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  • Marshal
    Biz Dev and SEO
    • Jun 2005
    • 15227

    #101
    btw, i what's going on here?
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    • JFK
      FUBAR the ORIGINATOR
      • Jan 2002
      • 67369

      #102







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      • KRosh
        So Fucking Outlawed
        • Nov 2001
        • 5114

        #103
        Ed ,

        I am glad I was there in Curacao with Mitch to witness you going up to your room :-)

        Great Interview
        ICQ 115433750

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        • JFK
          FUBAR the ORIGINATOR
          • Jan 2002
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          #104







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          • JFK
            FUBAR the ORIGINATOR
            • Jan 2002
            • 67369

            #105





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            • NYRangers
              Confirmed User
              • Jul 2004
              • 552

              #106
              Originally posted by SleazyDream
              13. Do you believe when someone says they truly hate something - like the leafs - it means they secretly LOVE them?
              Yes, in grade school but only if you dip her pigtails in ink.

              Sometimes people say they hate something/someone and they don't really mean it. They just say it matter of factly. Sometimes the feeling is very heartfelt. It just depends on the circumstances.

              I hate the Toronto Maple Leafs as a team. Sick of their whining fans. I love watching them lose and seeing the anguish on the faces of 90% of the people in this city when they lose. I love going out here in the city and rooting for the other team in a packed bar. The best part is not getting my ass kicked because I am not afraid to make sure everyone knows I am rooting against the Leafs. I love going to Leaf games and wearing my Leafs Suck shirt.

              I actually fel enlightened after writing this. I actually love the Leafs and this city for allowing me to be an asshole New Yorker and not having to worry about getting beaten like I would if I was in Philadelphia.

              On a side note, if anyone ever needs an ice breaker to come talk to me about anything at a show or anywhere else just walk up to me and start talking hockey. You could also talk to me about music but I don't think anyone listens to the stuff I listen to anymore with the exception of some Europeans.
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              • VIPimp
                Marina WILL have my babies!
                • May 2003
                • 9234

                #107
                Originally posted by NYRangers
                Marina hasn't fired me yet. She is still hoping I find a nice, single, rich Jewish guy willing to ease my migraines and marry her. I have even promised to pick up the tab for the honeymoon if it lasts a year. The price for peace is limitless.
                You can stop looking... get the check ready

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                • NYRangers
                  Confirmed User
                  • Jul 2004
                  • 552

                  #108
                  Originally posted by VIPimp
                  You can stop looking... get the check ready
                  You my friend are a masochist.
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                  • Za Ha
                    Confirmed User
                    • Oct 2001
                    • 5112

                    #109
                    Thanx for a great nite saturday Ed, Im sorry I called you Adam the whole time though LOL

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                    • Spunky
                      I need a beer
                      • Jun 2002
                      • 133978

                      #110
                      Interesting interview..good q & a

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                      • JerseyPuma
                        Confirmed User
                        • May 2002
                        • 1149

                        #111
                        Nice interview going here. Good people over at Sex Search, always enjoyed working with them and just chatting in general. And anyone with the nick NYRangers gets my stamp of approval.
                        LOVERCASH.COM
                        good dating sites.

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                        • SlickCash
                          Confirmed User
                          • Jun 2005
                          • 610

                          #112
                          Ed Rocks... one of the best guys I have had the pleasure of knowing in this business.
                          SlickCash.com

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                          • reynold
                            Too lazy to set a custom title
                            • Oct 2002
                            • 51271

                            #113
                            great interview, nice pics as well.

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                            • NYRangers
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                              • Jul 2004
                              • 552

                              #114
                              Originally posted by Za Ha
                              Thanx for a great nite saturday Ed, Im sorry I called you Adam the whole time though LOL
                              I've been called alot worse. Besides, being confused with Adam is not a bad thing. He does great stuff for us and has become a good friend.
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                              • NYRangers
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                                • Jul 2004
                                • 552

                                #115
                                Originally posted by JerseyPuma
                                Nice interview going here. Good people over at Sex Search, always enjoyed working with them and just chatting in general. And anyone with the nick NYRangers gets my stamp of approval.
                                We should meet and drown our sorrows over the last 7 - 8 years of Ranger anguish. Nobody can understand the pain like we do.
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                                • NYRangers
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                                  • Jul 2004
                                  • 552

                                  #116
                                  Originally posted by SlickCash
                                  Ed Rocks... one of the best guys I have had the pleasure of knowing in this business.
                                  Greg we go pretty far back and it has been a great ride. It's hanging out with people like you that still make going to shows worth it.
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                                  • NYRangers
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                                    • Jul 2004
                                    • 552

                                    #117
                                    Originally posted by reynold
                                    great interview, nice pics as well.
                                    thanks. I guess its time to start answering where I left off.
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                                    • Rinaldo
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • Sep 2003
                                      • 5086

                                      #118
                                      Originally posted by ElvisManson
                                      I think Ed had too much fun on that boat trip.


                                      I don't think He got up once, He kept begging me to stop the boat and let him off...
                                      Poor little man.

                                      Ed. You're the only man I have ever enjoyed puking with, and who I've ever seen flash his ass at Harbor 60.
                                      That my good friend was classic.

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                                      • NYRangers
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                                        • Jul 2004
                                        • 552

                                        #119
                                        Originally posted by SleazyDream
                                        14. Why wouldn't Tony's Lobster and Steak House ever let you work as a bartender?
                                        Tony's was a place I worked at for an extremely long time. Started as a busboy and just did every other job imaginable. The place was cool. Very flexible to my needs. Allowed me to go through high school and college while making what I thought was pretty decent money to get by. I was even able to keep the job as a waiter or cook while I made it a secondary employment position. They were very flexible except for one thing. They would never let me tend the bar. They knew me better. I could drink and give away the nights profit in a heartbeat. I used to drink hard and made sure that anyone else I was giving a drink was drinking hard also. No measured drinks out of my hand. Buy 2 beers the 3rd is on me. I knew what it took to line my pockets and satisfy my liver. The bottle was my devil and they knew better then to let me near so many. Eventually I grew up so if I needed to go back to work at Tony's they could put me behind the bar now. I'd do more damage to their profits cooking now. My waist line is the prrof.
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                                        • Vitasoy
                                          GFY HALL OF FAME DAMMIT!!!
                                          • Oct 2003
                                          • 58202

                                          #120
                                          I enjoying reading this one, and great pics!


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                                          • JamesK2
                                            Confirmed User
                                            • Aug 2004
                                            • 6589

                                            #121
                                            Very nice read.

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                                            • NYRangers
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                                              • Jul 2004
                                              • 552

                                              #122
                                              Originally posted by Rinaldo
                                              I don't think He got up once, He kept begging me to stop the boat and let him off...
                                              Poor little man.

                                              Ed. You're the only man I have ever enjoyed puking with, and who I've ever seen flash his ass at Harbor 60.
                                              That my good friend was classic.
                                              Here I am making a post about how I grew up and am not the alcohol abuser I was in the past and you have to mention the boat ride and Harbor 60.

                                              Rinaldo, lets make sure we aren't on a gondola in Vegas. Would be a bitch for them to clean out the canal.
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                                              • Juicy D. Links
                                                So Fucking Banned
                                                • Apr 2001
                                                • 122992

                                                #123
                                                ED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


                                                NY represent yoyoyoyooyoy

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                                                • NYRangers
                                                  Confirmed User
                                                  • Jul 2004
                                                  • 552

                                                  #124
                                                  Originally posted by SleazyDream
                                                  15. Discuss passing on the party poker software.
                                                  This actual story goes back before the Party Poker software and to the days when this company was involved in the audiotext (phonesex) business. The two partners at the time formed a business relationship with Ruth Parasol to do some kind of phonesex numbers. The deal didn't work out very well and it must have left a bitter taste in one of the partners mouth. A few years later when our company had put the phonesex business behind us and was focusing primarily on adult web sites, gaming and dating Ruth apparently came with a proposal about gaming software she was developing. One of the partners felt that the software was an inferior product and that we could develop something better. Whether this was out of spite or the fact that the software really wasn't very good I'll never know. I do know that we passed on the opportunity to start the relationship right there. We eventually scrapped the gaming division of our company due to some shady dealing by the person that was running it.

                                                  Now does this mean we missed out on the Party Poker sweepstakes? Not at all. Who knows where the relationship would have gone. It was just one of the incidents that helped form the current structure of our company today. And I for one am pretty happy with the way things are going. From the top down for the past few years I think we finally have gotten the right team in place and the results show.
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                                                  • NYRangers
                                                    Confirmed User
                                                    • Jul 2004
                                                    • 552

                                                    #125
                                                    Originally posted by Juicy D. Links
                                                    ED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


                                                    NY represent yoyoyoyooyoy
                                                    Juicy

                                                    NY forever strong! Good seeing you in Toronto the other night. Nice to have a little more attitude in the place.
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                                                    • NYRangers
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                                                      • Jul 2004
                                                      • 552

                                                      #126
                                                      Originally posted by SleazyDream
                                                      16. How much did you spend on the stereo in your thunderbird? - Is the stereo worth more than the car now?
                                                      $4,000 back in 1996 when I bought the car. And yes, I am still driving it. I gave up my fascination of having multiple cool cars. Especially since I barely drive anymore. It wasn't practical in NY when I was there and it sure isn't practical in Toronto. Yes there are cars I love and have thought about buying then the head on my shoulders kicks in and I let the idea pass me by. I am actually buying a new car next year when it finally comes out. The Shelby Cobra GT500. The car is finally going back to it's glory years with the man who designed the best mustangs of all time. The car will be powerful beyond belief and I'm ready to lose my license. If I have to I will spend another $4,000 on the stereo system for that car as well.

                                                      If I had my way, My garage would be full of nothing but American muscle cars from the 60's and early 70's.
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                                                      • Xenophage
                                                        Registered User
                                                        • Oct 2001
                                                        • 12122

                                                        #127
                                                        Looking very interesting

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                                                        • Nicky
                                                          Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                          • Mar 2003
                                                          • 30071

                                                          #128
                                                          Very nice interview

                                                          gfynicky @ gmail.com

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                                                          • JFK
                                                            FUBAR the ORIGINATOR
                                                            • Jan 2002
                                                            • 67369

                                                            #129





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                                                            • Nicky
                                                              Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                              • Mar 2003
                                                              • 30071

                                                              #130
                                                              Im cheering on NYRangers now too since you guys got Lundqvist

                                                              gfynicky @ gmail.com

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                                                              • Rinaldo
                                                                Confirmed User
                                                                • Sep 2003
                                                                • 5086

                                                                #131
                                                                Originally posted by JFK





                                                                Who's that sexy guy in the black shirt?

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                                                                • NYRangers
                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                  • Jul 2004
                                                                  • 552

                                                                  #132
                                                                  Originally posted by Nicky
                                                                  Im cheering on NYRangers now too since you guys got Lundqvist
                                                                  Some of my fellow Americans are going to bad mouth me for this but I don't care. When it comes to international hockey competitions I always root for the Swedes. I just love their style of play in the international games. It's not the pretty yellow uniforms either. But I am on your side with Lundqvist. The guy looks fantastic.

                                                                  Now let's get the Canadians panties in a knot...The two best players in the NHL are Peter Forsberg and Daniel Alfredsson.
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                                                                  • Nicky
                                                                    Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                    • Mar 2003
                                                                    • 30071

                                                                    #133
                                                                    Originally posted by NYRangers
                                                                    Some of my fellow Americans are going to bad mouth me for this but I don't care. When it comes to international hockey competitions I always root for the Swedes. I just love their style of play in the international games. It's not the pretty yellow uniforms either. But I am on your side with Lundqvist. The guy looks fantastic.

                                                                    Now let's get the Canadians panties in a knot...The two best players in the NHL are Peter Forsberg and Daniel Alfredsson.
                                                                    Ohhh yea

                                                                    Forsberg and Alfredsson are awesome, I also like Naslund and Zetterberg alot too ( I played with Zetterberg in the junior league for 2 years)

                                                                    gfynicky @ gmail.com

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                                                                    • JFK
                                                                      FUBAR the ORIGINATOR
                                                                      • Jan 2002
                                                                      • 67369

                                                                      #134



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                                                                      • JFK
                                                                        FUBAR the ORIGINATOR
                                                                        • Jan 2002
                                                                        • 67369

                                                                        #135
                                                                        Just for you Ed

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                                                                        • NYRangers
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                                                                          • Jul 2004
                                                                          • 552

                                                                          #136
                                                                          Originally posted by SleazyDream
                                                                          17. How did you loose your job with Howard Stern? Discuss your time there.
                                                                          First off I have to preface this by saying I didn't work specifically for the Howard Stern Show. I was employed by what was then K-Rock in New York. My internship in college was at K-Rock/Z-Rock and they actually offered me the gig of van driver. Now I know it's a pretty cheesey jo but I knew I could use it for it's perks and I did. You'd be amazed at what you can get for a pair of Grateful Dead or Bruce Springsteen tickets. Apparently I did a very good job at just being a van driver (maybe I was knowledgable with hand signals) so they offerred me a full time promotion assistant job. I jumped at it because radio is where I wanted to be. At the time The Howard Stern Show was broadcast from our office. So I got to work with the team quite often on appearances and live broadcasts and the TV show. It became a pretty nice gig. The crew was great and it really was a blast.

                                                                          All the while I was doing this I still would drive the van on occassion when there was an event with one of the Stern show cast members. I would go with them wherever it was we were going. So as a result there would be some pretty late nights and I would drive the van home. One of these events was on St Patrick's Day in Manhattan. Being 25% Irish (we blame my mother) I of course had to enjoy the celebrations. Many a beer later I decided it would be wise to drive home. Yes I know it's stupid but I never claimed to be the sharpest tool in the shed. I made it home safely and dragged myself to bed. About an hour later my girlfriend at the time calls me and asks me to pick her up. Since my car is back in the city I drag myself into the van and head over to Jersey (New) to pick her up. One DWI checkpoit later and not enough shirts to make the cops happy I find myself locked up to a chair in the Oradell NJ police station. The resulting insurance issues and missing of the next days event didn't go over very well. Next thing you know I was out of radio and working full time for the audiotext company that was to become the company that I am with today.

                                                                          Hard to learn a lesson when things actually work out so well.

                                                                          On a side note, K-Rock was the only company to pass me up for a promotion because I was white. Discrimination of any color, race, religion or anything just sucks.
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                                                                          • NYRangers
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                                                                            • Jul 2004
                                                                            • 552

                                                                            #137
                                                                            Originally posted by JFK
                                                                            Just for you Ed
                                                                            Who didn't smile at this little guy? Thanks JFK.
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                                                                            • JFK
                                                                              FUBAR the ORIGINATOR
                                                                              • Jan 2002
                                                                              • 67369

                                                                              #138
                                                                              The Guy is a sex machine

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                                                                              • NYRangers
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                                                                                • Jul 2004
                                                                                • 552

                                                                                #139
                                                                                Originally posted by SleazyDream
                                                                                18. Talk about your career in the phone sex business and how that translates to you still going to a gay gym today.
                                                                                As glamorous as the phone sex business is to everyone I unfortunately were behind the scenes. My voice apparently isn't sultry enough to act as Brittany the sex starved 18 year old or masculine enough to be Jake the leather bound construction worker. So sadly I accepted my role behind the scenes.

                                                                                Power Media was the company and it was the first incarnation of what Sex Search is today. It was started by two college kids in New York (one not being myself) getting phone numbers and advertising in different countries around the world. The business sky rocketed. Grant it the phone companies were a bit uneducated on what was going on but the people in the audiotext business knew how to make money, alot of it quickly. In 1994 and 95 we saw the potential of the internet and decided to point our company in that direction. www.decadence.com was launched and so was the beginning of a long and great run.

                                                                                None of it has anything to do with going to the gym I am currently going to. The gym I go to, albeit gay, has many advantages. While for some it's the sauna and companionship in the locker room for me it's the location and fact that when I go in the morning this large gym is nearly empty. I could have deflected this part of the question by saying I obviously don't go to a gay gym because my gut would say I haven't been in any sort of a gym in years but people are expecting the truth.

                                                                                Word of advice to any straight guy that goes to a gay gym, pick your spotters carefully.
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                                                                                • Hollywood Horwitz
                                                                                  Porn To ROCK!
                                                                                  • Dec 2003
                                                                                  • 4357

                                                                                  #140
                                                                                  Originally posted by NYRangers
                                                                                  Yes, in grade school but only if you dip her pigtails in ink.

                                                                                  Sometimes people say they hate something/someone and they don't really mean it. They just say it matter of factly. Sometimes the feeling is very heartfelt. It just depends on the circumstances.

                                                                                  I hate the Toronto Maple Leafs as a team. Sick of their whining fans. I love watching them lose and seeing the anguish on the faces of 90% of the people in this city when they lose. I love going out here in the city and rooting for the other team in a packed bar. The best part is not getting my ass kicked because I am not afraid to make sure everyone knows I am rooting against the Leafs. I love going to Leaf games and wearing my Leafs Suck shirt.

                                                                                  I actually fel enlightened after writing this. I actually love the Leafs and this city for allowing me to be an asshole New Yorker and not having to worry about getting beaten like I would if I was in Philadelphia.

                                                                                  On a side note, if anyone ever needs an ice breaker to come talk to me about anything at a show or anywhere else just walk up to me and start talking hockey. You could also talk to me about music but I don't think anyone listens to the stuff I listen to anymore with the exception of some Europeans.
                                                                                  reading your witty answers and clever banter make me stoked to work for SexSearch..Ed,your hilarious..
                                                                                  Ross Horwitz
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                                                                                  • NYRangers
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                                                                                    • Jul 2004
                                                                                    • 552

                                                                                    #141
                                                                                    Ladies and gentlemen, courtesy of a devil wheel winner and our marketing and sales manager Adam Small I present to you a clip of the Devil Wheel. He has others that are much more entertaining (by entertaining I mean violent and by violent I mean hilarious) and I will try and get them as well.

                                                                                    http://video.splash.sexsearch.com/video_00092.mp4

                                                                                    I hope you can see it.
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                                                                                    • NYRangers
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                                                                                      • Jul 2004
                                                                                      • 552

                                                                                      #142
                                                                                      Originally posted by SleazyDream
                                                                                      19. Discuss your educational background and schools you went to, courses taken, etc.
                                                                                      This should be obvious to everyone. It's the typical educational background that leads someone into the porn business.

                                                                                      Our Lady of the Sacred Heart grade school for the formulative gardes 1 - 8. During that stretch I had 3 or 4 years of untouched altar boy experience. I'm sure I can dig up the garments somewhere in my parents basement and be available for any weddings, baptisms or bat mitvahs.

                                                                                      Albertus Magnus High School. Believe it or not I made this choice myself. I knew even in 8th grade that if I went to Tappan Zee high school I would have turned out a screw up (?) So I went to Albertus and paid the tuition myself. $200 a month.

                                                                                      Fordham University, Bronx New York. Now 99.9% of you will have no idea who or what Fordham is in the rand scheme of things but it's funny to see the reaction of some people who went there. It's like they lowered their standards for me. Maybe they did but they still never threw me out when the head of the radio station tried to get me expelled. He did manage to get me thrown off the air for playing my evil music, partying too much during my shift and having sex in the news room studio. I can go with the first two but damnit I never had sex in the news room studio.

                                                                                      To this day I am not allowed back on the Fordham campus. 3 years after I graduated I went back there for some party. I managed to get into the radio station and that apparentlt ruffled some feathers. I am now in the habit of returning their donation requests with a note saying, "Once I am permitted to come o campus and hand deliver the check might be te day you see any money from me." Go Rams!
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                                                                                      • NYRangers
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                                                                                        • Jul 2004
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                                                                                        #143
                                                                                        Originally posted by SleazyDream
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                                                                                        20. Why do you have places in Toronto, New York and Budapest?
                                                                                        Toronto because this is where I now call home most of the time. Cool city but a bit too passive for me. But I'm a simple guy and this town works for me.

                                                                                        New York is where I am from and where I intend to die bitterly. New York is where my accidentally produced children will not visit me when they put me in a home. New York is the place I love and someday I will return so it's good to have a place.

                                                                                        Budapest is where my girlfriend is from. She still lives there on and off through the year. Plus I love the city. I also have a shop there so it gives me an excuse to go there...beside my girlfriend of course.

                                                                                        Los Angeles is next. I have to spend more time in LA so that is my next logical place to make a purchase. I have been putting it off but I can't anymore. I have work that needs to be done in LA so I have to be there more. I'm not a fan of LA but as long as The Rainbow is still serving I'll be able to cope.

                                                                                        Guys let Uncle Ed give you a word of advice. A girlfriend from another country is amazing. Just do yourself a favor and don't teach her English.
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                                                                                        • NYRangers
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                                                                                          #144
                                                                                          Originally posted by SleazyDream
                                                                                          21. Why did you get so many DWI's? discuss in detail
                                                                                          Stupidity is the only obvious answer. The first I described earlier being in the K-Rock van. I was already in for the night yet I got up and went out again. The second was on my way home from a wedding. Half a mile from my place and instead of getting off the highway exit I decided to take a shortcut that is known to have cops sitting there waiting for speeders. Surprise!

                                                                                          The underlying reason beside getting caught is nothing but stupidity. Two court battles, community service, AA (which is a great place to meet girls) and counseling to see if I was ready to get my license back finally made me see the light.
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                                                                                          • NYRangers
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                                                                                            #145
                                                                                            Originally posted by SleazyDream
                                                                                            22. Talk about the millions you lost from companies like Babenet, IBill, DMR and any others,
                                                                                            This interview stuff is pretty good. All of the questions I am getting are coming via ICQ, this is easier then I expected.

                                                                                            Ah, Babenet. According to our records we're looking at over half a million in revenue that was never paid to us. That fiasco cost alot of people and I think was the end to many fly by night programs. Yes it had a major impact on us, half a million has an impact on anyone. But it just turned out to be another speed bump. We paid every single webmaster for every single signup they generated. That alone helped us in the long run. People knew we weren't going anywhere. They knew they were going to get their money and they did. We would eat the loss before even thinking about not paying the webmaster. That is something I am extremely proud of with each project we have done. We have been able to run our program on honesty. Every webmaster knows this. If you think otherwise I challenge you to prove me wrong.

                                                                                            IBill, do I need to say more? Another 6 figure impact. Not as great as Babenet but close enough. The negotiations have been a joke. Trying to extort business from us in return for the money that they owe us. That's not going to work and I am confident we will have the last word in this issue.

                                                                                            DMR, the first internet glory years. Back in the days of wild cross sells, upsells and any other way to make a buck DMR was willing to be the processor. It was just a matter of time when Visa and Mastercard was going to catch up with the industry and when it did everyone freaked out. Billing companies closed and funds were lost. DMR is the one that always stands out in my mind but there were others. I can't even remember the hundreds of thousands of dollars that were lost.

                                                                                            There has been money lost here and there in various deals but nothing as significant as those beauties. Again, I take pride in the fact that none of these incidents ever put us in jeopardy. We are here to stay folks. Wait until you see what the future holds.
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                                                                                            • Jman
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                                                                                              • Sep 2003
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                                                                                              #146
                                                                                              Ed. I have a question for you... Why where you making frequent trips to Montrreal in your teenage years ???
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                                                                                              • NYRangers
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                                                                                                #147
                                                                                                Originally posted by JMan
                                                                                                Ed. I have a question for you... Why where you making frequent trips to Montrreal in your teenage years ???
                                                                                                Sorry, I got caught up in stuff last night and haven't been checking this until now.

                                                                                                Montreal started as a business opportunity when I was 16. I used to spend summers in upstate New York about 45 minutes south of Montreal. We used to cross the border to get beer for parties a couple of times a week. I saw the chance to set up a little business taking orders and running up to Canada to purchase the beer and sell it to other minors like myself. Was making a nice chunk of change until I discovered they would let me in the strip clubs at 16. Club Expose on Ste Catherine street was my second home. The strippers didn't mind my age either. Since I wasn't one of those kids lucky enough to have a teacher have sex with me I sacrificed and played with strippers. It's the reason why I took French in high school.
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                                                                                                • NYRangers
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                                                                                                  #148
                                                                                                  Originally posted by SleazyDream
                                                                                                  23. What exactly happened with Date.com?
                                                                                                  Date.com was one division of our company until Damian pretty much got fed up with all of the BS that was going on with the development and costs. He decided it was time to take the adult division of the company and break free. He had been trying but was getting no cooperation. So a team of trusted people were put together to set up the groundwork for the split and shortly thereafter it happened. How it happened was inspiring. We spoke to the entire staff and told them that we were going to break off and establish our own independent company. We explained the situation to the staff and told them that anyone that wanted to come with us was welcome to do so. We decided on the following Tuesday that everyone would come to the office and at 10 in the morning, we would all pick up our stuff and move to a space in the building that another company had lent us to use until we built out the basement where we are now. At 10 the office was full. Nobody was sick and everyone was in attendance. We came out of our office and made the announcement that we were going to now leave and go downstairs. The entire staff (except for some people that worked specifically on date.com) got up and came down with us.

                                                                                                  I would have paid a good price to see the expressions on the face of the guys that were running date.com when they finally arrived at the office and saw all of the people that had left.

                                                                                                  Eventually a deal was made and we've all lived happily ever after. Date has had their success and we have had ours.
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                                                                                                  • NYRangers
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                                                                                                    #149
                                                                                                    Originally posted by SleazyDream
                                                                                                    24. Ok, discuss spam, installs, trogans, viruses, popups, etc and how they relate to your business and business in the past.
                                                                                                    Spam will always exist (how profound). Whether it's via email, cell phone text messaging or those annoying advertisements that show up in your regular mailbox everyday. However, we want no part of it. We have no reason to put our business in jeopardy and deal with all of the headaches associated with spam. As for the past, our adult sites dealt with mail traffic. But feel free to ask any of the spammers that we terminated. Mail was accepted, spam complaints were not.

                                                                                                    Trojans and viruses. Not sure what the implication is there. Trojans and viruses suck. They are created by sexless drones sitting at a desk with action figures and junk food all around hoping to be the next underground hero. I'd rather spend my time trying to get laid personally.

                                                                                                    Popups are popups. Great advertising in some places, worthless in others. I don't get the logic behind 6 million popups and taking over a browser. Then again I don't have to worry about misleading a customer to buy our product.
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                                                                                                    • SleazyDream
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                                                                                                      • Jul 2001
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                                                                                                      #150
                                                                                                      greetings from the philipines - you're doing great ed - hope you're enjoying the interview so far!
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