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Alan Gold Regular user Key West, FL 149 Posts |
Greetings, hello, salutations, and howdy. And if any of those don't work for you, feel free to fill in your own.
My name is Alan Gold, and I'm an alcoho....um, wait. No. Wrong place. Let me try that again. My name is Alan Gold, and I'm a closeup magician in Key West, Florida. Yeah, yeah, that's the one. Anyway, I have been a regular poster on IBM's Ring 2100 for quite some time now, and some of the members there suggested I come here and check this out. Apparently those folks don't like you very much. (Why else would they inflict me on you?) Anyways....quick rundown on who and what I am....started doing magic quite accidentally about four and a half years ago, just before I arrived in Key West. Started doing it professionally about 11 months later, and have been going strong (well, if I don't shower) ever since. As far as I know (and I am often wrong), I am the second-longest running contiuous magic act at an establishment in the Florida Keys (as opposed to street performers, for example). I deal mostly with cards, but am starting to work with other things. I focused on cards for a while for one very simple reason. I sucked. So I figured I needed to get better, and since one deck of regular cards can be so versatile....well, you do the math. I was born in New Jersey, but seven weeks later corrected that mistake, and consider home Arizona, even though I live in Key West. My parents moved around a lot, and so I lived in various parts of the country. Actually, my parents are just now about to move back to Arizona. For the fourth time. (Now you know where I get it from.) I am here to discuss magic, trade tricks, learn from others, trade jokes, annoy, entertain, cajole, beg, borrow, steal...wait, no, strike those last three....and basically hopefully get as much out of this forum as I have out of 2100, which is quite a bit. Any questions, please direct them to the monkey in the corner that bears a striking resemblance to me. I'm off the clock! :-) Alan Gold Key West, FL, U.S.A.
Remember: Al G. is just another way to say pond scum.
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Dave V Inner circle Las Vegas, NV 4824 Posts |
Glad you could make it Alan! You'll see at least one familiar face right off the bat, and I'm sure you'll find many more.
No trees were killed in the making of this message, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
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Alan Gold Regular user Key West, FL 149 Posts |
Dave? Is that you Dave?
"Dave doesn't live here!" Dave? Dave? "There's no Dave here!"
Remember: Al G. is just another way to say pond scum.
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Dave V Inner circle Las Vegas, NV 4824 Posts |
Oh great! You've blown my cover Now I'll have to go back underground and start all over again... Thanks a LOT!
;)
No trees were killed in the making of this message, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
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Alan Gold Regular user Key West, FL 149 Posts |
Okay, Dave, you seem to be the maitre'd here....how do I get myself one of those fancy schmancy icon/avatar things?
:-) Alan
Remember: Al G. is just another way to say pond scum.
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Dave Scribner Assistant Manager Lake Hopatcong, NJ 4849 Posts |
Alan, go to the edit profile tab on the upper right corner of the page. Scroll down to the bottom and you'll see the load avatar section. The instructions are pretty self explanatory but you'll find more detail in the FAQ section.
Dave's really not the Maitre'd here. We just put him up there for show.
Where the magic begins
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Chrystal Inner circle Canada/France 1552 Posts |
Hi Alan,
Thanks for the great intro and we're going to enjoy having you here as goofballs are highly respected at the Café. Well we all share a sense of humor and I can tell you have a great one. Feel free to look around and my suggestion would be to pick three forums to visit your first couple times. There are so many post at the Café it's a bit overwhelming at first. Where to start? So pick a few favorites and follow the threads for a week or two and even scroll back a few pages to see what's recently been discussed. Don't hesitate to post or ask questions of your own as it's a friendly place. Have fun! |
Alan Gold Regular user Key West, FL 149 Posts |
Chrystal, "highly respected"? Oh, no, we can't have any of that. People might actually start thinking I am responsible or something. Perish the thought!
And what is this "sense of humor" you refer to? I am a dry, grim, grave, serious, humorless, boring accountant who fell into this magic forum quite accidentally while I was inventorying my neighbor's croutons. :-| Alan
Remember: Al G. is just another way to say pond scum.
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El_Lamo Special user Canada 589 Posts |
Welcome Al G.... thanks for floating to the top!
You will enjoy the place. It is diverse and interesting and fun. Cheers - El Lamo
Life is a system of circumstance presented coincidently in an illusory way.
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Steve Brooks Founder / Manager Northern California - United States 3780 Posts |
Welcome to my little website, hope you enjoy your time here.
"Always be you because nobody else can" - Steve Brooks
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Dr. TORA Inner circle TURKEY 1439 Posts |
Hi Alan,
For a long time I did not read such an introduction here. Well Done...You are very welcome here. As you will see this is a big but a very friendly place.If you want to share your magic, there is no better place.Please have a cup of strong Turkish Coffee on my bill while you begin to type your next posts.
Magically Yours,
OZLEN TUNCER /Dr.TORA Have you visited my new Website in English, yet? www.magictora.com or www.torasmagic.com |
Alan Gold Regular user Key West, FL 149 Posts |
Tora,
I hope that that is a compliment. I am kind of...different. Heh heh heh. Anyway, I appreciate the offer, but I don't drink coffee. I would very much love a strong dark draft beer, though, if it is all the same to you. :-) Alan
Remember: Al G. is just another way to say pond scum.
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Sean W. Burke Loyal user Washington D.C. 300 Posts |
Welcome Alan!
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