The Hijack thread.

[shelbydave]

Well, here it is. The hijack thread, or off topic thread if you want to call it that... Anytime anyone feels the need to pull a thread off topic, feel free to come here, and post what you want. Maybe this way the technical threads will stay on topic, and be productive.

[Knarfoh]

Well, here it is. The hijack thread, or off topic thread if you want to call it that... Anytime anyone feels the need to pull a thread off topic, feel free to come here, and post what you want. Maybe this way the technical threads will stay on topic, and be productive.
Excellent. There are several people who are notorious for doing that. One minute you are talking about a serious subject and next thing you know they are talking about their favorite album (album: definition - predecessor of the compact disc - normally used to playback music, audible books, etc.). But if you are going to average around 25 posts a day, you need to yammer on and on about something I guess.

My favorite is where someone notices someone who posted that attended a Spyder event where they just saw each other. Next thing you know you start seeing "HI, GLAD YOU MADE IT BACK SAFELY" etc. and then the entire exchange after that is bunch of shout outs. LOL. Pick up the phone people and talk to each other. Or use the private messaging capability of this FORUM.

Or use this thread to do your shout outs; exchange recipes, etc. as suggested by shelbydave.

Or how about all those posts where the person DOESN'T EVEN USE A THREAD TITLE that describes what they want to talk about. They give it some nebulous title. The shame is when they have something important to say. I have wondered how many bits of useful information I have missed because someone posts a thread with a useless title that is totally incomprehensible as to the subject matter. If you search titles only, you totally miss out on important information.

[Cruzr Joe]

feeling grouchy thie morning?

Cruzr Joe

[shelbydave]

feeling grouchy thie morning?

Cruzr Joe

Actually, no... just a little "spirited"...

And I like Pop Tarts over donuts... Less filling.

[Knarfoh]

feeling grouchy thie morning?

Cruzr Joe
Nothing wrong with the comments being made at all. Sure people want to shout out or ask their own questions about things they are interested in, but please start your own thread to do that. As you know some of these threads get pretty long and eventually useful information gets lost when a thread is hijacked and the conversation is diverted away from its original discussion.

I just read a really great THREAD where a woman is trying to find a helmet for her husband who has arthritic hands. She is trying to find a helmet he can easily fasten and unfasten. Hopefully she will get her answer.

I also know that would be important information for many Spyder owners. You have to admit the average age of the Spyder owner is up there. However, in a week, that thread will descend into the belly of this FORUM. Anyone doing a search on the same subject, but only choosing to search thread titles, will never find it. And that would be a shame. They will NEVER find the information.

She asked a great question and got some good feedback. But she poorly titled her thread IMHO.

[Bob Ledford]

Some of time it does wrinkle your skin a bit. Doesn't it?

My pet grumpy is the posts that are totally off the wall with no significant meaning tio the subject at hand. Just a frivolous post and waste of space. While some may think of me as a GOF I can be. My new attitude as of last week is pretty straight forward. If it is not related to the posters problem it gets ignored. I probably PM more then I post now.

The clicking sound you hear is my knees unlocking! :banghead::banghead:

[wyliec]

Actually, no... just a little "spirited"...

And I like Pop Tarts over donuts... Less filling.

I disagree. I'm not sure why I disagree. I eat neither.

Wait a minute. I may have just gotten off topic to increase my post count.

[Magdave]

I don't eat breakfast but I did sleep at a Holiday Inn last night :ohyea:

[bullant12]

How about the ones that sign off their names/handles after a post?
We know who posted it by looking on the left side of the post... why waste the characters?!?!? (Looking at you, Cruzr Joe :roflblack:)

(BTW... same thing happens on Facebook... WHY?!?!?! If you account got highjacked on purpose, yes I can see the necesity of releasing another identity, but WE KNOW WHO POSTED!!!:banghead:)

Bullant12:joke:

[wyliec]

Knarofh,

In all seriousness, I have found a lot of threads on the technical boards here that are more like posts you'd find on Facebook, if that makes any sense.

[Bob Denman]

So; how's your weather? ;)

[Chupaca]

but what are the odds that those folks would come here. Would be nice to keep threads on subject and if you have something to say to a poster he can PM him cause some things we just don't need to know..jmo :thumbup:

[Bob Denman]

;) I like pie! ;)

[Magdave]

;) I like pie! ;)
Weather is nice humidity is down low 80's. I like American Pie:thumbup:

[Magdave]

;) I like pie! ;)

And where the heck is Mr. Peabody when you need him? :spyder:

[Spyder Tony]

I initially clicked this thread to see what it was about. After reading the first post or 2, I was going to leave out of boredom. For some reason, I kept reading...and found myself highly entertained!!!

Not sure why, but my favorite comment is Bob's "I like Pie". Thanks for the smile this morning.

Signed;
Spyder Tony (LMAO)

[boborgera]

I like American Pie:thumbup:

Been down to the levee with your Chevy lately:dontknow:...

[Bob Denman]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGJku2nZaYw
:shocked: :roflblack:

[Bob Denman]

And where the heck is Mr. Peabody when you need him? :spyder:

I've got him on my ignore list... :dontknow:

[Knarfoh]

Knarfoh,

In all seriousness, I have found a lot of threads on the technical boards here that are more like posts you'd find on Facebook, if that makes any sense.
Sadly, it makes too much sense.

But, I am a member of several Boards and they are all the same. For some it is like a race to see who can talk the most even if it is off-topic (or worse, they really don't know what they are talking about). This Board is chock full of good information, opinions, etc. You just have to look REALLY HARD for it sometimes and that shouldn't be the case. Check out the other Spyder forums and you see the same people post AD INFINITUM

I think the original poster's point was: start your own thread if your comment is off-topic. No one is saying you can't talk about other things. Just don't hijack a good thread and mire it down with useless information or comments.

[Bob Denman]

75045 Sooooo... what movie is this from?

[Magdave]

Sadly, it makes too much sense.

AD NAUSEAM

.
:thumbup:

[Bob Denman]

And where the heck is Mr. Peabody when you need him? :spyder:

I think that Peabody was the dog...
his young sidekick was Sherman...

[OldDog]

I mean come on, there's no gripin', no diatribes about heat, quality, bad dealers, poor customer service, poor engineering, or anything that would raise the ire of the loyal. Do I make my point? ;)

[Some Guy]

I have nothing to add to this thread, so I'm not posting anything to it...wait...:hun:

Signed,
Some Guy (in case you were wondering who posted this)

[ARtraveler]

The thread seems to be working as intended.
:roflblack::roflblack:

I won't post more unless encouraged. Right Bob?

[bruiser]

I don't use oil.
I'm not overheating.
I wash my spyder with Dove.
I bake pies.

[Pennyrick]

I'll have a cheesburger and pepsi please

[Magdave]

I think that Peabody was the dog...
his young sidekick was Sherman...
I know and you now know what I meant I think you might think so too.:roflblack:

[boborgera]

Four Catholic men and a Catholic Woman were having coffee. The first man tells his friends;
My Son is a Priest, When he walks into a room everyone calls him Father.....

The second man chirps; My Son is a Bishop, When he walks into a room everyone calls him'
Your Grace......

The third man says; My Son is a Cardinal, And when he walks into a room everyone calls him,
Your Eminence......

The fourth man then says, My Son is the Pope, And when we walks into a room everyone calls him,
Your Holiness......

Since the lone Catholic Woman was sipping her Coffee in silence, The four men gave her a subtle ''Well''?....

She proudly replies, ''I have a Daughter- slim, tall, 38D breast, 24'' wast, 34'' hips,
And when She walks into a room everyone says......,

''OH MY GOD''.........

[Bob Denman]

The thread seems to be working as intended.
:roflblack::roflblack:

I won't post more unless encouraged. Right Bob?

Are you encouraging me??? :D

[SpyderSteve]

I mean come on, there's no gripin', no diatribes about heat, quality, bad dealers, poor customer service, poor engineering, or anything that would raise the ire of the loyal. Do I make my point? ;) Or they didn't get their 5k mile pin


I have nothing to add to this thread, so I'm not posting anything to it...wait...:hun:

Signed,
Some Guy (in case you were wondering who posted this) Still typing with one hand?

[shelbydave]

I think that anyone feels that a thread is hijacked had better just go and chill out.

This forum is made up of people.
Real People.

Some of us have met, some not.
But we are having a conversation.
It differs from a real conversation because you can't converse with 12K in the real world, but you can here.

Regardless of who starts a thread and why they do not own the subsequent conversation any more than you would at a party.

"Sorry, we are talking about the NFL here, if you want to talk about '68 Mustangs we aren't interested"

No.

People make up this forum and people are messy.

Yeah, but the new Star Trek movie has a lot of similarities with "The Wrath of Kahn"

[Magdave]

Yeah, but the new Star Trek movie has a lot of similarities with "The Wrath of Kahn"

Seriously Ben Aflac as Batman ? The end is near the sky will be falling ;)

[Bob Denman]

I'll still end up buying it! :thumbup:

[Joe G]

Where's Snoopy? This is his type of thread. ;)


75074

[Knarfoh]

Seriously Ben Affleck as Batman? The end is near the sky will be falling.
You got me thinking -- I will be watching the Dark Knight (with Heath Ledger) tonight and if I am ambitious enough, the Dark Knight Rises (don't quite understand the plot of this one, maybe a second look will help me).

Sometimes the older version of something is better then the newer (Christian Bale vs. Ben Affleck ........ 2012 Model vs. 2013 or 2014).

[boborgera]

Anybody know what the price of tea is in China,
At the close of the market today????

[shelbydave]

Anybody know what the price of tea is in China,
At the close of the market today????
mmmmm bacon

[Bob Denman]

The seam is tearing out of my TourMaster rain suit...
Will it be covered by my B.E.S.T. Warranty???
Why not??:gaah:

[boborgera]

The seam is tearing out of my TourMaster rain suit...
Will it be covered by my B.E.S.T. Warranty???
Why not??:gaah:


You vioded the warranty by wearing it in the rain.....ie; You opened the package..

[spydaman60]

red sox are ahead of Detroit 13 to 4. anybody besides me- care?

[bruiser]

The seam is tearing out of my TourMaster rain suit...
Will it be covered by my B.E.S.T. Warranty???
Why not??:gaah:


You purchased the wrong size. You used the European size chart. You should have used the Southeast Asian size chart.

[Mexican]

No tengo dinero!!!!:mad:

[Trickie Dick]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNasuyp8PNw&sns=em

[Bob Denman]

http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/36/36_2_65.gif That song isn't available at the ITunes store... :shocked: :gaah:

[boborgera]

I'll give a dollar to the last one who post on this thread...:D

[flamingobabe]

my new ride 75111

[shelbydave]

http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/36/36_2_65.gif That song isn't available at the ITunes store... :shocked: :gaah:


Paul Thorn "It's a Great Day to Whup Somebody's Ass" (http://www.musicbiatch.com/download/iPM1ifkOQ9s/paul-thorn-its-a-great-day-to-whup-somebodys-ass.mp3)

[Bob Denman]

Flamingobabe,

http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/4/4_17_211.gif http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/36/36_1_55.gif http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/36/36_1_75.gif

[boborgera]

Q. Where do you get virgin wool from?




A. Ugly Sheep.....

[AbNormy]

Gonna walk without these crutches some day!

Sent from my HTCONE using Tapatalk 2

[Bob Denman]

...And I'll most likely be back on them! :shocked: :gaah:

[boborgera]

...And I'll most likely be back on them! :shocked: :gaah:


What doesn't kill you makes you stronger...:thumbup:

Except for Bears,
Bears will kill you!!!!

[ARtraveler]

Are you encouraging me??? :D

Could be....... :)

[Bob Denman]

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger...:thumbup:

Except for Bears,
Bears will kill you!!!!
But they're too tasty for any of THAT foolishness... :2thumbs: :bbq::bbq:
Nothing is better than Bear Steaks on the grille... except for MORE of them! :thumbup: nojoke

[spydaman60]

But they're too tasty for any of THAT foolishness... :2thumbs: :bbq::bbq:
Nothing is better than Bear Steaks on the grille... except for MORE of them! :thumbup: nojokei'd rather eat the leather off randys boots than bear meat! nojoke you kiddin me, you really like bear meat?:yikes:

[flamingobabe]

I had bear chili once and with all the spices to make chili it still tasted like &#^*

[boborgera]

i'd rather eat the leather off randys boots than bear meat! nojoke you kiddin me, you really like bear meat?:yikes:


Had it a few times, If you marinate it over night then slow cook it [3 hours] in a crock pot, remove the grease and extra fat It tastes just like Chicken..
Chicken takes 15 minuets, Thats why i eat chicken, And leave the Bear in the woods eating grubs...

[Daisyjoe]

Bearwy interwesting :hun:

[ARtraveler]

Bear meat? Not me and no thanks. I guess its an acquired taste. Another one up here is stink fish. They bury a fish carcass in the ground for a couple months and then dig it up and eat it. Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy to gourmet for me. :roflblack:

[Bob Denman]

You find a three year-old bear that's spent it's life in the deep woods, (NO GARBAGE DUMPS! :shocked: :barf:), and that's about the finest meat that you can get.
Now... a 600 pound, dump-fed, old boar that's in the mood for a female; :shocked:; that would drive a hungry dog off a pile of guts in a hurry! nojoke
In short; it depends on the cirtter! :thumbup:
The last one we got; we started trimming it up and throwing it on the grille... The whole bear vanished in one large setting of some hungry folks! :yikes:

[Flanker]

Very nice of you to provide us with such a thoughtful feature. Unfortunately; I've never let thread topic, OP intent, or good sense impede me from going off topic when the urge strikes! :joke: Did I ever mention the time I saved Britney Spears life on the USO tour in "Nam??

[bullant12]

I'll have a cheesburger and pepsi please

No Pepsi... COKE!:roflblack::roflblack:

Bullant12 (for those who doubt...)

[hdspyder]

Now what were we talking about?:gaah:

[spydaman60]

You find a three year-old bear that's spent it's life in the deep woods, (NO GARBAGE DUMPS! :shocked: :barf:), and that's about the finest meat that you can get.
Now... a 600 pound, dump-fed, old boar that's in the mood for a female; :shocked:; that would drive a hungry dog off a pile of guts in a hurry! nojoke
In short; it depends on the cirtter! :thumbup:
The last one we got; we started trimming it up and throwing it on the grille... The whole bear vanished in one large setting of some hungry folks! :yikes: there must have been 6 hungry dogs under the table that they were feeding it to!!:roflblack:

[retread]

If you want GOOD meat, moose or puma, right at the top of my list.

john

[boborgera]

You find a three year-old bear that's spent it's life in the deep woods, (NO GARBAGE DUMPS! :shocked: :barf:),


Your kidding right, You can't walk 2 miles in Sullivan Co. without tripling over a garbage dump.
AKA bait pile....nojoke
And some are laced with sweet feed and corn...

[Bob Denman]

...That's why we hunt up in Ulster County... :thumbup:

[bullant12]

Bear (game) or old fish... can't be any worse than coffee that the beans were pooped out of a monkey... and at $600 a pound!!!:shocked:

[Bob Denman]

Kopi Luwak? http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/16/16_12_169.gif

[d.o.spyder-rts]

Been down to the levee with your Chevy lately:dontknow:...

Yes, I have been, but the levee was dry :D Dale

[Bob Denman]

Drinkin' some Whiskey and Rye with the good ole boys again? ;) :thumbup:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr-BYVeCv6U

[SpyderAnn01]

Kopi Luwak? http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/16/16_12_169.gif

Bob, I need to know how or where you got this guy? I tried copying it but it won't work.

[Bob Denman]

Unfortunately; it's an emoticon site that shut down almost a year ago...
www.smileycentral.com (http://www.smileycentral.com)

[boborgera]

...That's why we hunt up in Ulster County... :thumbup:


I guess there aren't any summer camps in Ulster Co...;);)

[Bob Denman]

Not where we go to kill some time in the woods! :thumbup:

[SPYDERFUZZ]

My favorites are when they can not contribute to the discussion weather on or off the subject they feel like they need to comment. Some people must have their iphone or ipad on a string around their neck.

[Bob Denman]

I'm sorry :shocked:... I do not know WHAT you're talking about... :D :roflblack:

[Joe G]

75428

[Bob Denman]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWBhP0EQ1lA

[boborgera]

What do you call a fish with no eyes.????





''A ''Fsh''.....:chill:

[Bob Ledford]

Actually, no... just a little "spirited"...

And I like Pop Tarts over donuts... Less filling.


He is on a sugar high

[Bob Denman]

What should the doctor that finishes last in his graduating class, specialize in?


Proctology; he's already bringing up the rear anway! :shocked:

[Yazz]

Woo hoo! First post from my iPad!

Waiting for new shoes for my car can get dreary...

[Bob Denman]

What are you having them install??
:congrats: on the IPad deal... :thumbup:
I've just not been able to warm up to them yet... :opps:

[Bob Denman]

:agree: :gaah:

[retread]

Has Jack noticed we're saying "hi" to him yet?

john

[boborgera]

One evening a young woman came home from a date, And crying. Her mother asks, Why are you crying?
''Johnny just proposed to me an hour ago...

Then why are you crying ? Her Mother asked.
Because he also told me he is an Atheist, Mom, he doesn't even believe there's a Hell''

Her mother replied, Marry him anyway, Between the two of us,

We'll show him just how wrong he is.......

[Bob Denman]

:shocked: That was a true story; wasn't it? :yikes:

[boborgera]

:shocked: That was a true story; wasn't it? :yikes:


Sad but true, Names were changed to protect me.....:roflblack:

[Bob Denman]

http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/36/36_2_29.gifEnjoy the heat, and put on some more lotion! :2thumbs: