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    Why TeakDoor?

    Well after being a member on the forum for quite some time now the time has come to ask a question to DirtyDog, and anyone else who may know the answer.

    ThaiVisa sounds a reasonable name for a forum that discusses.... Ummm.... Thai visas!

    Thaizine has the word Thai in there so that makes sense!

    Ajarn translated in Thai (if I have it correct) is a meaning for a profession in English I believe, so it is understood.

    But then we have TeakDoor.... How that word came about I just do not know! Could it be DirtyDog's love for teak doors? Or is it used as a metaphor to describe the forum that dosen't close the strong doors of teak for anyone, and a place where the door is always open?

    I get that feeling when I read HillBilly welcoming newbies often. But the question really does make me curious. Why teakdoor?

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    This is also a building and gardening forum. Teak is the hardest wood, and a door is where you enter your property. So I think it is quite a good name. Enter through the teak door has a nice ring to it.


    Ajarn, is just a respected teacher. Monks can be ajarns as well. You often hear Phra Ajarn before a monks name.

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    I have always thought of TeakDoor as a good name for a bar

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    Quote Originally Posted by DrAndy
    I have always thought of TeakDoor as a good name for a bar
    Are we going to have a TeakDoor HQ just like ThaiVisa now?



    Quote Originally Posted by agingone
    This is also a building and gardening forum. Teak is the hardest wood, and a door is where you enter your property. So I think it is quite a good name. Enter through the teak door has a nice ring to it.


    Ajarn, is just a respected teacher. Monks can be ajarns as well. You often hear Phra Ajarn before a monks name.
    Thankyou for that.

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    Most of the names with a Thai connotation have been taken up already.
    Makes sense to go for something different...

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    Quote Originally Posted by benbaaa
    I don't know.
    Hey......

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    This domain name was bought a few years ago and was actually going to be for selling Teak doors, when we first uploaded phpbb it was decided to use this domain rather than the other ones I had.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dirtydog
    This domain name was bought a few years ago and was actually going to be for selling Teak doors, when we first uploaded phpbb it was decided to use this domain rather than the other ones I had.
    Ahhh, okay.

    You ruined the lovely little stories we had going on about why Teakdoor is Teakdoor. I quite liked Aging Ones description, you ruined it Dog!


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    "Teakdoor" has a cool ring to it.

    I also assume that a lot of doman names and sites have already been bought and that the name of site and/or domains will more often than not, not have a name that applies specifically to the topics, posters, or aims of a board.

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    Yeah, I was expecting an inspirational story. To take Ice's question a little further, DD, what was the inspriation behind starting the forum?

    BTW, I think the TeakDoor is an excellent moniker.

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    The inspiration behind this forum? hmmmm, that was actually Samwan, he kept hassling me to open a forum, he had my domain passwords and uploaded phpbb, then he made it all this color scheme and I was hooked

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    I'll was gonna post one of those soppy 'Thanks for laying all of this on guys' comments, but they look so poofy....so, I'll just punch DD on the arm and say in a throwaway comment kind of way, 'Yeah nice one'....I really must get around to pressing that donate button....
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    Quote Originally Posted by dirtydog
    The inspiration behind this forum? hmmmm, that was actually Samwan, he kept hassling me to open a forum, he had my domain passwords and uploaded phpbb, then he made it all this color scheme and I was hooked
    Actually, it was because no other forum would allow us to post and be ourselves. Sometimes it is best to buy a home instead of renting...

    TeakDoor. Damn tough stuff. But once your through the doors, you never want to leave...
    Last edited by hillbilly; 07-05-2006 at 04:46 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hillbilly
    it was because no other forum would allow us to post
    I was still allowed in some forums well under new niks of course

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    I love Thailand and TD seems to let us post whatever we are feeling!!!!!!
    No matter how wacked out

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    Quote Originally Posted by aging one
    This is also a gardening forum.
    This is what?

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    TEak really isn; that hard of a wood, but it is one of the most durable, resistant to rot, worms and termites. it also tends to dull tools rather quickly, I love working in teak I cuts so beautifully and shapes nicely, Just have that arkansas washita stone handy..

    I'm sure Dog meant to tell you all he admires these qualities and felt it would be an inspirational name for a durable forum resistant to rot, and attack from worms and such...

    Or, Maybe not.
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    I think the TeakDoor maybe Freudian, but DrAndy would know more about that kind of thing than me.

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    I like the fact that it's an anagram of O' Eat Dork....or Ok Toader....The picture always looks a bit funereal to me..

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    Quote Originally Posted by aging one
    Teak is the hardest wood
    Ebony is the hardest wood,very tough to work with as it burns when you cut it.

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