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maww
Dec 20, 2007, 7:58 PM
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wanderlustmd wrote: maww wrote: microbarn wrote: maww wrote: I wish we could have a thread that would stay on topic and not wander off. Not laying blame or pointing fingers anywhere, just putting my 2 cents out there. It's definitely lessening my interest in the RC.com community.  so, how long would we discuss coffee, and how many days in a row would you maintain interest in just talking about coffee? Sorry, but the thread drift is where conversation happens. I like it. Clearly I haven't explained my point properly. I'm not talking about just the coffee thread nor I am talking about tangental conversations. Notice how many threads end up degrading or ripping on someone. Threads become online wars & fights - lots of needless drama and drivel. It's fine for topics to get off tangent of course but the drama I could live without. Typically I just ignore the flaming and the thread but it seems to have spread to more than just a few threads lately. But anger, hatred, flaming and thread drift are the staples of RC.com. Where else are we supposed to air the day's frustrations in a consequence-free environment? That's what the internet is all about. Merry Xmas, now STFU.  
:) If you say so - I use it for other stuff. ;)
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Carnage
Dec 20, 2007, 8:22 PM
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epoch wrote: maww wrote: Again epoch I missed fully clarifying my point: thread drifts I don't mind, flaming crap & drama I can't stand. If it's about the BET, I'm gonna ignore it. Just not my thing in there. We don't talk about the BET in the BET, that would be silly. We talk about much more stuff in there. Though, the conversations move quickly in there. Drama is what holds the internet together.
i always thought that glue held the intertubes together.
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krillen
Dec 20, 2007, 8:25 PM
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There is MUCH more to the internet than flaming...there's naked ladies too.
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petsfed
Dec 20, 2007, 8:32 PM
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krillen wrote: There is MUCH more to the internet than flaming...there's naked ladies too.
How does the old saying go?
If you took all the porn off the internet, all that would be left is a single page asking for all the porn back.
I finally made it to Portland to see my folks. Unfortunately, I left my phone in Breckenridge after trying to climb Lincoln Falls. We bailed to get coffee after being stymied by the huge number of what appeared to be high schoolers, climbing ice for the first time for some kind of television show. Hopefully I'll get my phone back, but man, the silence is nice.
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krillen
Dec 20, 2007, 8:32 PM
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robbovius wrote: maww wrote: I wish we could have a thread that would stay on topic and not wander off. Not laying blame or pointing fingers anywhere, just putting my 2 cents out there. It's definitely lessening my interest in the RC.com community. never mind that. merry xmas Maww, it's folks like you with the optimism and positive homilies that keep me coming back. now where were we? oh yeah, party plans for the holiday? tomorrow night I'm hosting a jam at the milfrod performing arts center. it'll be nice to air out the electrics for a change. next thursday I'm the featured artist at the Rose Garden Upton MA. I wish i had the $$ to fly you all out for the gig, totoally. that'd be fricken sweet as a basttid. Krillen, doing any playing over the break? hey, did you know that there's a live-action Dragon Ball Z movie in the works? I forget whose cast as your screen-namesake. ;-)
Dude, if you keep talking about her homilies like that you may get more than you bargained for 
Sounds like fun Rob, good luck.
No plans to play yet, but I ceratinly want to get some licks in over the break.....I'd like to play my guitar too!
Way back in 2001 (when I joined the site) I was a fan of the cartoon....haven't seen it in a while now...
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bigfatrock
Dec 20, 2007, 8:49 PM
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The puppy dogs have a deck of cards that can't make me fly like I used to. There is also a shoe stuck in my cheek.
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blondgecko
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Dec 20, 2007, 8:54 PM
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lagr01 wrote: With all this weird thread stalking, I'm starting to wonder if tradman has a man crush on blondegecko. **not that there's anything wrong with that** (talking 'bout the man crush not the stalking)
Meh. I think he's just pissed that I killfiled him.
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blondgecko
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lena_chita wrote: Blond_gecko, no worries, your wife is a normal female. You can't expect her to make a decision like that in a hurry... LOL, ask my husband how many times he went back to the paint store to get the bathroom paint right...
Oh, I know. Just needed to vent - it's been a long couple of weeks. She's always had issues when it comes to spending money - no matter how much or how little. Silly thing is, building was her idea! 
She can be maddening at times, but she puts up with me, which can't be easy either. That's why I love her.
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maww
Dec 20, 2007, 9:13 PM
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krillen wrote: There is MUCH more to the internet than flaming...there's naked ladies too.
And naked boys. Where would we be w/o porn? The interweb would be useless I tell you, useless. ;)
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epoch
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Dec 20, 2007, 9:17 PM
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It would appear that wideguy isn't reading this thread today...
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krillen
Dec 20, 2007, 9:28 PM
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maww wrote: krillen wrote: There is MUCH more to the internet than flaming...there's naked ladies too. And naked boys. Where would we be w/o porn? The interweb would be useless I tell you, useless. ;)
Actually the validity of this statement is REALLY understated. Think of how much porn has pushed the envelope in terms of video /audio media delivery. Lots of money to be made coupled (HA!) with a highly competetive market has garantteed that most new technolgies will have a chnace ot make more porn...I mean money.
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microbarn
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krillen wrote: maww wrote: krillen wrote: There is MUCH more to the internet than flaming...there's naked ladies too. And naked boys. Where would we be w/o porn? The interweb would be useless I tell you, useless. ;) Actually the validity of this statement is REALLY understated. Think of how much porn has pushed the envelope in terms of video /audio media delivery. Lots of money to be made coupled (HA!) with a highly competetive market has garantteed that most new technolgies will have a chnace ot make more porn...I mean money.
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geogoddess
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I posted something in reply to the original coffee topic, GU style... then read the next 3 pages.... only to find *SURPRISE* my original reply was less than timely. I could comment about porn, movies, the BET, bitterness, serial Internet drama, etc but its late and I'm sure you all have kissed and made up, by now 
We got about 5 inches of wet snow in maybe 2 or 3 hrs here. Right at the evening commute! I bailed on taking my son to hockey and we jsut hid out at a restaurant until everyone was done sliding around.
Charley, I send major kudos for providing support for your sister. I hope her prognosis will be alright. And I truly hope, someday, we can come up with something more humane than chemo to fight cancer.
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missedyno
Dec 21, 2007, 6:47 AM
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holy bleep, so many years later, the coffee threads are still going?
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bizarrodrinker
Dec 21, 2007, 1:22 PM
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missedyno wrote: holy bleep, so many years later, the coffee threads are still going?
Here's a name I haven't seen in awhile.
How's the workin thing goin?
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maww
Dec 21, 2007, 4:54 PM
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wideguy wrote: krillen wrote: Actually the validity of this statement is REALLY understated. Think of how much porn has pushed the envelope in terms of video /audio media delivery. Lots of money to be made coupled (HA!) with a highly competetive market has garantteed that most new technolgies will have a chnace ot make more porn...I mean money. Bingo. Every time you pop a Disney flick into your DVD player, thank the folks at Vivid or Wicked or whoever, because porn drove the technology. Tape looked crappy and they knew it, but film was WAYY to expensive for "Wild Eyed Ass Bangers 32". They needed a cheap, yet good quality medium that could be copied quickly for distribution. And as for money to be made you don't have to be in the films, or even in the same state. Now you can be a silent investor. Enter "Adult-Vest.com"
Hmmm..the site ain't workin'. Is that the right link?? I'm gonna find it somehow - this is so my cup of tea. ;)
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