How can you tell off from on.

[fallen-archie]

Treading very carefully I wonder if anyone can explain this off topic business. I fully appreciate that a thread can be misdirected and lose its way when some smart Alec comment is made and yet how often have you been involved in a conversation which has suddenly changed course only to come back on track further down the line. In a way it's a bit like chatting away when suddenly there is a bang outside, you rush to the window and see the wind has blown over an advertising hoarding, so you all settle back into the conversation.

Then we have differing opinions on thread content, some ignore most and concentrate solely on Grammar or innuendo, punctuation etc

isn't that all perfectly normal? Some topics can wear a straight jacket others it is more difficult. Imposing tight restrictions may help a thread to concentrate on a narrow subject but is it absolutely essential to the well being of a broad based community, heck I don't know.

[jd.linklater]

a purple turtle

[joamur_gosof]

The moderator illusion curve 

[joamur_gosof]

The pedantic halfwit

[joamur_gosof]

The I in me

[joamur_gosof]

The just chatting vs the really important tangent thread

[joamur_gosof]

I dont understand its not about me

,the words dont make sense so onbviously

Preparing your answer to the upmost degree

now here is your a warning as 4 not happy

[quantum451]

Best not to, Suzie. It'll scramble your brain.

[jd.linklater]

I'm just a poor old man

My legs are grey

My ears are gnarled

My eyes are old and bent

[joamur_gosof]

ha

[suzieseaside]

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@quantum451 wrote:

Best not to, Suzie. It'll scramble your brain.

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  You're right, I'll stick to Grouse and water!

[fallen-archie]

I suppose the bio us answer to the OP would be to smell it.

[joamur_gosof]

As only 7 or 8 regular posters now haunt this void ,it is obviously the way  to debate and a mass of mulling intellectual locking  brains  from afar they travel to stay in your guidelines ...no ?

 The most comments on and about other posters posts being not on the  TOPIC CRITERIA are by far the most off topic  and that is where the guideline is (supposed to be) implemented to stop personal effergies (as a post commenting on a posters post is a personal and blatant arrogant insinuation that the person not only understood a post but disproves of the posting)

Now I  know for a fact no one understood a word of my post  (the point ) so can not for one second say it was on or off,those who did comment (again) just show how and why .

You really need to read the title ..ebay cafe ,round table,where you can talk about anything in any way you see fit  just no personal please......as in reality round a table 3 folk can discuss the universe whilst 2 talk about the new car and tuther gets beer....ON topic of course .

You guys know what and who you are ...yes ?  🙂

[artful_dodgings]

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@joamur_gosof wrote:

Now I  know for a fact no one understood a word of my post  (the point ) so can not for one second say it was on or off,those who did comment (again) just show how and why .

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Or to be perfectly honest, any of them. Sorry.

[joamur_gosof]

exactly .. apologise ??/  I don't post on here to have recognition I just like to say hi to the mods now and again ...nice to see a zero feedback back in the arena though . How can you say anything about something you don't understand ...yet there you go ,and that is about as off topic as you can get . AND that is how you can tell off from on .

[artful_dodgings]

Very true sir/madam, as you rightly point out - and full marks for observation btw - zero feedback. However, I do have over 870 on my buying/selling account. WOW !

[Anonymous]

[joamur_gosof]

My dads got 375000 feedback cause he owns tescos

[jd.linklater]

East is East and West is West,
Though this may not seem relevant.
We all know how to milk a cow,
But you can't **** about with an elephant.

[fallen-archie]

East is West and South is North
And I will say this only once
Before anyone doth scuttle forth
Check your brain is in your bunce

[joamur_gosof]

worms out cupboard thread ?