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• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Sun, Apr 10 2016 9:16 AM

  WigerToods2010:

  Noticed Sweatypie's Birthday thread (and a few others) look to have been edited too. Wondering if by wgt or the OP herself?

  You know Johnny, I wasn't aware of that, although I admittedly ran free with some snarky, right-wing opinions; right or wrong. By bringing this up, you have put a glow on the fact that I miss doing the "Happy Birthday" thread. I realize that that it was much more for my education and interest than it was as some kind of service of historic tid-bits for anyone to embrace. You also have me considering a revival of it...again for my enjoyment ;-}

  ~ Lily ~

• ct690911 7,205 Posts

  Sun, Apr 10 2016 9:36 AM

  "Sweaty"pie?...not sure if it's a typo, but it's damn funny...soz, lass...I'm not laughing at your expense..:)

  ps. It appears the Mods are doing some spring cleaning of the threads.

  ct

• petervcpt 1,013 Posts

  Sun, Apr 10 2016 10:05 AM

  Howzit all

  I've bumped heads with CT (Colin) before in the forums.

  Not because he's insufferable and a boor, but simply because I misunderstood what he was saying.

  That's the crux of the matter in my opinion. Understanding that all of us are very different, we all want our voices to be heard and it's via a medium that is essentially one-dimensional, with no option of reading body language clues, speech nuances etc.

  That having been said, I believe there are 2 sides to this:

  1. The 1st Amendment which states that free speech is sacrosanct to the promotion of a fair and equitable democracy, where ALL people have the right to address their grievances.

  2. This is a privately owned and operated web site, which decides, via the T & C's, what is allowed or not allowed to be said.

  I realise and have experienced personally, the arbitrary application of #2 above but I've sucked it up and moved on.

  I am with the majority on this thread. I don't believe that Colin has said anything that warranted a warning.

  I do believe that the person who attacked his veteran status did warrant a timeout, which is what has appeared to have happened, albeit a short one.

  The free expression of opinions and ideas should never be censored, as long as it does not include personal attacks, racist and/or mysogynistic diatribes.

  My nickle :-)

  HT to Lee

  Cheers,

  Peter

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Sun, Apr 10 2016 10:26 AM

  ct690911:

  "Sweaty"pie?...not sure if it's a typo, but it's damn funny...soz, lass...I'm not laughing at your expense..:)

  ps. It appears the Mods are doing some spring cleaning of the threads.

  ct

  Oh yes, sweaty ;-} Johnny (WigerToods) has always done it. I assume it gives him a "hoot" to enjoy and perhaps for others. It is rather a vivid picture of the reality of a great many "chicks" whose hygiene is suspect because of the smell. If he quit doing it I would believe I was in his doghouse.

  ~ Lily ~

   

• WigerToods2010 8,447 Posts

  Sun, Apr 10 2016 10:52 AM

  SweetiePie:

  You know Johnny, I wasn't aware of that

  Hi Lily,

  I'd noticed that over the last few week or so your Birthday thread, along with others, kept popping up to the top of the 'Active Threads' list  - yet the activity on it did not merit the leap.

  I thorougly enjoyed reading all about those historical events gleaned from the internet - particularly  those that you'd obviously edited and replaced with your own version of events.

  Wouldn't it be great if wgt could place threads of this nature in an 'Adults Only' section with a clear warning that being faux offended is more than likely to happen should one opt to venture any further?

  Good luck with that other, way more serious, matter in the real world.

  @Colin,

  Just to clarify; if you re-read what I originally posted not once did I state you were/are boring - your posts can be though IMO.  I wouldn't sweat it, plenty of mine are too.

  As to the 'typo'. Nah, no typo there. I like to call it 'Doing a Lily' (Hmm, Michael will be all over that). The lady herself being one of the first folk on here I'd noticed doing the exact same thing. Believe it or not some folk actually do bite.

  Regards,

  A very happy 'Joaney''.

   

   

   

   

• K7JBQ 1,468 Posts

  Sun, Apr 10 2016 10:52 AM

  You should be just about there. Mine were moderated until just a tad over 100 posts.

   

  wizzkid32:

  All my posts are moderated before they hit the forum.  I thought that was standard practice because I never had a post just go up without moderation. When does the moderation end?

   

• WigerToods2010 8,447 Posts

  Sun, Apr 10 2016 11:01 AM

  SweetiePie:

  whose hygiene is suspect because of the smell.

  A little something for the weekend; Smells like halibut? It's fine. Smells of freshly sprayed perfume? Defo something fishy.

• ct690911 7,205 Posts

  Sun, Apr 10 2016 11:18 AM

  WigerToods2010:

  SweetiePie:

  whose hygiene is suspect because of the smell.

  A little something for the weekend; Smells like halibut? It's fine. Smells of freshly sprayed perfume? Defo something fishy.

  whatever...as long as it still tastes like chicken..:)

  YJ and Peter (perhaps others) have mentioned the word "arbitrary", when explaining the application of the rules...I fully agree this is the case. I again thank you all for the input on this thread, and for the clarity you have provided to me on a few extraneous issues.

  ct

• daveparr 1,175 Posts

  Sun, Apr 10 2016 11:21 AM

  K7JBQ:

  ou should be just about there. Mine were moderated until just a tad over 100 posts.

   

   

   l must have been lucky it was about 23 moderated  post's for me 

                                                             Dave

• lee22sharon 1,419 Posts

  Sun, Apr 10 2016 11:39 AM

  petervcpt:

  Howzit all

  I've bumped heads with CT (Colin) before in the forums.

  Not because he's insufferable and a boor, but simply because I misunderstood what he was saying.

  That's the crux of the matter in my opinion. Understanding that all of us are very different, we all want our voices to be heard and it's via a medium that is essentially one-dimensional, with no option of reading body language clues, speech nuances etc.

  That having been said, I believe there are 2 sides to this:

  1. The 1st Amendment which states that free speech is sacrosanct to the promotion of a fair and equitable democracy, where ALL people have the right to address their grievances.

  2. This is a privately owned and operated web site, which decides, via the T & C's, what is allowed or not allowed to be said.

  I realise and have experienced personally, the arbitrary application of #2 above but I've sucked it up and moved on.

  I am with the majority on this thread. I don't believe that Colin has said anything that warranted a warning.

  I do believe that the person who attacked his veteran status did warrant a timeout, which is what has appeared to have happened, albeit a short one.

  The free expression of opinions and ideas should never be censored, as long as it does not include personal attacks, racist and/or mysogynistic diatribes.

  My nickle :-)

  HT to Lee

  Cheers,

  Peter

  please explain your sign off HT to lee.  thank you, i'm not fully aware of all the different abreviations now in use.  my nickle.