mlehman mobilman44"Right on" analogy! Seems like there is always one or two of "those threads" on here.......... Yep, they gotta keep several discouragement threads going. Otherwise all those claims about how useless we all are - them included I presume - will start to sound rather lame...check that, a little too late for that now. One has to wonder where they got all that great knowledge that's too valuable for them to share. Mom and dad? Stodgy old uncle? Benevolent grandparent? The guys behind the counter at the long gone hobby shop? Usenet [smirk]? I think the forum has actually gotten better in recent years. That probably disturbs those who insist that we're wasting our time here...but who seem to have no problem wasting their time telling us that. The hobby is dying...but only if we let those who view it as another form of cheap internet entertainment to set the bar that low. Meanwhile, I've got modeling to do. WPF is only three days away
mobilman44"Right on" analogy! Seems like there is always one or two of "those threads" on here..........
Yep, they gotta keep several discouragement threads going. Otherwise all those claims about how useless we all are - them included I presume - will start to sound rather lame...check that, a little too late for that now.
One has to wonder where they got all that great knowledge that's too valuable for them to share. Mom and dad? Stodgy old uncle? Benevolent grandparent? The guys behind the counter at the long gone hobby shop? Usenet [smirk]?
I think the forum has actually gotten better in recent years. That probably disturbs those who insist that we're wasting our time here...but who seem to have no problem wasting their time telling us that.
The hobby is dying...but only if we let those who view it as another form of cheap internet entertainment to set the bar that low. Meanwhile, I've got modeling to do. WPF is only three days away
Mike,
First off your layout is fantastic, I got a chance to go throught you photos the other day - great work.
Second, while I am finding little value in this or any forum any more, I do think that for many people it is a valueable resource.
I however do feel very out of touch with a large percentage of those who post on here - and that does not bother me one bit, it just makes me think my time would be better spent in the layout room.
So I have dramaticly reduced the time I spend reading or posting anything on here.
Sheldon
Some replies that complicates the simple and overstates the obvious
Guilty as charged - but isn't that the beauty of the forums - finding ways to obfuscate??
This thread is kind of like the accident on the freeway--you know shouldn't look but you just can't help yourself.
So true - but you can't look away....must stop...
I think the forum has actually gotten better in recent years
Totally agree here - I have been here off and on since around 2000 much less flaming and personal attacks
it just makes me think my time would be better spent in the layout room.
that for me is almost always the case but who doesn't like to goof off, get inspired or maybe help some one out - quite the paradox of the forums
Guy
see stuff at: the Willoughby Line Site
zstripe A lot of times,depending upon what you search,on Google,will show these exact same MR forums,for the answer. Cheers, Frank
A lot of times,depending upon what you search,on Google,will show these exact same MR forums,for the answer.
Cheers,
Frank
Exactly!......Frank wins this thread!
- Douglas
BRAKIE Geared SteamSomeone's time in the hobby means nothing to me, I've seen as much bad advice come from "veterans" as I have anyone else. It Ever think that "bad advance" works? That's the problem with forums members forget there can be many correct answers to a given question since many of us learn different ways to get to the same result.. Like I mention many complicate the simple while overstating the obvious.
Geared SteamSomeone's time in the hobby means nothing to me, I've seen as much bad advice come from "veterans" as I have anyone else. It
Ever think that "bad advance" works?
That's the problem with forums members forget there can be many correct answers to a given question since many of us learn different ways to get to the same result..
Like I mention many complicate the simple while overstating the obvious.
Larry, For the record, I wasn't referring to you, but bad advice, by description, would mean it didn't work.
Sheldon, I thought that thread was hilarious, but again, I find amusement where others may get irritated.
"The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination."-Albert Einstein
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Mike Lehman:
"We have found the enemy and he is us"
Yea Pogo!!!
Well put!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!