I guess Ben was being honest when he said he was through with Wu's. That makes me sad. I truly enjoyed my interactions with him, and looked forward to his latest stories. Of course, the pictures he posted of the beautiful foot girls in his life were an added bonus, but not so much as the opportunity to chat with the man himself.
You are a gentleman and a scholar sir. You are missed.
And seriously, where IS Calico Jack?
Posted by Sabbath (Member # 4844) on :
Why did he left?
Posted by Tyler D. (Member # 11452) on :
Ben and Calico were two of the best! Calico was so knowledgeable on a wide range of foot topics and Ben was totally livin the life and sharing some great pics and accounts of his foot experiences. They're probably enjoying some feet right about now, but I hope they both come back at some point.
Posted by ozkar (Member # 13264) on :
I miss Ben too. He seemed like a high class guy.
Posted by Lou Gojira (Member # 983) on :
Count me in with the crew who miss Ben and CJ...those guys were always cool.
Posted by ozkar (Member # 13264) on :
I wish I knew why they left. Does anyone know?
Posted by Pete-The-Feet-Lover (Member # 3260) on :
I miss them too -- Ben and CJ were posting some great things back when I was just a little n00b on this forum some three years ago. Don't you go leaving now Lou.
Posted by Wu (Member # 1) on :
I'm not sure what happened to CJ... My guess would be computer problems. It's not like him to just vanish like that. I hope he's alright.
Posted by bluetoelover (Member # 14736) on :
We talk as if they are dead...CJ will be back soon hopefully. As for Ben..I miss his insights and pics! Maybe we will get an xmas gift and have them both back!
Posted by IAmSpartachris (Member # 3289) on :
Well I know why Ben has stopped coming here. He told us exactly why a month or so back. But I sincerely hope that everything is OK with CJ.
Posted by Footman9 (Member # 1100) on :
Ben and CJ are cool with me and I missed those dudes. I can't wait for their return. Posted by Mighty Mike (Member # 1922) on :
for CJ to be gone this long i can't help but think something happened to him
Posted by Lissa (Member # 995) on :
Hi..well I host footnight.com parties like Ben does in Seattle but I never heard anything about that. I guess I'll ask Steve tonight at the foot party. On the other hand was that really Ben who posted that crazy story about going on a date and getting sick all over himself in the restroom and running out of the place half naked? Was that for real?
Posted by Lou Gojira (Member # 983) on :
quote:Originally posted by Pete-The-Feet-Lover: Don't you go leaving now Lou.
Thanks for the concern, but don't worry about me going anywhere Bro. Where else can you hang with so many nice and like-minded people, look at pics of and have discussions over barefoot girls, talk about video games, talk about music, talk about movies and politics...this place has it all!
Now if only we still had Ben and CJ among us...here's hoping for their triumphant return some day soon! Posted by hilarydufffeetslave (Member # 2512) on :
I too miss Ben, but is good to see the CJ is back.
Posted by Pete-The-Feet-Lover (Member # 3260) on :
CJ isn't back. What are you talking about? I just searched his latest posts -- the last one is from September.
Posted by Craigy boy (Member # 3340) on :
Ben seemed to have felt we didnt appreciate him, which i thought was odd. Now, i'll never see Malory again. He seemed a nice guy too.
Posted by clyde121 (Member # 9080) on :
quote:Originally posted by Craigy boy: Ben seemed to have felt we didnt appreciate him, which i thought was odd. Now, i'll never see Malory again. He seemed a nice guy too.
thats rediculous. every post he ever made had tons of replies saying "your the man" or "excellent photos". and all his posts had atleast a couple pages of replies. what about the "not so well know guy" that only posts 2 or 3 pics of his gf and gets 1 or 2 responses. they dont get mad and leave because they didnt get superstar recognition. if the reason he left was becasue he didnt feel appreciated then hes crazy in his mind. what does he want, everybody to worship him? nothing against him because he had alot of darn good pictures and seemed like a nice guy but there has to be another reason he left. it just doesnt make sense to me
Posted by Mighty Mike (Member # 1922) on :
quote:Originally posted by clyde121:
quote:Originally posted by Craigy boy: Ben seemed to have felt we didnt appreciate him, which i thought was odd. Now, i'll never see Malory again. He seemed a nice guy too.
thats rediculous. every post he ever made had tons of replies saying "your the man" or "excellent photos". and all his posts had atleast a couple pages of replies. what about the "not so well know guy" that only posts 2 or 3 pics of his gf and gets 1 or 2 responses. they dont get mad and leave because they didnt get superstar recognition. if the reason he left was becasue he didnt feel appreciated then hes crazy in his mind. what does he want, everybody to worship him? nothing against him because he had alot of darn good pictures and seemed like a nice guy but there has to be another reason he left. it just doesnt make sense to me
he was also angry about certain members sending bad private messages to his models
but yeah you make great points, all of his threads turned into multiple pages with comments like "wow she's awesome" etc etc
I don't know what more he wants
Posted by ozkar (Member # 13264) on :
I think you'd be hard pressed to find any regular on this forum that wouldn't partake in 'mob justice' against members that messed with Ben or his models.
Come back man, you are missed.
Posted by Mighty Mike (Member # 1922) on :
i'm dying to see new photos of britney
Posted by Ben Del Amitri (Member # 2724) on :
quote:Originally posted by IAmSpartachris: I guess Ben was being honest when he said he was through with Wu's. That makes me sad. I truly enjoyed my interactions with him, and looked forward to his latest stories. Of course, the pictures he posted of the beautiful foot girls in his life were an added bonus, but not so much as the opportunity to chat with the man himself.
You are a gentleman and a scholar sir. You are missed.
And seriously, where IS Calico Jack?
Hello IAmSpartachris -
I hate when somebody says "Oh boy, it's so sad but I'm 'retiring' and won't be around anymore" ... because they never do "retire" and they always do come back in a day or a month or so and say "I'M BACK!".
In my case, it was never a dedicated effort or plan to stay away or cease participating in the forums, and of course I did not make any dramatic pronouncements about it; it was more a matter of simple priorities .. and of me beginning to feel I was going past the point of diminishing returns with my efforts.
My foot life is a full and very active one. For me, the pursuit and pleasures of female feet do not ever ever cease. It is for the absolute, unadulterated love of feet that I do it. I spent a year in these forums, reporting on my day-to-day (foot) activities and eventually reached a point to where I asked myself "why, and toward what end?".
I made over 3,000 posts in one year with a half a ton of photographs .. of some of this country's most stunning girls (and their feet). I did not ever do this with an agenda .. never posted photos saying "click on this and subscribe to see more" ... or visit my site to buy the whole set. I don't even have a pay site, for crap's sake.
When you assume a high profile, you assume all the shit that goes with it, along with the great things - do well enough and you'll have detractors, just as you will supporters. I never had any problem dealing with this simple idiom but when the footgirls started garnering "hate mail" from forum members I pretty much decided "F..ck them" and let it lay there.
That's when I ceased posting actively (as opposed to "retiring"). Never with the intent of "quitting", just seeing it as a natural hiatus; and always with the intent to give these things a fresh view at some point in time.
In the interim, my (foot) life hasn't changed a bit. I still go out with my footgirl friends, have foot parties - rub, massage, lick and smell feet on a daily basis. And yes, I do run into the most amazing girls from Anytown USA and I do still take photos of their feet just as often as when I was posting regularly ... just that I'm not logging in here every day to report on it.
I'm not here today to say "I'm back", but I did begin with a soft post in the photo section and I may post a few more. Your sentiments are greatly appreciated.
[ February 16, 2007, 01:25 PM: Message edited by: Ben Del Amitri ]
Posted by Hal (Member # 3484) on :
Good to hear from you again, Ben.
Please watch out that you don`t burn out again in future. Sometimes less is more.
Cheers, -Hal-
Posted by Sinnister (Member # 2394) on :
Hate mail from members? You shoulda PM'ed me. I could have easily traced the IP and "tune dey ass up".
Posted by Ben Del Amitri (Member # 2724) on :
quote:Originally posted by Sinnister: Hate mail from members? You shoulda PM'ed me. I could have easily traced the IP and "tune dey ass up".
Hello Sinnister - some of them were not exactly secret about it and for those who were, we did trace their IP addresses and I do know who they are. A few of them even tried tracing the IP of footgirls .. which is why all of our footgirl email goes through GWF servers via a Virtual Private Network (VPN). The (few) footgirls who logged into the forum were logging in through the same VPN most of the time.
Posted by Outback69 (Member # 2217) on :
I have to echo Hal's sentiments in saying that we appreciate any contribution that may have to the forums, whether it'd be a new pic set or a story so please just do it in moderation....
Glad to have you around!
Posted by Lou Gojira (Member # 983) on :
I know what you mean Ben...anything in life can lose it's appeal if you do it all the time, or when it seems like all the time. Just post when you feel like it Bro, no obligations...we're always happy to see you and your beautiful girls around these parts.
Oh, and get your butt down to the Miscellaneous section and post on that video game thread! You're bound to have beaten Gradius V by now, right? I wanna hear about all of that too! Posted by Ben Del Amitri (Member # 2724) on :
quote:Originally posted by Outback69: I have to echo Hal's sentiments in saying that we appreciate any contribution that may have to the forums, whether it'd be a new pic set or a story so please just do it in moderation....
Glad to have you around!
Hello Outback69 - Malory says "Hello".
Posted by Ben Del Amitri (Member # 2724) on :
quote:Originally posted by Lou Gojira: I know what you mean Ben...anything in life can lose it's appeal if you do it all the time, or when it seems like all the time. Just post when you feel like it Bro, no obligations...we're always happy to see you and your beautiful girls around these parts.
Oh, and get your butt down to the Miscellaneous section and post on that video game thread! You're bound to have beaten Gradius V by now, right? I wanna hear about all of that too!
Hello Brother Lou - I'll do so but you'll be amazed at my (continued) ineptitude on the Gradius front.
Posted by Lou Gojira (Member # 983) on :
That's alright Bro...didn't you say that Malory was schooling you on that game anyway? So really, it's not your fault that you're not exactly whipping ass on it...you've got one HELLUVA distraction! I think I'd manage to suck at Combat on the Atari 2600 if Malory was in the same room while I was trying to play it!
Malory: "Just shoot the airplane!" Me: "Huh? " Malory: "You know...press the little red button and shoot the airplane..." Me: "Red is a purty color. " Malory: "*sigh* Are you gonna play this or not?" Me: "Huh? Oh...uh...play what? "
So I can imagine the problems that could arise from trying to play something as intense as Gradius V! Posted by lambskin (Member # 1542) on :
Ben, glad to see that life hasn't changed and is still full of beautiful feet and great women. I miss your posts, but definitely respect and understand your position. Hope to see more of you.
Posted by guitardrew (Member # 6635) on :
man what a drag it is that there are people around here, ( a lot i guess), who are so miserable that they would send hate mail to the very people they admire, and play any type of hand in depriving us of the company of such lovely people as Sasha, Ben (Malory and all the footgirls), etc. im in disbelief sometimes, not naiive, but just keeps hitting me that some people are so miserable.
Posted by feetluvr (Member # 1570) on :
Without question both Ben and CJ are "foot masters" and fine folks to share things with and learn from. Two of the finest footguys ever.
Posted by Fate111 (Member # 2627) on :
quote:Originally posted by guitardrew: man what a drag it is that there are people around here, ( a lot i guess), who are so miserable that they would send hate mail to the very people they admire, and play any type of hand in depriving us of the company of such lovely people as Sasha, Ben (Malory and all the footgirls), etc. im in disbelief sometimes, not naiive, but just keeps hitting me that some people are so miserable.
I agree, guitardrew. It really boggles my mind that there are people out there that find the need to send hate mail for lack of anything else to do, especially with the quality content that Ben provided this forum on a consistent basis. How can someone be so jealous? Do I wish I could be like Ben? Yeah, for sure. I think a lot of us would love that opportunity. However, I'm not going to be jealous over the fact that I can't hang with a girl everyday and enjoy the pleasures of her feet. I think we should all consider ourselves lucky that Ben has shared as much as he has with us and all for the love and passion of it. As he said, he has never made his posts as motivation to join a pay website he operates. For as many times as he has posted in the past and with the quality and quantity that he has shared, he would have every right to start a pay website! However, he hasn't and, as stated, does what he does because he loves it and it's a passion for him. I think Ben stands as a stellar example of intent and as far as what motivates people to start a foot fetish website. As has been discussed before, there are, most likely, a percentage of websites out there that have been started with the simple motive to make money or "get rich quick", rather than starting a website from the standpoint of doing it because it's something someone just loves to do.
Ben, I'm glad to see you back again! Your presence has truly been missed here.
Posted by rhbdz17 (Member # 2492) on :
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Don't you go leaving now Lou.
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That's alright Bro...didn't you say that Malory was schooling you on that game anyway? So really, it's not your fault that you're not exactly whipping ass on it...you've got one HELLUVA distraction! I think I'd manage to suck at Combat on the Atari 2600 if Malory was in the same room while I was trying to play it!![[Drool]](graemlins/drool.gif)
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