changing times and faces.

robertglines1 · August 16, 2011, 09:13:19 AM

As time goes by the face of the board changes a little; The names of the members change. I still visit regular but mostly read now and don't comment as much. Enjoy the new Ideas and view points. Keeps everything fresh. If there were not a constant input of fresh ideas both good and bad we would have nothing to discuss. So if you get a little aggravated when you ask for input and don't get it be patient:: some old fart will chime in with how he screwed up and did it wrong or why he would not do it that way again-- if he had a choice. I make it a challenge to learn something new every day. A open mind to change and willing to share leasons learned. Bob

muldoonman · August 16, 2011, 09:50:29 AM

Good post Bob. The folks here, have helped me more than they ever will know. If you don't learn something everyday, you are pulling a obama.

take care,
glen

Busted Knuckle · August 16, 2011, 10:18:59 AM

Quote from: muldoonman on August 16, 2011, 09:50:29 AM
Good post Bob. The folks here, have helped me more than they ever will know. If you don't learn something everyday, you are pulling a obama.

take care,
glen

That is precious!

I'm start using that one instead of what gramma used to tell me.
"learn something everyday, because the day ya quit learn'n should the day they put ya in hole and throw dirt in your face!"

BK

boxcarOkie · August 16, 2011, 10:50:53 AM

Old fart?

You can you say Old Fart on this board?

I didn't know that you could say **#!#* like that here.

But then again, that certainly cannot apply to me, no sir.

BCO

rv_safetyman · August 16, 2011, 11:02:38 AM

Bob, good thread. And I do agree that we always need new folks to keep things going and keep us challenged.

That said, I have been pretty frustrated lately. I only wish that the new members would:

1) Make the subject wording clear. My skin just crawls when I see the subject: Newbie questions.

2) If you ask a question, have the courtesy to come back and look at the posts and tell us a bit about how you used the information (or not). We had a fellow who wanted someone to look at an Eagle. I spent a lot of time on this and the Eagle board to give him some thoughts and he did not have to courtesy to let us know the status to the investigation.

2a) The comments above also apply to many of the old timers. We need to know the outcome of posts you make.

3) Do at least a bit of a search to try to see what has been posted on the same subject. The search engine for this and the other boards is not the best, but it works most of the time. At times I get frustrated with the board search engines and use a simple Google search and it is amazing how many posts come up - from all the boards.

Sorry for the rant.

Jim

wal1809 · August 16, 2011, 01:32:51 PM

Quote from: boxcarOkie on August 16, 2011, 10:50:53 AM
Old fart?

You can you say Old Fart on this board?

I didn't know that you could say **#!#* like that here.

But then again, that certainly cannot apply to me, no sir.

BCO

I think you mispelled **#!#*

boxcarOkie · August 16, 2011, 01:48:36 PM

Oh? I am sorry, that should be ##*!##*

(what was I thinking?)

BCO

Van · August 16, 2011, 02:03:01 PM

I don't think you can say that word either

boxcarOkie · August 16, 2011, 02:06:52 PM

Quote from: van on August 16, 2011, 02:03:01 PM
I don't think you can say that word either

Well _______ !

(Blanks optional)

Man, talk about thread drift.

So here is my feeble attempt at rectifying my abnormal behavior.

My pet peeve is no one updates their profile, when they come on, they leave it blank. I can live with the not answering up, bad spelling, fragmented speech and often, outright nonsense. None of that crap bothers me all that much. Often it would be nice to know "who, what, where, when and why" every now and then and perhaps where it is that they are.

BCO

robertglines1 · August 16, 2011, 03:27:23 PM

Where is important! because we have members all over that can put hands on to a problem. what kind of bus. well it helps to know what we are dealing with and some of us have better knowledge with a certain model. We also are Leary of scam art-is so if you don't want to share basic info we become suspect. You need to share to earn respect. Bob

artvonne · August 16, 2011, 03:32:05 PM

My biggest ____ peeve is people that have a technical or mechanical/electrical problem, join a forum only to ask how to fix the ____ thing, and you never hear from the ____ again. You dont hear if the ____ thing got fixed, and no thanks or anything else. Its not just here, its on a lot of forums.

Also, the search engine on this site ____. It gives you options for dates, which section to search, etc., but they dont do a ____ thing, and none of the hits are in chronological order.

rcbeam · August 16, 2011, 05:16:22 PM

Bob...I think your post brings up a good point. I for one have been very frustrated with searches and sometimes the lack of the response I wanted on the bus boards. One of my peeves is for someone to take a persons thread and then use it for their own, sometimes getting it off the original subject, and hijacking attempts by the originator to get his questions answered. This past weekend, I sort of 'vented' about my search and reply frustrations with the boards...and I did it in another persons post about aluminum skinning rivets. The next day I reread my post and was embarrassed. Besides ranting like a whiny butt I did it in HIS post, one of my very peeves. I'll try in the future, to put a little more thoughfullness in my replies here. It is so easy for things to be taken out of context and the intent misread.

I for one have SO much to learn here and maybe one day I will be able to give back a little. If I was only 30 something instead of 50 something I'd have more time to do that.

boxcarOkie · August 16, 2011, 05:45:14 PM

Quote from: artvonne on August 16, 2011, 03:32:05 PM
My biggest ____ peeve is people that have a technical or mechanical/electrical problem, join a forum only to ask how to fix the ____ thing, and you never hear from the ____ again. You dont hear if the ____ thing got fixed, and no thanks or anything else. Its not just here, its on a lot of forums.

Also, the search engine on this site ____. It gives you options for dates, which section to search, etc., but they dont do a ____ thing, and none of the hits are in chronological order.

Art you had "six" blanks in there, now I am ex Navy and all that, but i had to "make up a couple of words" for the last two. That T'were a lot of blanks Amigo.

BCO

Mex-Busnut · August 16, 2011, 07:51:58 PM

Great thread here!

I have certainly learned a lot from this great forum. Even from a few that get terribly aggressive in their responses. I look through their posts and many times find something worth learning.

And being that many of us are now very proud grand parents (such as me!), sometimes we begin forgetting things. So every few weeks, I check out my OWN profile, and review what questions I have posted and make sure I have finnished each one. (Though in advance, when I ask a question, I end it with "Thanks in advance!")

And Glen: "If you don't learn something everyday, you are pulling an Obama." That one is a prize-winner!

artvonne · August 16, 2011, 08:03:40 PM

Quote from: boxcarOkie on August 16, 2011, 05:45:14 PM

Art you had "six" blanks in there, now I am ex Navy and all that, but i had to "make up a couple of words" for the last two. That T'were a lot of blanks Amigo.

BCO

Pet, darn, guy, stupid, bites, silly. You bein ex navy you just had your mind in the gutter, lol