bashbash.org #170
[@smcn] like #bearcave. you wouldn't expect it to be a gay channel. YOU WOULD EXPECT IT TO BE A CHANNEL ABOUT BEARS WOULDN'T YOU
ErgonWolf@buck Oh lordy. I met both Bob and Jeff at one point, decades ago. I came out right as the Bear Movement was getting started, when it was more a social/political movement within mainstream gay culture at the time. As a result, I was brushing up against a lot of the more prominent men in the movement. Mostly because it wasn't a big group of people to begin with.
Anyway, I hadn't thought about the bear code in ages. I was a member of the Bear Mailing List, a LISTserv group that combined with the IRC channel #bearcave formed the backbone of how the bears communicated back then. Add in Bear Magazine and its section of personal ads at the back (necessary before the advent of much of the modern internet), and that's how everyone knew each other!
Thanks for the reminder of something from long in my past. :3
bash.org #40487
(CountZero) does anyone know where i can find the irc channel for bash.org?! plz help thank you
(Sunk) Hrmm..
(Sunk) I don't.
(turb0) no
(Val[AWAY]) Hrm. Can't recall.
(D3KK0N) #bearcave
(Badtz_brx) what is bash.org?
(Val[AWAY]) #microsoft, maybe?
*** Kick: CountZero was kicked by Amanda_ (Amanda_)
(Sunk) ROFL
(turb0) HAhahahahaha
(Xanor) lol
(turb0) that was classic
(madog) omg
(Val[AWAY]) :)
(CountZero) does anyone know where i can find the irc channel for bash.org?! plz help thank you
(Sunk) Hrmm..
(Sunk) I don't.
(turb0) no
(Val[AWAY]) Hrm. Can't recall.
(D3KK0N) #bearcave
(Badtz_brx) what is bash.org?
(Val[AWAY]) #microsoft, maybe?
*** Kick: CountZero was kicked by Amanda_ (Amanda_)
(Sunk) ROFL
(turb0) HAhahahahaha
(Xanor) lol
(turb0) that was classic
(madog) omg
(Val[AWAY]) :)
Gypsum Fantastic
A Pretty Good JasonBear Cave Campground, Buchanan MI - Aug 2023
It was my 40th birthday weekend trip, and the whole weekend was beautiful weather - 70s-80s in the day and chilly enough for a fire at night and in the morning. There was no wifi or cell service, but we were able to keep busy. There was a lodge with a couple cool old arcade games (Die Hard, 18 Wheeler, Crusin' World to name a few) and a couple pinball cabinets.
Friday we visited Bear Cave. It cave was much smaller than we expected (about 150 feet in length), but we learned that the cave was used to hide slaves in the underground railroad. We're going to plan a trip to a bigger cave outside the state next year. We filled the rest of the first day with a fair that was going on a couple miles away. Lots of rides and show animals, and of course fair food 
. Youngest daughter had to ride the ferris wheel, as is tradition.
Saturday we visited Warren Dunes State Park to climb some giant sandy hills and swim in Lake Michigan. I climbed the tallest one, then my youngest decided she wanted to go up, so I climbed it again with her, and another one after that. Then a dip in the lake to cool off, and back home to hang out by the fire.
It was fun and I'm glad we went but I can't say I'd want to to back for a few reasons. I won't list them here as it'd risk raining on this mostly positive post.
@twobraids Or, possibly, we were chatting on irc back in the #bearcave / #glbf days?
I was hippybear on irc back then.