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Tom just announced in his newsletter that he is starting a new food message board. Here is the quote from him on why he left the old one
"My involvement ended when the board was taken over by cranks, and the management of the site saw nothing especially wrong with that."
I hate that we have to have so many different boards now. Too much dilution and not enough post. I visit three of them now and that is probably one too many.
Mac da Knife
08-11-2008, 02:33 PM
Yes, I noticed that as well.
As of today, there were three posts.
All by TF.
bam bam
08-11-2008, 03:45 PM
I noticed the cajunator didn't sign his real name to his posts. He is a non-entity as far as Tom is concerned.
edible complex
08-11-2008, 03:50 PM
Yes, I noticed that as well.
As of today, there were three posts.
All by TF.
there was one by his cat.
bam bam
08-11-2008, 03:55 PM
BTG,
Do you really think anyone other than the blue haired crowd is going to post on Tom's board? His terms of service are so restrictive that I cannot see how anyone could possibly post a critical review.
jodyrah
08-11-2008, 04:24 PM
It's good to be king.
BTG,
Do you really think anyone other than the blue haired crowd is going to post on Tom's board? His terms of service are so restrictive that I cannot see how anyone could possibly post a critical review.
I won't be there, that is for sure.
You missed my post this weekend where I threw my allegience totally to your anti Tom crusade. I have now seen the light.
They deleted it, even though I had it over on the general discussion area.
spudly
08-11-2008, 04:46 PM
Despite what feng shui says things were getting pretty boring over there...I couldn't even get back on the old Food and Wine board but they have fewer posters than over here. It just wouldn't take my password after they changed...besides (do not want to appear insensitive here) but who wants to discuss cornmeal mush?
Besides I relish the witty reparte you all will bring to the TF board...despite being censored by His Bigness.
bam bam
08-11-2008, 04:47 PM
I attempted to sign up over an hour ago. The Volksaufklärung und Propaganda has yet to approve my account.
bam bam
08-11-2008, 04:49 PM
I won't be there, that is for sure.
You missed my post this weekend where I threw my allegience totally to your anti Tom crusade. I have now seen the light.
They deleted it, even though I had it over on the general discussion area.
Can you PM me the gist of your rant? I am sure I would enjoy it.
LauraMc
08-11-2008, 04:58 PM
What a hoot. He can alienate the few people he allows to join his board. I'm sure any one with laura in their name will be banned out of paranoia.
Tom just announced in his newsletter that he is starting a new food message board. Here is the quote from him on why he left the old one
"My involvement ended when the board was taken over by cranks, and the management of the site saw nothing especially wrong with that."
I hate that we have to have so many different boards now. Too much dilution and not enough post. I visit three of them now and that is probably one too many.
Oh Lord, this should be entertaining. A man with no web skills or netiquette running a message board...
spudly
08-11-2008, 05:18 PM
bam bam,
try to post over there now. I didn't receive any approval yet either and I got thru on just my name and password.
GuySajerForgottenSoldier
08-11-2008, 05:35 PM
This project is doomed to failure for one simple reason: you cannot hear Tomato's mellifluous voice on a messageboard. You can't hear him hum and scat while waiting for your messages to appear. You won't be able to hear the whine in his voice when you post something negative about the Brennan restaurants, and you certainly can't hear him freshly quip 'ya call that livin'???' What a shame...
bam bam
08-11-2008, 06:10 PM
You call this customer service? HAHHAHA
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follows:
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and we cannot retrieve it for you. However, should you forget your password
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Tastefully Yours,
Tom Fitzmorris
I love how he still uses the cheeseball salutation even when he is being completely unhelpful.
Anyway, I was looking forward to participating in some heavily moderated food discussion. I guess that won't be happening.
Can you PM me the gist of your rant? I am sure I would enjoy it.
Post it here. I'm sure we all would.
Post it here. I'm sure we all would.
I am sure it really would not make for all that great of reading even if I could remember all of it. I had been drinking.
Tom just acted like a total possum anus when some guy called the show asking about what Tom likes to serve guest when he has them over to watch football. I am pretty sure the call was a prank, but Tom's dorky response just got under my skin. Then it got me thinking about how he ridicules old ladies when they call to give a bad restaurant report about a place he likes or when he constantly talks about Impastatos.
No big deal. I may have called him a few names and such in the post, which is probably why it was whacked.
bam bam
08-12-2008, 11:27 AM
Interesting that two of the major food media folks in this town, each have their own message board but that the majority of people who are willing to participate in such an endeavor are posting here on this board which is only slightly moderated by a non-foodie.
I very much would like to continue to bust Fitzmorris's chops over there. His posts already are starting to sound like a broken record. I'll be hanging out here for the foreseeable future.
paz5559
08-12-2008, 12:39 PM
I now find myself tracking New Orleans.com, NOLAforum, Mr. Lake's, Chowhound, eGullet, AND of course NOLA EATS - this is getting to be a full time job!
Not that I looking to add more, but are their still others you think are useful to keep an eye on?
Which one of his former subjects will be the one to start the "vodka that vapid spirit" or which is more important dome or commander's threads? I wonder if he now has one very big delete button or ten little delete buttons, one for each finger.
Which one of his former subjects will be the one to start the "vodka that vapid spirit" or which is more important dome or commander's threads? I wonder if he now has one very big delete button or ten little delete buttons, one for each finger.
I knew a guy who was running a message board by himself for a while and was not making many friends while doing it. Anytime the rebels knew he was going to be out of pocket for a while they would destroy the board with spam and all kinds of crazy post.
If Tom is going to try to moderate that place by himself, he is going to be in trouble.
Interesting that two of the major food media folks in this town, each have their own message board but that the majority of people who are willing to participate in such an endeavor are posting here on this board which is only slightly moderated by a non-foodie.
I very much would like to continue to bust Fitzmorris's chops over there. His posts already are starting to sound like a broken record. I'll be hanging out here for the foreseeable future.
Just because one knows food does not mean they know the internet. Tom is a very good example of that. Tom would do much better to contract out his web work and concentrate on what he knows best.
He is in trouble regardless, but good point!
bam bam
08-12-2008, 02:37 PM
I knew a guy who was running a message board by himself for a while and was not making many friends while doing it. Anytime the rebels knew he was going to be out of pocket for a while they would destroy the board with spam and all kinds of crazy post.
If Tom is going to try to moderate that place by himself, he is going to be in trouble.
No, No No. You see Tom is having everyone take responsibility for their own words by having them sign their own name. No such shennanigans can take place if Tom happens to be on an Eat Club Cruise.
bam bam
08-12-2008, 02:43 PM
Tom finally let me register on his board. Dinner at La Boca to whoever guesses my screen name.
No, No No. You see Tom is having everyone take responsibility for their own words by having them sign their own name. No such shennanigans can take place if Tom happens to be on an Eat Club Cruise.
And we just thought that tf was fat and stupid. Turns out he had the solution all along. One question though, why do the posters on that website have handles listed instead of their names listed with their posts? I was under the impression that international law prohibitied anonymity...........................
bam bam
08-12-2008, 02:56 PM
Christ, I am scrolling TF's godawful message board and it is clear he hasn't had an original thought in the year and a half he's been absent from the internet. It is as if he went to Ridgley's blog and cut and pasted his responses to previously discussed subjects. I know all we are discussing is food on his site but I really can't wait until he goes postal on us about the Presidential election.
edible complex
08-12-2008, 03:10 PM
Tom finally let me register on his board. Dinner at La Boca to whoever guesses my screen name.
didn't you post this in this thread:
Username: not bam bam ???
Rex Spook
08-12-2008, 03:12 PM
Tom finally let me register on his board. Dinner at La Boca to whoever guesses my screen name.
Fluffhen
bam bam
08-12-2008, 03:14 PM
He wouldn't let me register as not bam bam. My account is still inactive. So much like E. Publius, I will be thwarting the Emperor using a pseudonym.
#7 throw away to do list.
08-12-2008, 03:35 PM
Tom finally let me register on his board. Dinner at La Boca to whoever guesses my screen name.
too easy, jack "jack the ripper" napier. big as a baby's arm.
Meatwad
08-12-2008, 03:47 PM
Damn #7. I was just confirming my hunch with a quick google search and you beat me to the punch.
The overwhelming ass kissing in Jack's few replies smelled of NBB.
Assuming Tom reads this board, NBB will have to create a more inconspicuous profile to stay alive at nomenu.
He will also have to figure out a way to post from various IP addresses because I think TF has a way to check this (at least that is what he used to say when he was king of the old board before it was taken over by us cranks!).
Good luck NBB. I will be signing up just to see the show!
bdavid
08-12-2008, 03:56 PM
My guess is Poboy.
spudly
08-12-2008, 03:57 PM
My guess is Al Woodman
bam bam
08-12-2008, 03:57 PM
There could be a winner. keep guessing.
There could be a winner. keep guessing.
I think that all of the messages not attributed to Tom are bam bam, and that, other than Feng, he is the only one posting on that board.
Meatwad
08-12-2008, 05:00 PM
Jack Napier was not only a 70's porn star (big as a baby's arm) but also the name of The Joker in a few Batman episodes.
Nice double.
GuySajerForgottenSoldier
08-12-2008, 05:03 PM
I'm in deep undercover on the Tomato board. I will not reveal myself until the most inopportune (for Fatzola) time.
jeff h
08-12-2008, 05:05 PM
FannieFarmer
spudly
08-12-2008, 05:31 PM
Well, who ever Al Woodman is he's a sly devil.
Whomever! Sorry, but if you are going to post on an extraordinary board, you must acclimate.
Jack Napier's posts are going to get Maryann laid!
I think that BamBam is feng..................
He was just pimping his site on the air a few minutes ago. He wanted to note some examples of some of the things being talked about currently, so he pulled the board up and rattled off a few things. One was a question about chliean sea bass. Another was a question about the best gin for martinis.
I have to assume those were some of the post started by a few of you.
Schuarta
08-12-2008, 11:14 PM
Tom finally let me register on his board. Dinner at La Boca to whoever guesses my screen name.
Machinechild
Leroy, crack about Golden Coral.
Jack Napier, supreme kissup, Pantheon of cookbooks!!!
Maxine
08-13-2008, 10:13 AM
Tom finally let me register on his board. Dinner at La Boca to whoever guesses my screen name.
Well, I'm not first, but Al Woodman would be my guess.
Meatwad
08-13-2008, 10:42 AM
Jack strikes his first blow on the TF board.......and is quickly deleted, save the Cajunators quoting:
jack napier wrote:
It would depend on the cut and grade of beef. Just sh-tting on a plate and calling it a steak for two would be far inferior than a prime filet for one.
Jack Napier
I noticed a lot of typos over there by the "Board editor". Perhaps the editor needs a proofreader to go behind him.
I also noticed some posts had been modified with "Tom sez". I guess "Tom sez" is the latest form of a tomment. Why he simply can not reply to a post baffles me.
edible complex
08-13-2008, 11:02 AM
I noticed a lot of typos over there by the "Board editor". Perhaps the editor needs a proofreader to go behind him.
I also noticed some posts had been modified with "Tom sez". I guess "Tom sez" is the latest form of a tomment. Why he simply can not reply to a post baffles me.
because he is a last word freak!
Mrs. Fury
08-13-2008, 11:11 AM
I was reading the steak thread. He and his wife sound like complete assholes.
Mac da Knife
08-13-2008, 11:12 AM
Oh, but they are.
She "allows" him to be.
edible complex
08-13-2008, 11:30 AM
Tom finally let me register on his board. Dinner at La Boca to whoever guesses my screen name.
nikki6 resembles some of your posts on Jacques Imo's and Drago's. do you have a twin?
He is a Motley Crew fan is he not?
Is it just me and my browser, or is the graphic at the top (the one the says New Orleans Menu) to large and not centered properly? It could just be me since my work computer sucks.
None of my posts or threads are appearing on the forum there. Not posting anything wacky. Is he preapproving every post? Paranoia can be a wonderful friend in life.....................
Excuse me! Feng using emoticons! I do not believe it. Bam is Feng!
Schuarta
08-13-2008, 07:55 PM
nikki6 resembles some of your posts on Jacques Imo's and Drago's. do you have a twin?
Yes, how about nikki6? I'm sure I remember a Bam Bam story about two friends dragging him to Jacques Imo's posted previously! :cool:
bam bam
08-13-2008, 09:27 PM
Well, Jaqk Napier has been deleted. Even my complimentary post about his cookbook. So you know Tom is serious,
That didn't prevent me from nailing him today though. He invited me to an Eat Club dinner on his show so I said "Great I'll bring bam bam." He became completely flustered.
Titchou
08-13-2008, 09:37 PM
The man has serious psychological issues that are, for the most part, nonrepairable.
I just peeked over there and was kind of surprised to see the Bear having the reviews of Drago and Cuvee on that board. If I remember correctly Tom was deleting Bear for such things on the old board.
bam bam
08-13-2008, 10:45 PM
How is it that Tf registers about 200 people in three days, mostly new to the food message board thing and yet none of them have anything interesting to say?
café au lait
08-13-2008, 11:08 PM
I just peeked over there and was kind of surprised to see the Bear having the reviews of Drago and Cuvee on that board. If I remember correctly Tom was deleting Bear for such things on the old board.
Fatz is desperate for credible content. Well, of course we know that it's not credible unless Bear signed his full given name - did he? I hope we don't have to invoke some International Law or Marshall Law or whatever it is that Tom is invoking over there. :whip:
How is it that Tf registers about 200 people in three days, mostly new to the food message board thing and yet none of them have anything interesting to say?
Perhaps it is a bunch of cranks! Or perhaps TF is the crank.
Schuarta
08-14-2008, 01:58 AM
Is it just me and my browser, or is the graphic at the top (the one the says New Orleans Menu) to large and not centered properly? It could just be me since my work computer sucks.
Your right. It's not centered. :eek:
dragongrrl
08-14-2008, 08:08 AM
I figured Bam Bam has multiple identities over there. Jack Napier and Nikki6 perhaps. Nikki6 is stealing his stories if not.
Mac da Knife
08-14-2008, 10:04 AM
What's funny is how he continues to promote himself.
"Back when I was an editor..."
"I published a 32 page newsletter..."
"Can you tell I was a math major..."
"Isn't this board fun?"
He really does fancy himself a teacher among students, occasionally reminding the students of his stature, and offering a motivational nuance when the atmosphere begins to wane.
I can just picture him staring at his screen, clicking the refresh button every 10 seconds, praying for a response.
Pathetic, in a sad sort of way, for one who is so busy.
I am starting to feel sorry for the guy a bit myself. In reading his newsletter diary entries is seems like something is changing in his life and he is starting to have self doubts or his becoming more needy.
Maybe he is just having an off month or something, but there def. appears to be a change IMHO.
Mac da Knife
08-14-2008, 02:51 PM
Oh, I'm not sympathizing with the buffoon.
The Food Fool's Forum is dying a slow death, with only the Fool himself posting topics in hopes of responses.
Chumming the waters, pulling back an empty line, again and again.
Nothing more pathetic than a sad clown.
His comeuppance is long overdue.
I cannot get anything posted there. I guess that he finally figured out who I am since I used an email address with my name in it to sign up. I am crestfallen............... I will have to use one of my other names to post. Up with anonymity!
Rollista
08-14-2008, 02:58 PM
I haven't tried it, but it might be possible to delete the "Tomments" from your posts by editing them after he posts. Someone needs to give it a try, that'll piss him off.
Mac da Knife
08-14-2008, 03:07 PM
The best thing to do would be to just ignore him.
Attention is what he craves.
He started his own forum only after this one launched, and was wildly popular.
Typical TF Pavlovian reflex.
bam bam
08-14-2008, 03:12 PM
The irony of the whole situation is this. These boards, whatever the subject matter, thrive on controversy. No one is a bigger lightening rod for controversy than TF. Yet, due to his numerous insecurities and neuroses the man cannot stand the heat of controversy. Thus, he tomments, edits, deletes and eventually bans until he is the lone voice in the woods not making a sound.
Mac da Knife
08-14-2008, 03:15 PM
Succinctly stated.
Bravo.
"Act like nothing happened"
Blue Cross Sux
08-14-2008, 05:48 PM
The Food Fool's Forum is dying a slow death, with only the Fool himself posting topics in hopes of responses.
Chumming the waters, pulling back an empty line, again and again.
Nothing more pathetic than a sad clown.
His comeuppance is long overdue.
Tom's site has 16 posts as of 4:40 PM today (posts made by people other than Tom), as opposed to this site's food forum, which logged 9 and TOB's food forum, which logged 7. And Tom's site has only been available for several days.
Explain to me how this qualifies as "dying a slow death, with only the Fool himself posting topics in hopes of responses."
NoNoNanette
08-14-2008, 05:54 PM
My guess is that little Judy is having all of his friends post over there for dear-old-dad.:whip:
My guess is that little Judy is having all of his friends post over there for dear-old-dad.:whip:
:laughup:
Mac da Knife
08-14-2008, 06:05 PM
Tom's site has 16 posts as of 4:40 PM today (posts made by people other than Tom), as opposed to this site's food forum, which logged 9 and TOB's food forum, which logged 7. And Tom's site has only been available for several days.
Explain to me how this qualifies as "dying a slow death, with only the Fool himself posting topics in hopes of responses."
Sorry BCS,
But all I see are anonymous posters at Tom's site, and by Tom's definition, they are meaningless.
(But I'll bet he'll count them as important as to total hits)
cstoehr
08-15-2008, 11:34 AM
Does it really matter?
NoNoNanette
08-15-2008, 12:37 PM
"Choosing Eat Club Venues"........
What a wonderful post from Nikki6. I'm astounded that Tomato didn't wipe out the thread!
Excellent, excellent! :)
globe9
08-15-2008, 09:13 PM
"Choosing Eat Club Venues"........
What a wonderful post from Nikki6. I'm astounded that Tomato didn't wipe out the thread!
Excellent, excellent! :)
Nikki6 was banned for that post. All he did was ask a question? I'm waiting to post anything over there b/c it'll probably get me banned as well and I want to see the drivel coming from old Fatso.
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