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V Man · 04-20-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by HARRYJ

You never heard of bait?

Bait, smait, you didn't know they were changing boards back then. It is more like

**SheTexan** · 04-20-2007

I've just been sitting back, reading most of the threads, and giving it some time. PATIENCE!! I appreciate what Kevin has tried to do with HIS board! He brought in people he trusted to revamp, redesign, and give ALL Texan fans a place to go. The OLD TT was our "hang out" so to speak, our own little old computer "home." WELL, Kevin, Vinny, and the new mods, have built a BIGGER home and opened the doors to those long lost relatives, some of which we didn't care to much for to begin with! lol IMHO, for what it's worth, we all need to learn to live together PEACEFULLY, or move on!!

YES, we will have disagreements, heated arguments, lots of

, etc, but when all is said and done, we need to remind ourselves we are a TEXAN FAMILY, and we will survive!!

As for INPUT, I miss the old smack forum, esp involving our division rivals. The Cowboy thread was ALWAYS great fun to read also. It provided a place for all the nastiness to come out, and kept most of it off the main football threads. I think it just helped keep the place clean.

I DO have a suggestion for the OLD TT posters. GET INVOLVED with this board! NOT just the tailgating section, but start talking about football! EVERYONE has an opinion, or we wouldn't be here in the first place. VOICE YOURS!! Learn to live with the NEW "relatives" and let's ALL do our part to make our new house a GREAT place to be!! JMO!

**DiapHer** · 04-20-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by HARRYJ

You never heard of bait?

**HARRYJ** · 04-20-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by SheTexan

I've just been sitting back, reading most of the threads, and giving it some time. PATIENCE!! I appreciate what Kevin has tried to do with HIS board! He brought in people he trusted to revamp, redesign, and give ALL Texan fans a place to go. The OLD TT was our "hang out" so to speak, our own little old computer "home." WELL, Kevin, Vinny, and the new mods, have built a BIGGER home and opened the doors to those long lost relatives, some of which we didn't care to much for to begin with! lol IMHO, for what it's worth, we all need to learn to live together PEACEFULLY, or move on!!

YES, we will have disagreements, heated arguments, lots of

, etc, but when all is said and done, we need to remind ourselves we are a TEXAN FAMILY, and we will survive!!

As for INPUT, I miss the old smack forum, esp involving our division rivals. The Cowboy thread was ALWAYS great fun to read also. It provided a place for all the nastiness to come out, and kept most of it off the main football threads. I think it just helped keep the place clean.

I DO have a suggestion for the OLD TT posters. GET INVOLVED with this board! NOT just the tailgating section, but start talking about football! EVERYONE has an opinion, or we wouldn't be here in the first place. VOICE YOURS!! Learn to live with the NEW "relatives" and let's ALL do our part to make our new house a GREAT place to be!! JMO!

So you're saying that I should endevour to participate in every facet of the "new" TT? I'll see what I can do about that!

**Vinny** · 04-20-2007

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Originally Posted by xtruroyaltyx

I didn't even know about this site until two seconds ago...I've been posting over at the main site.....n

The only thing I don't like is how narrow the view is...Just like the board attatched to the Texans main site, I have to scroll back and forth to read...

But other than that, I can't really say....seeing as I've only been here...5 seconds now...

use the view without frames...thats what I do.

http://www.texanstalk.com/forums/

**HARRYJ** · 04-20-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by V Man

Bait, smait, you didn't know they were changing boards back then. It is more like

That was the old TT! If a few people hadn't complained about my PG rated avatars I would be dazzling you with some of the lovely avatars I have collected in my intertravels!

I gets around a bit!

BigWig · 04-20-2007

I would like to see auto spell check, even Yank whos is a soon to be lawyer could use it, look at his first post on the thread!

**Vinny** · 04-20-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigWig

I would like to see auto spell check, even Yank whos is a soon to be lawyer could use it, look at his first post on the thread!

If you use IE there is already one in the system...you just have to use it. It's on the top right of the post edit box. If you use Firefox you have to go download their spellcheck tool.

If you do not see the check mark, go download this...

http://www.iespell.com/

**HARRYJ** · 04-20-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigWig

I would like to see auto spell check, even Yank whos is a soon to be lawyer could use it, look at his first post on the thread!

We don't need no stinkin' spel cheker!

**DiapHer** · 04-20-2007

Some of us know how to use Yank's translator it's about like Bradster's at times... but that is a positive addition Big, for the new people on this site!!!

**TEXANS84** · 04-20-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by SheTexan

I've just been sitting back, reading most of the threads, and giving it some time. PATIENCE!! I appreciate what Kevin has tried to do with HIS board! He brought in people he trusted to revamp, redesign, and give ALL Texan fans a place to go. The OLD TT was our "hang out" so to speak, our own little old computer "home." WELL, Kevin, Vinny, and the new mods, have built a BIGGER home and opened the doors to those long lost relatives, some of which we didn't care to much for to begin with! lol IMHO, for what it's worth, we all need to learn to live together PEACEFULLY, or move on!!

YES, we will have disagreements, heated arguments, lots of

, etc, but when all is said and done, we need to remind ourselves we are a TEXAN FAMILY, and we will survive!!

As for INPUT, I miss the old smack forum, esp involving our division rivals. The Cowboy thread was ALWAYS great fun to read also. It provided a place for all the nastiness to come out, and kept most of it off the main football threads. I think it just helped keep the place clean.

I DO have a suggestion for the OLD TT posters. GET INVOLVED with this board! NOT just the tailgating section, but start talking about football! EVERYONE has an opinion, or we wouldn't be here in the first place. VOICE YOURS!! Learn to live with the NEW "relatives" and let's ALL do our part to make our new house a GREAT place to be!! JMO!

Great post grandma! Thanks for coming back!!

We're all going to make Kevin's site the best Texan's site out there.

**HARRYJ** · 04-20-2007

Grandma has spoken! I'm gettin' chills here, I tell ya!

**Tedc** · 04-20-2007

So much for Yankee's request.

Anyway, I don't see what the issue is about looks of the site but I care more about the handeling and content of the site. It looks from where I sit that it is going the right direction.

76Texan · 04-20-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by HARRYJ

Grandma has spoken! I'm gettin' chills here, I tell ya!

send us some of that snow, harryj!

I would like to see She become a lifetime honorable MOD!

Yankee_In_TX · 04-20-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tedc

So much for Yankee's request.

Anyway, I don't see what the issue is about looks of the site but I care more about the handeling and content of the site. It looks from where I sit that it is going the right direction.

I think that's fair input. Such as "I wish people would be moderated when ___?" or "Can we have a sticky specifying the rules for x?"

I'm just trying to draw constructive input from original TT posters who have problems with the new look/layout/members/moderation polciy/etc.

**Hookem Horns** · 04-20-2007

Let me chime in here if I may. There have been some unfortunate negative feelings tossed back and forth between some over the change and I am very sorry about all of that. I could have done a much better job making this transition. First off we want to appease as many of you as possible, especially the veteran TT folks. You're (and you know who you are) one of the main reasons the change was made (at least from my point of view). I really want this board to be cross between the old official board and the old TT board. Which would be what I wanted TT to be in the first place. We all know that both boards had their issues. Some feel the official board could get a little too serious and "stuffy" at times or felt those with "great football minds" (at least in their own mind) looked down on others who may not be "experts" of the game. I can see that and have felt that way at times. Others feel TT wasn't serious enough and was just a place to goof off. Because of this they wouldn't waste their time posting a serious topic because they knew it would get overlooked or wouldn't get any real "engaging" responses. I do know that was occuring and quite honestly it was turning me off too. As a matter of fact, many of the old time TT folks cut down on their posting or stopped altogether because of this issue. One just outright unregistered because of the "silliness" that was going on. It had pretty much gotten out of control and I felt major changes would have to be done to get TT back to being a respectable board. The LAST people I thought would be upset about this were the old time core TT folks because I wanted to give them a respectable board back. I felt we could gel the two communities and find an even ground for all to enjoy and have fun talking Texans no matter what your level of expertise on the game is.

I do take full blame for the quality of TT going down hill over the last couple of seasons. Instead of trying to change it I just started spending more time on the official board. I admit that. I now know that it takes a team of mods to run a decent board, not just one or two.

Guys please be patient with us and give us feedback. The facts are, this board IS going to be better than both the old TT board and the old official board. At least that is our goal and I am going to do all I can to see that it happens.

**SheTexan** · 04-20-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by 76Texan

send us some of that snow, harryj!

I would like to see She become a lifetime honorable MOD!

Well, if I was lookin for a humorous post today, that one would do it!!!! LOVE ya anyway 76,

, BUT, everyone who knows me, you included, know I'm a complete ***** when it comes to computers.

Heck, I still can't figure out how to post a link!! I've been here since the beginning, and I'm not going away. YOU guys/gals gave me the "grandma" title in 2002, and I wear it proudly. Looks like I have a bunch of NEW kids I'll have to keep an eye on though, might have to pull out the old

DA*NETTTT!!!!!!!! They blocked out I*IOT, and I'm talking about myself!!!! lol

hollywood_texan · 04-20-2007

I am probably not a true old school TT poster. I started posting on TT about a year ago but moved over to the official board after some time and for my own reasons.

My recommendation is, everyone should relax a bit and let hook'em, vinny, double barrell, and all the others do their thing.

I have respect for them and what they have done on previous message boards and completely believe their motiviation is the betterment of our Houston Texans community. This message board is about a community and not anyone single person or group of people.

Change is not always easy, but we should all kick back and just enjoy the ride. It's amazing what you start to enjoy when you otherwise would never had thought about trying when just relax and accept what comes to you.

Since I have posted regularly on both boards before the big changes, one thing that was completely the same on both boards was...

GO TEXANS!

76Texan · 04-20-2007

luv ya' grandma!

hookem, I don't see the old TT board's declining quality.
Last I remember, it gathered some pretty strong votes of support among all the Texans boards.

maybe you bore a child who took on its own will.

maybe the people going there like the easy atmosphere that make them feel better during, or after a long day at work.

some of us tend to stray away from topic, but that was during slow time, or perhaps people just choose not to concentrate totally on football. they know they can get that at the main board.

Personally, I found that a unique trait of the old TT.
Yeah, I know at times some one can say "get a room", but really, they like to put in a few one-liner themselves.

Ya know I have voiced my appreciations before.
And I think this place will be just fine.
We all have to look at our own face in the mirror, I'm sure!

Bradster592 · 04-20-2007

Firstly, a big raspberry for Diapher for her crafty dig at my splendiferous use of vocabulary......

!!

May I remind new and old on this board that I, a pure and unsullied Brit, am the only one here to use The Queen's English correctly.

As to improving this 'new' place - I would like to see the return of the function that let you view all your posts (and hence any replies) from the 'profile' section.

I also believe that more nudity is in order, though I concede that that titbit (pun intended) may be more about me than you cared to know!!

Could I also point out that my office wall remains stubbornly calendar-free and bereft of cheerleaders! You know who you are..................

!

Carry on.

04-20-2007	#30
DiapHer GO BIG RED!!! Join Date: Jun 2003 Age: 51 Posts: 4,045 Rep Power: 291	Some of us know how to use Yank's translator it's about like Bradster's at times... but that is a positive addition Big, for the new people on this site!!! __________________ *"Life is not the way it's supposed to be. It's the way it is..* *The way we cope with it, is what makes the difference."*

04-20-2007	#32
HARRYJ A Great Pretender Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: N.J., Exit 8, baby! Age: 56 Posts: 1,754 Rep Power: 124	Grandma has spoken! I'm gettin' chills here, I tell ya! __________________ Please allow me to intoduce myself, I'm a man of wealth and fame..... Thanks AzWhoopr, for my siggy!

04-20-2007	#33
Tedc Hardheaded Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Bull Pen Age: 49 Posts: 5,292 Rep Power: 2403	So much for Yankee's request. Anyway, I don't see what the issue is about looks of the site but I care more about the handeling and content of the site. It looks from where I sit that it is going the right direction. __________________ Tedc .......Hardest head in the Blue Crew!

04-20-2007	#40
Bradster592 Now In Canada! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: On The Prairie..eh? Posts: 151 Rep Power: 8	Firstly, a big raspberry for Diapher for her crafty dig at my splendiferous use of vocabulary...... !! May I remind new and old on this board that I, a pure and unsullied Brit, am the only one here to use The Queen's English correctly. As to improving this 'new' place - I would like to see the return of the function that let you view all your posts (and hence any replies) from the 'profile' section. I also believe that more nudity is in order, though I concede that that titbit (pun intended) may be more about me than you cared to know!! Could I also point out that my office wall remains stubbornly calendar-free and bereft of cheerleaders! You know who you are.................. ! Carry on. __________________ "Back Once Again..Like A Renegade Master!"

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04-20-2007	#27
BigWig Bigimus Wigimus Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Dripping Springs Tx Posts: 1,236 Rep Power: 939	I would like to see auto spell check, even Yank whos is a soon to be lawyer could use it, look at his first post on the thread!

04-20-2007	#36
Hookem Horns Lets Go Rangers Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 6,828 Rep Power: 31366	Let me chime in here if I may. There have been some unfortunate negative feelings tossed back and forth between some over the change and I am very sorry about all of that. I could have done a much better job making this transition. First off we want to appease as many of you as possible, especially the veteran TT folks. You're (and you know who you are) one of the main reasons the change was made (at least from my point of view). I really want this board to be cross between the old official board and the old TT board. Which would be what I wanted TT to be in the first place. We all know that both boards had their issues. Some feel the official board could get a little too serious and "stuffy" at times or felt those with "great football minds" (at least in their own mind) looked down on others who may not be "experts" of the game. I can see that and have felt that way at times. Others feel TT wasn't serious enough and was just a place to goof off. Because of this they wouldn't waste their time posting a serious topic because they knew it would get overlooked or wouldn't get any real "engaging" responses. I do know that was occuring and quite honestly it was turning me off too. As a matter of fact, many of the old time TT folks cut down on their posting or stopped altogether because of this issue. One just outright unregistered because of the "silliness" that was going on. It had pretty much gotten out of control and I felt major changes would have to be done to get TT back to being a respectable board. The LAST people I thought would be upset about this were the old time core TT folks because I wanted to give them a respectable board back. I felt we could gel the two communities and find an even ground for all to enjoy and have fun talking Texans no matter what your level of expertise on the game is. I do take full blame for the quality of TT going down hill over the last couple of seasons. Instead of trying to change it I just started spending more time on the official board. I admit that. I now know that it takes a team of mods to run a decent board, not just one or two. Guys please be patient with us and give us feedback. The facts are, this board IS going to be better than both the old TT board and the old official board. At least that is our goal and I am going to do all I can to see that it happens.

04-20-2007	#38
hollywood_texan Hall of Fame Join Date: Mar 2006 Age: 43 Posts: 3,011 Rep Power: 1079	I am probably not a true old school TT poster. I started posting on TT about a year ago but moved over to the official board after some time and for my own reasons. My recommendation is, everyone should relax a bit and let hook'em, vinny, double barrell, and all the others do their thing. I have respect for them and what they have done on previous message boards and completely believe their motiviation is the betterment of our Houston Texans community. This message board is about a community and not anyone single person or group of people. Change is not always easy, but we should all kick back and just enjoy the ride. It's amazing what you start to enjoy when you otherwise would never had thought about trying when just relax and accept what comes to you. Since I have posted regularly on both boards before the big changes, one thing that was completely the same on both boards was... GO TEXANS!

04-20-2007	#39
76Texan Hall of Fame Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 11,707 Rep Power: 28459	luv ya' grandma! hookem, I don't see the old TT board's declining quality. Last I remember, it gathered some pretty strong votes of support among all the Texans boards. maybe you bore a child who took on its own will. maybe the people going there like the easy atmosphere that make them feel better during, or after a long day at work. some of us tend to stray away from topic, but that was during slow time, or perhaps people just choose not to concentrate totally on football. they know they can get that at the main board. Personally, I found that a unique trait of the old TT. Yeah, I know at times some one can say "get a room", but really, they like to put in a few one-liner themselves. Ya know I have voiced my appreciations before. And I think this place will be just fine. We all have to look at our own face in the mirror, I'm sure!

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