The rules. PLEASE READ!

Hi all,

Those of you who've been with us for a while know we had posted rules here before the Great Server Meltdown of 2008

Alas, those well-written and concise guidelines were lost, apparently forever, in said crash. So we're reconstructing them from memory. In the meantime, here are a few things to bear in mind during your time here at GH Talk:

1. We're champions of free speech and we enjoy a good debate as much as anyone. However, free speech has consequences here just as in real life. You wouldn't try and get into a synagogue wearing a Nazi uniform, or stand in front of an elementary school screaming profanity. There's a time and place for everything.

We've created a special forum, "The Flame Pit," where pretty much anything goes. In other forums and especially the Shout Box, please be aware that profanity and personal attacks may be deleted. We are aware that not everyone agrees on what constitutes offensive speech, but someone's got to be the referee, so we as moderators reserve the right to make the call on what belongs in the Flame Pit and what does not.

2. No pornography. We're not prudes, but there are plenty of other places to go on the Internet if you're looking for porn. Again, we as mods reserve final judgement on what qualifies.

3. Any activity that involves "taking it to real life," i.e. stalking, will result in the poster being banned and GH Talk cooperating fully with law enforcement authorities.

Also, this is an Internet message board and as such--while you're never really anonymous on the Internet--we don't want you wasting your time or ours on lengthy threads theorizing about or demanding someone's "real identity."

Other than that, have fun.

Anything to add, subtract, divide or multiply? Let us know.

The Moderators

Nobama08 is not on the user's list, so he is gone?

Too bad.

Life isn't always pretty,

maybe he should have been confined to The Flame Pit instead of being banned if his language annoys some people, he does seem to be "R" rated.

Dave

"Nobama08 is not on the user's list, so he is gone?"


Until he is resurrected under another alias.

Actually I would love to see him become part of this group. He is interesting. If he kept that persona and posted in the flame section he would be great fun.

I don't think that Nobama8 was his first nic on here. Too much familiarity.

Right. It was tanngnjostr.



I'm kind of disappointed my 'ignore user' has no use (well, until this evening when someone 'new' pops up, I'm sure).

R rated???

Try XXX.

R rated movies are way tamer than he is.

I can't recall an R rated movie that talks about doing things to someone's mama!!

How do you know that? From the posts I've read the "Tann-Man" has WAY more typos and Mr. Nobama seems to laugh a lot more.

it does seem that there is a very small group of people here that all seem to know who each other are in rw...strange for anyone wanting to join

new ideas don't really seem to be wanted, just sayin'

I'd say, "I disagree", but that would feed your "don't want new ideas" thesis.

So, I'd like to say, if I've done anything to suggest I don't want to hear new ideas, I'm sorry. I encourage you to share your new ideas. I read your posts and saw only a rebuttle or clarification to your post regarding 4 H.

I would hope all feel comfortable posting. But, that none feel uncomfortable if there are questions or disagreements. This is a contact sport and some of us play hard. But, we love to play. Even Flag Football sucks if you only have one team.

Stay in the game and let 'er rip. Please.

There are apparently 168 registered members, of whom I know about 5 in real life.

If you want to be agrees with all the time, unless you are a liberal, you won't be.
If you have ideas worth discuss, bring them on.

This is a discussion board, discuss. I am usually on the outside, but, it is better to be right than popular.

And someday, you may be one or both.

There is a big difference between "new ideas not being wanted" and "nobody challenging or questioning anything I say" which is what most people who complain about "new ideas not being wanted here" really seem to be saying.

Now, that is just stupid!!!

ON that, Thump, I trust your judgement.

Just be careful to always let the Democrats always win or you might find yourself having a defamatory article written about you in the newspaper.

I see from HoquiamLiving's post that you guys haven't changed your attitudes towards those who don't think just like you.

On Stumps don't lie.

Hey Stump!

Good to have you back!

Geez, wasn't your last post on the old board a whine, too?

I guess consistency counts for something.

Welcome back. We've missed your little "semantic weasel" self.

Hey Stump.



Aren't you generalizing a bit here? Perhaps you might clarify.

LOL. Not a whine; a pure unadulterated troll.

To be honest HoquiamLiving I've met most of the people on here in real life and they are for the most part very good people. Even Beavis and I had our thing but unless you get on his bad side (which I somehow did) he's actually a good person.

Stick around and you'll become part of the group of people and you'll be better for it. I know I was.

Thanks. Not really back just decided to post a quick troll.

BTW - We stayed at the Rain Forest Resort last summer. Had a great time.

Good to hear!

Thanks,

You should make at least a once-a-week Stump Speech. If nothing else it will give us something to laugh at.

LOL. Now that's an interesting thought.

Hey, do you remember Dan Freedman? He worked for the city of Aberdeen probably 20 years ago? I "work" with him now and it's been fun hearing stories of the area long ago.

Nope. I don't remember him. But, that doesn't mean much. I'm constantly told of stores and buildings around here that I don't remember. I guess the memory is the second thing to go. Take care.

Thanks for sharing much data to all of us.

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I have noticed this also. I have been reading the comments for a long time before I decided to join. They are just plain mean to some of the new posters and make unfounded accusations.
Some of them ( I don't need to mention names it is obvious who they are ) are so full of themselves it is beyond annoying !
I am sure they will now say, I don't have to tune in, or maybe that I am a sock puppet trying to trick someone? Their inside jokes are redundant and pompous. If I had over six hundred posts on a site I would worry about why I have no life instead of brag about it. Just saying ...

Ouch,

No life, that hurts,

I understand what you are trying to say but I have yet to find any place on the Internet that you can state an opinion and someone else will not respond with some kind of attack. It is sad but it is the way people are. Especially when they are anonymous which is like making a crank call from a pay phone.

But anonymous is nice as well. When you are anonymous you can take a stand on unpopular issues that are bound to be flamed but who cares? You are anonymous! There is quite a freedom there. No faces are associated with the comments. Feel free to stake out your online persona (which needn't be your real one).

I started participating in online discussions when all there was was BBS's. We used our own names then and even then flame wars broke out. I am convinced that unless you are in the room or know where the person lives and can punch the person in the nose, people will be rude.

These forums actually were started to be friendly with a Flame section for name calling and rudeness. You have to remember though the two things you cannot discuss in a friendly way: politics and religion. Rudeness spills over into them.

Welcome aboard and don't be timid.

I don't say anything to anyone on here that I wouldn't say to them face to face. That's my rule of thumb. I guess that means I'm sometimes a little caustic in person, too. My friends won't believe it!

I, too, try to follow that rule. I know I fail from time to time. But, it's still a good rule. As you know, I can be caustic in person, but try to be civil most of the time. An expectation I have always expected from myself and the Customer Service folk in any entity in which I was involved was: Don't let any individual leave with any less dignity than they brought into the encounter and more whenever possible. Some people are just absolute jerks and bring no dignity or self-respect into an encounter. I was told on the radio the other day that I told someone to shut up during a meeting. I don't think I did, but if true, there is no individual who would deserve it more than that one.

Wow...That good. Thanks for sharing.

I agree, but apparently some more than others. Geez, the first thing I posted in this forum got a certain Beavis guy all riled up. I'm not here to make enemies. And in my many years in various forums (car, motorcycle, photography, car electronics and more) I've never got anyone going as much as my simple post about the Watchman. I agree, forums are a great place for a debate. But sometimes we need to just let it go and move on. If we don't agree with something someone posts, that's normal and expected. But to go on and on and on with unintelligible rambling gibberish in replies to so many posts can tend to get downright annoying after a while. If someone makes sense, or has something constructive to say, that's cool. But to drag it through the mud for days just shows that some folks pray on those of us who mean no harm by what we post and/or are only trying to add some harmless input.

I must say, I was happy to find this forum! Having recently moved back to Aberdeen, I was glad to find an online forum where I can keep up with the local happenings or interesting topics of discussion around the Harbor.

Thank you so much to whomever started this forum! Your idea was great! This is just what we need for this area. I'm learning a lot in this site, and appreciate some of what I've been reading. I did, however, learn a valuable lesson really fast: watch what you post, because there are members who will dissect no matter what topic you reply to. It's part of life in online forums, but not really appreciated all that much. It gets old really fast.

Don't introduce yourself by calling someone a liar, then.

If that's what you consider "riled up," you must live a sheltered life indeed. For the record I do not consider anyone an "enemy" based on what is posted here.

The phrases "We're champions of free speech and we enjoy a good dbate as much as anyone." and, "the first think I posted in this forum got a certain Beavis guy all riled up." do not contradict one another.

Good for you for joining the forum and posting. Good for you for stirring up a vigorous discussion.

Okay, Beavis, I apologized. Of course I never did mention the word "liar" anywhere in my posts, but apparently when I post a link to State laws relating to privacy, that means I think you're a liar. Well it doesn't. It simply means I found your claims to be pretty impossible to believe. And apparently I wasn't alone.

As for leading a sheltered life, you're probably right. I shelter myself from haters who call me a coward and a waste of bandwidth. People who having nothing better to do than hang out in a forum 24/7 and contradict every freaking thing I post. Yes, I live a sheltered life. But at least I make sense when I post in forums.

So apparently being a member of this forum means being subjected to rebuttals and debates by you. Well, guess that's why they make Ignore User feature. You can call it sticking my fingers in my ears, but I call it not caring about anything you post, especially when it drags on for days until others agree with me and you don't like it so you start to slam me. You already have me not wanting to post anything for fear of how you will respond, and apparently you WILL respond. Seems you have nothing better to do.

Talk about a sheltered life...

"Beavis, I didn't say you're a liar, I just find you impossible to believe."

Nice.

Here's the elaboration I posted in the original thread, in case you missed it:





How about calming down and accepting the notion that this is a discussion board...where people discuss things?

All I did was say you were mistaken about something. You continue to insist that I made it all up and "attacked," when all i did was relate the story I heard from a person I consider a reliable source. I didn't call you names--at least not until you started insisting, over and over again, that I was lying.

I've got no beef with you. Calm down, stop insulting me over and over again, and join in our reindeer games. Nobody here, including me, is out to get you.



Well, you didn't have to take me off "ignore" either, you know. I'm glad you did, because we can always use a fresh voice around here--ikayak's been holding down the far right-wing fundamentalist Christian end of the spectrum all by herself for quite a while now.

2 things I've noticed (not sure if good or bad): This is one of the few online forums without an "Introductions" thread where newbies introduce themselves. No, I don't want to start one! LOL! Just noticing things. The other thing I notice a lot is how many Guests are always here reading compared to how few Registered members are logged in. Just observations, nothing more. I can only say I'm thankful enough just to have a local forum for this area.

sorry, the baby sling is annoying me.

carry on.

Hello.

Hi Rakis. Welcome to the boards.

Thank you.