What an amazing community you have here.

05-30-2009, 10:45 AM

Fathers boasting of their children's accomplishments and overcoming the challenges in their lives, some logging on to find strength and wisdom when their kids are injured or sick, guys looking for advise and direction when life tosses a curve ball in the form of an unplanned child or the loss of employment. Some just looking for a place to share a common interest or hatred.
It really is fun to see this.
It's also amazing how easy it is to spot the losers whose only purpose in life is to try and disrupt the happiness of others.

Crowbob · 05-30-2009, 10:54 AM

We here like to think of ourselves as more sophist than pedestrian. But then, you've known that since 2004. I think we all thank you for your observation.

Seahawk · 11:00 AM

In honor of Milt's thread: You calling me a "looser"?

Jim Richards · 05-30-2009, 11:01 AM

Dr. Barrett's "slap" was only to keep our heads from getting too big from her opening compliment. I'm sure she'll bring some interesting enjoyable perspectives to many of our discussions here.

05-30-2009, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Seahawk

In honor of Milt's thread: You calling me a "looser"?

No, I meant "loser" as defined in Websters dictionary.
Function: noun Date: 1548
1: a person or thing that loses especially consistently
2: a person who is incompetent or unable to succeed ; also : something doomed to fail or disappoint
But Thank You for proving my point about the latter.

911Rob · 911Rob's Garage

Seahawk is loose though, fwiw.

I'm on summer mode, just lurking now and again........ Hi Doc!

m21sniper · 05-30-2009, 01:39 PM

Dayum Seahawk, Doc called you a looser!

LOL

varmint · 05-30-2009, 01:41 PM

i take off for a few days and i miss some good ugliness. damn.

pwd72s · 05-30-2009, 01:46 PM

Stay cool, DrBarrett...I'm sure the right guy will come along.

05-30-2009, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by pwd72s

Stay cool, DrBarrett...I'm sure the right guy will come along.

How sweet....The "right guy" for me came along 17 years ago and we are side by side to this day. But rest assured if I ever decide to trade up you're the first on my list.

KevinP73 · 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Crowbob

We here like to think of ourselves as more sophist than pedestrian. But then, you've known that since 2004. I think we all thank you for your observation.

I've gotta admit I had to go look this one up.
In modern usage, sophism, sophist, and sophistry are derogatory terms, due to the influence of many past philosophers.

A sophism is taken as a specious argument used for deceiving someone. It might be crafted to seem logical while actually being wrong, or it might use difficult words and complicated sentences to intimidate the audience into agreeing, or it might appeal to the audience's prejudices and emotions rather than logic, i.e. raising doubts towards the one asserting, rather than his assertion. The goal of a sophism is often to make the audience believe the writer or speaker to be smarter than he or she actually is, e.g., accusing another of sophistry for using persuasion techniques. An argument Ad Hominem is an example of Sophistry.

A sophist is a user of sophisms, i.e., an insincere person trying to confuse or deceive people. A sophist tries to persuade the audience while paying little attention to whether his argument is logical and factual.

tabs came to mind

red911sc · 05-30-2009, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by kevinp73

tabs came to mind

+1

KevinP73 · 05-30-2009, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by red911sc

+1

Now the b!tch is going to chime in and expect us to thank him for the education he has caused us to acquire.

bell · bell's Garage

Without tabs we wouldn't know so much about spoons and buffets

Zeke · 05-30-2009, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Seahawk

In honor of Milt's thread: You calling me a "looser"?

No, he's just looking for some of your advise.

RoninLB · 05-30-2009, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by KevinP73

, or it might use difficult words and complicated sentences to intimidate the audience into agreeing, or it might appeal to the audience's prejudices and emotions rather than logic, . The goal of a sophism is often to make the audience believe the writer or speaker to be smarter than he or she actually is,

Former Fed Reserve Chair Alan Greenspan used the routine all the time to address Congress.

His 15min of bs to a question left eyeryone in spin control so all they could muster is "ok" or "next question"

meanwhile everyone just about forgot what the question was

m21sniper · 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by DrBarrett356

How sweet....The "right guy" for me came along 17 years ago and we are side by side to this day. But rest assured if I ever decide to trade up you're the first on my list.

I wonder how long he's been sick of your mouth.

Took me almost 5 seconds.

Poor Tabby. I kept trying to tell him that constantly referring to himself in the 3rd person was no good.

fintstone · fintstone's Garage

No kidding...just popped in to call posters here losers. I wonder what the scope of contribution the good doctor has provided this site? Maybe she is just annoyed at the lack of support for BO's socialist agenda here.

pwd72s · 05-30-2009, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by DrBarrett356

How sweet....The "right guy" for me came along 17 years ago and we are side by side to this day. But rest assured if I ever decide to trade up you're the first on my list.

This assumes I'd be interested.

RWebb · RWebb's Garage

I thought it was Loosner's?