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Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 2:30 pm
by Bruv
Am I the only person that gets frustrated with threads that sometimes veer off topic, as conversations do face to face, but then the thread bogs down in who or why or what caused the topic to go off topic.....which incidentally is off topic too, but no body seems to get that bit.
Many threads are interesting 'off topic' until the 'off topic' complainers start complaining, then it is just a case of talking about nothing rather than the interesting off shoot of the original topic..
Sorry I am not complaining (or maybe I am) its just an observation.
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Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 2:31 pm
by AussiePam
Why is it that every long weekend is automatically wet?
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Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 2:37 pm
by Bruv
AussiePam;1248963 wrote: Why is it that every long weekend is automatically wet?
See what I mean.....
Twas AussiePam this time.
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Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 2:42 pm
by Odie
it just normal that some do off topic, as something else pops up in our minds.........
I know first hand on a couple of my threads, some have gone off topic, I'm used to it now, everyone does it........try and relax.
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Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 2:42 pm
by Betty Boop
Bruv;1248962 wrote: Am I the only person that gets frustrated with threads that sometimes veer off topic, as conversations do face to face, but then the thread bogs down in who or why or what caused the topic to go off topic.....which incidentally is off topic too, but no body seems to get that bit.
Many threads are interesting 'off topic' until the 'off topic' complainers start complaining, then it is just a case of talking about nothing rather than the interesting off shoot of the original topic..
Sorry I am not complaining (or maybe I am) its just an observation.
Well, are you or aren't you complaining :wah:
It's incredibly hard, sometimes threads just veer slightly off topic, sometimes they stomp hard in the complete opposite direction. But, face to face conversations do that too.
At least here you don't get half a sentence that then quickly changes to another matter entirely, that's what I get in reality from a family member, I keep up with it, call it lifetime training, but anyone else non-family sits there with their mouth open wondering at which point they completely lost the plot....

actually that does happen here sometimes hey :wah::wah:
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Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 2:56 pm
by Bruv
I am only commenting rather than complaining about the inquest that totally railroads the whole thread.
So it ends up with no topic at all, I wouldn't mind betting some threads are 25% complaining about who went off topic first or some other irrelevant point of order.
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Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 3:13 pm
by AussiePam
Betty Boop;1248968 wrote: but anyone else non-family sits there with their mouth open wondering at which point they completely lost the plot....

actually that does happen here sometimes hey :wah::wah:
Funny you should say that, Betty. I've been told that my conversations tend towards surreality. Or rather that my single blonde neuron hops from half baked thought to half baked thought, rather like a kangaroo in a paddock of sheep. By the way, how is the brown cardie??? We should be almost in summer here, but today is cold enough to think of woollens, when we're not debating angels. Wonder if angels feel the cold. And if any of them do look like Alan Rickman. There's a youtube video comparing his appearance in Dogma with him as Severus Snape, but this one isn't it.
YouTube - Alan Rickman Harry Potter Interview
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Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 3:20 pm
by Betty Boop
AussiePam;1248981 wrote: Funny you should say that, Betty. I've been told that my conversations tend towards surreality. Or rather that my single blonde neuron hops from half baked thought to half baked thought, rather like a kangaroo in a paddock of sheep. By the way, how is the brown cardie??? We should be almost in summer here, but today is cold enough to think of woollens, when we're not debating angels. Wonder if angels feel the cold. And if any of them do look like Alan Rickman. There's a youtube video comparing his appearance in Dogma with him as Severus Snape, but this one isn't it.
YouTube - Alan Rickman Harry Potter Interview
The brown cardi remains in my possession and in one piece. I almost wore it for a laugh when I visited Theia yesterday. The pink one won instead, which was just as amusing as we thought that maybe we'd both picked up the same cardi a few months ago. 'SNAP' she said when she opened the door. :wah:
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Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 3:23 pm
by Betty Boop
By the way, the matching cardi's have frills and pom poms, I think we may have started an Extreme Cardi Contest between us :wah::wah:
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Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 4:07 pm
by AussiePam
I miss Theia - please give her a hug from me next time you see her.
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Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 7:05 pm
by Nomad
Bruv;1248962 wrote: Am I the only person that gets frustrated with threads that sometimes veer off topic, as conversations do face to face, but then the thread bogs down in who or why or what caused the topic to go off topic.....which incidentally is off topic too, but no body seems to get that bit.
Many threads are interesting 'off topic' until the 'off topic' complainers start complaining, then it is just a case of talking about nothing rather than the interesting off shoot of the original topic..
Sorry I am not complaining (or maybe I am) its just an observation.
I remember this great park I used to ride my bike to when I was a kid. I think it was called Lions Park but it doesnt look like I remember it and its not where I thought it was.
I sat in the parking lot for a half hr one day trying to piece it all together.
Im a little confused about the whole thing to be perfectly honest.
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Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 7:52 pm
by AussiePam
Nomad;1249038 wrote:
Im a little confused about the whole thing to be perfectly honest.
Can honesty ever be perfect?
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Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 8:15 pm
by Odie
AussiePam;1249047 wrote: Can honesty ever be perfect?
is there really any honesty?:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl
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Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 12:55 am
by farmer giles
its the hazel nuts in chocalate i mean how can you tell if one has a bug in it huh ?? if you pick a hazlenut off of a tree you can indeed inspect the shell for signs of a bug having bitten through and could be waiting there in your hazlenut for you to bite into eat ,which by the way is the most efficient way of finding them
and that slogan ..what has a hazlenut in every bite??? squirrel shyte that put me off as well
sorry i'm really going off topic now :sneaky::sneaky:
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Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 3:23 am
by Raven
AussiePam;1248963 wrote: Why is it that every long weekend is automatically wet?
It's one of those rules written in stone.

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Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 3:24 am
by Raven
Bruv;1248962 wrote: Am I the only person that gets frustrated with threads that sometimes veer off topic, as conversations do face to face, but then the thread bogs down in who or why or what caused the topic to go off topic.....which incidentally is off topic too, but no body seems to get that bit.
Many threads are interesting 'off topic' until the 'off topic' complainers start complaining, then it is just a case of talking about nothing rather than the interesting off shoot of the original topic..
Sorry I am not complaining (or maybe I am) its just an observation.
See post above...writen in stone...yada yada:rolleyes:
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Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 6:12 am
by Betty Boop
AussiePam;1248996 wrote: I miss Theia - please give her a hug from me next time you see her.
Will do Pam. Theia is well and hoping to sort out her PC soon so she can visit us again. :-6
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Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 7:10 am
by Nomad
Betty Boop;1249124 wrote: Will do Pam. Theia is well and hoping to sort out her PC soon so she can visit us again. :-6
Really?
She told me shes looking for a sweater because shes cold. Poor thing.

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Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 7:15 am
by minks
oh Boops Hug Thiea for me too.
Bruv, often we go off topic because some days it's just a bunch of silly friends trying to make light of life. I dunno, if you start a post and you want to keep it on topic just keep posting and reminding posters you would really like to keep on topic. Hmmm I know who am I to talk I never start threads ah well.
Just don't give up. Some of us can stick to the task at hand ok.
Cheers
Oh look something shiney... gotta go!!!
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Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 7:27 am
by Odie
minks;1249139 wrote: oh Boops Hug Thiea for me too.
Bruv, often we go off topic because some days it's just a bunch of silly friends trying to make light of life. I dunno, if you start a post and you want to keep it on topic just keep posting and reminding posters you would really like to keep on topic. Hmmm I know who am I to talk I never start threads ah well.
Just don't give up. Some of us can stick to the task at hand ok.
Cheers
Oh look something shiney... gotta go!!!
mmmmmmmm something shiny?
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Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 7:40 am
by minks
Odie;1249148 wrote: mmmmmmmm something shiny?
oooops an ADHD moment, will ya stick with the topic for cryin out loud Odikins hehehehehehehehehe No better yet will ya help me stick with the topic ahahahahah
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Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 7:43 am
by Odie
minks;1249154 wrote: oooops an ADHD moment, will ya stick with the topic for cryin out loud Odikins hehehehehehehehehe No better yet will ya help me stick with the topic ahahahahah
what was the topic Minks?:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl
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Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 7:45 am
by minks
Odie;1249155 wrote: what was the topic Minks?:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl
ummmmm sports cars?????
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Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 7:46 am
by Odie
minks;1249157 wrote: ummmmm sports cars?????
brrrrrrrrrrrrmmmmmmmmmmm!
Porsche 911 Turbo, tis mine, tis all mine!:sneaky::yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl
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Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 8:22 am
by Raven
AussiePam;1248996 wrote: I miss Theia - please give her a hug from me next time you see her.
OH NOOOOO! Whats happened to her?? Oh please tell me nothing bad!!:(
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Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 8:56 am
by Betty Boop
Raven;1249169 wrote: OH NOOOOO! Whats happened to her?? Oh please tell me nothing bad!!:(
Nothing, she's got an old laptop that takes ten minutes to load a page whilst she's waiting to sort out her PC that crashed that's all. Theia will be back, just like Arnie

:wah:
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Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 9:40 am
by flopstock
Betty Boop;1249175 wrote: Nothing, she's got an old laptop that takes ten minutes to load a page whilst she's waiting to sort out her PC that crashed that's all. Theia will be back, just like Arnie

:wah:
Does this mean we should all be making a move in the arcade?:sneaky::p
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Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 10:11 am
by Bruv
:yh_rotfl
Thanks for getting into the spirit of the thread.....I think.
If only you could all do that on the proper threads....or not....Im not sure about anything anymore
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Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 12:41 pm
by Odie
Bruv;1249179 wrote: :yh_rotfl
Thanks for getting into the spirit of the thread.....I think.
If only you could all do that on the proper threads....or not....Im not sure about anything anymore
we were never laughing at you, we were just laughing with you to make it a fun thread.
I've never been sure about anything!:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl
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Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 12:48 pm
by Raven
Betty Boop;1249175 wrote: Nothing, she's got an old laptop that takes ten minutes to load a page whilst she's waiting to sort out her PC that crashed that's all. Theia will be back, just like Arnie

:wah:
PHEW!! aw thanks for that! Bless her. :yh_sweatThat'll teach me, wont it!!
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Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 12:54 pm
by minks
Bruv;1249179 wrote: :yh_rotfl
Thanks for getting into the spirit of the thread.....I think.
If only you could all do that on the proper threads....or not....Im not sure about anything anymore
ahh ya just go with the flow.
Hey boops and raven we should plan a reunion hmmmmm???
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Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 1:06 pm
by Raven
minks;1249227 wrote: ahh ya just go with the flow.
Hey boops and raven we should plan a reunion hmmmmm???
You are soooooooo in my head! As per usual. My psychic twin!:yh_rotfl
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Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 1:33 pm
by Betty Boop
minks;1249227 wrote: ahh ya just go with the flow.
Hey boops and raven we should plan a reunion hmmmmm???
For sure... how about November

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Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 3:18 pm
by minks
Betty Boop;1249236 wrote: For sure... how about November
oh sure you paying my way hehehehe I have to recover from this recent vacation :yh_rotfl
how bout may 2011?????
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Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 6:24 pm
by Odie
Betty Boop;1249236 wrote: For sure... how about November
where are we all going?:yh_rotfl