My last post.

Blackbeer · Post by **Blackbeer** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 5:25 pm

Thanks Denny, that is nowhere near what I was coming up with. Been talking to the beasts to much I guess. I do have internet but I`m not very good at it.
By the way David, do stick with us please, this too will pass. Heck even I got censored a couple of weeks ago. Pissed me off big time but damn I wouldn`t have anyone to talk to if I walked off........................

Take care

Tom

Cathy Wilde · Post by **Cathy Wilde** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 5:35 pm

I sure wouldn't have anyone to talk to very much about this stuff, anyway.

Life in the provinces ....

Yes, David, I hope you'll reconsider.

s1m0n · Post by **s1m0n** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 5:47 pm

It's an internet truism that people who post swan-songs rarely actually leave.

Folks that *do* leave permenently slip away in the night with no notice given and no look back, I've found.

Congratulations · Post by **Congratulations** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 5:52 pm

If David feels like Dale's actions were censorship, then perhaps he's chosen an inappropriate place to voice his opinions.

We all lament the loss of his knowledge, but if a simple internet forum is going to cause him this much grief, perhaps he should leave.

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 5:53 pm

Blackbeer wrote:Thanks Denny, that is nowhere near what I was coming up with. Been talking to the beasts to much I guess.

Rolling on the floor with the horses should be avoided...

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 6:14 pm

DaleWisely wrote:As you may not know, I've been getting a LOT of messages about the whole Avery matter and it's popping up in varoius threads. I think it's important to moderate that. So, when this thread, in which a guy is trying to sell a flute, developed into another Avery thread, I thought enough was enough and I deleted more or less everything that took in that direction. Heavy handed though it might be, I sit convinced it was the right thing to do and I'm not apologetic.

I've grown accustomed to this: As others have observed, this board is rather lightly moderated. But, no matter how lightly moderated it is, there's a subset of people who will regard it as censorship and be unable to take it. So it goes. I always hate to lose knowledgeable contributors, but I will never, ever operate an unmoderated board.

Dale

Geez Dale it was only 15-20 posts, I'll bet you've gotten at least three to four times that many PMs about it.

I did catch it while you had stopped prunning for a minute to step back and look at it. There wasn't any other way to do it, but to remove the rest.

Best,
Denny

Sliabh Luachra · Post by **Sliabh Luachra** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 6:17 pm

If I may interject, here is my small call to reason:

http://chiffboard.mati.ca/viewtopic.php?t=37473

Mark

chas · Post by **chas** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 8:06 pm

Blackbeer wrote:Thanks Denny, that is nowhere near what I was coming up with. Been talking to the beasts to much I guess. I do have internet but I`m not very good at it.

Oops: I guess I should have said, "Pshshsh whinny whinny neigh pshshsh neigh." (PWWNPN)

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 8:19 pm

chas wrote:
Blackbeer wrote:Thanks Denny, that is nowhere near what I was coming up with. Been talking to the beasts to much I guess. I do have internet but I`m not very good at it.
Oops: I guess I should have said, "Pshshsh whinny whinny neigh pshshsh neigh." (PWWNPN)

I think the east coast accent is throwin' me off...

Unseen122 · Post by **Unseen122** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 8:20 pm

Even though the post was against me, David please stay.

Until recently I have had lots of respect for you. I was annoyed by your post, I then thought about it from another perspective. I would have been just as annoyed as you are right now if it were my post that had been deleted.

In The Woods · Post by **In The Woods** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 8:31 pm

I will also second (or third) the idea that you reconsider, David.

Now, I'm going to weigh in with a story of my own about an unmoderated group. Besides learning whistle and Irish flute, I also play Highland pipes. I found a wonderful website, much like this one, for pipes. But before that, I was subscribed to rec.music.makers.bagpipe. It impressed me as being kind of rough ar first, but I figured, WTH, I can hang out and post occasionally because there *was* a certain amount of useful information. Over the next few years, it degnerated into a free-for-all: flame wars, long strings of vitriol tossed back and forth by members, long (and short) range sniping, and then lots and lots of spam.

So I left and joined the new group, along with many other pipers who were weary of wasted time and porno ads and drivel.

My point is that a well-run, moderated group is ever so much more informative and fun and enjoyable to be a member of, than a free-for-all dogfight in an alley.

With best regards too.

Steve Mack

Post by **Dale** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 8:47 pm

s1m0n wrote:It's an internet truism that people who post swan-songs rarely actually leave.

Folks that *do* leave permenently slip away in the night with no notice given and no look back, I've found.

Yessss.

Post by **Dale** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 8:49 pm

DaleWisely wrote:
s1m0n wrote:It's an internet truism that people who post swan-songs rarely actually leave.

Folks that *do* leave permenently slip away in the night with no notice given and no look back, I've found.
Yessss.

And with that, I bid you all....farewell.

Post by **Dale** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 8:49 pm

Miss me?

talasiga · Post by **talasiga** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 8:55 pm

Actually my total posts is about one more than what the scoreboard acknowledges and I am not leaving this forum until I find it!