Useless Facts/Chit Chat Thread

[LONE-STAR]

$3.89 to $4.00 here

 

[LONE-STAR]

So has Gatordad called it quits its ashame if he has.

 

[terri01p]

Tattoo?
Anyone have one...? and NOT regret it? My son who will be 17 in June wants one. My husband is thinking of getting one himself, so he figures it would be a father/son thing. I'm not BIG on it..but not totally opposed to it either. My biggest objection in the past when one of them(the kids) wanted a tattoo has been that they will regret it when they are older. Chances are they will regret the choice they made at 17 or 18 when they're 40. Timmy got around that by telling me he wants a cross on his arm. He figures he is a Christian, and that's not something he's ever going to change. (Smart kid..using his faith to knock out my veto ) My older son(now 27) ...thinks we're crazy for even considering it. When he used to ask us if he could get one..I'd tell him not as long as there is breath in my body!...Naturally he did what every 19 year old kid told that would do..he went out and pierced his tounge! It didn't last long..as it got infected and had to be taken out(thank the Lord!)...it also didn't help that I had tears in my eyes everytime he walked into a room. Well, we look back on that now and laugh..(well, he does..me..not so much ) My husband and I figure Timmy's the youngest..we've been down this road a few times now..and know we have to pick the battles. He's a good kid..we haven't had any problems with him(I know..it's early still) but he's active in sports, plays for his high school lacrosse team..is well liked by his peers, and highly regarded by his teachers. A cross on his arm..well, it's not so terrible..so we're leaning toward "okay-ing" it. Anyone else with kids this age have to deal with this..and how did you handle it? Anyone get a tattoo when they were younger and regret it later..or are you still happy with your decision?

Whenever I was 25 years old, young and very impressionable, I (yes even I ) got a tattoo, I worked for an airlines and a group of us went and got it done.

If you knew me now, you would know that's not who I am , it's nothing distasteful but it's just not who I am now. As a parent and wife, and hopefully a grandmother one day it's just not me.

The only thing I'm glad for is that it's on my upper arm so even if I wear short sleeves it doesn't show.

Now as an size 16 mother/ wife the last thing I feel like doing is calling attention to myself and with a tattoo it does, last summer at the beach, me and my dh was swimming in the pool and as I got out an older teen kid handed me my towel and winked at me, I was so embarrassed, I know he wouldn't have done that if I wouldn't have been more on his level with this tattoo.

I can't say I sit around and regret getting it, heck that was 20 years ago but if I had to get a tattoo again I just wouldn't.

 

[RvUsa]

So has Gatordad called it quits its ashame if he has.

He pm'd me this morning, said he was po'd about lil conner, and was laying low. Don't know when he will be back.

 

[auntie]

I feel the same way...just as a woman..I think it might be different. I'm not sure men feel the same way about them. I would like for my son to wait at least another year or so..although a cross probably isn't a horrible tattoo to have..if he's gonna get one.
I know someone who has one on her hand(it's actually very small)..and she did it when she was young also. HATES it. I was looking at photos of her at her sister's wedding recently, and in every photo she's holding one hand over the other so as not to have it show. WHY she would put it in such an obvious place is beyond me, but she was young and dumb..and that's what happened. Only it still is with her.

 

[auntie]

So what's with that...is it perfectly okay to have an avatar like that..kind of creepy don't you think?

 

[RvUsa]

I am not gonna get into it, but I am a big guy, and that guy creeps me out.... lol

 

[tellnotails]

he is taking a stand......very honorable.......

everytime I do with someone on here I get a PM.....

 

[BigDaddyRog]

ya gotta choose your battles wisely....some things aint worth the trouble...somethings are.

 

[tellnotails]

ya gotta choose your battles wisely....some things aint worth the trouble...somethings are.

 

[OK GRUMPY]

I have to ask why was the thread locked that Gatordad said goodbye? Does anyone know?

 

[Rhonda]

I have to ask why was the thread locked that Gatordad said goodbye? Does anyone know?

It wasn't about camping. We're trying very hard to keep the chit-chat stuff to this thread, so that others who visit this board can get the information they need about FW and camping.

If anyone has questions about a way a situation is handled, please feel free to email the administrators. This is from the DIS guidelines:

7. MODERATORS: ... Part of their responsibilities is ensuring that our guidelines are followed which may require that a thread is edited, deleted, closed or moved. If these decisions impact you, we ask that you respect them. Should you have any questions, please direct them to admin@wdwinfo.com. Any discussion about a Moderating decision that takes place on the boards could result in an infraction.

 

[stacktester]

I can respect that. I used to go in a Nascar chat room on Yahoo all the time and a bunch of people ruined that and now nobody bothers to go in anymore. I would hate to see that here.

 

[OK GRUMPY]

I understand Thank You for the explaination..

 

[Colson39]

I understand why he got upset, in the end though, it's just a message board about the Fort, and like stacktester said, I would hate for this to turn into some kind of Community Board area <shudder>. Here's to hoping that whole situation ends up just being a misunderstanding, time will tell I guess.

Thankfully 99% of this forum are people that enjoy the Fort, like to talk about it, and are here not to cause trouble. It's gotten a little crazy lately because there has been such an influx of people, I can barely keep up with all the posts anymore. I remember when I used to try to answer every question people had, that's impossible now or I would have to turn this into a job...lol.

I hope he comes back, even though he's a Gator

 

[RvUsa]

I pm'd Rhonda yesterday and told her she was doing a great job, I didn't do that to suck up, it's the truth. I have been on other boards where it seems like every post past the third is just a flame trying to start a fight. Thats not what I come here to see. I love this thread,(chit chat) its fun and you never know where its going, one day truck stories, the next day we are all watching an old movie together and making fun of the funny looking robot (that was fun). On other threads, we usuall, USUALLY wait until the OP's question is answered until we start goofing around. We probably should try to keep that to a minimum .

I agree with Chris there has been a huge increase in people and posts, which is great, more fort fun, and those of us that are here alot, and have been around need to be a little more aware of what we are doing.

Ok off my soapbox, back to the normal revelrie, with a hint of moderation, HEY thats where they got the term "moderator", never put that together.

Now everyone give gatordad a big group hug, and lets get back to the fun, and if someone creeps us out, lets just do what my grandma used to tell me to do, turn the other cheek!, and just ignore them. If we don't play with them, they will get bored and go away.


Thanks

 

[ftwildernessguy]

I feel the same way...just as a woman..I think it might be different. I'm not sure men feel the same way about them. I would like for my son to wait at least another year or so..although a cross probably isn't a horrible tattoo to have..if he's gonna get one.
I know someone who has one on her hand(it's actually very small)..and she did it when she was young also. HATES it. I was looking at photos of her at her sister's wedding recently, and in every photo she's holding one hand over the other so as not to have it show. WHY she would put it in such an obvious place is beyond me, but she was young and dumb..and that's what happened. Only it still is with her.

A couple of years ago we were at the GF and there was a wedding party taking pictures on that beautiful curved staircase they have there. Here were all these beautiful girls dressed in some very attractive bridesmaids gowns and two of them had tattoos that covered their shoulders. It really took away from the whole picture, IMHO.

 

[Colson39]

I pm'd Rhonda yesterday and told her she was doing a great job, I didn't do that to suck up, it's the truth. I have been on other boards where it seems like every post past the third is just a flame trying to start a fight. Thats not what I come here to see. I love this thread,(chit chat) its fun and you never know where its going, one day truck stories, the next day we are all watching an old movie together and making fun of the funny looking robot (that was fun). On other threads, we usuall, USUALLY wait until the OP's question is answered until we start goofing around. We probably should try to keep that to a minimum .

I agree with Chris there has been a huge increase in people and posts, which is great, more fort fun, and those of us that are here alot, and have been around need to be a little more aware of what we are doing.

Ok off my soapbox, back to the normal revelrie, with a hint of moderation, HEY thats where they got the term "moderator", never put that together.

Now everyone give gatordad a big group hug, and lets get back to the fun, and if someone creeps us out, lets just do what my grandma used to tell me to do, turn the other cheek!, and just ignore them. If we don't play with them, they will get bored and go away.


Thanks

haha, Rhonda must have been loving it then, because I sent her a PM yesterday as well telling her what a great job the moderators do on this forum...lol.

I agree that I hate when people try to turn threads into flame wars, that is not what this forum is about. There are plenty of other forums out there that you can do that at, I come to this one because that's not what this is about Fortunately it doesn't happen that often around here, and the moderators are pretty good about taking care of it when it does.

On other threads, we usuall, USUALLY wait until the OP's question is answered until we start goofing around. We probably should try to keep that to a minimum .

I also agree with this, while it's nice that we get to goof around, sometimes I feel like a thread gets derailed before all the info gets out/gets answered. Not that this should be some kind of stale forum, but we shouldn't always go into every thread right after it's been posted and start talking about beer...lol.

 

[clkelley]

It's Friday Eve!!!!

 

[Colson39]

Not for me!!! Today is Friday!!!

That's because yesterday my boss said we had Friday off, which none of us knew. Not to gloat or anything...lol

Ahh, nothing like the surprise of a 3 day weekend. Of course, I'm going to spend all day tomorrow working on the house, so it won't really be a day off...lol. Have to trim the palm trees, trim the oak tree, break out the John Deere for some lawn mowing, install one new fan, replace another fan, and then grab a six pack...lol.