Re: Why are teens always pointed out?

[DennisB-1]

"I'll give you all a chance to accept me. If not, I will move to another forum that I know of where everyone welcome and your not fausly accused."

Haven't we heard this before? You should move on, Grayson. You are repeating an all too familiar pattern.

This whole Grayson thing-- I find it too much of a coincidence that there is a band named Grayson Manor from Georgia listed in the "friends" section of the myspacepage belonging to Reallywickedsue. She's the same person whose ebay account Zeke was using. Grayson also registered in June. Wasn't that when things started going south with Zeke?  And who claimed that he knew Zeke and Zeke wouldn't do what he was being accused of doing? Wasn't that you, Grayson. Didn't you say Zeke was a good friend of yours? 

Now move along. 

 

[magicman710]

I'll give you all a chance to accept me. If not, I will move to another forum that I know of where everyone welcome and your not fausly accused.

when does school start up.

August 17. Also, Don is not being mean. He is giving good advise. Your advise however is quite not helpful.

I will try to refrain from doing any posting here until I start getting my layout built. I hope you all enjoy the vacation.

 

 

Have a nice day.

[thatboy37]

I'll give you all a chance to accept me. If not, I will move to another forum that I know of where everyone welcome and your not fausly accused.

 

would you please hurry up and go to another forum because you are becoming a nusicance to everybody with these off the wall topics. also i really dont think that anyone here will miss you being on this forum with starting topics like this one and the previous ones you have posted. you brought all of this on yourself. me personally i dont feel sorry for you. i hope i'm coming off as being mean to you, but thats the only way guys who have been on this earth longer than you can get a point across to a 13 year old who thinks he's right no matter the situation. since this is the case you have a long life ahead of you and alot to learn. in other words stop being sensitive. have a nice one. when does school start up. maybe once this happens you will disappear for a while.

 forum moderators i'm not trying to be mean to him. just trying to get a point across to him as everyone else has. also for some of these guys that are responding to your post with kind of mean responses its socked me, because these guys on here are the nicest guys and i will always speak highly of them. as they have helped me get to the point that i am on my layout. magicman you must have rubbed them the wrong way. the one guy in particular i'm talking about is dbaker48. he's one of the nicer guys on here as a matter of fact everybody is. plus i dont thing anything he said was mean you are just to sensitive. i know what you need. you need to bent over someones knee and a good piece of leather put to your rear end a few times. maybe then you will straighten up and fly right.

 

 

 

[tmcc man]

Grayson,

THOSE type of posts make people upset. We will accept you if you grow up (hint  one of your last posts telling others to grow up). Thats it, ok.

[dbaker48]

Thats all I have to say.

GOOD 

However, I really doubt it.

[magicman710]

Lets move on.

[PostwarMan07]

I've only been a part of this forum for a short while, but think I know how it works.  If you ask a question on here, it's going to be answered.  You may not like the answer, but thats life.  I'm glad that people are honest on here.  Thats the only way I'll ever know if Im making a mistake. 

I don't see how age matters at all on a TOY train forum!  I play with the same TOYS that I did when I was 8 and could care less when my friends joke about how I play with kids toys.  I love this hobby as much as all of you and don't see why this has continued to be brought up.  WE'RE ALL KIDS AT HEART.

[magicman710]

Gee, Grayson, why would we think that?

I'm going to ask you again. Do you really want to travel down this road?

I like traveling down I-95.

[magicman710]

lets move on.

[DennisB-1]

Gee, Grayson, why would we think that?

I'm going to ask you again. Do you really want to travel down this road?

[magicman710]

Arent you reffering to our little 4 letter word friend?

[DennisB-1]

You need to quit while you're ahead. First of all, an email address proves nothing. Second--who said anything about your location? Why did you feel a need to point that out?

 Do you really want to keep traveling down this road?

 

[magicman710]

Lets move on.

[csxt30]

The thread he strated down on the Trains forum about "Waving to an Engineer", got deleted.  He seems to chime in at just the right time to get everybody in an uproar. I have my suspicions also .

Thanks, John

[DennisB-1]

Grayson, I'll be blunt. The fact that you make such an issue out of this non issue makes me think that you are not who you say you are. In my opinion, the only reason you bring it up is because you want to make sure everyone thinks you are a teen.  

This has happened before on this forum and you are following a familiar pattern.  

Now, you're being treated as an adult and I'll bet you don't like that either.

  

  

 

[dbaker48]

I will anxiously be waiting for your next thread, about unfairness to teenagers.

As this has gone just as the others, "OK guys stop picking on me and end this thread."  How many times before you get the message, Your the one that is prejudice against teens.  Give it a rest, or find a self indulgence group.  

There I said it, not treating you with "kid" gloves. 

"Waiting for your last word" (And as far as I'm concerned you can have it, no point in bothering with this anymore, (for me anyway.))

[magicman710]

Oh,BTW, lose the nose piercing...

Oooooook. I find nose piercing and long hair to be completely unnatractive and weird.

[Anonymous]

Hear hear! Making fun of people's ages must stop! It's like something a freaking teenager would do. I mean, really.

Hey kid, go play with your trains and stop bothering us.

 

 

No, no.. I turned 40 in June. I am officially middle-aged. Even developing a pear shape. Sad not to look like Apollo any more....

 

[Dave Farquhar]

True story: When I was 25 (hardly a teenager), I published a book (not about trains). Another published author started ripping on the book. I protested. He pulled the age card--basically, "I built my first computer before you were born." Well, his math was off. He built his first computer in 1978, and I was born in 1974. Not to mention it wasn't relevant--I'd been studying this area of specialization for seven years, and he hadn't studied it at all. He didn't understand the subject matter and felt threatened.

"Before you were born" became an inside joke among my friends and I. As in, "I set up my first wireless network in 1999, before you were born."

So sometimes the age card can be fun.

But on a more practical side, I started posting on bulletin boards when I was 13. This was before the Internet was widespread. When I could contribute to a discussion, I did. If I didn't understand the discussion, I just read, or sometimes asked questions. I was careful about my spelling and punctuation and such, so sometimes people asked me where I went to college, which was kind of flattering, seeing as I was still in high school. I got in a few arguments here and there--typically they were similar to the Lionel vs. MTH wars. Sometimes I started it and sometimes other people did. Sometimes someone would take me aside and suggest how I might have handled the situation differently. I'm almost 33 now and sometimes that still happens, but a little less often than it did when I was 13. A little. Looking back, I'm glad the people who pointed those things out to me took the time to do it.

It's hard to go wrong by reading as many discussions as you have time to read, asking intelligent questions, and learning as much as you can. Within a year or two (which isn't as long of a period of time as it seems), people will be asking you questions. Trust me on that. I know I've asked Ben10ben a number of questions. I really did first start messing with trains before he was born, but I'm pretty sure he knows more about them than I do.

[Anonymous]

Grayson,

             In a way, I know what you mean about teens being pointed out. I have not noticed that here however.  Just relax.  At 20, I have never felt that I was targeted.  Just relax and enjoy the forum, and you will soon find that you fit right in here.

[Joe Hohmann]

I'm not familiar with the expression "pointed out", but that's besides the point. One of our forum members that is quite young often has posts that drive me "up the wall", but I have a feeling it's due to personality rather than age. I don't recall any responses here, or on the OGR forum, that "picks on" younger members.

I'm 65, and a lot of people joke about "old farts" at train shows having pot-bellies, being unwashed, and wearing suspenders. I weigh 144, and shower every day...but I still find it funny. If you are looking for something to be P.O.'d about, you will probably find it. Joe

[fifedog]

jaabat - "without question..."

88 - Being fed to sharks would be a nicer fate...

Grayson - No one is picking on YOU kid.  We're far too busy picking on each other.  Oh,BTW, lose the nose piercing...

[Anonymous]

Don, like I said. I am not reffering in anyway to anything that has ever happened to me, which things have happened, but I'm not reffering to them. I am talking about all teenagers as a group. Not as me.

Here is what I think about being treated: I think teens on here should be treated like anybody else. We are here to talk trains, not age.

Grayson,
It is because of threads like this that you keep creating that cause the problem.  If you want some advice on how to fit in, email Colin (tmcc man), he can give you some pointers.  We don't call out 'teens' or anything like that, if someone makes a statement or asks something in a certain way, we will ask certain things to assertain their knowledge level or something like that.  It has NOTHING to do with your age... but you keep bringing it up and therefore it has to be addressed.  By stating that you 'aren't referring to things that have happened' you MOST CERTAINLY are.... stop bringing it up.  Let it slide off your shoulders like a good hard rain and move on.

Believe me, there is a VAST range of age on this forum, more so than any other I have been on.  Trust me... I'm a young buck to the Chief and others... you have to sit back and read and learn, then when you screw up, take the blows like the rest of us and move on.  You can't go through life letting what other people say about you hurt your feelings.  You have to process what they have said, make adjustments if necessary and become a better person for it.  Learn from your mistakes, and do a better job of it than I did (or Jim A did).

Another tip if I may... you came on here and within two weeks started your own 'coffee pot' that is one of the worst things you can do... don't go into a room and try to be the center of attention, you just end up looking like a fool and you will get no respect for it.  There is already a thread for young readers, if you don't like the tone of the 'pot'.  I'm 36 and I have learned a lot from the forum members on a lot of subjects other than trains... even some from Jim A!  Oh, try to stay away from Buckeye... he lives under a bridge and tends to smell like a troll every now and then...

OH, one more thing 'If we don't like you, we won't make fun of you.'  So snap on that chinstrap, adjust your strap, and suit up!  Get in the game and take your hits like a real man!  Who knows, you may get to dish out a couple of your own hits once in awhile.  I recommend staying away from Fife's daughters... if you think we're a tough crowd they would eat you for lunch!

[DennisB-1]

Methinks he doth protest too much. We have been down this road before.

[luther_stanton]

So why do you keep talking age?  I think this is the 3rd or 4th thread on age you have created, I'm not sure, but cant think of any others.     Actually IMO its boring.

Thanks Don - you are not the only one of that opinion.  The more posts I see about this, the more attention is drawn to the fact that MagicMan is a teen!

Now lets talk about trains.

[dbaker48]

So why do you keep talking age?  I think this is the 3rd or 4th thread on age you have created, I'm not sure, but cant think of any others.     Actually IMO its boring.

[magicman710]

Lets move on.

[magicman710]

Hey Greyson, you know everyone is welcome, no matter what age- over at...you know where. By the way, I can't let teenagers be mods. Sorry.








Just kidding!!!

I know Jason, I know. You know how much you scared me when you cant let teens be mods? I'm so blind I cant read that "Just Kidding" down there!!!!

[dougdagrump]

Perry, Why does everyone refer to your dino as a he when it is abunduntly clear that there are two eggs sitting next to the tracks. Oh my !!!!!!!!!!! Shall we guess why she is so cranky ?