Something I'm thankful for

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

My post was not intended to be a list of all, or the most important, things that I am thankful for. It was simply a public "thank you" after my public complaints.

I understand. I recently gave a public thank you as well. I'm a mod on a site that my friends runs, and I know that in the past, he has had to pay extra-traffic costs. He does this all out of his own pocket, because he has a passion for the subject.

[fullor30]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

No, the reason is that a lot of people think it's supposed to have thousand island dressing. It's supposed to have Russian dressing!

Nyet! Buy American!

[fullor30]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Scrapper1: You made a lot of good points, and I agree that the Forum has improved a lot in the past two months, as you predicted it would, but as a scientist, I have to ask about your control group. How do the percentage of off topic posts over the time period quoted above, compare to a similar weekend period two months ago? I hope that you're corect in your hypothesis. I learn something from the Forum each day, and have a lot of fun hanging out with you guys. It's a lot better than early evening televison.

Well, I do both as I'm watching Big Ten Network and posting . I too, have found the site more civil. Previously I was timid to post an opinion for fear of getting ripped for wrong verbiage(I mentioned a 'reach in' foul once as a way to describe what the offender did to paint a picture and was skewered). That said, I've also been less sensitive to criticism as I'm here to learn and grow as an official along with the fun.

To me, a message board is like your local bar, where the conversation can take different paths within the same crowd if a poster gets sidetracked with a comment or joke away from the thread, it doesn't faze me, you can always post to bring it back to the herd.

I can't think of a better place for the new official to hang out and have recommended this place to some newer refs I come across


Everyone here contributes on many levels. It's a great site.

Well, back to the game..........

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by fullor30

To me, a message board is like your local bar.

Joe the Bartender had Crazy Guggenheim. We have Mark Padgett. I wonder if Mark Padgett can sing?