selector wrote:Peut-etre que c'est un peux des deux? Maybe a bit of both?
Ah, once again you prove you're far too clever for the likes of us. We don't deserve you as a moderator.
And since it seems anything goes in this thread, and I've been biting my tongue for months, let me blow my bilges. It's about time someone said something to you in return. I'll assume constructive criticism travels the opposite way down the pipe.
A few days ago you locked a thread with this:
selector wrote:Gee, fellas, you'd think that's all the forum should offer is the same three or four members taking jabs at each other over a three week period on the one or two threads that they sustain with those same jabs...and go nowhere.There's nothing wrong with some off-topic banter now and then, and I have been quite tolerant of it. But I am intolerant of exchanges of insults that continue on to the nth page and day with nothing gained, no enlightenment, no quarter given, and precious little courtesy. When you are running your own fora, be sure to state in your rules that anything goes as long as no one pulls the plug on your server. Over here, though, while we are willing to entertain a certain amount of variance and some diversion now and then, the invective and diatribes get tiresome. As well, just because you happen to be enjoying a thread doesn't mean that the mods aren't getting complaints to do something about the spectacle that the thread has become. In perhaps one case out of four, I will lock a thread that seems to be moribund or well into the burn of its second stage rocket. In three quarters of all cases, I am responding to a number of complaints from viewers who feel the thread is reflecting badly on those still at it, and to those who are reading it.The rules are quite straightforward, and we try to be indulgent when they are skirted at times. But when enough gets to be enough, we'll act.There are other fora where anything goes. Feel free to find them if this place no longer meets your individual needs.-Crandell
There's nothing wrong with some off-topic banter now and then, and I have been quite tolerant of it. But I am intolerant of exchanges of insults that continue on to the nth page and day with nothing gained, no enlightenment, no quarter given, and precious little courtesy. When you are running your own fora, be sure to state in your rules that anything goes as long as no one pulls the plug on your server. Over here, though, while we are willing to entertain a certain amount of variance and some diversion now and then, the invective and diatribes get tiresome.
As well, just because you happen to be enjoying a thread doesn't mean that the mods aren't getting complaints to do something about the spectacle that the thread has become. In perhaps one case out of four, I will lock a thread that seems to be moribund or well into the burn of its second stage rocket. In three quarters of all cases, I am responding to a number of complaints from viewers who feel the thread is reflecting badly on those still at it, and to those who are reading it.
The rules are quite straightforward, and we try to be indulgent when they are skirted at times. But when enough gets to be enough, we'll act.
There are other fora where anything goes. Feel free to find them if this place no longer meets your individual needs.
-Crandell
Since when does a volunteer moderator make policy for Kalmbach's forums? I'd like to hear the above from Bergie, if that is the policy.
If I worked for Kalmbach, any volunteer moderator that was telling my customers to take a hike if they don't like what one individual -- not an employee -- has decided would be the standards, he'd be the one taking the hike. And while I may be a jerk, I still don't like your oft-condescending attitude to members, either.
If you're so attuned to resolving complaints by members about posts, what about complaints about moderators? Who handles those?
Now I'll see how long this lasts before the warden takes it down.
Dumb question what was the original question that started this. It looks like this is the latest reincarnation of what ever this was.
Rgds IGN
I called my Congressman (whom is on my speed dial) and left a message to see if this thread is OK to continue. I've called him in the past about TV shows that are iffy to watch. Old movies that aren't PC. Talk shows that contain violence. Cable movies that show adult situations. Each time he has told me to "turn the station" but I would come back and tell him "it's my right to watch these and complain"
I just hope this isn't one of their "2 day work week"
http://www.youtube.com/user/pavabo
http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulvbox
This thread has served its purpose and should end right now!
What do you think? Next!
I came home today and was lookin for this thread but i couldnt find it. I was thinkin WTF did the mods delete it! I didnt realize it was renamed, gotta love the new title.
Lets keep this goin people...!
selector wrote:Peut-etre que c'est un peux des deux?
Where was the "press 1 for English"?
Ted Marshall wrote: TimChgo9 wrote: solzrules wrote: After my discovery that there really is more to life then sitting at a computer reading peoples' musings on the mundane in this forum I decided to cruise through and see what the latest is. I happened upon this thread and now I've only one qestion.W T F?I'm with Solz.... I saw the thread title, and the fact that it's pinned, and thought: "How in the he.. did that happen?" I'm beginning to think that this thread still exists just to spite me... Just kidding. One thing's for certain, either the moderators are trying to make some kind of point or they've just given up trying.
TimChgo9 wrote: solzrules wrote: After my discovery that there really is more to life then sitting at a computer reading peoples' musings on the mundane in this forum I decided to cruise through and see what the latest is. I happened upon this thread and now I've only one qestion.W T F?I'm with Solz.... I saw the thread title, and the fact that it's pinned, and thought: "How in the he.. did that happen?"
solzrules wrote: After my discovery that there really is more to life then sitting at a computer reading peoples' musings on the mundane in this forum I decided to cruise through and see what the latest is. I happened upon this thread and now I've only one qestion.W T F?
After my discovery that there really is more to life then sitting at a computer reading peoples' musings on the mundane in this forum I decided to cruise through and see what the latest is.
I happened upon this thread and now I've only one qestion.
W T F?
I'm with Solz.... I saw the thread title, and the fact that it's pinned, and thought: "How in the he.. did that happen?"
I'm beginning to think that this thread still exists just to spite me... Just kidding. One thing's for certain, either the moderators are trying to make some kind of point or they've just given up trying.
I think there is a general feeling that this thread is proving a point, but I doubt that the point it is proving to the moderators is the same point it is proving to the ones making the fun-loving posts. Neither point is the one I was making when in the past I objected to locking threads. Others who made similar objections might feel the same way.
Ted M.
got trains?™
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RRKen wrote: CNW 6000 wrote: This thread is (to me) the most useless, neanderthal, juvenile, and lame waste of server space. The reason I joined this forum was to learn from and listen to more experienced fans and rails talk about the industry, its history, and future directions. Had I seen this thread back then...I'd have never joined and branded this whole site as a waste of time. For the sake of Kalmbach I hope that those who enjoy these kind of boorish posts don't detract from their business and drive potential members/subscribers away.Thanks for helping to make this site that much less credible & enjoyable.I resemble that comment.
CNW 6000 wrote: This thread is (to me) the most useless, neanderthal, juvenile, and lame waste of server space. The reason I joined this forum was to learn from and listen to more experienced fans and rails talk about the industry, its history, and future directions. Had I seen this thread back then...I'd have never joined and branded this whole site as a waste of time. For the sake of Kalmbach I hope that those who enjoy these kind of boorish posts don't detract from their business and drive potential members/subscribers away.Thanks for helping to make this site that much less credible & enjoyable.
This thread is (to me) the most useless, neanderthal, juvenile, and lame waste of server space.
The reason I joined this forum was to learn from and listen to more experienced fans and rails talk about the industry, its history, and future directions. Had I seen this thread back then...I'd have never joined and branded this whole site as a waste of time. For the sake of Kalmbach I hope that those who enjoy these kind of boorish posts don't detract from their business and drive potential members/subscribers away.
Thanks for helping to make this site that much less credible & enjoyable.
I resemble that comment.
If You don't like it, don't open it. both of your comments have done nothing but keep it alive, and bump it to the top of the page twice, and now a third time. I for one am a bit surprised it hasn't been locked yet, but it hasn't gotten mean, and I do find it rather entertaining, Especially those who get worked up thinking that it should get locked. No Harm, No Foul.
Doug
May your flanges always stay BETWEEN the rails
CNW 6000 wrote: The reason I joined this forum was to learn from and listen to more experienced fans and rails talk about the industry, its history, and future directions.It'd be nice to get back to that.
The reason I joined this forum was to learn from and listen to more experienced fans and rails talk about the industry, its history, and future directions.
It'd be nice to get back to that.
Good golly, Dan, one thread out of 1,000 and you're letting it get under your skin? I just checked for ya and there are still plenty of other threads about railroading going on right now on the forum -- just what you're looking for. You make it sound like they've all disappeared or something. Any special reason you're fixating on this one goofy thread?
An example: some of us don't really care for the "diner" threads. You go there a lot, but they don't meet your stated standards for "learning from and listening to more experienced fans and rails talk about the industry, its history, and future directions". That's fine. People go there to chit-chat and have fun. But just because it's not our cup of tea we don't go there and tell people how we think it should be.
These forums are something different for each individual, and everyone should respect that diversity. It's what makes the pot boil.
Chico
wooohoooo 11 pages... nice...
csx engineer
there is more to life then just trains!!!!!!!...
its nice to cut loss and have alittle bit of fun and be silly at times.. no hummer will make you bitter and well..just an unpleasent person to be around in general...yes i know this is a train forum.. been hearing that from people for years and i cant even count how many times it has been said in this thead alone..but geeze..its only a message bored.. in MY oppion it shows that we are human and like to have fun too... if it was all just shop talk ALL the time..this place would become dry and be like reading a text book with no pics on how to turn sand into silicon micro chips for the RFID tags they put in dogs from the pound.. granted some people might find that good reading..but i dont.. i like to have some fun from time to time and at work..im all about trying to make the job as fun as i can in order to keep my sanity..(what little of it is still have that is)..... the same goes with any messagebords i post on...
Dan
And from our "screball comedy" archieve:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hxyb4Xma4Rs
Murray wrote: And now...News for Parrots:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20Kx9CyYPAQ
And now...News for Parrots:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20Kx9CyYPAQ
This thread needs this....... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C59WyX-tJD4
Steam Is King wrote: So how offensive can this thread be if it has attracted almost 4,000 views in only four days and three hours?Chico
So how offensive can this thread be if it has attracted almost 4,000 views in only four days and three hours?
It could not be that none of us are making any sense at all. Silly I tell you, silly! Alright....... get on with it!
Stop that:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qySRctwsAI
More Adventures of Phoamer Fred:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_oCyzja0sg
Murray wrote: Phoamer Fred needs his meds:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9MA0eW8yyw
Phoamer Fred needs his meds:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9MA0eW8yyw
Look, meds will not help that kid.
Murray wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axQu5G79n1M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axQu5G79n1M
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