As long as there is not a "just for fun" section, General Discussions is fine the way it is. However, if the mods create an anything goes section then General Discussions should be strictly swimming. I think a "just for fun" section would be a great idea.
I meant to click the third option but clicked the second one by accident, just realized that and I can't fix it.
Judging by the recent thread closure, I don't think the third option is an option anymore.
I am constantly amused at how a topic can start in one direction and move in several other directions,often all at once. Although I am sometimes put off by the process overall I think it adds to the enjoyment,as long as it doesn't get too personal. After all if breaststrokers and backstrokers,sprinters and distance swimmers can get along there is hope for the world.:wiggle:
A sign of a good workout is a lack of conversation.
Speaking of gestures, I gave our coach a single finger hello after a set the other day. That was a big mistake as evidenced by the next set he created on the fly.
As one of the stiffest ultra-conservative on-topic posters around here
We're all just hoping you could come out of your shell once in a while and lighten up! :joker:
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I enjoy reading the actual swimming content on this forum, but I think it would get awfully sterile around here if that was all anyone ever talked about. Yeah, there are times when the off-topic stuff gets tedious, but this is a discussion fourm. No one person here can control the direction that discussion takes. The organic nature of these web bulletin boards is really what makes them so appealing.
Interesting how you get to define what is and isn't too obscene to post around here after making such an obscene comment on a family oriented website Geek.
Oh, come on Jim. How obscene is writing about giving someone the bird?
I'm with Allen and Kirk as to at least attempting to keep it more related to swimming as opposed to less related. Sometimes it degrades for a number of posts to have absolutely no relationship to swimming.
Maybe a little more PM'ing on off-topics might be appreciated.
I'm happy to be included in the company of real swimmers you complain about and thanks for the compliment.
I'm also mad at gull for telling everyone I like pork rinds.
