Reason for board changes *please read*

[Admin5]

The Nothing To Do With Boats Section was initially intended to be a resource area where people could help each other out. Over the last year+ it has become a place where jokes are recycled 10 times over and people jump at the chance to report the headline from CNN first.<br /><br />Are all those posts bad? NO! They just made it a pain to moderate and has made it very difficult for people who want to post on info-topics such as proper methods for cleaning their weedeater. The problem was that their post quickly got devoured by all the other chit-chat posts. Let me put it another way - there are two types of regular iboats board members.<br /><br />The first type of member comes because they love boats and love talking about them and helping fellow boaters with their boating problems. The second contributes very rarely to the boating discussions but likes coming back to talk about their views on homeless ex-NFL players who have made the news recently. Which of these members do we want to come here? ALL of you!!!<br /><br />We just ask that you please respect others as well as the providers of these boards and post in the correct place while being respectful of other readers. The correct place for jokes and sharing your views on underage drinking is now this area. If you are offensive (even if you don't think you are), mean, vulgar or are just here to fight (we don't see many like this) then expect to see your posts regularly deleted. If you don't like these rules, please feel free to check out the chat/boards on yahoo.com. They have something for everyone.<br /><br />Please also note that we will be reviewing the titles given to people. In the past, we have given the title of Admiral to anyone who has posted more than 1,000 times. We will now be giving out titles based on what type of content the 1,000+ posts contained.<br /><br />In a nutshell, we love you all and are just doing some admin work to try to make everyone happy! I am sure there will be some exceptions but it is tough to please 35,000+ members now.

 

[11 footer]

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I agree, nice job. <br /><br />I hope no one gives you any crap about it, I think reviewing the Admiral title is a very good idea, being that latley the so called "Admiral's" have been causeing the most prolbems.

 

[FLATHEAD]

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Makes sense to me.

 

[11 footer]

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never mind

 

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

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Now see there Admin5, that's the kind of stuff we put up with here.<br /><br />'nuff said.

 

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

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Well, I guess there goes my Harbor Master title.

 

[oddjob]

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Admin 5, The transmission topic was good advice. I've been ripped by two different places one I caught red handed and got my money back. <br /><br />Like it or not it was good advise. It just happened to be funny cause of todays forum transition. er, Lighten up man. <br /><br />You poofing it may cost someone here alot of money that could be spent on an outboard from Iboats.

 

[Admin5]

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Oddjob - I am glad you posted this in the jokes section because that is where this post belongs. Please try to respect what we are trying to do to help all the other members who do not want to see mindless banter. Please remember we have 35,000+ registered members with many needs. Please buy a gps from me to help me lighten up

 

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

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I bought a GPS from you, does that count?

 

[oddjob]

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Admin 5, I need a manual and some rebuild parts for a EVIN 50 and I plan to buy from you guys soon even if it costs a little more cause I would rather avoid the hassle of shopping for bargains.<br /><br />At the present I'm waiting for someone to help me with a 1.5 elgin that I posted info. about in the "engines sears and other catagory". <br /><br />Thats why I'm here hasseling you at the moment. <br /><br />Have a nice day Admin 5...

 

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

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Don't want to seem stupid by no means, but what's the difference between Nothing to do with boats and Non-boating stuff?<br /><br />Seems like one in the same to me.<br /><br />If it is a non boating subject, would that not be the same as something that don't have nothing to do with boats?<br /><br />Please clear this up for this ol country boy.

 

[Admin5]

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Oddjob - You are welcome here anytime! Now that I know you are a future customer I will give you a little slack. You were supposed to say that you were going to buy it from us to help pay for all of the bandwidth you have used up on these boards over the years To show you no hurt feelings I would like to let you in on a little insider info, Click here to see how iboats maintains all the servers to run these boards.

 

[Admin5]

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Hi spinner. Been a while since we last spoke. Hope life is good I will try to be more clear:<br /><br />The board members who post in the other sections would like to have a place where they can post non-boating questions without having to share their posts with all of the posts of jokes and other banter of you regulars. If you are here to enjoy the community of iboats, post in the NTDWB section, if you want to post a topic about your lawnmower or computer and not have to look through 10 pages of jokes and debates a day later to find it, post in the new section. Trust me, this will make many people happy and doesn't affect most of you who only look at the NTDWB section. Thanks for understanding!

 

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

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Oh ok, so Ray's truck stay's here then?<br />Just kidding Ray.

 

[tylerin]

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We're putting Ray's truck in a cave! It stays here!! .......RyanT you got something brown hanging off the end of your nose there

 

[11 footer]

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All I said in the post that I edited was <br /><br />"Can you tell Ray that no one cares about his truck".... but then i dident look that funny after i posted it, so I took it out.

 

[gonfishn]

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Man am I in trouble...The saying Being soooo close yet so far way really rings true here..Anyway to have a grandfather clause put in..

 

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

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That's right gonfishn.<br />See there, you should have posted more last week instead of worring about Frank. <br /><br />Oh well, life goes on.

 

[pjc]

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thanks A5--I removed all from my signature to ensure less BW use--btw,-- a huge thanks for this board--<br />-presently i am pumped due to whitetail hunting about to come up for me--AND am bumming 'cause weather has shut me down on two 'glass boat projys i have-waa waa-<br /><br />maybe i'll post my whining in the resto forum--hope i get some sympathy there--<br />best to all---

 

[NOSLEEP]

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Gonfishn you can have mine.<br />I come here because I can get info I need and<br />usually a good laugh. And occasionally I can<br />offer some experience on a particular subject.<br />I think the title thing is kind of silly and <br />maybe a little overrated.<br />This is the first forum I registered for when<br />I was looking for info to help me with my outboard<br />troubles. Never spent much time on the computer<br />before.<br />Then I found people here that I had common ground<br />with and enjoyed interacting with them.<br /><br />Now I feel like I have outstayed my welcome.