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| tennis tom |
Posted - 06/03/2007 : 09:31:26
A while back, I, accidently came across your personal attack on me, that you have inbedded in your Bio. I'll make you a deal, expunge it and I will not rebut it in my Bio. If not, then I guess we will discover how much information can be contained in our Bios, and people can make some pop-corn and be entertained.  
Some of my favorite excerpts from " _THE DIVIDED MIND_ " :
http://www.tmshelp.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2605
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| ralphyde |
Posted - 07/25/2007 : 12:36:42
Can't we just let this topic fade away into oblivion?
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| vrampen78 |
Posted - 07/25/2007 : 11:40:00
Beth,
I am one of those that miss TT's advice, etc. on the board even though I did not get to know him because I've been lurking on the board mostly this past year. Forunately, he has not completely dissappeared from helping TMS'ers he just jumped over to the TarPitYoga message board.
-Veronica
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| h2oskier25 |
Posted - 07/25/2007 : 09:45:05
Art, You're so funny.
I'm sure your next response will ABSOLUTELY be the last one !!! 
I would like to say that besides his entertaining qualities, TT did help us to see when we were taking ourselves, or comments others made on this board too seriously.
I miss that, too.
I dare say TT is missed more than the people who he supposedly "drove off".
Regards,
Beth |
| h2oskier25 |
Posted - 07/25/2007 : 09:39:21
Art, You're so funny.
I'm sure your next response will ABSOLUTELY be the last one !!!
I would like to say that besides his entertaining qualities, TT did help us to see when we were taking ourselves, or comments others made on this board too seriously.
I miss that, too.
I dare say TT is missed more than the people who he supposedly "drove off".
Regards,
Beth |
| art |
Posted - 07/24/2007 : 14:14:47
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Art, I didn't call 2/3 of the board thin skinned, you did. I merely said TT was a positive contributor to this board to all but the thin skinned. The 2/3 statistic is completely MADE UP by you
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I was hoping you wouldn't reply, so I wouldn't feel the need to reply...I promise though...This is it...Cross my heart..NO matter what illogical or untrue things you say next
YOu actually do argue a lot like TT. Of course that 2/3 was made up by me..Of course I made it up. I said I was making an estimate in my post...You said that TT was missed by all, except for "the incredibly thin skinned"...
I went on to make the reasonable estimate that perhaps 2-3 of the forum member do not miss TT...Therefore, assuming my guess is correct of course, which it may or may not be, you are (it logically follows)calling 2/3 of the board, "incredibly thin skinned"
If 3/4 of the members do not miss TT, then you are calling 3/4 of the members incredibly thin skinned...
But you have to make up your mind. Either "incredibly thin skinned" is a bad thing and leads members thus afflicted to not miss a member who should be missed, or it's something we all are, simply by virtue of being TMS'ers, and it has no bearing on how people feel about certain other members departures...
All that said, I do concede that I am a bit thin skinned, hence this reply...though certainly not incredibly so...
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| h2oskier25 |
Posted - 07/24/2007 : 11:41:55
Redsandro, thanks for bringing up the archives. I read that one of TT's. I hadn't heard that before. I personally, feel NSAID's are very serious, and am constantly quoted the statistic that 250 people die every DAY from PROPERLY perscribed NSAIDS.
The equivalent of a 747 going down every day.
It just goes to show you we have a lot to learn from people's experience, and it was really candid of TT to share that extremely personal incident just to try to "learn us."
Art, I didn't call 2/3 of the board thin skinned, you did. I merely said TT was a positive contributor to this board to all but the thin skinned. The 2/3 statistic is completely MADE UP by you.
Remember, TT's supporters are silent because they don't want to draw all the fire of people like you and Alexis and a couple of others.
I guarantee you most people think TT brought more humor, entertainment and information to this board than you OR I did.
And to call TMS'ers thin skinned is to call a rainy day wet. If we weren't thin skinned, we wouldn't suffer.
Along those lines, I'd like to send out a general thank you to ShawnSmith, who has brought a LOT of interesting sites and clips to this board.
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| art |
Posted - 07/23/2007 : 08:46:55
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Art,
Good try with your patronizing tone, to get me riled, but I'm not taking the bait today.
I notice that TT was not the one who had the "angry tone" in lots of the heated debates had on this board.
You also forget how much he helped out the newbies.
Beth
Not trying to get you riled in the least. You're actually the one who sounds angry here..And what makes you think I've forgotten that TT helped lots of newcomers? I've made that very point myself more than once...He also chased more than a few away..YOu tend not to respond to substantives..If you disagree on the merits of what I've said then by all means go ahead..
Failing that, I'm done with this topic. I've forgotten (in the peaceful interlude that followed TT's departure) how easy it is to get people all riled up, even when you're not trying...Way too stressful..And for some reason, it never fails to take me by surprise. |
| Redsandro |
Posted - 07/23/2007 : 08:30:45
This thread made me totally sick.. I ate too much popcorn.
Somehow this reminds me of that movie Fight Club. Remember that one? Edward Norton attended all these help talkgroups for stuff like cancer, even though he didn't have any problem at all. Just needing a problem, a conflict. Pain broadens the contrast of everyday dull life. Just like using the auto-levels filter in photoshop, it makes the image more lifely.
I learned something today. There was an older forum with valuable posts which are now lost. Too bad the guys at the internet archive have never ever in the past 20 years indexed a single site correctly so I wouldn't hire them, but I thank them for their effords. I think a small percentage of posts is saved by them. For example:
http://web.archive.org/web/20040306142134/tmshelp.com/bin/tmsboard.pl?action=view&id=8364&page=1
Most posts on the forum are not archived but you can check different images here:
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://tmshelp.com/bin/tmsboard.pl
I'm sorry probably all good stuff is gone. If it was me who was administrating the tms website back then, I would keep the database and figure out a way to insert it in the new forum version. Anyway, I just wanted to point out archive.org.
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TMS is the hidden language of the soul. |
| h2oskier25 |
Posted - 07/23/2007 : 06:50:39
Art,
Good try with your patronizing tone, to get me riled, but I'm not taking the bait today.
I notice that TT was not the one who had the "angry tone" in lots of the heated debates had on this board.
You also forget how much he helped out the newbies.
Beth |
| art |
Posted - 07/22/2007 : 12:21:36
Ah Beth, Beth, Beth....
Maybe you can take over for him? Calling 2/3's of the board, in my estimation a fairly good guess as to the number who don't miss him, "incredibly thin-skinned," is an exaggeration positively TT'ish in its extent.
Since TT's left, I haven't seen one of those nasty fights break out in which he always seemed to play such a central role. Must be a co-incidence, right?
I like discussion, dissent, and high spirited argument as much as anyone, but with TT it always got angry and personal..
If he's reading this, and I'll bet you dollars to donuts he still checks in from time to time, my message to TT is that I miss his wit but not the constant battling. |
| h2oskier25 |
Posted - 07/20/2007 : 14:00:25
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Originally posted by shawnsmith
Yes, TT left for good.
.. and we all really miss him. All except the incredibly thin skinned, that is . . .
Beth |
| shawnsmith |
Posted - 07/20/2007 : 06:11:12
Yes, TT left for good.
*******
Sarno-ize it!
Read chapter 4 of Dr. Sarno's "The Divided Mind." It's all you need to know in order to recover. |
| JohnD |
Posted - 07/19/2007 : 19:12:33
Did TT leave for good? Even though I haven't been around much since I got rid of my TMS pain back in 2003, I enjoyed TT and remember when he was a newbie himself. Does anyone know what AustinGary was up to? He always had some great input as well. |
| Sean |
Posted - 06/11/2007 : 11:01:00
Tommy, posting all weekend I see. You're right your time is much too valuable to waste on me. There are so many other post to reply to.
The check is in the mail for all your valuable advice you have given me. Let me know when it shows up. Maybe you can buy your cats something special.
Time to get back to counting bean...Later buddy.
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| tennis tom |
Posted - 06/09/2007 : 17:20:57
Thanks Electraglideman,
I appreciate your humor and kind words.
Best Wishes,
tt
Some of my favorite excerpts from _THE DIVIDED MIND_ :
http://www.tmshelp.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2605
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| electraglideman |
Posted - 06/09/2007 : 10:20:32
TT, you big old meanie. I'm going to tell my momma on you or I'll have my daddy beat-up your daddy.
LOL, What most of these people don't realize is your giving them an opportunity to vent their repressed anger.
THEY SHOULD BE PAYING YOU FOR YOUR SERVICES!
I've gotten a hell of a lot more out of your post than the people who are bad mouthing you.
Keep up the good work.
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| tennis tom |
Posted - 06/09/2007 : 00:17:08
How kind of you Shortcake. It's posts like yours that keep me here.
Some of my favorite excerpts from _THE DIVIDED MIND_ :
http://www.tmshelp.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2605
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| tennis tom |
Posted - 06/08/2007 : 11:37:40
Sean, dear, Yes and No to all your inuendos. I will not reply much to you, my time is too valuble to waste it on your kind. You're the definition of a troll. I don't sort paper-clips for less than $100 hrly, yet I give my advice away here for free to you, you little ingrate. I'm your distraction from doing your TMS work, if I weren't here, you would need to invent me. Have you ever even looked at the excerpts in my link below that I so painstakingly transcribed just for you? I bet you have not, your're too busy OCD'ing here about me; YOU get a life, I've got one. (I just type and think at a pace faster than you can conceptuaize).
Once again, what's your contribution here? So you let ME, just one of many people, here drive you away from this board. You're certainly a courageous lad or lassie (trust me I have not wasted any time researching any of your posts beyond your bio where you don't even state (maybe you don't know for sure, it may be time to take a peek?)
If anyone of the bean-counter type, would ever do a word-count of my posts, I am certain that the TMS "support, info, and practitioners" verbiage would total to 98% and 2% "goofing" for the likes of you. When the dialog becomes so sublimely rediculous or tautological, there is no other choice but what is refered to on the internet as "goofing and flaming", it's not like I invented it and that it doen't happen elsewhere. GET A SENSE OF HUMOR (and a set of balls, I'm getting some Dunlop Grand Prix for my big weekend, the Pro-Penn's might work for you best).
Sean, it would make for a good asignment for you in fact to do the bean-counting and let me know the results. That's your assignment! Report back to me on Monday. Now go at it.
Thanks for the warm-up, Sean. Who said "pass the popcorn?".
Your board buddy,
tt
Some of my favorite excerpts from _THE DIVIDED MIND_ :
http://www.tmshelp.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2605
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| Sean |
Posted - 06/08/2007 : 10:10:19
Sorry Tommy, I was busy (with my life) and did not have time yesterday. I see you posted a reply to this thread before you went to bed at night and then one as soon as you woke up in the morning. Hmmm, then you say you don't spend a lot a time on the board. Post your fictional schedule if you must, we all know the only time you leave your computer is to feed your 15 cats.
As for whether I'm a man or a woman, well, I'm guessing you're asking that to take some stab at me. I'm sure in one of my 20 some posts (I know it can't compare to your 2000) I mention my gender. And since it is obvious that you have studied my bio and looked through my old posts to find something to make fun of me about, you already know the answer.
You are correct; I haven't contributed much to the site. I came here for answers, of which you attacked me for asking (probably because you didn't have the answers). I’ll leave the answering to you since you are always on-line and reply to every post.
Tommy...I have a question for you? Do you consider yourself to be the TMS messiah? Or God's gift to TMS? Because after reading these sentences it kind of seems that way.
1. Yet you, feel entitled to slander and mock someone who has and does greatly contribute to providing ACCURATE TMS knowledge and help here.
2. So what is it that you have done with your life that qualifies you to take pot-shots at a stalwart of this board who has helped many people find the right track to TMS wellness?
You seem to think pretty highly of yourself for reading a book and then spitting out the same info.
Also why do you have so much hatred for people who work in offices? You made a similar comment in the post where you attacked me for no reason.
Wow, I'm really starting to get in your head.
1. You hate office workers,
2. You hate people who have different religious and political beliefs.
3. You crave attention (attention you get by posting to everything, bashing everything and everyone you don't agree with)
4. Your lonely (that is why you spend all your time on the board; you have even resorted to studying bios for mention of your name)
You are an angry, disturbed, little man Tommy. No wonder you have TMS. Breathe with me...in...out...let it go. Live and let live.
Gotta go, buddy. Bash at it...I must say I’m getting a little bored with this banter, so I may limit my responses. Since I will not even look at the board over the weekend (I know you will be glued to it), I’ll see you Monday. Have fun reading bios.
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| Stryder |
Posted - 06/08/2007 : 10:00:42
I fixed the quoted post from 2scoops and austingary to clarify who is speaking. Sorry for the confusion, the original formatting from 2004 was not clear. -Stryder |
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