BajaNomad - OK, I have to Ask DOUG

OK, I have to Ask DOUG

MrBillM - 5-24-2006 at 07:11 PM

I don't really give a caca about the number of posts or these Juvenile badges such as Junior, Senior, Ultra, Wazoo or Whatever, BUT if the reason the number of posts goes down now and then is that OFF-Topic posts are deleted, WHY doesn't that happen at one time when whatever cleansing software does its FM number ? I noticed a decrease in the numbers a couple of days ago and NOW another one. I just know there is a simple reason.

Inquiring Minds Want to Know.

Bruce R Leech - 5-24-2006 at 07:14 PM

some one is stealing your cookies :lol:

Debra - 5-24-2006 at 07:22 PM

Interesting observation Mr.Bill, I had never really looked at the numbers before, but, because of your comment I went to the "Member" list and had a look (geeze, I must be bored! :lol

what I found was kind of interesting...........some of us have WAY too much time on our hands! :wow:

Bruce R Leech - 5-24-2006 at 07:26 PM

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Originally posted by Debra
Interesting observation Mr.Bill, I had never really looked at the numbers before, but, because of your comment I went to the "Member" list and had a look (geeze, I must be bored! :lol

what I found was kind of interesting...........some of us have WAY too much time on our hands! :wow:

boy do you have that right. I'm sure you can tell when things slow down here :lol:

comitan - 5-24-2006 at 07:42 PM

Mr.Bill

Doug has noted numerous times that the off topic post are always deleted, they do not count toward your merit badge.

Bruce R Leech - 5-24-2006 at 07:44 PM

also if a thread gets deleted that has some of your posts on it you lose :lol:

JZ - 5-24-2006 at 11:04 PM

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Originally posted by Hose A
And of course if you are the type of person that makes a post and then deletes them when you draw a little heat or are proved wrong that will naturally affect your count.

But no real impact if that it is just a blip compared to the total garbage heep being spewed.

BajaNomad - 5-25-2006 at 12:17 AM

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Originally posted by MrBillM
...if the reason the number of posts goes down now and then is that OFF-Topic posts are deleted, WHY doesn't that happen at one time when whatever cleansing software does its FM number ? I noticed a decrease in the numbers a couple of days ago and NOW another one. I just know there is a simple reason.

Inquiring Minds Want to Know.

Actually, I'm not aware of there being a double-up on the #'s recently.

It's not an automatic pruning, as I go in and do it "manually" - and I did it again in the past day or two.

--
Doug

Roger That

MrBillM - 5-25-2006 at 08:39 AM

OK, Doug's explanation is on point, unlike a number of responses noted above(such as Commietan's), but that's usual for any thread. Previously, I had assumed that the deletion mechanism was software-driven, but the fact that it's manual explains the phenomenon. One more trivial question answered.

As I stated earlier, I don't care if you do away with the whole infantile counting system and trash the badges of rank along with it.

Thanks for the response, Doug

Packoderm - 5-25-2006 at 10:22 AM

"As I stated earlier, I don't care if you do away with the whole infantile counting system and trash the badges of rank along with it."

Then why is your avatar showing a picture of yourself proudly wearing all three of your BajaNomad posting achievement badges? :lol:

comitan - 5-25-2006 at 10:31 AM

:lol:

Gotta love those avatars....

zforbes - 5-25-2006 at 11:07 AM

They display a lot of info...sort of like tattoos, except more easily changed as your mood fluctuates.

Avatar

MrBillM - 5-25-2006 at 08:02 PM

I tried to pick an avatar that all of us could look up to and respect. None of us will ever accomplish a minute portion of what he did for the U.S.A.

Diver - 5-25-2006 at 08:07 PM

Who is that anyway ?

Ross Perot's dad or Kaiser Wilhelm ??

And the Winner is...................

MrBillM - 5-26-2006 at 09:19 AM

Hose A.

Very good.

Quite frankly...

Sharksbaja - 5-26-2006 at 11:04 AM

I know who he is and I find it quite tasteless you would choose such an avatar.

Packoderm - 5-26-2006 at 11:16 AM

The text in the link:

During the years 1895-1896, he was assigned to the 10th Cavalry, a unit of the Buffalo Soldiers in Montana. His nickname, "Black Jack" dates from this service. It became both a subtle accolade, and derogation to the Buffalo Soldiers he fought with and praised. That was an improvement over the "****** Jack" which West Point cadets called him. General Pershing's time spent leading black soldiers significantly affected him throughout his military career. He remained deeply concerned with their well being and was instrumental in getting the black organizations into combat rather than being relegated to support operations in the rear.

In April, 1898, Pershing was assigned to the 10th Cavalry and fought at El Carney-San Juan Hill. He won a Silver Star for his gallantry in his charge up San Juan Hill. Between 1899 and 1903, Pershing was assigned to the Philippines in Northern Mindanao during the Moro campaign. After years of service in the Philippines, Pershing reported to the Presidio of San Francisco in 1913 for assignment in case the war with Mexico broke out.

In early 1914, Pershing patrolled the Mexican Border, with the Buffalo Soldiers, leaving his wife and his four young children in quarters at the Presidio of San Francisco. A huge fire destroyed Pershing Presidio quarters in 1915 killing Mrs. Pershing and the three little girls. Only his son Warren survived.

In March of 1915, Pershing led an expedition into Mexico to capture Pancho Villa. Pershing organized and commanded the Mexican Punitive Expedition, a combined armed force of 10,000 men that penetrated 350 miles into Mexico and routed General Pancho Villa's revolutionaries, severely wounding Villa himself.

bancoduo - 5-26-2006 at 11:56 AM

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Originally posted by Sharksbaja
I know who he is and I find it quite tasteless you would choose such an avatar.

I think it fits. Pancho Villa made a fool of Blackjack and mrBillM also happens>>>>>>>>>>>>>. :lol:

Skeet/Loreto - 5-26-2006 at 04:23 PM

Children! Children!

Please remember the Word ASSUME and what it does to each of you who use it!!

ASS/U/ME--To ASSUME Makes an ASS of U and ME!!

FACTS-ACTS are how to Judge People ,Past and Present!

Experience coupled with Book Larning makes for Knowledge!

Book Larning only makes for Opinion based on anothers Words!

Some of you Posters need to 1.Get some experience 2. Go back to School
3.Stop reading the newspapers- TV- Blogs 4. Get out "under the Bridge" and learn"What is really happening"".

Suggestion: Put on some old clothes and go to South Cental LA and East
LA, then to the Fields and Daries of the Central Valley, then to Oakland and San Francisco!~

Then take a Trip to Salt Lake City and observe the Difference!

Then come on back to The Panhandle of Texas and see the Difference, Don't depend on someones Opinion!!

Anon The Preacher

Fools

MrBillM - 5-26-2006 at 06:38 PM

I would guess that BungHoleDopo is quite familiar with Fools from personal experience. However, Packoderm's posted Bio of Black Jack would seem to put that juvenile remark to rest. Pershing distinguished himself Before, During and After WWI. A truly remarkable man who Sharks finds "tasteless". That should tell us more about Sharks taste than anything else. I would guess from his comment that he finds in better taste Villa's murdering innocent U.S. citizens:
"In January 1916, a group of villistas attacked a train on the Mexico North Western Railway, near Santa Isabel, Chihuahua, and massacred 18 American employees of the ASARCO company.

On March 9, 1916, Villa led 1,500 (disputed, one official US Army report stated "500 to 700") Mexican raiders in a cross-border attack against Columbus, New Mexico, in response to the U.S. government's official recognition of the Carranza regime [3]. They attacked a detachment of the [13th US Cavalry], seized 100 horses and mules, burned the town, killed 10 soldiers and 8 of its residents, and took much ammunition and weaponry."

To each their own. I'll take Black Jack Any day.

Don Alley - 5-26-2006 at 08:05 PM

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Originally posted by MrBillM

To each their own. I'll take Black Jack Any day.

I think I'll change my avatar back for a while. :lol:

Sharksbaja - 5-26-2006 at 08:54 PM

adj 1: lacking flavor [ant: tasteful] 2: lacking aesthetic or social taste [syn: in poor taste(p)] [ant: tasteful] 3: not pleasing to the sense of taste [syn: insipid] 4: deficient in tastefulness; "coarse and tasteless luxury"

I would suggest that #2 applies here.

Diver - 5-27-2006 at 09:09 AM

Again I am humbled and horored by my ascention to the rank of "Super Nomad".
Particularly as a means of change from my previously unjustified label of "Senior Nomad".

IT MEANS THE WORLD TO ME ! :spingrin:

Thanks to all the little people........ :lol:

........ and Doug !!
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Diver - 5-27-2006 at 09:25 AM

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Originally posted by Hose A
Super Nomad + $120 pesos = 1 cup of coffee.

Of course you can use this accomplishment to enter the LOOK HOW IMPORTANT I AM AND HOW GREAT MY LIFE HAS BEEN CONTEST that is now going on in a different thread.

Too bad !!
I don't do coffee anymore and with my prostate, the peeing contest on the other thread is out, as well !
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woody with a view - 5-27-2006 at 09:26 AM

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Of course you can use this accomplishment to enter the LOOK HOW IMPORTANT I AM AND HOW GREAT MY LIFE HAS BEEN CONTEST that is now going on in a different thread.

in a way, aren't most of the threads and responses about how much someone knows, how many times they've been somewhere, why you should take their recomendations.......?

but that's not sooooo bad, is it?

i like most all of you nomads (only met one, though maybe that says something).

peepee contest

Sharksbaja - 5-27-2006 at 12:10 PM

Surely you jest! :lol:

[Edited on 5-28-2006 by BajaNomad]

comitan - 5-27-2006 at 12:24 PM

Well you certainly don't have to go to a Circus to see people walking a tightrope, some very shaky at that.