# So, Is anyone going to tell us about/explain this new forum? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 4, 2008, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-anyone-going-to-tell-us-about-explain-this-new-forum/461941 "2008-09-04T05:18:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-anyone-going-to-tell-us-about-explain-this-new-forum/461941/1 "2008-09-04T05:18:40Z")
The title pretty much says it all. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-anyone-going-to-tell-us-about-explain-this-new-forum/461941/2 "2008-09-04T05:20:19Z")
Interestingā€¦ ETA: From the Forum List page: > [@](#): > > For discussion of fixing up old houses, city life, the Brotherhood of the Right Way, and anything else inspired by Ed Zottiā€™s book THE BARN HOUSE: Confessions of an Urban Rehabber ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-anyone-going-to-tell-us-about-explain-this-new-forum/461941/3 "2008-09-04T05:20:40Z")
Whoaā€¦a new forum. First The Game Room and now this oneā€¦ This is really new stuff for the SDMB. They rarely make new forums. ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-anyone-going-to-tell-us-about-explain-this-new-forum/461941/4 "2008-09-04T05:21:07Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > The title pretty much says it all. šŸ™‚ Iā€™m guessing itā€™s ā€œFor discussion of fixing up old houses, city life, the Brotherhood of the Right Way, and anything else inspired by Ed Zottiā€™s book THE BARN HOUSE: Confessions of an Urban Rehabberā€ Enjoy, Steven ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-anyone-going-to-tell-us-about-explain-this-new-forum/461941/5 "2008-09-04T05:21:25Z")
I guess itā€™s for people who read this: > **[Online Bookstore: Books, NOOK ebooks, Music, Movies & Toys](https://www.barnesandnoble.com/)** > > Barnes & Nobleā€™s online bookstore for books, NOOK ebooks & magazines. Shop music, movies, toys & games, too. Receive free shipping with your Barnes & Noble Membership. But, fifth post in a new forum! Itā€™s good to be part of historyā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-anyone-going-to-tell-us-about-explain-this-new-forum/461941/6 "2008-09-04T05:23:05Z")
I hope they move this Forum up to the top along with Comments about the Columns and Comments About Staff Reports where it belongs. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-anyone-going-to-tell-us-about-explain-this-new-forum/461941/7 "2008-09-04T05:25:19Z")
Will we all get our own forums to flog our merchandise? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-anyone-going-to-tell-us-about-explain-this-new-forum/461941/8 "2008-09-04T05:28:23Z")
With the board being so screwy right now, high traffic and all, and running so slowly, why do we need a new forum? Doesnā€™t it just add to the load on the server. Iā€™d sure like to be able to have my own personal forum too!:dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-anyone-going-to-tell-us-about-explain-this-new-forum/461941/9 "2008-09-04T05:33:39Z")
So will everyone who writes a book get their own forum? Cool! ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-anyone-going-to-tell-us-about-explain-this-new-forum/461941/10 "2008-09-04T05:33:50Z")
We needed a forum for that? I was kinda hoping it would be the new free-for-all forum. šŸ˜ƒ ETA: We have a forum list page? I have got to stop just bookmarking threads and look around here once in a while. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-anyone-going-to-tell-us-about-explain-this-new-forum/461941/11 "2008-09-04T05:35:57Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > We needed a forum for that? I was kinda hoping it would be the new free-for-all forum. šŸ˜ƒ > > ETA: We have a forum list page? I have got to stop just bookmarking threads and look around here once in a while. Weā€™re the first ones in the door, we could just christen it as such! _Long profanity laced rant with several links to shock sites_ ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_Zotti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/fbc32d/32.png) [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-anyone-going-to-tell-us-about-explain-this-new-forum/461941/12 "2008-09-04T05:39:56Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > So will everyone who writes a book get their own forum? Cool! Everybody who writes a book whoā€™s on the Masterā€™s payroll. This makes for a more manageable number. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-anyone-going-to-tell-us-about-explain-this-new-forum/461941/13 "2008-09-04T05:48:03Z")
There is but one master. His name is Barack. ACCEPT HIM OR MAY EVERY STILL STANDING INNER CITY ITALIANATE VILLA WITH A SECOND EMPIRE FACE-LIFT AND TOWER BE TORN DOWN TO BUILD DOLLAR GENERALS AND ARBYā€™S FRANCHISES! ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-anyone-going-to-tell-us-about-explain-this-new-forum/461941/14 "2008-09-04T05:49:02Z")
Four pages in this forum already! It is a hit! ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-anyone-going-to-tell-us-about-explain-this-new-forum/461941/15 "2008-09-04T05:50:16Z")
Couldnā€™t we just have a thread about this? We needed a whole new forum to plug Edā€™s book? ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-anyone-going-to-tell-us-about-explain-this-new-forum/461941/16 "2008-09-04T05:50:41Z")
Thank you for the laugh, itā€™s appreciated. You can delete the forum now, jokeā€™s over! ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-anyone-going-to-tell-us-about-explain-this-new-forum/461941/17 "2008-09-04T06:00:50Z")
Just a quick reminder to everyone that regular board rules still apply in this new forum. Criticisms about the board and/or its staff belong in either ATMB (for less enflamed conversations) or the Pit (where you can really let your hair down). ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-anyone-going-to-tell-us-about-explain-this-new-forum/461941/18 "2008-09-04T06:04:29Z")
Oh, come on guys. If the Master wants to let his favorite [del]alter-ego[/del] flunky set up a forum for a new book, why the hell not? We finally got a massive upgrade and free posting. (HALLELUJAH!!) Ed deserves a little fun, too. It would be neater, Iā€™ll admit, to have it in a separate, but linked, location, but itā€™s probably easier to just set it up here. And it would probably end up on the same server anyway, since Ed works for the Reader. Congrats on the book Ed! Let me know when itā€™s out in paperback, and maybe Iā€™ll buy a copy! ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-anyone-going-to-tell-us-about-explain-this-new-forum/461941/19 "2008-09-04T06:16:03Z")
Today itā€™s a new forum. The day after that- itā€™s the whole board. Day 3: Goodbye handguns, hello mandatory partial birth abortions. Iā€™ve seen it before. It always starts with a fnorum. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-anyone-going-to-tell-us-about-explain-this-new-forum/461941/20 "2008-09-04T06:21:56Z")
So, let me get this straightā€¦ instead of writing your great thoughts here on the straight dope, you like, compiled them on a computer and wrote a book to profit? Damn, now I feel pompous. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-anyone-going-to-tell-us-about-explain-this-new-forum/461941.md?page=2)