Is this FORUM just FLUFF?

[Anonymous]

Here Fluffy, here Fluffy, dang she's as fast as Bambie.[:D][:D][:D][:D][:D]Not on the Train Table, you'll get Fluff all over the place.[:D][:D]

[Cox 47]

To Fluff or not ....... Gota have a little Fluff with the meat and taters Cox 47

[n2mopac]

Of course much of what is on here is fluff . . . and that is OK!!! I come here to ask questions and get answers and hopefully to contribute my [2c] and help someone else from time to time. I don't participate in a lot of the fluff, but sometimes I do and it is interesting and fun. There are modelers on this forum af ALL levels, interests, and walks of life. This is a community centered around a hobby--it is supposed to be fun. If you don't like the fluf, don't read or participate in it. There is no reason to take the fluff away from those who enjoy it and even benefit from it.

Ron

[Anonymous]

Call it FLUFF or " what ever ". I enjoy reading all the topics...... Have fun, life is to short not to.

[willy6]

i get "fluff" when I shake my beer........."hic-fluff"............ah i feel better.

[Anonymous]

As Jimmy Buffett has said many times, "If we weren't all crazy, we would go insane"!

Now, we must all go back to being totally serious. Yeh, like that's going to happen!

[railman]

It's all in the definition...but if we didn't have a sense of humor when dealing with some of these topics (no, not this one!) we might lose interest. So fluff, I'd say good in moderation.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by emeraldisle

And don't forget those little fluffy things that "Kirk" on "Star Trek" had to deal with, thats what I would call "Super Fluff"[:D]

Furbies! [:D]

Bob Boudreau

[Anonymous]

I thought all the hot air kept the fluff well.. fluffy.

[camarokid]

Mark,
Now look what you've done. (I''m smiling very large here.) You have turned good hardworking model railroaders into fluffy, bubbling, hilariously amusing people just like you and me. I LIKED THIS POST. It was something I was wondering myself. I answer those I can and pass on the others that don't apply. I always try to help the newbies if I can but most who answer them have already said what I was going to. Oh well, it's always nice to read and learn here. Ain't it great!!
Archie
PS: maybe i too, am getting old

[Fergmiester]

It's been a long winter! Time for:

"FLUFF Busters" as there is plenty of Fluff under the Train Table!

[Big_Boy_4005]

Ok guys, this is just getting downright silly.

Please continue.

It is always nice to see people exercise their sense of humor.[swg]

[vsmith]

QUOTE: Originally posted by davekelly

emerald,

You mean tribbles? Now those things are fluff!! Of course they didn't seem to like Klingons too much, but I believe grew to like them near the end of that episode, so everything worked out ok.

Tribbles? MmmMmm thems good eatin', just skin'em put fo'o'five on a sqewer and grill'em over an open phaser.

From the Klingon Hillbilly's cookbook[:D]

[mersenne6]

Define Fluff????? .....it's the sound of a steam engine approaching ...you know ...fluff, fluff, fluff., fluff...and then when it gets closer it sounds like chuff, chuff, chuff, chuff....and if you are too near the tracks when it comes barreling around the curve and you have to run for it you will go puff, puff, puff, puff.....and I guess this post is enough, enough, enough, enough [:)]

[Anonymous]

Oh, well. I'm glad we got some definitions on record. Now, to the original question, I will answer no, this forum is not fluff. I'd hate to think I'm spending so many hours each day on fluff.

Anyway, while trevor was consulting Webster, I was checking to see what a higher power had to say about fluff. Mark Twain's advice to members of this forum:
"I notice that you use plain, simple language, short words and brief sentences. That is the way to write English - it is the modern way and the best way. Stick to it; don't let fluff and flowers and verbosity creep in."

Good advice and someday I'll heed it.

Wayne

[davekelly]

emerald,

You mean tribbles? Now those things are fluff!! Of course they didn't seem to like Klingons too much, but I believe grew to like them near the end of that episode, so everything worked out ok.

[underworld]

Fluff........and stuff!
It's a good mix!

underworld

[:D][:D][:D][:D][:D]

[IRONROOSTER]

Hobbies are the fluff of life. It would truly be a miserable place to be if everything had to be serious all the time. This hobby is for relaxing and having fun - whatever that may be for you: running trains; scratchbuilding superdetailled models; putting Athearn blue box kits together; upgrading that old LifeLike Boxcar so it runs better, looks good, and costs more than an Accurail; etc.

`Nice? It's the only thing,' said the Water Rat solemnly, as he leant forward to his throttle. `Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing -- absolute nothing -- half so much worth doing as simply messing about with trains. Simply messing,' he went on dreamily: `messing -- about -- with -- trains; messing -- -- '

(with apologies to Kenneth Grahame, who would understand)
Enjoy
Paul

[Anonymous]

Well, there is a lot of fluff that I don't read. Things like, "What kind of work do you do?" or
"What music do you listen to?" and other similar so called polls that have shown up on here. To me they don't have anything to do with model railroading and, in some cases, are nobody else's business. On the other hand several of our participants seem to enjoy that kind of thing so why not ? Some of the legimate questions are posted by individuals who have just entered the hobby. They will ask something entirely different than the hobbiest who is trying to figure out how to adjust the valve gear on a Pennsy T-1 Duplex, for example. It's a hobby and this forum attracks all levels of interest and ability. Sometimes I see a quesiton posted that could have been answered by reading the papers that came in the box and that tends to irritate me, but to each his own.

Cheers,

Ed

[selector]

Weeeeellllllll........in MY family, 'fluff' means ...um... to forcefully expel flatus from the lower alimentary tract...if you catch my drift. Some of the posts in this forum are of the brain-fluff type, to be sure, but how improverished would our lives be without either form?!

Hmmm?

[Anonymous]

And don't forget those little fluffy things that "Kirk" on "Star Trek" had to deal with, thats what I would call "Super Fluff"[:D]

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by TrevorG

fluff (fl#365;f)
n.
Light down or fuzz, as on a young bird or on a dandelion or milkweed seed.
Something having a very light, soft, or frothy consistency or appearance: a fluff of meringue; a fluff of cloud.
Something of little substance or consequence, especially:
Light or superficial entertainment: The movie was just another bit of fluff from Hollywood.
Inflated or padded material: The report was mostly fluff, with little new information.
The parts of a junked car that are not metal and cannot be recycled.
Informal. An error, especially in the delivery of lines, as by an actor or announcer.

v., fluffed, fluff·ing, fluffs.

v.tr.
To make fluffy: fluff a pillow; a squirrel fluffing out its tail.
Informal.
To ruin or mar by a mistake or blunder: They fluffed their chance to participate in the playoffs by losing their last three games.
To forget or botch (one's lines).
v.intr.
To become fluffy.
Informal. To make an error, especially to forget or botch one's lines.


This reply is Fluff.

Trevor

Aw nuts, ya see there Muddy, ya missed your big chance, and trevor here jumped in ahead of you. "Fluff" " Fluff" dang now where'd she go, Opps.[:D]

[Anonymous]

fluff (fl#365;f)
n.
Light down or fuzz, as on a young bird or on a dandelion or milkweed seed.
Something having a very light, soft, or frothy consistency or appearance: a fluff of meringue; a fluff of cloud.
Something of little substance or consequence, especially:
Light or superficial entertainment: The movie was just another bit of fluff from Hollywood.
Inflated or padded material: The report was mostly fluff, with little new information.
The parts of a junked car that are not metal and cannot be recycled.
Informal. An error, especially in the delivery of lines, as by an actor or announcer.

v., fluffed, fluff·ing, fluffs.

v.tr.
To make fluffy: fluff a pillow; a squirrel fluffing out its tail.
Informal.
To ruin or mar by a mistake or blunder: They fluffed their chance to participate in the playoffs by losing their last three games.
To forget or botch (one's lines).
v.intr.
To become fluffy.
Informal. To make an error, especially to forget or botch one's lines.


This reply is Fluff.

Trevor

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Muddy Creek

QUOTE: Originally posted by novacoach

Can someone define "fluff" please?
Chris

I don't think I would want to without "someone itchin' for a fight" coming back at me. One man's question is another man's fluff. That's what's interesting about this thread and the forum in general.

Wayne

Aw com'n Muddy, where's that pioneering spirit[:D]

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by novacoach

Can someone define "fluff" please?
Chris

Fluff...The state at which all solid matter becomes un-hard, like cotten, a big furry dog, snow, all your wifes good linens after she's dried them with downy, your girl friend when she's feeling in that special way after a great date and she says, care for a night cap????? Oh boy...[:D] You know, Fluffy

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by novacoach

Can someone define "fluff" please?
Chris

I don't think I would want to without "someone itchin' for a fight" coming back at me. One man's question is another man's fluff. That's what's interesting about this thread and the forum in general.

Wayne

[novacoach]

Can someone define "fluff" please?
Chris

[jwr_1986]

There is fluff on this forum but that doesn't mean that the forum is fluff. Personally I think the off-topic threads actually contribute to the friendly atmosphere of this forum that the others lack.

Jesse

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by DeSchane

Would you agree that because this topic doesn't directly relate to model railroading, it is fluff? But, because it relates to how this forum is used, it therefore is not fluff?

Right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!What ever you said...[:D]