you double post anymore! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLSamuel Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 Happy anniversary to a valued forum member. Thanks for all your research and informative posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WMcD Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 I'm not a native Chicagoan. Are you related to the McDermotts from Peoria, IL., by any chance?Bruce I don't know of any relatives in Peoria. My parents' roots are in Brooklyn, New York (Flatbush and Coney Island). I grew up in the baby-boomer times of Long Island. Wm McD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted November 11, 2009 Moderators Share Posted November 11, 2009 Happy Anniversary Mr McDermott thanks for all the info over the years and it was nice to meet you that once or twice, and keep up the good work. [Y] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Dee Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 Congrats on ten years! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
middlecreekguy Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 I don't post here much anymore but when I saw this thread title it brought back good memories. Congratulations William. Your posts over the years have been very enlightening to me and others here. You've always been kind in your responces on this forum. An "internet gentleman" is an understandment. [] Thank you sir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WMcD Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 You guys better pipe down or you'll give me an inflated opinion of myself. It is the quality of the Klipsch products and the quality of the members of the forum as a group which makes this place great. WMcD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnysal Posted October 24, 2010 Share Posted October 24, 2010 *Waves at Gil* count me in to the Gil fan club, all the best from Sunny El Salvador, Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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