BM FLEXI - THE WINNER (aka 1000 :D) — Forum Archive

2 Jun 2003, 07:59

Yeah, I'm back for my big 1000th post. Not bad for someone from Brazil, eh? When I started posting in this forum I never tought I could get this far.

Well, it's nice to know that some people missed me, but I'm sorry to disappoint you because I wasn't on vacations at the sea with beautiful girls caressing my shoulders. I was just planning to take a few days off the forum to prepare my 1000th post speech and then I decided to draw my absence out a bit. 999 is a cool number anyway, it's 666 upside down. :evil2:

Now, on to the compliments:

Nicolas and Sébastien, our lovely webmasters, congrats for establishing such a comprehensive website like this. Without you a true New Order community would never be possible. Respect.
Everybody at "República Digital" forum (you know who you are), go to the forum and read my 1001th post, there's something for you there. ;)
All onliners around the world. Special thanks to ShugZV (your generosity is as big as the number of posts you have), Rocket Mick (the craziest onliner ever), Benny's Cobweb Eyes (the human encyclopaedia of everything related to Joy Division/New Order), Jeff The Chef (the first one to reply my posts when I was a newbie, I will never forget that), El Jarvo (Sébastien is not your only fan), Monsieur Jorge Teixeira & Humberto "Budvar" Vadillo (the coolest guys in the Iberian peninsula), DoN (cheerful and friendly the whole time), a very small boy (Salford rules), anita (thanks for sharing your stuff at SoulSeek), WenOrder (looking forward to meeting you for a chat at ICQ again) and Almanso (I don't know what to say about you, mate. I mean, you're cool). Also: Tabsy, Biznotic Love Trapezoid, Majorboy, Old Blue, Green, Huntsman, clayts, Haçienda, Agentwood, Johnny G, Snucker, Julijana, Marco Pleil and Benoit, I love you all.

And if you feel forgotten, just FLAME ME!

To celebrate the 1000th post mark, I decided to give you a gift. I will draw a lucky person to win a copy of the rare Brazilian Blue Monday flexi that was a freebie in the December 1988 issue of Bizz magazine (not this one in my new avatar). To enter the contest just send an e-mail to bmflexi@yahoo.com.br The winner will be announced on Monday, 9th June.

Here is a picture of the real McCoy:

It's not finished yet, as not only will the winner be happy but all the non-winners can be sent special offers by me as a consolation. ;)

Thanks again to all of you for being so friendly.

2 Jun 2003, 08:04

Congratulations on reaching the big 1000 ! :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

2 Jun 2003, 08:19

Nice one Ricardo! Thanks for the mention. I will enjoy your next 1000. Holding you out as my inspiration I searched the forums last night and ressurected my vinegar thread on Behind Closed Doors!

2 Jun 2003, 08:20

Čestitke iz Zagreba !

For a thousand more mails,

:beer:

2 Jun 2003, 08:22

Nice to see you back. Congrats on the 1K.

2 Jun 2003, 08:31

Welcome back, Ricardo! Congratulations are well due! :clap:

2 Jun 2003, 08:33

Originally posted by Monsieur Round&Round Welcome back, Ricardo!Congratulations are well due!

Oh, and thanks for namechecking me (I think... you got the "monsieur" bit right, but what's that "Jorge Teixeira" nonsense? :laugh: )

2 Jun 2003, 08:56

Welcome back mate :clap:

Mr Ricardo Vanishing Augusto :laugh:

Congratulations for your 1000 post !!!!!!

2 Jun 2003, 08:57

Congrats Ricardo! I'm glad your back! And we'll chat again soon.

2 Jun 2003, 08:59

Nice one, glad to see you back.

El Jarvo.

2 Jun 2003, 09:10

bmflexi@yahoo.br? thats a bit co-incidental!

welcome back - but where's the accordian player gone?

2 Jun 2003, 09:10

.....and there was me thinking we'd got rid of im:D

:beer: Muchos gracias for the shout out Ricardo - touche matey, it's always a pleasure reading yer posts......well, most of the time;)

Here's to yer next thousand :karate:

2 Jun 2003, 09:13

bmflexi@yahoo.br? thats a bit co-incidental!

welcome back - but where's the accordian player gone?

2 Jun 2003, 09:18

how did that happen? i only pressed reply once!

2 Jun 2003, 09:19

Originally posted by Hibster bmflexi@yahoo.br?thats a bit co-incidental!welcome back - but where's the accordian player gone?

Gosh! I forgot to mention you Hibster... And Hanky, and Patrick, and God knows who else. Sorry.

As for Stroszek, at least he is still in my profile picture.

2 Jun 2003, 09:43

Great stuff Ricardo! Here's to another 1000 great posts! :beer: Have a Mate Lemao on me!

And you won't convince me there wasn't any girls and beaches involved in your AWOLness. :wink:

2 Jun 2003, 10:15

Ricardo qual é a pergunta para participar do sorteio?

2 Jun 2003, 10:20

Originally posted by Denial_1963 Ricardo qual é a pergunta para participar do sorteio?

Hey, you're not supposed to speak Portuguese here!

You don't have to answer anything, just send an e-mail to bmflexi@yahoo.com.br.

2 Jun 2003, 14:41

Good stuff Ricardo

keep em coming!!! and of course we all :bow: to your thread searching capabilities for which you are famous!! :D :nod:

ps: good avatar!, is the article in the magazine any good..?

2 Jun 2003, 15:24

Absolute BOLLOCKS . Actually well done :clap:

2 Jun 2003, 15:58

Cheers! :)

2 Jun 2003, 18:42

Originally posted by DoN ps: good avatar!, is the article in the magazine any good..?

It's great IMHO. The guy who wrote the article was also the editor of this magazine and he was a true Joy Division/New Order fan. The article was so big that they had to split it in two issues. The writer followed the band all over the places: in the airports, hotels, restaurants, press conferences, rehearsals, gigs, etc.

This article also features a Hooky interview where he praises Enya (yes, Enya). A couple of years later the same magazine interviewed Hooky again (this time with Revenge) and he denied this statement. Nice one, Mr. Hook.

2 Jun 2003, 19:27

:clap: :clap: :clap:

& thx for the tekkie stuff :)

2 Jun 2003, 19:33

congrats on the big 1000th! :clap:

2 Jun 2003, 20:51

BIG to you Ricardo for your knowledge, it's been a pleasure to get to know a bit about you from your posts. Keep up the great work!!! :clap: :beer:

2 Jun 2003, 23:37

Glad to see you back.. will ship your package any day now, shameful of me I know, but I'll have LOTS of free time at the end of this month!!

3 Jun 2003, 02:19

keep on rocking! i´ve been searching for that flexi all my life. hope i´m lucky this time. but with my luck.... :nonono: anyway, glad you´re back. thanks for your kind words!

3 Jun 2003, 04:54

Originally posted by Ricardo > Originally posted by DoN> ps: good avatar!, is the article in the magazine any good..?

It's great IMHO. The guy who wrote the article was also the editor of this magazine and he was a true Joy Division/New Order fan. The article was so big that they had to split it in two issues. The writer followed the band all over the places: in the airports, hotels, restaurants, press conferences, rehearsals, gigs, etc.

This article also features a Hooky interview where he praises Enya (yes, Enya). A couple of years later the same magazine interviewed Hooky again (this time with Revenge) and he denied this statement. Nice one, Mr. Hook.

I second that! I have the magazine too. Great pics on it!

3 Jun 2003, 05:07

I was the first to respond...now that is genuinely odd...

any chance of you digging that one up??? :lol:

congratulations...

here's to the next 1000 :beer:

3 Jun 2003, 09:05

Originally posted by Grigori Rasputin, the Mad Mystic I was the first to respond...now that is genuinely odd...any chance of you digging that one up???

Of course I can find that thread. I'm the master of thread searchers, remember? ;)

The mad Texan talking about travelling to Brazil