Are You Ashamed of Where You Live?

John Stevenson said:

Unfounded rumour Marv, been the length and breath of the country and never found it yet [ or could that be never WANT to find it ?? ]

John S.

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i used to deliver windows in london and the only time that dirty old town looked good to me waas in the rear view mirror of the van

johnthomp said:

i used to deliver windows in london and the only time that dirty old town looked good to me waas in the rear view mirror of the van

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OUCH!!

Thanks Marv wondered how to insert address.
Hi Johnthomp, went to London once .Once to often

Hi all,

I have to appologize for not posting my location. :-[ When I first signed up I was so anxious to post that I didn't continue to add to my profile. I was sure I had at least added my address. It's there now. ;D

Mine says mid Michigan and that should be close enough. What really gets me is when a question is asked and the posters location is not needed to answer the question, someone.....will respond with "please tell us where you are so we can answer appropriately".
I don't remember if I have seen that in this forum or not but it ticks me off when I see one of those responses. Maybe it's done to self inflate a post count....

With that being said I do acknowledge there are times the location is necessary.

shhhh i dont want the government to find me. they are hunting for my shop tools. cant reveal that im addicted to metal else they lock me up in the rubber room. it took me a long time to tunnel out there was a lot of rubber.
i dont like the rubber room hahahahahahaha

This is a funny thread. ;D

I'm kinda on the fence with this issue....
I always put my location on forums, but I don't have a huge problem with people who don't do so.

But at the same time I do have a problem when people don't put up their location and ask a "where can I buy...." question.

It has also happened that people have suggested that I buy something from [insert non-Australian hardware store here] when my location is clearly stated next to my avatar.
I don't know if that's because they don't take the time to check where I'm from or what.


It also depends on which type of forum it is.
I spend a lot of time on forums for radio controlled cars, and 99.9% of people there are nice and friendly (much like here) and everyone tries to help eachother out with their questions and problems.
I guess we're all sharing the same interest, and also these forums seem to be moderated a lot better than some others, like for example a movie forum I post at.

Of course, with a topic like movies, almost every discussion ends up with people making remarks about eachother's intelligence and quite often sexual preference, based on their opinion of the movie being discussed.

Could also have something to do with the average age of the users, compared to forums like this one.


Have I ranted on enough yet?
:big:

Dirty_Vinylpusher


Have I ranted on enough yet?

Keep on ranting, there is still more room at the bottom of the page. :big: :big:

Cheers

Don

I believe I have my location posted, but maybe some of those folks that don't post their location have such a nice thing that they don't want to share...

itowbig said:

shhhh i dont want the government to find me. they are hunting for my shop tools. cant reveal that im addicted to metal else they lock me up in the rubber room. it took me a long time to tunnel out there was a lot of rubber.
i dont like the rubber room hahahahahahaha

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if health and safety saw my shop they'd probably send the men in white coats out to take me away and true it is hard work getting through the rubber walls especialy when wearing a straight jacket but not impossible last time i used the buckles on the jacket cuffs to unscrew the metal drain grate off the floor then get out through the service tunnels under the hospital replaceing the grate behind me
heeee heeee im still out Rof}

I always put where I am located on all forums.
just checked here, its their but I cant see it when I post. what did I do wrong?
my profile says it is that alright.

Speedy said:

I always put where I am located on all forums.
just checked here, its their but I cant see it when I post. what did I do wrong?
my profile says it is that alright.

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Reply #13 describes how it is done

To help with this situation on my board, I added a package that the user pics their country when registering... after that, automatically a country flag will be flown under your avatar...

Maybe the admins would do that here?

Eric

Brass_Machine said:

the user pics their country when registering... after that, automatically a country flag will be flown under your avatar...

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That's a good idea.

When registering for a forum some information like user name, email etc is mandatory.

Why not make the sign up form have the location the same.

We run a free advert site for model engineers. On this site we make it compulsory that the first part of the post code is entered. It's enough to give a rough area without giving anything away, in fact it will not accept a full post code.

This was done so a reader could see at a glance whether what he was buying would be viable to collect depending on location / distance.

http://www.homeworkshop.org.uk

I know some people won't answer questions from people wanting help that do not put their location, you can often guess where they are though and if it's an American post I take great delight at posting a link to something in a different country

John S.

oh john ,you are a monkey

stevehuckss39

Don't let it bother you dsquire. Just do what i do. If the situation pops up again, ignore and move on. If they don't want to reveal a location, that's there choice. If it keeps others from helping them, it's there loss.

I also don't feel that anybody should feel pressured into doing something they are not comfortable doing. Live and let live.

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I'll be the first to agree with you Steve IF there is a valid reason. Just don't use because as a reason.

78ths

Maybe some are shy : and others are under cover 8)

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If they are under cover then why are they posting on an international forum?

John Stevenson

Unfounded rumour Marv, been the length and breath of the country and never found it yet [ or could that be never WANT to find it ?? ]

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John, is not finding London similar to not finding that 50 pence piece? Did you really have to do all that work to try and find it?

johnthomp

i used to deliver windows in london and the only time that dirty old town looked good to me waas in the rear view mirror of the van

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Your supposed to watch where you are going, not where you've been.

stevehuckss39

OUCH!!

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It will be if he doesn't watch where he is going.

fcheslop

Thanks Marv wondered how to insert address.
Hi Johnthomp, went to London once .Once to often

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Thanks fcheslop for putting your location in your profile.

Royal Viking

I have to appologize for not posting my location. :-[ When I first signed up I was so anxious to post that I didn't continue to add to my profile. I was sure I had at least added my address. It's there now. ;D

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Thanks Royal Viking for putting your location in your profile.

deere_x475guy

Mine says mid Michigan and that should be close enough. What really gets me is when a question is asked and the posters location is not needed to answer the question, someone.....will respond with "please tell us where you are so we can answer appropriately".

I don't remember if I have seen that in this forum or not but it ticks me off when I see one of those responses. Maybe it's done to self inflate a post count....

With that being said I do acknowledge there are times the location is necessary.

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Your location is fine. I say better to have it there and not need it than not have it there and have people always asking or wondering where you are from.

itowbig

shhhh i dont want the government to find me. they are hunting for my shop tools. cant reveal that im addicted to metal else they lock me up in the rubber room. it took me a long time to tunnel out there was a lot of rubber.
i dont like the rubber room hahahahahahaha

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If the government wants to find you bad enough then they will no mater weather you do or do not show your location in your profile. It is just like a locked door, it only keeps honest people out.

Dirty_Vinylpus

I'm kinda on the fence with this issue....

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Watch it, it's an electric fence and I'm about to turn it on. haha

I always put my location on forums, but I don't have a huge problem with people who don't do so.

But at the same time I do have a problem when people don't put up their location and ask a "where can I buy...." question.

It has also happened that people have suggested that I buy something from [insert non-Australian hardware store here] when my location is clearly stated next to my avatar. I don't know if that's because they don't take the time to check where I'm from or what.

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Sometimes people only read part of what is available before making a decision (I've did it) and go on to make a fool of themselves.

kf2qd

I believe I have my location posted, but maybe some of those folks that don't post their location have such a nice thing that they don't want to share...

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But how are we going to share ours with them if we don't know where to take it or send it?

johnthomp

if health and safety saw my shop they'd probably send the men in white coats out to take me away and true it is hard work getting through the rubber walls especialy when wearing a straight jacket but not impossible last time i used the buckles on the jacket cuffs to unscrew the metal drain grate off the floor then get out through the service tunnels under the hospital replaceing the grate behind me
heeee heeee im still out Rof}

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I thought I heard a bulletin on the radio that they were looking for someone. Maybe it was you?

Speedy

I always put where I am located on all forums.
just checked here, its their but I cant see it when I post. what did I do wrong?
my profile says it is that alright.

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Michael
Put your location under "Signature" or "Picture/Text" on your profile page and it will show up on every post you make.

stevehuckss39

Reply #13 describes how it is done

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Thanks Steve

Brass_Machine

To help with this situation on my board, I added a package that the user pics their country when registering... after that, automatically a country flag will be flown under your avatar...

Maybe the admins would do that here?

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That is certainly a great idea that maybe the administration can pick up on as I am sure that they are reading this thread as well.

John Stevenson

When registering for a forum some information like user name, email etc is mandatory.

Why not make the sign up form have the location the same.

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I think that would be an excellent idea, just make it part of the required registration.

We run a free advert site for model engineers. On this site we make it compulsory that the first part of the post code is entered. It's enough to give a rough area without giving anything away, in fact it will not accept a full post code.

This was done so a reader could see at a glance whether what he was buying would be viable to collect depending on location / distance.

http://www.homeworkshop.org.uk

I know some people won't answer questions from people wanting help that do not put their location, you can often guess where they are though and if it's an American post I take great delight at posting a link to something in a different country

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I generally feel that if I am asking for help with locating a part for my machines that I should make it as easy as possible for someone to help. Give them all the information and part numbers that i can and where I am located. I shouldn't make them jump through hoops just to try and help me.

chillybilly

oh john ,you are a monkey

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I've saved the best for last chillybilly but now I am all out of cute things to say. Sorry


To all who have replied, thank you. I never anticipated the responce that I have received. At this point there are 33 replies and 965 reads. I don't know how many users have changed their profile to include their location but I know that there have been quitr a few. For the most part I think most were in agreement with showing their location and I never received any hate mail to date so I guess I didn't upset too many people.

To those few who haven't yet changed their profile to include their location now would be a good time to do it while it is fresh in your mind. Besides that, when I get the millions and millions of $$$$$$$ from all these emails I get wanting me to help them get the money out of the country. I will have so much that I won't know what to do with it so might share it with all the members here if I can find them without begging.

Cheers

Don

Watch it, it's an electric fence and I'm about to turn it on. haha

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Where I grew up we had a small paddock on our property, and mum and dad used to let our neighbor put a couple of young cows on it every summer.


Mum reckons that when I was about 2 or 3 I used to stand there and hold on to the electric fence with one hand and pat our Great Dane with the other.
He didn't seem to mind until one day when I touched him on his wet nose and zapped him.

After that he never came near me when I was at the fence.

Dirty_Vinylpus

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Is that the stuff that leaks from your old records?
Vinyl pus......

thanks Marv sorry for the delay in thanking you I should check replies to my posts more often
Ben

Thanks Marv for posting how to do this. In answer to the original question, My politics don't match the majority of Western Washington, So my answer is maybe, probably, ok, yes.