Thread jack

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Thread jack

September 24, 2018, 01:59:01 am

I love this forum, and every time a post goes astray it seems i sometimes gain some extra knowledge. Not always a bad thing. Rock on

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Reply #1 – September 24, 2018, 02:11:45 am

The answer is forty two.

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Reply #2 – September 24, 2018, 08:28:54 am

Who is this guy named "Jack"?

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Reply #3 – September 24, 2018, 11:58:31 am

It does bother me sometimes when a new person is needing good advice and people go way off topic with the comments not ever answering the poor guys question. I think staying on topic helps people get the answers they need. IMO

Mark

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Reply #4 – September 24, 2018, 12:19:31 pm

Quote from: Tom Lang – September 24, 2018, 02:11:45 am

The answer is forty two.

And, don't forget your towel.

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Reply #5 – September 24, 2018, 12:47:47 pm

To add to Maz's post ,there's the guy that asks a question and then you reseach and try and answer and help and the guy never
answers back.Your reply is not what he wants to hear so your not worth a answer.Phred,what's the latest on the snooper with the
lug footprints?I have a towel and my answer is 43.Not sure what that means but trying to fit in.

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Reply #6 – September 24, 2018, 01:40:31 pm

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Reply #7 – September 24, 2018, 01:45:30 pm

I motion to put an end to it.

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Reply #8 – September 24, 2018, 02:15:50 pm

Quote from: John44 – September 24, 2018, 01:45:30 pm

I motion to put an end to it.

Wait.
We can't hijack a thread about,,,,,,
Hijacking threads?

John44, look up "Hitchhikers Giude to the Galaxy" and all will be revealed.

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Reply #9 – September 24, 2018, 02:25:19 pm

That was a game long before the internet and long before the movie.

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Reply #10 – September 24, 2018, 06:44:43 pm

Here I thought I was going to find the tool I have been missing the thread jack

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Reply #11 – September 24, 2018, 07:36:09 pm

A quick forum guide for the newbies.

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Reply #12 – September 24, 2018, 09:44:16 pm

Although not a tot newbie I must say I enjoy both the social and the technical aspects of this forum....but I, for one, would rather see threads retain the topic they were started with out of respect to both the original post and those trying to help to help. I often stop watching threads that go off topic and wonder if the real answer actually gets lost in the "noise". Around the campfire seems perfect for funnin.

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Reply #13 – September 24, 2018, 09:45:13 pm

Off topic and on topic appear to be the same road number.

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Reply #14 – September 24, 2018, 10:02:15 pm

Quote from: Old phart phred – September 24, 2018, 09:45:13 pm

Off topic and on topic appear to be the same road number.

Yea, but we're heading in two different directions.

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Reply #15 – September 24, 2018, 10:10:05 pm

Quote from: floridarandy – September 24, 2018, 09:44:16 pm

Although not a tot newbie I must say I enjoy both the social and the technical aspects of this forum....but I, for one, would rather see threads retain the topic they were started with out of respect to both the original post and those trying to help to help. I often stop watching threads that go off topic and wonder if the real answer actually gets lost in the "noise". Around the campfire seems perfect for funnin.

I agree somewhat, direct answers can provide knowledge, tangents and off topics can provide wisdom AND experience which is much harder to aquire and priceless when you encounter a similar but not exactly the same issue on the side of the road.
Said another way, direct answers are like data. Wisdom and experience kickstart and turbocharge the brain function, where you can extrapolate a solution.

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Reply #16 – September 24, 2018, 10:21:20 pm

Where can I get one of them thar Thread Jacks. I don't have one yet.

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Reply #17 – September 24, 2018, 10:23:35 pm

I made an "off topic" comment to a newbie regarding the touch switch on his entrance handle and some confusion it caused me.
Trying to help a new person understand that confusion is sometimes part of the learning process. I ALWAYS point at myself and laugh if it helps.
Should that be confined to campfire time?

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Reply #18 – September 24, 2018, 10:24:42 pm

Quote from: Carol & Scott – September 24, 2018, 10:21:20 pm

Where can I get one of them thar Thread Jacks. I don't have one yet.

Camping World or Harbor Freight.

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Reply #19 – September 24, 2018, 10:30:39 pm

Quote from: Old phart phred – September 24, 2018, 10:10:05 pm

I agree somewhat, direct answers can provide knowledge, tangents and off topics can provide wisdom AND experience which is much harder to aquire and priceless when you encounter a similar but not exactly the same issue on the side of the road.
Said another way, direct answers are like data. Wisdom and experience kickstart and turbocharge the brain function, where you can extrapolate a solution.

Exactly! Eloquent answer.

Pierce

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Reply #20 – September 24, 2018, 10:33:04 pm

Warning:

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Reply #21 – September 25, 2018, 12:26:41 am

When I first joined the forums a few years ago, I started reading from way back. Something that occured to me was the shortness of many of the threads. They would just peter out. I started wondering what ever happened to that guys generator or tire issue. I really hate threads where the original poster comes out with a problem or issue, asks for help, then never lets you know if it fixed it or not. Someone else will search for that same problem, see the thread, and waste their time reading it and still not know what the answer is.... or when someone says, PM me and I'll give you the info.... again, that might be nice and all, but then no one else will learn from that.
Stay on topic for sure, and post in the appropriate forum, but take it to its logical course, with plenty of photo's or part numbers please. I do tell how it all ended up. Someone later will want to know.

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Reply #22 – September 25, 2018, 12:34:13 am

Bob, you might all ready know, but certain subjects create a firestorm and sometime a PM is a way to help someone without raising the ire of members. Been there and done that.

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Reply #23 – September 25, 2018, 01:13:21 am

It's not a perfect world, and no absolute perfect answers to every problem, never has been, never going to happen i can gaurantee that. The forum is probably better than the factory tech support. Great thing is that it may not exactly solve your specific issue, you might have to pay for that somewhere, but it is a group of people willing to do their best to help. Right, wrong, or otherwise, they were trying to help.

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Reply #24 – September 25, 2018, 07:57:29 am

I like Bob's response. Is there a way for the OP to post the resolution to his problem and have it at the top of the post?

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