Re: Is this group really for running?

TenKBabe said:

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A number of us are serious about running.

It depends on what you mean by serious.

Well, that depends on what you mean by depends.

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I think Linda and Pete just want serious answers to their serious questions,

I'd like to know how to cure brain cancer, AIDS, and world hunger. But if I
post here requesting this, I won't get any serious responses, because no-one
knows.

However, you can count on the trolls to answer almost anything (especially
questions that no-one knows the answer to).

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rather than having to wade through all the banter amongst the trollers.

Wah wah wah wah wah. Trolls are part of unmoderated forums.

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Again, serious according to whose standards?

Serious is a state of mind. There are no externally imposed standards.

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Anyone, even overweight, baby-stroller-pushing, caloricly-challenged newbies,
can be a serious runners, IMO.

Overweight runners can be serious, but serious runners have trouble staying
overweight for very long.

Cheers,
--
Donovan Rebbechi
http://pegasus.rutgers.edu/~elflord/

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I think Linda and Pete just
want serious answers to their serious questions

As many have pointed out, it could hardly be termed a 'serious question'.

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But anyone
that wants to come here to learn and share needs to be given some
respect as a serious runner.

Y'see, that's where we differ. I believe respect has to be earned. It
isn't an assumed-until-proven-otherwise attribute.

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The best way to avoid the non-running BS is to create a kill file and
plonk the worst trolls.

Why most folk don't follow this advice is beyond me.

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I'll give most new trolls a fair chance.

Jolly sporting of you.

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Some of them are rather humorous, but after a while they all become

boring.

Heresy! Heresy!

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Especially if I come here to learn and share knowlege related to
running.

So, don't open, read or reply to trolls. It's not like they're hard to
spot. Problem solved.

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Granted, I myself am probably in quite a few kill files, and
that's fine, because I got caught up in all the non-running, "Bush vs
the human rights activists" posts. So I deserve to be there.

I missed that. Should I killfile you?

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Again, serious according to whose standards? Anyone, even overweight,
baby-stroller-pushing, caloricly-challenged newbies, can be a serious
runners, IMO.

<splutter>

Yeah. And Tony Blair is a serious 'searcher of peace and truth'.

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I'd like to know how to cure brain cancer, AIDS, and world hunger. But if

I

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post here requesting this, I won't get any serious responses, because

no-one

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knows.

Respect, Donny m'boy, respect!

I think we'll make a troll of you yet :-)

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I think Linda and Pete just
want serious answers to their serious questions

As many have pointed out, it could hardly be termed a 'serious question'.

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But anyone
that wants to come here to learn and share needs to be given some
respect as a serious runner.

Y'see, that's where we differ. I believe respect has to be earned. It
isn't an assumed-until-proven-otherwise attribute.

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The best way to avoid the non-running BS is to create a kill file and
plonk the worst trolls.

Why most folk don't follow this advice is beyond me.

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I'll give most new trolls a fair chance.

Jolly sporting of you.

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Some of them are rather humorous, but after a while they all become

boring.

Heresy! Heresy!

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Especially if I come here to learn and share knowlege related to
running.

So, don't open, read or reply to trolls. It's not like they're hard to
spot. Problem solved.

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Granted, I myself am probably in quite a few kill files, and
that's fine, because I got caught up in all the non-running, "Bush vs
the human rights activists" posts. So I deserve to be there.

I missed that. Should I killfile you?

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Again, serious according to whose standards? Anyone, even overweight,
baby-stroller-pushing, caloricly-challenged newbies, can be a serious
runners, IMO.

<splutter>

Yeah. And Tony Blair is a serious 'searcher of peace and truth'.

Listen up dude. DO NOT insult our British Sherriff Mr.Blair.
Or else we'll send out our troops to smoke you out.

MWL

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http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2001/9/25/211541.shtml
Sept 26, 2001.
"The mission is to rout terrorists, to find them and bring them to
justice," Bush said. "Or, as I explained to the prime minister in
Western terms, to smoke them out of their caves, to get them running
so we can get them."

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Listen up dude. DO NOT insult our British Sherriff Mr.Blair.

He's a total dickwad, just like Bush.

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Donovan Rebbechi said:

Linda and Pete said:

Check out coolrunning.com - there are more serious groups there

I've found -

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sorry you are meeting such idiots here - I was hoping to find some

serious

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people but that seems to be impossible. - Linda

A number of us are serious about running.

It depends on what you mean by serious. I think Linda and Pete just
want serious answers to their serious questions, rather than having to
wade through all the banter amongst the trollers. They may not qualify
as serious runners from a speed/mpw/racing point of view. But anyone
that wants to come here to learn and share needs to be given some
respect as a serious runner.

The best way to avoid the non-running BS is to create a kill file and
plonk the worst trolls. I'll give most new trolls a fair chance.

MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHA !!!!!!
RAther funny coming from a troll. One whose 99% of contribution on this group
can be classified into three categories:

1) Inane pro-right wing posts
2) Attacks on SwStudio
3) Meaningless OT replies to serious posts, intended solely to pick fights

Take a look in the mirror, woman.

MWL

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Some
of them are rather humorous, but after a while they all become boring.
Especially if I come here to learn and share knowlege related to
running. Granted, I myself am probably in quite a few kill files, and
that's fine, because I got caught up in all the non-running, "Bush vs
the human rights activists" posts. So I deserve to be there.

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Unfortunately, most serious runners
have not given much thought to how many calories one burns while

pushing a baby

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stroller. Not even the ones who run with baby strollers -- most of

them are

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more interested in performance than losing weight. Doesn't that in

itself tell

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you something ? Serious runners don't have weight problems, at least

not for

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long. If you'd care to be a serious runner for a few years, you won't

have a

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weight problem either.

Again, serious according to whose standards? Anyone, even overweight,
baby-stroller-pushing, caloricly-challenged newbies, can be a serious
runners, IMO.

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Try to be a little patient with us, because this "calorie counting

with a baby

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stroller" business is as new to us as to you.

On that we agree. 🙂

tkb

TenKBabe said:

The best way to avoid the non-running BS is to create a kill file and
plonk the worst trolls. I'll give most new trolls a fair chance. Some
of them are rather humorous, but after a while they all become boring.
Especially if I come here to learn and share knowlege related to
running. Granted, I myself am probably in quite a few kill files, and
that's fine, because I got caught up in all the non-running, "Bush vs
the human rights activists" posts. So I deserve to be there.

I am still trying to sort out trolls from non-trolls. Sometimes it's
hard for, as someone else mentioned, someone with troll-like behavior
will sometimes give what appears to be pretty rational information.

I was Googling on Saw Palmetto one day and happened across
alt.baldspot. If you are interested in a newsgroup that has gone to
hell, stop by that one. There are a couple of posters there that have
made trolling an art and have taken it to the next step -- it makes
the trolls here looke like wannabes.
D. Wells

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On Tue, 3 Aug 2004 17:56:36 +0000 (UTC), Donovan Rebbechi <[email hidden]>
wrote in part:

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. . .
Serious is a state of mind. There are no externally imposed standards.
. . .

As a "serious" beginner, thanks for that. "Slow" does not equal "not
serious". I am (seriously!) learning how to run.

Sometimes I run at the high school track. I am there running when others
get show up. I run while they do a lap or two -- faster than me! But I am
still there, still running, after they are gone. That *proves* I'm a
"serious runner"! 🙂

--
Daniel
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As a "serious" beginner, thanks for that. "Slow" does not equal "not
serious". I am (seriously!) learning how to run.

Sometimes I run at the high school track. I am there running when others
get show up. I run while they do a lap or two -- faster than me! But I am
still there, still running, after they are gone. That *proves* I'm a
"serious runner"! 🙂

You are NOT a serious runner. You just used a smiley face. Serious runners
don't smile, laugh, joke, grin, or show any outward emotions whatsoever except
right after winning a race. They walk around sullen, depressed, sad, and
lonely.