THE THREAD!!!

[warspite1]

YES - 5 STARS

[warspite1]

Happy days are here again la la la la la

[Grollub]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

Buck Beach,

I don't want to speak for rtrapasso, goodness knows he's capable of diatribes all his own. Furthermore as an JFB, I'm loathe to speak well of any self-professed died-in-the-wool AFB prat as rtrapasso. He's also chosen the wrong field of medicine, of course. Come to think of it, why am I writing this?

Alright, I digress. I can-with surety-say that rtrapasso's remarks were a simple effort to pad his post count (a regular activity for those of us here) and score an INP (be the first one at the top of the next page's posts). Petty and juvenile efforts that I personally am incapable of. Well, maybe I've done it once or twice...just to fit in. I'm sure that he had no intention of addressing your remarks brusquely or in an insensitive manner. As an AFB, he's all about feelings. Feelings, feelings, feelings...

Please don't be angry with rtrapasso. He's a pretty good guy-for an AFB prat. I'm sure he meant no harm, mate.

Oh poor you ... you are soooo misunderstood [8|][:D]

[Grollub]

ORIGINAL: Grollub

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

Buck Beach,

I don't want to speak for rtrapasso, goodness knows he's capable of diatribes all his own. Furthermore as an JFB, I'm loathe to speak well of any self-professed died-in-the-wool AFB prat as rtrapasso. He's also chosen the wrong field of medicine, of course. Come to think of it, why am I writing this?

Alright, I digress. I can-with surety-say that rtrapasso's remarks were a simple effort to pad his post count (a regular activity for those of us here) and score an INP (be the first one at the top of the next page's posts). Petty and juvenile efforts that I personally am incapable of. Well, maybe I've done it once or twice...just to fit in. I'm sure that he had no intention of addressing your remarks brusquely or in an insensitive manner. As an AFB, he's all about feelings. Feelings, feelings, feelings...

Please don't be angry with rtrapasso. He's a pretty good guy-for an AFB prat. I'm sure he meant no harm, mate.

Oh poor you ... you are soooo misunderstood [8|][:D]

[warspite1]

GROLLUB - you've interrupted my fabering....again [&:]

[Grollub]

But of course. [:'(]

Congratulations on that 5th star! May all of your future posts be as full of content as the previous 2500! [:D]

ETA 1; You get a certain yummy "meritous" feeling, don't you? [;)][:'(]

ETA 2; Regarding the "But of Course" I quote;
"I have, myself, full confidence that if all do their duty, if nothing is neglected, and if the best arrangements are made, as they are being made, we shall prove ourselves once again able to defend our beloved THREAD,
to ride out the storm of fabers, and to outlive the menace of tyranny, if necessary for years, if necessary alone.

At any rate, that is what we are going to try to do. That is the resolve of every THREADster - every man of them. That is the will of Parliament and the nation."

(short version - for a "fuller" version - see my first faber ever [:'(])

[warspite1]

Congratulations on that 5th star!

Thank-you [:)]

May all of your future posts be as full of content as the previous 2500!

[:D]

ETA; You get a certain yummy "meritous" feeling, don't you?

Oh yes!!

[Terminus]

Ahhh, 2500 posts... I've completely forgotten what that feels like...[:'(]

[Terminus]

-74...

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Terminus

Ahhh, 2500 posts... I've completely forgotten what that feels like...[:'(]

Warspite1

I think that what's called dementia [;)]

[Dixie]

T, did you decide to get Silent War in the end?

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Dixie

T, did you decide to get Silent War in the end?

Why not on his computer hard drive instead? Seems more practical. [&:]

[rtrapasso]

ORIGINAL: Buck Beach

ORIGINAL: USS America

ORIGINAL: Buck Beach

Is this rant series aimed at me for having the audacity to butt in to some sort of hollowed sacred ground of elitists? If so just why don't you just come out and say bugger off (I do understand English) and I will butt out and take my comments elsewhere.[:@]

Buck

Um...Buck? Can you give us a little bit more information about what you mean? I haven't seen any rants lately that were not originated from or directed at Japan and Ike.

If you're referring to THE THREAD!!! as "some sort of hollowed sacred ground", that's far from the case. Everyone who does not take themselves too seriously are very welcome here. This is our retreat to get away from "serious." Pull up a chair, grab a cold one out of the cooler, and we'll toss another burger on the Memorial Day cookout grill for 'ya.

I quite possibly misinterpreted the series of rtrapasso's one line posts above, if so I'm sorry.

Thank you for your invite.

Buck

Ack!

There is a "sport" around here we Threadsters periodically engage in called "fabering", named after fabertong, the first one to accomplish it... this involves a sort of "free flowing consciousness" of posting one or two lines at a time, and endeavoring to have an entire page filled up with one's posts.

It is the duty of every OTHER Threadster to prevent the person attempting a faber from completing it... thus, if a Threadster should happen to notice there is no one else around, he (or she, although i don't happen to think there are any female Threadsters) will attempt to make a lot of posts without interruption.

Yes, this will pad one's post count, although (at least in some cases) this is not the point... it is just being able to accomplish the faber (as i mentioned, sort of a sport).

BTW, this is a lot more difficult than it would first appear... making one word posts to try to accomplish a faber is considered "poor form".

[Terminus]

ORIGINAL: Dixie

T, did you decide to get Silent War in the end?

Not yet.

[Don Bowen]

ORIGINAL: USS America

... Everyone who does not take themselves too seriously are very welcome here. ...

How about me? I take myself seriously but my wife just points and laughs.

[Grollub]

ORIGINAL: Don Bowen

ORIGINAL: USS America

... Everyone who does not take themselves too seriously are very welcome here. ...

How about me? I take myself seriously but my wife just points and laughs.

Welcome to THE THREAD, brother! [8D][:D]

[Ike99]

ORIGINAL: Buck Beach

Is this rant series aimed at me for having the audacity to butt in to some sort of hollowed sacred ground of elitists? If so just why don't you just come out and say bugger off (I do understand English) and I will butt out and take my comments elsewhere.

Not exactly Buck but close. There is a small number who enjoy leaving one line insults to other forum members. Including to those they don´t even know like you have recently experienced. You are just the latest person to be made unwelcome here by these people in an ever growing list.

They are excusing themselves to you now because It happened to me recently and I didn´t like it too much. They´re a little unsure of themselves at present. So yes, your initial impression is correct.

Accept their insincere excuses and submit to their strange hierarchy in a submissive position and you too can leave insulting one line insults to other forum members too. You will be comforted in knowing you have the protection of ¨THE GROUP¨ in ¨THE THREAD¨.

ORIGINAL: USS America Um...Buck? Can you give us a little bit more information about what you mean? I haven't seen any rants lately that were not originated from or directed at Japan and Ike.

I was curious USS America so I search ¨Japan¨ His last login was almost two years ago. I thought he must have really said something to make you angry. I briefly searched through his post and found nothing. His last post was,

ORIGINAL Japan: In 1999 I was part of the KFOR force who entered Yugoslavia, in 2003 I spent 6 months of my life working for UNICEF with Civilian Aid, I also visited Grozny 2 week's in 2004, and in 2006 I spent 4 months of my life again doing a similar thing. I did plan to join a UNICEF mission to Eritrea during 2009, but have canceled it, I might do it during 2010 we will see, I don't know.

I Apology for the "negative" debate I might have caused here on your forum, and I see my involvement in it as my own weakness, and for that I am sorry. I will try to refrain from replaying to this type of posts in the future.

I will accept what he says is true. Seems like an outstanding person. I´m really confused with what he did that offended you so much to be speaking against him almost 2 years later? The United Nations Children's Fund was not ¨macho¨ enough organization to meet your standards?

He may be in some African civil war country right now risking his life between guerilla and government soldiers helping to feed a village. Who is to know? Now I know that´s not as tough as having a picture of an aircraft carrier with warplanes posting on a forum 20 times a day but you can think to excuse him a little. Maybe?

[Terminus]

You have no idea what you're talking about, "Ike99".

[Ike99]

ORIGINAL: Terminus

You have no idea what you're talking about, "Ike99".

You´re right Terminus I don´t. I´m am just accepting what Japan said. I do like what he said though.

I Apology for the "negative" debate I might have caused here on your forum, and I see my involvement in it as my own weakness, and for that I am sorry. I will try to refrain from replaying to this type of posts in the future.

I have no reason to defend him but in my opinion this was very high class. I am going to do the same. I do ask that ¨some¨ posters here look at the recent reaction from Buck Beach. Maybe you need to be a little less provacative to people.

Have a nice day.

Cheers.

[Grollub]

ORIGINAL: Ike99

ORIGINAL: Buck Beach

Is this rant series aimed at me for having the audacity to butt in to some sort of hollowed sacred ground of elitists? If so just why don't you just come out and say bugger off (I do understand English) and I will butt out and take my comments elsewhere.

Not exactly Buck but close. There is a small number who enjoy leaving one line insults to other forum members. Including to those they don´t even know like you have recently experienced. You are just the latest person to be made unwelcome here by these people in an ever growing list.

They are excusing themselves to you now because It happened to me recently and I didn´t like it too much. They´re a little unsure of themselves at present. So yes, your initial impression is correct.

Accept their insincere excuses and submit to their strange hierarchy in a submissive position and you too can leave insulting one line insults to other forum members too. You will be comforted in knowing you have the protection of ¨THE GROUP¨ in ¨THE THREAD¨.

I don't know on what side of the bed you got up in this morning, but apparentely it was the wrong one. As this is among the friendliest places I've managed to stumble across on the Internet, I have no clue what the hell you're talking about. Congratulations, you've also managed to offend me as a person, which takes some doing. Say hello to my second green button in six years on this forum.