I <3 you guys!
 

Someone once told me that my job required me to leave all of my friends behind and not to speak to them, I can’t do that. You guys are the reason that I’m here, I’m lucky to have most of you as friends.

Seriously.

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Awkward group hug in three, two...one! :chr

There's no true hug smiley, what gives?

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Darrell, I have been considering stepping up after reading Chip's post this morning. Is it impossible to go over there to help the newbies and maybe mitigate some of Jon's actions and still keep friends here?

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that's real cool of you D.
cheers to ya!

that place is for the fishes.

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Unfortunately, it is impossible. If you have never taken any of my posts as fact, please take this one. If you decide to question what I’m saying and pursue the position, it was great talking with you – as you will be forbidden to come here again.

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It seems tricky... how many people around are as kind as Tom (icehog) & Dave (Klugs)? Think about that, then think about helping manage a forum that could allow itself to scramble their passwords (not even having the decency to ban them outright).

Jon's actions are the polar opposite of brotherly, and that's what (in my opinion) this hobby is about.

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Hey D, sorry I couldn't warn you earlier.

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I must have blinked at the wrong time. Still confused. Things are happening quickly.
I'm glad you are still here Darrell.

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Glad your here Darrell:)

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I assume you mean that Jon is forbidding his mods from here? Because we aren't going to forbid anyone from doing anything.

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RED LIGHT!!!! STOP!!!
Please correct me if I am reading this wrong, but there will be absolutely no "forbidding" anyone here at the Asylum who just lends a helping hand at Puff.

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I read it as Jon was prohibiting people who chose to be mods there from being active participants here...

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Kelly, I think Darrell is saying that Jon expressly forbid him to come to this site. I know he mentioned to me in a PM the other day that he was going to have to discuss this with all of the mods.

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Thats how i read it

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Donnie is correct.

Jon forbid me to come to CA and to talk to any of my friends here. He said he wanted a “hardcore” mod team with no ties to any other cigar board or it’s members.

I said **** that.

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Wow! I never knew Puff was an occult dressed up in a snobby cigar site disguise. I guess I was brainwashed! :ss

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Been quite a whirlwind for you lately, bro!

To paraphrase Henry... "you are my friend... period." :ss

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What are you even doing over there, Big D? We need you here!

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I could do it...but I'm a jerk like that!



j/k I <3 you all

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An interesting 24hours to say the least. :ze

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Nice to see which side you've chosen... It's very unfortunate to see that someone is requiring you to take a side when you have friend on both sites.

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:tpd:

Darrell, glad to see you didn't compromise your personal values.

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Hey buddy,

What a sh*tty position to be put in. Trying to help a guy out and then he imposes some bullsh*t rule on you. Thanks for being a true friend and BOTL, glad you are here!

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Thanks everyone for clearing that up for me. You know how us old guys get. :r

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unless you are Peter's age, you aren't old :r

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:tg :bx and a very large :pn

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Cranky? :r

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Good for you Darrell!!!
Would do the same.

Kelly,
Just wait until you start pissing in your pants instead of the bowl 'cause you simply thought you were done.
If not there yet, it is certainly on the horizon and something to look forward to.
On that note, I need to go change.:D

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I guess Chip could step up and be a mod over there, since he is not registered here.

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:r just sayin your the epitome of age around these parts :lv

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Wait until you pee your pants because you were just holding your other thumb in your hand.:r:r:r

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Glad to have you here Darrell, it is absolutely ridiculous that Jon could enforce or demand all mods to have no other ties. :bh

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actually whats ridiculous is the other mods there are so messed up in the head they are willing to let the gestapo control them like that.
it only happened to Darrell twice :r

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And just HOW can he do that, does he own your computer? Does he have spy over here? makes no sense to me, glad you quit even if you are mean. :confused:

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My wife keeps telling me I can't get together with my poker buddies on Wednesdays anymore.

In the spirit of this thread, I am gonna tell her to pound salt.:dance:

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I'm sure he has spies over here and even his own account.

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Good reading:

HERE

And HERE

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and here

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Well that may be true but he does not have access to the user name "real name" it would be his word against anyone else. that is BS.

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:r

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my thumb is bigger

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You're Irish too?:r:r

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Awww... it's group therapy time at the asylum!!

I was going to be all witty and snipe at Darrell for being all squishy and such. But he's come to expect that from me, so I won't.

It's been said before: Came for the cigars, stayed for the friendships. This is truly one of the most amazing groups of people I've encountered during my time on this planet. And while there certainly are some things you should not do, there are no rules against being different or voicing an opposing opinion.

And thank God for that, because by those standards most of us wouldn't be allowed. :D

http://www.roflcat.com/images/cats/2...37c1904290.jpg

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:r:r Wow! I really need to have a "talk" with my mom

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Crystal, we are glad that you are here and that you visit the humble Massholes.:ss

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I disagree with many of the things that are happening over there, and I think the crux of the problem is that Jon has little if any experience building relationships within a forum community and is dealing with the turmoil in a non-personal, corporate manner. Instead of dealing with those stirring up dissension individually he's attempting to cut off other forums and their mods in the mistaken idea that that's where the sniping is coming from. None of that will lead to anything good.

That being said, there's been an alarming amount of vitriol and poison coming at him not only from within his own site but also from members at those other forums including this one. I thought one of the tenets of this site was that there would be no bashing of the old site. I was looking forward to CA being a haven from that kind of thing, but there's almost as much of it here as over there. Maybe not as direct but the continual reporting of every little fracus there, plus CA members going over there and posting rude and inflammatory remarks and comments really doesn't speak well for this forum. With that going on why would he want members from CA acting as mods there? Not defending him, but you repeatedly poke somebody enough and they're likely to strike back, and you really can't stand back at that point and act surprised at their behavior.

Darrell, sorry for the threadjack - none of what I'm saying here applies to you. IMO you've been straightforward and fair in your comments and efforts to help. I agree with your decision not to mod under the condition of turning your back on CA. My only point here is that while I disagree with conditions of that sort, actions on the part of some members here helped goad Jon to that level, and it's having a negative impact on the atmosphere here. :2

edit: ok, I'm old and a slow typer - before I managed to hit "submit" Al posted this, which says it better... :o

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That's already one of his nick's but it has nothing to do with his first name!:r:r:r

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food for thought.

Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.
In three words, I can sum up life: it goes on
The past is a ghost, the future is a dream, and all we ever have is now

Remember life is about making the right decisions and moving on. This place is great, lets move on and make this place even better. :2:2

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The Asylum:
Doing a good job here is like peeing your pants in a dark suit. You get a warm feeling but nobody really notices

:D