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[DJ Downunder]

I for one, have really learned how to take full advantage of the variety of forums made available. I visit another site where EVERYTHING is in the same forum, and it's a klusterf*ck of information...( is that a good thing?? ..)... you have NO IDEA what you're about to open..(of course not..you haven't opened it yet.. ..), and as a result makes for a lot of unnecessary waste motion.(...what is that.. ..)

G'day Pat...I think you know about Dave's Peckerhead club...did you forget to add a smiley to your little pecker's comment or are you upset at the thought...and that's all it was ..just a thought... ...maybe not a good one..

DJ

[darthrider]

Hey guys -
Let's not take this "Peckerhead Section" any further.
Like Pat I'm not interested...but likely for different reasons.
If anyone wants to know why, PM me or email at: [email protected]
Thanks,

[Guest]

...I don’t like managing this board, I like reading it, and when all I am faced with is angry emails from the silent MAJORITY exclaiming their disgust for the board and what it has become, how can I not act? How can I sit back and allow everyone to do what THEY want to when all it does is destroy what we have going here - one of the best and friendliest discussion sites on the net....

Doug, do yourself a favor, man, and let this forum go and turn over the life membership monies to a successor. The members will understand and forgive you.

Please, please, would some Roadster/Rockster rider with expertise step up and offer to take this headache off of Doug's shoulders before he carries out his warning?

In the meantime, in light of the quote above, ask yourselves if sending money makes sense. After all, what meaning has "life membership" when it is measured by someone's waning desire to manage this board?

[Shaman]

In the meantime, in light of the quote above, ask yourselves if sending money makes sense. After all, what meaning has "life membership" when it is measured by someone's waning desire to manage this board?

Supporting the board of an owner with waning interest holds more value to me than following the advice of someone who can not take the time to register and maintain an identity on the board.

[whaycoc]

So, Mr. (no named) guest - what do you propose? A forum with no controls and no one who will keep things organized and somewhat in line?

In a matter of days this place would be a mess! The great majority of us like it just as it is - only a few want to turn our forum into a place for uncontrolled juvenile behavior! So, Mr. Guest - don't presume to speak for us! Who are you anyway?

I never knew Doug needed any understanding and forgiveness - If you haven't been able to understand his repeated explanations for the conduct of this Forum then i doubt you ever will. And, the last thing any of us need is your "forgiveness!"

Please notice that I signed my name!

...I don’t like managing this board, I like reading it, and when all I am faced with is angry emails from the silent MAJORITY exclaiming their disgust for the board and what it has become, how can I not act? How can I sit back and allow everyone to do what THEY want to when all it does is destroy what we have going here - one of the best and friendliest discussion sites on the net....

Doug, do yourself a favor, man, and let this forum go and turn over the life membership monies to a successor. The members will understand and forgive you.

Please, please, would some Roadster/Rockster rider with expertise step up and offer to take this headache off of Doug's shoulders before he carries out his warning?

In the meantime, in light of the quote above, ask yourselves if sending money makes sense. After all, what meaning has "life membership" when it is measured by someone's waning desire to manage this board?

[Guest]

Anonymity doesnt necessarily assure poor advice.

[Guest]

Anonymity doesnt necessarily assure poor advice.

That was another guest. There are lots of them.

[Doug]

"With this board every time I log on I have to check out about five different sections to check everything out..(I'm sure most just look at the main board and miss some good stuff)...and then we would never post in the wrong section.. "

Here is a tip for easier access to the board:

1. Bookmark this link.
http://www.r1150r.org/board/

2. Login in to check private messages: For some reason the software writes a rock solid cookie that has lasted months for me with IE or Firefox.

3. Use the link in the upper right "View posts since last visit".
This link will order all the posts in date order across sections.

SJ- good info, thanks. Only step I would add is #4. If you right-click on those new message links and hit "open in new window" then you always have your "table of contents" and when you are done reading the thread that opened in the new window, just close the window! This is how I do it.

I have a responsibility to everyone here to manage this place. At the moment, I cant think of anyone that could or would even want to take my place. Thanks for the offer though, means a lot!

My vote is nay on the new pecker section. I was really hesitant to add Pat's section and I dont see the value in another section where all hell is allowed to break loose because that will just spill into other sections. We aren't talking about a new type of content here (ie politics/religion), we are talking about social discourse. Why do we need a new section to allow what I'm trying to get rid of?

My vote is nay on joining all sections into one - its too hard to read.

[Doug]

PS - I've been thinking about removing Guest access. Lately it looks like we cant handle it. I left in place for those to be able to ask a quick question, people who had issues logging in or for someone post something for sale without registering, but the only thing it really allows is a bunch of annoying posts that are usually intended to annoy someone.

Perhaps I should make a topic so we can vote on it in the members section.

BTW, for all of those who think they are cheating the system and being totally "anonymous", my screen looks a little different than yours. I have a little itty bitty "IP" button for every post that corrolates the IP/IP range to registered members and their IP's - all of this data is kept historically in a database. I'd say 9 out of 10 times I am able to tell who is posting anonymously. Just a little FYI.

[camfarm]

Doug,

With that info can you collect historic data and tell me if my total posts under registered name and various guest aliases is a big number?

Vann says it is.

Oh, and whats the prize, again?

Mike

[Boxer]

Doug, I don't know if you are aware of this...And it may not mean a thing...But the other day I was perusing the registered members list and low and behold, there is a "Guest" as a registered ID name on the member list(member #399 page 8 alphabetized by username).

It had a "join" date of May 2005. Is this someone who was planning some chaos that far back maybe? Or maybe it was a name generated while someone was just logged on during that time period as Guest.

[Doug]

Dunno, I'll look into it.

[camfarm]

That was me. I though that taking the name guest would prevent others from using it. Didn't work.

You know, I've never cracked the code of staying logged on and never feel the need to log on. Just use any name that occurs to you in the username block and state your piece.

[JToole]

My vote is nay on the new pecker section. I was really hesitant to add Pat's section and I dont see the value in another section where all hell is allowed to break loose because that will just spill into other sections. We aren't talking about a new type of content here (ie politics/religion), we are talking about social discourse. Why do we need a new section to allow what I'm trying to get rid of?

I have to agree. The folks who have been chaffing at the bit here will not be satisfied with that, anyway. There is a more logical solution: set up a new board managed the way we have been urging it to happen here. Yes, as has been hinted in various posts lately, just such a plan is under way. Look for it in about a month or so.

Will this be the end of this board? Nope! (in fact, it just may save it!) There are still plenty of people who like it here just fine.

Will the new board "steal" all the members from this one? Nope! There is sure to be a lot of cross over traffic.

Will the new board fall flat on its face because it is not run the way this one is? Maybe. There is always risk in new ventures, but it is likely to draw many from this board and similar ones, as well as a following all its own.

and why not? Bytes are cheap and clicks are free. There is plenty of room on the net for everyone. It's not competition, after all, just a difference in vision.

One thing for sure is it will lead to a peaceful coexistance instead of constantly being at odds with one another. I know everyone will breathe a sigh of relief on that one!

Doug, no matter the issues and disagreements folks have with you, it is this board that brought everyone together. When the new board becomes a success, remember you had a hand in starting it.

No (more) hard feelings, OK?

[Boxer]

Eh wot!?

[Pat]

"When the new board becomes a success, remember you had a hand in starting it."

Anybody wanna hear the names of those starting the "new board", it's recruits, as well as the personal digs and comments being made behind our backs? Naaaaaa, I didn't think so. Better to just let the dander ferment, ripen, and then rot.

(To the 'new board':
Who could contractually agree to such blight, or take seriously a suggested contract from the Blighty?)

[JToole]

Better to just let the dander ferment, ripen, and then rot.

Hmmmm. How could anything ferment then ripen and rot? Wouldn't it have to ripen then ferment (a form of rot)? Doesn't fermentation produce cool things like alcohol?

Mmmmmm 18 yr Bowmore. I think I'll have another sip!

[darthrider]

Make mine Crown Royal please...

[Pat]

Who knows what Woody Allen meant when he suggested same?

Make mine, comfortably numb.

[rivi7777]

I don't know why people think they can get away with unruly behavior on the Internet. Has something to do with not being face to face with a real person. I've been guilty of that myself. But I've noticed, that many of the people here that are being asked to be a leetle bit more respective of others, are NOT the same way in person. I've met many of you at different rides, and the behavior is different. It shouldnt be!