Yet another reason to stick with TE

[chickwhorips]

Well, get it together, Woman!! Here, here's one to get you started. Pure evil.

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oh ya that is pure evil. those ones are the best!!!!!!

[caligurl]

hi lowcel! do you want to buy some girl scout cookies, too? (yes... we see you lurking!)

[East Hill]

This is why we have boring plain governmental calendars at work! No one gets offended, except for those who just don't like work!

Oh, and we do allow puppies and kitten calenders. Flowers, too. I've got one of my orchid calenders up.

Speaking of which, I guess I shouldn't have the orchid calender up, 'cuz I know someone here knows the origin of the word 'orchid'...

East Hill

[mimitabby]

This is why we have boring plain governmental calendars at work! No one gets offended, except for those who just don't like work!

Oh, and we do allow puppies and kitten calenders. Flowers, too. I've got one of my orchid calenders up.

Speaking of which, I guess I shouldn't have the orchid calender up, 'cuz I know someone here knows the origin of the word 'orchid'...

East Hill

at least two of us know what that word means.

[caligurl]

well i work for the government... so you KNOW it's all clean and sanitary around here!


but i do have a "big dogs" calendar... i love big dogs' parodies! oh... and LOTS Of pics of my hubby and babies (furry kind on my walls and desk!)

[caligurl]

So, join the Climbing Club !

One thousand feet of climbing = one cookie.
Unless it's real steep, then you get two.

How's that?

ya know... i WANT to join the climbling club... but it needs to get WARMER! i haven't climbed a hill in i can't remember how long cuz it's been too stinking cold for me to ride much less climb to a higher COOLER elevation!

hmmmmmm 5000 only 5 cookies? and another 5 for the 5000 foot descent??????? that's better!

[East Hill]

at least two of us know what that word means.

Stand by for more revelations about ....


Paphiopedilums!

Actually, the genus Orchis is quite appropriately named, as one tuber is always larger than the other. The one tuber is the current, growing tuber, the other is the one dying and losing nourishment...

East Hill

[lowcel]

hi lowcel! do you want to buy some girl scout cookies, too? (yes... we see you lurking!)

I appreciate the offer but I am actually having a hard time turning them down this year from my friends that are selling them for their kids. Unfortunately I am in the process of getting back down to race weight so I have to pass. It isn't easy though.

[East Hill]

I'm going to have to ask Mr. East Hill if he sees anyone selling biccies in front of the local supermarkets. There must be someone selling biccies out there, darn it.

East Hill

[chickwhorips]

i'm a gov't worker too, but i have a far side calendar, everyone else has one that is from our contest that we do with the kids across the state.
good thing everyone has a good sense of humor around here.
i had an aunty-stress one last year that was a big hit.

[East Hill]

The boring calenders are government. The puppy/kitten calenders are free from one of the local pet shops! So they actually have birds and (one) snake as well for the various months.

East Hill

[emily_in_nc]

but i do have a "big dogs" calendar... i love big dogs' parodies! oh... and LOTS Of pics of my hubby and babies (furry kind on my walls and desk!)

I have two calendars up in my cubicle, side-by-side, that I got for Christmas. One, from DH, is "tropical island scenes" - gorgeous photography, very tasteful. The other "Emily the Strange" is all black and red, very goth and dark. I just like to keep my co-workers guessing... So far no one has complained!



Emily

[BikeMomma]

i'm sorry... but i HAVE to call for the banning of bikemomma for posting that SINFUL picture! i gained 10 pounds just looking at it (and DROOLING over it!)

That WAS pretty bad, huh? heehee! All in good fun.... Hope you didn't drool too much. Just imagine what I went through trying to find the picture! Wading through all those cookie pics -- THAT was torture!

~BikeMomma

[East Hill]

I may not read the right threads, but it seems like CyclingForums (the other board I read and post to) is more civil than BikeForums? Not to say that there are not some real jerks and trolls over there, but it doesn't seem as if it's as constant. They have banned some folks for threats and personal attacks or inappropriate postings.

I don't know, Eden, virtually the first thread I read was this one:

http://www.cyclingforums.com/t350478.html

I read a couple more things, and I don't know that I like the way sexist things are left for viewing, instead of getting removed. I saw a lot of posts that made me feel 'icky'--quite a few of them from the OP of the thread I've listed.

Apparently it's much more difficult to be sensitive than I had imagined. I am still appalled at the answer I got from one moderator:

"As for would it bother me if my wife looked at that thread, why would it? She is free to look at whatever she wants. Would it upset her, I doubt it but it is possible I guess."

This goes back to what Veronica said:

"Our instruction in sexual harassment says that if someone tells you they are offended, you need to stop."

I did complain, and I was offended. It's a co-ed site, not a private member's club.

Even where I work, we've had problems with harassment. I remember one poor Vietnamese woman who was harassed mercilessly by one of the custodial staff. He had a long history of harassing Asian women. This poor woman was even afraid to go to the bathroom because he would follow her into the bathroom! He would pretend that he was going to clean, you see.

I finally complained enough to one of the managers that this man was finally officially given a discussion. In over twenty years, no one had gotten this man pinned down on paper. As far as my workplace was concerned, this was the very first time he'd ever been given a talk about sexual harassment. He's managed to control himself much better .

But I get the feeling that many of the other cycling/bike forums apparently would just rather have women go away. It's just that vibe, you know? I mean, if I'm concerned enough to report a post, why would my concern be ignored? I realise that there's a difference between TE and BF and CF--for one thing CF does not appear to have any forum guidelines--at least not where the members can see it for review--but BF and TE certainly do. Why post guidelines if you don't ensure that members abide by the rules?

So, I'm still looking for other friendly sites, but it still looks as if TE is the happiest place for women.

East Hill

[Eden]

I don't know, Eden, virtually the first thread I read was this one:

http://www.cyclingforums.com/t350478.html


East Hill

Gosh - when I read it I thought that sure, the first person was obviously and obnoxious teenage boy, but if you read further a bunch of men got on and basically told him to shut up and stop whining (and some women too), no one else on the board fed into it and the little troll got shut down. I guess I've never felt that the community as a whole over there was unsupportive to women. Even if a woman gets on and says I'm just starting out I'm overweight and I going to be able to do this -- the guys and gals can be pretty supportive.