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GeoTom
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Stefan-K
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depends on who's off leash, the dog or the owner?
hoppy but not too hoppy
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Kim Brown
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Rail, Rail, Rail  Scottish Ale.
"..living on the east side of the Sierra world be ideal - except for harsher winters and the chance of apocalyptic fires burning the whole area."
Bosterson, NWHiker's marketing expert
"..living on the east side of the Sierra world be ideal - except for harsher winters and the chance of apocalyptic fires burning the whole area."
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Schenk
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Appropriate for this thread: Hijacked Hefeweisen
Nature exists with a stark indifference to humans' situation.
Nature exists with a stark indifference to humans' situation.
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Stefan-K
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| Schenk wrote: | | Hijacked Hefeweisen |
that's a hijack I can get behind. 'tis good alchemy, when vitriol turns to humor, like water to wine...
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Kim Brown
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| Schenk wrote: | | Appropriate for this thread: Hijacked Hefeweisen |
To quote Mark Twain, in a round-about way --- it needed high-jacking.
"..living on the east side of the Sierra world be ideal - except for harsher winters and the chance of apocalyptic fires burning the whole area."
Bosterson, NWHiker's marketing expert
"..living on the east side of the Sierra world be ideal - except for harsher winters and the chance of apocalyptic fires burning the whole area."
Bosterson, NWHiker's marketing expert
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RichP
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Blowhard Double IPA. 
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...how does everything around here erupt into a drinking game? y.j.
...wait...are we just going to hang here or go hiking?
...wait...are we just going to hang here or go hiking?
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Ski
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| fourteen410 wrote: | | Vitriol comes with the territory of the internet (sadly), especially in larger forums. |
presently nwhikers.net has 12,248 registered members.
another forum I frequent has 299,263 registered members.
most of the other forums I use have smaller membership numbers.
of all of them, only this one has the problem with the sniping and whining.
it's not the numbers.
"I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each."
"I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each."
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Schenk
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I think it is because we are sitting at desks and it is not comfortable for us so we "kick the dog", in a manner of speaking, by ripping on fellow posters.
I am guessing other forums are frequented by a higher percentage of people who do not have an addiction to the outdoors so they are not as grumpy sitting at a desk.
I am purely speculating and have no data to support this.
Nature exists with a stark indifference to humans' situation.
Nature exists with a stark indifference to humans' situation.
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Ski
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Schenk, that is an interesting take on it, but
In the other discussion forums I frequent, the demographic is completely different - one that is regularly derided here in various threads - mostly in the form of remarks that have no basis in fact but rather are conjured up out of bias and fear.
None of the other forums I use focus on hiking per se, but the great majority of their memberships are "outdoorsy" type guys. (There are very few female members on any of them - a couple are the online equivalents of "Tool Time" or "The Red Green Show".)
So I would tend to think the problem is more one of some perceived sense of elitism, although I would concede I have seen episodes where weather patterns definitely were contributing to the "cranky factor".
I don't pretend to have all the answers on this one, but again I will submit that I don't believe it has anything at all to do with membership numbers.
"I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each."
"I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each."
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coldrain108
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| Ski wrote: | | In the other discussion forums I frequent, the demographic is completely different |
IOW a monoculture where everyone agrees on the topics...
unlike this site which runs the full scale of opinion.
And these day nobody will admit that their sh## stinks  and contributes to the problem. Everybody else's smells really bad but mine smells like freshly mowed grass  and causes all problems to vanish.
I want what I want and I don't give a flying....what you think. Again, sniff the sh## waves wafting through the air, yours and mine are just as rank as the next guy's.
Since I have no expectations of forgiveness, I don't do it in the first place. That loop hole needs to be closed to everyone.
Since I have no expectations of forgiveness, I don't do it in the first place. That loop hole needs to be closed to everyone.
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Ski
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| Quote: | | IOW a monoculture where everyone agrees on the topics... |
^ actually that's so far off the mark it's pretty funny.
thanks! 
"I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each."
"I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each."
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Schenk
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Ah, yes, there is probably a fair degree of elitism .
If you want a good dose of that go to a Flyfishing Forum hahaha
so: Flytosser Elite English Bitter
Nature exists with a stark indifference to humans' situation.
Nature exists with a stark indifference to humans' situation.
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Ski
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^ excellent example.
joined one in the hopes of identifying and ascertaining the value (if any) on a couple old rods that were gifted to me.
deleted my posts and deleted my membership in less than 48 hours.
kinda-sorta a similar dynamic in play here.... not to that degree, however.
on a scale of 1 to 10, I'd put flyfishing and antique hand plane forums at 11.
this one.... offhand I'd have to say about a 7... maybe an 8.
"I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each."
"I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each."
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