Blather

_bugleboy · Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2002 7:30 am Post subject:

This is my own personal opinion, IMO, and everyone is entitled to one. Right?

But I'm wondering what everyone thinks about all the loose, chummy, good-'ol-boy, neighborly, yammering, huggy-bear, blither-blather, how-you-should-live-your-life, chit-chat crap that goes on in the open forum all the time. Shouldn't it be reserved for private e-mails, private messages, dedicated forums or the lounge. Isn't that what the private message option is all about? And isn't that what the lounge is all about? Just hanging out and chillin'?

And I'm not referring to posts of substance and relevance that also include friendly chit-chat words.

Granted, this isn't TPIN, but some high profile posters left that forum because they weren't allowed to treat it as their own little chummy clubhouse. And if they couldn't, then they were just going to take their marbles and go home. Which they did.

And the "block" option doesn't work here, because of the potential of "warm and fuzzy chummy" posters actually saying something of substance or relevant from time to time.

spanky · Heavyweight Member Joined: 18 Jul 2002 Posts: 535

you're just mad because FSU is having another tough season!! and here come the irish.

_bugleboy · Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2002 8:47 am Post subject:

Ha, Ha!

FSU may be the best team ever to not make the National Championship! They're ranked 13 and ND is 6 (3 in the BCS), but check out the line for Saturday's game. Who would you put your money on?

Saturday, when they dismantle ND it will only serve to knock ND out of contention. It will hardly improve FSU's ranking. You don't think the "powers" that be could ever vote a team with 2 losses to the top of the rankings, do you?

And at this point, whose going to beat OU, except whoever they play in the Fiesta?

Liad Bar-EL · Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2002 9:09 am Post subject:

_bugleboy · Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2002 10:07 am Post subject:

Liad,

LB: why do you want our opinion and what difference would it make if you've established yours already?

CR: Sorry. I can't make any relevance out of that. I state my opinion and then ask for other opinions. That's it. Why do I want other opinions? Just to see if others find the subject as tiresome as I do, I guess. It won't make any difference in my opinion, but then what difference would that make?

LB: Can you give some examples?

CR: I can, but I won't.

LB: How many messages do you see like this (percentage wise) that would justify your message here

CR: Roughly, unscientifically, arbitrarily, about 30% to 50%.

LB: and for action required from Todd to put correction on this matter?

CR: I don't see that the Terms Of Agreement on the TH for content in posting have been broken in any way, so I wouldn't think there is any action required of Todd.

LB: I am an active member of TPIN and I have not seen your posts. Are you one of these who have left?

CR: First, I don't consider myself a high profile poster on TPIN that I referenced. And I'm still there. Most of my e-mails are directly to the person, since I hate having to open the generic AOL site to make e-mails that won't have all the html code, whereby everyone sends you angry e-mails to "shut off" the html, whether you are a new member or not. Did MA ever get that fixed? It's a big shortcoming over there in TPIN. NO. I was referring to GG for one who left.

LB: So, in short, it's not all that bad. Whew!! I had thought we had something going here for a minute.

CR: No. It's not all that bad. It's just tiresome.

LB: I value your posts Charles very much when you don't get angry.

CR: Your perception of anger in my posts is mistaken. Impatience, disenchantment, disputatiousness? Perhaps. But not anger.

LB: This has been my experience with you, Charles and I wish that you would lighten up a bit.

CR: I tried weight watchers, but it didn't work for me.

LB: I see you against many here in this TH forum.

CR: NO. Not against many on the forum. Against many ideas expressed by many on the forum. Big difference.

LB: Time is short, life is short

CR: I like the way the Amish say it, "To soon old, too late schmart." But then I would add to that,

"Better late than never."

Liad Bar-EL · Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2002 10:28 am Post subject:

Charles,

Thanks for your post.

MA of TPIN is now testing the new system with several frequent posters, myself included, to see how the system is going to pan out with the various e-mail loads put on it.

It's feels great to post pictures on it.

Take care,

Liad

spanky · Heavyweight Member Joined: 18 Jul 2002 Posts: 535

hey charley,

you ain't getting past my dawgs with 2 losses, woof, woof, beware of the dog. you guys should invest a scholarship in a field goal kicker, can't win without one. i was really pulling for you guys against the canes. the irish must go down on saturday, good luck to the noles.

Liad Bar-EL · Posted: Sat Oct 26, 2002 9:27 am Post subject:

BB: “FSU may be the best team ever to not make the National Championship! They're ranked 13 and ND is 6 (3 in the BCS), but check out the line for Saturday's game. Who would you put your money on? ….”

Spanky: “you ain't getting past my dawgs with 2 losses, woof, woof, beware of the dog. you guys should invest a scholarship in a field goal kicker, can't win without one. ….”

Quote from BB: “But I'm wondering what everyone thinks about all the loose, chummy, good-'ol-boy, neighborly, yammering, huggy-bear, blither-blather, how-you-should-live-your-life, chit-chat crap that goes on in the open forum all the time. Shouldn't it be reserved for private e-mails, private messages, dedicated forums or the lounge. Isn't that what the private message option is all about? And isn't that what the lounge is all about? Just hanging out and chillin'?”

Maybe you two guys would rather start a Sports thread in the Lounge Forum or save this kind of “blather” for private e-mail?

Liad Bar-EL

“To have true justice we must have equal harassment under the law.”
---Paul Krassner

Jeff Lambardino · Regular Member Joined: 05 Dec 2001 Posts: 81

BeboppinFool · Posted: Sat Oct 26, 2002 7:40 pm Post subject: