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Zermatt wrote:It is interesting how each Forum develops its own etiquette - on the forum I use the most starting new threads when existing threads exist tends to be not the done thing.
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On the whole I would agree with that. It can be very annoying to see the same questions being asked over and over again by people who could find the answers with a little selective searching.

However, when people are merely using several old threads as a way to boost their post count that's a different matter.
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Berkshire wrote:I would add that there is nothing more boring than a certain old thread that has come to life featuring pictures and numbers. IMO there is nothing clever about it.
Whilst I wholeheartedly agree with you on this I concede that it brings much joy to our Finnish friend Korkki. His limited English can be put aside as the thread is able to make him feel a valuable contributing member of this Forum. It took me a long time to appreciate this but I now commend JD and Robin CB in particular for keeping him in the game, so to speak.

The 'Use Only Three Words' thread shows me that there are current threads that have risen to the same depths of banality as the 'Numbers in Pictures' thread. The daily Waltonesque exchanges have 'IMO' dragged it down to a nadir that I would not previously have thought possible.

I have however given up my one man crusade against this thread and am now prepared to 'Live and Let Die' as Ian Fleming once wrote.

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scooter wrote:
Berkshire wrote:I would add that there is nothing more boring than a certain old thread that has come to life featuring pictures and numbers. IMO there is nothing clever about it.
Whilst I wholeheartedly agree with you on this I concede that it brings much joy to our Finnish friend Korkki. His limited English can be put aside as the thread is able to make him feel a valuable contributing member of this Forum. It took me a long time to appreciate this but I now commend JD and Robin CB in particular for keeping him in the game, so to speak.

The 'Use Only Three Words' thread shows me that there are current threads that have risen to the same depths of banality as the 'Numbers in Pictures' thread. The daily Waltonesque exchanges have 'IMO' dragged it down to a nadir that I would not previously have thought possible.

I have however given up my one man crusade against this thread and am now prepared to 'Live and Let Die' as Ian Fleming once wrote.

Using only three words, "God bless Korks".

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scooter wrote:
Berkshire wrote:I would add that there is nothing more boring than a certain old thread that has come to life featuring pictures and numbers. IMO there is nothing clever about it.
Whilst I wholeheartedly agree with you on this I concede that it brings much joy to our Finnish friend Korkki. His limited English can be put aside as the thread is able to make him feel a valuable contributing member of this Forum. It took me a long time to appreciate this but I now commend JD and Robin CB in particular for keeping him in the game, so to speak.

The 'Use Only Three Words' thread shows me that there are current threads that have risen to the same depths of banality as the 'Numbers in Pictures' thread. The daily Waltonesque exchanges have 'IMO' dragged it down to a nadir that I would not previously have thought possible.

I have however given up my one man crusade against this thread and am now prepared to 'Live and Let Die' as Ian Fleming once wrote.

Using only three words, "God bless Korks".

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Thanks Scooter, I really appreciate your writing :thumbup:

We Finns are people of few words. In addition of that, I am just following the golden rule: if you don't have anything valuable to say, don't say it. So my contribution to forum has been very limited. Maybe in the future I have something valuable to give back to this marvelous forum.

I use English daily, both spoken and written, mostly with other non-native English speakers. We just don't care much about grammar or spelling (as you might find from my writing here). It's enough for us that we understand each other and no one get his/her kidneys sold :)

What comes to Number in Pictures thread, I really enjoy that silly game without any particular reason. Same applies to stupid daily wrist shot pictures I had begun to post since autumn. Maybe I just like to use “img” tag. :shock:

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Many thanks for your post. I really meant what I said and I do want you you know that you are a valued member here. I know I have joked about your English many times on Forum, but you have always taken it in the friendly spirit in which my comments were made.

With very best wishes.

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scooter wrote:
Berkshire wrote:I would add that there is nothing more boring than a certain old thread that has come to life featuring pictures and numbers. IMO there is nothing clever about it.
Whilst I wholeheartedly agree with you on this I concede that it brings much joy to our Finnish friend Korkki. His limited English can be put aside as the thread is able to make him feel a valuable contributing member of this Forum. It took me a long time to appreciate this but I now commend JD and Robin CB in particular for keeping him in the game, so to speak.

The 'Use Only Three Words' thread shows me that there are current threads that have risen to the same depths of banality as the 'Numbers in Pictures' thread. The daily Waltonesque exchanges have 'IMO' dragged it down to a nadir that I would not previously have thought possible.

I have however given up my one man crusade against this thread and am now prepared to 'Live and Let Die' as Ian Fleming once wrote.

Using only three words, "God bless Korks".

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What happened Robin? Korkki beat you posting so you put it here? :lol:
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Berkshire wrote:
I couldn't agree more. I would add that there is nothing more boring than a certain old thread that has come to life featuring pictures and numbers. IMO there is nothing clever about it.
I'm waiting for that thread to reach 1729, which is a taxicab number.
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Just curious, I'm seeming to get the sense from this that it is preferable to write new threads about old topics rather than defer to the old threads?
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scooter wrote:The 'Use Only Three Words' thread shows me that there are current threads that have risen to the same depths of banality as the 'Numbers in Pictures' thread. The daily Waltonesque exchanges have 'IMO' dragged it down to a nadir that I would not previously have thought possible.

I have however given up my one man crusade against this thread and am now prepared to 'Live and Let Die' as Ian Fleming once wrote.
I agree with you. It was very witty and clever to start with but now is made up of good mornings and evenings. Consider it more than a one man crusade. :thumbup:
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ianblyth wrote:
scooter wrote:The 'Use Only Three Words' thread shows me that there are current threads that have risen to the same depths of banality as the 'Numbers in Pictures' thread. The daily Waltonesque exchanges have 'IMO' dragged it down to a nadir that I would not previously have thought possible.

I have however given up my one man crusade against this thread and am now prepared to 'Live and Let Die' as Ian Fleming once wrote.
I agree with you. It was very witty and clever to start with but now is made up of good mornings and evenings. Consider it more than a one man crusade. :thumbup:
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I just replied to a topic that was first started in 2010, however I was told that it had been disapproved because it was too old. Maybe old thread Topics should be locked if we are not going to be allowed to add to them. Seems a little bit silly to leave them open if nobody can post in them. It would certainly have saved me 5 min of my life which I will never get back again :-)