Truely Neutral Thread

Chuck52 · Dec 6, 2003

Ha! There ain't one! It is, however, interesting that the divisions amongst us TBN'ers are so fluid. Some members of the group who feel their ox gored in one thread and commence to gang up on the transgressor, then find, in another thread, that they have themselves trod on the collective opinions of their erstwhile posse members and are being, themselves, castigated!

I sometimes wonder if this discussion board isn't really a sociologist's or psychologist's research project.

Chuck

Docsknotinn · Dec 6, 2003

I guess were just a unruly unpredictable bunch of tractor nuts ! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

wroughtn_harv · Dec 6, 2003

It must be your deodorant, or maybe the lack thereof Chuck. I've never had nothing but hugs and "amens" at TBN. I don't know how many times I've heard cowboy doc say , "ahhhhhhh man!" It must be the southern drawl. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Chuck52 · Dec 6, 2003

Uh Huh. Deeper and deeper around the ankles it gets! You even gave me something to slam you about there...."southern drawl"...first place, it should be Southern. Second place, Texas ain't the South, it's only south.

Chuck

r0GuE · Dec 6, 2003

No doubt! Okee had a PM to me and of course I responded. As strongly as I felt about the matter, I ended with:

"I have been in many posts and I am sure we have talked before online. You have probably assisted me on tractor related matters etc. For that I am grateful to you as I am all the members of this forum. I hope that you realize that one cannot really be personal on a forum. I will see threads from you in the future and I can say that I will enter them on a new day with no memory or grudge regarding this issue and thread. I hope you will do the same.

Watching long standing feuds on TBN always makes me laugh. At least we are differing on a serious issue. Some feud over tractor color!"

I consider all of you TBN people to be the greatest and smartest group on the web. Why else would I turn to a tractor forum for questions about firearms? I just can't think of a better resource for good hard earned knowledge.

Henro · Dec 6, 2003

Rogue,

Looks like that thread you started became...

A truely neutered thread... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Guess that is about as close to neutral as that one will become... /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

r0GuE · Dec 6, 2003

I'm usually against the locking of threads, but I can't see anywhere good for that one to go from there..

Hey! I cleared my first snow with my new RB60. It did terrible until I figured out that the top link needed adjustd. Seems better now. We got 8" here.. what did you get henro?

Henro · Dec 6, 2003

Unfortunately, we only got about 8" here too... /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

With the soft ground it was not as much fun as usual clearing it away...

OkeeDon · Dec 6, 2003

<font color="blue"> and I can say that I will enter them on a new day with no memory or grudge regarding this issue and thread. I hope you will do the same.
</font>

And, I responded that his response was well considered and no hard feelings, no grudges. Well, maybe for a few minutes. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

I did add a few words about the futility of anyone trying to tell me what I really think. Maybe it's because I don't fit into any mold. If I told you all the story about how my wife and I were the only supporting members of the local opera society who arrived in a pickup truck, it would become more clear. And, that was even before I owned a tractor. Although, I did bend to the point of wearing socks to the opera.

Here's a bit of philosophy that I stole from a quotation on a tee-shirt. Any philosophy that can fit on a tee-shirt has to be a good one. It is a lot more difficult to live up to than it intially sounds:

<font color="blue"> I used to be disgusted,
but now I'm just amused. </font>