Has forum interest declined

[Speedomartin]

I was out of commission due to a heart attack (I survived!). But a hell of a lot of medical personnel have now seen my full speedo tan lines. When they place a stent in your heart, sometimes they go in through the femoral artery as it passes by your groin. I had it done twice, with two different shifts of about a dozen medical personnel each time. Then there was all the nurses checking on the entry sites in my groin (one on each side) in the following days. I'm sure my confidence in wearing a speedo in public helped me get over the amount of exposure my medical care required.

Wishing a full recovery and thanks for sharing. Glad you got back in speedos again Stay well.

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[Speedoaddict]

I was out of commission due to a heart attack (I survived!). But a hell of a lot of medical personnel have now seen my full speedo tan lines. When they place a stent in your heart, sometimes they go in through the femoral artery as it passes by your groin. I had it done twice, with two different shifts of about a dozen medical personnel each time. Then there was all the nurses checking on the entry sites in my groin (one on each side) in the following days. I'm sure my confidence in wearing a speedo in public helped me get over the amount of exposure my medical care required.

Get well soon, hope you have a fast recovery. Glad to see you back on the forum.


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[Scottiebum]

I was out of commission due to a heart attack (I survived!). But a hell of a lot of medical personnel have now seen my full speedo tan lines. When they place a stent in your heart, sometimes they go in through the femoral artery as it passes by your groin. I had it done twice, with two different shifts of about a dozen medical personnel each time. Then there was all the nurses checking on the entry sites in my groin (one on each side) in the following days. I'm sure my confidence in wearing a speedo in public helped me get over the amount of exposure my medical care required.

Sorry to that. All the best for your return to full health.

[Red^^Speedo]

Get well fast!

[CityRail]

I was out of commission due to a heart attack (I survived!). But a hell of a lot of medical personnel have now seen my full speedo tan lines. When they place a stent in your heart, sometimes they go in through the femoral artery as it passes by your groin. I had it done twice, with two different shifts of about a dozen medical personnel each time. Then there was all the nurses checking on the entry sites in my groin (one on each side) in the following days. I'm sure my confidence in wearing a speedo in public helped me get over the amount of exposure my medical care required.

Get well soon!

[Fieldman81]

I'm not very active on here at all but do lurk from time to time. My interest has been sparked again due to the fast approaching holidays here in South Africa and getting in shape. Plan is to get to the beach as much as possible so hoping to post a few pics during this period.... Just love the tan lines that go with that.

I had to let my gym membership go unfortunately so no more weekly swimming but hoping to get back there ASAP so I can use my speedo more.

[Fieldman81]

...... Heal up and good health going forward

I was out of commission due to a heart attack (I survived!). But a hell of a lot of medical personnel have now seen my full speedo tan lines. When they place a stent in your heart, sometimes they go in through the femoral artery as it passes by your groin. I had it done twice, with two different shifts of about a dozen medical personnel each time. Then there was all the nurses checking on the entry sites in my groin (one on each side) in the following days. I'm sure my confidence in wearing a speedo in public helped me get over the amount of exposure my medical care required.

[_su_]

Thank you for all of the well wishes! I will try to post some pics of my new suits once I'm feeling more in shape; maybe it will help keep interest in the forum alive.

[...:::sam:::...]

I was out of commission due to a heart attack (I survived!). But a hell of a lot of medical personnel have now seen my full speedo tan lines. When they place a stent in your heart, sometimes they go in through the femoral artery as it passes by your groin. I had it done twice, with two different shifts of about a dozen medical personnel each time. Then there was all the nurses checking on the entry sites in my groin (one on each side) in the following days. I'm sure my confidence in wearing a speedo in public helped me get over the amount of exposure my medical care required.

Glad to hear you're ok! Was it a surprise, because you don't look like you have an at risk body. Certainly a scary experience. My mum used to do angiogram and angioplasty procedures, they've done so many of these procedures that the staff wont have thought anything about it anything other than the medical procedure and processes at the groin site. Good luck with the recovery, hopefully you have a new lease on life from here!

[swimmy]

Wow glad you survived! That's a scary experience, huh? I don't think it's real common for guys in such fantastic shape to have heart attacks, is it? I don't know your age but you look pretty young. I'm sure the nurses secretly enjoyed seeing you in less than a speedo. I think we all would...

[DaveSpeedoEvans]

Su, good to hear you are still with us mate.... get well soon.

These days I don't get to spend much time on the forum which is a shame because I love what a great little community this has become. As for popularity, I honestly had no idea but from the stats below of daily visitors over the last 12 months looks the same.

It has always been a bit of a problem (not a bad one) with people following and reading the forum and not contributing. The joining process, where you have to email me is a pain for everyone so I'm sure some people are discouraged by that.

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If you guys have any ideas please drop me a line.

Dave

[clem]

Glad to hear from you Dave, we were worried about you!

Do you have any idea why so many spammers have hit this place lately? I know it happens, but it shouldn't be hard to delete the obvious spam posts and get rid of the jerks.

As for me, I was longtime lurker who finally took the plunge. (snicker) Otherwise I'm an online recluse; I look at but don't participate in any of the popular social media outlets. I'm on a few forums of things that interest me, and this is by far the most "out there" forum I've ventured on to. but I'm glad I'm here.

[speedoboi]

Su, good to hear you are still with us mate.... get well soon.

These days I don't get to spend much time on the forum which is a shame because I love what a great little community this has become. As for popularity, I honestly had no idea but from the stats below of daily visitors over the last 12 months looks the same.

It has always been a bit of a problem (not a bad one) with people following and reading the forum and not contributing. The joining process, where you have to email me is a pain for everyone so I'm sure some people are discouraged by that.

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If you guys have any ideas please drop me a line.

Dave

I suggest making the speedo photos section open only to members.

[speedoboi]

Thank you for all of the well wishes! I will try to post some pics of my new suits once I'm feeling more in shape; maybe it will help keep interest in the forum alive.

I'm so sorry to hear what happened to you. My time here has been greatly reduced. In mid-November, my dad suffered an unexpected brain bleed. He was recently discharged from the hospital. He cannot speak or wallow and is being fed through a tube in his stomach. I've been helping with his care. When I'm not helping him, I'm busy crying. Areana Grande released a song entitled, NO MORE TEARS LEFT TO CRY, but my tears seem to be unlimited.

Please get well.

[Speedomartin]

Thank you for all of the well wishes! I will try to post some pics of my new suits once I'm feeling more in shape; maybe it will help keep interest in the forum alive.

I'm so sorry to hear what happened to you. My time here has been greatly reduced. In mid-November, my dad suffered an unexpected brain bleed. He was recently discharged from the hospital. He cannot speak or wallow and is being fed through a tube in his stomach. I've been helping with his care. When I'm not helping him, I'm busy crying. Areana Grande released a song entitled, NO MORE TEARS LEFT TO CRY, but my tears seem to be unlimited.

Please get well.

Really sorry to hear the sad news about your Dad speedoboi. Keep strong and we are all thinking about you. Take care. Don't forget we are all here to support you if needed. Just remember look after yourself aswell.

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[DaveSpeedoEvans]

Do you have any idea why so many spammers have hit this place lately? I know it happens, but it shouldn't be hard to delete the obvious spam posts and get rid of the jerks.

Clem, well I don't quite have the time to monitor and read every post but when I see (or am alerted) to spam I log in to the admin, find the user, ban their IP, add it to Kip's black list then I go and find the posts and delete them. I am really busy so occasionally it takes me a day or two to get to this or I don't see the spam.

I love being able to run the forum, but there is no BS advertising and I think I've received $40 in donations the entire time I've run it.

No, it isn't hard to delete the spam. Just takes time, my time.

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I suggest making the speedo photos section open only to members.
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I'll give that a try.

Dave

[Thom]

I was out of commission due to a heart attack (I survived!).

I'm glad you're alive. All best moving forward.

[Thom]

My time here has been greatly reduced. In mid-November, my dad suffered an unexpected brain bleed. He was recently discharged from the hospital. He cannot speak or wallow and is being fed through a tube in his stomach. I've been helping with his care. When I'm not helping him, I'm busy crying. Areana Grande released a song entitled, NO MORE TEARS LEFT TO CRY, but my tears seem to be unlimited.

I'm saddened to hear of your Dad. I took care of both my mother and father later in their lives. Get as much rest as you can. Care-giving can be very draining.

[...:::sam:::...]

I suggest making the speedo photos section open only to members.

I would have thought that would be the section that brings the most new visitors to the site.

[Thom]

I love being able to run the forum, but there is no BS advertising and I think I've received $40 in donations the entire time I've run it.

Dave

Dave

Through the link on this site, I've donated at least $U.S.60 this year and at least $U.S.40 last year with Paypal. Maybe it got mixed in with payments to your other enterprises. I have my Paypal account line items to prove it. I'm pretty sure I've donated prior to that too, but at my age, time goes into a fog.


Thom