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Moderator
  United States
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TC, you have been a valuable member to this forum and I consider you also as a friend. This should have never happened and the person that was responsible has realized their mistake and has apologized. I wish that you would reconsider and stay. I would miss your input if you left.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Rest in Peace
United States
10625 Posts |
Lesson to be learned here is the little smiles next to the text box go a long ways to "express" the intent behind words posted.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
567 Posts |
I can't say I don't understand your decision Topcat, but you should know that there are quite a few people here who will miss you. And you probably didn't see the thread from earlier that got deleted, but we were all fighting for you, we care about our members here, and will defend them. We would be sad to see you go.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7066 Posts |
I'd like to echo what Arael said, TC. I hope you'll sleep on it, and make a final decision later. I believe everyone here would completely understand your choice if you opted not to return, but I do hope you'll stay. You're clearly held in high esteem.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
932 Posts |
I do not necessarily agree with your decision, TC, but your choice has my respect. Thank you for all of your contributions to this forum.
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Valued Member
United States
356 Posts |
I don't know exactly what happened. However, let me say that I for one have found the members and moderators on this site to be patient; invaluably helpful. I have learned so much this last year and really appreciate everyone's efforts. That said we all need to remember that e-mails, texts, and non verbal cues can easily be misinterpreted and I respect that the person in question apologized for whatever wrongs were done. This forum, is the difference between day and night compared to others. The moderators and those that run it are more Trajan than Domitian. I hope we can all move forward and get back to the issue at hand, Numismatics.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1045 Posts |
I also have no idea what happened but would like to encourage TC to reconsider.
TC, your grace, gratitude and good nature are a great asset to the community here and would surely be missed.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
701 Posts |
Unfortunately the world is full of " raggy dolls " and " evolutionary mongols " TC. It doesn't matter where you go or what you do in life, there will always be ONE lurking somewhere  Whatever decision you make will get my full support TC.   |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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 I as well don't know what happened. but if it was just words against you ,about you, then like the old saying goes: ''sticks and stones can break my bones but WORDS will never harm me'' Stick with us ; there's a bunch of real ,honest good people on this forum. |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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I have been in church groups workplace groups and car clubs where human political mistakes have been accidently or deliberately made. Everybody has experienced angst at sometime or other.
I am an apolitical person, and as a matter of principle, will not involve myself in such situations if I can avoid them. In some situations you just cannot escape, especially if you find yourself at to centre of a furore.
Probably best to just take some time out and get over the hurt, and come back slowly.
That is what I usually do.
Most of the time your enemies dissapear due to action being taken, or simply melt away, but that is not always the case.
That's life, and I don't have all of the answers.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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One of the things that stinks about communicating online is that the meaning of what we say is only partly in the words; the rest is in your body language, your tone of voice, your facial expression, your eyes, and lots of other things that we humans subconsciously discern but that don't translate well to text. In real life, most of the time, a person can tell if you're being serious, sarcastic, humorous, angry, teasing, whatever emotion...online..not so easy.
I have learned since the usenet days that when speaking online it is always better to avoid ambiguity, and clarify the connotation of your text, by means of emoticons, emoji, or whatever, or by abbreviations like 'JK'. It's VERY easy to misinterpret the meaning behind something someone has typed, especially depending on what kind of a mood you're in.
Just a thought. AB
Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3444 Posts |
I turn my attention elsewhere for a few days and miss all the fireworks !
TC I have no idea what went down but since you have so many good friends about it would be a shame for you to not be around to make the forum complete !
Usually I find it is I who have been banished for the crime of 'lese majeste' !
In my genetic makeup I suppose ! My second cousin (Hans) found himself sitting inside of Buchenwald looking out for two years for a similar sort of offense. Bad jokes can be a hazardous pastime !
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Pillar of the Community
United States
711 Posts |
We are not all from the same country and don't have the same set of references as to what is funny and appropriate.
Could have been part of the issue here perhaps.
When I first joined here I was posting in a forum, it wasn't American coins and I didn't even notice.
Anyway it was about smart water and using it to clean coins as opposed to regular water or maybe distilled water.
Pretty boring honestly.
There was talk about the electrolytes making the water smart.
Now as a huge fan of the movie Idiocracy, there is a great youtube clip involving electrolytes and the beverage Brawndo.
I posted the clip thinking it was funny. It was, to an American.
Apparently it wasn't funny to anyone else and got edited out. In hindsight, if you haven't seen that movie or the memes from it online, it kind of looked like me calling them stupid. I didn't really see that until it got yanked though.
Not really sure what happened here, but sometimes just because we both speak English, it doesn't mean we are saying the same things.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
513 Posts |
Haha I think I remember that thread. It was a great reference, but the internet being the medium that it is I can see how it would be misunderstood. Great movie though.
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