The Coffee Lounge Forum

to each his own >grinz<

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Exactly Dan!

-- Gary - Never pass up the opportunity to make a mistake look like you planned it that way & "We are what we repeatedly do, excellence then is not an act, but a habit" -Aristotle

I don’t see any problem with it. The choices are the same; look at it or don’t look at it, only with the change it will be a lot easier to not look at it if you so choose. I know there was some discussion recently about possibly subdividing the site because some LJs didn’t want to sift through so much stuff to find something they were interested in and this should help them too.

-- Dale Manning, Carthage, NY

DaleM – “Look at it or don’t look at it” – how do you know what it is without looking at it.

-- Gary - Never pass up the opportunity to make a mistake look like you planned it that way & "We are what we repeatedly do, excellence then is not an act, but a habit" -Aristotle

So Gary, is this a woodworking post or a coffee lounge post? :-)

Kidding aside, I think you have a good idea. Personally, I enjoy the off-topic communication. But for those who don’t care to sift through those posts, it should be easy enough to have a show/hide option in our account preferences for each of the forums.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

lumberjock is what a lumberjock does

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Charlie – This is posted in the “Lumberjock site feedback” section.

-- Gary - Never pass up the opportunity to make a mistake look like you planned it that way & "We are what we repeatedly do, excellence then is not an act, but a habit" -Aristotle

100% with you GaryK

-- --<<<<<< I will not stop until I get it right. >>>>>>--

You’re right Gary, you don’t know, because the pulse page isn’t broken down that way. I like your idea. Personally, I would still like to check in on the coffee lounge forum, but the option would be nice because I like to use the pulse function and it gets really busy. It’s especially hard when you’ve been away for a few days.

-- Dale Manning, Carthage, NY

To refine what I was saying…. When you click on the “Forums” tab, all the forums come up at the top of the page, showing how many posts are in each. Then, right below, ALL forum topics are listed.

It seems like it would be pretty easy to put a filter check box next to each of the forums listed at the top so that any ones you checked would be excluded from the list of topics. So not only could you filter out the coffee lounge posts, but let’s say I didn’t want to see any “trade and swap” posts, I could filter those out as well.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

I only use the Pulse page.

This gives you everything posted as it’s posted.

I try not to miss anything.

-- Gary - Never pass up the opportunity to make a mistake look like you planned it that way & "We are what we repeatedly do, excellence then is not an act, but a habit" -Aristotle

I’ll second that… I like to use the Pulse page, which keeps the latest discussions at hand, but recently, it seems like many of those are “threads to pass time” – although I can enjoy such a thread once in a while – I’m here on LJ for lumberjocks topics and discussions, and those get buried away on the pulse page too often.

-- ㊍ When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route.

I guess “to each his own” applies here..I too get sucked into…er, I mean enjoy the off topic stuff, but I could see why somebody might want to click ignore…But couldn’t you just not bother looking if you see its a coffee lounge post…or do you just want to not even see the titles so you don,t get sucked in??? ;0)

-- David, South Windsor, CT "The ***damn Germans got nuttin to do with it" Sheriff Buford T Justice

I’m with Gary, good idea!

-- Bill, Florida

Well, I guess I’d go back to what I said originally…. let it be in our individual account preferences.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

I use the pulse page too … it has several variables available for filtering. I personally keep mine set to my watch list. That way it is filtered to my buddies list and what ever I choose to watch.
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I do keep a fairly big buddies list. when I want to see projects … which is my favorite, I click the projects button

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Actually how Karson is doing is more importain to me that another purpleheart push stick, but to each his own.

-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com

Dennis – I never said anything about never looking at it.

Looking at is once a day (When I wanted to) would be enough for me to find about and keep up on those personal type of things.

-- Gary - Never pass up the opportunity to make a mistake look like you planned it that way & "We are what we repeatedly do, excellence then is not an act, but a habit" -Aristotle

I sort-a-kind-of-in-a-way agree with GaryK here.

I explain. I actually don’t use the site itself by browsing it but I receive all the RSS feeds directly in my Mail.app inbox. I scan through the titles and authors and then decide what to read and what not. But… and here it comes the part where we agree, I hate having to scroll through dozens of posts daily to find just a few interesting ones.

What I propose then (apart from a user-block button) is that the RSS feeds of the fora would be divided by forum. Nowadays we have three feeds, one for projects, one for blogs and one for forum posts. I’d like to be able to leave those off-topic posts off and that would be possible if we could choose by individual forum too.

On the other hand, me too I’m more worried about Karson than many other things but I expect him to post news on his personal blog rather than the Coffee Lounge.

That’s my two yens worth.

PS – I’m also interested in how Karson is doing – but since he’s on my buddy list – I get an instant email telling me that he just posted something , and I can go right ahead and check it out – besides PM’ing him if I so choose to.

besides – I want to also be introduced to NEW threads that I haven’t yet had a chance to “WATCH” or “Add as buddy” ... but I seem to miss on many of those as they are being pushed down the line.

the idea here is not to disallow certain posts – but to help people filter certain aspects of this woodworking site – that are not woodworking related. I think it’s a terrific Idea.

Peace.

Karson – we love you.

-- ㊍ When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route.

I don’t see the issue here. The coffee lounge is just that. Most woodworkers I know have a sense of humour. I they don’t they can avoid the coffee lounge, it’s a very simple choice. If they would rather keep to things strickly woodworking thats fine.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

Grumpy – I know you and your sense of humor and I appreciate it (at times :-)).

For people that just use the “Pulse” feature “unfiltered” you get “everything” posted. But you can’t just filter out the coffee lounge section. That’s all I’m suggesting. I would like the option to look when I want to.

-- Gary - Never pass up the opportunity to make a mistake look like you planned it that way & "We are what we repeatedly do, excellence then is not an act, but a habit" -Aristotle

No problems Gary, I understand where you are coming from.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

I haven’t paid much attention to the changes to LJ lately, but I thought the pulse page used to have a filter on it, so you could not see certain sections, like new profiles, or workshops, etc. I know there was something that we could do to filter out stuff.

-- Tim

I don’t use any feeds. I don’t need unlimited email ;-)) I just come to the web page and look at the projects & the forums for new one and occasionaly the review and blogs. I’m not sure where the filter would be, on the fourms page or in the rss feed?

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

If it’s an Optional Choice:

1. Filter it or
2. Do NOT filter it (like it is now).

Take your pick between 1 and 2.

No problem here…

If you like it the way it is now, just don’t Filter it; otherwise, filter it.

No pain or strain…

-- Have Fun! Joe Lyddon - Alta Loma, CA USA - Home: http://www.WoodworkStuff.net ... My Small Gallery: http://www.ncwoodworker.net/pp/showgallery.php?ppuser=1389&cat=500"

I like it as it is …...don’t change it!

-- Life used to be soooo much simpler!!!!

Coffee shop!

I can take it, or leave it, but Lumberjocks seems to be doing OK.

So why fix something that works?

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

I think it’s a good idea. if Martin can do it what would it hurt just another choice for all of us.

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop, custom furniture ,maker, woodworking school, http://www.heirloomwoodshop.com/

i vote with gary. I like the rambling threads, but they are in a constant state of updates so I end up seeing a lot of those updates when I could get one bulk update a day. My personal preference is to move the coffee lounge off the frontpage and have it accessible only by clicking on forums, but I don’t think that will be popular. I don’t use things like pulse.

I never even noticed the Coffee Lounge until you mentioned it here.

-- Read my amazingly insightful blog at http://jn3Woodworks.blogspot.com/

by the way—-happy 2 years!!!

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

I’m all for a little more filter power. I use the pulse page almost entirely to navigate the site. I miss the ability to filter out workshops. And I would like to have the ability to filter posts to just projects. Having done a long series of blogs that were entirely light and in the humor vein (Where in the World is Ms Debbie P.), I think there is room for “off-topic communication” here. It does help to build a sense of community that helps us stay connected, but it would be good to be able to dial down to just project posts. In the “old days” a project would be on page one or two for a while but in the stream of all subjects; blogs, workshop and folderol of every sort it does become more difficult winnow out the “chaff”.

Just as when I read many woodworking magazines, I know to look at the readers gallery, or the finishing section, lead articles etc. and can make the most of what short time I can spend reading them. If I want to go to the humor page, I can get right to that as well. I certainly see Gary’s point. Maybe a little more filtering within the stream of the pulse page would be redundant given that there are the navigation tabs already, but I think it might be helpful.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

No different than having to sift through the 500 profile welcomes posts. Can we get a filter for those too.

-- ..." I am what my tools aren't "...

I’m not against adding filters, but where are you having to do the sifting? On the pulse or RSS feed? I just look for new topics. I don’t sift anything that’s not on my watch list.

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

Filters are very handy. It does not matter if you are trying to block something or to find something.
I too miss the ability to search for the workshops. It took me a while but when we could search for the shops not personally viewed, I had checked out every single one. Now I cant do that.

-- http://www.grandprairiewoodworks.com http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6453794

I think I understand what Gary is saying, and I totally agree.

I’m a heavy user of “Pulse”, and the ability to turn Coffee Lounge on and off in my personal display of “Pulse” would be cool.

I’d go it one better, and ask that our individual profiles allow us to include or ignore any of the main foum groups.

-- - Please help keep Lumberjocks an enjoyable escape by refusing to participate in political discussions. Simply choose to ignore the thread...

Just realised I have just past my 2 years and 2 weeks – doesent time fly when you are having fun!

I suppose it all depends on how individuals use the LJ site – I certainly could not read every post placed on this site, I would never have any time for working, eating or spendiong time with the family, it is getting so busy now. I personally do not need this type of filter, but have no objections to it being initilized as long as the default is show all posts.

Doesent the Forum Page sort of already have this fillter – the 8 forum topics are listed, where you can select the forum topic you want to view – just do not press the “Coffee lounge Button” or maybe I am missing Gary’s point or type of search he doing

-- Tony - All things are possible, just some things are more difficult than others! - SKYPE: Heron2005 (http://www.poydatjatuolit.fi)

Stop your whining … You have 99% of the site for woodworking. We just want to play a little between reading the same old thing over and over.

Yes, Karson is much more important than woodworking.

Dan, Grumpy, and I do get carried away sometimes, but that’s just us. We do keep it here though (except for when we tweak Douglas a little). Sorry if it bothers you so much … Not really.

-- Odie, Confucius say, "He who laughs at one's self is BUTT of joke". http://woodstermangotwood.blogspot.com/ (my funny blog)

Odie – So you only want to screw up 1% of it, huh?

-- Gary - Never pass up the opportunity to make a mistake look like you planned it that way & "We are what we repeatedly do, excellence then is not an act, but a habit" -Aristotle

I don’t think Gary says “don’t have the coffee lounge” ... just the choice to not include it in his updates. (Not that Gary needs me to speak for him).

The “getting carried away” is also what makes this site what it is. Camaraderie at its finest ;)

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

bentlyj – From the Pulse page I always have “All Activity” selected and I don’t get any of the “Profiles”, but if I want to see them I select “Profiles”.

-- Gary - Never pass up the opportunity to make a mistake look like you planned it that way & "We are what we repeatedly do, excellence then is not an act, but a habit" -Aristotle

“Screw up” is your opinion Gary.

Did anyone notice Karson is here ???

-- Odie, Confucius say, "He who laughs at one's self is BUTT of joke". http://woodstermangotwood.blogspot.com/ (my funny blog)

Thanks Gary, I will check that out.

-- ..." I am what my tools aren't "...

I also think we all need to take a look at whether or not we are using the site’s current capabilities in the way that best suits our own preferences. For example, I just figured out fairly recently that my experience is much improved by using the pulse page like Dan, to show my watchlist.

Another example, Douglas said above that he uses the pulse page exclusively, but would like the ability to filter posts to just new projects. Douglas, if you’re reading this… why not just go to the project page?

It’s great that we have over 10,000 members now, but there is one small downside… I used to be able to keep up with everything posted on the site. That would be a full-time job these days.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

some times I feel like a nut ..
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some times I don’t
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<grinnzzz>

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Gary, why don’t you pm martin about this, instead of just taking a beating from the coffe lounge guys? I’d like the ability to filter the pulse page also. I don’t come here to shoot the breeze as much as I am here for woodworking, so it would be nice to see what was up with all the new posts without the jokes taking up space.

-- Julian, Park Forest, IL

Gary mentioned this is on the Feed Back Forum, so I’m sure Martin has got his brain in gear,

& trying to solve this situation.

He usually does the right thing. I have confidence in him.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

”instead of just taking a beating from the coffe lounge guys”

Like they’re different people. Geeeze

I hope the review forum doesn’t show up to fight.

-- ..." I am what my tools aren't "...

I think it’s good Gary posted it here in the open as opposed to a PM – here we are able to share his idea, and support that concept as opposed to a PM where it’s 1 person’s opinion.

-- ㊍ When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route.

I use the lounge sometimes myself but, I can see that if someone doesn’t want to look at it they can filter it out to make it easier for them. Then they can look at it when they choose. I don’t see a problem with a filter choice.

-- Bob K. East Northport, NY

Sorry, but I really don’t understand how anyone can complain about anything on this site since it’s free!!!!!!
Even for woodworker’s, it would be a sad boring world if all we had to talk about was woodworking.

-- BUILT TO LAST WOODWORKS, West Blocton, Alabama

calm down, nobody said anything about NOT allowing anything here…. the only thing that was suggested was a way to filter certain forums that are not in direct line with woodworking thats all – while still being able to post there, and read those posts… but some people mostly use this site for woodworking material and discussions (it’s LUMBERjocks after all).

this is not a complaint either – it’s a suggestion for improvement that might keep some people coming back to this site more often as they are less pushed away by all the sifting through threads.

I’m amazed how people always flame against change… without giving it the benefit of the doubt, or opening their minds to it’s possibilities. for some people when people hear “change” they jump up and down thinking that it’s all going to end soon. sheeesh… lol

-- ㊍ When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route.

^^^ Exactly I agree with Built2Last^^^ , There are too many whiners around here . This site is fine just the way it is .

-- John in Belgrave ,(Slideshow http://cid-69bce320c6d8b119.spaces.live.com/ (Website) http://www.extremebirdhouse.com

HEY!

Let’s get it perfectly CLEAR…

If you like the Coffee Lounge, YOU WILL NOT LOSE IT.

If you do not like the Coffee Lounge entries on the Pulse Page, you can CLICK
“Do NOT Display Coffee Lounge entries on the Pulse Page” to only do it FOR YOU (not everyone!)

You will have the OPTION to get it or NOT GET IT!

It will NOT HURT ANYONE!

-- Have Fun! Joe Lyddon - Alta Loma, CA USA - Home: http://www.WoodworkStuff.net ... My Small Gallery: http://www.ncwoodworker.net/pp/showgallery.php?ppuser=1389&cat=500"

Gary, I tend to agree with you. When We were a relatively small site, a little diversity or generality seemed ok, but as we grew, so did the peripheral stuff. Now there’s so much stuff here that I, too, would appreciate a way to just hone in on Woodworking & woodworking tool related stuff.

A while back, i tossed out the idea of sub-categories, or specific areas of interest, kind of for the same reason. Maybe one of those sections might be a “serious woodworking only” section. That way it would eliminate having to sift through the general areas if you choose not to. Some of the replies that opposed it thought it would somehow take away from the site. My response was that if you leave all things here, but ADD an option to only go to those areas you want, how does that hurt the guys (gals) that don’t want to use that option? All things stay the same for them.

I know that in the past, I’ve tossed out some (hopefully) humorous & silly stuff, & probably will in future as well, but lots of times I don’t have the time for that & just want the serious woodworking info, so I’d like the ability to opt in or out.

And, by the way, thanks for bringing this up in this way as opposed to a PM to Martin (who, I’m sure watches this stuff, anyway). It’s a great way to know what we’re all thinking, even if we can’t all agree. (who ever can?) -SST

-- Accuracy is not in your power tool, it's in you

I stopped using the pulse page when we lost the ability to filter by the type of post :/

i now use the rss feed,I would love the ability to
1) filter the pulse page again and
2) have the coffee lounge as a separate filter on the pulse page / rss feed

-- David - Houston, Texas.

Well said Purplev, my sentiments exactly…............
In reading through all of these posts, I don’t see anyplace where anything was suggested to be
“TAKEN AWAY”, just an improvement to make it more personable to those who don’t want to
view certain areas of LJ’s, and for those that do…........ nothing would change. To me it sounds like the best of both worlds!!

No matter what, this is still the absolute best site on the internet and the best bunch of people on it!!

-- Gene, Majestic Eagle Woodworks, http://majesticeagleww.etsy.com/, http://www.flickr.com/photos/majesticeagle/

A place with over 10,000 souls with all flavors and colors for sure needs changes and filters.
Like a growing city, it needs a development plan, new infraestructure, new roads and freeways, new laws.

The Lumberjocks format is obsolete now for all the info that 10,000 woodworkers generate.

Thanks for taking the initiative.

-- Francisco Luna, San Francisco Bay Area.

OK, all crap aside … You have the ability now to filter “US” out. Hit the forum tab at the top, then you have a choice of eight topics, and zero in on the one you want. I can’t stand the pulse myself. It pulls everything together in one lump. If I want to see projects, I click on the projects tab … and so on. It’s the fastest and easiest way to navigate this site while only seeing what you want to.

Gary, peace man !!!!

P.S. I don’t know about you guys, but I have to get things done in the shop … bye.

-- Odie, Confucius say, "He who laughs at one's self is BUTT of joke". http://woodstermangotwood.blogspot.com/ (my funny blog)

Moai – I don’t quite think that LJ’s format is “obsolete” and I don’t think that it need everything “new and rebuilt”............... maybe a new road sign here and there, some directional signals, a minor tweak here and there, but all in all, it is soooooooooooooooooo much better than “ANY” other woodworking sight out there by a mile. AGAIN, all thanks to “MARTIN”, Great job, keep up the good work.

-- Gene, Majestic Eagle Woodworks, http://majesticeagleww.etsy.com/, http://www.flickr.com/photos/majesticeagle/

Dan ... Odie and Grumpy

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Hey guys, as old as I am , I sometimes am pretty slow in understanding this ‘puter stuff…...but as I understand it now….Gary is not talking about taking away anything …..just having the option to select not to see some of the “stuff” on here that takes up alot of shop time…....well then I change my vote to … “I vote for Gary’s filter”....................

-- Life used to be soooo much simpler!!!!

I kind of think that things are fine the way they are, but hey I am not a busy guy as such and everything here is welcome news within reason. We don’t get bogged down in politics and such stuff here like some sites so I think the unique camaraderie is working well without change people have the right to print what’s on their mind again within reason and decency etc.This site is unique and it isn’t broke however maybe I am wrong. status quo for me sorry Gary. Alistair

-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease

Lets not forget we are all friends here from all over the globe with a common interest. I don’t see any problem with change as long it is for the better of the majority, but as Scotsman & Dick say, If it ain’t broke no need to fix it.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

I took a quick look at the 10,000 plus members last night. 1/2 have only 1 post or less. Only about 800 have more the 50 posts. just for curosity’s sake ;-))

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

I’m with gary, I like to just click on forums and see the updated threads and do a quick browse. non coffee lounge threads typically get shoved to to other pages after 5PM when the coffee lounge picks up.

Unless I click on each and every sub forum (and there isn’t enough traffic to demand that in non coffee lounge activity) You pretty much get a page of coffee lounge overwhelming the actual woodworking content.

I guess we now know who drinks coffee and who doesn’t. I like seeing new posts and threads in all forums using pulse because I don’t want to miss anything of interest, humorous or serious. I just scroll down and click on the subject titles that seem interesting. I seldom read every post, but I do like a little humor with my coffee in the morning. I personally don’t like having to go to each individual forum. However, I think Gary’s suggestion of an “optional” filter for those who want to use it makes a lot of sense.

-- I don't make mistakes, only design changes....www.dgmwoodworks.com

Filters are a good thing

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Yes, to each their own, but I’m keeping the Lounge.

I quit racing years back because people quit having fun, and looked down their noses at other people.

Some recent replies to a post by a1Jim made me rather uncomfortable in this regard.

Odie’s Beer post added zest to life.

Just my 2 cents worth….

-- Beer, Beer, Thank God for Beer. It's my way of keeping my mind fresh and clear...

Every site no matter if its woodworking, metalworking, stone forum…HGTV. wrasssaling, electronics, gardening, cooking, ...WHATEVER…has its lounge.

So what?

Perhaps the Moca Expresso does a quick Latte page will do better???

-- http://www.federalsaw.com

I think more beer is the answer.

-- “You are a little soul carrying around a corpse.” —Epictetus

Seems to me if we have the choice to customise the site to suit our own needs then why not, if that means filters then so be it, it won,t change or delete anything, it just means those who don,t want certain segments can opt out of them with no harm to those of us who like it as is. Evolution not revolution.

-- if the hand is not working it is not a pure hand

I think a filter is a good idea.

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Every site no matter if its woodworking, metalworking, stone forum…HGTV. wrasssaling, electronics, gardening, cooking, ...WHATEVER…has its lounge.

So what?

No ones saying to get rid of it, just to let people filter it out of the main forum thread listings and the other ways to see the site updates.

I think a filter is a good idea.

-- Odie, Confucius say, "He who laughs at one's self is BUTT of joke". http://woodstermangotwood.blogspot.com/ (my funny blog)

The heck with the lounge…. I just want an on/off switch for Odie. :-)

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

-- Odie, Confucius say, "He who laughs at one's self is BUTT of joke". http://woodstermangotwood.blogspot.com/ (my funny blog)

Well, there you go Charlie…........I had on of those once…....I think.

-- I will just keep doing it till I get it right.

LMAO!

Let me reach over there with my cattle prod and flip that sucker off.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

That’s gotta hurt…

A quick response to Built2Last – it’s a free site, but remember that contributions to its continuation are probably still welcome.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

... very Shocking… :) :)

-- Have Fun! Joe Lyddon - Alta Loma, CA USA - Home: http://www.WoodworkStuff.net ... My Small Gallery: http://www.ncwoodworker.net/pp/showgallery.php?ppuser=1389&cat=500"

A filter is kind of like underwear … everyone needs one.

my favorite color is blue ….

I think it is a good idea for me to wear mine at all times.

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-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

I have way too much fun !

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unbelievable, yes this is a real problem, call the police.
“Officer, there are people on this forum who don’t speak about woodworking,
do something about it”

-- Greetings from the Netherlands.

all activity – new posts & my watchlist – new posts – my watchlist – profiles

Just add a choice at the top of the pulse page to customize and you can put in there what you want to follow. I would choose to not look at reviews, coffee shop. Nothing is lost.

Great post Garyk. I agree

-- Bill - If I knew GRANDKIDS were so much fun I would have had them first.

I think a filter is a good idea.

-- Odie, Confucius say, "He who laughs at one's self is BUTT of joke". http://woodstermangotwood.blogspot.com/ (my funny blog)

We must be done discussing the original topic, as this has evolved into …who knows?

I guess I’m still wondering why if the folks who want the site to stay the same are opposed to adding an additional feature because by adding, the site is still the same...you still have all the same stuff you like, you just have an additional feature that you can ignore that someone else might like.

Is it just that you’re happy with it so let’s never change stuff so other folks can be happy with it, even though the change takes nothing away from what you like?

I don’t get it. Adding a feature doesn’t take anything away...you still have everything that you like and you also get more stuff that others might like. Am I missing something, here??? -SST

-- Accuracy is not in your power tool, it's in you

don’t take anything too seriously … it’s all fun and games

-- LINK to my eBay pages ..... http://members.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=arts-and-crafts-style

Cmon Odie…you just cant resist filling up somebody’s thread with these ridiculous pictures you download from the internet. Don’t you have a large enough repository of these types of images on this site already (your goin to the dogs thread) you need to muck up a sensible discussion with that BS…now I totally see Gary’s point!

-- David, South Windsor, CT "The ***damn Germans got nuttin to do with it" Sheriff Buford T Justice

bentlyj wrote:
”instead of just taking a beating from the coffe lounge guys”
Like they’re different people. Geeeze

I hope the review forum doesn’t show up to fight.

I think the coffee lounge dwellers would kick the review forum whimps asses….but then the blog page loosers might get involved and screw everything up…

-- David, South Windsor, CT "The ***damn Germans got nuttin to do with it" Sheriff Buford T Justice

I think Gary has hit upon a good idea of a filter or something similar. In my opinion, I think Robert Frost spoke most eloquently to exactly what Gary is saying.

MENDING WALL
Robert Frost

Something there is that doesn’t love a wall,
That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it,
And spills the upper boulders in the sun,
And makes gaps even two can pass abreast.
The work of hunters is another thing:
I have come after them and made repair
Where they have left not one stone on a stone,
But they would have the rabbit out of hiding,
To please the yelping dogs. The gaps I mean,
No one has seen them made or heard them made,
But at spring mending-time we find them there.
I let my neighbor know beyond the hill;
And on a day we meet to walk the line
And set the wall between us once again.
We keep the wall between us as we go.
To each the boulders that have fallen to each.
And some are loaves and some so nearly balls
We have to use a spell to make them balance:
‘Stay where you are until our backs are turned!’
We wear our fingers rough with handling them.
Oh, just another kind of out-door game,
One on a side. It comes to little more:
There where it is we do not need the wall:
He is all pine and I am apple orchard.
My apple trees will never get across
And eat the cones under his pines, I tell him.
He only says, ‘Good fences make good neighbors’.
Spring is the mischief in me, and I wonder
If I could put a notion in his head:
‘Why do they make good neighbors? Isn’t it
Where there are cows?
But here there are no cows.
Before I built a wall I’d ask to know
What I was walling in or walling out,
And to whom I was like to give offence.
Something there is that doesn’t love a wall,
That wants it down.’ I could say ‘Elves’ to him,
But it’s not elves exactly, and I’d rather
He said it for himself. I see him there
Bringing a stone grasped firmly by the top
In each hand, like an old-stone savage armed.
He moves in darkness as it seems to me~
Not of woods only and the shade of trees.
He will not go behind his father’s saying,
And he likes having thought of it so well
He says again, “Good fences make good neighbors.”

-- Chip -- Manchester, Connecticut "When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace."

Help! I’ve fallen and I can’t reach my beer!

-- “You are a little soul carrying around a corpse.” —Epictetus

yup, good fences make good neighbors. Good filters will too :-))

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

Wow!!!!

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

After reading through all the replies to this post I have noticed something. It seems that about 1/3 of you didn’t read the original post.

All he suggested is that a filter be added and not getting rid of anything.

I hear some say “Why fix it if it isn’t broken” or something to that effect. Apparently most commentors to this post think something is broken. Fixing it just a matter of adding an additional feature.

You would never even know that it was added unless you were paying attention.

-- It's better to have people think you're stupid rather than open your mouth and remove all doubt.

Good morning! I have been paying attention and I think that people assuming that they know what some people are thinking is quite a leap. Just because some folks don’t believe a filter is necessary doesn’t mean they didn’t read the original post . I think adding the filter is unnecessary and may be a lot of work but I don’t really care either way. I also think that folks posting that they know what other people’s reasons are for coming to this website is way off as much as people assuming that they know what some people are thinking. I do know what usually happens when people ass/u/me something.

-- “You are a little soul carrying around a corpse.” —Epictetus

The evolution of this thread is exactly whats wrong with this site. I’m glad there are other great WOODWORKING sites on the good old interweb.

-- Julian, Park Forest, IL

Garys suggestion of a personal filter is a good one! Since it will only affect what he views I don’t see what the commotion is all about. I’ll still get the coffee lounge posts everytime I log on the site. If Gary (or anyone else) doesn’t have the time or desire to sift through non wood working posts everytime they visit the site they shouldn’t have to. Filters are after all an option on how they are used by the individual and affecting no one elses experience on this fine web site.

Rick

-- If at first you don't succeed...Don't try skydiving

Hi Julian. I am also a member at Sawmill Creek. It’s a good website but the heavy handed moderation over there (to me), gives the place a “work feel”. I use that website and this one to relax and enjoy. When I want to relax and see some projects and have a few laughs I stop in here. When I want to be super serious with no laughing allowed I stop in at The Creek. Both websites are useful to me.

-- “You are a little soul carrying around a corpse.” —Epictetus

What I got out of it was he wants a filter within a filter. Is that correct Gary?

-- Mike from Michigan - mwurm13@yahoo.com

I totally agree with everyone …

-- LINK to my eBay pages ..... http://members.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=arts-and-crafts-style

Julian, That site you lead us to has no personality. Look around this site … it has a lot of personality. In other words, it’s not as stiff as the “others”.

Gary does (I will admit after all kidding aside) have a good idea. Dan, Grumpy, and I love to have fun, and not all enjoy our humor. Gary would like to get to the meat of this site, which is woodworking, without running across our antics.

I have been invited to these others … I’ll pass. There is a reason this site is growing so fast …

WE AIN”T STIFF

-- Odie, Confucius say, "He who laughs at one's self is BUTT of joke". http://woodstermangotwood.blogspot.com/ (my funny blog)

Not to change the subject but…..

How about everyone here take a break and click on: http://lumberjocks.com/thewoodwhisperer/blog/8593 . Marc could use the votes!

Hear, Hear Odie!!!! Well said.

You will not find another site with the “personality” of this one!!!

-- Gene, Majestic Eagle Woodworks, http://majesticeagleww.etsy.com/, http://www.flickr.com/photos/majesticeagle/

One thing I’ve noticed about this site is that a lot of us are cut from the same mold. Let me give you an example. I love woodworking, joinery and contruction to be exact. I also play the guitar. I’ve noticed that there are quite a few of us here that also love woodworking, and playing instruments. So why would I look somewhere else on the web to find similarity amongst us? Being a minority in this world has also guided me to having an open mind, and to be very tolerant of others, and their ideals. One thing you will never hear me say is “you can’t do that”. Who in the hell am I to be able to tell someone they can’t travel time, or leave this solar system, when they just might have the brain power to in fact devise a machine to travel time, or build a warp engine to bend space to be able to leave this solar system? That kind of control is called “oppression”. My suggestion to anyone on this website that wants to suppress, and negate other fellow Lumberjock’s should get back in the shop, and do some more sanding, or sweeping. This is where we make “friends”!!

-- Matt Garcia Wannabe Period Furniture Maker, Houston TX

WE AIN”T STIFF

Speak for yourself, Odie. :-o

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

I was wondering when YOU would pick up on that Charlie.

-- Odie, Confucius say, "He who laughs at one's self is BUTT of joke". http://woodstermangotwood.blogspot.com/ (my funny blog)

you guys are all too weird…didn’t anyone get Gary’s Main POINT:

HAPPY TWO YEAR!!!!!!!!! Isn’t that the most important thing here?

odie—-the only thing i dont lile about the the viagra photo—-when the lights go down…thats when the switch should be up…

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

Oldie where did you get the photo of my sister,?Alistair

-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease

Matt G, I don’t play an instrument, but I’ve done those other things. I don’t talk about it a lot because most people don’t believe me:-))

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

-- LINK to my eBay pages ..... http://members.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=arts-and-crafts-style

Abbott, I went over to Sawmill Creek, they don’t have any projects that I could find ;-))

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

On pure stats,only 10% of Jocks (many more than once) have seen this post & 10% have commented. Seems like a storm in a teacup.
As I said earlier I have no problem with what Gary wants but if it ain’t broke don’t fix it.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

As it relates to Sawmill Geeks, only place I’ve been banned for asking a real simple question:

Are you proud of the thread:” Did I get a good deal”

This was a person asking if he got a good deal by buying a $10.00, YES $10.00 Laminate trimmer from Harbor Communist.

Need I say more??

Sorry but I went off on the A-hole!

-- http://www.federalsaw.com

“If you could travel back in time what would you tell yourself?”

-- LINK to my eBay pages ..... http://members.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=arts-and-crafts-style

Just for GP I went to Sawmill Creek and took a look…........................ Well, that’s about all I can say for the site.

Once again, THANKS again MARTIN for the wonderful job you do!!!!!!!!!!!!1

-- Gene, Majestic Eagle Woodworks, http://majesticeagleww.etsy.com/, http://www.flickr.com/photos/majesticeagle/

Yeah, Sawmill Creek can be a bit dry. It’s informative but IMO (in my opinion) lacks a bit of personality. Some of the Moderators over there can be pretty heavy handed as well. The website isn’t anywhere near as friendly as this place but it has some worthwhile information. I find both of the websites useful.

-- “You are a little soul carrying around a corpse.” —Epictetus

Brad_Nailor’s comment:
”Cmon Odie…you just cant resist filling up somebody’s thread with these ridiculous pictures you download from the internet. Don’t you have a large enough repository of these types of images on this site already (your goin to the dogs thread) you need to muck up a sensible discussion with that BS…now I totally see Gary’s point!”

I totally agree!

-- It's better to have people think you're stupid rather than open your mouth and remove all doubt.

Gary, I’m new here, so at first I didn’t understand why you brought the subject up. I finally realized, after checking more closely on the Pulse page, why this would be an issue. Up until now, I’ve been randomly going through the different sections and clicking on what might interest me, but using the Pulse page, I think a filter would be in order. You would sift through a lot of stuff without it.

I love humor, but sometimes I don’t have time for it.
It amazes me how a thread can get hijacked

-- Kent Shepherd * The goal is-----More Tools!

GaryK hasn’t replied to this thread in a week, and I don’t blame him. For members to take a serious post on the “site feedback forum” made by a veteran LumberJock and turn it into a joke isn’t good. Not good at all. Maybe this site is “going to the dogs”................ Exactly Kent!

-- JJ...... I guess you could say I'm a 54 year old "juniorjock". — Make things with wood.

my opinion is Gary embarrassed himself and doesn’t know what to say next

-- LINK to my eBay pages ..... http://members.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=arts-and-crafts-style

GaryK

I think you set a Guiness World Record

Most Responses on a Woodworking Forum to a sorta Blog

-- http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v96/woodworking/

I don’t think Gary is the one who embarrased himself. Those who proved his point might have?

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

could be … could be … a lumberjock is what a lumberjock does

-- LINK to my eBay pages ..... http://members.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=arts-and-crafts-style

Gary, any conclussion on this?

-- Francisco Luna, San Francisco Bay Area.

I check out this site almost every day and use the PULSE page only, unless I want to check only certain things like PROJECTS.

I have noticed that this site is getting quite congested.

Now we have this post. I have read all the responses so far and this is what I came up with.

First:

GaryK just suggested having a button to click so that COFFEE LOUNGE posts would not be displayed on the PULSE page.

Second:

He did not say anything about getting rid of the COFFEE LOUNGE.

Third:

Looking over the replies to the post and doing some math I came up with the following

23 – Those for the idea.

2 – Those against it.

4 – If it ain’t broke don’t fix it.

32 – Comments OFF TOPIC

66 – Comments ON TOPIC

It would seem to me that Garyk has a good idea that will just ADD to Lumberjocks and NOT TAKE ANYTHING AWAY.

Just looking at this single post with 25% OFF TOPIC comments I can understand GaryK’s frustration.

So if it’s something that Martin can ADD to this site it would be a great ADDITION.

-- - Ray

I think a filter is good idea too.

I personally don’t like to sift through the chaff to get to the wheat.

-- LINK to my eBay pages ..... http://members.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=arts-and-crafts-style

I think that we need a button to filter out the Coffee Lounge section on a personal basis

-- LINK to my eBay pages ..... http://members.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=arts-and-crafts-style

I also think that we need a button to filter out any given lumberjock on a personal basis
... that way if I don’t like what they do or say, I could just put a check mark next to their avatar and I would never have to see anything they post or say ever again. Now wouldn’t that be cool ?

-- LINK to my eBay pages ..... http://members.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=arts-and-crafts-style

Raymondz…nice synthesis

-- Francisco Luna, San Francisco Bay Area.

DAN – Actually I would be in favor of your idea to be able to block everything from a specific member, but that’s not germane to the this topic.

I would suggest that you e-mail Martin or that you post your idea to the “Lumberjocks Site Feedback” forum.

-- - Ray

close enough …

-- LINK to my eBay pages ..... http://members.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=arts-and-crafts-style

A few “vets” here have made Gary’s point quite valid and a BIG joke all at the same time, while making themselves look even worse than they already did in my eyes by helping to hijack this thread. This is why I’ve wanted to be able to put certain people here on ignore, so I never have to see their worthless posts, ANYWHERE on this site. I’d love to be able to set this site the way I want to view it. Then I could avoid all the crud that’s taken over in the short time I’ve been here.

Gary is one of the fine people that make this site a great place for me to get WOODWORKING info, several other people in this thread are the reason(s) I try to avoid this place sometimes. I have no problem with jokes or with having a sense of humor, but some people don’t know when to stop screwing around, and obviously try to make a thread about them, with their “look at what I posted that’s supposed to be funny”, crap.

the over 10,000 Lumberjocks is a great way to sell the sire, but when only a small handful actually put something useful, or ever post again after loading everything they’ve made since the early 1800’s in the projects section, never to be heard from again, then that kind of takes away from the idea that there’s 10,000 LJer’s that have something useful to see here.

-- Respect your shop tools and they will respect you - Ric

Where is Martin?? Why no comment about whether it is possible or not?? Martin!! Where are you??

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

I thought there was a filter for those silly old men somewhere … hmmm … maybe just a Missouri filter …just kidding fellas … don’t take life so serious

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I’m betting that Martin has already had contact with GaryK. Either that or his is really busy with other things…......

-- JJ...... I guess you could say I'm a 54 year old "juniorjock". — Make things with wood.

Martin left a awesome photo on facebook the other day … in Yemen … he must be traveling with his new wife

-- LINK to my eBay pages ..... http://members.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=arts-and-crafts-style

Wow! This is sooo High School! Are We now going to form little cliques? Class Clowns, Cheerleaders, “Jocks”, Cool People, Bullies, and the Rabble? I thought We were all Adults here?
For Myself, the typical visit to Lumberjocks entails reading the Home Page and checking out the latest. There’s no way for me to keep up, even stopping by 4 – 5+ times a day, so I can only see what’s going on. I live in the real world, not a virtual one, so things I am not inclined to read, I DON’T READ. I find many of the people here to be as interesting as the Wood Working; interesting, because they’re interested in Everything. The Creator (Who I have to believe in, because I see evidence of His creation everyday that I’m alive) created Humor that We may enjoy our short time here. If it’s not one’s “cup of tea”, DON’T READ IT! Be as unhappy and as offended as you want, stick to your Wood-Only Guns; I’ll be with the Cool Crowd and reserve the right to ignore your fussing.
I am not trying to make “Enemies”, as though that were truly possible by computer, or advocate schisms, and I was very hesitant to post this, but seriously folks…?! Or maybe, not so seriously folks…?!
Oh, and for the “What about the Children?” Crowd, if you don’t know that there are far more offensive things being taught to children in schools, God Help Us! And if kids are loose on the internet and are only visiting Lumberjocks, God Bless Them!

-- Mike in Manchester, NH---Unpleasant tasks are simply worthy challenges to improve skills.

Maybe lol100 should take over this thread.

He’s as entertaining as this thread is with his spam.

-- Julian, Park Forest, IL

littlecope, some of the cliques here are very evident. So, in effect it is very much like high school.

Dan, I have a sense of humor, but I’ll take that Missouri comment as the “shot” as it was meant to be.

-- Respect your shop tools and they will respect you - Ric

Julian … I clicked on one of the links in that blog and my VIRUS protector kicked in … TROJAN ….

-- LINK to my eBay pages ..... http://members.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=arts-and-crafts-style

I don’t care.

-- “You are a little soul carrying around a corpse.” —Epictetus

lol100 popped up here yesterday and posted a bunch of blogs that were just nothing but senseless links to god knows what.

-- Julian, Park Forest, IL

DAN – Your 7 additional comments are superfluous at this juncture.

Your playing the fool does get monotonous after a while, and I’m sure everyone has gotten your point after your 6th comment.

The 16 comments after that just shows you’re being childish. Throwing a tantrum, as you have done here, should make you ashamed at your lack of maturity.

Your off topic comments should be posted in the coffee lounge. After all the coffee lounge was created for just that purpose.

-- - Ray

-- LINK to my eBay pages ..... http://members.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=arts-and-crafts-style

Oh, wait a minute now… here’s a few more thoughts… Scanning the Coffee Lounge posts, I’ve noticed that the threads with the greatest activity generally are the ones with the LEAST relevance to woodworking. Can I conclude that chatting off-topic with people with a collective identity is more important than chatting about our one-and-only common interest?
And though I might get slammed for saying this, I’m a bit concerned that anyone would find time to carefully compose 9,398 posts in two years. Perhaps if constraints are necessary, then maybe limiting users to, say, one or two posts per day might improve the interaction here.
Disgruntled users may wish to consider a service like ‘forumotion’ where they can start a chatroom/message board of their own and have broad powers to censor, manipulate or ban outright the participation of anyone who overstep the tolerance of the self-named moderator.

-- Poopiekat....Chairman of the Boards!

Thanks Dan, Grumpy, and Odie for all the laughs and interesting posts. I thoroughly enjoy reading them and occassionally adding to them. It relieves some of the frustrations I have in my day to day shitty life.
I’d say if you don’t want an open forum via con dios good luck, wish you well, take it slow, easy come girlies, easy go.

-- ~ Inspiring those who inspire me ~

Wow! Poopiekat and everyone else who has a problem with allowing someone to have an option in how they use this site, without changing the way you view it in the slightest, you are all control freaks. This may be from a total lack of control in your personal life, maybe not, maybe you just can’t understand the original post. GaryK was the first one I saw on this site while doing a search for Steel City bandsaw reviews. I took the time to read his well-written review and then I looked at his projects and read his blogs and that was enough to convince me to sign up. If you would rather have him gone than simply allow him a choice in how he personally uses this site, so be it, but think about how stupid that would be. And Poopiekat, the reason I singled you out is because you knew when you posted what you did that you would get slammed, because you felt it necessary to mention it. If anyone wants me to leave this site because of this post, then I will regretfully go too.

-- Dale Manning, Carthage, NY

Let me recap my thoughts at this point:

1. I agree with Gary that a filter wood be a good thing. Anything that gives folks a chance to customize their experience on the site to best suit their own preferences is great.

2. I have kept checking this thread just for laughs, and I’m amazed at some of the comments criticzing those who have attempted to inject a little humor into this topic. Lighten up, guys. If Dan and Odie being silly bothers you, why do you keep reading their posts?

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

It’s interesting that the trouble-makers in this site are the people that doent HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY OR SHARE.

6 postings above, there is a guy with a SINGLE project that looks more from a magazine that anything else, criticizing, judging and saying NOTHING against a guy that has : 78 projects, 24 blog entries, 66 forum topics, 5052 comments and that have been in this site for 708 days.

I left this site for one entire year when I got sick from a guy (32 postings above) sending me all kind of nasty stuff via private messages, and I have seen the same guy doing it over and over again….

We need a full time administrator here, to take care of this stuff that is ruining the place.

-- Francisco Luna, San Francisco Bay Area.

Maybe if more of us made donations to Lumberjocks, we would have a better chance of getting some of the extras that members are suggesting. Just a thought. We do have to keep in mind that this is a “free site”, and a pretty damn good “free site”.

-- JJ...... I guess you could say I'm a 54 year old "juniorjock". — Make things with wood.

Charlie, there’s nothing wrong with humor, but when you can’t avoid the avatar that moons you, because the poster wants to continue acting childish, then what can one do?

I avoid threads based on some who post them, because they rarely if ever are anything that I care to see, but with the chance that the might post something in someone else’s thread, then you are stuck in a way, you at least have to take the step to scroll past. Same goes for the people who piss & moan about how bad their life is, every day, almost every post.

I get very little time to post any more, much less show anything I want to share, and I build much more and better stuff than I show, but when it comes to this point, I ask myself, why even bother sometimes?

-- Respect your shop tools and they will respect you - Ric

DaleM blurts out: Wow! Poopiekat and everyone else who has a problem with allowing someone to have an option in how they use this site, without changing the way you view it in the slightest, you are all control freaks. This may be from a total lack of control in your personal life, maybe not, maybe you just can’t understand the original post
Thank You DaleM for expressing your intolerance of opinions that differ from your own. And just what is it with people who feel it necessary to go somewhere else if a thought expressed is not in perfect harmony with the opinions of another? that’s just crazy. I respect everyone’s right to an opinion. Now why would anyone have a problem with me, except those who…..

-- Poopiekat....Chairman of the Boards!

Thanks Poopiekat. Intolerance of opinions that differ from your own. Exactly what I was hoping you would say. Now you know what I saw when you made a personal attack on Gary (reference his number of posts) because he suggested something you didn’t agree with. I really don’t have a problem with you, just the one post you made and judging from your latest comment, I don’t think you intended it the way I took it. Sorry if I got a little dramatic in order to make a point.

-- Dale Manning, Carthage, NY

I try not to get too serious on this site … have you noticed? Most of you have taken a reasonable question and turned it into personal attacks. I guess I didn’t help with saying Gary was a whiner, but honestly (most of you know this to be true) I was kidding.

If you guys want a filter, I see nothing wrong with that. If the pulse is how you get around this site (I’ll never understand that) then ask Martin to take the Coffee Lounge out of pulse. To be quite honest, if you don’t like what DAN, Grumpy, and I do, you’re definitely going to need a filter.

I personally think it’s the humor and the camaraderie that gives this place it’s personality . I think I said that already above. Some of you guys are way to serious, and you act like you got your training from those all too serious woodworking sites.

Haven’t you guys figured it out yet, that halo is a visual oxymoron ?

-- Odie, Confucius say, "He who laughs at one's self is BUTT of joke". http://woodstermangotwood.blogspot.com/ (my funny blog)

Well, after 10 days in the Philippines, I come back to find this poor Feedback Topic in an uproar.

All I was suggesting was a simple little box I could check to not view the Coffee Lounge posts while I was using the pulse.

Then when I wanted to look at the Coffee Lounge I would just un-check the little box.

Just a simple way to get the most of everyones limited time on this site.

Let’s see. On the top of the Pulse page there are filters for :

• all activity
• new posts & my watchlist
• new posts
• my watchlist
• profiles

There’s more than enough room for one more. That’s all I’m suggesting.

I fully support the Coffee Lounge and every other part of this site.

This will be my last posting on this subject.

-- Gary - Never pass up the opportunity to make a mistake look like you planned it that way & "We are what we repeatedly do, excellence then is not an act, but a habit" -Aristotle

Well Said …
..
We have been having fun while you were gone !! You should have told us you were leaving … we got a little carried away

-- LINK to my eBay pages ..... http://members.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=arts-and-crafts-style

Bring any Phillipine mahogany back with you? :-)

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Welcome back!

-- Francisco Luna, San Francisco Bay Area.

Jesus, Mary & Joseph….here’s a novel concept, start your own forums! There ya go, now…you can have all the filters, watchlists and watchamacallits you want!
I’ve been in the forum business and quite frankly, it’s a pain in the Odie (that was a joke Odie). I got rid of it. The forum that is, not Odie.

Everybody has the right way to do it and everyone is offended by it. But the bottom line is that it could just become a real pain for the owners (Martin is it?) and how bout one day he just pulls the plug! He’s had enough. Probably won’t happen but what if? Then, the lot of ya…whatever that percentage is will be off to bitch about another site.

I think Rodney King said it best: “Can’t we all just get a ” fill in the blank.

-- http://www.federalsaw.com

I’m a big fan of humor, and I can be very sarcastic and a smart ass at times…but there is a time and a place for everything…and there’s a bit of a difference between kidding around and hijacking someones forum topic, review or blog with the same, worn out ridiculous pictures…some sort of internet visual buffoonery. I mean come on, how many laughs can you get out of the same tired pictures of dogs with fake funny teeth in their mouths and dumb sayings photoshoped above their heads? I know it’s hilariuos…I really bust a gut when I see a guy with a paper bag over his head….funny shit. Sometimes it’s like being on a gigantic email joke forwarding list that never ends. Odie I am amazed you actually posted a reply in this thread and it didn’t have a picture of a hillbilly taking a dump in a toilet outside his trailer attached to it…you strike me as the kinda guy that has a poster in his basement of a kitty swinging from a tree branch with the caption “Hang in there baby”..

-- David, South Windsor, CT "The ***damn Germans got nuttin to do with it" Sheriff Buford T Justice

Hmm..

-- “You are a little soul carrying around a corpse.” —Epictetus

so what was the topic anyway?

Abbott

we need more guns?

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be nice

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Ahhhhh, the topic was Rodney King.

On a lighter note, anyone here that Chastity Bono is changing her sex to male?

I think Cher said it best: “IF I COULD TURN BAAAAACK TIME….....”

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This is sad. : (.
I can’t believe I read the whole thing….I could have been doing something constructive in my shop instead!!
I must be doing something wrong by simply signing into LJs and choosing where I want to go from there….Hmmm…..Am I interested in new projects or past projects , home page or reviews or forums or maybe blogs for a change.???...point and click ...Very simple even for someone as simple as myself.
Between all of the adds and banners and existing buttons , soon there will be no room left for comments like some other sites I’ve been to. No offense meant towards your idea Gary , JMHO is all ..point and click. I think Martin has more important matters to tend to than adding another button to the site . I’m not against change , but this seems redundant.

-- MILK COWS , NOT TAXPAYERS : ) .......Bumper sticker quote.