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LanternHigh Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 1,434 Italy Gender:	About Rocks Off. Aug 26^th, 2009 at 11:04am Gazza, or someone may give me an hand? I would get to know how and when Rocks Off was 'born' there is a link or already I can find the news about soemwhere over here? I'm still new and I would just to know, lesrn more about the site.
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LanternHigh Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 1,434 Italy Gender:	Re: About Rocks Off. Reply #1 - Aug 26^th, 2009 at 12:29pm Fellows, I know and I see there are the link over there. But I've tried to check .. and I need if anybody sayme or can drop for me two lines about. But ok, is the same. I can survive
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Martha Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 773 The Blues Gender:	Re: About Rocks Off. Reply #2 - Aug 26^th, 2009 at 12:32pm Born? It tells you in our daily header when this madness started. Is that what you are looking for?
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Reply #3 - Aug 26^th, 2009 at 12:40pm

LanternHigh wrote on Aug 26^th, 2009 at 11:04am:

Gazza, or someone may give me an hand?
I would get to know how and when Rocks Off was 'born'
there is a link or already I can find the news about soemwhere over here?
I'm still new and I would just to know, lesrn more about the site.

Hi there, Lantern.

As it says at the top of the page, we were 'born' on 14 July 1998. A few of us knew each other from the Bridges To Babylon official site but decided to form our own site because that site wasnt providing fans with adequate up to date tour info and also because they'd allowed their message board to be spammed to the extent where it had become pointless visiting it anymore. So, a lot of the people from that site 'migrated' to this one. Some of them (Tom L for example) have been here since day one.

The site was called 'Goin' Home' to begin but was just a message board. Another friend of ours from California, Linda Wright (kill4mick) did most of the admin/moderating on it, but then decided to end it in March 1999. Voodoo then decided to keep it going, and in March 1999 designed a new site, "Rocks Off". He asked Jaxx and myself to help him run it, so we agreed (it helped that we were all in Hartford, Ct the same week meeting each other for the first time and seeing two Stones shows there!). Jaxx hasn't had much involvement with the site in the last 3 years or so because she's been busy with other things such as bringing up her family.

So, if you date the start of the site as July 1998, we're the longest running Stones site on the internet. We've changed servers a few times since then however, I think this must be about our 4th or 5th one - the last change was in April 2008.

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Martha Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 773 The Blues Gender:	Re: About Rocks Off. Reply #4 - Aug 26^th, 2009 at 12:43pm Longest running! Oh baby!
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Reply #5 - Aug 26^th, 2009 at 12:55pm

Is because one from UK, one from Denver, and the third from Mexico are being together.
How and where they had met and made a deal about this site.

But maybe this is a silly thread. And if I got to write again another idiot message to one of the Trinity
Preferably I shoot me.
If I will see a message from one of them I'll have an heart attack.
Really is the same. We aren't going anywhere.

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Reply #6 - Aug 26^th, 2009 at 12:59pm

Gazza wrote on Aug 26^th, 2009 at 12:40pm:

LanternHigh wrote on Aug 26^th, 2009 at 11:04am:

Gazza, or someone may give me an hand?
I would get to know how and when Rocks Off was 'born'
there is a link or already I can find the news about soemwhere over here?
I'm still new and I would just to know, lesrn more about the site.

Hi there, Lantern.

As it says at the top of the page, we were 'born' on 14 July 1998. A few of us knew each other from the Bridges To Babylon official site but decided to form our own site because that site wasnt providing fans with adequate up to date tour info and also because they'd allowed their message board to be spammed to the extent where it had become pointless visiting it anymore. So, a lot of the people from that site 'migrated' to this one. Some of them (Tom L for example) have been here since day one.

The site was called 'Goin' Home' to begin but was just a message board. Another friend of ours from California, Linda Wright (kill4mick) did most of the admin/moderating on it, but then decided to end it in March 1999. Voodoo then decided to keep it going, and in March 1999 designed a new site, "Rocks Off". He asked Jaxx and myself to help him run it, so we agreed (it helped that we were all in Hartford, Ct the same week meeting each other for the first time and seeing two Stones shows there!). Jaxx hasn't had much involvement with the site in the last 3 years or so because she's been busy with other things such as bringing up her family.

So, if you date the start of the site as July 1998, we're the longest running Stones site on the internet. We've changed servers a few times since then however, I think this must be about our 4th or 5th one - the last change was in April 2008.

Thax Gazza
we're across each other while we were posting.
I will print this post.
Very glad to got to know. And thanks to sharing

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Gazza Unholy Trinity Admin Offline Rat Bastid "We piss anywhere, man.." Posts: 13,220 Belfast, UK Gender:	Re: About Rocks Off. Reply #7 - Aug 26^th, 2009 at 1:13pm LanternHigh wrote on Aug 26^th, 2009 at 12:55pm: Is because one from UK, one from Denver, and the third from Mexico are being together. How and where they had met and made a deal about this site. Hartford 1999 - ten years (and about 35 pounds) ago 'I was so much thinner then/I'm fatter than that now....'
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Reply #8 - Aug 26^th, 2009 at 1:13pm

LanternHigh wrote on Aug 26^th, 2009 at 12:59pm:

Thax Gazza
we're across each other while we were posting.

gazza, you dog you!

gitty up!

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Kilroy Rocks Off Regular Offline I love this place! Posts: 2,860 Mickville Virginny USA Gender:	Re: About Rocks Off. Reply #9 - Aug 26^th, 2009 at 8:01pm This Place Is Great! Thanks for the History Gazza
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Voodoo Chile in Wonderland Unholy Trinity Admin Offline The Stones are back you bastards!!!! Posts: 16,184 Wonderland Gender:	Re: About Rocks Off. Reply #10 - Aug 26^th, 2009 at 10:06pm This was the first "Rocks Off" pre-party in Hartford 1999 Annie, Jaxx, Voodoo, Gazza, Neil, Marisa and Fancy Nancy
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Voodoo Chile in Wonderland Unholy Trinity Admin Offline The Stones are back you bastards!!!! Posts: 16,184 Wonderland Gender:	Re: About Rocks Off. Reply #11 - Aug 26^th, 2009 at 10:09pm Gazza wrote on Aug 26^th, 2009 at 12:40pm: We've changed servers a few times since then however, I think this must be about our 4th or 5th one - the last change was in April 2008. The first two were on INSIDETHEWEB.COM then we switched to NOVOGATE.COM and then to our own domain, too bad we didn't this from day one
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LanternHigh Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 1,434 Italy Gender:	Re: About Rocks Off. Reply #12 - Aug 27^th, 2009 at 5:10am A huge THANKS to Gazza and Chile in the Wonderland! A very long running it is becomes About what I've could see, this is the best site about the Stones., my mates. And I've never easy or cheaper in my compliments. Molte molte Grazie! You're very kind to me.
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Reply #13 - Aug 27^th, 2009 at 7:09am

Thanks Gazza & Voodoo, interesting history of how this site started, I remember the board before this, that was when we could post youtube video's with enabled format, post them right on here without going to the site, but we got more advantages that the other board didn't have now, like being able to be e-mailed about thread replies, polls & a few other things I forgot that the old board didn't have.

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Zack Rocks Off Regular Offline Chiba Face Rules You Bastards! Posts: 1,727 Dakar Gender:	Re: About Rocks Off. Reply #14 - Aug 27^th, 2009 at 7:26am On the old site it used to say how long we'd been members. I joined in November 2001. Now I am, to paraphrase John Lennon a little bit older and a little bit slower.
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Sioux Rocks Off Regular Offline Brian Jones---Foundation Stone--Golden Stone Posts: 4,176 Virginia, U.S.A. Gender:	Re: About Rocks Off. Reply #15 - Aug 27^th, 2009 at 9:41am Great Rocks Off "history lesson", Gazza and Voo.... Thanks for all the info.
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Edith Grove Agent Provocateur Offline Disco STILL sucks! Posts: 12,336 New Orleans Gender:	Re: About Rocks Off. Reply #16 - Aug 27^th, 2009 at 7:21pm Are we not able to edit our posts anymore ?
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Gazza Unholy Trinity Admin Offline Rat Bastid "We piss anywhere, man.." Posts: 13,220 Belfast, UK Gender:	Re: About Rocks Off. Reply #17 - Aug 27^th, 2009 at 7:27pm Yes. Don't you have a 'modify' option?
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Reply #18 - Aug 27^th, 2009 at 7:30pm

Heart Of Stone wrote on Aug 27^th, 2009 at 7:09am:

Thanks Gazza & Voodoo, interesting history of how this site started, I remember the board before this, that was when we could post youtube video's with enabled format, post them right on here without going to the site,

Thats the bit I miss the most. I simply feel more inclined to bother looking at a YouTube video if I can SEE it as opposed to just the link.

Thats the one thing I wish we could change - well that plus the fact that this new domain doesnt seem to show up on search engines.

Overall, I think this format is better though - and from an admin perspective, it's like night and day compared to anything we had before.

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Edith Grove Agent Provocateur Offline Disco STILL sucks! Posts: 12,336 New Orleans Gender:	Re: About Rocks Off. Reply #19 - Aug 27^th, 2009 at 7:33pm Gazza wrote on Aug 27^th, 2009 at 7:27pm: Yes. Don't you have a 'modify' option? Yes, I do now, but I swear I didn't have a "modify" or a "delete" button just a couple of days ago. Or maybe I'm just going nuts.....
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Gazza Unholy Trinity Admin Offline Rat Bastid "We piss anywhere, man.." Posts: 13,220 Belfast, UK Gender:	Re: About Rocks Off. Reply #20 - Aug 27^th, 2009 at 7:35pm It's been there all along as far as I'm aware..LOL Although obviously you'll only see those options if you're logged in.
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sweetcharmedlife Agent Provocateur Offline Do the horrendous to that if you can Posts: 11,932 San Mateo Gender:	Re: About Rocks Off. Reply #21 - Aug 27^th, 2009 at 9:14pm Thats the one thing I wish we could change - well that plus the fact that this new domain doesnt seem to show up on search engines. Yeah I know. When I use a different computer and just do a search for Rocks Off. It takes you to a whole different world....You have to be sure and type in rocks off.org to get to the asylum.
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Voodoo Chile in Wonderland Unholy Trinity Admin Offline The Stones are back you bastards!!!! Posts: 16,184 Wonderland Gender:	Re: About Rocks Off. Reply #22 - Aug 27^th, 2009 at 9:28pm The only search engine in which we are not in is Google, they suck. I declined an offer to put Google ads and mysteriously now we are not in its "world" Do a search with ANY other search engine and you'll find us immediately
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Reply #23 - Aug 28^th, 2009 at 4:16am

Voodoo Chile in Wonderland wrote on Aug 27^th, 2009 at 9:28pm:

The only search engine in which we are not in is Google, they suck.

I declined an offer to put Google ads and mysteriously now we are not in its "world"

Do a search with ANY other search engine and you'll find us immediately

This morning I was went outside for some commisions and exchanges some book at the library
so I had looked for Rocks in google, but it wasn't come out.

Just the song Rocks Off.

I got my 'modify' sign, if I would.

But is the best site ever I could really see in years and years.

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Reply #24 - Aug 28^th, 2009 at 6:59am

sweetcharmedlife wrote on Aug 27^th, 2009 at 9:14pm:

Thats the one thing I wish we could change - well that plus the fact that this new domain doesnt seem to show up on search engines.

Yeah I know. When I use a different computer and just do a search for Rocks Off. It takes you to a whole different world....You have to be sure and type in rocks off.org to get to the asylum. Brian's smile

Quite. A year or so ago I had to cyber-bitch slap a certain idiot on IORR when she said she'd viewed (what she claimed was) this site and was confronted by images of explicit gay porn. Roll Eyes

Have to admit that my first instinct was to check out the 'Joey?' thread just in case.....

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