TR,
Well, if you're gonna stay and sit a spell in here, I'm just gonna have to treat ya like family,...here's a broom. We got work to do!
No loafin' allowed and no free maid service.
We all pull our own weight in here.

Ups a daisey big fella,....grab that pinesol,..we got toilets to clean and laundry to hang. Oh and by the way,...the cat gave way to a lovely furball in the middle of the livingroom floor carpet. Ya better grab some gloves.
And while your at it, the HS parent club just called and we have 4 platters of spaghetti to make and 9 promotion signs to be painted by noon. We'll drop those off after we change the oil in the SUV.

Got a double header today too, so crank up that crockpot and make sure the video camera batteries are charged! Call the neighbor to pick up my daughter ( now that you're family, I think that makes her your neice????? ) and see if they can give her a ride home from track.
We can pick up her history project supplies at the 24 hr Walmart on our way home from the ball park around 9:30 pm. Piece of cake.

Its gonna be a good day,....range war or not. I think we're covered! Nice to have an extra set of hands to help, TR.
Leaves a little extra time left to giggle.

( But pssst,...you're moving too slow. Hustle hustle mistah! Things to do and life to live. Now let's get a movin!!! )

TR's gonna' wish he was Clarence E. Mulford!

FBM,
You go girl!

mom of 2 catchers,....thank you for the laughs!
I can just see your face as you walked in and your husband said the shower fell out! LMAO!!!


Playbaseball....

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It has been my greatest challenge to turn my two boys into DECENT men

We need more of you!!!!!!!

FBM.....
I'm gonna ask again,..please move next door to me,..pretty pleeease!

TR is TR


I dont do work for ladies I do not know

If they are smart they pool their dimes and get a cleaning service in


As for the cooking aspect I use the grille--crockpots are the easy way out and the meat doesn't taste as good---and you cannot do baked taters in the "pot"


SSmom---I do not appreciate the condescending attitude at all---thanx

TR,

You came into the woman's forum and posted. As a matter of fact, if I am correct you boasted about how:

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some of us MEN know how to treat a lady

And then you went on and rumbled/mumbled something about a " range war ".

You also, IMHO kinda of messed with a few of the woman and their posts.
Mom of 2 catchers and FBM tried to explain to you the harmless intent of our posts in the Ladies Forum.
I attempted to take it a step farther and stepped out on a cliff to accept you as you are and was willing to treat you like family..
( Probably, because whether you like it or not, you remind me alot of my Father in Law, God love him! )

I simply said that I was going to treat you like family if you were going to be in here.
In my family we all work together when we have get-togethers and pull our own weight. There is no superiority.
I decided in a jokingly harmless way to laugh and take you with me through a typical ssmom day.
I did not say,
" Here's a broom,...get to cleaning while I sit on my superior throne, eat bon-bons, and have a pedicure. " .
THAT would be condescending.

Coming from the man who yesterday posted:

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Bottom line: God created baseball for men

....not sure I am the one to be titled condescending.
You are entitled to you opinion though.

Read my bio.
In it I say:

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Queen of : " I know nothing- but doin' my darn-dest' to learn something ".

Good grief, wheres your funny bone TR???? I know you have one!
Perhaps you should go check your crockpot!

If girls shouldn't play baseball, men shouldn't be in the ladies forum.

This topic has blown up for several reasons imho...

I am still an advocate of getting rid of the Men's Forum. It is redundant since we have the Unusually Unusual forum to tell jokes. Secondly, the types of topics that appear there are highly predictable. I have never posted in that forum out of protest and will continue to stay out.

Why have the Lady's Forum then?

This creation has demonstrated the creativeness of Bob Howdeshell. It was felt that some women might be intimidated to post or ask questions in the General Forum. Thus, this place gave them comfortable shelter until they could get their feet wet. IMHO, what makes the hsbbweb unique is we have 100% coverage - both Mom's and Dad's whose insights are equally important.

What went wrong with this topic?

The original topic was fine imo. Some of the follow-on commentary was somewhat vexing if not quasi-offensive and it was not funny imho. I don't think either the Men's or the Ladies forum should be used as a shield to throw darts at the other side. I try to follow the site rules and stay out of here for the most part. A few of us (men) have also tried to be good citizens. When someone is sick or in need, we have tried to help and offer comfort.

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It was felt that some women might be intimidated to post or ask questions in the General Forum. Thus, this place gave them comfortable shelter until they could get their feet wet.

And why who exactly would make the woman feel intimidated??

The good citizens and gentlemen are always appreciated and welcome, imho. I'm even ok with welcoming a few of the more gruff ones too. Kinda interesting to see what they have to say.

I did not start this thread to bash men. I had simply noticed for several months the vast difference of topics between the men and woman forum headlines. As FBM said, to me it highlighted
the differences between men and women and their approach to things. It made me chuckle, not in a condencending way,...just a
light hearted chuckle.

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Originally posted by njbb:
If girls shouldn't play baseball, men shouldn't be in the ladies forum.

This is hilarious!

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Originally posted by shortstopmom:

And why who exactly would make the woman feel intimidated??

This is, too!

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And why who exactly would make the woman feel intimidated??

ssmom - I respect your opinions but that question itself is quasi-offensive. Why does there have to be a villain? Why the accusatory tone? Some may be intimidated because their son's have turned out to be pretty good ball players and this is the first time in their lifetimes they have paid even one iota of attention to sports. Linear, rotational, pop times, pitching from the stretch, etc. If someone had no prior interest in sports, isn't it possible they could be intimidated by some of this stuff?

ClevelandDad,..there is no villian. There's only a villian if we allow there to be one.

I never accused anyone of anything. I was simply responding to and questioning a part of your post, as I am below.

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Some may be intimidated because their son's have turned out to be pretty good ball players and this is the first time in their lifetimes they have paid even one iota of attention to sports.

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If someone had no prior interest in sports, isn't it possible they could be intimidated by some of this stuff?

Of course it is!!! The HSBBW is a wealth of knowledge and can benefit everyone.

Are you assuming that it is only the woman who had no prior interest in sports?.... because I am not.

ClevelandDad,..I respect you too. I think we may be missing something inbetween the written word here.

( P.S. You keep using the word quasi-offensive and I have no clue what that means. I'm going to go look it up. Maybe I will understand where you are coming from better. )

Men should stay out of the ladies room.

A man should just know that.

Momma told me that and she said not to get into fights with skunks and porcupines.

Well, I cant find a true definition for quasi-offensive,...but I think I found the ironey in all this.

I first made mention of the different posts between men and woman in their respective forums and giggled.
Didnt giggle at men, but just giggled at how different we are.

Truth be told, it was a stressful time at our home. I came to the HSBBW to relax.

I noticed that the woman seemed to be very serious with life matters in the Ladies Forum
( which was exactly the way I was feeling ), and at the same time,... while the men seemed quite serious in the General Forums,... it was my observation that when they stepped out of the sporting world, they managed to laugh and be somewhat care-free in the Mens Forum and the Unusual Forum.

At the time I wished " Darn it,....why cant I just shug off the weight of the world and laugh like them? "
( Please note my 3,000 posts in the karma thread at the same time. )
Laughter is contagious. I needed it. Thought some of the woman might need it too.

I agree that ill-willed laughter, at the expense of others is not funny. That would be malicious.
I dont find anything intentionally malicious here.
I hope others do not as well.


This post was originated to spread some light hearted giggles at a time where I thought the gals might need some, as did I.

Good grief,..I have drank 4 cups of coffee with this thread alone this morning.
Who's got the chocolate?????

CD

Perhaps there is a Ladies Forum and a Mens Forum because there is Ladies Softball and Mens Baseball---don't ask me why but many schools have the two sports identified that way

CD,
This topic went south with the mention of war. And I understand your point of your post.

I do beleive you are correct, Bob created this forum for moms to come ask baseball questions and it developed into an overall women's thread on any topic just like the men's forum developed into whatever. They wanted their own place to post and I respect that. So do most of the moms here.

Regardless of the topic, ssm should NOT have to feel that she has to explain her reason for posting any topic, just like someone posting in the men's forum needs to explain anything. What I like about this forum is that men and dads have always been welcome and that they are very respectful, Fungo, justbaseball, infielddad, FO, gotwood, yourself, and quite a few others and never been asked to not post and always felt welcome. They don't come looking for arguments and insults.

TPM has spoken !!!!!


We come looking for good discussion if that is ok---I do not think ssmom has a problem with that

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Originally posted by shortstopmom:

Who's got the chocolate?????

Throw the chocolate out - wolf down a ball of mozzerella in a nice balsamic vinegar/olive oil/mustard based dipping sauce - with about 3 big glasses of red wine - and get ready for some more baseball.

I am absolutely certain that will get the job done.

I wonder what Mrs. TRhit would post here if she were allowed.

For some reason, I think we would see an abrupt change in the tone of TR's posts. Maybe even an apology, heaven forbid.

I thought he was kidding at first, but I don't anymore.