Courtesy costs nothing

Unread post by **moizeau** » 19 Dec 2016, 23:40

I know the majority on this forum who start posts, reply to suggestions and finish the thread, whether fixed or not!
If you ask a question, please respond. Someone has taken time to try and help you. Also if you start a thread, finish it. There is nothing worse than reading through several pages to find the 'last chapter' missing

Stickyfinger · Unread post by **Stickyfinger** » 19 Dec 2016, 23:57

well maybe if you consider the three main answers which are
1.

Unread post by **CitroJim** » 20 Dec 2016, 04:36

moizeau wrote:I know the majority on this forum who start posts, reply to suggestions and finish the thread, whether fixed or not!
If you ask a question, please respond. Someone has taken time to try and help you. Also if you start a thread, finish it. There is nothing worse than reading through several pages to find the 'last chapter' missing

I quite agree and it's been a frustration of mine ever since I started visiting forums. This one is not unique and is actually a lot better than most in my experience...

Often, I'll deliberately ask the OP to let us all know the result...

superloopy · Unread post by **superloopy** » 20 Dec 2016, 09:26

I always read the last couple of entries of a large post before deciding on whether to read the full post although often it is. Thete's a lot of useful info peppered around randomly in posts so you really DO need to read everything. It's not that tedious and i certainly wouldnt complain about anything other than spam posting although the odd 'off topic' or 'post jack' entry does raise my BP a couple of degrees [emoji6]

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Unread post by **myglaren** » 20 Dec 2016, 17:01

You will be very lucky to find any spam but it is a forum characteristic that threads meander all over the place.

Unread post by **Paul-R** » 20 Dec 2016, 17:54

myglaren wrote:...it is a forum characteristic that threads meander all over the place.

It's not the destination but the journey there that matters.

Unread post by **CitroJim** » 20 Dec 2016, 18:15

Paul-R wrote:
myglaren wrote:...it is a forum characteristic that threads meander all over the place.
It's not the destination but the journey there that matters.

Nicely put

So many threads on here are invariably a journey to most interesting places...

Unread post by **daviemck2006** » 20 Dec 2016, 18:22

It's like our NC500 run will probably end up in the med!

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Unread post by **CitroJim** » 20 Dec 2016, 18:23

daviemck2006 wrote:It's like our NC500 run will probably end up in the med!

Unread post by **Paul-R** » 20 Dec 2016, 18:54

Whenever we take road that, err, isn't quite what I thought it was I am never lost - I am just discovering new places. I've driven along some beautiful roads that way.

Unread post by **daviemck2006** » 20 Dec 2016, 22:24

I used to go for runs in the car, with the wife and kids, someone would say where does that road go? There was only one way to find out!

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Unread post by **mickeymoon** » 20 Dec 2016, 22:56

daviemck2006 wrote:I used to go for runs in the car, with the wife and kids, someone would say where does that road go? There was only one way to find out!

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I still do that!

Unread post by **moizeau** » 20 Dec 2016, 23:05

Blimey, I now need to reply as the starter of the thread. Thanks all, love the meandering, done that, been there. I would like to ask though?

well maybe if you consider the three main answers which are
1.

I may have been off the hamster wheel for 12 yrs, living here in France, but I don't understand??

Cheers all
Pete

Unread post by **CitroJim** » 21 Dec 2016, 04:35

moizeau wrote:Blimey, I now need to reply as the starter of the thread. Thanks all, love the meandering, done that, been there. I would like to ask though?

well maybe if you consider the three main answers which are
1.

I may have been off the hamster wheel for 12 yrs, living here in France, but I don't understand??

Cheers all
Pete

Pete, he who posted that lives in Somerset.... 'Nuff said

spider · Unread post by **spider** » 21 Dec 2016, 13:12

There are various ways I've seen of doing this, such as marking a post as 'best answer' (in some cases it then gets printed at the top as well) and or marking a topic as solved.

Both these methods actually work quite well (I've not seen them for this software but I've not looked) I can provide screenshots if curious.

However: The issue is they rely on the original posts aka the topic starter the one with the initial issue / question to actually mark it as such (or a moderator) , the problem being that some once they have their answer will not return to say "thanks!" or to do the 'mark as' thing...

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