Hi Jerry Huck:
Many of us appreciate the January 21 post you started about new things happening in Como. Thank you and had you not contributed, many of us would have not been aware of the restoration work being done in Como these days. But then there are those that take your original post and fly away with it. That I believe is the living thing part of this forum and I came to the conclusion a long time ago that I have to separate the wheat from the chaff to get anything interesting about my favorite hobby. Our posts get sent off track and my most favorite post of all time was written by John C. spelling out how these posts get derailed. I cannot think of any post that does a better job of explaining what happens to one simple contribution. I go back to this when I want a chuckle as I can apply any one of John's item numbers to any post on the Forum, especially those that get upwards of 100 post replies. Take your original post and see how many of John's points apply. Derailing posts must be part of the human condition and may be one reason Facebook stays in business. Unfortunately the NGDF took on a new Face some time ago but I still get a lot out of it just like the information I got from your original post. John C.'s original post from February 12, 2016 is included below. I think you can find at least half of those points apply to your post. I wonder which item best fits my response here? Maybe #20, or could it be #22 if there ever will be a 22?
Craig Miller
Longmont CO
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Typical railroad discussion board pattern:
February 12, 2016 07:54PM Registered: 9 years ago
Posts: 626
1. Question.
2. Rhetorical question.
3. Token "we aren't worthy" post.
4. Sidebar question.
5. Ass kissing to the person who wrote the "we aren't worthy" post.
6. Random and far too frequently, "nobody-get's-the-inside-joke-except-two-people" post written in gibberish.
7. Official but politically correct response from someone who might have information.
8. Overblown praises for the useless post.
9. Photo of whatever subject engine way back in 1960 before retirement, irrelevant to the original question.
10. Another gibberish post in response to #6.
11. Original question restated by a different person.
12. Youtube video in similar spirit to #9 but still has nothing to do with the unanswered question.
13. Another politically correct response from someone who may have the answer but still avoids actually saying anything the general audience didn't already know.
14. Former employee chimes in with a very educated answer but smears several people in the process and often doesn't understand the differences in the reason for the original question in context to the last 10 years.
15. Ass kissing to #14.
16. More of #15.
17. Same as above, but a nostalgic story involving the author of #14 that has nothing to do with #1.
18. More of #15.
19. More of #6.
20. The actual, thoughtful answer to #1.
21. Praises and jokes about #12 and #14 written by the person who wrote the original question, but completely ignoring the answer written in #20.
...continued with my satire that was intended to make board posters think about the pattern, but instead will be picked apart by everyone.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/12/2016 07:55PM by John C.
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