over and under

[Bryanmc57]

I've learned over the last 10 years here to ask myself a simple question before I hit the post button "Is Al going to be happy that I posted this?" If the answer is no then I dont post it even if it interests me.

There's no way you got to 9k posts in 10 years with that criteria...

[BigSexyPhoenix]

There's no way you got to 9k posts in 10 years with that criteria...

Well, sometimes I lose my self control.

[Hez]

HERE IS A POSITIVE POST!

[Jim R]

Well, I have no self control.

FIFY....

[sdbrison]

Keep in mind that it's usually not his post that ends up getting the thread locked, but posts that make it negative; we have too many negative individuals on here.

Well that's pretty negative Mr. Al

[fr8dog]

[Highcentered]

So what if you're negative it's a positive? Does that make you a positive negative?

[Falco]

Yeah, if you're sure (positive) that it's negative then it's negative.

[jbassman87]

I've learned over the last 10 years here to ask myself a simple question before I hit the post button "Is Al going to be happy that I posted this?" If the answer is no then I dont post it even if it interests me. I wish I would have learned to do this when I was a teenager.

There are many post that end up CANCELED before they see the light of day.

[TownesZ21]

While I do not agree with all or even much of TampaJim's statements, they are pretty much all well thought out and intellectually relevant. He looks at things from a unique and critical standpoint and is certainly an independent thinker, which I respect. He is often left of my perspective, but I find that interesting from a veteran.

I have never met him and as stated don't always agree but I find him an interesting and perhaps more importantly thought provoking poster.

[artcarney_agr]

But what if you are positive something is negative.. Do they like cancel each other out?

What if you post something positive that is perceived as negative?

If I said "the low sales of Chevy, Toyota, Nissan, and RAM trucks confirms Ford's exceptional quality and popularity" would be perceived as positive by Ford owners....but everyone else would probably view it as negative.

So many people view an opposing opinion as negative.

[grandbassslayer]

What if you post something positive that is perceived as negative?

If I said "the low sales of Chevy, Toyota, Nissan, and RAM trucks confirms Ford's exceptional quality and popularity" would be perceived as positive by Ford owners....but everyone else would probably view it as negative.

So many people view an opposing opinion as negative.

I agree!

[BigSexyPhoenix]

While I do not agree with all or even much of TampaJim's statements, they are pretty much all well thought out and intellectually relevant. He looks at things from a unique and critical standpoint and is certainly an independent thinker, which I respect. He is often left of my perspective, but I find that interesting from a veteran.

I have never met him and as stated don't always agree but I find him an interesting and perhaps more importantly thought provoking poster.

We could always start a site called "busdrivercentral.com if we want to rant about bus driver pay or the inability to fill open bus driving positions and try and determine who is at fault for the suckiness of the bus driving profession.

[TownesZ21]

We could always start a site called "busdrivercentral.com if we want to rant about bus driver pay or the inability to fill open bus driving positions and try and determine who is at fault for the suckiness of the bus driving profession.

Didn't read that thread...

Overall, guess I am just more open to and interested in different opinions

[Indiana Jack]

While I do not agree with all or even much of TampaJim's statements, they are pretty much all well thought out and intellectually relevant. He looks at things from a unique and critical standpoint and is certainly an independent thinker, which I respect. He is often left of my perspective, but I find that interesting from a veteran.

I have never met him and as stated don't always agree but I find him an interesting and perhaps more importantly thought provoking poster.

I have to side with you on this. His posts are well thought out, in understandable English, and have a base for fact.

[tlarcher]

What if you post something positive that is perceived as negative?

If I said "the low sales of Chevy, Toyota, Nissan, and RAM trucks confirms Ford's exceptional quality and popularity" would be perceived as positive by Ford owners....but everyone else would probably view it as negative.

So many people view an opposing opinion as negative.

This. Most the comments I see labeled as negative I looked at in a positive way.

[bdog7198]

What if you post something positive that is perceived as negative?

If I said "the low sales of Chevy, Toyota, Nissan, and RAM trucks confirms Ford's exceptional quality and popularity" would be perceived as positive by Ford owners....but everyone else would probably view it as negative.

So many people view an opposing opinion as negative.

Agreed, with some you cannot even ask a question to clarify a thought someone wrote.

[JerryT]

When Mark Perry calls you out it has to mean a little something

[BigSexyPhoenix]

When Mark Perry calls you out it has to mean a little something

That's true. Mark is the most positive person in the history of positive people.

[Doorman1]

What is the over and under on the number of threads, TampaJim starts, that get locked by the end of the month? He is at 5 with almost half the month left.

Back to the original question the number is going to be 13 he will get on a big posting binge and some won't let it go.