Pinecam picnic

BearMtnHIB wrote: I'm just glad that in May - someone sent me a PM over on Pinecam, and it mentioned that this site was available because that's how I found out about it. I had no idea that it even existed before that.

I think whoever was doing that should keep doing it - at least make people aware that a good alternative exists. Some of the topics we discuss are too important to have them deleted.

The funny thing is - the ones that get edited or locked or deleted are many time the most viewed subjects and it's obivious that the community is interested to read what their neighbors think.

But they KNOW what is best for this community, and they KNOW what we want to read and talk about, and they KNOW when we are done talking about it, and they KNOW when the conversation has run it's course. Forget if new people just found it and want to read it and join in. They are ALL KNOWING!!!!! I think a few of them made a commercial back in the 70's........

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I stay out of this type of discussion because I'm not good at confrontation but Wayne said something that caught my eye. He said something about Pinecam not having a thread saying bad things about the 285Bound picnic. I have searched and searched on Pinecam for anything to do with 285Bound. I have found very few posts about this site at all and nothing as negative as many, many threads and comments made here about Pinecam. I'm only registered here and on ParkBull but I read all of the local sites. You can deny it all you want but there is a very obvious fixation here about how horrible Pinecam is. To a smaller degree, other sites complain about 285Bound, Pinecam and each other but it is to a much smaller degree.

I'm beginning to understand why Pinecam has opted for strict TOS. I find things I like about all of the sites but, after researching Wayne's comment for myself, I realized no one on Pinecam wastes their time bashing anyone or any other site. That is a significant "plus" about their site as far as I'm concerned.

I doubt I would ever attend a public function for either site but if I had to choose, I would probably rather go to theirs. The few times I've voiced an opinion over here I've been attacked and probably will be for this as well.

Wayne, thank you for prompting me to look more closely at both sites. Knowledge is power.

I think you've lost you're mind there Viking. lol Cocco Puffs?????? Silly boy!

Anyways, I like the idea of Becky's for another get together. Our whole family went to a retirement home in Evergreen last year and sang Christmas songs to them on Christmas Day. I called ahead and got a list of everyone's names so we were able to give each one of them a card. Franz and Tanner cut down small trees and the girls and I decorated them with home-made Christmas cookies and ornaments. We had a blast! Franz even sang a few songs in German and I think one it Latin too. He even made his MOST AMAZING Kruffen for the residents. We had these at our Christmas party and they are Heaven! We're on board for this - what a great idea!

I am Woman wrote: I stay out of this type of discussion because I'm not good at confrontation but Wayne said something that caught my eye. He said something about Pinecam not having a thread saying bad things about the 285Bound picnic. I have searched and searched on Pinecam for anything to do with 285Bound. I have found very few posts about this site at all and nothing as negative as many, many threads and comments made here about Pinecam. I'm only registered here and on ParkBull but I read all of the local sites. You can deny it all you want but there is a very obvious fixation here about how horrible Pinecam is. To a smaller degree, other sites complain about 285Bound, Pinecam and each other but it is to a much smaller degree.

I'm beginning to understand why Pinecam has opted for strict TOS. I find things I like about all of the sites but, after researching Wayne's comment for myself, I realized no one on Pinecam wastes their time bashing anyone or any other site. That is a significant "plus" about their site as far as I'm concerned.

I doubt I would ever attend a public function for either site but if I had to choose, I would probably rather go to theirs. The few times I've voiced an opinion over here I've been attacked and probably will be for this as well.

Wayne, thank you for prompting me to look more closely at both sites. Knowledge is power.

That would be due to the fact that any post or comment bashing something/someone is removed from the thread. Just search for 'removed by mods'.

I am Woman wrote: I stay out of this type of discussion because I'm not good at confrontation but Wayne said something that caught my eye. He said something about Pinecam not having a thread saying bad things about the 285Bound picnic. I have searched and searched on Pinecam for anything to do with 285Bound. I have found very few posts about this site at all and nothing as negative as many, many threads and comments made here about Pinecam. I'm only registered here and on ParkBull but I read all of the local sites. You can deny it all you want but there is a very obvious fixation here about how horrible Pinecam is. To a smaller degree, other sites complain about 285Bound, Pinecam and each other but it is to a much smaller degree.

I'm beginning to understand why Pinecam has opted for strict TOS. I find things I like about all of the sites but, after researching Wayne's comment for myself, I realized no one on Pinecam wastes their time bashing anyone or any other site. That is a significant "plus" about their site as far as I'm concerned.

I doubt I would ever attend a public function for either site but if I had to choose, I would probably rather go to theirs. The few times I've voiced an opinion over here I've been attacked and probably will be for this as well.

Wayne, thank you for prompting me to look more closely at both sites. Knowledge is power.

Let me ask you this. What would they have to complain about? They are the ones who divided many in this community and banned a lot of us from being a part of that site and their functions. Of course they are content, they use power to control people and their free speech. You cant complain over there or the thread disappears. You have no idea how many threads they make disappear when they dont like what is being said. Over here is the only site where we really have freedom of speech. So you are saying you agree with being able to cut off discussions about important local issues just because they don't agree with what is said? There are some very heated debates about local issues and elections and when they are tired of reading about it, they shut off the conversation and debate and a lot of times remove the whole thread so no one can read the truth.

I hope you are not saying that you support that.

So do some of us talk bad about the people who run the site? Of course! it use to be a top notch phenomenal site where I was proud to send hundreds of people too including relatives from out of state. But then ownership changed and instead of sticking with what was working, they got on a power and ego trip and decided they wanted more control and wanted to silence more people with whom they disagreed with. And they banned a whole lot of long time supporters and users, telling us we had no right to talk on their site anymore which some had been on for several years. I am not cutting down the site. I am saying how bad the new power hungry people running have screwed up the site and it's reputation. That site has one of the greatest reputations up until a year or so ago. And it is sad and I will complain that they tainted it and divided this community if I want. It is true. I am not passive and wont jsut sit back and let them run it into the ground, when Wayne worked so hard to build it up.

Now we have this site so I guess it doesn't matter what happens to them but it is sad to see a great staple of this community be run so poorly and upset so many people. Why do you think this site grew so fast? There have been many other sites that tried starting over the years but Pinecam was a great site and not many wanted to leave. Now there are truckloads coming over here monthly as an alternative to what use to be a great site but now feels mroe like a a gradeschool.

And knowledge isn't power when they stifle and delete a lot of the knowledge that was posted there.

pacamom wrote:

I am Woman wrote: I stay out of this type of discussion because I'm not good at confrontation but Wayne said something that caught my eye. He said something about Pinecam not having a thread saying bad things about the 285Bound picnic. I have searched and searched on Pinecam for anything to do with 285Bound. I have found very few posts about this site at all and nothing as negative as many, many threads and comments made here about Pinecam. I'm only registered here and on ParkBull but I read all of the local sites. You can deny it all you want but there is a very obvious fixation here about how horrible Pinecam is. To a smaller degree, other sites complain about 285Bound, Pinecam and each other but it is to a much smaller degree.

I'm beginning to understand why Pinecam has opted for strict TOS. I find things I like about all of the sites but, after researching Wayne's comment for myself, I realized no one on Pinecam wastes their time bashing anyone or any other site. That is a significant "plus" about their site as far as I'm concerned.

I doubt I would ever attend a public function for either site but if I had to choose, I would probably rather go to theirs. The few times I've voiced an opinion over here I've been attacked and probably will be for this as well.

Wayne, thank you for prompting me to look more closely at both sites. Knowledge is power.

That would be due to the fact that any post or comment bashing something/someone is removed from the thread. Just search for 'removed by mods'.

I typed over you and said the same thing but you put it much nicer and more to the point! :thumbsup:

They believe in the saying 'Ignorance is Bliss', not 'Knowledge is Power.'

Sunshine Girl wrote: I think you've lost you're mind there Viking. lol Cocco Puffs?????? Silly boy!

Anyways, I like the idea of Becky's for another get together. Our whole family went to a retirement home in Evergreen last year and sang Christmas songs to them on Christmas Day. I called ahead and got a list of everyone's names so we were able to give each one of them a card. Franz and Tanner cut down small trees and the girls and I decorated them with home-made Christmas cookies and ornaments. We had a blast! Franz even sang a few songs in German and I think one it Latin too. He even made his MOST AMAZING Kruffen for the residents. We had these at our Christmas party and they are Heaven! We're on board for this - what a great idea!

How about this? We get a very large trailer and make it a 285Bound hayride type float with dozens of us on it driving up and down the streets singing Christmas Carols.

The Viking wrote:

Sunshine Girl wrote: I think you've lost you're mind there Viking. lol Cocco Puffs?????? Silly boy!

Anyways, I like the idea of Becky's for another get together. Our whole family went to a retirement home in Evergreen last year and sang Christmas songs to them on Christmas Day. I called ahead and got a list of everyone's names so we were able to give each one of them a card. Franz and Tanner cut down small trees and the girls and I decorated them with home-made Christmas cookies and ornaments. We had a blast! Franz even sang a few songs in German and I think one it Latin too. He even made his MOST AMAZING Kruffen for the residents. We had these at our Christmas party and they are Heaven! We're on board for this - what a great idea!

How about this? We get a very large trailer and make it a 285Bound hayride type float with dozens of us on it driving up and down the streets singing Christmas Carols.

So long as it has studded tires and really good brakes...............

What is kruffen?

I stay out of this type of discussion because I'm not good at confrontation but Wayne said something that caught my eye. He said something about Pinecam not having a thread saying bad things about the 285Bound picnic. I have searched and searched on Pinecam for anything to do with 285Bound. I have found very few posts about this site at all and nothing as negative as many, many threads and comments made here about Pinecam. I'm only registered here and on ParkBull but I read all of the local sites. You can deny it all you want but there is a very obvious fixation here about how horrible Pinecam is. To a smaller degree, other sites complain about 285Bound, Pinecam and each other but it is to a much smaller degree.

I'm beginning to understand why Pinecam has opted for strict TOS. I find things I like about all of the sites but, after researching Wayne's comment for myself, I realized no one on Pinecam wastes their time bashing anyone or any other site. That is a significant "plus" about their site as far as I'm concerned.

I doubt I would ever attend a public function for either site but if I had to choose, I would probably rather go to theirs. The few times I've voiced an opinion over here I've been attacked and probably will be for this as well.

Wayne, thank you for prompting me to look more closely at both sites. Knowledge is power.

I have never posted anything negative about Pinecam - until today. I can no longer keep quiet about what my experiences have been. I belong to Pinecam myself but I can tell you that the site is censored. If you like reading censored material - then Pinecam is the site for you.

If you want to see what folks are really thinking- then your going to have to find a site that does not remove posts, edit posts or delete entire topics.

I think if you want to talk about your pet - and how cute it is- post pictures of your hummingbirds etc. then you will never have a problem on Pinecam. However, if you want to engage your political opinion or discuss controversial subjects that really matter in a community- you will run into trouble.

So it just depends on what you want to do. I put alot of time into posts that I think are important- my view is important to ME - and I don't appreciate someone coming along and deleting it willy nilly. I spent the time to post it because I wanted it out there.

On a site that allows your opinion - you may read stuff you don't agree with or like. That's what happens on open minded web sites. I'll take open and free over closed minded and censored any day.

I have noticed that the "study" only has a fraction of the active users that it once did, probably because many of those folks came over to this site.

CinnamonGirl wrote:

Sunshine Girl wrote: OMG!!!!!!!

My personal favorite Viking is the last one on the right on the top line. :10/10: I don't think 285 would have a problem with that one. Why don't you send them to CG and see what she thinks. :Whistle funnylol:

WTH? SG. That was the worst one of them all. LOL

I know! :woo hoo: My poor husband huh?