I am a troll, sorry for the inconveninece

[doug the slug]

Well, i thought it was about time i came clean and admitted that i am a troll. i have really enjoyed leading you all up the garden path for the last few months, and i am sure that none of you ever suspected that i am actually a 23 year old girl named jenny who doesnt have a triton, a makita router or a set of stile and rail bits either,whatever they are.
i just had too much time on my hands and thought i would invent this 46 year old male character because im sure you stuck up stodgy old woodworkers would talk to him with some respect even if you wouldnt talk to the real me.
Well, its been fun, but i thought i had better come clean at last

[Gingermick]

I didn't actually ever get to read any of your posts, I tried but my eyes just wouldn't stay focused on the text. :o

[doug the slug]

I didn't actually ever get to read any of your posts, I tried but my eyes just wouldn't stay focused on the text. :o

yes that was part of the plan, glad to hear it worked

[echnidna]

Troll Or Not Troll --- thats unimportant.

Is your avatar a self portrait???????????

[doug the slug]

Troll Or Not Troll --- thats unimportant.

Is your avatar a self portrait???????????

its my avatar therefore they are my boobies, below is a piccy of my face, notice it bounces in time with the boobies

[RETIRED]

I am starting to get a little tired of all this.

There seems to be a movement starting that is getting quite silly and stupid in the extreme. It also seems to be to see who can push the Moderators to the limit before overstepping the mark.

I think there has been enough mention and accusations about trolls, Dougs Boobies and working out how to get away with the magic word or any other swear word.

The frivolity and fun is fast dissappearing and being replaced with stupidity and crassness which you credit with adolescent youths, not adults.

As for bastardising someones nickname, cut it out. It besmirches and confuses the original name to visitors reading the board. People reading the board don't always notice the gap or whatever. It also fills the board with useless crap.

[powderpost]

I totally agree, .
Jim

[Ian007]

I am starting to get a little tired of all this.

There seems to be a movement starting that is getting quite silly and stupid in the extreme. It also seems to be to see who can push the Moderators to the limit before overstepping the mark.

I think there has been enough mention and accusations about trolls, Dougs Boobies and working out how to get away with the magic word or any other swear word.

The frivolity and fun is fast dissappearing and being replaced with stupidity and crassness which you credit with adolescent youths, not adults.

As for bastardising someones nickname, cut it out. It besmirches and confuses the original name to visitors reading the board. People reading the board don't always notice the gap or whatever. It also fills the board with useless crap.


on the money, spot on, you hit the nail on the head ect ect
Im fed up reading all the crap

Ian

[JDarvall]

on the money, spot on, you hit the nail on the head ect ect
Im fed up reading all the crap

Ian

Yeh,,,,, its crap. I suppose. The hard thing, I guess, is having some fun, without getting too serious. :confused: I'll try ....

Anyhow, Ian,,,,,,isn't that a picture of Bart Simpson you've got there ? :D

And Powderpost ! .....your picture looks a little childish too ! :D eh, eh.

oops, sorry. I'll start on something informative right away !!!!! Something relative and useful to woodwork. ' Must be serious, Must be serious ' .

[Daddles]

Yup. the voice of reason. :cool:

How about we go back to being ourselves - it was funny the first time but I've heard the joke too often.

Richard

[Zed]

I concur, as a "victim" of the naming scam I feel as violated as a person sitting to dinner and being rung by a telemarketer. :rolleyes:

can a IP address search be initated so that once a userid is created with that IP another cannot be by some lock out mechanism ?

[Grunt]

Unfortunately, few people have IP addresses that stay constant. Dial up users will have a new IP address each time they connect. Broadband users will most likely get a new IP address every few days at least.

[keith53]

can a IP address search be initated so that once a userid is created with that IP another cannot be by some lock out mechanism ?

Zed,

Most connections use randomly-issued IP addresses. e.g. Each time you dial in to your ISP you are issued with an IP address but they're not always the same. Similar things happen with those of us with a Broadband connection except that the IP address is only re-issued when the modem is reset.

Your cunning plan, whilst admirable, would result in a massive lockout of the genuine members of this forum.

I feel its unfortunate that there are those who have to be deceptive though. I don't mind sharing woodworking experiences with genuine woodies and I don't mind a bit of appropriate banter. (Hey, I'm really a whacky guy!!) As to those who aren't genuine woodies, if you want to practice your crappy little deceptions, then go and find another forum. There's plenty of opportunities in Internetland for those of you with a roaring vacuum between the ears to play your silly childish games.

Keith

[kiwigeo]

Why not just charge a small fee for becoming a member of Ubeaut....or how about you buy a Ubeaut hat and the membership comes free with that.

[ozwinner]

Ill be in that, sounds like a good idea.
I would be more than happy to pay a fee, rather than loose the mateship of this forum.

Al :)

[Zed]

Ill be in that, sounds like a good idea.
I would be more than happy to pay a fee, rather than loose the mateship of this forum.

Al :)

here here!

[ozwinner]

Make it so ppl can still ask questions for free, but if they want to get all serious there is a fee payable for membership.
Or * ammount of posts free, after that it will cost $*

Al :)

[echnidna]

As soon as you charge fees for forum membership you are likely to prevent or maybe even reduce any natural growth of the forum as new people won't be inclined to pay as there are many free forums.

If you are not interested in the newbies then perhaps you lot should form the old-dinosaurs forum so you can consider ingrown toenails and other inane crapola.

[Grunt]

I don't mind the idea of donations to support the cost of keeping the site up however charging a fee for membership will be the death of the forum. I wouldn't have joined if there was a fee. Yeah, I know the rest of you are wishing that there was a fee 2 years ago so I wouldn't have joined but now it's too late.

[Sturdee]

As soon as you charge fees for forum membership you are likely to prevent or maybe even reduce any natural growth of the forum as new people won't be inclined to pay as there are many free forums.

If you are not interested in the newbies then perhaps you lot should form the old-dinosaurs forum so you can consider ingrown toenails and other inane crapola.

I also am heartily sick of the inane crapola, the trolls, the members suffering from multiple personality disorders or the identity thieves on this board.

It may have started out in fun like the pancakes and the first NotRalph or Prince Charles but IMO it has got out of control. As it is I now only read less then half the posts as they are no longer interesting.

At this stage if a fee was charged for membershiop I would not remain a member.


Peter.

[ozwinner]

Owhh no!!

Prince Charles is dead!! :o

Ok dudes from now on, no more Prince Charles.
Sorry!!

, can you delete Prince Charles?

Al :)

[Robert34]

I totally agree, .
Jim

So do I.

Robert34

[Auld Bassoon]

I concur, as a "victim" of the naming scam I feel as violated as a person sitting to dinner and being rung by a telemarketer. :rolleyes:

can a IP address search be initated so that once a userid is created with that IP another cannot be by some lock out mechanism ?

Wouldn't be reliable Zed. I for one use at least three different computers and Internet connections, depending on the time of day. In any case, there are ways around this issue if you are savvy enough.

Cheers!

[Auld Bassoon]

Ill be in that, sounds like a good idea.
I would be more than happy to pay a fee, rather than loose the mateship of this forum.

Al :)

Seconded. Even though I use Ubeaut products, and even have a Foilie (thanks, Neil, it arrived during the week!), I wouldn't mind a small subscription fee for the benefits I get from the advice and wisdom (and humour!) to be found here.

Only been around for a few months, but, as you can see if interested, I pop in pretty often.

Cheers!

[doug the slug]

WOW!!!!! talk about a hijacked thread.

BUt im not sorry its gone the way it has. i started the thread to take teh **** out of some of the troll-callers cos im pistorf with them too. why can t we all just be our one identity and leave it at that, have a bit of fun with some frivolous posts while exchanging good advice on our topic of woodworking. the moderators here do a great job and im sure this is a great challenge for them. in one way im glad they havent come in boots and all and in other ways i wish they had. lets all just pull our heads in for a while and let it all settle down

[Zed]

Id actually like to hear Neil and Paulines opinion on all this stuff. Sturdee has made an interesting point...

cheers

[doug the slug]

As soon as you charge fees for forum membership you are likely to prevent or maybe even reduce any natural growth of the forum as new people won't be inclined to pay as there are many free forums.

If you are not interested in the newbies then perhaps you lot should form the old-dinosaurs forum so you can consider ingrown toenails and other inane crapola.

theres no way the forum would remain as it is if fees are charged. firstly, it would discourage new members and its the new members we all like to help. if it wasnt for trhe newbies asking questions the whole thing would die. look at the threads. its the basic (note i didnt say silly) questions that the newbies ask that prompt the more experienced to explain their method of doing things so that the rest of us can debate the best way of doing it, introducing teh advanced skills

[gatiep]

I'm with on this. I actually tried to address it partially in the now closed " I wonder....." poll.

I've been crook since the WA Show, been back to work for the first time today. During the approximately 2 weeks I did 3 very short visits and viewed about 2 pages on each occasion, skimming over threads and as soon as the supposedly funny posters ( who mostly weren't funny, rather more irritating ) took over a thread, I just skipped to the next one. Humour is fun, but when we get idiotic repetition thread after thread, totally off topic, I just ignore subsequent posts. I made a comment about a year ago about the unnecessary cluttering of the bulletinboard. I'll be a very happy member if we can return to normality.

If a small fee was necessary it wouldn't bother me, however it will be detrimental to the growth, participation and future of this board. On the flip side, if the behaviour of the last few months is allowed to continue the board
will definately suffer anyway.

Please guys let sanity prevail.

( End of sermon )

[RETIRED]

Id actually like to hear Neil and Paulines opinion on all this stuff. Sturdee has made an interesting point...

cheers
To the best of my knowledge there will be no fees charged for the Board as it now stands and it has never been discussed.

Pauline very rarely reads it and Neil doesn't have much time either, that is why you get stuck with me.

I personally agree that if a fee was charged we would lose some very valuable input from both new members and old ones.

I read nearly all the posts (yeah, I know, I should get a life) and it gets wearying reading all the stuff over and over again. Those that know me, know that I have a pretty good sense of humour but it gets irksome not to mention the amount of time to edit innuendo and smutty comments.

I could I suppose really put the auto censor into full swing but some posts would become unreadable.

[gatiep]

As my final take on this.

Thank you very much for all the hours you put into this board, it is appreciated.

Thanks mate

[Caliban]

and who closed the "I wonder..." thread? It was just getting good.
There are lots of us (well, 3) who have offered their substantial editing skills, free of charge to ) to help with the burden of cleaning up our smutty posts. I for one would have to lift my game if given that responsibiliy.
But I can't blame Neil for declining. Look what happened when Doortstop wa given admin priviledges. :eek: So, faced with losing you, my virtual family, I propose that we behave and stop trying to push the envelope that little bit further every f34king time.
Yours hypocritically
Jim(resident smartar3e) ;)
ps. I'll be really good if you trust me :D Seriously, I'm a teacher, so my hypocrisy does know bounds, well between certain hours anyway.
I could become responsible (but I doubt your job is fun.)

[outback]

As an upstanding member of the forum, I believe I would make a great moderator. A quick check will show I'm honets hard working, never controversial, nevers swear, and never ever had a post deleted.

Gimme moderator powers, I'd use them for good, not evil.


MWAHAHAHAH :p :p :p :p :p :p

[echnidna]

Gimme moderator powers, I'd use them for good, not evil.
MWAHAHAHAH :p :p :p :p :p :p

So instead of the
SWISH of the axe

we could have the
THUMP of the club

[Iain]

Caliban, what is 'fthirtyfourking'?

[doug the slug]

Look what happened when Doortstop wa given admin priviledges. :eek:


Must have been before my time? anyone wanna tell the story???

[outback]

Once upon a time in internet land lived a man named Chris. He was the knave to the King of the land, and being a favorite of the King he was given special privileges. These included being given the power to moderate a bunch of testosterone charged (sorry girls, but I gotta make it sound good), middle aged blokes.

All was well until one day Chris AKA, doorstop, chucked a hissy fit, and decided to take his bat and ball and go home. In his fit of rage he deleted doorstop altogether from the register of blokes.

This made the King mad no end, cos it made a lot of old scrolls sound really weird when you read them, because a big gap appeared in conversations.

The King decided to banish doorstop from the realm, but being a sneaky kinda guy it is believed he was the first to adopt a pseudonym,and snuck back in as Christopha.

The End.

[RETIRED]

As an upstanding member of the forum, I believe I would make a great moderator. A quick check will show I'm honets hard working, never controversial, nevers swear, and never ever had a post deleted.

Gimme moderator powers, I'd use them for good, not evil.


MWAHAHAHAH :p :p :p :p :p :p
Wanna buy a bridge or a rock? :D

[outback]

Absolutely Robb, just send me your Bank account details, adn a couple or grand, just to do a test run, and she's on. OK. :D

[silentC]

The King decided to banish doorstop from the realm, but being a sneaky kinda guy it is believed he was the first to adopt a pseudonym,and snuck back in as Christopha.

There was another person involved in that incident too and he changed his name as well. :D

[kiwigeo]

As soon as it costs people money to troll or spam the two problems will be solved overnight.

IMO I don't really see trolling as a huge problem on this forum....more of a problem with some forum members reaction to trolls and those suspected of being trolls.

[NotRalph]

I am very sorry if you thought that "NotRalph" was only a joke and was meant to "take the ****" out of the real Ralph. This was never my intention. My intent was merely to attempt, in a small way, to continue the excellent quizzes that Ralph had initiated. I feel that his contributions to this forum were absolutely first class and all that I hoped I might do by calling myself "NotRalph" was to hopefully encourage his return. I apologise unreservedly and fully to Ralph and to any forumite I may have upset in any way. Goodbye.

[RETIRED]

I am very sorry if you thought that "NotRalph" was only a joke and was meant to "take the ****" out of the real Ralph. This was never my intention. My intent was merely to attempt, in a small way, to continue the excellent quizzes that Ralph had initiated. I feel that his contributions to this forum were absolutely first class and all that I hoped I might do by calling myself "NotRalph" was to hopefully encourage his return. I apologise unreservedly and fully to Ralph and to any forumite I may have upset in any way. Goodbye.
I took it that way.

As I said before some trolls are enlightening.

[ozwinner]

Maybe we could have good troll day, where all the good trolls come out to play and frollick?


Al :D

[Iain]

:p

[doug the slug]

definitely wont be looking pleased, and probably two stone lighter too

[Iain]

Looks like the axe has swung yet again, spelling or content???

[ozwinner]

My bad spelling Id geess.


Al :D