Tponetom Member Username: Tponetom
Post Number: 286 Registered: 06-2007
| Posted on Monday, March 31, 2008 - 4:54 pm: | |
I am the first to admit that as old as I am, I am also a "babe in the woods' when it comes to the intricacies of my own computer and the internet. The problem: This morning I entered my username on a Google Search and got all kinds of 'hits.' Including many that seem to be attached to the following: something about hot, and fudge and detroit My question: What on earth are those particular words doing, consorting with me? I don't know nuthin' 'bout pumpkin stew? I just tried, in this message, to insert the url of the above 'fudge" and got a "format error" notice. ?????????????? Does anyone have a clue as to what I am talking about. |
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge
Post Number: 5878 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Monday, March 31, 2008 - 5:07 pm: | |
Ehhhh... Don't worry about it, Tponetom. It's not just you, or anything you've done. |
Jams Member Username: Jams
Post Number: 8138 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Monday, March 31, 2008 - 5:15 pm: | |
Ignore it as many of us here do. Some of us appreciate the way you express your thoughts, others may not. But still continue with your wonderful ways of telling your stories for those of us who appreciate them. Critics have been described as those who can't do, can't teach, therefore they bitch about those that can. |
Jams Member Username: Jams
Post Number: 8142 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Monday, March 31, 2008 - 5:45 pm: | |
Plus you're setting off a feeding frenzy of trying to out-quipe each other. |
Ravine Member Username: Ravine
Post Number: 2151 Registered: 01-2006
| Posted on Monday, March 31, 2008 - 5:53 pm: | |
Tponetom, there is another Detroit-based internet forum, whose name involves those words, where they spend a considerable amount of energy on poking fun at this forum. On that forum, they make fun of everything, so if you, also, are receiving that treatment, do not be alarmed or personally offended. Perhaps you have noticed that our moderator has this forum programmed to spit up blood if any of us attempts to directly refer to that other forum. |
Tponetom Member Username: Tponetom
Post Number: 287 Registered: 06-2007
| Posted on Monday, March 31, 2008 - 6:20 pm: | |
Ravine, et al I will sleep easy tonight knowing that I have not started a war of words. That other site shall remain nameless. It agitated me thinking some one was paraphrasing my "Iron Ore Stew" post with something inferior. I do have some pride about how my words are used. And by the by, this particular post, and more important the answers, helps validate my statement of Dinosaurs. This old Dinosaur needs the help from younger ones. Their brains are not yet pickled by posterity. Thank You . |
Ravine Member Username: Ravine
Post Number: 2154 Registered: 01-2006
| Posted on Monday, March 31, 2008 - 6:30 pm: | |
They probably did something wacky with, or about, that post, but don't be agitated; they're just horsing around. |
Barnesfoto Member Username: Barnesfoto
Post Number: 4914 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Monday, March 31, 2008 - 11:06 pm: | |
Some people waste lots of time on one internet forum or another. Others waste even MORE time on MULTIPLE internet forums. |
Craig Member Username: Craig
Post Number: 694 Registered: 02-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, April 01, 2008 - 7:57 am: | |
Parody, satire & free expression are the calling cards of that other site. In other words, a nice complement to DY when comments, posters, and even threads seem to get smoked at will by powers that be. |
Eriedearie Member Username: Eriedearie
Post Number: 1195 Registered: 08-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, April 01, 2008 - 8:55 am: | |
IMO some people on that other site copy and paste from here onto their site because they feel the need, every once in a while, to read something written by an intelligent and articulate person. |
Gannon Member Username: Gannon
Post Number: 12100 Registered: 12-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, April 01, 2008 - 9:13 am: | |
No worries Tp, if they are attempting to skewer you, you have done something worth their efforts. I do so miss their commentary, but catch it occasionally from others. |
Cris Member Username: Cris
Post Number: 506 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Wednesday, April 02, 2008 - 6:57 pm: | |
When they copied one of my posts on that forum, I felt like I had finally arrived! |
Ravine Member Username: Ravine
Post Number: 2161 Registered: 01-2006
| Posted on Wednesday, April 02, 2008 - 9:46 pm: | |
Eriedearie: Don't flatter ourself. I believe that they are utterly sincere in their implied assertion that we are bumbling, self-righteous buffoons. I can't imagine why. |
Kathinozarks Member Username: Kathinozarks
Post Number: 1133 Registered: 11-2006
| Posted on Wednesday, April 02, 2008 - 10:37 pm: | |
I just checked and they made fun of me - cool! But, how do they know that I moved from GPP to Arkansas? Do they read ALL posts, or do they know who I am? |
Eriedearie Member Username: Eriedearie
Post Number: 1219 Registered: 08-2007
| Posted on Thursday, April 03, 2008 - 12:54 am: | |
Oh Ravine - I wasn't referring to myself when I posted that. I was referring to Tponetom. |
Mayor_sekou Member Username: Mayor_sekou
Post Number: 2180 Registered: 09-2006
| Posted on Thursday, April 03, 2008 - 1:44 am: | |
Yeah I was pleased when I got a stupid Post Du Jour a little while ago or was it a Spelling Error Du Jour? Why does everything end with Du Jour? Dammit now I am going to go lurk over there now and maybe ask that same question when they copy and paste this thread. |
Mikeg Member Username: Mikeg
Post Number: 1550 Registered: 12-2005
| Posted on Thursday, April 03, 2008 - 10:11 am: | |
I would bet that it is a reference to AIW's Photo du Jour series of posts. |
Mayor_sekou Member Username: Mayor_sekou
Post Number: 2183 Registered: 09-2006
| Posted on Thursday, April 03, 2008 - 12:18 pm: | |
LOL, it worked. |