Sparse Member Profiles

Muhammad · Oct 19, 2001

If you guys wanted one or the other, we could change it to "Tractor hours" or "Operator experience (hours)" ...

Harv · Oct 19, 2001

It's not really a huge issue, but I personally find "Operator Hours" the more interesting number.

Bird · Oct 19, 2001

Harv, I've thought about that myself. The problem is that I have [/b]no idea[/b] how many hours I've got on the various tractors I've used, so I just put the hours on the current tractor's hour meter.

Bird

ronjhall · Oct 19, 2001

Bird
I'm with you. In order to give my seat time I would have to go back to teenage and younger use of a tractors. I spent most of the summer helping on a farm in thumb area of Michigan. With Harv's definition of "hour's" I would have to total these up and many others over the past 50 years. Now I'm showing my age./w3tcompact/icons/blush.gif Which shows there is no way I can remember how many hours I should put down./w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif I think/w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif the number of hours put on current tractor would be my choice./w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

GlueGuy · Oct 19, 2001

That's an interesting point. In the flying world, we have various designations: time in type, hours SMOH (since major overhaul), etc. But in my case, I just put the number on the meter (when I get a round tuit).

The GlueGuy

scruffy · Oct 19, 2001

Don't got no idea how many overall, ain't got no tractor, Muhammad, guess y'all just gonna hafta 86 me.

HarveyM · Oct 19, 2001

Reason for sparse profile. When I meet someone for the first time, I introduce myself "Hi, I'm Harvey" (yeah, nerdy I know). After spending more time with them and becoming convinced that they are homicidal maniacs (hackers/crackers) in this environment, I will be more open. My impression of what goes on here is actually very good, so I'll probably open the profile more shortly /w3tcompact/icons/blush.gif. hmmm, wonder if anyone'll be interested?

Bird · Oct 20, 2001

<font color=blue>they are homicidal maniacs</font color=blue>

Did I misread something or did you mean "aren't" instead of "are"?/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

Bird

Anonymous Poster · Oct 20, 2001

Bird,

I don't know what he meant either, so not to take any chances...I'd be nice if I were you.../w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

HarveyM · Oct 21, 2001

Great...now I'm wondering what I meant too? Freudian slip. Ah well, too much self examination points out too many problems, so I guess I'll just drop it.

MikePA · Nov 7, 2001

With someone's name and state it's fairly easy to find out their address and phone number, plus get driving directions.

http://www.anywho.com

TerryinMD · Nov 7, 2001

If someone wants/needs to take the time to search me out and find out where I live, have at it.

They have way too much time on their hands.

To many other things in life to worry about.....

Terry

MikePA · Nov 7, 2001

Yep, agreed. Folks that think they are maintaining anonymity by having sparse profiles are mistaken.

scruffy · Nov 7, 2001

It would be nice if the membership list was searchable by last name/username. I know of a couple friends/relatives who are members, but never asked their usernames. Sometimes curious what that would be, but don't bother to look at every poster to try to identify them.....don't have that much spare time!

Bird · Nov 8, 2001

<font color=blue>With someone's name and state it's fairly easy to find out their address and phone number, plus get driving directions</font color=blue>

Well . . . sorta./w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif I love the way they have me listed. My "mailing address" is Frost, TX, which is telephone area code 903, and the town (population 579) is about 10 miles north of me. However, my telephone service comes from Irene, TX, which is a different telephone company, area code 254, and the little community (don't know whether you could call it a town - no businesses at all there; just a post office and maybe a 12' x 12' concrete block building that is the telephone exchange, switch, or whatever you call it - no people at the telephone exchange; nearest human employee is 40 miles the other side of Irene). And Irene is actually about 15 miles west of me, so the map and driving instructions would get you within about 15 miles of my house./w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif And their address listing shows my street address followed by the word "Frost" as if it were part of the street name, then the town is shown as Irene, TX. Then result is that if you call telephone information for Frost, TX, they have no listing for me, and if you sent mail to Irene, TX, they never heard of me./w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif Now of course if you go to the post office or bank in Frost, anyone there will give you driving directions to my house. Old acquaintances from PA showed up here one day unexpectedly after asking at the post office./w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

Harv · Nov 8, 2001

... and who's going to believe your real name is Bird? /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

Bird · Nov 8, 2001

Yeah Harv, and then when they find out it's my real name, they usually misspell it./w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

MikePA · Nov 8, 2001

Do many people think your name is Burt/Bert?

Bird · Nov 8, 2001

Yeah Mike, both of those, along with Byrd and Bud. And of course, an old Brooklyn buddy spelled it right, but called me "Boid". Then folks want to spell my last name with a "C" instead of "S"./w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif