Chastising

[kav Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close kav]

well said AJ . i have actually removed the pp sticker from my car and stopped promoting pp not for any other reason other than im sick of people who can't be bothered doing the research , asking the same questions over and over again because they are obviously too time poor . i used to think that prado's were the thinking mans 4wd . thank god for people like brett and his cape york report or reports from the GTG or there would be nothing worth reading . you can even go to other sites like Lcool or mr 4x4 and see exactly the same questions asked by probably the same people . think i need a BEX and a little lie down . cheers . hmmm a bit early for that , must be midday somewhere .

[winniliss Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close winniliss]

Funny how members originally from this forum are popping up on other forums!..... Id call that a switch-over or moved on!

Cheers

Must be Collingwood supporters and also well written in relation to the rest of the post.

[AJ120 Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close AJ120]

So what if you are fed-up of repeating yourself!... Why not put forward productive ideas to the admins/moderators that could stop/reduce repeated questions so that the forum becomes more streamline and reduces such re- accerance....

The owner of this forum is not the slightest bit interested in improving the search facilty, or improving or streamlining anything. What little admin there is on this forum is left to a couple of unpaid members who do there best with such a large forum.

Suggestions have been made many many times, and once agian why would I or anyone else want to bang there head against the same wall over and over again?

so where does that leave us, walk away or try another method to keep things in order, hence the many suggestions to newbies that they search, how they should search etc, etc.

Thats not chastising, bullying, not anything negative at all, just trying to help the best way we can. If people choose to take offense, or to be "horrified" by this then thats not ideal, but such is life. You can't please all the people all the time.

Number of posts really doesn't mean that much in the scheme of things, there are some really good guys on here that post infrequently, but when they do there word is gospel (to me anyway) others have a lot of posts but if you have 700 posts and 690 of them are in the jokes thread then your post count doesn't mean much.

Cheers Andrew

[Dueler120 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Dueler120]

19% of the people do 80% of the work
80% of people do 20% of the work
1% of people just need to die!

Cheers Andrew

Quote of the year, I could not agree more as I run into this every day!

[Strawb Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Strawb]

Hi Guys
I have learnt a lot over the last couple of years via the forum, I don't ask too many questions as I do actually "lurk" and read a lot of information that has already been posted. I am certainly not offended by people that give advice and direct myself or others to where they can find the appropriate information.
Those of you that have the knowledge and share it on the forum have to be commended because without your experience and knowledge those of us that do not have the experience end up coming to grief or become a statistic due to doing something stupid!
For those that are offended, lighten up guys, enjoy the forum, read lots and often!
Cheers Guys!
John

[Richoson Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close Richoson]

OK I give in, WTF does LMGTFY stand for I don't want to embarass myslef and have to ask my daughters for a transalation

See ya on the tracks, Richo.

[Chewbacca Member Find all posts View Profile Close Chewbacca]

Hey Richo LMGTFY stands for Let Me Google That For You. Its a nifty little link that you click on and it shows the search being typed in to google and then takes you direct to the information.

Cheers Matt

[Peterpilot Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close Peterpilot]

Let Me Google That For You http://lmgtfy.com/?q=LMGTFY+site%3APradopoint.com

[Richoson Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close Richoson]

Hey Richo LMGTFY stands for Let Me Google That For You. Its a nifty little link that you click on and it shows the search being typed in to google and then takes you direct to the information.

Cheers Matt

Thanks Matt at my age (grumpy old man) I'm still catching up with acronyms. I will even give it a try now.

See ya on the tracks, with iphone firmly grasped in my hand Richo.

[AJ120 Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close AJ120]

OK I give in, WTF does LMGTFY stand for I don't want to embarass myslef and have to ask my daughters for a transalation

See ya on the tracks, Richo.

Thanks for asking that dumb question Richo, cause I had NFI what it stood for either, I new what it does, but how it works or what the letters stood for

Cheers Andrew

[AJ120 Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close AJ120]

How is that all the big posters have an adamant opinion to justify there chastising comments?.. Is this the small community within the community?

Thinking about the community within the community comment, well yes there are many samll communities with Pradopoint. None are exclusive, anyone can join, some are formal some are not.

There is actually a section for small groups within PP, not that it is used much
http://www.pradopoint.com/group.php

Then there is the community that attended any of the GTG's, or any PP trip for that matter.

No doubt people in each state tend to have a bit more of a connection then those interstate.

Meeting any other PP member in person makes a big difference, I always take more note of posts from people I have actually met, I can put a name to a face and a personality much easier, so people who have met in real life are another sort of a group.

Those of us that frequent the forum on a daily basis are a sort of a group, the hard core PP nutters if you like, wanna join, just visit everyday and join in!

And finally, this thread seems to be about those with a lot of posts chastising newbies, however on closer inspection it seems to be more about those that post a lot being chastised for offering search advice to newbies, so its the long term members that are copping the flack, not any newbies!

Cheers Andrew

[Trekrider Banned Find all posts View Profile Close Trekrider]

I feel you have summed it up really well there Andrew. There certainly are many 'groups' on PP - that will always happen with any forum and isn't a bad thing as long as it isn't exclusive.

I have 'met' many new friends through PP, some local, some further away (that I will probably never physically meet). Human nature says you will feel an affinity with some people and not others. It's no different to joining a face to face group (like the local 4WD club).

I guess I probably fall into the 'PP Nutter' group

[MidLifeCrisis Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close MidLifeCrisis]

MLC more of that rapier like wit of yours

On a serious note in the past I haven't been a forum member this is the only forum I participate in. I have gained a wealth of knowledge and more importantly met and made a lot of friends through Pradopoint.

Yes sometimes I have had some less than favorable discussions but these have been far and few between and have resolved amicably.

So Mr. Starburst keep an eye out for the SE Qld trips that will arise and if you like attend and I'm sure you will see the value of the Pradopoint community.

I will continue to participate in the forum as it changes and look forward to the knowledge, friends and light hearted banter that it provides.

See ya on the tracks, Richo.

PS: AJ120 we are Queenslanders not Brisbanites

Dear Brisvegas God and immediate past President.

I find your comments "cutting" buts thats only because I had to actually look up your big word of "rapier". For a second I thought you had a copy of my criminal record, apparently not.... phew!

While nothing to do with this thread, the UNOFFICIAL protocol that is undocumented and not ratified by anyone suggests AJ must stand down as official Unofficial President and someone else be duly elected by dictatorship methods. So... who is heading up the next GTG and thereby becomes the next unduly elected unofficial Big Kahuna?

BTW, CBF creating a new thread. If you old bastards dont like it you can talk to the hand. Love and kisses

mlc - ministry of injustice

[Snoopy22 Member Find all posts View Profile Close Snoopy22]

Very entertaining thread and couldn't resist responding and pulling out my spoon...

What we need to support the visual cue's are two scantily clad women one representing the oldies the other newbies and place them in a toddler pool of jelly...go the newbies :-)

(apologies to any women reading the thread who may take offence)

Not with standing that I second the comments made by Simon.

Snoopy

[letsgoplaces Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close letsgoplaces]

Very entertaining thread and couldn't resist responding and pulling out my spoon...

What we need to support the visual cue's are two scantily clad women one representing the oldies the other newbies and place them in a toddler pool of jelly...go the newbies :-)

(apologies to any women reading the thread who may take offence)

Not with standing that I second the comments made by Simon.

Snoopy

12 months ago MLC would have come the goods with the jelly wrestling.... but alas, I believe the thumb he is under is getting heavier