# Disgruntled old timers NOT joining this new forum!
**URL:** https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/t/disgruntled-old-timers-not-joining-this-new-forum/32
**Category:** Everything else
**Tags:** chit-chat
**Created:** [July 21, 2026, 12:12am UTC](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/t/disgruntled-old-timers-not-joining-this-new-forum/32 "2026-07-21T00:12:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@MacGregor](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/u/MacGregor)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2026, 12:12am UTC](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/t/disgruntled-old-timers-not-joining-this-new-forum/32/1 "2026-07-21T00:12:05Z")
Where is our esteemed ex lawyer friend, the one from Germany. Don’t tell me he is rebelling against a little ‘discipline’ over there at THS. I am not talking about King Crimson’s 1981 album. Although on that album sleeve it does state '“_ **Discipline is never an end in itself, only a means to an end** _”. Come on Uwe, it isn’t THAT bad here. Cheers.
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### Author:  [@Julio](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/u/Julio)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2026, 12:27am UTC](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/t/disgruntled-old-timers-not-joining-this-new-forum/32/2 "2026-07-21T00:27:06Z")
Good, but not enough.
Try this:
1. Start a new thread along the lines of “Rainbow Rising is the greatest audio recording in history OMG!”
2. Wait 10 seconds.
😃
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### Author:  [@MacGregor](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/u/MacGregor)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2026, 12:28am UTC](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/t/disgruntled-old-timers-not-joining-this-new-forum/32/3 "2026-07-21T00:28:50Z")
Ha ha h ha, indeed or even mention Gary Moore. Cheers.
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### Author:  [@Stargazer](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/u/Stargazer)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2026, 2:14am UTC](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/t/disgruntled-old-timers-not-joining-this-new-forum/32/4 "2026-07-21T02:14:10Z")
_ **You summoned me, gentlemen? I am at your service …** _
_Rainbum Downsizing_ is a great album, the keyboard solo in Daily Starbucks is my favorite, although the bass is a little loud in places. Nuanced drumming throughout and the lyrics were unafraid to tackle the serious issues of disenchanted working class youths in industrial Northern England in the mid 70s. Really a social commentary of sorts.
Gary Moore, I’ve always loved his very natural guitar sound, like here at 02:22,
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eXa2082cxQ)
subtle, tasteful, committed to melting into the music and not at all self-centered. A consummate band musician if there ever was one!
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### Author:  [@AndreA](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/u/AndreA)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2026, 6:29am UTC](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/t/disgruntled-old-timers-not-joining-this-new-forum/32/5 "2026-07-21T06:29:38Z")
I was hesitant about signing up here too… I’m afraid of missing out on things to read, and—let’s face it—we’re slaves to the internet, at least a little bit. I don’t want to be one; I don’t use social media—I don’t have Facebook, Instagram, or any of that stuff.
I love you all
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### Author:  [@KarinVerndal1104](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/u/KarinVerndal1104)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2026, 9:56am UTC](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/t/disgruntled-old-timers-not-joining-this-new-forum/32/6 "2026-07-21T09:56:16Z")
AndreA, you can be both places 😊
Why not FB?
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### Author:  [@KarinVerndal1104](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/u/KarinVerndal1104)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2026, 9:56am UTC](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/t/disgruntled-old-timers-not-joining-this-new-forum/32/7 "2026-07-21T09:56:51Z")
MacGregor I have this feeling he might be the Stargazer…..
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### Author:  [@AndreA](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/u/AndreA)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2026, 10:17am UTC](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/t/disgruntled-old-timers-not-joining-this-new-forum/32/8 "2026-07-21T10:17:49Z")
FB?!
Because I don’t feel the need for it..
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### Author:  [@KarinVerndal1104](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/u/KarinVerndal1104)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2026, 12:10pm UTC](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/t/disgruntled-old-timers-not-joining-this-new-forum/32/9 "2026-07-21T12:10:45Z")
That’s ok 👍🏼
I spend way too much time in there, so I get what you mean of course 😊
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### Author:  [@Julio](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/u/Julio)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2026, 12:54pm UTC](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/t/disgruntled-old-timers-not-joining-this-new-forum/32/10 "2026-07-21T12:54:13Z")
As requested, Miss K!
☕ ☕
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### Author:  [@Fla76](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/u/Fla76)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2026, 9:53pm UTC](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/t/disgruntled-old-timers-not-joining-this-new-forum/32/11 "2026-07-21T21:53:29Z")
exactly me too, zero social networks.
Let’s give this new forum a chance and see what happens
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### Author:  [@KarinVerndal1104](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/u/KarinVerndal1104)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2026, 12:01pm UTC](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/t/disgruntled-old-timers-not-joining-this-new-forum/32/12 "2026-07-22T12:01:14Z")
That’s the spirit!
And if it doesn’t go well, I have been told in strictest confidence that there is still room in FB! ☺
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### Author:  [@nick](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/u/nick)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2026, 8:32pm UTC](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/t/disgruntled-old-timers-not-joining-this-new-forum/32/13 "2026-07-22T20:32:05Z")
> [@KarinVerndal1104](#):
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> there is still room in FB!
if you like being the product… 😏
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### Author:  [@KarinVerndal1104](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/u/KarinVerndal1104)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2026, 8:57pm UTC](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/t/disgruntled-old-timers-not-joining-this-new-forum/32/14 "2026-07-22T20:57:51Z")
Now now, don’t frown upon the place where I got connected to THS ☺
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### Author:  [@mnagoda](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/u/mnagoda)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2026, 8:07am UTC](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/t/disgruntled-old-timers-not-joining-this-new-forum/32/15 "2026-07-23T08:07:25Z")
Good to see everyone here, especially our favourite German Lawyer 😉
-Mike
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### Author:  [@Dmjb](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/u/Dmjb)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2026, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/t/disgruntled-old-timers-not-joining-this-new-forum/32/16 "2026-08-10T14:11:18Z")
🤔 who can you mean 🤣
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### Author:  [@Stargazer](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/u/Stargazer)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2026, 2:54pm UTC](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/t/disgruntled-old-timers-not-joining-this-new-forum/32/17 "2026-08-10T14:54:46Z")
I was surprised by its virility as an album, the Stones have often sounded a lot lamer.
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### Author:  [@AndreA](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/u/AndreA)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2026, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/t/disgruntled-old-timers-not-joining-this-new-forum/32/18 "2026-08-10T15:13:59Z")
It seems like some old timer keeps writing and writing and often goes way off-topic. In the end, the forum just becomes a scattered mess. The forum was created specifically because of going off-topic in the comments under the portal’s news articles, yet I notice people are behaving here the exact same way. What a pain.
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### Author:  [@KarinVerndal1104](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/u/KarinVerndal1104)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2026, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/t/disgruntled-old-timers-not-joining-this-new-forum/32/19 "2026-08-10T15:35:03Z")
Well my all time favourite with RS is this:
[https://youtu.be/SGyOaCXr8Lw?is=FK6K4q9xofjMOuuw](https://youtu.be/SGyOaCXr8Lw?is=FK6K4q9xofjMOuuw)
And also this:
[https://youtu.be/pMi221xb2UQ?is=XiPcSpTNEi\_p5n\_3](https://youtu.be/pMi221xb2UQ?is=XiPcSpTNEi_p5n_3)
But honestly, his voice is a bit annoying, except for these 😊
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### Author:  [@Fla76](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/u/Fla76)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2026, 8:01pm UTC](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/t/disgruntled-old-timers-not-joining-this-new-forum/32/20 "2026-08-10T20:01:35Z")
Andrea, in fact, a discussion could have been opened about the Rolling Stones, but this discussion created by Uwe could be an ideal territory for Karin’s ramblings, 😜
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