It gets old after awhile....
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My thoughts;
1. Your # of posts suggest a pretty strong message for guys like me needing help.
2. Some people are inadequate & feel if they can top an expert just once, they are superior.
3. If you quit, the jerks win. Don't let them!
1. Your # of posts suggest a pretty strong message for guys like me needing help.
2. Some people are inadequate & feel if they can top an expert just once, they are superior.
3. If you quit, the jerks win. Don't let them!
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I think what I'm really gonna do is to sit back, decide if I want to really get deep in a side issue with someone from the peanut gallery, or PM direct what I think to whoever it is asking about something they need help on.
There's no sense adding
after , or 
after to an ignore list when I can just out-maneuver them. And bailing out on a place I love to be is unacceptable.
I just reached what I have seen before is a "cumulative" frustration point at about the time I realised it was after midnight and I was wasting my time on something that was accomplishing exactly ZERO for anybody on a work night.
Hey peoples - that just ain't the FTE that I have known and enjoyed SO MUCH all of these years.
So I guess the challenge here is to recognise it early and get on with stuff that matterrezzz............
Oh and I don't "BLACKJACK" anymore, but I have a cold bottle of Heineken before me right now, SHO' as I'm sittin' here!
"It is well to remember that we are not arguing with our computer when we get involved online. Somewhere far away, someone else is sitting in front of a computer too... Would you post what you did if they lived right next door and knew it? I myself can honestly say that I surely would. I guarantee Ya...."
There's no sense adding
after , or after to an ignore list when I can just out-maneuver them. And bailing out on a place I love to be is unacceptable.I just reached what I have seen before is a "cumulative" frustration point at about the time I realised it was after midnight and I was wasting my time on something that was accomplishing exactly ZERO for anybody on a work night.
Hey peoples - that just ain't the FTE that I have known and enjoyed SO MUCH all of these years.
So I guess the challenge here is to recognise it early and get on with stuff that matterrezzz............
Oh and I don't "BLACKJACK" anymore, but I have a cold bottle of Heineken before me right now, SHO' as I'm sittin' here!
"It is well to remember that we are not arguing with our computer when we get involved online. Somewhere far away, someone else is sitting in front of a computer too... Would you post what you did if they lived right next door and knew it? I myself can honestly say that I surely would. I guarantee Ya...."
Last edited by Greywolf; Aug 30, 2006 at 06:37 PM.
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Ya know, when I think on it - what we're talking about is probably best termed "ONLINE BURNOUT SYNDROME" and it happens when we become so involved in stuff that is important to others and ourselves but by long distance that when miscommunication becomes a big enough problem we find ourselves almost tearing our hair out (if we have any left!) and thinking: "MY GOD! WHY IS IT SO HARD???"
*It happens to moderators a lot.
*It happens to chapter leaders.
*It happens to die-hard club members.
*I bet it happens to KPayne at times, but we never hear of it.
Bluntly - it is caused by caring a lot about something that you value, and do not want to be de-valued.
Huh... Further thought required on that.
I bet Cowboybillyninemile could figure it out.......
I USED TO KNOW all sorts of "tools" for dealing with people situations that you kinda have to have if you ever manage a shop. You have GOT to know those things if you ever plan on building a solid TEAM to do anything!
But doing things online is faceless. Sort of like being on opposite shifts from a roomate and leaving notes on a refrigerator door to eachother. You better have a real good idea of your roomie's sense of humor...
*It happens to moderators a lot.
*It happens to chapter leaders.
*It happens to die-hard club members.
*I bet it happens to KPayne at times, but we never hear of it.
Bluntly - it is caused by caring a lot about something that you value, and do not want to be de-valued.
Huh... Further thought required on that.
I bet Cowboybillyninemile could figure it out.......
I USED TO KNOW all sorts of "tools" for dealing with people situations that you kinda have to have if you ever manage a shop. You have GOT to know those things if you ever plan on building a solid TEAM to do anything!
But doing things online is faceless. Sort of like being on opposite shifts from a roomate and leaving notes on a refrigerator door to eachother. You better have a real good idea of your roomie's sense of humor...
Last edited by Greywolf; Aug 30, 2006 at 07:01 PM.
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So then, all of this was just an OBServation?
Krikes, I keep getting in over my head at work and bailing myself out. Think about it - MOTOR HOME. How many things could you have to know about?
And my boss Jim said several times: "Sorry about if it kinda seems like we're throwing you to the wolves out there. But it's the best way to learn..."
Know what I told him? "Guess what my online name is at FTE..."
"I GOT YER WOLVES, AND I HAVE A FIFTY-FIVE GALLON DRUM OF GREYWOLF TO POUR ALL OVER THEM!"
Krikes, I keep getting in over my head at work and bailing myself out. Think about it - MOTOR HOME. How many things could you have to know about?
And my boss Jim said several times: "Sorry about if it kinda seems like we're throwing you to the wolves out there. But it's the best way to learn..."
Know what I told him? "Guess what my online name is at FTE..."
"I GOT YER WOLVES, AND I HAVE A FIFTY-FIVE GALLON DRUM OF GREYWOLF TO POUR ALL OVER THEM!"
Last edited by Greywolf; Aug 30, 2006 at 07:15 PM.
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Here's what you do. Pound a few of them Hinies, then get up...
(Just make sure to do it in the right order. I hate it when I take a dump before I get up.)
Originally Posted by Greywolf
Cuss everyone, take a dump, pray for coffee, have a smoke, and down a V8.
(Just make sure to do it in the right order. I hate it when I take a dump before I get up.)
Last edited by scole250; Aug 30, 2006 at 08:03 PM.
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Where on the green and blue earth did you dig that up from?
(I will admit, you sho' nuff' done made me smile!)
PS: Be very careful what you think of others - because those thoughts work more or less exactly like prayers...
And they git answered almost immediately!
Where on the green and blue earth did you dig that up from?
(I will admit, you sho' nuff' done made me smile!)
PS: Be very careful what you think of others - because those thoughts work more or less exactly like prayers...
And they git answered almost immediately!
Last edited by Greywolf; Aug 30, 2006 at 08:26 PM.
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'ello Wolf
Every party needs a #%^^*. It makes us appreciate the good ones. Like Hottie said, we all have those days. When they happen, step back and let it roll off. It saves someone else the grief because THEY probably couldn't handle it. Would it help if I sent you a pic of deer in the back yard ? Or turkeys in the front yard ? OR would you want me to send you a groundhog pelt to cuddle up to / Have a nicer day tomorrow. That WILL happen !
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I have a fine Rottweiller puppy made out of cotton that I sleep with - but thanks for the offer.
I may adopt a CHOW/Labrador mix soon. (But she kindee slobbery...)
I believe the original quote goes:
"Every party needs a POOPER. That there is what we brung YOU fer!"
I may adopt a CHOW/Labrador mix soon. (But she kindee slobbery...)
I believe the original quote goes:
"Every party needs a POOPER. That there is what we brung YOU fer!"
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From: Marlboro Mental Hospital.
Originally Posted by Greywolf
Oh and I don't "BLACKJACK" anymore
i don't do black label anymore either. every time blackjack comes around, he finds the keys to the rattletrap, and goes out lookin for real big oak trees to try to knock over.
then i get to fix all the stuff he broke the night before.
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