Brilliant idea

[Kenton H. Shepard, CMI]

HOW MANY FORUM MEMBERS DOES IT TAKE TO CHANGE A LIGHT BULB?
>
> 1 to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has been
> changed
>
> 14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the
> light bulb could have been changed differently
>
> 7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs
>
> 27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing
> light bulbs
>
> 53 to flame the spell checkers
>
> 41 to correct spelling/grammar flames
>
> 6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb" ...
>
> another 6 to condemn those 6 as anal-retentive
>
> 2 industry professionals to inform the group that the proper term
> is "lamp"
>
> 15 know-it-alls who claim *they* were in the industry, and
> that "light bulb" is perfectly correct
>
> 156 to email the participant's ISPs complaining that they are in
> violation of their "acceptable use policy"
>
> 109 to post that this group is not about light bulbs and to please
> take this discussion to a lightbulb group
>
> 203 to demand that cross posting to hardware forum, off-topic
forum,
> and lightbulb group about changing light bulbs be stopped
>
> 111 to defend the posting to this group saying that we all use
light
> bulbs and therefore the posts *are* relevant to this group
>
> 306 to debate which method of changing light bulbs is superior,
> where to buy the best light bulbs, what brand of light bulbs work
> best for this technique and what brands are faulty
>
> 27 to post URL's where one can see examples of different light
bulbs
>
> 14 to post that the URL's were posted incorrectly and then post the
> corrected URL's
>
> 3 to post about links they found from the URL's that are relevant
to
> this group which makes light bulbs relevant to this group
>
> 33 to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety
including
> all headers and signatures, and add "Me too"
>
> 12 to post to the group that they will no longer post because they
> cannot handle the light bulb controversy
>
> 19 to quote the "Me too's" to say "Me three"
>
> 4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ
>
> 44 to ask what is a "FAQ"
>
> 4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?"
>
> 143 to say "do a Google search on light bulbs before posting
> questions about light bulbs"
>
> 1 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now
and
> start it all over again....

[Dale Duffy]

Kenton,

Where is that "Whip" forum.... ....I think your pulling our legs.....

[Mario A. Kyriacou, CHI]

Stay out of the Tech, Ethics, Legal, Marketing, Report Writing and other inspection-specific forums unless you want to talk inspection... please. A little humor's OK if it relates, but don't continue off-thread.

Kenton


I agree with your last statement.And I have always maintained that the tech section was/is sacred. Kenton have you visited the members only section? In the last 10 minutes that we have been posting here,yet another thread was started about us Canadians. It has turned into a joke. It seems that everyone is jumping on the band wagon. Personally this is the last thread on this topic that I will respond to.It's a waste of energy in my opinion.

[Kenton H. Shepard, CMI]

Check out the whip site after you go, Mario. As off-topic as you can get. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WhipEnthusiasts/

Homepage http://www.whipenthusiasts.org/

[Mario A. Kyriacou, CHI]

Originally Posted by kshepard

Check out the whip site after you go, Mario. As off-topic as you can get. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WhipEnthusiasts/

No time.

[Mark A. Timpani, CMI]

very nice Kenton

[jmichalski]

Mario -

If you think this is the only time that this board will be hjijacked by such crap you are fooling yourself.

In addition, I also complained equally about the vendor "for sale" spam the seems to have proliferated as well. Maybe you can't see it over the nachi pom poms.....

No one criticzed nachi members, if you read carefully. I criticized what I see as a pointless decision to open teh board to non-members and allow such things to occur without an eqaully vigilant attempt to prevent such spam and unprofessionalism.

I don't wish to have to go through every day and add another new non-member vendor idto my ignore feature, when the old board worked just fine.

No valuable content has been added by these non-members, just spam and garbage.

[Russel Ray]

Originally Posted by jmichalski

I'd use ignore, but I can't find the right spot to click for everything north of Buffalo.

I think it's under International Falls, Minnesota.

ROTFLMAO!

[Russel Ray]

Originally Posted by whandley

Have you been doing any jobs in Mexico? I just got back yesterday from doing one in "Real Del Mar" Baja California, Mexico.

My car insurance doesn't cover me for driving my car in Mexico, my business insurance doesn't cover me for losing tools in Mexico, my GL and E&O insurance don't cover me for inspections outside the United States, and my life/AD&D/workers' comp insurance don't cover me (or my employees) for working in Mexico.

[Russel Ray]

Originally Posted by kshepard

My only regret is that the person doesn't know I'm doing it.

Have you not seen the parental control blocking commercials on television? Same thing here. Invite Joe Blow over for a margarita and let him know (prepare for dialogue):

You: "Hi, Joe. Welcome. Care for a margarita?"
Joe: "Sure. Thanks."
You: "So, Joe, remember that Canadian thread where you were acting like a moron."
Joe: "No, I can't say that I do."
You: "Well, Joe, it was really irritating, so I'm going to have to Ignore you."
Joe: "Oh, man. This is bad. Would you like this watch?"
You: "Uh, no. So, have a nice day."

[Russel Ray]

Originally Posted by mkyriacou

This is why I personally don't use it! Besides I would like to know [good or bad] everything that is being said.
I also feel that we should all be more tolerant of others.

Ditto here.

[Russel Ray]

Originally Posted by kshepard

HOW MANY FORUM MEMBERS DOES IT TAKE TO CHANGE A LIGHT BULB?
>
> 1 to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has been
> changed
>
> 14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the
> light bulb could have been changed differently
>
> 7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs
>
> 27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing
> light bulbs
>
> 53 to flame the spell checkers
>
> 41 to correct spelling/grammar flames
>
> 6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb" ...
>
> another 6 to condemn those 6 as anal-retentive
>
> 2 industry professionals to inform the group that the proper term
> is "lamp"
>
> 15 know-it-alls who claim *they* were in the industry, and
> that "light bulb" is perfectly correct
>
> 156 to email the participant's ISPs complaining that they are in
> violation of their "acceptable use policy"
>
> 109 to post that this group is not about light bulbs and to please
> take this discussion to a lightbulb group
>
> 203 to demand that cross posting to hardware forum, off-topic
forum,
> and lightbulb group about changing light bulbs be stopped
>
> 111 to defend the posting to this group saying that we all use
light
> bulbs and therefore the posts *are* relevant to this group
>
> 306 to debate which method of changing light bulbs is superior,
> where to buy the best light bulbs, what brand of light bulbs work
> best for this technique and what brands are faulty
>
> 27 to post URL's where one can see examples of different light
bulbs
>
> 14 to post that the URL's were posted incorrectly and then post the
> corrected URL's
>
> 3 to post about links they found from the URL's that are relevant
to
> this group which makes light bulbs relevant to this group
>
> 33 to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety
including
> all headers and signatures, and add "Me too"
>
> 12 to post to the group that they will no longer post because they
> cannot handle the light bulb controversy
>
> 19 to quote the "Me too's" to say "Me three"
>
> 4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ
>
> 44 to ask what is a "FAQ"
>
> 4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?"
>
> 143 to say "do a Google search on light bulbs before posting
> questions about light bulbs"
>
> 1 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now
and
> start it all over again....

That is absolutely awesome. Caused an ASNR (accute sinus nasal reflex) using a margarita; not pleasant, but still ROTFLMAO.

[psiposs]

What IGNORE button are you guys talking about?

[Kenton H. Shepard, CMI]

Peter, at the top of each thread you'll see...

Control PanelUsers ListCalendarNew PostsSearch vbmenu_register("navbar_search"); Quick Links vbmenu_register("usercptools"); Log Out

Click "Control Panel" (or click it right here in this post) and scroll to the bottom. Second from last is "buddy/ignore list". To enter someone onto either list you enter their username which is located in the upper right hand corner of their post.
mine is kshepard.

[Barry Adair]

This gets my vote for a future feature audio NACHI board announcement and disclaimer 2 to choose from. I pick #2 it will require an upgrade for time relevance.
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