...Bob, I can't think of anything you've posted that would cause anyone to leave Oldgas...if you have, it's not about the amount of 'power' you're wielding, but about how thin their skin is...
...no one who's
serious about this stuff would let a comment or two - or even an Oldgas member or two - keep them from tapping into the potential of this site...
...I know there are times (daytime and nighttime) when some of the posts on Oldgas drive me crazy - because the questions posed are easily answered elsewhere; metaphysically impossible to answer ("is this interesting?"
); or one of a handful of people, posting 'wish I could afford that' or 'nice sign' after just about every For Sale or Showcase post...'participating' but not adding anything substantive to the discussion...
...I'm on Oldgas because collecting this stuff is in my bones...anyone who's known me a long time, knows that it's my passion in life...I want to learn things I don't know, see things I haven't seen, make my Gulf collection the best in the world if I can, and 'make room' for new additions...if I can help a true collector who has posted asking for info or an item, I'll comment on their post...I know I'm going to make friends, and adversaries, in the process...that's just life...I'll be damned if I'm going to lose any sleep over being on someone's 'ignore' list...that's their loss...I'm not here to tell anyone the ghastly paint scheme they chose for their gas pump is just peachy...that doesn't help anyone in the long run...
...
and then there's the Value forum...
...I would guess that problem with people starting new threads instead of adding to the old ones, might be that they are new members and aren't aware that there IS an original thread...a suggestion: maybe if those threads were 'fixed' at the top of the list, they would be accessed and added to as new info came along?...perhaps this has already been tried, I don't know...it just occurred to me that it might help reduce the problem...
