The Café (There is no Topic)

Bit cold to go flying today,but to cold working outside for me as well,just trying to achieve something today.A mate just popped in from the flying club to show me how cheap stuff is from hobby king,you could spend a lot of money savingmoney there

I'm on decorating duty mind you, I am fixing up a new workshop.
I only walked over to the shop and felt freezing, ....... I don't know how I used to manage the slopes.

Pol.

My son recently bought a slow cooker.Put a casserole in it when you leave the house,walk in in the evening .lovely cooking amell.delicious casserole ready for tea.My son eats rather a lot,so although Ive been supplying the ingrediants,Ive been only gett ing one meal out this big pot.I put the meal on myself this morning,beef casserole.Really delicious.my son puts the rest into containers and eats it during hid day at the gym.He leaves a meal in the pot for breakfast!!!!.I just went downstairs for a snack.I couldnt believe my eyes..This gret grizzly bear was in the kitchen and was finishing the rest of the delicious casserole!!!Do you think my son will believe me,off to work very early in the morning,just going to wash the bear(d)s dish to eliminate the evidence OOOPS

slow cookers, a little like our modelchat.
Yip theyre great for sure. when your busy working couple it gives time to prep food, cook and have a life.
Speaking of getting a life , I have this GUY on another site thats picking for a scrap. It really doesnt matter whats said he still has a go ..
Well I wish it was here ,then I could say what I wanted without being modded for calling him a troublemaker:: you know what I mean..

I don't know who he is but on this site you can't realy call him a bloody idiot...that's abusive....but mod's often miss things.

Well guys , im all for this site but Im not into trying to upset the OTHER site.
I dont see a problem from their behalf for the posting of a site address as Its been done before. but if one does it be it on his own head if hes banned from the other site...
Ive joined to be able to say what I like here ,thats why IM here not through spite.
Oh and to bitch about that KERR fella , wayne I think his real name is...

gee kiwi wrote: Well guys , im all for this site but Im not into trying to upset the OTHER site.
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Quite agree Kiwi, They are a great site but the rules are a bit strict for some. ... We'll get criticized at some point for being rude or offesive.
That's why we keep saying "Parental Guidance Advised"

Pol.

I'm talking to myself again
Powerless Poly is me (Polyphilla) but registered as a standard member so that I can see the system the way everyone else does.
It's far more complex viewed from the admin bench.....we even have a staff room.
We obviously expect to need staff if the place gets busy (Fingers crossed)

Phil.

I remember after you left the other side phil they replaced you with another moderator . He modded me one night for refering to a product as crap. In NZ it means the same as where you are and is betterb then saying a poor product only good for a dunny.
The best part was when he PMed me and i replied asking why crap was such a offensive
word he sent back quite an offensive reply about my nationality and how our ancestors arrived here in the first place..... HMMM double standards .

That does surprise me Kiwi .... that would be abusive ... "crap" can be heard on telly at any time of day.
Can you imagine what a stir it caused on that forum when I, as a moderator, pointed out to someone that a string of keyboard characters isn't what causes harm .... it's the intended insult or abuse that counts.
Sometimes swear words can be bloody good adjectives or adverbs for which there are no suitable substitutes...... many jokes just wouldn't work without them.

I also said .... this is the good bit,
There is a village in Austria called " Fucking ".

Now what do we do about this? ... To refuse to say the name of that village is a bit racist towards the people who live there.

Read the link, it's hilarious even the German beer called "Hell"... but guess where it's made. They were granted permission to use the name you can imagine in 2010.

Can you see what I mean about the "intent" being the problem, not the letters.

Edit 10 / 09 / 11 I should point out that using that word for the purpose of swearing is a bit much for in here. The odd occassion may get overlooked but please don't overdo it.

Pol.

Just for anyone interested in helping to build this place I thought you might like to read this.....does it remind you of anything?....Maybe a forum with loads of empty categories. Forum building

Polyphilla.

Well,as I tried to argue it out as constructively as possible and got thrown off the forum twice for doing it there is a very fine line between moderation and censorship, the former is the norm, the latter the act of a control freak.
To run a forum full of everyday working folks who do not usually go out of their way to use foul language and try to get them to act like a Quaker school sunday afternoon bible class is not on, the zero tolerance attitude is losing them a lot of their best model makers but they dont care.
As I had it explained to me they are not bothered in the least about the individual, their concern is the whole of the membership base and the number of mags they sell, lose a few and gain a few they dont care about the members or their views as long as they keep selling mags, and that came from the top.