Just because you start a thread doesn't mean you own that thread

Jules said:
You’re darn right I did and told DH about it too.
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And he told some friends who then told some friends. 😬
dobielvr said:
I used to love eating jujubes until I realized my teeth could no longer take it.
Probably cause I'd throw 3-4 of them in my mouth to chew all at once. :oops:
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🤔 I thought everyone ate them like that.

Edit: uh oh! I slipped into talking about candy. ( sirens 🚨 go off ) lol
 
I start a lot of threads. I don’t care in what direction they go, and I’m just as likely to take them off topic as is anyone else who responds to them! 😂 As someone else mentioned I consider the back and forth in threads similar to chatting with good friends over coffee or drinks, and we all know how far and wide those conversations can range!

And speaking of Hoovers, when I got to the US back in the 70’s, I asked someone for a biro, and I was looked at like I was talking a foreign language 😂 which in a way I was I guess!
 
Ronni said:
And speaking of Hoovers, when I got to the US back in the 70’s, I asked someone for a biro, and I was looked at like I was talking a foreign language 😂 which in a way I was I guess!
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Had to look up biro. Turns out it's a ballpoint pen. I never would have guessed that one. Thought it was some kind of sandwich - like a gyro or hero.
 
StarSong said:
I view threads as if they were conversations. They go where they go. We all know how it goes. One mentioning their new truck in a conversation, then someone else saying, I had a truck that was so great for hauling my dirt bikes to places where I could off-road, then another chiming in about how they loved riding dirt bikes and have now transitioned to mountain biking, then another saying, I never mountain biked, but fell the first time I tried mountain climbing and had to be helicoptered to a hospital because of a broken femur, then another saying, I broke a wrist once, but OMG a femur must have been terrible. Then the conversation wanders to hospitals, crutches, the state of medical care, etc.

Can you imagine the original person saying, "Um, EXCUSE ME, we were talking about my truck!!! Stay on topic, people."
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i feel the same way. i too look at them as conversations and most conversations do go where they go. that's half the fun.
 
A few years ago, I posted a thread. I don't remember what it was about, but it was not the world's greatest thread. There were some posts, but then 'nada'. Years later, I began to frequently see it again in the "what's new" section?????? HUH???? When I clicked on the posts, it was two women comparing Thanksgiving stuffing recipes- absolutely nothing to do with the original thread.
If you create a thread, it is going to have a life of its own. So, if the thread goes off topic, who cares. It's more important to have conversations, than strict off topic rules.
 
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fuzzybuddy said:
A few years ago, I posted a thread. I don't remember what it was about, but it was not the world's greatest thread. There were some posts, but then 'nada'. Years later, I began to frequently see it again in the "what's new" section?????? HUH???? When I clicked on the posts, it was two women comparing Thanksgiving stuffing recipes- absolutely nothing to do with the original thread.
If you create a thread, it is going to have a life of its own. So, if the thread goes off topic, who cares. It's more important to have conversations, than strict off topic rules.
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well it's also annoying as hell if you say one word that isn't related to the topic and some little moderator is right there saying stay on topic, stay on topic, one more time and i ban you.
 

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