Feels the urge to hide from Mr P. he scares me. First the jokes and now singing......how much more does one person got to be tortured with?
Stormie
Stormie
well..there was that one time when i really needed a ride...
How you doin?Okay has the mood lightened in here now?
I swear I am straight, really. I don't know about rat, but I swear I am.![]()
Here we go!
Feels the urge to hide from Mr P. he scares me. First the jokes and now singing......how much more does one person got to be tortured with?
Stormie

I now i am new here and havent even seen one of these yet but... I agree with Mr. P... Mechanical mean backwards battery shouldnt matter... In terms of a mechanical device +5v is the same as -5v.....
Credentials... Daughter of electrician and electeical engineering degree myself![]()

Hey folks... I just want to pop in and say a few words about the way last night ended...
As many of you know, we had a contest that SHOULD have been fun and it turned... well... ugly at the end.
I was feeling jubilant about hitting 20,000 posts in the thread, and my original plan was to try to hit the 20,000th post myself... but about 5 minutes prior to that I decided it would be MORE FUN for me and everybody in the thread to make a contest to see who could hit that post, and give away a nice prize.
That's when all hell broke loose, at least in my mind, anyway.
People saw TWO winners, results changing right before our eyes and I decided it wasn't fair to tell a guy that saw his post number change end up being a loser instead of a winner! So I gave away two prizes.
Then the Tapatalk results showed different winners on not one but SEVERAL phones... so I polled the results and no two were the same.
I made the decision to stick with the "official online thread"... then the PMS came POURING IN from people that were not posting in the thread, but present in the "room". People were DEMANDING that I post all the tapatalk results as well.
And the entire time...
Our poor friend ASH was fueling the fire.
I KNOW it wasn't his intention to fuel this fire, and believe me when I tell you, I have reread the thread about 15 times. He meant absolutely no harm.
But MEANING to do no harm and actually doing no harm can be two different things.
The more he posted the nastier the PMs became.
I asked ASH to let things go... then I TOLD him to let things go... Then I INSISTED... and ASH just kept going.
ASH, language barrier and all, was on a roll... Undaunted... he continued.
Was I heavy handed with him?
Yes I was...
Did I humiliate him...
Sadly, I did.
I just needed him to stop. Sooner than later.
He had NO WAY of knowing what was happening behind the scenes...
And yeah, I hit him pretty hard, and while I feel it was pretty awful of me to do... I had to make him stop.
So that being said...
ASH, I'm sorry... I was just trying to make the situation stop escalating, and I truly didn't mean to humiliate you in any way.
You are welcome in the thread, and I value your presence here.
So please accept my apology.


Whew! That took forever to catch up and I was on here late last night! I think this thread is almost as active in the early morning hours as during the day.
Congrats Vaptamist and Wacko on the ZAU win! How cool is that?
I'm pretty easygoing....until someone ticks me off.
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Hey folks... I just want to pop in and say a few words about the way last night ended...
As many of you know, we had a contest that SHOULD have been fun and it turned... well... ugly at the end.
I was feeling jubilant about hitting 20,000 posts in the thread, and my original plan was to try to hit the 20,000th post myself... but about 5 minutes prior to that I decided it would be MORE FUN for me and everybody in the thread to make a contest to see who could hit that post, and give away a nice prize.
That's when all hell broke loose, at least in my mind, anyway.
People saw TWO winners, results changing right before our eyes and I decided it wasn't fair to tell a guy that saw his post number change end up being a loser instead of a winner! So I gave away two prizes.
Then the Tapatalk results showed different winners on not one but SEVERAL phones... so I polled the results and no two were the same.
I made the decision to stick with the "official online thread"... then the PMS came POURING IN from people that were not posting in the thread, but present in the "room". People were DEMANDING that I post all the tapatalk results as well.
And the entire time...
Our poor friend ASH was fueling the fire.
I KNOW it wasn't his intention to fuel this fire, and believe me when I tell you, I have reread the thread about 15 times. He meant absolutely no harm.
But MEANING to do no harm and actually doing no harm can be two different things.
The more he posted the nastier the PMs became.
I asked ASH to let things go... then I TOLD him to let things go... Then I INSISTED... and ASH just kept going.
ASH, language barrier and all, was on a roll... Undaunted... he continued.
Was I heavy handed with him?
Yes I was...
Did I humiliate him...
Sadly, I did.
I just needed him to stop. Sooner than later.
He had NO WAY of knowing what was happening behind the scenes...
And yeah, I hit him pretty hard, and while I feel it was pretty awful of me to do... I had to make him stop.
So that being said...
ASH, I'm sorry... I was just trying to make the situation stop escalating, and I truly didn't mean to humiliate you in any way.
You are welcome in the thread, and I value your presence here.
So please accept my apology.
well..there was that one time when i really needed a ride...
thanks Paiz...you're not helping.....lolyes but Rat is married in NY, so, still some ambiguity there . . . .
Hey folks... I just want to pop in and say a few words about the way last night ended...
As many of you know, we had a contest that SHOULD have been fun and it turned... well... ugly at the end.
I was feeling jubilant about hitting 20,000 posts in the thread, and my original plan was to try to hit the 20,000th post myself... but about 5 minutes prior to that I decided it would be MORE FUN for me and everybody in the thread to make a contest to see who could hit that post, and give away a nice prize.
That's when all hell broke loose, at least in my mind, anyway.
People saw TWO winners, results changing right before our eyes and I decided it wasn't fair to tell a guy that saw his post number change end up being a loser instead of a winner! So I gave away two prizes.
Then the Tapatalk results showed different winners on not one but SEVERAL phones... so I polled the results and no two were the same.
I made the decision to stick with the "official online thread"... then the PMS came POURING IN from people that were not posting in the thread, but present in the "room". People were DEMANDING that I post all the tapatalk results as well.
And the entire time...
Our poor friend ASH was fueling the fire.
I KNOW it wasn't his intention to fuel this fire, and believe me when I tell you, I have reread the thread about 15 times. He meant absolutely no harm.
But MEANING to do no harm and actually doing no harm can be two different things.
The more he posted the nastier the PMs became.
I asked ASH to let things go... then I TOLD him to let things go... Then I INSISTED... and ASH just kept going.
ASH, language barrier and all, was on a roll... Undaunted... he continued.
Was I heavy handed with him?
Yes I was...
Did I humiliate him...
Sadly, I did.
I just needed him to stop. Sooner than later.
He had NO WAY of knowing what was happening behind the scenes...
And yeah, I hit him pretty hard, and while I feel it was pretty awful of me to do... I had to make him stop.
So that being said...
ASH, I'm sorry... I was just trying to make the situation stop escalating, and I truly didn't mean to humiliate you in any way.
You are welcome in the thread, and I value your presence here.
So please accept my apology.
Hello everyone newbie here <--- Just want to give a shout out to Mike for replying fast and supporting the troops! Im sure a lot happens in his PM's as in this thread but he still took the time to respond and help a soldier out... I've been following this thread since before AYS but guess what this guy didnt have an account to post.... so went through all hell to get to 20 creditable post to spend my 21st appreciating the customer service side of the house....How Ironic??? AYS?....
Welcome to crazy town!!! Pop some popcorn and enjoy your stay!!!!