Like Ken said, just ignore each other. My blood pressure went down 20 points the one time I ignored someone on CT. Sometimes people just get on each other's nerves. That is what IGNORE button is for. Give each other a break. If you don't like the other, you won't miss what they write.
IGNORE iɡˈnôr/verb verb: ignore; 3rd person present: ignores; past tense: ignored; past participle: ignored; gerund or present participle: ignoring refuse to take notice of or acknowledge; disregard intentionally. USE the Ignore feature !!!! And keep your Private Messages -Private!!!! Since we can not monitor them, that is what the ignore is for. Stop using this forum for your own entertainment, Go out and debate with your gophers or something. Enough here. Jim
I don't know where this came from - But I would never do that to you - I want to say - Oh sorry desert gem want's to ban me - I Love you man!!!! NO REALLY - I really like reading your replies!!!!
[QUOTE="My bad, You wanted him thrown out of the ANA. Same thing in my book - just like being banned from CT! I know what that's like.[/QUOTE] CT and the ANA don't put you in lockup with steel bars in front of you. Nor do they have visiting hours for your family.
That was a promising reply insider. There is a real person out there. Lets all down tone the conversation and get back to currency and why we collect them. The party is over.
@saltysam-1 said: CT and the ANA don't put you in lockup with steel bars in front of you. Nor do they have visiting hours for your family.[/QUOTE] But it feels like that and a man's reputation is at stake when he gets booted out of the ANA. I grew up in a different time. I'm not one of these crybaby, politically correct, busybodies, who are offended by just about anything and who look for reasons to ruin/change the things that make CT such fun.
I think we all have good things to say about CT and 99% of our members. You and Larry have your views but lets not put them in front of common friendship. I have several members on my ignore list, my blood pressure has dropped since then. I check back on them every now and then, but it still goes up when I do. A great feature if it's really necessary.
That's a shame. IMO, it is silly to ignore someone. OK, there are a few members who show they have no clue about anything concerning coins 90% of the time that I would ignore except for the opportunity to enjoy a silly post that begins with "I don't know anything about this but..." and the chance to steer them in the right direction with the helpful posts of others. Nevertheless, ignoring an intelligent, informed collector because you don't like his opinions hurts only you. That's a fact. Additionally, while a member cannot see a post by someone he ignores, the blocked member can see that members post and continue to reply and quote him. So who is the looser here. As I have written several times before - there is not one person here who can say something that bothers me!
I agree with your whole post if applicable , but my point is;. He constantly submits opinions like: Use a rock tumbler to clean your coins, or steel wool to get them bright and shinny. Stuff like this drives me nuts! Time to move on. I know he is a juvenile, but he has thousands of posts with miss guided information. Then I see young responders who agree with him also. Many CT members have tried to communicate helpful information to him, but he knows best. He is a lost cause.
I hope both of you stay, and are able to deal with your differences, I have been well informed from both of you! It would sadden me if either of you left.. It's like a couple quarter horses respected in their own fields. Battling in the stables.
I got it. I need to ignore someone that breaks the rules and insults me over and over and over again because of my opinion. I took the issue to PM and it gets posted here. I'm not picking on you Jim. I'm just sick over the situation of those that don't follow the rules. I won't use the ignore option because of this. That leaves me with the report button.
From everything I just read, ( from both parties ) ones is still playing the game, and wants everyone else to join in . Idhair has been a adult . Insider take it like a man and move on . If you play, then you most pay and not cry about it . For every action, there's a reaction, so watch how you answer other peoples forums, or be ready for a battle ...
There's even an ignore/block function. There are several people on here that I have chosen to do that to.
I'm going to do something here that I don't normally do in situations like this. I dunno, maybe I should, maybe I shouldn't, but I'm gonna do it anyway. I don't know what else to call it so I'll just call it personality conflicts - sometimes people just rub each other the wrong way. That happens in the face to face world and it happens on forums, though it probably happens on forums a bit more often because forums lack all the nuances present in the face to face world, like body language, facial expressions, tone of voice, inflection - all of the things that allow one to read another and thus have a more accurate understanding of their words. That said, even when one of these personality conflicts arises, or even when you just flat out disagree with somebody, there is a way to express that disagreement without resorting to, I dunno, childlike behavior. There probably aren't a whole lot of people on this forum who have had more people disagree with them than I have. So I do have a bit of experience in that regard. And when that happens you can disagree with them to your hearts content, but you can do it as an adult, in a respectful manner. And that is how we are ALL supposed to do it. I think each and every member of this forum was taught that as children, but somehow when we become adults we forget what we were taught. Instead of using our heads we let our emotions take over. Some people, well, I just don't any other way to say this, some people take offense at almost anything. And I'm not pointing any fingers at anyone specifically, I'm speaking in general. Everybody here knows what I'm talking about when I say that, everybody here has seen it over and over again. On forums and in the face to face world. It happens, it shouldn't but it does. And to those who do take offense some say - grow a thicker skin. Me, I say - GROW UP ! It's the real world. Learn how to deal with it. Now I am going to point a couple fingers, directly at @ldhair and @Insider. I know both of you, and I want to tell you something. If you two were to meet face to face, and neither of you was aware that the other was ldhair and Insider - you two would like each other. I even think you'd become friends. Sure you'd disagree about some things, but who doesn't ? Certainly nobody I ever met. Both of you disagree on some things with me. Now I dunno, if my opinion matters to either one of you, but there it is. You can make of it whatever you want. Will it help, will it make a difference ? I dunno, that's up to you two. What I do know is this, you are both an asset to this forum. I have respect for both of you, always will. And you can both be the men I know you both to be and you can learn how to deal with this. Or not - that's up to you.