Steam Is King wrote:This thread is just starting to bloom. What I find funny is those who have come here several times to implore the mods to lock it because they personally can't stand it anymore. Why do you keep coming back if it's so bad? Is it so difficult to function as a human being knowing this silly thread is still open? Is that a titch of OCD? Just ignore it and don't come back, that's all. Pretend it doesn't exist. I have no problem ignoring threads like the diner and don't go there demanding it be locked because it "bothers me". Gang, there's a lesson to be learned here, and I think Bergie and his minions are letting it play out. They gotcha good this time.Chico
This thread is just starting to bloom. What I find funny is those who have come here several times to implore the mods to lock it because they personally can't stand it anymore. Why do you keep coming back if it's so bad? Is it so difficult to function as a human being knowing this silly thread is still open? Is that a titch of OCD? Just ignore it and don't come back, that's all. Pretend it doesn't exist. I have no problem ignoring threads like the diner and don't go there demanding it be locked because it "bothers me".
Gang, there's a lesson to be learned here, and I think Bergie and his minions are letting it play out. They gotcha good this time.
Chico
Maybe it is along the lines of someone peeping thru their fingers at a horror show.
Or rubber necking at a car accident after sitting in the traffic jam for 45 minutes.
Jay
It's like many threads that crop up - I have no real interest in the subject and usually nothing to add, but it's fun to pop in from time to time to see what chaos has ensued.
It all depends on whose ox is being gored....
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(Don't worry folks, I know how to get this thread locked!)
Does anyone here have an opinion on captive rates?
Norman Saxon wrote:(Don't worry folks, I know how to get this thread locked!) Does anyone here have an opinion on captive rates?
if you have not figured it out its not bothering most and they are letting off steam here. but if it bothers you dont come back there is plenty posted else where on this site i said my peace and left and didnt care if or what was said . same here when i get enough im gone
oh and by the way lots of waving now
Maybe my browser is different... but mine has a "back" button. To all the people that want this thread locked... why? Because you find it boring? If that was a criteria, we could lock up 90%+ of the threads here since someone would find them boring.
Or is it because we're not just showing photos of trains? I don't need to look at photos of trains all day... I get paid to look at them through the windshield. I just don't get it. There is no real flames here. Nothing that is offensive to anyone that I read. (takes two to take offense, BTW) So why? Some say it creates a bad impression. I disagree. A thread that atuomatically kicks anyone that dares question authority leaves me with a bad impression. Besides, if someone is that n00b to the forum world - and can't handle this - then we are doing them a favor of chasing them away. This place is downright mild.
PS>> the title of this thread is "a few rotten apples can get a thread locked" Isn't it ironic there are people on here that want the thread locked? So I guess they are the rotten apples, or at least wannabe rotten apples
PPS> I waved to some people today.
It's been fun. But it isn't much fun anymore. Signing off for now.
The opinions expressed here represent my own and not those of my employer, any other railroad, company, or person.t fun any
What we need to do is stop getting wrapped around the axle about wanting threads locked.
People....relax! If you are so uptight about this, then you need to step away from the computer for a while, and go outside and get some fresh air.
While you're out there...be sure to wave at everyone!
Murray wrote:What we need to do is stop getting wrapped around the axle about wanting threads locked.People....relax! If you are so uptight about this, then you need to step away from the computer for a while, and go outside and get some fresh air.While you're out there...be sure to wave at everyone!
csx engineer
csxengineer98 wrote: Murray wrote: What we need to do is stop getting wrapped around the axle about wanting threads locked.People....relax! If you are so uptight about this, then you need to step away from the computer for a while, and go outside and get some fresh air.While you're out there...be sure to wave at everyone! i waved at a young couple ingaged in shall we say "carnal activies" trackside tonight.. they didnt wave back..or at least from what i was able to tell through the tinted windows of the car... dose that count as my wave for the day?csx engineer
Murray wrote: What we need to do is stop getting wrapped around the axle about wanting threads locked.People....relax! If you are so uptight about this, then you need to step away from the computer for a while, and go outside and get some fresh air.While you're out there...be sure to wave at everyone!
If nobody saw you wave, then it isnt a wave. Now your going to have to wave twice to make up for it
Ill get my wave in to a passing train today, friend of mine is the conductor and ill get a bottle of water in return. I always tell him that when he "drops" the water bottle to me, not to do it overhand cause it might hurt if im not ready.
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Nothing can be everything to everyone, but this isn't also nothing to no one. I would say this thread is something for someone. And that is the best anyone can ever hope for.
youngengineer wrote:This thread has become much like our political process, trying to be everything to everybody and ending up being nothing to no one.
I thought we were supposed to be letting this thread die quietly? Now were actively trying to get it locked???
vsmith wrote: DO NOT POST
DO NOT POST
How about...WILL STEAM EVER MAKE A COMEBACK????
That should lock it
Have fun with your trains
vsmith wrote:I thought we were supposed to be letting this thread die quietly? Now were actively trying to get it locked??? ...How about...WILL STEAM EVER MAKE A COMEBACK???? That should lock it
...
Shhhhh
It did make a comeback, all those Dash-9's are really USRA 2-8-0's in disguise.
But it's a secret so don't tell anybody.
Paul
vsmith wrote: How about...WILL STEAM EVER MAKE A COMEBACK???? That should lock it
I've got it!
If steam ever makes a comeback it will be because of OPEN ACCESS.......which of course is the primary cause of global warming and $150 a barrel oil........all of which is the fault of that evil FUTUREMODAL and his sidekick George Bush......
...oh, and make sure all you engineers wave with your gun when passing coal-hating "activists"!
zugmann wrote:Nothing can be everything to everyone, but this isn't also nothing to no one. I would say this thread is something for someone. And that is the best anyone can ever hope for. youngengineer wrote:This thread has become much like our political process, trying to be everything to everybody and ending up being nothing to no one.
I'll wave to that!
zugmann wrote:What would Eleanor Roosevelt say if she read this thread?
Well, she certainly would not declare it an Ad Hominem like moderators on other sites do, and immediately lock it.
zugmann wrote:Oy Vey, the paperwork!
Asked and answered Gentlemen...Lets move along.
Yeah,
But it is a dry kinda heat.....
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Norman Saxon wrote:If steam ever makes a comeback it will be because of OPEN ACCESS.......which of course is the primary cause of global warming and $150 a barrel oil........all of which is the fault of that evil FUTUREMODAL and his sidekick George Bush...... ...oh, and make sure all you engineers wave with your gun when passing coal-hating "activists"!
Goodness gracious, Norman. You join this group only last May 2 and somehow have such an excellent perspective on Futuremodal's contributions to long-past discussions. Dave (FM) hasn't posted here since last August, which lends credence to the theory his forum privileges were withdrawn.
Hmmmmmm.
PS - I also notice we still have self-appointed moderators urging this thread to move along. As Sophicles once said: "If you don't like, take a hike." (That's Spiro Sophicles, who runs the Greek deli down the street)
zugmann wrote:I'd like the assorted pies, please..
selector wrote:
Yet here you are posting...
joegreen wrote:I cant wait til this thread dies.........only 20 more pages of this nonsense to go!!
kick back in your chair with a bottle of your choice liquid spirts such as night train or wild irish rose and melt away into a world of who cares and post way on this thread.. noncence isnt noncence when your crocked out of your mind...
Joe, do you need a hug?
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