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[Adam]

Originally Posted by Back In The Saddle

[WARNING: Off-topic follow up question, which may result in thread being hijacked; moderators please stand by]

You still staying in CO? Just another job within the military? Or are you getting out? Enquiring minds want to know.

I'll continue working on the same AF base, just in a different building working a different job. I'll be getting a fancier uniform for the next six months.

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by mick

BktBallRef,
C'mon! Don't have control...? Everyone has some form of forum control. What may be lacking is self-control.

Sarcasm, mick, in response to BITS observation that "it seems pointless wishing this place was something other than what it is. Obviously, we all have self control. Unfortunately, we're not all using it.

If you have a specific with a specific thread, please let me know and I will address it, just like I do when you tell me I screwed up a rule.
But it is not my intent to read every post.

Nor do I expect you to. But when I see a hijacked thread and see that a mod has posted in it...

I'm not mod-bashing. I simply think it's out of hand and needs to be addressed.

BTW, I believe there is a General Discussion board on this site, isn't there?

But I will take your advice and notify a mod tonight when I see another hijacked thread.

[mick]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

But when I see a hijacked thread and see that a mod has posted in it...

That happens to a lot of us.
That's another reason why I don't throw very large stones.

[BktBallRef]

And while I know it's difficult to take seriously any thread Padgett starts, here's an example of a hijacked thread.

Jersey switch?

It starts at Post 8.

[mick]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

And while I know it's difficult to take seriously any thread Padgett starts, here's an example of a hijacked thread.

Jersey switch?

It starts at Post 8.

YU.P., it was.

[Adam]

Yeah, but Padgett's question had been answered by that time.

[mick]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Yeah, but Padgett's question had been answered by that time.

Quit with the Yabutz, Snaqs.

Indeed, the question was answered, but when the *stuff* took over, additional discussion or clarification, if desireable, was stifled, particularly for an interested user, or a newer user that wished to know more.

Staying on a topic is certainly better for encouraging lighter users to join in and actively participate.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by mick

Quit with the Yabutz, Snaqs.

Indeed, the question was answered, but when the *stuff* took over, additional discussion or clarification, if desireable, was stifled, particularly for an interested user, or a newer user that wished to know more.

Staying on a topic is certainly better for encouraging lighter users to join in and actively participate.

Agree, even as a veteran. When I see a bunch of pic's or a bunch of one-line posts I know the thread has gone OT and I don't bother reading through it for usable info.

[BktBallRef]

Thank you, gentlemen. That was all I was trying to say. There are many others. I deleted two threads that I started that went down the same path, I was so frustrated by it. It is a slow time, so you try to start a topic that will allow some discussion to develop, only to have it turn to crap.

With that, over!

[Adam]

Originally Posted by mick

Quit with the Yabutz, Snaqs.

Indeed, the question was answered, but when the *stuff* took over, additional discussion or clarification, if desireable, was stifled, particularly for an interested user, or a newer user that wished to know more.

Staying on a topic is certainly better for encouraging lighter users to join in and actively participate.

Fair enough. While guilty, I actually agree with this and am making a concerted effort to show some freaking self control. Of course, I won't make a spectacle of my efforts.

[Back In The Saddle]

Well, if Snaqs can make an effort, I suppose I can too.

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by mick

Quit with the Yabutz, Snaqs.

Indeed, the question was answered, but when the *stuff* took over, additional discussion or clarification, if desireable, was stifled, particularly for an interested user, or a newer user that wished to know more.

I happen to think that Snaq's point is perfectly valid. In that particular thread, the question was, "Is there anything wrong with changing shirts, as long as all of the new shirts match?" Once you say no, what else is there to discuss? Notre Dame's green jerseys? How is that any better than a binary joke?

JMHO, but I just don't see it as such a big deal. (And not because I'm a prime participant. I'm not.) Once there's real basketball to talk about, we'll talk about it, with only minor sidetracks.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

I happen to think that Snaq's point is perfectly valid. In that particular thread, the question was, "Is there anything wrong with changing shirts, as long as all of the new shirts match?" Once you say no, what else is there to discuss? Notre Dame's green jerseys? How is that any better than a binary joke?

JMHO, but I just don't see it as such a big deal. (And not because I'm a prime participant. I'm not.) Once there's real basketball to talk about, we'll talk about it, with only minor sidetracks.

Take those topic to a new, properly labeled thread. When I open a thread under a specific topic that has a new post, I generally expect that new post to be about that topic. When it so often is not, it becomes quite irritating.

[Back In The Saddle]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

Take those topic to a new, properly labeled thread. When I open a thread under a specific topic that has a new post, I generally expect that new post to be about that topic. When it so often is not, it becomes quite irritating.

And why do you expect this? Sounds like a triumph of optimism over experience

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by Back In The Saddle

Well, if Snaqs can make an effort, I suppose I can too.

I'm still thinkin' about it.