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From: Ace* on 5 Aug 2010 19:37
On Aug 5, 12:31 pm, Las Vegas Don <dstre...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On Aug 5, 6:31 am, "Ace*" <blackstu...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I've never quite understood the Don Strevel phenomenon. Maybe someone
> > can explain it to me.
> > The man is a kook. Plain and simple. He's a kook and he therefore
> > writes kooky things. It's like his job. Mind you, I'm not really using
> > "kook" as a pejorative, because I consider myself a kook. Although I'm
> > not half the kook Don is.
>
> > But what's far kookier than Don's kookiness, is the kooky way people
> > react to his posts.
>
> > The guy is a kook. Kooks are not supposed to write things that are on
> > topic or accurate.
> > "On topic" and "accurate" are antonyms of "kook". To expect Don to
> > write anything normal, would be like expecting JRogow to start writing
> > like a kook.
> > The complaints I read are so asinine. "Don, you complain about off
> > topic posts and then you make off topic posts". What the hell else
> > would you expect from a kook? You people are idiots. Don is just doing
> > what he was placed in avlv to do. We all have our assigned roles.
>
> > A*
>
> What is most interesting is that people usually "give to others" what
> they perceive in themselves.

Yes, there's a lot of projecting going on.

A*
From: Ace* on 5 Aug 2010 19:39
On Aug 5, 12:38 pm, Steve Kucera <thro...(a)news.eternal-september.org>
wrote:
> On 2010-08-05, Las Vegas Don <dstre...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I enjoyed our meeting.  The tea was great and it was an even
> > greater pleasure to meet with Kurt.
>
> I've met Kurt and agree that he is better than tea.

I despise tea, almost as much as I despise Kurt.

(With apologies to "Minority Report")

A*
From: Ace* on 5 Aug 2010 19:41
On Aug 5, 4:20 pm, Rob Taylor <robta...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On Aug 5, 12:32 pm, Las Vegas Don <dstre...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I have been around here 25 years or so.  Whada ya expect, that I would
> > take this place seriously!
>
> > Don
>
> Most impressive, considering that the USENET alt.* hierarchy didn't
> even exist 25 years ago, let alone this newsgroup, and there aren't
> archives predating the 1990's.

This group existed in another format before then, kiddo.

A*
From: Las Vegas Don on 5 Aug 2010 21:36
On Aug 5, 6:36 pm, "Ace*" <avlvsvery...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Aug 5, 7:13 am, Chef Kurt <k...(a)kurtopia.net> wrote:
>
> > On Aug 5, 5:31 am, "Ace*" <blackstu...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > I've never quite understood the Don Strevel phenomenon. Maybe someone
> > > can explain it to me.
> > > The man is a kook. Plain and simple. He's a kook and he therefore
> > > writes kooky things. It's like his job.
>
> > Ace*, because of the kooky way Strebel writes and rants, it is fun to
> > poke back at him. He asks for it.
>
> I'm all for the fun poking and I'm sure he is too. But there's
> difference between that and people actually getting their panties in a
> bunch - needless to say.
>
> > On another note, I had iced tea with Don in the coffee shop at Red
> > Rock Casino just after it opened. In person Don was very different
> > than he comes across here. He is well spoken, articulate and chooses
> > his words well...all without ranting. He didn't care to talk about
> > AVLV either. Nothing against Don, but I haven't met up with him since
> > as we are very different and he's just not the kind of person I hang
> > out with.
>
> > But man, when he goes on and on here, it's a lot of fun to hassle
> > him.  LOL
>
> Don is a poet. And hassling him playfully is part and parcel. But too
> many people have taken what's supposed to be fun and gotten dead
> serious and or downright ugly about it. That's the part I've never
> gotten.
>
> A*

We have members of our forum that are trolls in the traditional use in
newsgroups and forums. Their actions and self angst they demonstrate
are not defining on the person they unsuccessfully try to denigrate.
It defines them and their life. If you were to meet someone that
acted that way in face to face encounters you might go out and pay
someone to slice their tires. They feel safe behind their computer,
so they just have at it. Me, I look at them and wonder what their
Mother was like. What the hell kind of family or upbringing did they
have.

One thing tho, If I tire of them I can shut off the laptop. They
cannot get away from themselves. There is a lot of people that are
not happy with themselves, so they vent their anger. And they
probably have a "teenie weenie and they are mad over that as well.

Don
From: Las Vegas Don on 5 Aug 2010 21:45
On Aug 5, 6:41 pm, "Ace*" <avlvsvery...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Aug 5, 4:20 pm, Rob Taylor <robta...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Aug 5, 12:32 pm, Las Vegas Don <dstre...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > I have been around here 25 years or so.  Whada ya expect, that I would
> > > take this place seriously!
>
> > > Don
>
> > Most impressive, considering that the USENET alt.* hierarchy didn't
> > even exist 25 years ago, let alone this newsgroup, and there aren't
> > archives predating the 1990's.
>
> This group existed in another format before then, kiddo.
>
> A*

Thanks A*,
Yes, this group most assuredly did exist in another format in the
past, and they have not been around long enough to know it.
This is really a bit of what I am sharing. People sometimes feel
that their view is part and parcel of the sum of all knowledge on a
subject. A guy several months ago got all mad and was sharing in
Private emails that there was no second floor in the old Sands rooms,
and that they were not named after race tracks. I know for a fact
there were second floors, they were named after racetracks, I even
remember where the frickin ice machines were. After the second email
I just stopped responding.

Sometimes that is the better response, I just let them keep thinking
whatever they want to. That is what they are going to do anyhow.
Another guy got arrogant and angry when it was shared that the old
Hacienda had a part that took a second explosion. ...even tho it
did. Sometimes ya got to let it go. I still remember the thing about
Charleston and the direction it flows, where it changes to Boulder
Hiway....

Whatever,
Don
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