A lot of "old timers" around here are/were trolls.“Like you, as you, a December 2008 signup.... calling ol-timers DU trolls.”
Are you implying that dirtboy is a Dec. 2008 signup DU troll. I don’t know if you checked his personal page, but I did, and he signed up in Sept. 1998. Checking facts I consider more important than checking spelling, and I too am annoyed by knee jerk reactions from both the left and the right.
Unlike the badmouther you are defending, most of them have been banned.
But your quote, which I repeated above was dirtboy badmouthing (knee jerk reaction right there) a poster who posted something he couldn't counter, so he made a PERSONAL ATTACK upon that poster because that poster is a December 2008 signup.
So your castigation of me for doing that is way off, because it was your friend that posted that quote.
It looks like he has got you hooked on his sign-on date as a badge of honor.
Well, he dishonors "old timers" IMO with his attacks and put downs of newer posters (just because of their sign-on date), most of which are much better informed posters than he is.
The spelling thing was to try to get him to post from his head instead of his emotions so he would be more reasonable and not so hotheaded.
What do you call his many DUmmie comments, and his posting quotes and then lies about what he posted?
Kinda knee jerk, don't you think?
I'll look for your post calling him on that.
Oh, and I am not putting his name in the "to" box, because he didn't bother doing it when he talked about me.
Sorry you got hooked in to defending an obnoxious "old timer" poster, but he proves that having an early sign-on date doesn't make all your posts wonderful.
So I think your problem is with dirtboy, not me.
And of course you looked up his sign on date, that's what he wanted you to do so you would know he is better than you, a useless "nube" to him
I was not called into this discussion by dirtboy. I had read the first 100 or so comments, then came back later and read the 900 numbers. Saw this conflict and reacted. You referred to some inappropriate comments dirtboy made earlier. If you give me the numbers I will go look at them. I have a lot of tax stuff to do still or I would look myself. I don’t know if he would classify me as a “useless newbie”. After more than 3 years here, am I still a newbie?