Ivan
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| posted on 21/12/15 at 07:21 AM |
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I think we've become lazy
Has anyone noticed that in the "old" days - 15+ years ago - one was willing to spend hours on the net searching for information. Now if
one doesn't find it within 10 minutes or less one gives up in frustration and posts a question on a forum.
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Theshed
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| posted on 21/12/15 at 07:58 AM |
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15 years ago we had dial up....you had to spend hours on the internet...
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JoelP
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| posted on 21/12/15 at 08:30 AM |
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I'd argue the opposite. Why waste hours looking when a simple question can be the key? No one is obliged to answer. It's a more efficient
solution to a problem.
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Wadders
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| posted on 21/12/15 at 08:55 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by JoelP
I'd argue the opposite. Why waste hours looking when a simple question can be the key? No one is obliged to answer. It's a more efficient
solution to a problem.
Agree with Joel, 15 years ago I had the time to spend ages researching and then actually doing stuff......these days I don't seem to get any
time to do anything, and I'm sure most people are in the same boat, pace of life has definitely changed for the worse.
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sdh2903
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| posted on 21/12/15 at 09:09 AM |
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Isn't that what forums are about? Tapping in to the knowledge and experience of others?
[Edited on 21/12/15 by sdh2903]
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Ugg10
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| posted on 21/12/15 at 09:56 AM |
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15 years ago I would have gone to the local autofactors, a shop on the high street or asked a man that knows down the local pub, seems like none of
these options are available in todays economy/world ??????
(or god forbid took the thing apart, worked out how it worked, fixed it and put it back in, not just replaced it).
[Edited on 21/12/15 by Ugg10]
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Benzine
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| posted on 21/12/15 at 10:23 AM |
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When I was a lad this server was all fields
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907
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| posted on 21/12/15 at 11:06 AM |
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The only possible problem with asking a question on a forum is that of the number of answers you get there may only be
one or two that are correct. But which one or two?
Iv'e posted stuff that I have found out by experience afterwards was wrong, but as most forums don't let you go back and edit
then some poor sod finds it and makes the same mistake.
Makes me think of when I first redecorated our bedroom.
Stripped the wall paper off and it was written on the plaster "10 rolls" so I bought 10 rolls.
Bumped into the previous tenant a month later and told him I'd bought 10 but it only took 7.
"Yes, I did that as well" he said.
Paul G
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CosKev3
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| posted on 21/12/15 at 11:31 AM |
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This forum is a bit different,due to so many one offs etc.
But if you go on forums for manufacturer built cars,I'll use Briskoda as a example,repeated new threads asking the same question to common
faults is very annoying.
The search function on most forums is excellent,so take a couple of minutes to type in your fault/question and you will find the info required 
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bi22le
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| posted on 21/12/15 at 07:50 PM |
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Meh sometimes I search sometimes I ask. Most times I do both in either order!
I bugs me a little when people ask the same questions, but I just don't read any further
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Doctor Derek Doctors
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| posted on 21/12/15 at 08:31 PM |
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I don think there is anything wrong with asking any technical question. What bugs me is the people who feel the need to start a thread for every inane
thought they have or trivial happening in their life.
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Hodor
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| posted on 21/12/15 at 10:17 PM |
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It really grinds my gears when forum warriors let you know "there's a search button for things like this you know", especially on
forums you've paid for. I know there's a search button, but it's my forum too, and I'll ask a question if I like.
Always reminds me if this guy at Sniffpetrol
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Wadders
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| posted on 21/12/15 at 10:23 PM |
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So anyway, which is best BEC or CEC ?
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CosKev3
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| posted on 21/12/15 at 11:49 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Wadders
So anyway, which is best BEC or CEC ?
BEC FFS 
Mind you I've worked out now a CEC can be called a BEC too 
Boring Engined Car
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r1_pete
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| posted on 22/12/15 at 07:52 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by CosKev3
quote:
Originally posted by Wadders
So anyway, which is best BEC or CEC ?
BEC FFS
Mind you I've worked out now a CEC can be called a BEC too
Boring Engined Car
I dunno, I still think HEB takes it.
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jacko
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| posted on 22/12/15 at 08:04 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Wadders
So anyway, which is best BEC or CEC ?
Come on Wadders you know the answer to that question and if you don't shame on you 
Graham
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SJ
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| posted on 23/12/15 at 10:45 AM |
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What's a BEC?
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CosKev3
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| posted on 23/12/15 at 11:48 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by SJ
What's a BEC?
Best Engined Car (ie Bike Engined Car)
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Hodor
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| posted on 23/12/15 at 12:59 PM |
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This has got to be the most ironic thread ever.
This topic had already been covered. ..
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=164109
If only you had used the search button instead of wasting everyone's time about this
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coyoteboy
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| posted on 23/12/15 at 01:00 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by JoelP
I'd argue the opposite. Why waste hours looking when a simple question can be the key? No one is obliged to answer. It's a more efficient
solution to a problem.
More efficient, but less effective? There's always someone willing to give an answer, even if it's based on (honestly believed) folklore
and nonsense.
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Hodor
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| posted on 23/12/15 at 01:02 PM |
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Found this one too, really gets to grip with the subject.
Be careful out there everyone
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=158147
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