Are there too many off topic posts on this forum?

[Podunkfla]

Hi Jack... How's the wife and kids?

[Gage]

Mike, it was Andrew who asked the question. Steve was just repeating it with his responce.

one more for me.

[pgwilli]

Ya....But Steve is going to document and catalog it...

[Jst83]

You guys just crack me up sometimes

But I have a question and I'm sure I'll regret asking as I'm sure I'm miss reading it
But what's an ad hominem?

That's another matter. As anyone who has been here for a while knows, I enjoy a good argument/debate/discussion. But IMHO there is absolutely no excuse for name-calling, insults or ad hominem attacks. If you can't make your point without stooping to this kind of behavior, you don't have one to make.

[mikeschn]

That's okay Gage, I know you didn't pick up on my picking on Steve for not doing the search...

As for the cleanups, that's a winter project...

Mike...

Mike, it was Andrew who asked the question. Steve was just repeating it with his responce.

one more for me.

[Miriam C.]

:rofl: You guys just crack me up sometimes

But I have a question and I'm sure I'll regret asking as I'm sure I'm miss reading it
But what's an ad hominem?

That's another matter. As anyone who has been here for a while knows, I enjoy a good argument/debate/discussion. But IMHO there is absolutely no excuse for name-calling, insults or ad hominem attacks. If you can't make your point without stooping to this kind of behavior, you don't have one to make.

An ad hominem argument, also known as argumentum ad hominem (Latin: "argument to the person", "argument against the man") consists of replying to an argument or factual claim by attacking or appealing to the person making the argument or claim, rather than by addressing the substance of the argument or producing evidence against the claim. It is most commonly used to refer specifically to the ad hominem abusive, or argumentum ad personam, which consists of criticizing or personally attacking an argument's proponent in an attempt to discredit that argument.

Basically if you don't like loosing an arguement---attack the other persons character.

Example=see all arguments on the forum. Course if you don't want the world to know you lost the argument just call names and get it pulled.

[Gage]

I always clean up after a build. I guess that should tell you the last time I cleaned up something.
And I too am suprised that Steve didn't make a document and catalog it for future reference.

[Jst83]

Thank You Miriam, I cam sleep better now I learned something new

[Gage]

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Basically if you don't like loosing an arguement---attack the other persons character.
Example=see all arguments on the forum. Course if you don't want the world to know you lost the argument just call names and get it pulled.

Boy, do I know a few that meet that criteria. Just the other night I added another one to my list.

[Podunkfla]

Basically if you don't like loosing an arguement---attack the other persons character

One of the basic rules of politics!

[sdtripper2]

I felt my
... and new there was something going on @ my expense~


The darn email notification stopped
on this thread and so here I am NOW
to stand and protect myself~

I can take yur ribbing .... rabble rouses ~
Just know if that question was of real significance


I would have been all over it like stink on ........

[mikeschn]

[PaulC]

I've been away for a while, has this thread been hijacked or ad hominemed yet?

Cheers
Paul

[Dean in Eureka, CA]

Paul,
A member on the dutch oven site is from Australia...
He posted pics of a close encounter he had with a wombat.
Had a face to face stare down with it for several minutes before the wombat decided to go on it's merry way.
Says folks down there thought he was mad for getting so close to one, something about wombats being able to tear a chunck out of a human leg clear down to the bone...
Whadya think, is he mad???
Here's the link...
The thing looks like a cross between a pig, beaver and rat to me...

[PaulC]

Paul,
A member on the dutch oven site is from Australia...
He posted pics of a close encounter he had with a wombat.
Had a face to face stare down with it for several minutes before the wombat decided to go on it's merry way.
Says folks down there thought he was mad for getting so close to one, something about wombats being able to tear a chunck out of a human leg clear down to the bone...
Whadya think, is he mad???
Here's the link...
The thing looks like a cross between a pig, beaver and rat to me...

They can hit speeds of about 30mph, They eat roots shoots and leaves, hit one in your car and it will rip the front end right out.
They are a protected species, so we cannot kill them.
And they are capable of doing major damage if you get between them and their burrow or their young.
Cheers
Paul