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Title: I was banned
Post by: Ed W on April 02, 2011, 06:22:51 AM
It was oddly disturbing.  I tried to log on here only to be met with a message saying I was banned.  Clearing the cookies didn't help.  I never received a reply to an email to the info address or the FB page.  It was and is a mystery.

Regardless, when I tried to log on this morning, it worked!  I'm back.

Now. about that 'oddly disturbing.'  I actually missed this place.  I missed the dialog, the snark, and the (mostly) good-hearted conflict of ideas and viewpoints. 

I was banned from only one other forum, one related to bicycling, after challenging conventional wisdom regarding infrastructure and transportation spending.  Perhaps their leadership at the time was in awe of both my writing skill and towering intellect and felt their best course was to get rid of me rather than stand in my considerable shadow.

Gosh, I'm glad my sheer awesomeness doesn't make all of you feel inconspicuous by comparison.

It's good to be back, even if it's April second. 
Title: Re: I was banned
Post by: Teatownclown on April 02, 2011, 08:42:25 AM
sounds familiar  :D
Title: Re: I was banned
Post by: Hoss on April 02, 2011, 10:39:47 AM
Quote from: Teatownclown on April 02, 2011, 08:42:25 AM
sounds familiar  :D

Yeah, but you being banned had a valid reason.
Title: Re: I was banned
Post by: Teatownclown on April 02, 2011, 12:02:00 PM
Quote from: Hoss on April 02, 2011, 10:39:47 AM
Yeah, but you being banned had a valid reason.

What be that? I still don't know....was it for commenting in the third person or defending my stuff?
Title: Re: I was banned
Post by: Townsend on April 02, 2011, 12:12:10 PM
Quote from: Teatownclown on April 02, 2011, 12:02:00 PM
What be that? I still don't know....was it for commenting in the third person or defending my stuff?

I'd paste some of your PM's but they might get me banned.

You deserved to be banned.
Title: Re: I was banned
Post by: Breadburner on April 02, 2011, 12:24:59 PM
Quote from: Teatownclown on April 02, 2011, 12:02:00 PM
What be that? I still don't know....was it for commenting in the third person or defending my stuff?

Pshyco babble.....
Title: Re: I was banned
Post by: Teatownclown on April 02, 2011, 12:31:49 PM
Quote from: Townsend on April 02, 2011, 12:12:10 PM
I'd paste some of your PM's but they might get me banned.

You deserved to be banned.

Send them over...I'd do a mea culpa if justified.

BB, you're toast! :D
Title: Re: I was banned
Post by: guido911 on April 02, 2011, 02:21:14 PM
Quote from: Ed W on April 02, 2011, 06:22:51 AM
It was oddly disturbing.  I tried to log on here only to be met with a message saying I was banned.  Clearing the cookies didn't help.  I never received a reply to an email to the info address or the FB page.  It was and is a mystery.

Regardless, when I tried to log on this morning, it worked!  I'm back.

Now. about that 'oddly disturbing.'  I actually missed this place.  I missed the dialog, the snark, and the (mostly) good-hearted conflict of ideas and viewpoints. 

I was banned from only one other forum, one related to bicycling, after challenging conventional wisdom regarding infrastructure and transportation spending.  Perhaps their leadership at the time was in awe of both my writing skill and towering intellect and felt their best course was to get rid of me rather than stand in my considerable shadow.

Gosh, I'm glad my sheer awesomeness doesn't make all of you feel inconspicuous by comparison.

It's good to be back, even if it's April second. 
Had to be an accident or something. As I have said before, you are one of the more reasonable adversaries in this forum. I have yet to read anything you have posted that would warrant being banned.
Title: Re: I was banned
Post by: HoneySuckle on April 03, 2011, 12:09:08 AM
Hmmm...do you guys really act that badly to be banned?

I bet the girls don't get banned easily...just sayin' ;D
Title: Re: I was banned
Post by: cannon_fodder on April 03, 2011, 06:24:40 PM
FOTD/AOX, you get banned annually.
Title: Re: I was banned
Post by: we vs us on April 04, 2011, 08:05:48 AM
I'm less sure we have a Teatownclown/FOTD match than everyone else here.  Not as whacko, not as strident. 

Unless everyone else knows something I don't. 
Title: Re: I was banned
Post by: Admin on April 04, 2011, 08:56:32 AM
Ed's ISP gave him an IP address previously used by a certain bicycle afficionado.
Title: Re: I was banned
Post by: Breadburner on April 04, 2011, 09:08:00 AM
Quote from: Admin on April 04, 2011, 08:56:32 AM
Ed's ISP gave him an IP address previously used by a certain bicycle afficionado.

And former Mayoral candidate.....hah.....
Title: Re: I was banned
Post by: Hoss on April 04, 2011, 09:57:36 AM
Quote from: Admin on April 04, 2011, 08:56:32 AM
Ed's ISP gave him an IP address previously used by a certain bicycle afficionado.

Are we talking all four octets matched?  Or was it a range match.  The former case won't happen very often.
Title: Re: I was banned
Post by: Admin on April 04, 2011, 11:02:56 AM
Quote from: Hoss on April 04, 2011, 09:57:36 AM
Are we talking all four octets matched?  Or was it a range match.  The former case won't happen very often.

4 octets

It's like winning some kind of twisted lottery.
Title: Re: I was banned
Post by: patric on April 04, 2011, 01:04:16 PM
Quote from: Admin on April 04, 2011, 11:02:56 AM
4 octets

It's like winning some kind of twisted lottery.

Dynamic IPs rotate, so its more like Russian Roulette.
Title: Re: I was banned
Post by: Hoss on April 04, 2011, 01:41:22 PM
Quote from: Admin on April 04, 2011, 11:02:56 AM
4 octets

It's like winning some kind of twisted lottery.

Wow Ed...I have a need for you to think of six numbers for me...  ;D
Title: Re: I was banned
Post by: Hoss on April 04, 2011, 01:42:09 PM
Quote from: patric on April 04, 2011, 01:04:16 PM
Dynamic IPs rotate, so its more like Russian Roulette.

Depending on the ISP, it's russian roulette with 255+ chambers and 1 bullet.
Title: Re: I was banned
Post by: Breadburner on April 04, 2011, 02:41:56 PM
**Geek Alert**
Title: Re: I was banned
Post by: Ed W on April 04, 2011, 03:36:20 PM
Quote from: Admin on April 04, 2011, 08:56:32 AM
Ed's ISP gave him an IP address previously used by a certain bicycle afficionado.

That explains SO much!  But it feels kind of icky.  Who knows where that IP address has been.
Title: Re: I was banned
Post by: dbacks fan on April 04, 2011, 03:44:22 PM
Quote from: Ed W on April 04, 2011, 03:36:20 PM
That explains SO much!  But it feels kind of icky.  Who knows where that IP address has been.

You probably don't want to know.
Title: Re: I was banned
Post by: Townsend on April 04, 2011, 04:19:41 PM
Quote from: Ed W on April 04, 2011, 03:36:20 PM
That explains SO much!  But it feels kind of icky.  Who knows where that IP address has been.

Wash everything
Title: Re: I was banned
Post by: sgrizzle on April 05, 2011, 10:18:13 AM
Quote from: Ed W on April 04, 2011, 03:36:20 PM
That explains SO much!  But it feels kind of icky.  Who knows where that IP address has been.
Title: Re: I was banned
Post by: Townsend on April 05, 2011, 10:21:37 AM
(sound of disgust)  dammit
Title: Re: I was banned
Post by: dbacks fan on April 05, 2011, 10:27:54 AM
Whoa!!!!! Too early in the morning for that, I just lost my lunch and I haven't eaten yet.
Title: Re: I was banned
Post by: Gaspar on April 05, 2011, 12:49:56 PM
Quote from: sgrizzle on April 05, 2011, 10:18:13 AM


Perhaps he should challenge Dewey in the next election.  Imagine the free publicity Tulsa would get for electing an insane person to be the Mayor.

I thinking a Tay/Bikerfox ticket with Tay as mayor and Bikerfox as City Mgr.  We could then install that guy that dresses like Jesus on the 71st and Memorial intersection to be our counselor at large.

Invite MTV to make it a reality show, and watch the tourism dollars roll in.
Title: Re: I was banned
Post by: heironymouspasparagus on April 05, 2011, 09:22:00 PM
Too late.  Tulsa has already done that.  Repeatedly.


Hey, how come I never got banned!!??  Am feeling slighted here.