[Kenneth Niles Bora]

...Edit: The answer is yes. I just logged out and then was able to read but not post.

more than just rope, I know.
You know?

 

[Hunt'EmUp]

Hmm If there be someone I want to know who they are I just Pm them and ask them, and get a formal introduction, not an internet swat introduction. Otherwise they can post their name at their discretion. I don't see how forcing the option does anything, aside from letting the lurkers track others, in the background, without having to actually contact them. You will probably lose a lot of input from those who remain anonymous for a variety of reasons and don't want people tracking them. There are those who just wait to stir-up drama, the internet s/he said, cut-paste out of context environment is a play-ground for them. If someone doesn't have the gumption to actually ask me who I am and have a one on one conversation with me, so I know who they are, then they don't need to know. (although the dog names pretty much give it away, but maybe those aren't mine ). Give any of my posting the same value you give anything on else found on the internet, as semi, completely, and totally untrue and biased

 

[duk4me]

yes a banned person is able to view RTF

Suddenly I feel like someone is looking over my shoulder like that guy hiding in the Russian airport.

 

[Becky Mills]

Suddenly I feel like someone is looking over my shoulder like that guy hiding in the Russian airport.

Tell him you'll hide him in your stack house. I bet that'll make him leave you alone

 

[golfandhunter]

2Tall, I don't think listening to only certain people is getting only the answers you are looking for. There are certain folks that give good helpful advise. Like: Howard, Ted, Breck, Steve, Evan, Dennis, etc. just to name a few. These folks, IMHO, are straight forward and try to be helpful. I always listen to what they have to say and have benefitted greatly.

There is only one person that I miss and that is Capt Jack, Glenn Guilder. He was very knowledgable in TRT. He left on his own.

Wayne, I am fortunate to have Glen as my friend and even more fortunate to live close and train with Glen and Jenny every week.
Glen, taught me how to run a dog and spends lots of his time helping folks new to the sport.

Glen is lurking out there and still offers help to those who ask.
Send me a pm for Glens contact info.

Like Davis said, Glen was on a role this spring, and that was with dogs not highly bred and trained 2 days a week.
Watch out folks, Glen and Jenny are about to get a new puppy from the dream breeding of the year IMHO.

 

[Wayne Nutt]

Gregg, Glen is a facebook friend and we keep up with each other that way.

Ken, But you didn't know Gene Autrey which is a significant shortcoming. LOL!

 

[golfandhunter]

Wayne, I am fortunate to have Glen as my friend and even more fortunate to live close and train with Glen and Jenny every week.
Glen, taught me how to run a dog and spends lots of his time helping folks new to the sport.

Glen is lurking out there and still offers help to those who ask.
Send me a pm for Glens contact info.

Like Davis said, Glen was on a role this spring, and that was with dogs not highly bred and trained 2 days a week.
Watch out folks, Glen and Jenny are about to get a new puppy from the dream breeding of the year IMHO.

Edit: Sorry meant to say " Like Buck Said " I saw both you guys a month ago in Boston, brain fart.

 

[Handler in Training]

I'm convinced!!! Let's see if my signature works.

Just so everyone knows....I am a nobody and you can toss out anything I ever say!

 

[Swampbilly]

IMO, for a forum to work effectively the posting members credentials should be available for scrutiny by the group .... this cannot happen when the posters real name in not readily available.
john

Mr. John Fallon-
I really enjoy my screen name. It's been with me before the "screens" were.

It's been a household staple for quite some time-
It's painted on an old duckboat as it's name / I have a sign on my shed where I keep decoys that reads; Swampbilly Headquarters/, I have a "Swamp-o'-Phone"/ I fix "Swampbilly Gumbo", "Swampbilly Spaghetti" for the family, and play "Swampbilly Music".
I call my huntin' buddies "Swampbillies", my truck a "Swampmobile", and I fish and duckhunt in a Swamp.
All of it just in fun in humor for the short time duckseason is in.
Back in "the day" it was my C.B. handle and call name on Marine radio.

Respectfully John-
I find it difficult, after having read, (and enjoyed many of your posts here), that a man of your caliber would need a "name" attached to a post to be able to identify whether or not there's any credibility or any quality at all to a post in question.

Just don't see where you'd need a real name to use any discretion. Could be I'm different in reading something "controversial"- just don't need a name attached to a post to form an opinion or scrutinize.

Please help me once and for all understand a little better on the screen name , real name stuff.
I'm flexible.
Allow me to ask-

WHAT set of credentials is it that seems to be neccessary in order to form an opinion or a conclusion of something?
I say/ask all of this respectfully.

 

[duk4me]

Mr. John Fallon-
I really enjoy my screen name. It's been with me before the "screens" were.

It's been a household staple for quite some time-
It's painted on an old duckboat as it's name / I have a sign on my shed where I keep decoys that reads; Swampbilly Headquarters/, I have a "Swamp-o'-Phone"/ I fix "Swampbilly Gumbo", "Swampbilly Spaghetti" for the family, and play "Swampbilly Music".
I call my huntin' buddies "Swampbillies", my truck a "Swampmobile", and I fish and duckhunt in a Swamp.
All of it just in fun in humor for the short time duckseason is in.
Back in "the day" it was my C.B. handle and call name on Marine radio.

Respectfully John-
I find it difficult, after having read, (and enjoyed many of your posts here), that a man of your caliber would need a "name" attached to a post to be able to identify whether or not there's any credibility or any quality at all to a post in question.

Just don't see where you'd need a real name to use any discretion. Could be I'm different in reading something "controversial"- just don't need a name attached to a post to form an opinion or scrutinize.

Please help me once and for all understand a little better on the screen name , real name stuff.
I'm flexible.
Allow me to ask-

WHAT set of credentials is it that seems to be neccessary in order to form an opinion or a conclusion of something?
I say/ask all of this respectfully.

nice question I use my name per chris request only

 

[HNTFSH]

WHAT set of credentials is it that seems to be neccessary in order to form an opinion or a conclusion of something?
I say/ask all of this respectfully.

Considering most questions asked on a dog forum, including this one, could be answered correctly by a guy that's trained a nice junior dog - I hardly see highly credentialed validations be required. Not to mention - this is the tamest dog forum I've seen to begin with already. Not a bad thing - just sayin'. And when I see a brawl - there's plenty of 'credentialed' joining in.

The absolute most important job on earth (aside from Si Roberston's I guess) is held by a man whose politics I'd hardly embrace based on his 'credentials' and global stature.

Not to mention there are dog trainers and there are people who train dogs. The latter may have listed accomplishments than the former but that don't mean a lot to folks can't recognize the difference.

Where are all these questions requiring an 'expert'? And where are all these posters that cause trouble?

 

[txrancher]

Considering most questions asked on a dog forum, including this one, could be answered correctly by a guy that's trained a nice junior dog - I hardly see highly credentialed validations be required. Not to mention - this is the tamest dog forum I've seen to begin with already. Not a bad thing - just sayin'. And when I see a brawl - there's plenty of 'credentialed' joining in.

The absolute most important job on earth (aside from Si Roberston's I guess) is held by a man whose politics I'd hardly embrace based on his 'credentials' and global stature.

Not to mention there are dog trainers and there are people who train dogs. The latter may have listed accomplishments than the former but that don't mean a lot to folks can't recognize the difference.

Where are all these questions requiring an 'expert'? And where are all these posters that cause trouble?

We already have Junior & Senior Members, perhaps we just need to add an additional one designated as "Expert Member."

 

[HNTFSH]

We already have Junior & Senior Members, perhaps we just need to add an additional one designated as "Expert Member."

lol...maybe that is the premise. Not one big retriever community but rather one big further segregated one.

 

[luvalab]

We already have Junior & Senior Members, perhaps we just need to add an additional one designated as "Expert Member."

I've often thought there should be a "meet and greet" forum on here, and that some of the folks who have been around for a while under "handles" shouldn't be too modest or shy to introduce themselves as well, so that folks who just don't get to meet a lot of people personally understand the wealth of experience on here.

 

[cvrsix]

Just added name to sig.

 

[john fallon]

Mr. John Fallon-
I really enjoy my screen name. It's been with me before the "screens" were.

It's been a household staple for quite some time-
It's painted on an old duckboat as it's name / I have a sign on my shed where I keep decoys that reads; Swampbilly Headquarters/, I have a "Swamp-o'-Phone"/ I fix "Swampbilly Gumbo", "Swampbilly Spaghetti" for the family, and play "Swampbilly Music".
I call my huntin' buddies "Swampbillies", my truck a "Swampmobile", and I fish and duckhunt in a Swamp.
All of it just in fun in humor for the short time duckseason is in.
Back in "the day" it was my C.B. handle and call name on Marine radio.

Respectfully John-
I find it difficult, after having read, (and enjoyed many of your posts here), that a man of your caliber would need a "name" attached to a post to be able to identify whether or not there's any credibility or any quality at all to a post in question.

Just don't see where you'd need a real name to use any discretion. Could be I'm different in reading something "controversial"- just don't need a name attached to a post to form an opinion or scrutinize.

Please help me once and for all understand a little better on the screen name , real name stuff.
I'm flexible.
Allow me to ask-

WHAT set of credentials is it that seems to be neccessary in order to form an opinion or a conclusion of something?
I say/ask all of this respectfully.

Since you asked,

In 2003 when I came on here, the new prolific posters were fully vetted, this is not the case now....

That one can draw a conclusion on a post without knowing anything about the writer is a given, but in order for it to be even close to accurate the credentials of the writer would be most helpfull.

It is not that these "no names" do not have the right to their opinion, it is when they inundate a goodly number of the threads with it, some times being the TOP poster on the thread, with no way for one to know if their life experience with retrievers warants any consideration of their opinion that it becomes problamatic for me.

john

 

[copterdoc]

You have so much vested in what others post, that you need permission to accept it as being "good", or you will suffer some sort of personal loss?

Kinda reminds me of a scene from a movie.

 

[HNTFSH]

Since you asked,

In 2003 when I came on here, the new prolific posters were fully vetted, this is not the case now....

That one can draw a conclusion on a post without knowing anything about the writer is a given, but in order for it to be even close to accurate the credentials of the writer would be most helpfull.

It is not that these "no names" do not have the right to their opinion, it is when they inundate a goodly number of the threads with it, some times being the TOP poster on the thread, with no way for one to know if their life experience with retrievers warants any consideration of their opinion that it becomes problamatic for me.

john

John - I've lived through the evolution of forums and understand sometimes change is uncomfortable.

That said - the opinion or the advice is either worthy or not - doesn't matter who wrote it. I've seen/heard some little kids comments that were pure brilliant about life in general, despite their few years at it.

 

[Jennifer Henion]

John - I've lived through the evolution of forums and understand sometimes change is uncomfortable.

That said - the opinion or the advice is either worthy or not - doesn't matter who wrote it. I've seen/heard some little kids comments that were pure brilliant about life in general, despite their few years at it.

Me too! Wouldn't it be neat if they could remember that same simple wisdom after living through their teens and twenties?

Carry on...

 

[john fallon]

You have so much vested in what others post, that you need permission to accept it as being "good", or you will suffer some sort of personal loss?

Kinda reminds me of a scene from a movie.

Now here is a prime example....

Before I would chalk this off to where my first impression of this post indicates that it should go, if I knew something more about you, it would help me in making the correct decision .

john