What Happened to the "Good Reading" thread?

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GRUNT
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(2/3/02 3:30:32 pm)
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What Happened to the "Good Reading" thread?
I came back to copy some information I had posted in it and the whole thread is gone!!
(It was about Kert Warner.)

Edited by: GRUNT at: 2/3/02 3:33:21 pm

TallTLynn
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Grunt - I truly don't have a clue.

I do know that ez-board was having some technical problems the other day and some things just vanished into the wind. I am sorry.

GRUNT
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(2/3/02 4:42:16 pm)
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Then I'll quit posting them...I see where members can't delete their threads

'nuff said

this was written in reply to wilborns post about being a bit upset with the "Storys" being exposed. His deleting his post made this one look rather stupid with out those facts

Edited by: GRUNT at: 2/4/02 2:23:16 am

Tac401
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Only staff can delete threads however, anyone
can edit out there own replies!

I don't know what happened to the thread you
speak of but as T said the entire system has
been having an array of different problems on
many boards but they are working on it and it
should be fixed soon!

You can get more info on this by going to the


Hope this helps!
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blackguns
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(2/3/02 8:55:48 pm)
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Grunt, I'm the new kid on the block, but I can honestly speak for the problems EZ Board has been haveing the past few weeks! Thread, post's are being deleted along with milti- posts in differents forums. EZ Board swears to us they are feverishly working on the problem. Don't give up. Thing will get better!

Edited by: blackguns at: 2/5/02 3:15:00 pm

hope6970
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and I thought I was the only one missing some marbles.....I posted a post and "knew" that I had posted and when I went back, it was gone....but I did understand that something with EZ board must have been amiss. - Hope

LIKTOSHOOT
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(2/3/02 10:40:24 pm)
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Me being a one finger....hunter-pecker, wait till you spend an hour and hit "add reply" and when you look only a few sentences are there instead of a few paragraphs....%%$$##@%#@@$$#%$!!!!!

needs to get this straightened out, cause I ain`t a super typer....fast either. LTS

TallTLynn
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Tac, Wilborn said he had deleted the thread because he found out it wasn't true (he had started it). Now it looks like he deleted his post here saying so.

I'm soooooo confused.

GRUNT
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(2/4/02 2:20:24 am)
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Just curious for the reasoning behind the members not having the ability to delete their own threads or posts when that ability is used by the powers that be quite frequently.

Thanks for all the explanations..but I too had seen wilborns before it too disappeared.

'nuff said

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high2fly
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(2/4/02 6:03:17 am)
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Here goes the happy version again. If any of you took offense at my deleteing the whole schmeer, pleas accept my apologies---I had posted the following version and then Grunt followed up with the sad, but 'true' version. My intentions were to just to have it as if it hadn't happened. It's kinda like excitement being caused when that was the very last thing you wanted. Enjoy the read--I did. wilborn sends.WORTH READING!!

In a supermarket, Kurtis the stock boy, was busily working when a new voice
came over the asking for a carry out at check register 4.

Kurtis was almost finished, and wanted to get some fresh air, and decided to
answer the call. As he approached the check-out stand a distant smile caught
his eye, the new check out girl was beautiful. She was an older woman (maybe
26, and he was only 22) and he fell in love.

Later that day, after his shift was over, he waited by the punch clock to
find out her name. She came into the break room, smiled softly at him, took
her card and punched out, then left. He looked at her card, BRENDA. He walked
out only to see her start walking up the road.

Next day, he waited outside as she left the supermarket, and offered her a
ride home. He looked harmless enough, and she accepted. When he dropped her
off, he asked if maybe he could see her again, outside of work. She simply
said it wasn't possible. He pressed and she explained she had two children
and she couldn't afford a baby-sitter, so he offered to pay for the
baby-sitter. Reluctantly she accepted his offer for a date for the following
Saturday.

That Saturday night he arrived at her door only to have her tell him that she
was unable to go with him. The baby-sitter had called and canceled. To which
Kurtis simply said, "Well, lets take the kids with us."

She tried to explain that taking the children was not an option, but again
not taking no for an answer, he pressed. Finally Brenda, brought him inside
to meet her children. She had an older daughter who was just as cute as a
bug, Kurtis thought, then Brenda brought out her son, in a wheelchair. He was
born a paraplegic with downs syndrome. Kurtis asked Brenda, "I still don't
understand why the kids can't come with us?" Brenda was amazed. Most men
would run away from a woman with two kids, especially if one had
disabilities. Just like her first husband and father of her children did.

That evening Kurtis and Brenda loaded up the kids, went to dinner and the
movies. When her son needed anything Kurtis would take care of him. When he
needed to us the rest room, he picked him up out of his chair, took him,
brought him back. The kids loved Kurtis. At the end of the evening, Brenda
knew this was the man she was going to marry and spend the rest of her life
with. A year later, they were married and Kurtis adopted both of her
children. Since then they have added two more kids.

So what happened to the stock boy and check out girl? Well, Mr. & Mrs. Kurt
Warner, now live in St. Louis, where he is employed by the St. Louis Rams and
plays quarterback. And he will be in the Super Bowl Sunday.




GRUNT
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(2/4/02 10:25:41 am)
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Please do me the honor of deleting any threads I may have started as i may not have liked some of the replies to them.

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Tac401
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(2/4/02 2:59:04 pm)
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First of all, EZ sets the rules as far as who can
delete and who cannot and EZ has it set that
one MUST be a Mod in order to have the delete
feature therefore, ONLY staff members of a site
will have this feature and if staff aren't "Loyal",
trustworthy and picked very carefully then by
having this delete feature they would be able to
delete every topic in every forum at the site thus
wiping out the entire sites contents which did
happen to 25% of this site awhile ago and it will
NEVER happen again!

Chief probably deleted the thread because someone
had informed him that the story was untrue, I can
and will say that there is noone with more integrity,
well meaning and kind hearted as Chief, this is a man
who doesn't have an unkind word to say to anyone,
is always there if someone needs his help and would
give the shirt off of his back to a complete stranger!

Also, we noticed that you are a member of another
site of which some of it's members have been known
to harrass this board, and we also noticed a comment
you made at their site where you seemed to be in favor
of them stopping the harrassment at that time and we sincerely appreciate it and hope that you still feel this
way, we have no problem with what sites any of our
members visit either!

We knew about the other sites where some former staff
have been harrassing this board from and have known since the first day they opened them, and that a few current(now former)staff members that thought they had us fooled and
and that it was a big laugh, but they were not fooling any of us, and I'm sure the Vets here will appreciate knowing this and further more, one more spook/troll/trouble maker that shows up to this site to make trouble will not only feel the legal effects and local ISP effects but will also see for themselves how EZ handles these types of situations and
will also find out just who else they are dealing with!

Hope this sets things straight, the last paragraph isn't
really directed towards you, it's there for our members
to be informed of what the real situation is and also
for the former disgruntled staff mentioned above who make
it a point to continue to lurk here looking for more trouble!

Hope you understand our position, we appreciate your membership!

Thanks, Tac


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GRUNT
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(2/4/02 4:16:47 pm)
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My biggest gripe is that some posts are wiped out if there is any sign of disagreement,also that when a post is deleted in it's entirety, it makes the following posts look rather foolish.
I have had this happen several times on this board. As far as finding out something isn't true after posting, it would serve the members better by leaving both versions posted so they won't forward the false story if they happen to see it elsewhere. A simple "thank you" like was given the previous time that I debunked a wonderful story would go further in building trust of the remaining and new members.

And you're quite welcome on my posting about Trolls. I don't believe in the principal of trolling..if you don't like a site or are unwelcome (which I feel is fast becoming my case) then don't go to that site.
I am not an ass kisser, but a person who sits back and tries to take in the whole picture based on information at my disposal.
While being a member of several veterans boards and a Moderator of two and an Admin of a Hunting site, I still take the time to give input to the ones "I" feel worthy. That is one reason I don't like the deletions of threads or posts here. If the subject leads to a good clean and civil debate, then it is still a worthy thread.

As I stated previously, I will no longer correct any stprys that I find untrue as it seems to be a waste of time. I will however send an Admin a corrected version.
Don't delete this as it is the longest post I've made anywhere.

LIKTOSHOOT
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(2/4/02 5:47:10 pm)
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Much like old Chinese proverb
on Blackman who slide down back of
zebra and claim......

Now you see me......now you don`t

Edited by: LIKTOSHOOT at: 2/4/02 5:50:35 pm

GRUNT
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(2/4/02 6:46:55 pm)
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or maybe like 'abra -cadabra-poof!! it's gone

Edited by: GRUNT at: 2/5/02 1:56:31 am

Tac401
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Grunt,

Well said and I do agree with you on several of
the following issues but I will answer in the order
of each.

The first being that we don't delete posts here or
at TFF just because of difference of opinion, both
sites have always had a policy to agree to disagree
however, we do not allow personal attacks on anyone,
troll posts, spam, etc., in those cases a delete or edit
will take place and in cases where we know that a
person is a former troll who has returned to cause
additional harrassment and or if we know that they
are affiliated with former trolls and came to take
their turn in line, which has been the case over
the past couple of months or so. In cases of heated
debates between members that may get out of hand
as far as foul obscene language, personal attacks etc.,
we usually will edit the post and place a note inside of
it telling them to please keep it civil which in the few
cases we've had here seems to work and most are
understanding and do comply and only if they don't
do we delete or ban if it becomes persistent.

I do agree with you in general though that when non
offensive normal posts/replies are deleted that it does
kinda confuse the rest of the thread and can be
a little bewildering to say the least and it does serve
the members best to leave it up wether true or false
and we normally do but sometimes mistakes happen
that are of good intent, this same scenario happened
recently where one of these posts(possibly the one
we are speaking of)was posted here and at TFF and
to my knowledge the last I looked it was still up at
TFF as far as I know, we do go over all of the threads
when they reach the 20th page in order to archive
the quality, informative and just plain good threads
and we delete the older non-important posts that
have 1, 2 or very few replies in order to make space
available because as I'm sure you know, once they
reach the 20th page the EZ server automatically
starts deleting the threads on it's own and we don't
want to loose the good ones.

I don't know why you feel that you are getting the
impression that you aren't welcome here because
unless you know something that I don't, that is
simply not the case at all, in fact you are very
welcome here and at TFF and personally I have
enjoyed your postings and hope you enjoy being
here.

Please do feel free to place a corrective reply if
you or anyone else for that matter has the correct
info, oh and don't worry, we would never delete
this or any of your posts for no reason, and yes
you are right I think this is your longest post and
I think that rates archive material lol!

It's been a pleasure as always to speak with you
and as I want all of our members to know, feel
free to email me anytime for whatever concerns or
reasons you may ever have if you wish!

Thanks again, Tac
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GRUNT
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(2/5/02 3:40:39 pm)
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Thanks to all of you for hearing me out



Tac401
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That's one of the things we're here for Grunt!

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