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Convicted OneAnd careers that place employees out at lone, isolated locations tend to be a magnet for anti-social personalities. Big surprise? no.
Source? Citation? wiki link?
I could claim that forums like this are magnets for anti-social types, too. I mean, you're here and I doubt that you would win any "plays well with others" awards. You mostly only ever show up when you can take pot shots at other posters. Usually RRers for some reason. Maybe just certain ones. Oh well, I still love ya. Don't ever change.
It's been fun. But it isn't much fun anymore. Signing off for now.
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Convicted OneThat's good!! There are others too stupid to even understand how much they don't know. Needless to say they all consider themselves to be 'authorities'.
So you consider yourself to be an authority on authorities? As someone once said: "There are others too stupid to even understand how much they don't know. Needless to say they all consider themselves to be 'authorities'."
F3AI keep finding out how much I know I don't know.
That's good!! There are others too stupid to even understand how much they don't know. Needless to say they all consider themselves to be 'authorities'.
gardendanceI'm asking those special ones who consider themselves to be loftier, more intelligent, and far more attractive than most people.
Much of th grief expressed (here) to this end could just as likely be explained as anti-social behavior ("does not play well with others").
And careers that place employees out at lone, isolated locations tend to be a magnet for anti-social personalities. Big surprise? no.
Ulrich I'm told I'm wrong every single day of the week by people from all walks of life, employees, family members, banks, suppliers, customers, complete strangers even. Yet I don't get bent up over it.. am I wrong?
I'm told I'm wrong every single day of the week by people from all walks of life, employees, family members, banks, suppliers, customers, complete strangers even. Yet I don't get bent up over it.. am I wrong?
At my age I keep finding out how much I know I don't know.
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That sounds like the topless and bottomless night club where the serving staff worked with no hats or shoes.
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I just want to mention that I was disappointed with this thread. When I saw "Indecent Posters" in the title, I thought we'd be looking at racy pictures.
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But I'm not asking most people, I'm asking those special ones who consider themselves to be loftier, more intelligent, and far more attractive than most people.
gardendanceBy the way, so far nobody's replied in either the real thread or this imitation to say that they consider themselves to be a decent poster.
Most would assume it was just a rhetorical question with no answer needed.
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tree68 schlimm Since that was my obvious reference, you've made your own point. The forums have become rife with threads about (next to) nothing. A victim of their own success? Over the years, we've had some great discussions here about some pretty mundane things. And while we haven't talked about everything, we've covered a large number of topics - to the point where if someone new asks a question, an old-timer can usually provide a link to a previous thread on the topic. And someone usually does do exactly that. On occasion, this will engender new discussion, but more often than not, that's the end of it. Sometimes the new member will stick around and join more discussions, and sometimes they just came in for that one question and are gone. Nothing lights things up like a good controversy, though, and sometimes those get out of hand (moderation, anyone?). But they do usually go on for quite some time.
schlimm Since that was my obvious reference, you've made your own point. The forums have become rife with threads about (next to) nothing.
A victim of their own success?
Over the years, we've had some great discussions here about some pretty mundane things. And while we haven't talked about everything, we've covered a large number of topics - to the point where if someone new asks a question, an old-timer can usually provide a link to a previous thread on the topic. And someone usually does do exactly that.
On occasion, this will engender new discussion, but more often than not, that's the end of it. Sometimes the new member will stick around and join more discussions, and sometimes they just came in for that one question and are gone.
Nothing lights things up like a good controversy, though, and sometimes those get out of hand (moderation, anyone?). But they do usually go on for quite some time.
In reference to your post and Murphy's, it seems to me one aspect of railroading that is in short supply on here is looking toward the future, especially the passenger side. That does not seems to interest many posters beyond the usual suspects and is often deounced by some who want to discuss only the 'good old days.'
schlimmSince that was my obvious reference, you've made your own point. The forums have become rife with threads about (next to) nothing.
Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...
Murphy,
I do appreciate the supreme embellishment of your original simplisticly stated response. I now fully understand. I don't do simple well.
I've mentioned before, what's the alternative? Folks have claimed the indecent decent posters have driven the decent posters away, but not mentioned to where. Have they discovered some website in which there are no inconsequential threads? Or do you think they gave up on the internet, or at least social media?
By the way, so far nobody's replied in either the real thread or this imitation to say that they consider themselves to be a decent poster. I like to think that that really means we're actually decent posters, since anyone so lacking in humilty as to say they're a decent poster probably really isn't.
gardendance They're the best kind. Remember Seinfeld, one of television's most succesful shows, claimed it was a show about nothing. One never goes broke underestimating one's audience's intelligence.
They're the best kind. Remember Seinfeld, one of television's most succesful shows, claimed it was a show about nothing. One never goes broke underestimating one's audience's intelligence.
Since that was my obvious reference, you've made your own point. The forums have become rife with threads about (next to) nothing.
Two (and counting) threads about nothing.
Let's be clear, this is the matching thread. Mine was the original, imitated but never bettered. Some may say that zuggman's post in Chessiecat's thread was the original and I'm only mocking him. I'll never talk to those folks again.
I see this as just a ploy to get this thread's post count to exceed mine.
Thanks to the OP on this thread and the matching one for removing the apostrophe catastrophe...
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zugmannDoesn't surprise me any. Have a good day.
The Kleenex is on the table Zug, help yourself.
Convicted OneBoy, I'll say. Some of the biggest whiners I can recall here, seemed to have 'control' obsessions. There are people who are quite content so long as they are the ones calling the shots.
That's funny. I've heard plenty of stories of you always whining to the moderators in the past (under your various user names).
Doesn't surprise me any. Have a good day.
BaltACD Mookie Garden - while this is a tongue-in-cheek posting, it has a very serious part to it. I joined this forum a day or two ago, wanting to learn some of the nuts and bolts of a trade that is very interesting to me. We had a lot of railroad workers on here. This has dwindled down to just a handful along with a lot of people that want to push their agenda and put down their words as gospel. Would you want to participate in a forum about your profession or something that you are truly interested in only to have someone constantly picking it apart? Consequently, we have lost a lot of good information and posters. If the back and forth BS of this forum causes a 'career' railroader to move on, they didn't learn much about having a thick skin during their railroad career. You can't have a career in the field elements of railroading, T&E, Signals, MofW without cultivating a thick skin. If you are thin skinned, your coworkers will eat you for breakfast, let alone lunch an dinner.
Mookie Garden - while this is a tongue-in-cheek posting, it has a very serious part to it. I joined this forum a day or two ago, wanting to learn some of the nuts and bolts of a trade that is very interesting to me. We had a lot of railroad workers on here. This has dwindled down to just a handful along with a lot of people that want to push their agenda and put down their words as gospel. Would you want to participate in a forum about your profession or something that you are truly interested in only to have someone constantly picking it apart? Consequently, we have lost a lot of good information and posters.
Garden - while this is a tongue-in-cheek posting, it has a very serious part to it. I joined this forum a day or two ago, wanting to learn some of the nuts and bolts of a trade that is very interesting to me. We had a lot of railroad workers on here. This has dwindled down to just a handful along with a lot of people that want to push their agenda and put down their words as gospel. Would you want to participate in a forum about your profession or something that you are truly interested in only to have someone constantly picking it apart? Consequently, we have lost a lot of good information and posters.
If the back and forth BS of this forum causes a 'career' railroader to move on, they didn't learn much about having a thick skin during their railroad career. You can't have a career in the field elements of railroading, T&E, Signals, MofW without cultivating a thick skin. If you are thin skinned, your coworkers will eat you for breakfast, let alone lunch an dinner.
I hate to break this to you, but what I do for work and what I do for fun are different things. I am around people at work that I would not spend a minute with outside of work, just as I put up with stuff while on the job that would get you an earful from me outside of work. Apples to oranges.
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