Yet another reason to stick with TE

**mimitabby** · 01-24-2007, 01:26 PM

Originally Posted by five one

Just keeping up with THIS forum is getting to be a full-time job

.
How do those of you who read and post on BJ and TE have time to do anything else (like ride your bikes)

?? I try to be selective, but even still...

I guess time management is not one of my strong suits.

I go to BJ about 20 minutes per week. not that much; usually because DH wants me to read something...

**caligurl** · 01-24-2007, 01:28 PM

Originally Posted by five one

Just keeping up with THIS forum is getting to be a full-time job

.
How do those of you who read and post on BJ and TE have time to do anything else (like ride your bikes)

?? I try to be selective, but even still...

I guess time management is not one of my strong suits.

i have a very, very, very slack job! lol! (speaking of riding.... i'm stuck at work and it's ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS out there today! go figure!)

**five one** · 01-24-2007, 01:51 PM

Originally Posted by caligurl

i have a very, very, very slack job! lol! (speaking of riding.... i'm stuck at work and it's ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS out there today! go figure!)

Mine is kind of slack right now. I work at a community college and we're between semesters. I *should* be doing things I normally don't have time to do, but here I am...

Our weather is beautiful right now, too, but we need rain badly. I hope it stays nice through the weekend though. Actually, I want to live in Camelot!

**mimitabby** · 01-24-2007, 01:59 PM

Originally Posted by caligurl

i have a very, very, very slack job! lol! (speaking of riding.... i'm stuck at work and it's ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS out there today! go figure!)

what do you do Caligurl?

**snapdragen** · 01-24-2007, 01:59 PM

How did this person know you reported it? The "bad post" button only sends emails to the moderators on TE.

**KnottedYet** · 01-24-2007, 02:19 PM

I like BikeJournal, too. It's kinda like a co-ed TE.

I spend about 1/5 my "forum time" over on BikeJournal. Mostly lurking. (I'm a big fan of Pansy Palmetto)

The moderators there are pretty quick to act, but they're also pretty quick here on TE.

I'm sorry you had a bad experience on that "other" forum, EastHill.

yeah, that joke would be ok told to me by a friend in private, but posted on a public forum it is pretty bad manners. And to attack you is worse manners.

**caligurl** · 01-24-2007, 02:24 PM

Originally Posted by mimitabby

what do you do Caligurl?

"if i told you i'd have to kill you"

i work for the government!

**caligurl** · 01-24-2007, 02:25 PM

Originally Posted by snapdragen

How did this person know you reported it? The "bad post" button only sends emails to the moderators on TE.

she posted the blurb from the rules about no vulgarity and no sexist posts... that's what he was reponding to.... (which was still a personal attack)

reports to the mods there only go to the mods, too....

**chickwhorips** · 01-24-2007, 02:32 PM

Originally Posted by caligurl

"if i told you i'd have to kill you"

i work for the government!

i have that same job and work load cali! go us!!!

this is the only forum i've ever posted on, first one i found and stuck to it. wow am i lucky!

**Triskeliongirl** · 01-24-2007, 03:59 PM

I left the bicycling mag forum cuz there were just some really obnoxious folks there. They actually deleted me against my wishes from their 'club' on bike journal, cuz I wouldn't give them my mileage, and one fellow in particular, who often posted about how good his wife was in bed was obnoxious to me, so I came here. A lot of that 'bikeporn' crap was posted there too. It doesn't bug me that it exists, but I have no interest in viewing it. I log my miles on BJ, but don't hang out too much since their policies are too politically correct for my liking. There was a recent discussion if a link to the Onion should be deleted as offensive. PLLLLLEASE, we are all adults with a range of political views. TE strikes a happy medium, we all agree for the most part as to what is offensive and inappropriate.

**Veronica** · 01-24-2007, 04:02 PM

I try to be as offensive and inappropriate as possible.

I believe I'll have another cookie.

V.

**jobob** · 01-24-2007, 04:10 PM

pops head up

did someone say cookie ???

**Mr. Bloom** · 01-24-2007, 05:40 PM

Originally Posted by Triskeliongirl

A lot of that 'bikeporn' crap was posted there too. It doesn't bug me that it exists, but I have no interest in viewing it.

Confession time: My sentiments precisely. Early in life, I developed an obsession with porn. I was exposed at a young age to the Playboy's that a friend's dad had. I struggled with this well into adulthood.

But, I see it as a non-productive obsession. This is one thing that draws me to this forum...it is safe and does not even remotely trigger flashbacks to past addictions...and it is an addiction the same as alcoholism.

Scripture says: "All other sins a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body."

I personally don't want to be exposed to this either.

For the record, I checked out some of the other forums...and they're not the same. I hope that you are knowing that I'm not trying to change the chemistry, but I enjoy my occassional visits...

**KnottedYet** · 01-24-2007, 05:45 PM

"bike porn crap"

I thought "bike porn" was just pictures of pretty bikes? I'm so naive...

**Triskeliongirl** · 01-24-2007, 06:07 PM

Originally Posted by KnottedYet

"bike porn crap"

I thought "bike porn" was just pictures of pretty bikes? I'm so naive...

On the 'other sites' bike porn are those pictures of naked women sitting on bikes...............

Again, its not that it morally offends me, it just doesn't interest me, same goes for hearing about the sexual exploits of the male members.

Thread: Yet another reason to stick with TE

Thread Tools

Display

Posting Permissions