I was really into getting all the info on the Vino doping thing, so I went to all the regular cycle news sites and forums.
I read a bunch of threads on the tour de france forum on the other site and it just really bothered me - the way the post-ers treat each other - the snide comments, the picking apart each others' threads, the demeaning, the mean-spirited sarcasm, the namecalling, the bickering, bleh.
I want to say a great big THANK YOU to all of you TE women who are always supportive, educational, accepting, caring, fun and friendly. amici veloce
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07-24-2007, 07:31 PM #1
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07-24-2007, 07:41 PM #2
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We gots couth.that rhymes with youth just so ya know
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07-24-2007, 07:59 PM #3
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Well, if I can't BE it, I can RHYME with it! (But which is which?)
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"The best rides are the ones where you bite off much more than you can chew, and live through it." ~ Doug Bradbury
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07-24-2007, 08:43 PM #4
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Why is this forum different than other forums?
On the other forums we sit up at our desk and flame people
On this forum we recline with Cliff Blocks and Peets and are couth
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07-24-2007, 09:31 PM #5
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What's really sad is when the sarcasm is being generated by the moderators
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Fortunately, that does not happen here
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07-25-2007, 09:01 AM #6
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Originally Posted by East Hill
What's really sad is when the sarcasm is being generated by the moderators .
Fortunately, that does not happen here .
East Hill
Or it's just to subtle to notice......
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07-25-2007, 09:09 AM #7
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Love it! And get it too! Originally Posted by Trek420
Why is this forum different than other forums?
On the other forums we sit up at our desk and flame people
On this forum we recline with Cliff Blocks and Peets and are couth For 3 days, I get to part of a thousand other journeys.
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07-25-2007, 09:39 AM #8
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If choir practice is starting, does that mean we have to start the Pessach cleaning and cooking and planning too?
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07-25-2007, 11:08 AM #9
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I'm sure I would love it.......if I got it. I don't get it. But that's why I love TE, I learn sooooooo much here and everyone is so lovely and kind. Originally Posted by Pedal Wench
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07-25-2007, 01:39 AM #10
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I agree... thats why I have hung about so long
Even when the discussion gets heated, it never gets into the venomous flaming, or unnecessary belittling I have seen on other forums.
The culture that has developed here is to be admired.
Thankyou TE participants, admin and moderators!
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07-25-2007, 02:27 AM #11
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I agree, I used to be a regular reader/poster on another board, and I visited the women's forum on it. Eden told me to come check out TE, and now I am on TE regularly(i.e. multiple times a day) where I now only check the other one once or twice a week.
I feel like everyone here is welcoming and open to everytime of person(can't say women because we go beyond that here with a few great men), no one is put down because of a question asked or something they have or do, instead it is looked at as being a good quality that someone might be into something that you aren't- diversity is not looked down on.
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07-25-2007, 02:53 AM #12
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TE is indeed unique (in a good way
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07-25-2007, 04:57 AM #13
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Love your parody of the Four Questions, Trek.
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07-25-2007, 05:27 AM #14
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I don't post here, or anywhere for that matter, very much, but I just want to say that you ladies have class. Most other forums make my blood boil. I don't mind some snark, but rude and cruel remarks are so childish. This place is always a joy to visit.
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07-25-2007, 05:30 AM #15
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You're all just too [insert flameworthy words of your choice here] to have a good discussion!!!
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