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Well Babs, thanks for posting a welcome. I have seen your posts all over this site.
As far as the unoriginal, look at me tripe goes... Robin set me up this time.
I was going to call my dog a porn-star because he thinks he is... but that didn't sound right either.
Pleasing people around this place seems to be turning into a full time situation. There appears to be a collective mindset on this site that permeates.
I respect that you asked nicely, and just slightly insulted me. As far as speaking like that all the time... I don't, so don't worry... you and the other 90% can rest easy. I'm sorry that word bothers you.
"Wuap's "problem" is that he is smart & principled & committed to a moral course of action. His actions are supposed to reflect his ethical code.
The rest of us rarely bother to think about our actions." --Solon
Well Babs, thanks for posting a welcome. I have seen your posts all over this site.
As far as the unoriginal, look at me tripe goes... Robin set me up this time.
I was going to call my dog a porn-star because he thinks he is... but that didn't sound right either.
Pleasing people around this place seems to be turning into a full time situation. There appears to be a collective mindset on this site that permeates.
I respect that you asked nicely, and just slightly insulted me. As far as speaking like that all the time... I don't, so don't worry... you and the other 90% can rest easy. I'm sorry that word bothers you.
"We should remember that one man is much the same as another, and that he is best who is trained in the severest school." -Thucydides
"Study strategy over the years and achieve the spirit of the warrior. Today is victory over yourself of yesterday; tomorrow is your victory over lesser men."
I'm not offended by the word, DD. I'm not particularly easy to offend. In fact, I let your post about banging bitches in high school pass. But when you find a couple of more excuses to post arguably misogynistic crap, and all in one thread, I think it's time for somebody to suggest that you lay off a bit.
I speak for no one but myself here, but here's my understanding: We have a laissez faire policy here. Nobody's going to tell you what you can or can't say. But we are going to request that you use a modicum of courtesy and at least a little common sense when deciding what to post. This is a board full of middle-aged mormon men, a few apostates, and even fewer women. Not many here really appreciate seeing women in general referred to as bitches. (That said, there's a longstanding and well-warranted exception for those wanting to call babs out on her bitchy days, of which this might well be one.)
I'm not offended by the word, DD. I'm not particularly easy to offend. In fact, I let your post about banging bitches in high school pass. But when you find a couple of more excuses to post arguably misogynistic crap, and all in one thread, I think it's time for somebody to suggest that you lay off a bit.
I speak for no one but myself here, but here's my understanding: We have a laissez faire policy here. Nobody's going to tell you what you can or can't say. But we are going to request that you use a modicum of courtesy and at least a little common sense when deciding what to post. This is a board full of middle-aged mormon men, a few apostates, and even fewer women. Not many here really appreciate seeing women in general referred to as bitches. (That said, there's a longstanding and well-warranted exception for those wanting to call babs out on her bitchy days, of which this might well be one.)
Babs I meant no offense.
We have different experiences and come from different places.
This is 46 seconds of one of mine. I don't expect you to relate.
"We should remember that one man is much the same as another, and that he is best who is trained in the severest school." -Thucydides
"Study strategy over the years and achieve the spirit of the warrior. Today is victory over yourself of yesterday; tomorrow is your victory over lesser men."
“There is a great deal of difference in believing something still, and believing it again.”
― W.H. Auden
"God made the angels to show His splendour - as He made animals for innocence and plants for their simplicity. But men and women He made to serve Him wittily, in the tangle of their minds."
-- Robert Bolt, A Man for All Seasons
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
--Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Damn... posting a welcome thread at this place is tantamount to walking through a minefield.
"We should remember that one man is much the same as another, and that he is best who is trained in the severest school." -Thucydides
"Study strategy over the years and achieve the spirit of the warrior. Today is victory over yourself of yesterday; tomorrow is your victory over lesser men."
Damn... posting a welcome thread at this place is tantamount to walking through a minefield.
Again. You're not the first person to take awhile to understand the place. And trust me, telling us that we don't "get" you will backfire on you; It did on me.
"Wuap's "problem" is that he is smart & principled & committed to a moral course of action. His actions are supposed to reflect his ethical code.
The rest of us rarely bother to think about our actions." --Solon
Assuming I could swim... I can't really even tell you the difference between the salad fork and the dinner fork.
Me being me... is going to eventually (if not already) piss off more than few.
"We should remember that one man is much the same as another, and that he is best who is trained in the severest school." -Thucydides
"Study strategy over the years and achieve the spirit of the warrior. Today is victory over yourself of yesterday; tomorrow is your victory over lesser men."
Sorry for setting you up DD! The best thing to do with Babs' point (mostly correct) and her attitude in making the point (which I guess is not appreciated by most people here, who probably think it should have been made via PM, instead of making a welcome and valued newb feel overly self-conscious about what it means to participate on this really nice and fun and overall easygoing board), is to ignore it completely, and to only consider it as if it had been sent by PM instead of what was done.
Sorry for setting you up DD! The best thing to do with Babs' point (mostly correct) and her attitude in making the point (which I guess is not appreciated by most people here, who probably think it should have been made via PM, instead of making a welcome and valued newb feel overly self-conscious about what it means to participate on this really nice and fun and overall easygoing board), is to ignore it completely, and to only consider it as if it had been sent by PM instead of what was done.
"Wuap's "problem" is that he is smart & principled & committed to a moral course of action. His actions are supposed to reflect his ethical code.
The rest of us rarely bother to think about our actions." --Solon
Sorry for setting you up DD! The best thing to do with Babs' point (mostly correct) and her attitude in making the point (which I guess is not appreciated by most people here, who probably think it should have been made via PM, instead of making a welcome and valued newb feel overly self-conscious about what it means to participate on this really nice and fun and overall easygoing board), is to ignore it completely, and to only consider it as if it had been sent by PM instead of what was done.
So you're suggesting that I should have PMed instead of posting a reprimand on the board? And in doing so you're reprimanding me on the board? I love it.
wuap: Your repeated pictorial suggestions notwithstanding, the Hummer-driving, Harley-riding, bitch-banging DD doesn't strike me as a high school co-ed crying at her locker.
"We should remember that one man is much the same as another, and that he is best who is trained in the severest school." -Thucydides
"Study strategy over the years and achieve the spirit of the warrior. Today is victory over yourself of yesterday; tomorrow is your victory over lesser men."
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