I have no idea what the terms "x4" and/or "timesfour" mean. Am I just stupid and is this something that is obvious to a Packer fan of normal intelligence?
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You forgot one question. And it is, Has this topic been 
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What does X4 mean?
quote:Originally posted by scoop a/k/a scoopdapoop:
How TimesFour got its name.
Toward the end of 1999 my wife was contemplating starting her own education consulting business. She wanted to call it "Plus One". The idea of that name was that "Plus One" would go a step beyond what others would offer. To help her get ready, I tried to register www.plusone.com. Darn, already taken. How about plustwo.com? Also taken. I think I went through several plusses and all the way up to timesfour.com before I found an available domain that combined a sign of operation with a number.
The timesfour.com web site lay dormant for a couple of months. My wife accepted a new job and decided not to do the consulting gig. In the meantime I had decided to create a Packer web site. It made sense (to me anyway) to use the domain name that I had already registered and paid for: timesfour.com.
How TimesFour got started.
In the fall of 1999 (October I think), I stumbled across the old forum at the Journal-Sentinel Online (JSO). How cool! A place where Packer fans could get together online and talk about their obsession. Not only was there great football info and conversation, there were a variety of funny people and topics that made the site so much more than a "sports" hangout. I was hooked. At least for a while.
After the initial euphoria wore off, I realized that the JSO wasn't the ideal world I had first thought. Increasingly, the thoughtful and humorous messages were overwhelmed by obscene and abusive exchanges. More important, some of the best participants in the forum were abandoning ship (sparking the infamous and now de rigeur "I'm Leaving" threads).
After only a couple of months on the JSO, I decided to leave too. But within a few days, like many, I realized it wasn't so easy. The forum, and the people there, had become a small part of my life. I wasn't really ready to give that up, and I didn't appreciate the fact that inconsiderate "idots" could take that away from me. So rather than just "curse the darkness", I decided to light a candle and set up a similar site. How hard could it be?
Ha! Suffice to say that without a lot of help it would never have happened. But the biggest reason that TimesFour got off the ground was probably pure accident. On the exact night (2/1/00) that I launched TimesFour, the JSO converted its message board format from the UBB software that everyone was familiar with, to a crappy new format that nobody liked. A basic business lesson was reinforced: plan carefully, work hard, be lucky.
X4 is my Saturday night nickname..... 
(Softball lob)
(Softball lob)
quote:Originally posted by Blair Kiel:
X4 is my Saturday night nickname.....
What happened to your old nickname, 5 stroke Charlie ?
It's the number of empty spaces in the Vikings HOF trophy cases reserved for Lombardi's.
quote:Originally posted by Tooner:
Some questions should never be asked.
Tooner, where do you FIND this stuff??!! (http://boortz.com)???
quote:Originally posted by StarrToDowler:
Tooner, where do you FIND this stuff??!!
Family album.
She must be from the good side of the family she has all her teeth. 
Man, she's hot! My nickname with her would be "x5"!
I had no idea .. thought it was for Packers, Badgers, Bucks, and Brewers
quote:Originally posted by grbaypack:
I had no idea .. thought it was for Packers, Badgers, Bucks, and Brewers
Is that why we don't have that hockey forum yet?
No, we don't have a hockey forum because we're waiting for it's t.v. ratings to pass MLS soccer....
...Which is essentially "zero"
...Which is essentially "zero"
And all this time I thought this site was named after the quest for the fourth Super Bowl ring... 
quote:Originally posted by grbaypack:
I had no idea .. thought it was for Packers, Badgers, Bucks, and Brewers
Me too
Don't we go through this every six months?
It is amazing that we are coming up on 10 years since the old JSO days.
Where is Steelfloor to set us straight?
It is amazing that we are coming up on 10 years since the old JSO days.
Where is Steelfloor to set us straight?
quote:Originally posted by DurangoDoug:
Beef would hit that .....several times.
Nerdman would as well. I bet she brings tacos over every time...
quote:Originally posted by FreeSafety:
Don't we go through this every six months?
Funny you say that, I've been around since 2000 and have posted about 8000 times more than I should have and I've never known the meaning.
Re: Nerdmann...
Key word on girlfriend: "Imaginary"
Key word on girlfriend: "Imaginary"
quote:Originally posted by DurangoDoug:
Beef would hit that .....several times.
of course... i'm not prejudice.
quote:Originally posted by Tooner:
Some questions should never be asked.
Ahhh, Wisconsin girls. The very reason the Packers are the only team in the league without cheerleaders.
quote:Originally posted by pakrbakr:quote:Originally posted by grbaypack:
I had no idea .. thought it was for Packers, Badgers, Bucks, and Brewers
Is that why we don't have that hockey forum yet?
http://timesfour.com/eve/forums/a/frm/f/5631064633
quote:Originally posted by Boris:quote:Originally posted by pakrbakr:quote:Originally posted by grbaypack:
I had no idea .. thought it was for Packers, Badgers, Bucks, and Brewers
Is that why we don't have that hockey forum yet?
http://timesfour.com/eve/forums/a/frm/f/5631064633
If a hockey game is played outdoors, ala Lambeau or Soldier Field, do those posts go in the outdoor forum?
quote:Beef would hit that .....several times.
- It looks like somebody's beef already has, she looks like she's about to spew out some puppies any minute there ...
quote:Originally posted by Cold Mark:
I have no idea what the terms "x4" and/or "timesfour" mean. Am I just stupid and is this something that is obvious to a Packer fan of normal intelligence?
Seeing that you have been around since 2002, I must say that you didn't pay very good attention, as Scoop stated, more than a few times, how the name evolved
Since we are admitting things....I have no idea what shibboleth means.
Try the "Ask Blair Kiel" and that other guy forum....
quote:Originally posted by Music City:
I've had bigger...
As has she.
quote:Originally posted by FreeSafety:
It is amazing that we are coming up on 10 years since the old JSO days.
Dang, I was almost 10 years younger then. Lots of changes. Some members have passed on, real and imaginary.
Others have married, divorced, had kids, had more kids. Lost loved ones. Auld Lang Syne. Alte Freundschaft.
quote:Originally posted by QuietOne:
Alte Freundschaft.
Is that German for "Please send more chocolate!"??
Nein. The German for please send more chocolate is:
Senden Sie bitte mehr Schokolade.
Oh, yeah, before we went over on our trip, I learned the phrase...
"Wo ist die Schokolade?"
My first day over there, I forgot about the difference in time and thought how odd it was that hardly anyone was on x4. There was only that guy who ran the liquor store and me on at the time. Yeah, real die hard. Mr. QO and I arrived at the nephew's apartment in Mons..."Where's your computer?" and then, "Oh, hi!"
Senden Sie bitte mehr Schokolade.
Oh, yeah, before we went over on our trip, I learned the phrase...
"Wo ist die Schokolade?"
My first day over there, I forgot about the difference in time and thought how odd it was that hardly anyone was on x4. There was only that guy who ran the liquor store and me on at the time. Yeah, real die hard. Mr. QO and I arrived at the nephew's apartment in Mons..."Where's your computer?" and then, "Oh, hi!"
quote:Originally posted by QuietOne:
My first day over there, I forgot about the difference in time and thought how odd it was that hardly anyone was on x4. There was only that guy who ran the liquor store
That would be Thomas wouldn't it? From Manitowoc I think
quote:Originally posted by Hauser:quote:Originally posted by Cold Mark:
I have no idea what the terms "x4" and/or "timesfour" mean. Am I just stupid and is this something that is obvious to a Packer fan of normal intelligence?
Seeing that you have been around since 2002, I must say that you didn't pay very good attention, as Scoop stated, more than a few times, how the name evolved
Give him/us a break. It was probably in one of the those "OT" threads.
Wait what did I do? I don't say up late drinking and talking.LOLquote:Originally posted by Hauser:quote:Originally posted by QuietOne:
My first day over there, I forgot about the difference in time and thought how odd it was that hardly anyone was on x4. There was only that guy who ran the liquor store
That would be Thomas wouldn't it? From Manitowoc I think