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Old 11-30-10, 04:28 AM
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Originally Posted by gsteinb
I don't drink coffee.
why do you deny yourself pleasure?
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Old 11-30-10, 04:30 AM
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when I got old it just stopped agreeing with me. I do enjoy it, it just doesn't enjoy me...or something like that.
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i see.
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Originally Posted by botto
Look, I'm not saying I wished the guy was banned but he had plenty of warnings more so from within this community than even thinking about the mods. It just doesn't make any sense to me why guys go to the road forum all hot and bothered to prove they're right about something. If some guy thinks steel is better why does anyone care? If his science is from the pre-enlightenment error why does it matter? Getting worked up to the point where you get banned, and then perma-banned just makes no sense at all. We have a nice little community here, but it's still linked to the other and getting booted from here because how you act there just isn't worth it. But he's been on that road for quite some time and the results were predictable.
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that is not why he got banned.
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Old 11-30-10, 05:29 AM
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it was an example, I'm pretty sure you know that.
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Originally Posted by gsteinb
If some guy thinks steel is better why does anyone listen?
Fixed.
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Originally Posted by Fat Boy
Reports of my death were an exaggeration.
Welcome back my friend..how was the proceedure?

Originally Posted by wanders
Binge and rubber suits.
Date night?

Originally Posted by botto
It's one thing to go into the road forum and have a 'discussion' but then get into it with the mods was just stupid.
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Old 11-30-10, 06:25 AM
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It's howlin' outside 20-30mph looks like rollers this morning.
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so what happened...sorry i was busy leaving the computer to go outside , i didn't read every post.
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Originally Posted by Grumpy McTrumpy
that is not why he got banned.
Ultimately it was.
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Old 11-30-10, 06:28 AM
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I wrote error
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that's what you get for not drinking coffee.
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So what's been going on here in the twitter feed? SSDD?
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Originally Posted by Racer Ex
You've never been to a trailer park in Florida.
Or Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, Arkansas, or Georgia..

But we enjoy color in our trailer parks, like pink flamingos.
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Or Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, Arkansas, or Georgia..

But we enjoy color in our trailer parks, like pink flamingos.

You otta see the trailer parks in North Belmont. Really, really bad.
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Originally Posted by El Diablo Rojo
Umd perma-banned? Wow what a surprise.
Wha?

Drama.
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On the one hand, I'm a little surprised.

On the other, I saw it coming a mile away and repeatedly tried to warn him about stirring up mierda over there.

sigh. Really, if it wasn't for this place, I probably wouldn't come to this place. Take that however you guys like..
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Originally Posted by gsteinb
Look, I'm not saying I wished the guy was banned but he had plenty of warnings more so from within this community than even thinking about the mods. It just doesn't make any sense to me why guys go to the road forum all hot and bothered to prove they're right about something. If some guy thinks steel is better why does anyone care? If his science is from the pre-enlightenment error why does it matter? Getting worked up to the point where you get banned, and then perma-banned just makes no sense at all. We have a nice little community here, but it's still linked to the other and getting booted from here because how you act there just isn't worth it. But he's been on that road for quite some time and the results were predictable.
bbbbbbbut someone was wrong on the internets!
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He has a way of making "he said - she said - I said - you said" arguments go on for pages .... which probably contributed to the decision. Anyway, Tom S. sounds like he's open to a "compromise".
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Originally Posted by johnybutts


Wow, and it's at 3 pages no less.
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Originally Posted by Grumpy McTrumpy
that is not why he got banned.

so what the heck happened? Oh alright, let me go sift through that endless thread about which frame material is better....be back in a few hours.
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so what the heck happened? Oh alright, let me go sift through that endless thread about which frame material is better....be back in a few hours.
I think it was related to PM back & forth with a mod.
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Old 11-30-10, 07:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Homebrew01
I think it was related to PM back & forth with a mod.
Thanks. I went to the 41 but got side tracked in the I support umd thread, shame to hear about Tom's wife.
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as good as it gets. Thanks for the memories hammy
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