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" Dunhill Tobacco Source " That was really helpful, and questions about an ebay item also from five years ago... well done.
billkay, unless you also log in as iatia, I had no idea that you were even reviving dead posts. I hadn't seen one from you. So, I wasn't talking about you. But, welcome to the forums.
If it is done every now and then, sure no problem. But, when it is done intentionally every few minutes, it makes it hard to see and respond to current members that are looking for feedback or have genuine questions. Their inquireys get pushed down the list.
If it is done every now and then, sure no problem. But, when it is done intentionally every few minutes, it makes it hard to see and respond to current members that are looking for feedback or have genuine questions. Their inquireys get pushed down the list.
Ridiculous, you are as much anybody as anybody else on here. Make yourself at home. Feel free to adjust the furniture, just warn us if you are going to redecorate the entire room, or I just might be the one to stumble over the coffee table dragged out of the attic, ha ha.
Doesn't one tilt at windmills? I would, except they keep moving when I approach....
All zombie threads are before my time here, and many of them are interesting to me. YMMV.
All zombie threads are before my time here, and many of them are interesting to me. YMMV.
I'll put this here just to add clarity: iatia=spud.
The way I see it, an "English-as-a-second-language" member who was trusted under a previous username is attempting to get back to the status that he used to have.
I agree that it can be tedious wading through old posts of dubious relevance, but some of them are educational for newer members.
If padding their post count is the goal, I think the most effective way would be to post in the monthly "What Are You Smoking?" thread. Since there's no "Truth-in-Pipesmoking" police, throwing in the occasional "what I wish I was smoking" as something you actually smoked would likely not be challenged. Not that I endorse that behavior, but it would be less intrusive to the segment of the community that doesn't like the necro-bumps.
The way I see it, an "English-as-a-second-language" member who was trusted under a previous username is attempting to get back to the status that he used to have.
I agree that it can be tedious wading through old posts of dubious relevance, but some of them are educational for newer members.
If padding their post count is the goal, I think the most effective way would be to post in the monthly "What Are You Smoking?" thread. Since there's no "Truth-in-Pipesmoking" police, throwing in the occasional "what I wish I was smoking" as something you actually smoked would likely not be challenged. Not that I endorse that behavior, but it would be less intrusive to the segment of the community that doesn't like the necro-bumps.
OMG, this times 1000. This is the best response to a complaint oriented thread that I have read in recent years! If this were the world of online video games, you have been PWNED!!!!! billkay, you freakin rock my man!
Sorry jack, gotta call em like I see em.
As someone mostly here for the comraderie and to learn from sage clenchers, I often pine for the day one of my threads has the activity of a Zombie/Necro Thread. :rofl:
From iatia's post via ericthered.
I would be wary of anyone who wants to trade really, really bad. Sure, we all like to trade, but it was not even in the top 20 reasons that I wanted to be a part of this forum. Just sayin'
I like to think of the rules as a "living document" ... to be interpreted in whatever manner is convenient for present purposes. It's just too tedious and frustrating to be restrained by whatever the obsolete intent of the site founder was in bygone days.
Jesus, this is driving me crazy. Surely the admins see a difference in resurrecting a few threads occasionally, and muddying up the whole fishtank.
Otherwise known as the "put all the information on one sub-topic in the same place" rule.
Good idea.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU0oa4lVaZI
If a thread is older than 4 years, 10 months, three days, and 12 hours old then it has no business being resurrected and the perpetrator who does so will be deemed pariah and run off the site, you have been warned.
It's like watching someone run a marathon, the wrong direction, for the entirety of the race. Everyone keeps saying, "turn around, turn around," and yet he keeps going, and going, and going.
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