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Posted by Deggesty on Thursday, June 19, 2014 11:50 AM

Quoting gardendance: "And why does your emoticon have sunglasses? " Because this is the emoticon for "cool."

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Posted by gardendance on Wednesday, June 18, 2014 11:12 PM

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You're safe Pat.  I know you from the other website.  Cool

Is that a good thing or a bad thing? And why does your emoticon have sunglasses? It looks like a sun already, and makes me think there's another, brighter sun nearby. Call me old fashioned, but I think we did it better in the old days with just a colon and a parenthese. Although I can understand people might get a sore neck from leaning their head sideways, or a broken comupter from tilting the monitor sideways, to make it look more like a smiling face. Or a Canadian Pacific emblem that looks like Pac Man.
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Which is why I tend to just let them ramble on, unengaged. Don't give them a platform from which to preach.

Can we give them a diving board from which to jump?

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Posted by Convicted One on Wednesday, June 18, 2014 6:42 PM

dakotafred
Good one, Convicted.

Like I always say: Never argue with a fool on an internet message board. Because they will only drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience. Which is why I tend to just let them ramble on, unengaged. Don't give them a platform from which to preach.

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 18, 2014 4:01 PM

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Murray, thank you for supplying that definition of cabal. I wasn't sure if it was how we get our television or a form of Jewish mysticism.

Anyway when you brought up caballah you said "about three (or so) individuals who have not been associated with this forum for as long as most of us have been", and since I haven't been active on this forum, or even this site, very much, I wondered if you were counting me in that cabal. Are you? And who are my coconspirators? Or is that kookooconspirators?

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Posted by gardendance on Wednesday, June 18, 2014 3:13 PM

Murray, thank you for supplying that definition of cabal. I wasn't sure if it was how we get our television or a form of Jewish mysticism.

Anyway when you brought up caballah you said "about three (or so) individuals who have not been associated with this forum for as long as most of us have been", and since I haven't been active on this forum, or even this site, very much, I wondered if you were counting me in that cabal. Are you? And who are my coconspirators? Or is that kookooconspirators?

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Posted by RRKen on Monday, June 16, 2014 8:17 PM

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You know what happened to the Gang of Four in China!

I know.....they became the Lennon Sisters and went on to have a long career with Lawrence Welk.

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 16, 2014 8:15 PM

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You know what happened to the Gang of Four in China!

I know.....they became the Lennon Sisters and went on to have a long career with Lawrence Welk.

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Posted by RRKen on Monday, June 16, 2014 8:13 PM

Murray

Cabal  [kuh-bal]:

noun:

1. a small group of secret plotters, as against a government or person in authority.
2. the plots and schemes of such a group; intrigue.
3. a clique, as in artistic, literary, or theatrical circles.
 
verb (used without object), ca·balled, ca·bal·ling.
4. to form a cabal; intrigue; conspire; plot.

You know what happened to the Gang of Four in China!

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Posted by edblysard on Monday, June 16, 2014 5:29 PM

 I don't know, and who cares?Stick out tongue

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Posted by Norm48327 on Monday, June 16, 2014 4:47 PM

Two point question:

Is it ignorance or apathy? Big Smile

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 16, 2014 4:04 PM

I think we're doing pretty good....we put the FUN in dysfunction.  Stick out tongue

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Posted by Murphy Siding on Monday, June 16, 2014 3:50 PM

   I think a guy on a car racing message board I belong to had it figured out:  "What's a guy got to do to get along in this place?  Belong to one of the cliches?"

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 16, 2014 3:37 PM

Cabal  [kuh-bal]:

noun:

1. a small group of secret plotters, as against a government or person in authority.
2. the plots and schemes of such a group; intrigue.
3. a clique, as in artistic, literary, or theatrical circles.
 
verb (used without object), ca·balled, ca·bal·ling.
4. to form a cabal; intrigue; conspire; plot.
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Posted by edblysard on Monday, June 16, 2014 3:22 PM

Wait a minute, we have a cabal now?

What the heck happened to the cadre?

I go off for a few days, Murphy takes a vacation, and when we come back, everything has changed….so what’s next, ya’ll gonna change the secret handshake too?

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Posted by gardendance on Monday, June 16, 2014 8:22 AM

Murphy Siding

I guess I still need to do some research on cabals, though. Wink

My wife had cabal when we got married, I let it lapse. We now use just rabbit ears for broadcast, but most often get dvd's, our library lets us borrow up to 7 dvd's per person for a week. My wife still thinks it's free, even when she gets the property tax bill.

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Posted by dakotafred on Monday, June 16, 2014 7:17 AM

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BaltACD
Complainers complain!

I actually think that  complaint inclination behavior ( such as we are talking  about here)  is rooted in control-obsessive personality types. They actually believe it is their prerogative to decide what others are permitted to discuss.

It's a way to curtail points of view not in harmony with their own preferred outlook. THAT is why simply "not clicking on the thread that offends me" is not good enough for them. Not only do THEY not want to read opposed points of view, but they don't want others thinking free thoughts, either.

 
Good one, Convicted.
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Posted by Murphy Siding on Sunday, June 15, 2014 11:04 PM

schlimm

edblysard

So, if Kalmbach as a company doesn’t gain anything from this conspiracy, then the moderators must have gotten something, right?

Not sure what that would be, seeing as how Murphy had already quit being a mod, and Jeff Wimberley quit over this, as did another mod, so I doubt they “won” anything other than heartburn and headaches….and the folks who were moderated, most of whom were railroaders, I don’t see where we won anything either.

So, again, if there is a conspiracy or a bias, who wins, and what do they win?

There appears to be some revisionist history in all the verbiage of exchanges.  1. The person who suggested a conspiracy was the former moderator who generally sides with a subset of the railroaders, not an outsider. 

I would hope that we can not only be civil in our posts but also tolerant of disagreements with each other and neither make personal attacks nor take criticism personally.

 I don't know about revisionist history, but I can add some clarity.  Every time the the discussion gets so far out there as to be unbelievable, is the time where I stop taking things so seriously.  I suggested the "conspiracy"  in jest, to point out just exactly how silly the whole thing sounds.  And stop calling me Shirley!

     I'm trying to be civil to every one right now (even those not in on the conspiracy).  I guess I still need to do some research on cabals, though. Wink

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Posted by Murphy Siding on Sunday, June 15, 2014 10:52 PM
Euclid
This seems to have begun when Murphy Siding confirmed what Norm had said about moderators being told to favor the railroaders when they engaged in disputes with non-railroaders
Just got back from vacation and was surprised to see this thread unlocked! As to the quote above, Murphy Siding confirmed nothing. Stop putting your words in my mouth. Speak for yourself. Thank you.

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Posted by gardendance on Sunday, June 15, 2014 10:05 PM

Murray, I don't know if you're talking about me. I'm a longtime member, only sporadically active because, as I noted in prior posts I've been active on another site, and have only recently returned to trains.com. Does this make me an individual who has not been associated with this forum for as long as most of you?

I'm tempted to reach for my Funk and Wagnall, What do you mean by cabal? I do have a desire about the direction and tone of how the trains forum should be operated, but I don't think I can direct it. I can only vote with my feet and stop participating if it's not operated the way I like, which in case I haven't been clear, is to treat everybody equally well, as opposed to what I worry is "if somebody complains I'll punish everybody" which is the impression I got from the moderator's posted warnings.

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Posted by BaltACD on Sunday, June 15, 2014 9:58 PM

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BaltACD

Big boys don't complain - they deal with it.

That is why there is Private Messaging!  Have a beef with someone - take it to PM's (not PMS)

Well yeah, Balt.   But one way of dealing with it is to file a complaint.   Apparently some people have done that.   Once a complaint is filed it has to be addressed.   I personally think Angie is leaning over backward here.   

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I filed a complaint to the updating the forum thread - and yet they continue to screw up the forums operation and my complaint hasn't been addressed.

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, June 15, 2014 7:43 PM

The problem we have here is that there is a cabal of about three (or so) individuals who have not been associated with this forum for as long as most of us have been, and it is their desire to direct both the direction and the tone of how the Trains forum should be operated.

 

 

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Posted by Norm48327 on Sunday, June 15, 2014 6:00 PM

Agreed John. But out of almost 9,000 views I suspect most viewers are more interested in what we have been discussing than filing a complaint. Thus far, the discussion has been pretty civil and I'm sure that's why Ang has let it continue.

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Posted by John WR on Sunday, June 15, 2014 5:50 PM

BaltACD

Big boys don't complain - they deal with it.

That is why there is Private Messaging!  Have a beef with someone - take it to PM's (not PMS)

Well yeah, Balt.   But one way of dealing with it is to file a complaint.   Apparently some people have done that.   Once a complaint is filed it has to be addressed.   I personally think Angie is leaning over backward here.   

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Posted by Mookie on Sunday, June 15, 2014 3:02 PM

Convicted One

BaltACD
Complainers complain!

I actually think that  complaint inclination behavior ( such as we are talking  about here)  is rooted in control-obsessive personality types. They actually believe it is their prerogative to decide what others are permitted to discuss.

It's a way to curtail points of view not in harmony with their own preferred outlook. THAT is why simply "not clicking on the thread that offends me" is not good enough for them. Not only do THEY not want to read opposed points of view, but they don't want others thinking free thoughts, either.

Really!

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Posted by Convicted One on Sunday, June 15, 2014 2:12 PM

BaltACD
Complainers complain!

I actually think that  complaint inclination behavior ( such as we are talking  about here)  is rooted in control-obsessive personality types. They actually believe it is their prerogative to decide what others are permitted to discuss.

It's a way to curtail points of view not in harmony with their own preferred outlook. THAT is why simply "not clicking on the thread that offends me" is not good enough for them. Not only do THEY not want to read opposed points of view, but they don't want others thinking free thoughts, either.

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Posted by schlimm on Sunday, June 15, 2014 9:52 AM

BaltACD

Haters hate!

Complainers complain!

In each case it is a personal issue!

Agreed.  Nothing wrong with this thread.

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Posted by BaltACD on Sunday, June 15, 2014 8:10 AM

Haters hate!

Complainers complain!

In each case it is a personal issue!

Never too old to have a happy childhood!

              

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Posted by gardendance on Sunday, June 15, 2014 7:33 AM

Convicted One

Angela Pusztai-Pasternak

've received several complaints from forum users about this thread. 

Ang

Tell them, that if they quit clicking on this thread, it won't bother them, anymore.

I've never understood the complainer mentality in an environment  such as this where they can simply ignore a thread they don't find useful. Why allow them to ruin it for the rest of us?

The closest legitimate reason I can figure is that folks might complain about bad posts in good threads, but Angela says she's gotten complaints about the thread, and not about some posts within the thread. And many moderator's solution seems to be to lock threads. If only certain posts within the thread were the problem I don't see how locking handles the complaints.

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Posted by Norm48327 on Saturday, June 14, 2014 3:54 PM

Well Mookie,

In one MOW crew I got to know there was one woman. No one harassed her, but that may have been because she wasn't a 'little woman' and probably could have kicked their rears if they did. She did everything the guys did and carried her weight in the crew.

Norm


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