Flame wars on Yahoo

[svxxx26]

Visited the SVX Club on Yahoo tonight - I think it's about as bad as I've seen it. Maybe it's the holiday weekend, who knows?
Thing is, in the past it's been over stuff like CARS - you know, Audi vs. SVX and the like. Lately, personal attacks are becoming the norm. Mostly "new" people doing the attacking, but still - when it's your friends on the receving end - not a lot of fun.
Don't know what else to say about it, but at the moment this site feels like a refuge from that BS. Lord knows I love a good spirited argument as much as anybody, but . . . geez!

[eddycat2000]

Originally posted by svxxx26
Visited the SVX Club on Yahoo tonight - I think it's about as bad as I've seen it. Lately, personal attacks are becoming the norm. Mostly "new" people doing the attacking, but still - when it's your friends on the receving end - not a lot of fun.


Well, I think I am the object of the BS over yonder. So what I did to straighten them out was to scan and upload a picture of my Senior Master Technician plaque. That *should* shut them up for a bit. I'm sure those freaks will go away, it's just a matter of time. They don't want help, they just want to spout misinformation in a club that they just joined to sound like big shots. I particularily liked the shots you took at the one fella! Thank you very much for your help. And if anyone here has a question about my qualifications, then by all means go to the photo section of the yahoo club and look under the eddycat and merith section.

And thank you very much for calling me a friend. I've made many on this and the other club and I appreciate it when you guys back me up. :D

[svxxx26]

<<I appreciate it when you guys back me up.>>

Ever since I won the revered "Big Booty" award a few months ago (I'd like to thank the Academy . . . ), I have attempted to stay out of conflicts - but sometimes you just have to say something.
It's like this: You can fight and scrap with your brother 24 hrs. a day, no problem. But let a stranger try to take a swing at him, and it's like "back off".

BTW, what I'd really like to see a pic of is the legendary Eddycat in the green bathrobe, now that's . . . ummm, no - on second thought . . . where's the edit button . . .:eek:

[eddycat2000]

Originally posted by svxxx26
[BBTW, what I'd really like to see a pic of is the legendary Eddycat in the green bathrobe, now that's . . . ummm, no - on second thought . . . where's the edit button . . .:eek: [/B]

Well, I'm pretty sure you don't want to see that. Sitting on my butt for 6 months, (I'm definitely not a winter person), hasn't helped my physique.

On a lighter note, one of the persons I was sparring with over there apologized, and the other didn't but he had very little to say after I uploaded that scan of my credentials. It amuses the heck out of me when I can produce the documentation that they say I can't (or won't), and they can't. That's what really gets them, ask for some proof and that's when the flames begin. Instead of backing up a BS claim, they turn to insults and name calling. ;)

[Jaylinb]

Originally posted by eddycat2000


Instead of backing up a BS claim, they turn to insults and name calling. ;)

See, that's the thing I don't get about a lot of those insulting posts. In person, it's easy to get P.O'ed and mouth off something without thinking about it, but on a post board, you have to sit down and type out the insult, which requires (some) forethought. I can't understand why anyone would get so mad that they knowingly alienate everyone instantly by posting such nasty comments.
Ah, well, I guess I assume they have more sense than they actually do. :p
Cheer up, Eddy. Everyone feels the same way when a stranger starts off with the nasties. We all want them to go away. I have found that ignoring them is very effective. Hard to do, but effective.

[eddycat2000]

Originally posted by Jaylinb


Cheer up, Eddy. Everyone feels the same way when a stranger starts off with the nasties. We all want them to go away. I have found that ignoring them is very effective. Hard to do, but effective.

Normally Jaylin I am pleased as punch when someone joins our little community. I could copy and paste this guys post, but I won't because it was vulgar and rude. He's been a member on the yahoo site for a whole week and started attacking me, and my credentials after reading some post where I was completely frustrated. I shouldn't have taken offense at the original posters ignorance, but I did. But out of nowhere comes this idiot spewing profanity and calling me everything but a white man. (That's not meant to be derrogatory, just a saying). At any rate, he shut up when I provided the documentation that I *do* have. It's amazing to me how fast those people slither away when shown the facts in black and white. But when asked to do the same they can't, so look out, here comes the name calling and profanity.

Ignore them? Hardly! Idiots have been ignored far too often for me. If you don't call their bluff, then you run the risk of some member here actually buying that sack of goods and screwing up their car. And I couldn't sleep at night if I let some self professed *technical wizard* spew misinformation without correcting them. It's like the kid that came into one dealership where I worked saying his "massive air flow meter" was bad. I asked him where he'd heard massive air flow meter...He said "his buddy, *thee mechanic* and technical genius had told him it was bad. I could have been a real jerk and replaced his "massive air flow meter", instead I asked if he'd like a real diagnosis. He finally agreed and it cost him the diagnostic time and a 25 dollar temp sensor. :D

[Jaylinb]

Point taken on that. I agree that we have to nip the myths in the bud before they spread like wildfire and lead to other mistakes. "Massive air flow meter" - heh, heh, sounds like the guy was given a massive load of you-know-what by his so called friend. :rolleyes:

P.S.: I've finally graduated to full-fledged member with this post! Can I have my handy-dandy souvenir temporary SVX tattoo now?

[Aredubjay]

Originally posted by Jaylinb
"Massive air flow meter"


I once had a mechanic that worked out of his dilapidated garage outside his dilapidated house. He had lost his license due to too many DWI's so, he couldn't get a "regular" job. He had some select people he would do work for. I just happened to be one of them. He was a great mechanic and had "reformed" his drinking habits, but, alas, the damage was done -- a lifetime suspension.

He was the absolute master of mis-stating words. In one morning, I had to bite my lip 'til it bled. He was not very well educated and had learned his craft at the University of Hard Knocks. In about a three hour period, he told me that he would send in his card to get me a free "prescription" to JC Whitney . . . that it may be a while before he could get to my car because he had to go visit his mother-in-law who had "Anheiser's" disease, and . . . my car was "firing erotically." Bless his heart, he tried hard and did great work. He had very few teeth and was somewhat comical looking to begin with, so, the energy exerted to restrain laughter was twice as much as normal. I really did like him, though. Oh, his name? Charlie McCarthy (really!).

[eddycat2000]

Originally posted by Aredubjay




He was the absolute master of mis-stating words. In one morning, I had to bite my lip 'til it bled. He was not very well educated and had learned his craft at the University of Hard Knocks. In about a three hour period, he told me that he would send in his card to get me a free "prescription" to JC Whitney . . . that it may be a while before he could get to my car because he had to go visit his mother-in-law who had "Anheiser's" disease, and . . . my car was "firing erotically." Bless his heart, he tried hard and did great work. He had very few teeth and was somewhat comical looking to begin with, so, the energy exerted to restrain laughter was twice as much as normal. I really did like him, though. Oh, his name? Charlie McCarthy (really!).

Man, I can't stop laughing! I worked with this guys brother I think. He told the service manager and I one day about how several years earlier one of his *friends* had sh!t in his lunch box...no kidding. We kind of laughed it off and said yeah, right. So he went on to relate the whole story, we were in tears when he was done. And wouldn't you know he thought the guy was his friend, "oh, no, we're still friends". Have you ever even thought about doing that, let alone to a *friend*! heeheeeheeheeeeeeeheee;)

[Aredubjay]

Originally posted by eddycat2000
Have you ever even thought about doing that, let alone to a *friend*! heeheeeheeheeeeeeeheee;)

Ha! I'm one of those people who can't even use a public toilet, much less a lunchbox! :D

[svxter]

but I never considered the possibility that they could fire erotically.

And, isn't Anheiser's disease what you get from drinking too much Budweiser?

:D :D :D

[eddycat2000]

Originally posted by Aredubjay


Ha! I'm one of those people who can't even use a public toilet, much less a lunchbox! :D

Man, I can't even tell the story like he did, straight faced and serious. It came up when I was calling him BOY, he hated that too! C'mere detail boy! (We had a guy that hated being called lube boy too, he was about 50 years old, so I stopped calling him that and called him grease boy instead, heeeheeeeeheee). Anyhow back to the lunchbox story, he stood right there and told us how his "friend" took his lunch out back, shat in it and replaced it on the seat of his truck..."You can call me anything you want just dont sh!t in my lunch" were his parting words...we couldn't stop laughing for many, many minutes....:p

[Jaylinb]

LOL! Reminds me of that old Mad TV skit with Chris Rock, where he says, "Umm, this is malicious!"

I also remember speaking to a guy that swore up and down that all the Chevy Z71 Off-Roads had the exact same engine as the Corvette in them. He would recount wild tales of how he took it to the track all the time and beat drag cars with it. "Ya see, it's because it has more weight, and it can go down the track more powerfully than them light cars."
Sure, buddy. Just step over here and speak to these nice guys in the white coats....

[Aredubjay]

Originally posted by svxter
but I never considered the possibility that they could fire erotically.

And, isn't Anheiser's disease what you get from drinking too much Budweiser?

:D :D :D

Yeah, I thought about cracking wise, but, I'm sure he would neither have appreciated it nor understood. I had comebacks like, "wow, I knew I felt something." And, (grabbing my belly) "Yeah, I got a little of that "Anheisers" thing goin' on myself." Oh well, I was able to entertain myself in the "back of my mind" while he was being ever so serious. :D

[eddycat2000]

Originally posted by Aredubjay


Yeah, I thought about cracking wise, but, I'm sure he would neither have appreciated it nor understood. I had comebacks like, "wow, I knew I felt something." And, (grabbing my belly) "Yeah, I got a little of that "Anheisers" thing goin' on myself." Oh well, I was able to entertain myself in the "back of my mind" while he was being ever so serious. :D

Heeheeee...at the same place that this other fella and I worked was a very toopid Hyundai tech...every time another of my co-workers would give him a shot, he'd reply, "NO, that's your head." Regardless of what was said to him. He quit when things got slow and went to work for a deisel truck place, after he forgot to put oil in the 3rd truck and the engine cratered he got fired. This brain surgeon had so many credit card debts he'd have to use credit cards to pay credit cards. But they kept sending him more, one time he got mad at his girlfriend because they got a new credit card and she invited all their friends up for a free tank of gas on the new card...to the tune of a couple hundred bucks.

[Aredubjay]

<<Anyhow back to the lunchbox story, he stood right there and told us how his "friend" took his lunch out back, shat in it and replaced it on the seat of his truck>>

Okay, I have to ask. Was he having Chili on that day? :D

[svxter]

Or was it just peanut butter sandwiches?

[svxxx26]

<<Okay, I have to ask. Was he having Chili on that day? >>

Yeah Randy, with refried beans and mexican corn! How's that for a visual?:eek:

(rainy days and Mondays always get . . . me down):rolleyes:

[Aredubjay]

Okay, now, you guys are grossin' me out. The reason I asked about Chili, is because eddy had enjoyed an old coloquialism I had used from time to time, "Who sh!t in your Chili?" You know, like "who pi$$ed in your Post Toasties." Oh well, so much for on topic topics. How did we get from "Flame Wars" to "Crappin' in Lunchboxes?" Never mind -- that's a rhetorical question, don't bother answering -- that could be a whole new thread. :D

[eddycat2000]

Originally posted by Aredubjay
Okay, now, you guys are grossin' me out. The reason I asked about Chili, is because eddy had enjoyed an old coloquialism I had used from time to time, "Who sh!t in your Chili?" You know, like "who pi$$ed in your Post Toasties." Oh well, so much for on topic topics. How did we get from "Flame Wars" to "Crappin' in Lunchboxes?" Never mind -- that's a rhetorical question, don't bother answering -- that could be a whole new thread. :D

I never did ask what was in his lunch, and I sure hope he didn't try to eat it. As for chilli, wasn't it you that said you liked to put that little something extra in yours?

This same guy came to work one day during hunting season shakin' his head and muttering all morning, and finally we had to ask what was up. Seems he and his buddy (don't think it was the feces guy), had gone hunting and shot a deer on the wrong side of the state border. So what did this guy do, he told the rangers that he didn't shoot anything and that his buddy did all the firing and he should probably go to jail for it. Why was he muttering you ask, because he was mad that his friend was pi$$ed off at him. I can't remember exactly what he said now, but something to the effect of, well I only did what I had to do to stay out of jail. Oh, FYI, our little pet name for him was weasel. We had a weasel ray and a sh!t ray working there at the time. Sh!t ray got his name because any time he did something you'd start the conversation off with "sh!t ray, why'd ya....";)

[eddycat2000]

One other story about weasel ray I nearly forgot. He used to be on a pool league, so every thursday night he had to go to some tavern and shoot pool, and on friday we'd have to listen to his tall tales of what great shots he'd made. On this particular friday he comes in shaking his head a muttering, and of course we just had to know. He said his team was 1 guy short, so he asked this drunk guy to play as a substitute. Seems that on the ride to the tavern this guy puked out the window and soiled himself front and rear. But according to the weasel he played pretty well, and when the guy asked for a ride home the weasel refused to let him back in his truck. Wouldn't help out someone that helped his team win that night, but he'd still call someone that shat in his lunch a friend....

[joeaux]

Simple question. Why go to Yahoo? Nothing there anymore.
-joe-

[eddycat2000]

Originally posted by joeaux
Simple question. Why go to Yahoo? Nothing there anymore.
-joe-

Simple answer Joe, we're all still there. I don't know what you call nothing, but other than the occasional flame war it's the same group of people that have always hung out there. If you don't want to head over, then by all means don't. Your choice, but I can guarantee you'll be missing out on a lot of lively and informative posts.

Even Tater Boy that swore he'd never visit the yahoo site after this one was up can't stay away! The yahoo site to me is like a comfortable old pair of boots...sure the wife wants you to toss 'em, but they fit sooo good.;)

[Aredubjay]

<<Even Tater Boy that swore he'd never visit the yahoo site after this one was up can't stay away! >>

If you check back through my posts, I was very careful not to "swear" I'd never visit again. My posts were fraught with ambiguities, like "may" and "I believe I will . . ." In other words I never "completely" closed the door, because I knew it would be a hard habit to break. And it has been :)

Still and all, I consider this site as "home base."

[eddycat2000]

Originally posted by Aredubjay
<<Even Tater Boy that swore he'd never visit the yahoo site after this one was up can't stay away! >>

If you check back through my posts, I was very careful not to "swear" I'd never visit again. My posts were fraught with ambiguities, like "may" and "I believe I will . . ." In other words I never "completely" closed the door, because I knew it would be a hard habit to break. And it has been :)

Still and all, I consider this site as "home base."

Well, it took me eons to find, and then I forgot to note which message # it was posted on, but here is a direct quote from one of your posts over yonder...

<<As for me, I've already slated it as my permanent and exclusive home after the 15th.>>

Sound like a pretty solid statement to me.<G> It was posted while Chris was still pretty much in the building and testing phase here, and I think there were more posts (especially when you had to deal with the message 40 bug), that were worded in a stronger manner. But it took me twenty minutes to find this one quote and I ain't going through that again.:eek:

[Aredubjay]

Well, eddy, looks like you got me dead to rights. That's a pretty solid statement. Since you took soooo much time to drum up that post and prove me wrong, I guess I have no other choice than to honor my word. No more posts on Yahoo. That's it -- finito -- sionara. I won't even go back to make it official.

[eddycat2000]

Jeez Aredub, no reason to get upset. You know how much I enjoy proving people wrong. I sure didn't expect *you* to think that I meant you should not to go back. I sure hope you posted this monday morning, because I was just tickled when I made it through a whole weekend without getting into a flame war, or rubbing someone the wrong way.:confused:

[Aredubjay]

Not upset -- just jolted back to reality. It WAS my original intent to cease posting on the Yahoo club when this site was up and running. But, alas, I couldn't seem to break the habit. It's time now. I had really hoped that this could be a unifying move instead of a divisive one. Oh well. I really can't afford to keep up with both sites. Something that was intended to lessen my time keeping up with SVX news has turned into a double drain. I've realized that I need to rein in my time and finally choose one site over the other. I feel that I must continue to support this one since I had a little bit of a hand in its creation and promotion. I'll miss those "over yonder" who are determined to resist this site, but harbor no ill will. I hope that, eventually, folks will, at least, come to visit.

PS Sorry, didn't mean to edit your orignal post, I accidentally clicked the delete/edit button on your post and, I guess, as moderator, it let me -- I thought I was replying -- head still buzzing from the Smokies trip.