Just as big a nightmare today as it was in 2020, if not worse. Laymen like me think about it as something that happened a few years ago because we can go into the store and find toilet paper now and are no longer required to stay home, mask up, stand 6 feet apart, etc. Meanwhile, the frontlines remain a living hell. Best of luck with your business venture
As I'm stuck in traffic reading this.... You've got a really thin skin if that's what you believe my intent was
Thanks! I really appreciate you guys! I hope one we all can sit down one day and have beer! I'm definitely planning on coming to A-Day this year.Just as big a nightmare today as it was in 2020, if not worse. Laymen like me think about it as something that happened a few years ago because we can go into the store and find toilet paper now and are no longer required to stay home, mask up, stand 6 feet apart, etc. Meanwhile, the frontlines remain a living hell. Best of luck with your business venture
Thanks! I really appreciate you guys! I hope one we all can sit down one day and have beer! I'm definitely planning on coming to A-Day this year.
@BamaMD , given the advanced age of many of our members (I won't comment on the intellectually disabled) we could probably occupy a wing. We would need to be aubrun free, have good internet, and extra large remotes to mute broadcasts.Best of luck with your business venture
A meet-up for A-Day would be great!
@BamaMD I'm a package deal...and it's "disadvantaged" @It Takes Eleven ... not disabled. Did you mean this to be a personal affront?
Yes.@BamaMD I'm a package deal...and it's "disadvantaged" @It Takes Eleven ... not disabled. Did you mean this to be a personal affront?
I'm all for it!!
A lady I go out with occasionally runs one of the satellite locations for MUSC. I guess you could call it an emergency medicine location ("doc in a box") though their care extends through MRI's, etc. It's one of the locations MUSC sends their physicians in residence although it's staffed by full time RN's and the like.
Saw what, now? 10,000 plus hours of video that's not been released, some still images that have been through the auspices of the Jan. 6th committee, and we've seen what exactly? (Other than a kangaroo court in a banana republic?)
I ask a series of questions and you find that to be an insult? I'm insulting your intelligence.
Everybody watched in real time cops being attacked with flag poles (thin blue line cop ones at that too), fire extinguishers, pepper spray, bear spray, fists, etc….is that not violent? Or is it only violence in regards to the idiots that broke into the Capita?Saw what, now? 10,000 plus hours of video that's not been released, some still images that have been through the auspices of the Jan. 6th committee, and we've seen what exactly? (Other than a kangaroo court in a banana republic?)
I ask a series of questions and you find that to be an insult? I'm insulting your intelligence.
Dude, if that was the case I'd have had a field day with your braggadocious attitude about academia. Hell, 14 years is an associates from a trade school—likely incomplete at that.
I'm only commenting and asking questions on things written. Questioning an opinion is an insult?
I wouldn't be discussing things with you if I doubted your intelligence. I do have doubts about your critical thinking—or apparently lack thereof in some areas.
You continue to ignore questions like "what was their purpose being outside the home of a member of SCOTUS?" Well, ignoring isn't exactly correct. You've responded with "standing on a public sidewalk (keyword being public) protesting isn’t against the law." That's a farcical response. In his grass, on the sidewalk, in the middle of the street, or across the street doesn't matter. That is not how the law is written and there are no addendums.
What was their intent?
No need to be asked for an excuse; you're coming from a biased point of view based on your experience. That's by no means a bad thing, relying on personal experience, but it's also dangerous—you're bringing the blanket back into play.
Damn I hate typing that much on my phone.
I've thought about how to respond to this for a few days. I'm changing the subject, a bit. It's still posting about something you don't know anything about—and it's not true.
That said, I look at that under these lenses; if I'm going to spend a couple of hours working here I'm also going to spend a few minutes having a little fun—I have that leeway. 
I wasn’t meaning any disrespect. I knew you had a prominent role here, in my 14 or so years here I had surmised who I assumed were part of the leadership and just assumed (my bad) that all y’all were owners per se. But, one thing I did know was that you were the tech dude, the architect, programmer, etc and going back to our previous discussion real quick (experts), I wouldn’t begin to think I know more than you on that because that’s out of my field and I’m not smart in that subject (see how that works? haha).I've thought about how to respond to this for a few days. I'm changing the subject, a bit. It's still posting about something you don't know anything about—and it's not true.
When my comments here are on the administrative side, I note such. This bit you're on about "insults" and "being kicked off" comes across as playing the role of some victim versus remaining in the framework of the actual conversation. Appearances aren't always true though that's my perception. These conversations have nothing to do with my position here.
First of all a little research and you'd know this site is owned by Doemasters, LLC.
Secondly, if you took the time to learn anything about me—versus jumping to unfounded conclusions—you'd know I was one of the original four who started TF. I'm here now because of their—not everyone in administrative roles—knee jerk reactions; the proclivity to ban someone just because their opinion differed from yours. You won't, because you can't, find an example of that here in the 18 years I've been here.
I'm not going to sit here and tell you this site wouldn't run without me. @doemasters knows "his shit." He would figure out the modifications I've made to the core of this software as well as the add-ons. I will state that I spend a couple of hours a day working on different modifications and such which in turn gives me an administrative position here.
If you're curious ... over 33,000 accounts have been banned since the move to Xf software in 2010. 97%, plus, have been "kicked off" before they were able to post. (I have a half of a dozen filters I've installed that run "background" on IP's, email addresses, usernames, etc. It now goes to the length of someone banned at the aforementioned site gives me a notification here.) The number of accounts that have been banned from this site due to posting their opinions in the last five years, probably longer? One.
-- They were one of the most racist posters I've seen and it was @It Takes Eleven who dealt with them the majority of the time. And, quite frankly, they didn't break any site rules. This non-sports forum had an "entry warning," it was not moderated. BUT, too much was too much. --Now, I'm not going to lie. We've had people here who I felt were disrespectful to staff and other members—I'm included here. I didn't ban them, BUT...
Through a few key strokes I have made it where it takes :30 seconds or more for a page to load. I've locked these people out of threads. I've made it where they can only post a message per day. In a few cases making it where every time they try to visit, I redirect them to another site altogether. They haven't been banned, but they do get the picture; "time to chill out, or leave."
Stating your opinions, in spite of my role here, isn't going to warrant, nor cause, you to be "kicked off the site."
Last but not least...to "clue you in," so to speak. A lot of, the majority really, of my posts here are cases where I'm being serious about a topic. However, I'm not immune to posting something I know is going to elicit a reaction. Yes, it's a little sadistic but you get none of me, or all of me.
...and now back to regular programming.
And, this tidbit regarding origin from the weekend:
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