Plus, please pray for my favorite cat, Bobbie, who is quite ill and being kept at the vet’s until they can get her fever (105°) down to normal (101°) for a cat. I am beside myself with worry about her.
Posted on 07/31/2015 11:49:41 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows
The time has come to take action against thread hijackers.
Let me begin with an example of thread hijacking:
Like most Freepers, I am pro-life. Abortion and and euthanasia appall me, and marketing the results even more so. I support candidates who oppose the culture of death, and cheer when it is thwarted.
I also do not find it necessary to mention these facts on EVERY. FREAKING. THREAD.
There is a certain type of Freeper, though, who has no such restraint. For these zealots, any thread that deviates from the pro-life cause, no matter how trivially, is a heresy that must be immediately suppressed.
You are shocked by cruelty to animals? I guess that means you couldn't care less about the cruelty of THE MILLIONS OF CHILDREN ABORTED EVERY YEAR!!!!!
You lost a beloved pet? Why can't you mourn THE THOUSANDS OF ABORTED BABIES WHO DIED THE SAME DAY?!!!!
Your car shredded its transmission and you're looking at thousands of dollars in repairs? Why aren't you thinking about THE BABIES WHO WILL NEVER GROW UP TO BE AUTO MECHANICS BECAUSE THEY WERE ABORTED?!!!!
(OK, maybe I made that last one up.)
Arguing with these people is pointless. It's the same principle as wrestling with a pig - you just get muddy and the pig enjoys it. Similarly, trying to convince them that they are being rude is a waste of time - THE CAUSE is far more important little things like courtesy and respect.
So, what can we do about it?
We can get drunk.
I hereby propose The Thread Hijack Drinking Game. The rules are simple: When a poster tries to hijack an unrelated thread to his or her pet cause, you 1) reply to the hijack attempt by quoting the text in question, followed by the word "DRINK!", and 2) Take a drink (or any volume) of your favorite beverage (alcoholic or non-alcoholic). Moderation is suggested on animal cruelty threads to avoid alcohol poisoning.
This game will not, I admit, solve the thread hijacking problem. But after a certain number of attempts we will no longer care.
And if anyone is offended by my little proposal, I can only say...
DRINK!
Doy! If I could remember the title correctly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSeoi1fE25A.
Twitter is a recent thing. (I’m so embarrassed.)
The Tracker is equipped with a (as in ONE) fuel injector. We had to replace it when it got clogged. But *that* failure shut the truck down totally.
Please pray for James to receive ALL his disability pay. VA has been messing with him - playing financial games. Lying about having paid him, when all they did is ROB him down to $22 a month for over five years. Their excuse is that he “drilled”.... what was he supposed to do when they TOOK all his disability????? He has to live on something!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No, I’m sure if it was the fuel injector, I would have been able to diagnose it better.
Even with the help of all the guys here, (FR) it took most of the day yesterday to narrow it down to a fuel line problem. I didn’t have $50 to take it in to the shop to have it diagnosed, so I had to rely on all my FRiends to help me out.
FReepers are really AWESOME folks!
Plus, please pray for my favorite cat, Bobbie, who is quite ill and being kept at the vet’s until they can get her fever (105°) down to normal (101°) for a cat. I am beside myself with worry about her.
I sure hope she gets all hissy-slashy again!
Of course, if it were made of sponge cake there would be no problem...
Darling TOL...fervent prayers for your furbaby!
I know the feeling. Praying for Bobbie~
Sometimes I think it’s time for ALL our ambulatory vets to show up on the Washington mall FULLY ARMED and simply say, “You know, you trained us to kill and you made us certain promises.”
Hey Face - that tells me that it's Throttle Body Injection, so it really could be drooling, er, dripping and flooding.. ;-)
Prayers for Bobbie
History teaches us that didn't work very well the last time it was tried.
Overt actions will meet prepared responses.
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One has to be circumspect.
I got a dress for Kathleen at The Salvation Army, $4. Still has tags on it.
Sally found it online, retailing for $178.
Prayers up and continuing for Miss Hissy-Slashy!
Didn’t mean it like that. We don’t do that here. :)
Thanks, NoC! Now I understand what I’m looking at (for?) I can at least eliminate the diagnostic part of the expense. And short of doing what I’m doing, what should I be doing?
Thanks, LoM, for providing NoC with an important clue.
*gulp*
A savings of $174!!! Even my faulty brems can do THAT math!!! Wow!
Now all I need is something else to cheer me up. Like maybe some Pink Drink and Pretzels. It’s a much nicer thought than sitting her crying for no reason. :o|
It was categorized under “Flower Girl Dresses,” so maybe the wedding suffered a last-minute cancellation.
I feel like Pink Drink and Pretzels, too. Are you going to Walmart? Did you know that the $2.97 wine is $3.27 now? Outrageous!
I don’t have anything to go to Walmart with. And that same $2.97 wine has been $3.27 here for at least the last six months, if not longer.
I’ll just sit here and cry because I can. Excuse me while I have a meltdown of sorts. And don’t tell the neighbors where I am...
MINE!
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