Why is this site S-L-O-W.....?

[Dan:]

I don't think a subscription would be a good idea, but there isn't anything wrong with a donation button, if people want to give, why be so mean as to stop them?  ;D

[KU_Bassmaster.]

Muddy. If your avatar is the picture definition of a "mook," I am frightened....LOL

I was wondering the same thing Muddy ........  Now I "get it". ;D ;D ;

I am in for throwing some help the boss's way. This site is like a second home for many of us and home repairs cost money.  

[Siebert Outdoors]

Mark this on your calander guys, Gman has an idea.

Charge $1 to sell stuff in the sell/swap topic. If you think about it that would bring alot of money to the site. Its just a dollar but it would add up quick. Its cheaper, easier, and faster then ebay LOL. Just start a Paypal account and have a link to it. It cost 1 dollar to list up an item to sell.

I would much rather my $ go to Glenn and this site then some bazillionaire getting fat in his vibrating chair.

[SPEEDBEAD.]

I would much rather my $ go to Glenn and this site then some bazillionaire getting fat in his vibrating chair.

That mental picture is both disturbing and extremely entertaining at the same time.... ;D

[RiskKid.]

I do know that one thing you can do to help RIGHT NOW would be to buy somthing from the store. Glenn took a beating on that gear let's not make him eat any more of it. Order up!!

Just ordered some more stuff.......I'm with you LBH....I would gladly make a donation or pay a subscription fee.

[nboucher]

I agree that donations are the way to go. As far as the bait store idea goes, I think there'd be too much overhead, and more importantly, filling orders and getting them mailed can quickly get time consuming. I want Glenn out there fishing, not stuffing packages.

The magazine I run relies on reader contributions for 60 percent of its budget, and we simply send out a low-key mailing twice a year asking readers to pony up if they like the product. Because this site also has such loyal users, I think this model might work here. If Glenn doesn't want a donation button permanently affixed to the home page, why not send out a message once or twice a year that tells those of us who are willing to donate that it's time again and here's where to send your check or here's where to donate online? This could be on the home page and/or a sticky on the forums (as a notable forum topic), and it could come down after 2 or 3 weeks. Then, six months lateror at whatever interval Glenn thinks is neededit would go back up for a couple of weeks. No pressure, just a reminder that nothing's free.

[Zel]

Muddy. If your avatar is the picture definition of a "mook," I am frightened....LOL

Taken from The Mavens' Word of the Day

MOOK

It's usually difficult to say what people really mean by terms such as mook, because they're usually used as vague terms of insult. The definition we use in the Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang, Volume II, is 'an ineffectual, foolish, or contemptible person'. I know, this covers a lot of ground, but it's necessary.

Most of the time, examples of mook are found in phrases like "What a mook!" or "You mook!," which doesn't help us very much. There are occasional attempts to clarify the meaning, for example, in a discussion about the desirability of certain chic-restaurant clientele: "Mooks spend money and can keep you in the black, but they don't make for a very attractive social environment....By Mooks I mean not only outer-borough types and out-and-out greaseballs, but Wall Streeters, unattractive and socially useless Eurotrash, advertising execs and Upper East Siders." (New York Press, 1995). Unfortunately, even something this specific ends up confusing the issue, for it is clear that mook just means 'any disliked person'.

So, in sum, there's no way to be very precise about it.

The discussion of mook in Mean Streets, in 1973, was one of the earliest examples of the word in its most recent history. The earliest known example comes from S.J. Perelman in 1930, but after that there's a gap until Mean Streets, with the exception of the adjectival "mooky-lookin' blond guy" in the musical Hair.

The origin of mook is uncertain, but it's probably a variant of the earlier moke. This word is from the nineteenth century, and originally meant 'a donky or mule', but its main use in the United States was as a contemptuous term for a black person, a sense very common in the late nineteenth century, but apparently obsolete after the 1910s. Moke was also used to mean 'a contemptible person', like mook. Moke is itself of unknown origin, but it seems likely that the later mook is derived from it.

I've met Muddy... and I can tell you, he ain't no Mook!  He's anything but a Mook.

[RiskKid.]

Hey Zel.....I agree but I think the old guy likes calling himself a mook.....I always remember it as an overused slang term in NYC that could mean anything  but I always thought of it as kind of a loveable bum.....my Italian Grandmother used to call us mooks (more like dumb mooks) when we did something stupid.....besides he'd have to change the name of his fishing team  

[KU_Bassmaster.]

Hmmmmmmmm ......  Muddy, I have a bone to pick with you!!!!!!!!

Here I am thinking mook was the highest compliment.  I mean, Muddy even says he is a member of the mook fishing team.  Then a while back I received a PM from Muddy and I think the subject was something along the lines of "Hey Mook".  There I was honored at the time.  Even brought a tear to my eye.  Noooowwwwwwww the truth comes out.  I am hurt. :'( :'( :'( :'( ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[Guest the_muddy_man]

Jeez!!!!!!!!! OK where I am from that is the wrong definition. It is an overused word and depending on how you use it IS WHAT IT MEANS: SO HERE ARE THE WAYS I USE IT

Me and my friends are MOOKS  Ordinary good guys as opposed to GOOD FELLAS OR WISE GUYS

                                 Mook  unskilled laborer such as Construction site Needed 2 electricians

                                                                                                                    1 plumber

                                                                                                                    4 carpenters

                                                                                                                    6 mooks for cleanup

                               Suit Mook ; Lawyer,Politician etc

                               Stoop Mook Someone who stays on the front stoop(porch) and gossips all days

ETc.........etc................etc......

So when i call me or any of you guys mook IT IS A GOOD THINg ;D ;D 8-) 8-)

[Tom Bass]

WOW, I started a storm. 8-)

Glenn,

I don't know you or the rest of the fine people that keep this site going but I will tell you this, I will pay to up grade the servers and I'll help pay for the bandwidth to keep it going. If it takes a bit more money I'm in. What would it take to speed things up a bit?

Regards,

Tom Bass

[KYbass1276]

I don't have a pay pal account but I want to contribute a little if still can. I look forward to seeing my wife and daughter first when I come home from work this site is second on my list. Personally I hate the fact that Glenns paying for something that benifets me without asking for help, makes me feel like a freeloader. I learned more from this site than anywhere else I'm willing to pay for that  

[Ky_Lake_Dude]

Its plenty fast for me and I've got comcast high speed. Maybe it varries from server to server.

Me too.

[Redlinerobert]

The other board that I belong to and am quite active on is www.6speedonline.com

I think that if you had different levels of "supporters" on the board that it would work really well.  6Speed, as a refereance, has three levels.

Silver supporter:  $25 one time fee.

Gold supporter:  $50 one time fee.

Platinum supporter: $100 one time fee.

The level of your support is listed next to your avatar, for other members to see.  If this site adopted a similar type of system, I think it would help with maitenance costs and would make this place run smoother over all.  

Just a suggestion, but I am sure that plenty of the members here would be willing to take part, me included.   

 

[Fishing Doug]

Glenn,

Just let me know how you would like for me to send my 'contribution'. Unfortunately, I don't have the knowledge to contribute as most other members, so I would be more than happy to make up for that with a monitary contribution.....

FD

[Glenn]

A big THANK YOU to everyone who expressed support and a willingness to contribute. I'm very humbled, to say the least! I really am speechless. I'm amazed at the responses.

There have been some good ideas presented here. I now have enough food for thought to go back to my think tank and conjur up something that works for everyone. I have to mull over a few things and assess the feasibility of a few possibilities. It might take awhile, but if I can pull off what's running through my head, I think everyone will be satisfied with the outcome.

In the mean time, if you wish to support this site right now, simply click the Cabela's or Bass Pro Shop's banners before shopping on their sites.  A portion of your purchase will then go back to this site.  And please check out the rest of the advertisers on this site by clicking on their banners.  If you purchase from them, they in turn, support us.  You may also support BassResource.com directly by purchasing BR clothing items from the online store right here.

Thanks again for your kind words, support, and creative input. This is why this site is so awesome. It's the collective brain doing more than any one person can.

Side note: The server/bandwidth upgrade is complete as of this evening, however there's still some performance tweaking to do that should bring the speed back to normal. It will take a few days to dial it in. Thanks for being patient.

Glenn

[SPEEDBEAD.]

I've met Muddy... and I can tell you, he ain't no Mook! He's anything but a Mook.

Whooaaaaaa, hold up!!! Look at his signature at the bottom of his posts....uses the word mook to describe himself. Also, notice the little wink in my original post. Means I was kidding, no need to puff out the feathers sir....

[Zel]

Whooaaaaaa, hold up!!! Look at his signature at the bottom of his posts....uses the word mook to describe himself. Also, notice the little wink in my original post. Means I was kidding, no need to puff out the feathers sir....

No feathers ruffled here. Muddy obviously has his own interpretation of what a Mook is. I have always known it to be a derogatory term where I come from. I just wanted to let other people, who might also consider a Mook to be someone who is foolish and contemptible, know that this is not the case with Muddy. He is one of the most humorous, caring, compassionate and considerate individuals I've ever met.

[SPEEDBEAD.]

HAHA, I get where you are coming from....

Muddy...foolish - maybe   , contemptible - no way.   LOL

j/k everyone.....man, i think we all need to take a deeeeeep breath.

See the idea post in Everything Else.

Wayne

[Guest the_muddy_man]

Good Morning THE MOOK HAS ARISEN: Hey fellas it is a Brooklyn thing and since we have mangled and misused countless other words WHY NOT MOOK TO? I just wanted to let you guys now how the fellas in my neighborhood used it from as far back as I can remember ( at my age sometimes thats as long as last night) So If I call Me or you a MOOK it isn't meant to be puttin anyone down NOW IF I CALLED YOU A STOOP MOOK I would be expected your PM ITS ALL GOOD IN THE HOOD fellas

Now what was this thread about