'ready, set, go!' is in reference to the day you have approval for your visa. It means your visa is approved now leave, good luck, don't let the door hit you in the ass on your way out of the country, hasta la vista baby, au revoir, etc. It means here are your papaers, now get out of the country. So to reference something in the future as being in the present as this is the case, it makes perfect sense. The question centered around the time of issuance to the time you arrived or had to depart from said country in question. So to make an anology to ready/set/go as for someone who has already started... The clock starts when the 'powers that be' say it does. DUMBASS! I thought you were going to let it go?!!! And by the way, you weren't doing a "Ralph." You were doing a "Julian."
Like my new picture Dumbass? It's really me this time.
DUMBASS! You have serious issues. In all honesty, you need help.
You told me? Glad you are in charge. I have to leave now. "DUMBASS TOLD ME SO."
DUMBASS! I kind of like that. It has a ring to it. Don't you think DUMBASS?
I was quiet and left you continue on your incessant rantings and nonsensical diatribes without comment. It is not my place or authority to tell you what to do or what to say. But somehow you have resumed some sort of forum war with me. Not sure what I did to set you off this time. But I can only assume it was nothing. That you are a paranoid schizophrenic (skits-o-fren'-ik), I can only surmise that I will continue to be a target of you delusional outbursts. So I realize now it is impossible to ask anything reasonable of you. I can either ignore you, or I can continue to play the game for entertainment value for myself and others. But I assumed others had grown tired of the nonsense. If you want, I will go back to being Julian35 and we can continue on our own private thread with this nonsense. But just remember, if Julian comes back, so does Homey the Clown.
There's something I don't understand here, and my failure to comprehend it makes me feel ... like a stupid dumbass. You have:
1. announced that you will call a certain person by a crude name
2. rather obviously referred to one his posts as "stupid," and then written "Not sure what I did to set you off this time"
3. diagnosed him as "paranoid schizophrenic" and "delusional"
4. written to him that he has "serious issues" and "needs help"
If you believe that a person is mentally ill, and needs help ... what is the sense of attacking him and his posts? What earthly good can come by feuding with him?
Your position seems to be (correct me if I'm wrong), "HE is crazy, but ralph knows the score." Without accepting your premises (as far as I know, you are no more qualified to diagnose mental illness than I am) -- but YOUR premise is that he is crazy -- I hope you will explain for me, what is the condition of a man who berates and argues with someone he believes to be mentally ill? What is the diagnosis for THAT?
I have viewed this bickering with great discomfort. As much as you obviously disapprove of this forum member, it seemed to me that the intensity of your responses to his posts was, on several occasions, way out of proportion -- whereas most of the time, he has kept a much more sincere and civil tone. I felt a sense of relief when things calmed down a few days ago. Now it is on again. While I dislike taking sides -- you are both humiliating yourselves -- the lion's share of aggression in this feud has been on your side. Am I wrong about this?
I have made a lot of posts on this forum. As far as I am aware, I have not once descended to personal criticism. Recently, I did use a sarcastic phrase in response to similar posts by more than one man, and I think it really bothered one of them -- this was my mistake, and I will be careful not to repeat it. If I disagree with someone (often happens), and I really believe my disagreement is important enough to write about (most of the time, I don't), my policy is to address the statements and opinions, not to attack the person who posted them.
To all of the men who feud on this forum: if you are better , smarter, wiser, saner, more intelligent, more realistic, more successful etc. than your "opponent" ...
... kind demonstrate your superiority, by being the grown-up who won't participate in playground slugging matches.
I know the lion by his paw print. I know the strong man by his gentleness -- he doesn't need to act tough.
"what is the condition of a man who berates and argues with someone he believes to be mentally ill? What is the diagnosis for THAT?
Durak...it is called frustration.
People are different and react in certain ways. Not everyone is like you durak. It has been nearly a year of continued non-sense-ical posts from RB, he knows my stance on his posts if you go back in this forum. We have disagreed many times, fine, but if one seems to 'find' many members on this forum that same kind of shit happens, what is the common person? If you disagree with RB, then his pit-bull mentality comes out. Many people here disagree on almost anything, yet very few come to
the point where RB always ends up in.
Durak, do you think RB is mentaliy ill?
He does have some issues, maybe serious maybe not, but no one can help anyone if they do not believe
they have a problem. If RB tells me he does have one, I will back off and never question him again.
Where do you think my money is on Durak? I expect several posts, probably in a row telling how wrong I am. Since you came to RB's defense( you are not the first)Durak, maybe you should be the one to post a similar message to one named.....Ragingbull...I doubt it!!!! You could send one to me, maybe, I wouldn't take it personal. Have a good day!!!
Beemer, when did we have a disagreement recently other than spelling and punctuation? OK. I messed up your thread when you told me to beat it and made a remark about my woman. We had other disagreements, but not major. The last long argument we had was about the customs fee. I know what you don't like about me. I have tried to keep it quiet. Granted, I have not have done a good job. I should have kept quiet about the passport. Sometimes, if I am questioned, I answer and I say more than needed. Many of the things that come out is because others bring it up. Not me. Honestly, I do not have any idea about why my posts are stupid as Ralph says. Issues? We all have issues. I do not need help with anyone in the forum about those. There is nothing you can do.
"Hint...maybe there is another guy involved???
Maybe you should send her a couple hundred more dollars so she can get back home, all she has to do is ask for it!!!!"
Are you serious about trying to help me, Beemer? This was your post when I lost track of my girl when she went to Italy. I have not sent her any money since the passport. I am back to talking to her almost everyday. She is in class. She answers my calls even if she is in class. I can tell because I can hear the teacher on the background.
@beemer: No, I don't think that rb is mentally ill.
Sure, you have disagreed with rb. To your credit, I don't recall you resorting to name calling, repeatedly harping on something he posted, etc. One of the hallmarks of civilization is being able to treat people decently when you seriously disagree.
rb is different (from most of they guys here). So am I. Another hallmark of civilization is being able to treat people decently who are obviously different.
One way I am like a Russian: I tend care about my 'group', whatever that happens to be. (For Russians, this has separate roots both in centuries of peasant history, and generations of Soviet indoctrination). I wish the best to every man here. If somebody is confused or struggling, and I can offer him a hand up, well by God I'm pleased to be able to.
When somebody new shows up, I prefer to welcome them ... especially if the others seem to be giving the cold shoulder.
I'm not a 'lady killer' like some of you boys: I've been alone for a long time, and it's not unlikely that I'll die alone. I'm a damned fool, and I constantly make mistakes. Sometimes I make a complete ass of myself, and cause people needless grief. But if I do find a woman who loves me deeply, then I hope that she could read whatever I have written here or anyplace else -- and see in my participation, the reflection of some nobility of character.