Good bye

On Thu, 10 May 2007 10:25:28 -1000, I said, "Pick a card, any card" and "Irene" instead replied:

There's got to be some universal rule of order that demands anyone named Irene can only say "Good Night" and never goodbye. If there's not one, I hereby declare it so.

This newsgroup has unfortunately been invaded by a troll of the highest order. He baits, taunts and grabs attention from model railroading pushing the real folk, such as yourself, out. If you surrender to him, he wins and that's what he seeks.

Ignore the trolls. Discuss what you want to discuss and nothing more. If you wish to taunt the trolls by teasing them, at least enjoy it. I always do. I have a knack for getting them all worked up and I enjoy the sport. My trains still love me.

-- Ray

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Good response Ray... it's sad that we have to pick our way through the troll droppings to enjoy our discussions on model railroading, but I guess that's the price we pay for living in a microchip world.

You put it very well.

Carter Braxton

Bullshit. Your first post was a snipe at David N. about his opinions of Wal-Mart. So was your second. Model railroading was a mere footnote, and an unconvincing one at that.

Ooowah! Four-letter words! You claim to be 67, and to have had 45 years in the workforce - you've never encountered robust language before now?

I'll lay odds you've been sworn at before.

No, not when you can indulge in similar garbage on other newsgroups like alt.sys.pc-clone.dell

Yeah, seeya, troll.

On Fri, 11 May 2007 12:27:23 +1000, I said, "Pick a card, any card" and Mark Newton instead replied:

Ooh, I like your new sig file. It suits.

-- Ray

Glad you like it. More than anything else I crave the approval of a blow-in sandgroper.

Irene spake thus:

Well, Grandma Irene, like they say, don't let the door hit you in the butt on the way out ...

You didn't "get involved" in an off topic discussion, you started this thread. There's a big difference. In the former case, you would have just added your comments to a thread. In this instance you made the decision to spread fertilizer.

You should have thought about that before you dumped your contribution in the group.

Ditto.

I was just curious to see what folks would post.

Oh, but I did enter an on going discussion. While I did start the "Good Bye" thread, the thread being referenced and the one that I entered was:

HO scale vehicle @ Wal-Mart

I think, if you take the time to read that thread, you will find mine was the 26th post to it, two days after it was begun and some dozen posts after it's subject was diverted from what HO scale gear was available at Wal-Mart to Wal-Mart's competitive practices.

Like many on the UseNet, you jumped into something before you fully aware of what you were jumping into.

I think that I should have done what I normally do with some people, consider the source and move on, allowing them to make fools of themselves on their own.

simply killfile the trolls and those who respond to them, it cleans up the group wonderfully

That's one way of relieving your self of the need to be able to read, isn't it? >grin<

More lies and sin from Caple.

On May 11, 12:21?am, STEVE CAPLE>