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Squarewave:
I still don't really get it, wouldn't we cut out all of the arguing if we just indulge in test gear in TEA and have a general thread for talking about other aspects of life?

Would that not work and be a good middle ground for all?

PlainName:

--- Quote from: tautech on August 24, 2022, 07:53:45 pm ---There are sufficiently pissed members which if they wanted to could do serious damage to the content of the TEA thread.
That would be very unfortunate but it is reality that admin has pushed too hard.

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Sounds like a quote from The Godfather or similar! I'm sure you didn't mean it like that.

tautech:

--- Quote from: dunkemhigh on August 24, 2022, 08:35:18 pm ---
--- Quote from: tautech on August 24, 2022, 07:53:45 pm ---There are sufficiently pissed members which if they wanted to could do serious damage to the content of the TEA thread.
That would be very unfortunate but it is reality that admin has pushed too hard.

--- End quote ---

Sounds like a quote from The Godfather or similar! I'm sure you didn't mean it like that.

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Disturbing isn’t it and of course an unforeseen but possible outcome.

PlainName:
"Nice thread you've got there. Be a shame if something happened to it."

Clearly, it isn't unforeseen if you've sugg foreseen it. That kind of not-a-threat should have no place in a forum of adults.

Zenith:

--- Quote from: Squarewave on August 24, 2022, 08:31:08 pm ---I still don't really get it, wouldn't we cut out all of the arguing if we just indulge in test gear in TEA and have a general thread for talking about other aspects of life?

Would that not work and be a good middle ground for all?

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No because it wasn't about test gear. Note the first post in the thread. It was about test gear and the compulsion to acquire it and fix it and house it, and the wider problems that might bring. These discussions could get blown off course. For instance, someone talking about some swapmeet (a valid discussion for TE addicts wanting to find more) and an aside saying they weren't going because the road bristled with speed traps, became a discussion about the morality of speeding and the merits of digital vs analogue instrumentation and so on. Each contributor had a point to make they thought was valid and they couldn't resist making. Rapidly it was clutter.

You started a thread on UK rallies in the Contests and Events section, which has 86 replies currently. It's mainly of interest to a few TEA contributors, but hardly to anyone outside the UK, who'd see it as boring crap. That's strayed off topic a little bit, but soon corrected itself, probably because it has few followers. For instance, no one was likely to pop up and say Peacehaven was Heaven on earth and they wouldn't have it maligned. Four pages of what most followers would see as noise, hived off for a better discussion for those few interested.

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