Banana Peels

No disrespect intended but it appears as though you are quite familiar with redundancy, coincidental or otherwise.

Survivalmonkey isn't for everyone but those of us for whom it remains a special place are quite willing to protect and defend our community. Sometimes, people join and try it on for size. Some find a comfortable village and many friends. Others don't always feel the same sense of ease and move on in search of another digital community. One size does not fit all.

 

I guess I need to beg the pardon of all Monkeys for dragging this out far beyond reasonable levels. I am not nearly so sorry for stirring charbie up as for that. In some ways, this pod scheme puts me in mind of the Alpha Rubicon deal, except that it is not as far along in gathering people, discipline, and money. The idea may have some sound features, but they are not obvious to me, and you can see what asking questions got me. Credit where credit is due, charbie gets props for persistence, even if it is simple fog generation, no substance beyond words. If there were a better parallel, I’d equate zero’s promises to those of charbie; first glance is the emptiness of both sets of words. Hope for either has died in me.

I just cannot stand by and watch someone ask for money without a tiny bit more than a promise to continue thinking and sketching “designs” of something that may or may not someday be prototyped or actually built in a usable (or suitable for further development) form. I know, quite well, just how much time and effort it takes to get from the sketch, to the drafting table (or screen), tooled up and into production. The first article takes longest. I want to see the pig before buying the poke.

So far, charbie has shown me a complete unwillingness to put skin in the game beyond words and ideas. That, to me, is not enough to get me to part with any of what few frns I have at hand. Promises of hard work don’t cut it without evidence that hard work has already been expended. If I have deflated his ego, or asked tough questions of him, it’s because seeing success rather than bilking the unwary would make me a happy camper. If, on the other hand, an effort at scamming (not saying that is charbie’s intent; I don’t think it is) has been exposed, well that’s good enough for me too. My idea of charity is to contribute to good causes, not to support anyone else’s kitchen table sketch pad or CAD program learning experience.

Those of you that have watched me over time know that it takes a bit to stir me up. He did, and furthered that effort by taking the opportunity to bash SM on his (under construction) site. He has a thin skin, it seems, in spite of saying he’s used to getting his belly kicked. The shots he’s taken at me are of no consequence, I have a thick hide, well callused over a life time of taking hits and returning fire. The shots he’s taken at SM are unwarranted; I’m arguably owed return fire, but the site is not, it’s my heat to take (especially after stating that I was not going to act as a mod or admin in the exchange.) Thanks to RH for picking up the slack I left.

Guit, removing the links would eliminate the rest of the world from seeing what he is touting from our (my) vantage point. He took out all but the one above, and may pull that himself at some point. (So far as of this post, his membership is intact.) In a way, I’d like it if he put a link to SM on his site so folks could come here directly and see what we are all about. (Karma is a wonderful thing, methinks.)

RightHand, your post #4 in the pencil drawings thread is exactly what charbie needs to grasp.

 

You have chosen to come into our community and without taking the time to get to know anyone, proposed that we invest in you. Your accomplishments are vaporware so every administrator and every moderator of SurvivalMonkey has the responsibility to query your intentions. To do otherwise would put us in the same realm as so many other forums that allow their members to wander into an undertow without any warning of the potential danger.

I don't know you, don't chose to know any more about you than you have presented but I have know ghrit for many years. He has deep footprints for many of us so by flinging insult after insult at him, you have, effectively, flung them at each of us.

Your presence will only be tolerated if you refrain from soliciting money from our members and refrain from insulting them, any of them.

 

Perhaps the barriers you claim were self erected? Try the dictionary for sympathy, you'll get none from me.

I add that if you don't like what you find here, there's a simple answer, well within your grasp.

 

Hey Doc, as of NOW, you have been "Put on Notice" by "The Founders" of this Site.

This action has been well discussed by the Admins, and Mods, and RH, Founder/Mod, is acting for ALL of Us, in this matter. Please take NOTICE, of the above, as you are walking a very Fine LINE...... .......

 

Don't act on my account, I can handle it. However, if he steps on anyone elses toes, take off the gloves.

charpie, relax before you stroke out. We would hate to know we caused your discomfort.

Almost like GunKid and the tactical wheelbarrow. charpie, you might exercise your google fu on that, your ideas above are late to the game, it's been idea-ed to death years ago.

 

DL, it's the fascination of watching a corpse twitch, hard to take your eyes off.

 

Bullying? And you're a Vietnam Veteran?
I've seen bullying and this ain't it.

A cow walks into a burger joint and starts complaining that people are eating beef.
When the patrons don't stop chewing, he claims they are ganging up on him.

I suppose that you and us don't fully mesh and that's just the way peoples are. The fact that this thread is open and that you weren't banned days ago speaks against your whole cyber bullying mantra. I find it in bad taste that you would post about us on your site but - hey - whatever. The words on that page of yours should give you a clue as to why people have little interest in you (not your project). You are the kind of person I tend to meet and then avoid. I'm sure your cyclic high/low mood swings aren't helping your cause. I sure wouldn't 'hit the frikkin button'.

I bet you feel that you are the only person in the world who 'gets it'? eh?