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<blockquote data-quote="milkmaid" data-source="post: 223147" data-attributes="member: 852"><p>Great posts Bama and whatabull.</p><p></p><p>FWIW - I haven't ever butted heads with Caustic, so to speak. I try not to fight battles I know I can't win. And I can't win a war of insults against Caustic. :lol: ;-)</p><p></p><p>I've watched a lot of you newcomers hiss and spit like little kittens - and I've watched the ones that have the guts and desire to stick around, actually begin to respect Caustic. I know I do. Once the ground lines are in place and you pay attention to what he has to say instead of taking it all so personal - might not be a friendship or an amicable relationship, but it's not near so hostile as two tomcats meeting when you both post on the same thread.</p><p></p><p>I've seen this on other boards before, now I see it on this one, I'll see it again on the next board. Lot of adults acting like little kids complaining to Mommy that so-and-so called them names.</p><p></p><p>I'll side with Caustic - all I see is a children packing up their red wagon and going home. I've never had any problem with the way Caustic says things because that's the way I want to hear it. I don't like people beating around the bush, I don't like flattery, and I don't like having to read between the lines to find the hidden message. I'd rather it all be told straight from the beginning. Not that I usually say it that way, but that's the way I like to hear it.</p><p></p><p>I've seen a lot of this on other boards - the "I don't like the way *certain people* have been treating me, so I'm leaving" -- and the inevitable "Wait! Don't let *those people* run you off, you're an asset to the boards, we like your posts, etc, etc, etc."</p><p></p><p>Usually it was the women that posted that sort of stuff (no offense intended to others of my gender!) and I usually passed it off as an play for attention and begging for a compliment. I have an opinion about people that do that and it can't be portrayed with any of the smiley face emoticions.</p><p></p><p>To MikeJoel, since you asked- I don't mind people sending me PMs and you and anyone else is welcome to do that (well, with the exception of PrincessFatu and the Nigerian scams or anything off-color!). Provided I know the answer to a question, I'll answer anyone - including TTCLM - I'm not hung up over little things like not liking someone and being unable to answer their questions.</p><p></p><p>As far as that goes - where are all these people that are "afraid to post because of what kind of response they're going to get"? You stick with normal cow questions pertaining to raising cows and dealing with their problems and provided you don't mention chicken litter, not castrating, dehorning or vaccinating, no one will ever pay you a second thought. (LOL)</p><p></p><p>Plenty of folks that post pictures of bulls - it's only the ones that insist their hatchet butt is the best thing to ever walk the earth that hear from Caustic. All the others are gone from memory as soon as the post leaves the first page.</p><p></p><p>You don't argue about common-sense things like not feeding chicken litter and you'll get along fine. Stick with basic cow raising questions and you'll get along fine so long as it doesn't slip into debates about massaging calves, the ethics of floating downer cows, and how much a cow costs per year. Why bother with all the insults anyways? makes for some hilarious reading but that's about all.</p><p></p><p>Little longer than I intended it to be, but there's my take on the matter. Back to cows. ;-)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="milkmaid, post: 223147, member: 852"] Great posts Bama and whatabull. FWIW - I haven't ever butted heads with Caustic, so to speak. I try not to fight battles I know I can't win. And I can't win a war of insults against Caustic. :lol: ;-) I've watched a lot of you newcomers hiss and spit like little kittens - and I've watched the ones that have the guts and desire to stick around, actually begin to respect Caustic. I know I do. Once the ground lines are in place and you pay attention to what he has to say instead of taking it all so personal - might not be a friendship or an amicable relationship, but it's not near so hostile as two tomcats meeting when you both post on the same thread. I've seen this on other boards before, now I see it on this one, I'll see it again on the next board. Lot of adults acting like little kids complaining to Mommy that so-and-so called them names. I'll side with Caustic - all I see is a children packing up their red wagon and going home. I've never had any problem with the way Caustic says things because that's the way I want to hear it. I don't like people beating around the bush, I don't like flattery, and I don't like having to read between the lines to find the hidden message. I'd rather it all be told straight from the beginning. Not that I usually say it that way, but that's the way I like to hear it. I've seen a lot of this on other boards - the "I don't like the way *certain people* have been treating me, so I'm leaving" -- and the inevitable "Wait! Don't let *those people* run you off, you're an asset to the boards, we like your posts, etc, etc, etc." Usually it was the women that posted that sort of stuff (no offense intended to others of my gender!) and I usually passed it off as an play for attention and begging for a compliment. I have an opinion about people that do that and it can't be portrayed with any of the smiley face emoticions. To MikeJoel, since you asked- I don't mind people sending me PMs and you and anyone else is welcome to do that (well, with the exception of PrincessFatu and the Nigerian scams or anything off-color!). Provided I know the answer to a question, I'll answer anyone - including TTCLM - I'm not hung up over little things like not liking someone and being unable to answer their questions. As far as that goes - where are all these people that are "afraid to post because of what kind of response they're going to get"? You stick with normal cow questions pertaining to raising cows and dealing with their problems and provided you don't mention chicken litter, not castrating, dehorning or vaccinating, no one will ever pay you a second thought. (LOL) Plenty of folks that post pictures of bulls - it's only the ones that insist their hatchet butt is the best thing to ever walk the earth that hear from Caustic. All the others are gone from memory as soon as the post leaves the first page. You don't argue about common-sense things like not feeding chicken litter and you'll get along fine. Stick with basic cow raising questions and you'll get along fine so long as it doesn't slip into debates about massaging calves, the ethics of floating downer cows, and how much a cow costs per year. Why bother with all the insults anyways? makes for some hilarious reading but that's about all. Little longer than I intended it to be, but there's my take on the matter. Back to cows. ;-) [/QUOTE]
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