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2012 Winter Banter Thread #2


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Wow....this is teetering on being really hilarious and retardedly strange....I'm half convinced it is all a game

This is the worst winter since 01-02 and may be worse for some......To the extent we are all still friends at the end of winter I think it is a success....These little tiffs are minor compared to past board drama.. given how bad this winter has been, I think we have gotten along pretty well with very few total meltdowns

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Its the lack of snow.

Ian, turn off the computer and as Wes said enjoy the day. It your birthday, damn it. Go do something fun for yourself

will you try to learn how to read the gfs while im gone? ;)

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I don't understand this page count argument. Did the posts in that thread somehow prevent you from accessing some critical piece of drizzle-related info? I suspect you just like drama and want it swirl around something and the weenie argument is a convenient one.

Whatever floats your boat, man. Reshaping a discussion to cast a certain light onto others is effective.

200 regs vs a couple. The masses speak.

All I wanted was a better level of discussion from others especially one who have been here a long time. My methods of pointing things out is different than yours. As much as you can tolerate some things I can't. i speak up. I also speak up for friends who feel the same way but are labeled as being mean.

Don't question my support for this board. I've done plenty to help it from eastern to now. I'm glad this place has given me an opportunity to both satisfy my wanting to learn and a place to meet people who are good people. I weant no part of running this board but I should be allowed to try and say things to improve it even if not 100% agree with the way it is done. That is my commitment to this place. To see if it can get better.

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your suggestions are good.. trust me we try to listen to them. you know as well as anybody we're a lumbering mass when it comes to some things. i think we have tried to crack down etc more recently than in the past.

but this is also supposed to be somewhat fun. like i said, those who run to the snowiest solution or whatnot are more often than not annoying as hell. but take this weekend for instance. im 95% sure it won't be a big deal and the storm stays offshore but i could be wrong. so in that light i don't hate people for talking about the possibility. plus it can open good opportunity for mocking...

I'm fine with the banter...I just need to vent sometimes and need a break...when I or anyone else complains it doesnt mean we are calling the staff into action or hate the board....It could be I/we are overreacting....for me that's all it has been this winter...I dont think I have made one moderating suggestion

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This is the worst winter since 01-02 and may be worse for some......To the extent we are all still friends at the end of winter I think it is a success....These little tiffs are minor compared to past board drama.. given how bad this winter has been, I think we have gotten along pretty well with very few total meltdowns

I agree...which is why it is so strange that some think that this place is such a pit full of out of control weenies....it just doesn't seem that way to me....oh well...hope it snows some....the crust on the grass is nice to see but I would love a bit more as we all would

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and there it is in a nutshell--people who are hellbent on making worthless posts b/c they can't control themselves over things like weather and sports--sports, good grief--crap up the board.

We all know you are perfect Trixie and since i am unable to talk to G-D i can no longer be in a discussion with you.

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I'm fine with the banter...I just need to vent sometimes and need a break...when I or anyone else complains it doesnt mean we are calling the staff into action or hate the board....It could be I/we are overreacting....for me that's all it has been this winter...I dont think I have made one moderating suggestion

i dont think that from you at all. i wish i could be open minded about the others but there is such a long pattern at this point...

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Oh and just in case I needed to solidify people's opinion any further,happy birthday Ian.

Even though i posted it in a model thread against the rules last night i will say it again, Happy Birthday Ian. I hope you have a great birthday and 30 is a big one.

thx guys

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idk- i think the board runs totally fine and it doesn't really need to be overcontrolled. I don't even have a single person on ignore and nothing really bothers me. Maybe i have more patience than others.

I was one of those "weenies" once. I used to latch on and root for the snowiest solution because I really didn't know any better. It takes alot of time, reading, and studying to be able to interpret everything properly. I only recently hit a stride with it.

Looking at too many models is the first mistake a weenie makes. Not using memory of past events when something "interesting" is modeled is another bad mistake. Of course, not fully understanding what you are looking at is at the core of alot of bad posts.

I think posting false info can actually be good sometimes. Knowledgeable posters always come in and correct it. It's not like the bad post was an intentional misrepresentation or anything (at least most of the time). It was just bad analysis but it gets corrected with proper analysis. That actually improves the value of the board imo. We're all here to learn. If I never posted bad analysis I would never been taught to do it correctly.

The best advice I can give to all weenies and enthusiasts is to fully understand how to read 850 and 500 maps. It all starts there. There is no reason to go beyond that until those maps are easily read and understood.

As for all the meaningless posts? Eh, not that big of a deal really. Mods and admins typically shut down the worst offenders.

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and there it is in a nutshell--people who are hellbent on making worthless posts b/c they can't control themselves over things like weather and sports--sports, good grief--crap up the board.

Like you were not 'hellbent on making worthless posts' yesterday in the February 8 Storm Obs/Discussion thread. I guess you couldn't control yourself over things like weather, sports--sports, good grief---crap up the board. Inside running water and sewers too? Gotcha...;) Your 'strawman' is deflating rapidly...:(

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This is the worst winter since 01-02 and may be worse for some......To the extent we are all still friends at the end of winter I think it is a success....These little tiffs are minor compared to past board drama.. given how bad this winter has been, I think we have gotten along pretty well with very few total meltdowns

leesburg......see? What I was trying to tell you earlier.

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You haven't been in PR for a while then.

you know, it's interesting that you brought this up. I stopped contributing there some months back. i realized i was wasting my time trying to be productive there. Too many absolute and inflexible views with many posters. Debating issues is only fun when the people you are debating with can actually attempt to see the world from different perpspectives. Some posters are excellent there but I got tired of alot of them so I left.

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where have I crapped up model threads with dozens of posts in an hour?

Who posted in: February storm threat discussion--2017 replies

wxtrix 8

Who posted in: February 10-13 Storm Obs/Discussion--374 replies

wxtrix 4

and I did respond to a neighbor's joke to me in the obs thread. and the rest of the time I posted? obs and pictures. which I believe is on topic for an obs thread.

Who posted in: February 8 Storm Obs/Discussion-866 replies

wxtrix 17

there were people who had no snow falling with more posts than I had in it.

Trix...c'mon. You should know by now that basing anything on reality will only get you in trouble. It's better to make things up about people.

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The funny thing is, you all pick on Accuweather forums for being a bunch of amateurs and weenies but its a much more polite, professional environment over there. This forum, on the other hand, has become nothing but drama and cliques and childish insults. I don't get what it is with some people here...

AccuWeather forums exist to make life miserable for the staff here during major storms because the terrible posters that get banned there somehow find their way over here.

It's like when Castro dumped all the criminals out of Cuba and sent them to Florida in the late 70s.

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leesburg......see? What I was trying to tell you earlier.

Eh...I'm not sure the Matt, Randy, Ian bombs that would happen from time to time was what I was referring to but I got your point Jamie...I guess since I really stopped posting about a year ago I just lost touch with the board dynamic...it just really feels strange to me but that doesn't mean it's not fine....it's just my opinion.

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The funny thing is, you all pick on Accuweather forums for being a bunch of amateurs and weenies but its a much more polite, professional environment over there. This forum, on the other hand, has become nothing but drama and cliques and childish insults. I don't get what it is with some people here...

lolz

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