In the last several weeks, there have been a giant number of off-topic posts in various threads, usually derailing them completely. Lets try and keep that to a minimum, shall we?
here here Bob, I think one thing many people forget is how many people looking for help search the web with google or similar, only to find a thread with 10% information on the topic and 90% “junk” and have to wade through the “debris” to locate the real bits of information they are looking for.
Regards, greg
Greg,
It’s not just Google or other search engines. Give the LSC “Search” a try and see what happens.
The RC/Battery hijackers are wearing me down.
When I look at five threads, and a bit over 25% of the content in those threads are “But what about Rooster?”, “Hey, I just cut my toenails”, or “I know you asked about batteries, but I bought this cool set of sneakers yesterday”, I have to wonder just why some members even bother to come to the site when all that they seem to contribute is noise.
Bob, does that mean that you don’t want to hear about my…
Seriously, I agree. Many times a thread gets diverted into off topic conversation that would be best handled through a PM or email. But then there is also topic drift, where conversation on one topic leads into another. I would think that at that point a new thread should be started, but that usually doesn’t happen. I admit that I am guilty of thread drift too.
Yes…PLEASE let’s not turn this into ‘Farcebook’
Bob Cope said:
Yes…PLEASE let’s not turn this into ‘Farcebook’
Bob,
there are days when Facebook is above some of the stuff that is served up on LSC. One recent nadir was this
Mike Morgan said:
Hans asked
“How long does one bogie take?”
Usually the length of time it takes for the traffic lights to change to green .
Or don’t you look at other drivers ?
Mike
Sorry, there’s no humour in that, that is pure stupidity and had absolutely no relevance and/or connection to either the Bombardier “Bricks” or the 3D printing process.
I don’t have a problem with humour, but I have a low tolerance threshold for stupidity.
really?
HJ,
You could have made your point without the posters name in the quote. Seems like a personal attack to me.
None of us are immune from stupidity now and then.
Joe Zullo said:
HJ,
You could have made your point without the posters name in the quote. Seems like a personal attack to me.
Joe,
There is a very large difference between a personal attack and a copy/paste quote with its full content to illustrate a point; a very large difference!
BTW for those who haven’t noticed, when I quote content from outside the forum I do the
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The big brown cow jumped over the moon
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routine - indicating an excerpted quote - and then set the link to the place the quote stems from. Not always, I’m not perfect, but more often than not.
Now I go and watch the fire works the firefighters put on each Halloween.
I must respond to Hans .
He has just posted a personal attack on me , breaking the very rule that he so really wants because everything has to be “disciplined”
Now , that probably means that he is trying to provoke me into giving a retort which , under the new guidelines , would get me banished .
The fact that he didn’t understand the joke probably provoked him into a bout of nastiness .
One day , maybe , Hans will find that humour and discipline do not make good bedfellows .
Meanwhile , I leave you with this little story , which will relate with all the ex-servicemen here ( not counting Hans who worked his ticket) .
I once had the pleasure of witnessing a Senior NCO who had been forced to attend a parade to give an apology for insulting an officer . He apologised as follows ----
“I must apologise to Flight Lieutenant Bloggs for calling him an effing idiot . After all , we all KNOW he is not an effing idiot”
The Flt Lt never lived it down .
Some of the members of this site could learn from that .
So , Hans , we all know you are not a humourless fool who needs to grow up , don’t we ?
Mike
PS . Just in case I am sent into purdah , may I take this opportunity to thank all those people who have
given me support and encouragement .
Youre both out. Ive had enough of this shit from both of you. You both know better, but cant help yourselves.