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All the best threads get locked
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(last vote on : Mar. 29 2016 20:02:46)
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BarkellWH
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 RE: All the best threads get locked (in reply to Dudnote)
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I'll not be casting a vote because I don't consider the thread in question even remotely among the best (locked or unlocked); because the incoherent ravings of the "frustrated crossover guitar player" lacked even a scintilla of wit; because he had no intention of following the advice he appeared at first to be requesting; and because he appeared to want to flaunt his ignorance of flamenco (e.g., Django Reinhardt played flamenco, and he learned flamenco technique from the blues singer/guitarist Big Bill Broonzy).
The "frustrated crossover guitar player" was not a serious interlocutor, and he wasted a lot of Foro members' time who wanted to help him, not with passion or wit, but with his adolescent drivel.
Bill
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Date Mar. 29 2016 16:35:46
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BarkellWH
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From: Washington, DC
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RE: All the best threads get locked (in reply to El Kiko)
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Its just that the questions made by beginners and people of that ilk are always the same...its not their fault ....cos they dont know ...
Agreed in most cases, but not this one. He spent most of his time mounting challenges, as if he already knew what other Foro members did not.
Personally, I have never had a problem with Simon locking a thread, even one in which I am participating if it is getting out of line. I must say, though, that I would like to see the "Off-Topic" category reinstated. I find it hugely interesting that there are so many flamenco enthusiasts with such varied backgrounds and interests. I don't see that flamenco topics and "Off-Topics" are mutually exclusive. Participation in one does not necessarily lead to lack of participation in the other. And both can be interesting, just as both can be boring. But that's just my take on it.
Bill
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And the end of the fight is a tombstone white,
With the name of the late deceased,
And the epitaph drear, "A fool lies here,
Who tried to hustle the East."
--Rudyard Kipling
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Date Mar. 29 2016 17:25:31
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the off-topics section will come back and we can talk about the weather, politics and our other passions. I may even upload a fiddle tune or two and a picture of a homemade boat. 
and the trend is significant. 