Struggling to follow threads - Thread options??

Greetings,

in most other forums I'm a member of, new posts/ responses to threads go at the end of the thread and you can quote earlier posts in the thread for reference. This makes it easy to follow replies.

Is there any way in this forum to set up your view that way? In threads, especially the ones over a few pages long, people can reply to any post anywhere and its very very difficult to find them. The only option seems to be a "latest reply" link alongside the thread heading, but that doesn't show any of the ones before that. Anyway, curious to see how others follow threads and if I'm missing something in settings or options perhaps?

cheers

Tim

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Permalink Reply by Richard on March 29, 2012 at 19:30

Hokay, I am now officially confused.

(we need replies from two other people for this to become an official hijack - sadly, baiting the roadies doesn't really seem to work because they take it seriously, though I'm quite happy to be rude about Campy again if it'll help ... or carbon. Maybe I should be rude about Campy, Carbon AND Lycra all in the same post ... but the roadies will only take it seriously dammit - what good's a hijack if people take it seriously? Yes Frank, I'm picking on you, and Clive, and others - it'd be a pity to ruin that by taling about the Scott alloy/carbon frame I'm looking at and the plans for strange Italian gears'n stuff - hang on, the Hillbrick DOES have an Italian grupetto (sp?), just that it's Miche, not that other mob).

Permalink Reply by Peter Hill on March 29, 2012 at 19:48

not to mention all the riders with Italian frames who wonder what the hell I'm on about when I yell "andiamo" as we pull away from the kerb.

Permalink Reply by Richard on March 29, 2012 at 20:45

I'm assuming we're not allowed to mention those with French frames who suffer threads I'm sure most of the civilised world (and all of the uncivilised) have never heard of.

BTW, what DOES andiamo mean?

Permalink Reply by Clive Palfrey on March 29, 2012 at 21:54

Duh, what did I do?

Permalink Reply by Jeremy Champion on March 30, 2012 at 9:55

Hey Richard are you serious?

Permalink Reply by Richard on March 30, 2012 at 18:51

Hey Richard are you serious?

Apart from thoughts on the forum format, there's not much I have been serious about in this thread, which is why it's funny that people think they need to defend their own particular brand of parts.

Hijacks - the best sort of deliberate hijack is one meant in fun, best initiated as the main thread slows down though not necessarily - it's all part of a forum being an interesting place to be. Sorry, I learnt my forum ettiquette on an Australian wood working forum full of ratbags, and it's only been reinforced by being a member of an American Old Pharts forum which specialises in a similar lack of decorum while answering the serious questions seriously.

As for 'andiamo', no, I don't know what it means and suspect I may be embarressed when I finally find out.

Permalink Reply by Jeremy Champion on March 30, 2012 at 22:36

My attempt at humour too you used the word seriously a few times.

Permalink Reply by Richard on March 31, 2012 at 0:37

ZING - I'd be good in a foxhole, everything goes over my head.

However, you're dodging the real question, what is this andiamo of which Peter speaks?

Permalink Reply by Jeremy Champion on March 31, 2012 at 8:25

Okay my loose understanding of Italian is that it means "and we go" or even more loosely "away we go" quite appropriate within a cycling group that allows chatter, to be called out after or even during the customary click in. All those with English Frames would be accustomed to Tally Ho. Those on Spanish frames would have already gone.

Permalink Reply by Richard on March 30, 2012 at 19:21

etiquette - I knew I had it wrong. Thanks, sometimes the inner spell checker goes wonky on me.

Permalink Reply by Gillian on April 1, 2012 at 13:06

Ouch!

Rumour has it that he who dies with the most toys wins :-)

Permalink Reply by Richard on April 1, 2012 at 13:32

Rumour has it that he who dies with the most toys wins :-)


Funny saying which I've often used myself. Unfortunately though, there's sometimes too much emphasis on 'owning stuff' on cycling forums. For me, it's more about the satisfaction you get from using machines set up to serve your needs or aims and the pleasure you get just using them. As soon as you start imposing fashion, rules or milestones, you run the risk of losing that satisfaction and replacing it with something artificial.

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