An issue i have with the forums!

[JOCCO]

Someone asks a question we all jump in to help of course. Then the guy is gone or never follows up to the situation. We really never know if we fixed the carburetor or baler knotter. Or how the guy made out on a business deal gone bad!

 

[GChief]

For whatever reason that has never bothered me on forums, maybe because I am not a gossip by nature just a thought.

 

[MM-TX]

You can't make or expect other people to do what you want. You can only do what you want.

 

[Fred Werring]

Someone asks a question we all jump in to help of course. Then the guy is gone or never follows up to the situation. We really never know if we fixed the carburetor or baler knotter. Or how the guy made out on a business deal gone bad!

The business/dealing with the neighbor stuff I don't care about.

As a fix-it guy, there are some machine problems that I'd like to know how they turn out.

 

[Not db4600]

Someone asks a question we all jump in to help of course. Then the guy is gone or never follows up to the situation. We really never know if we fixed the carburetor or baler knotter. Or how the guy made out on a business deal gone bad!

If I go to the pub and grab a burger I’m pretty sure the cook isn’t concerned with my belly when I leave.

When you tell your kid not to grab the hot metal and he does it anyway that’s his lesson learned.

 

[bb56]

Some of them do know you expect this if not told.

 

[Rich'sToys]

Everyone is different. Some follow up, some don't, for a variety of reasons. I've been guilty of it myself. It's just one of those things. No need to get worked up over it.

 

[Dingo3]

I try to reply when the problem I asked about is fixed. I describe the fix and thank the posters. Common courtesy at the very least. The advice is all free and a simple reply takes about 5 minutes.
On the other side, it’s nice to know if advice given was useful or you were way off the mark. Even if I didn’t contribute the fix can be useful down the road.

 

[1948CaseVAI]

Someone asks a question we all jump in to help of course. Then the guy is gone or never follows up to the situation. We really never know if we fixed the carburetor or baler knotter. Or how the guy made out on a business deal gone bad!

I am not sure why that bothers you. That is the way people are, not just in forums but in life. I guess I just accept reality.

 

[Tgrasher]

When I offer my two cents of busted knuckle knowledge I don't expect a reply but it is nice to have an acknowledgement. When others dispute my advice I look at it as a learning experience even if they're wrong. lol

 

[rrlund]

I agree with you Jocco. Sometimes you just want to know for future reference what the fix was. There used to be a member on here who knew more about a certain brand than any ten of the rest of us. The only maddening thing was, he'd want people to call him or send him an email, so all of that knowledge that could have been here in the archives isn't because he answered the question in person instead of on here.

 

[JD Dave]

I guess if a person gets a few replies with good advice you'd at least expect to get a "thank you".

 

[BarnyardEngineering]

Keep trying. You'll hit on something that grinds @GChief 's gears. He can't zen-water-off-a-duck's-back EVERYTHING!

 

[GChief]

Keep trying. You'll hit on something that grinds @GChief 's gears. He can't zen-water-off-a-duck's-back EVERYTHING!

That will be a hard row to hoe.

 

[ss55]

Someone asks a question we all jump in to help of course. Then the guy is gone or never follows up to the situation. We really never know if we fixed the carburetor or baler knotter. Or how the guy made out on a business deal gone bad!

Is there anything wrong with adding a note like this to your posts?

Please post back with the final results, I would appreciate it.

 

[flying belgian]

Someone asks a question we all jump in to help of course. Then the guy is gone or never follows up to the situation. We really never know if we fixed the carburetor or baler knotter. Or how the guy made out on a business deal gone bad!

Seems we're all getting quite nit-picky lately. Pa would say to us kids ... The weather must gonna change.

 

[mdm1]

I really try to post the results from any advice I get here. But my tractors are 2 hours away so I don't get back to them right away or the problem is not yet solved. I'm grateful people will share their knowledge to us less experienced so if they take the time I should take the time to thank them or let them know the results

 

[Fritz Maurer]

Just throw your suggestion in and forget it. Or, forget throwing your suggestion in.

Im sure there is a large percentage of guys here that life has happened to, causing a project to be shelved, or abandoned completely, and no answer is immediately forthcoming, if ever.

Sometimes a person gets so many conflicting answers that he is more confused than when he started the post. Sometimes he can't describe the problem accurately ( not a burn) and we can't help because it's a "seeing " problem..... so the guy down the street fixes it, or it lays dormant.

Have to look on this side of the fence too. More than once I've seen a poster get roasted by this audience, when the solution is taking a long time to become apparent, because they miss some pertinent details in the original description of the problem.... or perceive something in the description that really isn't there at all.

More people than not give closure, and if that's not good enough, I don't know what to tell you.

 

[rrlund]

Just throw your suggestion in and forget it. Or, forget throwing your suggestion in.

Im sure there is a large percentage of guys here that life has happened to, causing a project to be shelved, or abandoned completely, and no answer is immediately forthcoming, if ever.

Sometimes a person gets so many conflicting answers that he is more confused than when he started the post. Sometimes he can't describe the problem accurately ( not a burn) and we can't help because it's a "seeing " problem..... so the guy down the street fixes it, or it lays dormant.

Have to look on this side of the fence too. More than once I've seen a poster get roasted by this audience, when the solution is taking a long time to become apparent, because they miss some pertinent details in the original description of the problem.... or perceive something in the description that really isn't there at all.

More people than not give closure, and if that's not good enough, I don't know what to tell you.

Like I've said before, let us know who's right. Some of us need the ego boost.

 

[Kevinwterry]

I have alot more thank yous to send than I realize. Im that guy that joins a random group to ask 1 question. Maybe a random car or whatever that stumps me. But then I get the answer I needed, fixed the problem and then never responded to the group saying "hey, this info was the solution"