Sfo Prof Guy Wants To Meet Visitors
 

Hey,

I live pretty close to SFO. I'm a nice guy that likes meeting and helping others out.

If you are interested in good places to eat or go while you are in SF, let me know...and I will respond.

Also looking for men in their 30s or so who want to meet for dinner while they are here.

Have a good trip. :)

Hi SFTechGuy. Welcome to FlyerTalk!

We have a whole Community forum where FlyerTalkers meet and greet each other, which is where I'm moving this thread. People from all over the board will be interested in finding great places to eat in SFO!

Thanks

SFTG,

Thanks for offering to provide advice and suggestions for people.

Expect some ribbing on your 30's - something dinner offers. There have been a few times when Fters have limited who they are willing to meet with. That is not in the spirit of Flyertalk.

It almost looks like you are looking for dates since you only want to meet men in their 30's.

Welcome to FT.

William

That was my take on this also. SM for SM likes to eat in Foggy town looking for others with similar tastes.
:D
Ok i'm bad but Mr Harvey set me up!

Who is this Mr. Harvey BDLord? :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool:

SFTechGuy: let me add my welcome to FT as a "neighbor" 10NW of SFO. Check this forum for events. For. ex., there is a FT get-together in SF this Sun. for a film screening and dinner. Join an event and get to know the many fine FTers iin the SFO area. As other posters note, FT encourages inclusiveness for all members. Welcome! OCn Vw 1K - Moderator

Moderator Robb should be commended for maintaining the focus of his forum and keeping the interests of the wider FlyerTalk family in mind by moving this thread. :)

Community forum is supposed to be inclusive of everyone
 

Surely you jest.

The original poster definitely sounds like he's soliciting dates with other men in the SF Bay Area.

Nothing wrong with that, EXCEPT that it's been established that the Community forum is supposed to be inclusive rather than exclusive.

Prior threads that tried to set up parties that were only for young (20's), good-looking, hetero singles, and that barred attendees that didn't fit that profile, got thoroughly flamed and booed off the board.

SFTG,

I could not find it quickly... but there is also (if I recall correctly) a thread on San Francisco flyer talkers. There are many on this board and they are all so friendly.

I have only met one in person Tom911 (he is near San Fran) and he is an outstanding guy.

IF you find that thread, you will be on your way...

There is also another thread where people have posted their home airports, you should post on that... and you can see who signed SFO and OAK as their home airport.

I hope that helps you.

William

:-: :-: :-: :-: :-: I give this post 5 stars :)

Thanks Tom...
 

So just to be clear.....

I want to help and meet people that will be traveling to SFO...I'm proud of the town.

My original post was in the Gay Forum because I am new to Flyertalk and am gay...and thought that would be a good place to post.

Frankly though, being new, I am a bit confused as to what all these postings are about....trying to second guess me.

Gee, can't a person be nice. I guess that is the kind of world we live in.

Frankly disgusted.

Not your fault that your post got moved to another forum.

Just wondering why the moderator (robb) did this. Seems like he put it in the wrong place.

Hope that clears things up a little.

But, I also wonder about YOUR nasty reaction, quoted above: "Gee, can't a person be nice. I guess that is the kind of world we live in. Frankly disgusted." (I thought you said you were a nice guy.)

Surely, you can't blame us (longtime participants in FlyerTalk) for questioning a post being moved into the wrong forum.

Well....you just have to know about history on FT, and maybe then you'll understand why you got the responses you did as a new poster. There have been previous posters that wanted to limit FT gatherings to specific age groups over the last few years (as has been pointed out), and that's generally frowned upon, as FT events should be open to everyone. Also, intentional or not, your post that you want to meet men in their 30's for dinner comes across, well, like you are looking for someone to hook up with (I might add that I don't fall in that group). We don't really have an area on FT for things like this. If you had just left that one line off, you wouldn't have got the response you got. If you knew the history here with posts involving specific age groups, you'd better understand the response you did get.

Just write it off as an FT learning experience, and continue to post on topics that might interest you.

Too bad you got off on the wrong foot here! We're all mostly pretty nice.

BTW, I'd like to be nice to some men in their 20s! :D

Can I have the men in their 40's :D

( Oops - forgot - I'm taken :o )


Seriously -

Welcome to FT!!! You will find that generally we are a pretty laid back group that gets together irregardless of age, sex, sexual-orientation, etc to hang out and talk about miles, points and whatever else happens to be on our minds that day. WE have fun traveling ( sometimes in groups) which is what community is about and why Robb probably moved this here - to see new places and new faces

^ ^ ^

Welcome to FT... and to everyone else, let's give him the benefit of the doubt and hold off on piling on.

ok
 

ok, thanks for everyone adding some color, I'm a lot more confortable with the board now.

would like to learn more about event as I like to meet new people

SFTG - Welcome to Flyertalk and a whole and in the GLBT forum. Since you're new you probably don't know some of the things that have gone on in the past. In the General Community forum, it was very controversial after someone posted for a get-together for people under 30. And when the GLBT forum was created, there was a concern that it would become a "dating" forum. So your post kind of became a hot potato. Anyways, just wanted to explain the thinking behind all of the above posts and look forward to you being part of our Community in the future.

Not controversial at all :D Don't know if he ever came back, but it did make for some rather humour filled forums :)

Welcome SFTG.

Some of my favorite FlyerTalkers are men in their 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s. Some of them are men who used to be in their twenties when I met them, but are now in their 30s. One of my very most favorite FlyerTalkers is a young man still in his teens--he was ten when I met him. ;) I also have two very most favorite FlyerTalkers who are very, very handsome men in their 60s, and there was another 70+ FlyerTalk gentleman friend who has been permanently upgraded. :-:

I have also met delightful, interesting and intelligent women FlyerTalkers in their 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s and 60s. Maybe 70s, but no one has fessed up to that.

The wonderful thing about meeting FlyerTalkers is that it is always a surprise to discover new and exciting people, of all ages and orientations, who happen to share a love of travel and an addiction to miles and points. :D Way very cool.

OBTW, great post Jan. I tried to give your rep and "attagirl" but it told me I had used up all my compliments for the day. I wish they would set it up so you could have like ten complilments in a day, but only one negative ding. There are sooooooooo many great posts.

I did it for you Punki. You owe me one. ;)

Gimme a minute! I´m in a meeting.

Yeah ... mostly ;)

20s, 30s, 40s ... smoking/non ... oh, wait ... we've already done the non-smoking queen thread ...

Forgot to mention ... Welcome to FlyerTalk!

And especially to our little corner of it.

Sorry to offend, but I am a bit of a silly guy. I find humor in things. Please do not take it personally.
FT is a great place with many wonderful people of all types. Welcome to our virtual neighborhood.
You can have fun and travel well with the wealth of information available on FT.

Welcome and best regards,
Jon :)
PS sorry William! :D

thanks for all
 

thanks to all...

am interested in any happenings for flyertalk members in the bay areas....

ideas on airdeals....

things that we might be able to do together..sponsor charity events ...network

Glad to meet you SF Tech Guy!
 

First of all, I love gay guys because they are so thoughtful and such gentlemen and just a delight to hang with. So I already love you :)

Now, my opinion, one of the best parts of FT is the ability for those from different walks of life to get together on a friendly basis with others to share, predominately, an interest in travel.

In the past, I have been one of those, in particular, who found those using FT looking to meet with just specific individuals ala personals.com an affront to this open, friendly concept. What would happen if I got together with someone intent on just hitting on me while I was happily there just to share travel mishaps, adventures and advise?

My innocence would be somewhat crushed and I would feel somewhat violated is what. Definitely on a very small scale, but it all adds up. I would be just that much wary from then on. Again, it all adds up, so anything FTers can do to eliminate this "threat", I have noticed they (and I) do. Including letting any newbies, who don't seem to have caught onto the gist of FT, know exactly how things are.

Obviously, you get it now, why some of us are so touchy. Sorry for the uncomfortable intro.

Can't wait to meet you!