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Give me a call. I can't get either of your phones to work!

Clifford still has a phone like this in his kitchen mounted to the wall like Sheriff Taylor had.  If he is not eating he can't hear it ring.  You have to keep calling him. The best time to call him is when he is in the middle of dinner.

Are you calling him at BR549?

I tried all of those!
None worked.
We finally got a callback and drove up yesterday and had a nice visit.
Great to see him and Sonya again.

Yep it was a good visit I am always glad to see old friends,lol Joe and I sit in the shop while Sonja and Frankie took care of the politics of the world, they have it all taken care of now  ;D

Gary, my first cell phone predated the bricks, it was built into a large size, beautiful aluminum breifcase! the breifcase was more expensive than the phone, tom...

Dear Clifford,

I am confused, lonely and slowly going out of my mind.  Perhaps you can allay my fears and provide me some relief from my all too present anxiety. 

Today I actually got access to THE BUS CLUB and noticed someone in the chat room so I sent a message .... “What’s up?” 

And he came right back to me, and we started to chat.

After a few moments he said to me.  “Can I just say what a relief to find somebody that genuinely understands what they are talking about on the web. You certainly realize how to bring a problem to light and make it important. More and more people have to look at this and understand this side of your story. I was surprised you’re not more popular given that you surely possess the gift.”

Pleasantly surprised I said to him, “Really?  Those in charge threw me off this board months ago.” 

And then he said, “This isn’t Clifford?” and I said, “Oh hell no, this is BoxcarOkie.” 

At that point my computer coughed, growled somewhat, hissed and acted like it was trying to cough up this huge hairball from Denny’s or something, then my screen went dead.  Shot me down faster than a Mau-Mau Fighter Pilot.

What do you think all that was about?

BCO

I see your profile has 6 ignores.....some of your posts controversial to average members?

6 ignores out of 4902 members I would say that is not to shabby percentage wise,I watch his ignores some time when he posts they will drop down to 2 or 3 and then go back up.
They should do away with the ignore button like the BNO  ;D if Gary Hatt didn't own the board he would probably be the king.
Gary is a good friend so you know before someone goes off he can take me poking at him he does it to me all the time   

Quote from: chessie4905 on October 18, 2016, 04:11:11 AM
I see your profile has 6 ignores.....some of your posts controversial to average members?

Personally speaking, I do not ignore anyone, find it rather stupid.  Would have to agree with Clifford, just get rid of it all together.  One of the great things about the Internet is the vast body of sites out there, where if one desires to live vicariously thru the lives of others, he/she can do just that.  In other words, "you don't have to settle for just anything."    

As I grow older, I become more tolerant to those who malign me and give them a free ride in life (did that just recently as a matter of fact).  As Clifford pointed out, "it goes up and down" just like the tide. 


Truthfully I have no idea if any of this is controversial or not.  I operate on the K.I.S.S. principle (Keep It Simple Smith).  Much like a lab rat or a test monkey for some pharmaceutical outfit I just plug along. 

The monkey jerks on the string, and the pellet drops into the bowl.  The monkey doesn't care who it is that drops the pellet, he just wants the pellet.  It makes no difference to him who it is. 

As long as there is a treat in the bowl, after he pulls the chord and rings the bell, his world is just fine.  That is all that really matters to him, other than that, he could honestly care.


Watch them Right-Handers

BCO

The ignore feature to me is like you something you would find on a kids game or blocking channels on a TV set from kids.If you don't like a post don't read it, I use the ignore feature either besides it won't let me ignore Gary Hatt anyways  ;D ;D
   

Clifford, how many of those members are around anymore? How many members or regular viewed average over last couple of years? It may be listed here somewhere, but I didn't see it. I wonder who has the most ignores? Maybe 6 is way below average. Dono..

I don't have any idea John but the board keeps on growing,I know I will always have a least 2 one of mine was ban from the board and the other has passed away the others I have no idea about and could care less 

I sometimes stab the wrong thing and later discover I have ignored someone accidentally.

I have never had the intention of doing that!

I agree the button is more trouble than it's worth. If I don't want to read someone's post, I just don't.

I am ignored by two, so I figure I am in the club.  I tried the ignore button once, but all it does is show a blank post where the ignored person posted something, and that would annoy me more than reading the post, so I turned it off.  I figure if I am going to be pissed off at someone, I want to be pissed off as much as possible for every possible reason, so why would I ignore them?   ;D  Mind you mostly I just enjoy all the posts from everyone.

Brian

Everyone else can ignore me Clifford. I set it up such that only you can't ignore me.   ;D  I like that look on your face every time I say something like this about you.   ;D

Just starting to fathom what you gents are talking about.
Excused me for being slow to catch on.
No ignore button here... I especially enjoy communicating with everyone.
The more knowledge one holds the more complex a conversation can get.
I respect the knowledge & appreciate being in a circle of conversation that can happen on these boards
Carry on & thanks for having me...

Ditto

how do I ignore myself?...

LOL talk about a drift and I love it  ;D,I owe you another one Hatt

Clifford, you have four ignores.  I have five.  My assumption is that mine are a remnant of when I was more active in the Off Topic section.  Things used to get very contentious over there.  My guess is that some of those people, like yours, are not around anymore.  BCO's posts are often sort of off topic and those tend to attract more animosity than mechanical opinions.  Although I do understand that some people are willing to go to war over things like oil, tires, etc, I do not think that most really get angry about it.  Since I see the ignore feature as something some may need to vent anger, it allows them to sort of save face and continue participating without feeling totally powerless.  Yes, it is juvenile, but we all have our regressive days.

Anyway, it would be interesting to know who your ignorees are.  That way you could openly talk about their history of pedophilia without upsetting them.  Of course, the incidents must have occurred in a bus to remain on topic.

Quote from: bevans6 on October 18, 2016, 10:21:47 AMI am ignored by two, so I figure I am in the club.  I tried the ignore button once, ...

    I wondered if I should ignore someone once but I never got around to it.  And that's OK.

 

Quote from: bevans6 on October 18, 2016, 10:21:47 AMMind you mostly I just enjoy all the posts from everyone.
Brian

    Yes, good info and I like feeling that I am getting to know people once you read many of their posts and figure out how their brains work.  I've gained a lot of helpful knowledge.

Quote from: Lin on October 18, 2016, 12:43:37 PM
BCO's posts are often sort of off topic and those tend to attract more animosity than mechanical opinions.  

So here we are, sitting in the kitchen at the table, going over the slides we want to use at the Funeral Home and out of the clear blue, she sez:  "You never pay any attention to anything that I say.  You ignore me all the time."  Or at least, that is what I think she said?


Your observation above is spot on.  I don't have a lot of technical advice to offer (Ask my friends, they will testify) and I don't know a whole lot about buses in general (Again, preaching to the choir, ask Clifford).  All I have is this, an over-active imagination, my laptop and a gift for story telling.

Often I will attempt to speak the truth, and will embellish it a little (in order to clarify) here and there along the way.  Any subject in the world is okay and as far as I know, there are no limits to my excess.

In the beginning I did put up some technical stuff and was eaten alive by all the so-called experts who lurk in the shadows of the board.  But being a quick study, I soon learned, stick with what works and leave the techno-crap to the Gas Bags who seem to think they know it all.

There is no reason that coming to this board or any other board should be depressing, boring or mundane.  As you have pointed out over and over in Off Topic ... We all have enuff on our plate to contend with anyway.  

As this is the only verifiable contribution I have to make, I am gonna keep running it up the flagpole, and occasionally find someone who will stop and salute it.

I take what happiness in life I can ... when I can find it.  If it is possible to help someone else along the way by sharing it freely without reservation, then so be it.   This as most folks would agree, is a good thing.

Appreciate your comments, thanks.

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BCO
Keep running up the flag pole.
I know you didn't need me to tell you that...
I hear you so I commented.
We're all good here & it's good to be here.
Carry on & thanks for having me...

Ought to hand out a prize to the most ignored. At least they're doing something to stir the pot! ;)

Heyzeus, who needs late night reality shows. This is more entertaining than all of them put together. Now, we just gotta think up a catchy name .....

I believe Lin hit it on the head. We did get some heated argument going in off topic years ago eh Lin?
Heck I got 6 ignores too and have for awhile now?

I remember people who used the old Tapa-Talk didn't like off topic because it didn't divide it from the regular topics. so they would come in and read political stuff they didn't want to see on the Bus board. So they hit ignore and then left.

It was Probably Gary Hatt started all of that eh Clifford  ;) or Don and John 316, LOL ( that should start something,,..... ;D ::)
Dave (chrome Dome) 5Cs :D