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Post by smsmith on Apr 26, 2021 6:52:33 GMT -6
My memory says JT shut down "his" forum when he and batman had a dispute over work completed and payment. Maybe I am mis-remembering
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Post by sd51555 on Apr 26, 2021 6:56:24 GMT -6
I was there. I can't remember for how long. It's crazy how far the discussions have and haven't come since then.
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Post by Sandbur on Apr 26, 2021 6:56:27 GMT -6
I was thinking about some of the guys from the Q forum the other day. One guy's handle was Early Riser, I think he was an older guy and always marked his posts/pics with some qualifier like "this can't be copied/reproduced without owner's consent". I think he got pissed off at some point and left the forum (early-mid 2000s maybe). I've wondered if Ben Hooper ever joined any other forums. He was a pretty high powered engineer of some sort I think. I know he was involved with the Deepwater Horizon deal in some aspect. I learned a lot about apples from him. I think it was Brad Shoemaker who taught us a lot about using black plastic as a ground cover and what works and doesn’t work to plant in it. I learned about aluminum window screen for apples from the guy at Outback Orchard. Right now, his name escapes me.
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Post by smsmith on Apr 26, 2021 6:59:54 GMT -6
I was thinking about some of the guys from the Q forum the other day. One guy's handle was Early Riser, I think he was an older guy and always marked his posts/pics with some qualifier like "this can't be copied/reproduced without owner's consent". I think he got pissed off at some point and left the forum (early-mid 2000s maybe). I've wondered if Ben Hooper ever joined any other forums. He was a pretty high powered engineer of some sort I think. I know he was involved with the Deepwater Horizon deal in some aspect. I learned a lot about apples from him. I think it was Brad Shoemaker who taught us a lot about using black plastic as a ground cover and what works and doesn’t work to plant in it. I learned about aluminum window screen for apples from the guy at Outback Orchard. Right now, his name escapes me. maya, real name George Clifford I believe.
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Post by Sandbur on Apr 26, 2021 7:00:31 GMT -6
I bought my 40 the fall of 2010 and joined the QDMA forum then. Stuck with it till it went South then a bunch of us went to Habitat Talk as it came to being because of the Q thing and it was more localised for us WI and MN guys. I got to know Foggy pretty good there and through Tractor by Net and a several others who went to HT from Q. HT started banning members and a bunch of us left and JT started a new forum. JT shut it down overnight after getting in a pissing thing with a member. We all ended up here and it grew into the best Damn forum there is for habitat, hunting and whatever we want to talk about. Many of you guys I have never met in person but feel like I've known you for years. There are even a few I'd consider brothers from another mother. I just looked at the list of members who joined here 1-26-2017 lots of names I've known from other forums. Got to give a big thanks to Lee for this place. Edit I logged in to HT a place I haven't been in a long long time. I joined there 4-24-2014 and left sometime in 2018 IIRR. It seems after reading posts from this small group we get to know each other quite well and how they think. Still one or two, I wonder about .
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Post by Sandbur on Apr 26, 2021 7:01:12 GMT -6
I think it was Brad Shoemaker who taught us a lot about using black plastic as a ground cover and what works and doesn’t work to plant in it. I learned about aluminum window screen for apples from the guy at Outback Orchard. Right now, his name escapes me. maya, real name George Clifford I believe. How many years for us, Stu?
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Post by smsmith on Apr 26, 2021 7:02:40 GMT -6
maya, real name George Clifford I believe. How many years for us, Stu? I've tried to remember a few times. I want to say it was either '99 or '00...
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Post by Tooln on Apr 26, 2021 7:03:10 GMT -6
My memory says JT shut down "his" forum when he and batman had a dispute over work completed and payment. Maybe I am mis-remembering Yep this is what happened.
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Post by Sandbur on Apr 26, 2021 7:14:31 GMT -6
How many years for us, Stu? I've tried to remember a few times. I want to say it was either '99 or '00... Yup, we are old farts.
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Post by badbrad on Apr 26, 2021 7:28:39 GMT -6
My memory says JT shut down "his" forum when he and batman had a dispute over work completed and payment. Maybe I am mis-remembering That’s right. I forgot about that.
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Post by buckvelvet on Apr 26, 2021 7:33:45 GMT -6
I was on the QDMA forum, I too read lots of ben hooper stuff. Seems like he was somewhere after that Stu but I don't know which one. I remember lots of people you all have pointed out. Yes the QDMA shut that forum down because it knew more, contributed more, & helped more hunters and land owners than ANY publication or paid for service they had ever put out. The online forum because better than the product they were selling and they shut it down.
The QDMA Forum dismantling was cancel culture before it became the 'cool' thing to do.
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Post by badgerfowl on Apr 26, 2021 7:35:48 GMT -6
I started habitat planting in 2011 so I’m guessing I was in Q forum in 2010. Followed you JPS’s ever since.
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Post by biglakebass on Apr 26, 2021 8:13:33 GMT -6
If I were to guess, I would say about early 2000's I joined QDMA.
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Post by Freeborn on Apr 26, 2021 8:33:22 GMT -6
God you guys have good memories, I can't remember what I did yesterday.
I did enjoy the QDMA forum, it was quite a mix of good and bad characters. It took awhile to get everyone to finally put their regions under their avatars as I can remember reading allot of posts that were counter to what I new about my region.
Who was the fella out of Missouri who burned is woods, rotated cattle and really knew his soil? I really enjoyed his posts. There were bright guys on that forum, including us.
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Post by smsmith on Apr 26, 2021 8:38:23 GMT -6
God you guys have good memories, I can't remember what I did yesterday. I did enjoy the QDMA forum, it was quite a mix of good and bad characters. It took awhile to get everyone to finally put their regions under their avatars as I can remember reading allot of posts that were counter to what I new about my region. Who was the fella out of Missouri who burned is woods, rotated cattle and really knew his soil? I really enjoyed his posts. There were bright guys on that forum, including us. dgallow. I think he was in OK, but I could be wrong.
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